PAKURANGA HUNT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 24

PAKURANGA HUNT.

THE ANNUAL MEETING. FIELDS FOR NEXT SATURDAY. The annual-race meeting of the Pakuranga Hunt Club will be lielcl at Ellerslie next .Saturday. Owing to the number of acceptors in the Sylvia Park Handicap it has been divided. The acceptances are: -—

GKEENMOUNT HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE of £100. About two miles and a half. . • *,i:v Electric Pinto .... 0 0 Flash ... 10 3 Royal Chips 9 0 Indiscretion 9 10 Survoy ... 9 0 Homeliglit . 9 5 Tawhiao ..90 . Aufowiri ~ . 9 0 Tivoli ... 9 0 . Friendly Boy 9 0

HARRIS 'MEMORIAL HURDLES of £100 One / mile and three-quarters. Illuminngh ~10 3 Mas. Norval 0 7 Teddy Boy . !) 10 United ... 9 5 ' ..Rnce'Wbip . . 0 7 Hawthorn .'0 0 ■JSh" Tour . : . 0 7 King Ara ..90

.SYLVIA' PARK HANDICAP of £100. Six furlongs.

First Division. 1 Val spear ..9 0 Erhdale . . . 8 0 Merial ... 8 13 Frances Acre S 0 Fleetwind . . SlO Gay Talkie S 0 .May Song . 8 G Silrer Sound . 8 0 ■ Trouvaille . S 4 Lone Flier . 8 0 .Tohniiy .\ViUls S - Mountain , Abbess of Breeze' ... 8 0 . ,Wliitby . S 1 Sfrathire . 8 0. !• Sing Lee . . 8 1 Tidewaiter . . 8 0 Haputale ... S 0. Young I'addon 8 0 " Carslialton • . 8 C

' ' • .Second Division. "Sfcrgia, 9 0 Doric Star .80 VilliAe ".-; . . 8,11 Etama . . 8 0 landlubber . 8 S Gar Vaals . 8 0 . . S 5. Joyzell ..SO .Le Chasseur 18 2 Valma 8 0 ~.. 8 1 Trevnee . . S 0 Paso Hobles 8 1 liolliefcer ..80 Red Flame . 8 1 Tliurwlnd . 8 0 Brilliant Acre 8 0 Tip Toes . S 0 JELLICOE -HANDICAP of £200. One mile and a quarter. Velocipede : 9 0 Tradesman . 7 12 Scotland . . 8 13 Con Fuoco . 7 12 Lagoon .... S 5 Versant . . 7 11 Ilorowhqnua 8 5 Lucidus ..79 Lord Val . . 8 0 Bugle Call . 7 7 Delrain ... 7 13 PAKURANG'A HUNT CUP of £250 and Cup - valued at £100. About three miles. Flower Bag 11 1 Zanc Grey . 9 5 Cynical Kid 10 !) Bell 9of Bow 9 2 En : Tour '~ r 9 13 Indiscretion 9 2 Irish Comet 9 11 lied Sails .. . 9 1 Electric Ilomelight . 9 0 Flash; . .' . 9 0 Tawliiao ..90 Alio Lume . 9 9 AUCKLAND HANDICAP of* £100. One ■jnile. Queen Nona 9- ,8 Impellant . S 1 Tutor ... 9 5 Bush Lawyer 8 1 Armacourt ' , 9 0 Persian Lady 8 1 Flying .Mimic 8 7 Hope Lass . 8 1 Merry -Lap . 8 C - Solas ... 8 0 Jewelled: Whirlmint . 8 0 a Girdle . . . 8 5 Huntsman's Orac . . . . 8 3 Chorus ..80 Cyllaros ..81 LADIES' BRACELET HANDICAP of £100. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a quarter. Mio Lume ■'.■ li 0 Gay Princess 10 7 High - ' v- Harbour - Quality . .10 12 Bridge .- : 10 7 Adsiim . .: 10 7 L'Avance . 10 7 All Irish' . 10 7 Hothoon . . 10 7 British Isles 10 7 Smiling English Through .10 7 Night ... 10 7 Survanna . 10 7 Gay Cavalier 10 7 Survoy ... 10 7 DUNEDIN HANDICAP of £130. Six furlongs. Rereatu . . 10 0 Prince Acre 8 3 Mazir ... 9 2 Tooley Street 8 3 Gallio ... 9 1 Triune ... 8 2 Tybalt ... 8 12 Te Hai . f 8 1 • Caliente •- 8 11 High Tea . S 1 King Musk . 8 7 Landlubber .80 Versant ..84 STABLE AND TRACK NOTES. IN FIRST-RATE CONDITION. Few horses at Avondate are more ,forward than. Muskon, whose appearance Indicates that she has done a sound preparation. This mare was successful over six furlongs at the Rotorua meeiing last season, but has done little racing since. However, she appears more solid-looking than formerly and may pick up some stake money before the spring meetings are over. IS SHOWING PROMISE. The, aged gelding King- March is getting through plenty of strong work at Avondale and has fined down a good deal of late. It is more than likely that King March will race over hurdles in the future, and with that object in view he has recently been given a few lessons over the battens. He is the ideal type to make good as a jumper and is stated to be showing a fair ahlount of promise in the new department. FINE RECORD. M. B. Edwards had a notable success in the Winter Cup. Ponty, from his stable, was favourite, but had to be content with third place, while Wino, the less fancied second string, was out in front, winning in handsome style. Edwards has his headquarters at Yaldhurst, a famous establishment, from which many great horses were produced by the late B. J. Mason for the late Mr. G. G. Stead. Now the stable ■houses a big team of papers and trotters, with a few gallopers as a sideline. The two Winter Cup candidates were a tribute to their trainer's ability.

BAN ON INDIAN HORSES. The possibility of horses being brought from leading stables in India to race ill Australia has not been overlooked in England. All the London papers featured the possibility of the Aga Khan's colours being carried on courses on the Commonwealth if the ban is lifted. The Commonwealth authorities are at present considering the matter. * NOVICES LIKELY TO WIN. Four three-year-olds who were having their first race in the Cashmere Plate at Riccarton on Tuesday went well enough to suggest that they will be early winner?. They are Rosseau (a son of Robespierre out of a full-sister to Songbird), Orange Bud (a half-sister by Polazcl to Silver King), Recollection (a half-brother by Polazel to Back Thrust), and Thcrmidor (a half-sister by Robespierre to Minerval and Ayrcslcigh). FOREST GLOW DISAPPOINTS. On his form at Trentham, and again at Riccarton, Forest Glow has lost all the reputation he gained by his attractive exploits at Ellerslie in June. There were excuses advanced for him at Trentham, including the state of the track; but he was well favoured in this respect in the Grand National Steeplechase." He was a very distressed candidate when he struggled and nearly fell over the last fence, and was down to almost a walk when he reached the post. HARD TO CATCH. One of the most spectacular falls at Riccarton on Tuesday yas that of Otaura King, who jumped his first few fences very big, and then, taking off too far at the first of the kennels double, turned a high somersault, catapulting his rider to near the second of the double. Fortunately the rider escaped injury. Otaura King repeated his escapade, after he fell during schooling last week, by careering round the outskirts of the course for a-consider-ablc time before being recaptured, and he was not brought back to the enclosure until the horses were going out for the next race. FENCES CAUSE NO TROUBLE. , The suggestion that Money Mine would hardly survive the big Riccarton country was well shattered by his sterling performances'at, the National meeting. Noiie of the big fences caused him any trouble, and instead of having to climb over the last two on Tuesday. (says a Qhristchurch writer), as seemed likely, he negotiated them as if they were only half the height. It has not been a common thing to find the Paper Money breed mastering Grand National country, but in Money Mine the sire left one of the gamest, yet most deceptive, jumpers for his inches paraded at Riccarton for many years. ENGLISH TWO-YEAR-OLDS. A London writer after tlie Ascot meeting seleced Foray as the best two-year-old, although this colt was beaten by Le Grand Due in the New Stakes. In order of merit the critic placed the juveniles thus: Foray, Early School, Fair Copy, The Hour, Le Grand Due and Night Song, the lastnamed being unanimously the best of the fillies. Both Foray and Night Song are owned by the American, Mr. Marshall Field. Foray is a grey colt by Tetratcma from Black Roy. Generally, Lord Astor's colt Early School is favoured as the best of the juveniles, and he is described as a fine-looking, workmanlike colt. There is also a disposition to favour the Aga Khan's colt Le Grand Due, who is by Mahmoud's sire, Blenheim, from the Spearmint mare La Douairiere. V.R.C. PROFITS. The Victoria Racing Club made a profit of £16,835 for the twelve months ended June 30,, compared with £3563 in the preceding year. Most if it was accounted for by the decrease in stakes, which amounted to £12,000 as compared with the previous yegr in which the Centenary Cup took place. The committee had already decided to give £10,000 for the next Melbourne Cup, and the annual report stated that doubtless increases would be made in the stakes for the other races at the spring meeting. Attendances at the club's race meetings showed an increase over the preceding twelve months, but the additional revenue obtained had been offset by a decrease in the fees received from bookmakers arid the amounts for nomination and acceptance payment for the year. The prize money amounted to £78,495. Improvements at Flemington had cost £12,085, The revenue amounted to £144,351. / , A DERBY PROSPECT. By his all-the-way win in the Wentworthville Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday Talking proved himself a colt of class. . He did not reach the heights of the' New Zealand-bred Gold Rod as a two-year-old, but he did well, and included Randwiek in j, his winning venues. Sufficient has already been seen of him thus early this season to , influence a definite opinion that he is a worthy Derby aspirant (says an' AiwtrjjJ , lian writer). Talking, along .with liis stablemate Bull Ant, was a comparatively cheap yearling. He is bred on proved ; staying lines, being by the Dark Ronald horse, imported Magpie, from the New Zealand-bred mare Society. Talking had been in work only a few weeks. IJis determination at the finish of a recent set-to on the tracks at Rosehill was responsible for the confidence of his owner and his trainer on Saturday. It was the outstanding support for Talking, and later the rush for Loud Applause, that caused Canegrass to recede in the betting. Instead of providing a keen struggle the Wentworthville ; Stakes served only to confirm the class of , Talking. He made all the running from J Canegrass and had a clear advantage into • the straight. Outside the furlong post Canegrass had moved appreciably closer , to Talking. Many backers were then eager to support the favourite almost at , any price. W. Cook, on Talking, was not ' the leai?t perturbed. He realised that the , colt had plenty in reserve. As Canegrass , got within striking distance Cook gave j Talking more freedom. That was practi- f cally the end of the race. Talking was so ( pleased with the tactics that he bounded j forward and was stretching out attrac- - tivfcly at the judge two and a half lengths j ahead of Canegrass.

RECORD STAKE-EARNER. Eccentric, the record stake-earner of South Africa, has been retired to the stud. A seven-year-old stallion, he has earned £15,245 10/ during his six seasons on the turf, which is easily a record for South Africa, included in this total was a £6000 July Handicap and a £4000 -Metropolitan Handicap. Eccentric was just beaten in the July Handicaj) prior to his retirement. FUTURE APPEARS BRIGHT. A. Quinlivan, who is now located at Avondale, is busy getting Dutch Girl ready for approaching meetings.. She is displaying any amount of dash in her track work and is in race order to undergo a final preparation. Dutch Girf was responsible for an encouraging performance when she livbn over a mile at Whangarei, and as she looks an improved mare lier future prosj>ects appear bright. TWO-YEAR-OLDS AT RICCARTON. Much t interest centred in a parade of two-year-olds at Riccarton on Thursday. Mr. H. D. Greenwood's b g Gaionne (GaScony—Orozino) and Mr. A; K. Firth's L c Royal Chief (Cnief Ruler— Modiste II.) were in front in the first division. Mr. J. M. Samson's ch f Atalanta Lass (Iliad —Entre Nous) cleared light away from the others in the second division, Mr. J. Porter's unnamed Martariua—Star Lady colt finishing fast in second plaee. Mr. F. Williamson's gr c Screamer (HoyJake—Toti dal Monte) just beat Mr. C. W. Duncan's cli c Patuna, by Cockpit—Pakitere, in the third division. WELL BRED. Sir Hugh, winner of the Cashmere Plate at Riccarton on Tuesday, is one of the few of Philamor's progeny to race in the South Island, and is the first in the Canterbury district to secure a win. He has some interesting breeding, his dam, Mistress Quickly, being by Solferino from Dame Straitlace, by Kilbroncy from Discipline, by Treadmill from Madowla, by Trenton from Azalea, by ,i Gailiyrd. Sir Hugh was hrcd by his present owner, Mr. 13. O. Rutherford, and was named by him as an appreciation of Sir Hugh Acland's services miring a long illness suffered by Mr. Rutherford. The young gelding's trainer, C. Emerson, has ridden him in a lot of his work and has always had a high opinion of him, the only doubt being about his ability to move off favourably from a flat-footed start. : f .. ... ■■ ■ ' „ HAVERING'S SUCCESS. Havering's win at Riccarton on Tuesday was his fii'fit of any kind for many years, and his career has no doubt been a very expensive one to many people in the intervening period. He was taken to Australia by his previous owner a few years ago and was heavily supported on occasions without much success, and when brought back lie was put out of commission for some time. Last season he was acquired by the Hon. P. C. Webb and was started on a course of hurdling at E. J. Ellis' stable at Washdyke. In his earlier races this winter Havering showed reasonable speed, but fared badly as a juniper. He, however^-- lias made gradual improvement, arid no fault could be found with his disployLon Tuesday: As."for his pace, he outclassed his opponents ovei- .the business stages. Havering is now 11 years of age.