RACING AND TROTTING LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20089, 19 November 1930, Page 14

RACING AND TROTTING LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

RACING FIXTURES

!"■ Win toil J.C. November 22—Levin lI.C. November 22, 24 —Te Jvuiti R.L. November Doccmbi-r J—Takai>ui»J November 2 C >. December I —Vending J.C'. ; 'ccemUr 5, 6—Taumnruimi K.C. '>e«embcr G——Asbburton County K>.G. December », 10—Woodvile District JO. December —Waipa U.C. :>ecerabfr 2C— -WAirjukurau J.C. t 'vcember —ti, 27 —Westlnnd lI.C'. December ~0, 27—-Taranaki J.C. December 2b, 27 Duncdin J.C. i)fccmb«r 2f>. 27. 2'J —ilaiiflv.'a til I».C. iJecemb'-r 2»i. -9. January J, 12 —Auckland 11. C. : . January I -Greymcnith J.C. TROTTING FIXTURES. J". 22 Yuci;i;<i.« T.C. November 27. 2W—b'orbury Park T.C "vcembe: 3H—.Veu- Brightou T.< December —Plnvke's Bay T.C. —Ashburton T.C. f>ecetnb(»r 2o—(Jotv T.C. December 2rj -'7 —WtMport T.C. December -7—South IV'iirarapa T.C Dc-embfr 27. ao. 31 Auckland T.<\ Docemb.-r —Winton T.C. I'-r-eTTiIM-- Tit Ct*t"M T.C. TURF GOSSIP. Reminder. The Asiiimrtciii Colin';. iia.'.ng Ciub's spring Meeting will be held on Dee«'tmner 6th. Nominations will close at 3 jj.in. en Monday. For the Coast. The Surveyor gelding Subdivision has ■■•tteia disposed of to a patron of -T. Stewart's stable at Greymouth, and will hare his next racing at the West Coast holiday Meetings, at which he thould be to advantage. Turned Out. Punraven has been surii a -iiap i»oi 111rncut that it has been decided to put aim aside for a term. probably nnti) next season. Arikiwai and Toaivai have also been sent, out for a spell, and V. D. Jono3 has recomniissioned tho i hree-year-oM filly, What Not , by shambles —Heath Lass, and Taragona, ; bf* four-year-old half-brother by Thurnham to Faqnito. , Well-bred Juvenile. T. Llovd has made another start on j l>(. M. <}. T.ouissou's two-year-old. The j yaorn. by Hunting Song from Flagship, } liam of Nancy Lee. The youngster, who j is "exceptionally well grown, was handled earlier and then turned out i during Lloyd's absence in Sydney. Should Go Fast. j U. Ellis has a yearling colt at Kiecar- ! .ton by Arrowsmith from Finora. Speed j is well represented in this mating, and j much interest will attach to the young- j ster'g future. Finora was left dry last | year, but has again visited Arrowsmith j this term. j EUerslio in View. j Gustavo has been suffering from j slight soreness since racing last week, j but will enter upon serious work again in a few days. Count Cavour got through his programme without showing any ill effects, and T. H. Gillett has hopes of taking the two brothers 1o the Auckland Summer Meeting. Temporary Let-up. Charmeuse was galloped on during uer race on the second day of the .New Zealand Cup Meeting and has since been eased up. The trouble, however, is not serious, and she will form one of If. Nurse's team for the West Coast Meetings. Retired from Racing. Te Awhina's breakdown in the Members' Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday has turned out to be of such a serious nature that she has been retired to the stud. Te Awhina had beon subject to tendon trouble throughout her career, and this has accounted for the limited amount of racing to which she had been subjected. Prior to the recent Meeting Te Awhina was in splendid order, and her future prospects bore a hopeful outlook. A Soy&l Wiu. The King had his first win of tho aeason on the Turf on September 26th — only a few weeks before flat racing **nds. That is the way in which this most democratic of sports works out, says the "London Daily Express." You may bo a monarch or a millionaire, and yet see month after month go by without a single victory. You may pay five iigurea for a yearling and maintain the linest stud farm in the 'tingdom, and still be beaten by a Chichester butcher who owns no more than three horses. Happily, wc have a Royal Family that !:nows how to take the rough with the amocth and loves all sports for their own sakes. The cheers that greeted his Majesty's first win were a deserved tribute to an owner who never gives up trying.

TROTTING NOTES.

Remiadara. Acceptances for the For bury .Park i T.C.'s Spring Meeting floso on Fri<iay. Transport Arrangements. la connexion with the For bury Park Trotting Club's Meeting, to bo held next week, the Railway Department announces that a special horse train will k-ave Christehurch on Wednesday next :it 6.45 a.m., for Duncdin. Horses -that will travel by this train must be loaded at least half an hour before the departure of the train. Car accommodation will be provided for attendants I ravelling with horses. Likely to Improve. Baynut raced only fairly well at the ksst Meeting at Addington. He may do u whole lot better when the going is heavy, for he is a good strong pacer, though not gifted with exceptional bril- j Jianee. !

An Improved Pacer. L. Frost, tho young New Brighton i vainer, has made a big improvement in tlsc pacer, Kotuku Jjack, who at tho recent meeting was carrying more condition than ever before. lie also finished in a manner that stamps hiin at least as a gaxno racehorse. He may never !>o in tho same class as his full-br.other, Prince Pointer, but he should improve en previous performances. He is a x iillv good type of pacer, and will win rit'iro race*. Increased Stakes. The Ashburton Trotting Clul) for its Meeting on December 26th has issued nr. excellent programme, and a total of £2IOO has been offered to owners. The Ashburton Cup is worth 600 sovs, including a silver cup valued at 00 sovs. The Ashburton Club is not unduly perturbed over the iinancial depression, but has set an example in increasing stakes of last year. Nominations Hose at 5 p.m. <m Tuesday, December :m h.

| In at Forbury Park. ! Invader raced hadly ;it Addington, ; but he is engaged in the President's Hatii dicap at tho Forbury Park Meeting, and is on tho end in a 4.32 class. This j seems well within tho compass of the Rev de Oro gelding, but it should be remembered that C. S. Donald has other horßes, in Morning Sun and Sunriy Bob engaged. ' Breeding that Counts. The well-known brood mare Muricata • has been sent on a visit to Cathedral j Chimes, who is standing the season in North Otago. Muricata, who is by i Mauritius, a son of Bingen, from Ocean Wave by Rothschild, lias bred well with horses of the Four Chimes breed, for to that .stallion she left Tarairo, ' one of the best stayers New Zealand I has known, and to Cathedral Chimes, : a son of Four Chimes, she left Ahuriri, a dual winner of the New Zealand Cup. Jt will bo interesting to note the result of this mating of Muricata with Cathedral Chimes. If it is a colt it will bo worth big money, but the Four Chimes fillies have so far failed to come up to expectations, THE MELBOURNE CUP. LOSSES ON THE KING. Although Pilar Lap. Winner or tho Melbourne Cup was the shortestpriced i'avourito on record to win the | race, it is problematical whether his ! victory was as costly to tho betting I as is popularly supposed, comments a j Sydney writer. Settling day after the Cup was undoubtedly a busy day, but there were very few ringmen who sustained very I great losses. Some lucky backers col--1 looted fair parcels as a resulL of the win of tho champion. To compare the win of Pilar Lap with that of Spcarfelt, as far as betting liabilities of the bookmakers are concerned. would be farcical. Spcarfeli was tho medium of a huge plunge during the last few days of betting, and his backers reaped a rich harvest because of the long odds offering about the horse.

Hut this year Phar Lap has ruled ;ts i'avourito for tho Cup since entries wero announced, and one big Melbourne bookmaker stated this week that the first wager he laid on the Melbourne Cup was £IOOO to £IOO Pilar Lap on the day the entries were announced, lie added that the champion wa.s never at long odds, ana recently bookmakers were enabled to lay him at extremely„ short odds, while backers were not keen on taking such odds considering the possibility of nonstarting, breaking down, or other interferences to I'har Lap's chance in the Clip. So that, taken all ronnd, it would be only tho must reckless bookmakers who would be saddled with any extraordinary liability over Phar I Tho victory of Amounis in the Caulfield Cup, was, if anything, a bigger blow to ante-post bookmakers than Plmr Lop's win in the Melbourne Cup. Phar Lap's withdrawal at the Inst minute and the scratching of several other horses considered to have a chance in the race left it at tho mercy of the old Sydney horse. For a time I he was considered an unlikely starter iin t"he Oaulfield Cup, wliilo two deJ feats at "weight-for-age, by Wise Force j lengthened Amounis's price considerably. A largo amount of stable money I was invested at these favourable odds, and when the final acceptance day j arrived leaving only Amounis and. Cragford with anv pretensions _ of form, Amounis shortened consider- ' ably. Mrs Vandenberg, a well-known Sydney ■ woman bettor, backed the Amounis-Phar Lap double soon after weights wero declared to win her £30,000. She had been a consistent follower of Amounis for years, and she was one of the most excited harrackerg at Flemington on Cup Day, when Phar Lap completed his end of the task. The scene when Phar Lap went to the front two furlongs from home was almost indescribable, for the huge crowd gave the champion a wonderful reception as he flashed past up the straight. It was realised that nothing had a chance with him after tho distance was passed, and Phar Lap went on to win at his ease. Donald was the surprise of tho race for despite his

weight he made an excellent showing, and finished well, and caused comment by outstaying his three-year-old rivals Tregilla and Balloon King. "N.Z. REFEREE." ALL SPOUTS REVIEWED. The sensation of the concluding days of the Riccarton Cup Meeting was the defeat of Nightmarcli by the Derby winner. Cylinder, in the Stead Gold Cup. There was a good reason for the defeat, and this is told in this week's issue of the "New Zealand Heferee" by "Carbine," who also summarises the form displayed at tho meeting in a manner that makes it useful for reference at meetings 'in the immediate future. The next meeting of note is at Levin on Saturday, and the bie holds carded for this fixture are analysed to aid the public in their selection of likely winners. The running at the Waikato Meeting on Saturday and Monday ia also to be found in tlio Turf section.

Accounts of the big events run at Addington on tho two concluding days are the chief items in the trotting section of the paper, and the information contained therein will prove of assistance to those whose interests lie in approaching meetings. A survey of prospects in the women's section of the national tennis championships, cricket from all centres amateur athletics, swimming, dirt track racing, and Johnny Leckie's defeat at the hands of Llew Ed wards are features of the general sporting section of the paper. ' JOCKEY'S SUSPENSION. ! | TERM REDUCED. 'i'l'.ESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, November 18. j The appeal by L. Hanson against his suspension for one month by the Whangarei Racing Club on November Bth was heard by the Auckland District Committee. Manson rode Tetrarchate, who ran third in the Kensington Hack Handicap, and the suspension was imposed for crossing.

The committee upheld the finding of the Whangarei stewards as to an error of judgment having been committed by Manson, but as it was of the opinion that the offence was not at all wilful, it was decided to reduce the term of suspension to expire on November 28th. The reduction in the term of the suspension means that Manson will be able to ride at the Tnkapuna Meeting.