RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20273, 26 June 1931, Page 14

RACING AND TROTTING

LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

RACING FIXTURES.

Juni 2"—JTapier Park E C. (second day), Jane 27—Ashburton County B.C. Joly 2. 4—Hawke's Bay J.C. Jtiiy * —Oainaru J.C. JulT 4, 6—Taumarunui R.O. (at BlwraHe). July 11, 15, 18—Wellington B.C. Jaly 12, .43—Manawatu R.O. July i'i. 2S—Gisborn© R.C. j u ]j 25 —South Canterbury Hunt. July 30—Gisborne R.C. Asfuct I—Po»erty Bay Hunt. Attut 11, 13, 15 —Canterbury J.C. Acfust 22—Pakuranga Hunt. Actrust 23 —Hawko'a Bay Hunt. At>fust 29—Taronaki Hunt.

TROTTING FIXTURES.

Aofttit S. 12. 14—S'.Z. Metropolitan T.O.

TURF GOSSIP.

Nominations for the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase, Winter Cup, Beaufort Steeplechase, Grand National Hurdle Race, Sydenham Hurdle Race, and Lincoln Steeplechase, to be decided at the Grand National Meeting on August 11th, 13th, and 15th, will eloae to-day, at 8 p.m. ▲ Lengthy SpelL The three-year-old filly Whatnot, who hm not raced up to expectations during the pact eouple of months, has been pat aside for a twelve months' spell. Badng at Aahburton. The Ashburton County Racing Club tare received very satisfactory acceptances for their winter Meeting to be to-morrow. The first race is timed to start at 12.15 p.m. Hiocarton Training Notes. The weather cleared off to allow of uninterrupted track work at Riccarton yesterday, and most of the horses engaged at Ashburton were galloped. The No. 1 grass track was open, and it provided Rood, but in places sticky, going. There was not a great deal of serious galloping, the majority of the trainers restricting their representatives to strong half to three-quarter pace. Taragona and Donraven were together throughout a seven furlong task executed in lmin 32sec. The former lias lightened up slightly, and did not \nifij) on as satisfactorily as in previous efforts. Donraven showed further improvement, and with a race at each of the Ashburton and Oamaru Meetings, should be in good order for the trip to Trentham. Charaeuso was always going better than Arikiwai in a six furlong gallop, finished in front in lmin 18 1-ssec, the lyt half taking 52 l-ssec. Charaunise handled the soft going better than expected. Royal Lore, Sharp Thorn, and The Quota, finished in a bunch at the end of fire furlongs, and could have improved en the time recorded, lmin ssee.' fgmto and Tarquinius covered the mm ground la lmin 4 3-Ssec. Quantum began faster than Belvoir is tackling a similar task, taking lmin Wwfl had a slight advantage at; the 90ft» Semper Paratus and Wise Choice strode over six furlongs in lmin 18see, aod Weatherlv beat Thursby, a recent arrival from the West Coast, in strong work over five furlongs. Grand Aere was in front of On Top throughout a half mile sprint in 50sec. Fresh Breeze (L Tilson) and Thuria* (A. Peart) each negotiated thjee brush fences in-a pleasing manner. The latter showed no effectSs of his expertise* at Washdyke. SMI* jrf ZUpor. When Zippor over-reaehed and cut a tendon while schooling at ElJerslie be~ • the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting, it was expected that he woald take a long time to recover, but wound responded so well to treatTBTirt hopes were entertained that hj» would make. a complete leoavery anticipated. Unfortunately tetaau set in twenty-one days after he had Met with the mishap, and he had to be destroyed. Zippor was an aged by King John from Landrail, suad before going to EHerslie he had geglsteted three suceeaeive victories in hurdle races. His performances left no doubt that he was a good hurdler, and Us Vf"" is a severe one for his owner, My W. Henderson.

mhbi OUL pouri, who has bean more or lew onaonsd for some time, and had to forgo Pffo engagements at the Great Northern Meeting, has been entered for steeple-. XaTeveata at the .Wellington MeetIs*. At hie laet start Pouri gave evidence of returning to form again by flslahiag second to High Pitch in the Bombay Hurdle Eace at the FranklinMeeting, but he subsequently went tore sad Itad to be eased up. The Spalpeen gelding is now approaching bis eleventh year, and improvement at that age ean hardly be expected. Mleter Gamp Missing. A regular visitor to Wellington Meetimgm who has not been entered for next month's fixture, is Mister Gamp, Mister Osnp fell at the second fences in the Ctoeat Northern Hurdles, and was not r&eed again at" the Meeting. The fall him no serious injury, but for •oaw time he has had a slight swelling is one of his legs, and apparently it is tihe intention of his owner to give this a of disappearing. He is back in light work at Awapum, and may go down for the Grand Nationals in August if aQ goes well in the meantime. Hint Stone Minimum. If Bole 265 of the New Rules of Xacing is adopted at the annual meeting of the Racing ' Conference' next yowth, the nice-stone minimum in winter handicaps will have been abolished. Tie part of corresponding old Rule 2, Part XVJJLL, which reads as follows, bss been eliminated:—"At any Meeting held on any day from June 7th t» Avgmt 15th inclusive, the lowest weight la any flat race shall not be lees than nine stone." The proposed new role states simply: "No horse shall be allotted or carry less than seven atone la any handicap flat race.'' DnNI of MoUiwrn. Aeeording to wireless information received bjr the "Dominion," the raceitcrae Moliisos died at Melbourne on Mi»jr sight. As a two-year-old Mollim tod an unbeaten record, and won over £17,000 in stakes. Mollison's total winnings in stakes up to the time of his ? death amounted to £31,000. He was by tiw imported horse Seremond t and was ta»d la Queensland nearly six years ago. Dp to 12 months ago Mollison mm «wa«d and raced by Mr E. M. "Pmm,. of Melbourne, and was then sold at auction, being bought by the owner-trainer, Mr W. TindalL Sl» WeJUngton Meeting. Nominations for the Winter Meeting of the Wellington Racing Club total 614 tor the three days. This is tho tcrwect aggregate for the last five years, I>tl ft pleasing feature is that the demam m sot in the main events, but Is <!• kaek la* eventa. Shete show

a decrease of 90 on last year, which is a sign of the times, the owner of the moderate performer finding it harder to carry on nnder present conditions. The Wellington Steeplechase entries are three- above last year, the Winter Hurdles showing a similar increase. The hack hurdle events show an increase of 15, and there is very little difference in the main flat races. Entrio? for the Wellington Steeplechase include Lucess, Claremore, Wako King, St. Warrigal, Spalpiko, Dark Prince, and Pouri, all from Auckland; while the South is represented by Paris, Tuki, Fabriano, Matu, Umtali, and Radiac. In the Winter Hurdles the Great Northern winner Prince Lu is engaged, also Lucess, who ran second in that race. Last year's winner and runnerup, Carinthia and Fine Acre, are also engaged, as well as several recent winners from both north and south. Included in the list also are several good flat performers who are just commencing their jumping careers. Riccarton stables are represented by the following:—Thurina, Fresh Breeze, Sea Boy, Weatherly, Moorbird, Sharp Thorn, Grand Acre, Royal Mint, On Top, True Shaft, Troilus, Amorist, Taragona, Rascal, Sempe- Paratus, Dunraven, Belvoir, Nightguard, The Quorn, Static, Zeebrugge, Metal Bird, Aberfeldy, Ball Dress, Winsome Hind, and Rose of Orange. The Accident Fond. , The balance-sheet of the Accident Fund of the New Zealand Racing Conference, to be presented to the annual meeting of delegates next month, shows a very satisfactory position. The excess of income over expenditure for the period ended May 30th is £I4BB Is 7d, and this, with accumulated funds £12,262 7s Id, makeß a total of £13,750 8s Bd. Investments and accrued interest amount to £13,606 4s 104, and there is £973 15s Id in the current account, a total of £14,578 19s lid. It has always been sought by the general trustees to maintain this fund in a substantial position. The bulk of the accumulated fund is obtained from accident fees, which last year contributed £3690 10s, the next largest item being £I2BO 2s 6d commission on jockeys' and apprentice riding fees. In other words the owners are responsible invery large part for the building up of this substantial sum. The accident fee at present is 30s, and there is a remit by the Southland Racing Club to be discussed next month to reduce it to 20s. With nearly £15,000 in hand to carry on with, the risk of the fnnd being depleted in the next few years looks extremely remote. Sold Five Times.

Sion, who disappointed somewhat on the race track, has achieved fame in another direction. Submitted at auction last week as a stallion, he was in great demand, and changed ownership twice within a short,space of time. Mr H. A. Taylor, the Macquarie studmaster, had the horse knocked down to him for lOSOgns, and later sold Sion privately to Mr Alan E. Cooper. A brother to Vaals, Sion is by imported Valais from the Bobadil mare Galtee Queen, and although he entered the sale ring five times only once did he fail to bring a four-figure amount. As a yearling he was purchased by Mr JS. Moss, who also owned Vaals, for 4100 'guineas. Iu January, 1928, h 0 Was secured by Mr R. Miller for 1600gns, and in April the same year became the property of a patron of 0. O Rourke a Mascot stable for DOOgns. Messrs <<J. Millard" and the Bosehin trainer W. A.'Ross purchased Sion in_ August, iviv, for lOSOgns, the price paid for him at last week's auction. .. Despite the fact that Sion was eoitly to some of his owners, he secured a fairly large amount of stake-money. His seconds to Amounis and Karnma in an Epsom. Handicap and Donoasfcer Handicap respectively, however, kept him well up iu the veights.

NEW BRIGHTON T.C. annual report. ' crease compared with those ot <he prenriou. it Kratifytai' to know ttafc 1# spit* et the unaYoldable reduction fat owners cave liberal support to the prommniea prodded. I* U rnnS" eeptanoes received were exceptionally good, showing that owner. the adjustments made by the handlcapper. Daring the year the xwin* track ®2t reconditioned, and it is confidently expected that it will he in first-class order for the "A"*?virSf ss°si« th. talk o! Mr A. Tho nominations received for the va™™ offices are as follow.:—President. Mr W. B. Thompson: vice-president. Mr J. MeCreanor, hoiu treasurer, Mr E, H. James; committee, Messrs G. L. Berry, H. 0. Harfey. and B. 3. MeKenna: atewardß, Messrs O. ®erry. H. O. Harley. A. J. Harper, J. Johns. V. Kibblewhite. B. J. MeKenna, G. . Q. Scott, Inn. and J. Westerman. beT not being: In excess, there will be no and expenditure account for the year ending May 30th, 1981, is a* under:

PAYMENTS. £ 9. fL Stakes •• -- S'S52 « Government taxes •». ' '.'2® ® Salerie. "7 ® ® Wages • • • • Ml is li Expenses of race meeting. 730 _1 11 Trotting Conference levies 385 la 9 . Trotting Conference expenses 15 15 g Trotting Association expenses 8 8 0 •• •* A%i S 5 Improvementa ... «• ® ? Insurance • • • • ® \ Rates .. • • • • *5 ,11 8 Bent .. - - -« fla O 0 Bepairs and maintenance .. 158 7 10 Advertising, printing, and stationery .. • • , 13 » Pines .. - • • 610 0 General expense# .. '5 2 5 Donations .» • • 6 5 0 Depreciation— _ _ ' Buildings .. <OO -7' 0 Plant ' •/. •• 40 » 8 Fnrnitnre .. .. 18 13 0 <18,745 3 1 RECEIPTS. 1 ;. d. Nominations ~ .. ' 884 6 0Acceptances .. .. 1.164 0 0 Members' snbseriptions .. 85 0 0 Totalisator - ... .. 8,393 19 3 Stands and gates ' .. 1,080 9 0 Privileges .. .. 804 10 3 Training fee* .. - .. 82 0 0 Fine. .. .. .. 6 10 0 Interest , .. .. 68 15 0 Totalisator tax refund .. 250 0 0 Balance .. .. 1,080 18 8 213.745 3 1 The balance-sheet *a at May 80th, 1881, discloses:— . LIABILITIES. ' * a. d. Accumulated funds, being excess of assets over liabilities .., .. 18,734 1 B Z13.724 1 6. ASSETS. \ & 8. d. Cash in bank .. .. 421 7 5 Cash on deposit .. 3,800 0 0 Accrnad interest on deposit 89 0 0 Properties— Land .. .. 2,830 0 0 Plant 45874 15s 2d, plant purchase £37 3s 6d—-X4Ol 17. Bd, , less depreciation 10 . p.c. £4O 3s 6d .. 861 14 0 Furniture 4183 12s, less depreciation 10 p.e., , £lB »8 • • • - 185 0 0 Building. £BOO7 7., less depreciation * p.c. £400.7» .. ~ 7,807 0 0 I 7 - - %