RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 19

RACING AND TROTTING

osf NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

jiCING , 1,,,,. .If. i ''uiiciuding ' jj—Canterbury Hunt. |.r^ M C U £r-Y^«»V e K r r FIXTURES. at ! Ki m fAlaL,o r;.C Spring ijUUf GOSSIP* returned to Ins homo *• Lewis*""" Hospital yesterday, >7 Jrt from suffering from an inas the result of some teeth -ilodged, he is expected to make recovery. He l'°™ver, to carry out his ndmg "lLnt S to-day. F. Foster also P«siDir favourably, but Mill ha\c j£*i. hospital for a tc* ,l«vs Itl MP DMS* o™- 0 ™- threatened danger at one !fthe run homo in bis sis tur?!%Vce at Eiccarton on Thursday, «/ km finishing on strongly. He is IS over seven furlongs to-aay, "Twill he up against some solid »«ti who in addition are more 5 than the big Trentham geld**o6 i» however, in promising 2L to tackle early spring engagefl and another payable season gca'to be in store for him. pLttitO did not get much chance to J, hil ability as a hurdler m his Twment on Thursday, as he bumped y. o4er off ft tho first fence. Out--1 Tf Alad«n, the field in to-day's 'Z Hnrdles is far from strong, and Zaito i»i only to fence reasonably ijjlto gain wroe of the minor pnzea»*T> Xfljodftd. ; Anorist showed a lot of hia old dash a the Grand National Hurdle Race on Swdty. He ran tip to Prince Lu Mfcring the back stretch, but unfortuuttly took off with him at the fence tjjg jsilo post, and jailed to master 6 tap ptnfll. The tactics in making BQirfi so close to the obstacle probity contributed towards his mistake, . til with fetter fortune to-day he will over a two mile journey. ia Bused Bugle, tkarp Thorn h»d two hard races ail«t i# the week, and it was not adruable to produce him again Jtyitj. He is now to be given an time for a few weeks, and tak- ■ jmt line through his useful and con- : ijgnt efforts during the past three xnthi, he gives" promise of developlinto a more profitable proposition : is the new season. I&Ws Say f.O. . report, p/ the Hawke's committee is as ommitteo regrets to KmiAthiiiof £755 over the year, to tikid) ffßpe conditions have been wpqilfei flroughout New Zealand * Mrfw ASjlf off of revenue has reubs facing a greater I fab almost equally difficult JMi&ML Tbf balance-sheet shows refulji H |re toys' acing on our own f w» M saiait seven last year. The * iiaWr ?f ftbnj(tfy rd caused serious tfl ear main and stewards' Ifpfc lie former las been tempos# repaired, >afr» a large expenditwe will be required before thoy can !»«r itored. The Autumn Meet(®M dsy) was held at Trentham smussion of tho Wellib, to whom we are and the satisfactory conduct of the meetncial profit accruing ■ club's consideration >n of its secretary, his staff. G NOTES. ■ the New Brighton iring Meeting, to be sth, close on Thurs>y O. K Jlooper won Meeting just conton, thereby placing 1 the winning trainers j Jreat Logan (2), Milo King were those reosition. Next ou the ihreys, who won two gbt and one with ickly. time of 4min 25 4-5 ten only three times handicap, the race he ie fastest time yet reicular race is 4min 22 adlock, who won in Bingen (1928) and : 4min 25sec to win. Thorpe's first success Dunedin Cup in Janug he has been back in t period, it is all ous. M. B. Edwards, inner, has had a long iation with the geldit enjoyed much luck j returned to the tionnl Handicap Aid bleeding freely from he result of striking ent to a break shortly mt Shown. lade no race of tho p over the eoncluda good deal to spare s champion's progress note during the Meetduy he ran quite it it ever being dangernproved form on the ish fourth. Hi; voriierit by running third aiulieap yesterday to the milc\-UHI u quari.lf his previous periling. f. i ran a sterling race i n idlcap and won with was not bustled over

the first mile, at which stage he was running ninth, but from there on he commenced to improve his position, and over tho final stages none of the others could go with him. Faded Out. Impromptu, at his first appearance, rr.n two miles out well, but yesterday ie faded out badly in the straight after being in third place at the entrance. Wins in Saddle. Meteor was rewarded by a win after having finished close up on the two previous days, but he did not have much to spare at the finish. Meteor's breeding provides interesting reading as his sire Sungod is by Harold Dillon, while his dam is by Adonis, who also claims Harold Dillon as his sire. An Enquiry. There was an enquiry held after tho running of the National Handicap yesterday, when M. Holmes, F. G. Holmes, and O. 13. Hooper were before the Judicial Committee to explain gome crowding in the straight. After hearing evidence tho committee accepted tho explanation given by those concerned. Luck Out. Few Meetings pass without C. S. Donald leading in a winner, but the recent Meeting at Addington proved disastrous to tho Belfast trainer as not one of his horses reached a place. Sale of Trotting Stock. On Monday at the "National Trotting Stock Sale to be held at Tattersall's, the well-known stallion, «ohn. Dillon, will be offered. John Dillon is the sire of Dillon Logan 4min 23sec, and other good performers, and this will afford a good opportunity to acquire a horse of this class. Other well-known performers to be offered are Logan Park, winner of a division of the New Zealand Trotting Cup, and runner-up to Peter Bingen in 1929, Morrison, winner of the Welcome Handicap for three-year-olds in 1930, and Granite City and Eebel, winners of races. There will also be offered a number of promising and untried young trotters and pacera by fashionably-bred I and proved sires, such as The Triumph, First Fashion, John Dillon, Guy Parrish, Harold Dillon, Logan Pointer, Matchlight, and Wraek. THE RACEHORSE SIMBA. * SHIPMENT TO SYDNEY. OWNER AND ANOTHER FINED. (U-TITEU PRESS ASSOCIATION BT ELECTHIC telkgraph—copyright.) (Beceived August 14th, 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 14. On the charges against William Cain an and George Guest arising out of the importation of the racehorse Simba, evidence was given by Customs officers. Caluan, who was described as a livestock shipper, took delivery of Simba from the Ulimaroa -last May, Baying he intended to race Simba afc -pony meetings. When asked about its value for primage duty, he replied about £150." He signed a letter to tha effect. A Customs investigation ofiicer later interviewed Calnan when 1 admitted that the horse was not his, and that he was merely ac l"£ r Ll?n Smith, a pony trainer. T <ater again at another interview when Guest was present, Guest internosed and haidy ''Simba was consigned to Joe Smith by mistake Mr Jamieson, of New Z>ea land, who bought this horse for me, and who knew that Smith 'I t a waro gMJThJryS up training, and 1 CuSoms ° Officer that big price,Snan 'would into the betting, market then £7O 9s 10d had been paid. Aftpr other evidence was heard, Calr,»n wis fined £IOO with £7 4s 6d costs, in default payment fined Ewh lowed a month to pay the fines. AUCKLAND RC. STAKES REDUCED. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TBLEOBAM.) AUCKLAND. August U. Owing to a serious drop in a" enue last season the Auckland Racing Club has decided to make a drast reduction in stake money for t spring MeeVlng and also m the p cipal handicaps at the summer Meet- ™ The total prize money for the spring in the Mitchelson Cup, which is now 4>l<W> and the Welcome States. The Auckland Cup at ;««:a * t ' e Railway Handicap from £IOOO to £1(W0 and the as - same as last season, but tne r be -J&ra ■*-*» PAKURANGA HUNT CLUB. acceptances. <I>P.ES3 ASSOCIATION TELSGBAM .1 AUCKLAND. August 14. Following ore the acceptances for the - ranga Hunt Club's Steeplecha.e^Mating be held at EUeralie on August gbbbnmount HUNTERS' STEEPSCHASE HANDICAP, Of 150 SOVB. About two miles and a 1»»«St. lb. sL lb ' Town Beauty 10 4 Jlounl.i" Lcnaubin ..9 0 J J St. Lucas • • 0 1 Bonny B ° y Clontarf Bill 9 0 HARRIS MEMORIAL HUNTERS' I HURDLES, G£ 150 soys. Ono mile and a half. St. lb. sl - Penuyp'ain H 3 General Lu 9 Ta hj.«. ;;i; nd Uaasure 9 0 ■* 3 Gaycavauer J J Scaramouch® 9 8 Ahbey ( Ruby Dawn » 3 *'S ht ooß * t *