RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20543, 11 May 1932, Page 14

RACING AND TROTTING

LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

RACING FIXTURES. M»y 12, 14—Wanganui J.O. May 13. 1* —Southland B.C. M»y 1* —Waipa B.C. May SI —Auhburton County B.C. May 21—Waikato B.C. May 21 —Otautau R.O. jj, y 28—South Canterbury J.C. Jna« 1, 3, 4—Dunedin J.C. June 3, 4—Otaki-Maori B.C. June 8, 4, B—Auckland B.C. Job* 16, 18—Hawke's Bay J.C. Juno 18 —South Canterbury J.C. June 23—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt. June 24, 25—Napier Park 8.0. Jun« 25—Aahbnrton County K.O- . July 2—Oamaru 3.0. July 6—Dannevirke Hunt. Jury 12, 14, 1§— Wellington 80. Jnly 21 —Waimate Hunt. July 28, SO—Gißborne R.C. July 80 —South Canterbury Hunt. July 80, August I—Manawatu R.O. TROTTING FIXTURES. May 14—Oamaru T.O. May 14—Thames T.C. ■ Juno 3. 4—Canterbury Park T.C. June 3, 4—Hawke's Bay T.O. Jane 11—Aahburton T.O. TURF GOSSIP. Reminders. Nominations for the Dunedin Winter Meeting will be due at 5 p.m. to-day. ' Nominations for the South Canterbury Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting will ' close at 9 p.m. to-day. Caokebore Changes. The Chokebore stable lias received the | following yearlings which have been broken in at Stonyhurst:—Bay filly Counterplay, by Winning Hit from Counterscarp; bay filly Fracas, by Winning Hit from Scrimmage; and bay filly Final Shot, by Winnine Hit from Rivalry. A two-year-old chestnut gelding, Heatherglow, by Day Comet from Heatherbrae, has also joined the stable. The three-year-old filly Porlock has been sold to F. P. Claridge, and Ball Dress has been treated to a spell. Novice Hurdler. Tarquinius (G. Murfitt) was given a schooling task over four hurdles at Bicv carton yesterday, and acquitted him- --. self fairly well, but appeared as if he ?"_ would do better with a companion. Back from Reef ton. e Monastic'and Taku Tama hav:. returned to Eiecarton from Beef ton, and r will remain over for some of the forthcoming meetings in the south. Xiooks Well. Rascal is now one of the active bri- * gade &t headquarters, and although carrying a little surplus condition, he is in solid order to tackle another preparation. Attractive Yearlings. G. Murray-Aynsley had his two yearKngß ridden to the track yesterday, and I they show plenty of promise- They are a bay eolt by Night Baid from Liege Lady, by Paladin from the English mare Strona, and a chestnut filly by Polazel from Disdainful, dam of Meprisant.

Qtorm Time. < T. H. Gillett is at present busy with , an unnamed two-year-old gelding by f Chief Euler from* Mazabuka, dam of Millimetre, Zarisee, and Hard Words. ] He was purchased by Mr E. Hay as a ] - yearling at Trentham for 275 guineas, ~ and after being broken in was put aside * lor a year. He is a free mover and -. a very likely high-class gall6per, and Gillett holds out great hopes for the well-bred youngster. Gillett is also . handling a three-year-old filly by Paper Money, the property of Mr E. M. Sheedy. - An Exchange. Juniper was sent to his owner's property yesterday for a two months' spell, and his box in P. D. Jones's stable - was taken by the three-year-old gelding . *.- Jordan, by Jericho from Palestrina, both sire and dam being from the Martian mare Judith. 1 prom the North. B. Adamson, who recently lost the ser- ";' vices of V.erden, has acquired the lease of a two-year-old filly by Lackf. ham, bred in the North Island.' AanburtonNominations. The Ashburton County Baeing dub . have received very satisfactory nominations for their Autumn Meeting, to be " held on May 21st. As usual, Biecar- } ton stables supply the majority, the list * )being as follows:—-Ma Belle Polly, Night "■ Jlyer, Metal Bird, Tautbow, Proud 2 Kaight, Lochard, Homecoming, Magna - Oharta, Bed Boyal, Execution, Bational * EL, Banelagh, Straightoourae, Don Jose, '* Weatherly, Bed Heekle, Dunraven, >• Eclair, Rocket, Gold Cross, Poriock, c< • Natural, Hsquebaugh, Silver Sight, Golden Dart, Topthorn, Past Passage, Irish Lady, Solwit, Hystride, Hounslow, - The Viscount, Night Beeital, Oraigavon, .. Sing Musket, Waiwene, limited, Bas- ¥■ eal/and Arrowmir. In addition Monasi ' tie and Taku Tama, at present at Bic- ] carton, and Crash and Acevedo, trained at Belfast, have been nominated. I Basing at WanganuL N i The "Wanganui Jockey Club's steeplei. ehase Meeting opening' to-morrow has \' drawn good fields. The Century Hurdles I and Grandstand Steeplechase will, be de- ■ cided, the old established Wanganui i Steeplechase being reserved until Saturday, when the Connolly Handicap will j be the principal fiat event. Seven rei main in* the Century Hurdles, includ- ! ing last year's winner, Conjuror IL He | is said to be in good form again this ; season, while Otairi, Mister Gamp, and ? Easterly are expected to race promint ently. The Grandstand Steeplechase will ; be contested by a fair field, and the } ..form shown should throw some light on Saturday's big event. Omeo pulled up i lame after the Egmont Steeplechase, and j his owner, Mr A. Lile, was considering | turning h*™ out, for good, but on

veterinary advice the useful gelding is to be given another chance at Wanganui. Okawa Juveniles. i Five yearlings have been broken in this year for the Hawke's Bay sportsman, Mr T, H. Lowry, who is away at present on a brief holiday in America. The yearlings are a brown colt by Unel Buler from First Blow, dam of Gascony and Second Wind; chestnut filly by Chief Buler from Desert Gold; bay filly by Chief Buler from Miss Cute, dam ot Clever; brown colt by Grandcourt from Orofino, by Finland from d'Oro; and brown colt by Grandcourt from Orozino, therefore a brother to Knollmere and Grand Jury. The two Grandcourt youngsters are to be gelded before they go into training. Trainer-Rider Injured. Whilst Consent was being schooled over the small hurdles on the Marton tracks last week the horse stumbled and fell. L. G. Morris, who was riding, hung on to Consent, and by some means broke a small bone on the back of the left hand. The injury will place Morris on the retired list for a week or two. Brighter Outlook. It is the view of "Watchman," who is one of the race special writers for the "Morning Post," that the early days of this flat racing season in England have been by no means devoid of satisfactory features to owners and breeders. An encouraging sign has been the good prices fetched by platers. Trainers who have placed something tolerably useful in selling events are not finding it easy ! to retain the winners; while the fact that a two-year-old plater fetched as much as 1000 guineas at Liverpool I accept as indicating that bloodstock values have returned to a higher level than that at which they stood last autumn. Again, when Mr Boyd Davis wished to sell one of his Stratford colts last week he quickly found a customer at a price which returned a handsome profit on the figure given for the colt as a yearling. After the Doncastcr sales a wave of pessimism swept over | bloodstock breeders, and the Newmarket j December sales did not do much to dispel the gloom. Eecent ! transactions, however, show that there is still plenty of money about for the right type of thoroughbred, and I am convinced that when the foreign market rights itself British breeders of bloodstock will have little tc complain of. The first genuine test of the bloodstock market this year will come at the Newmarket first spring meeting, when horses in training belonging to the late Sir John Kutherf ord and Mrs Edgar Wallace, will come under the hammer. I venture to predict that they will not be.associated with anything in the nature of a slump. Engaged at Wanganui. , Blacksmith, who has shown marked promise as a hurdler, is due to contest the Century Hurdles at Wanganui todav, and as the class is not overstrong he should run prominently. Ho scored twice over hurdles at the Taranaki Meeting in February and since then has performed well in high-weight handicaps up to one mile, and a Blacksmith is attached to Mrs- A. McDonald's stable at Awapum, and that will ensure him getting the right preparation for his engagements in jumping events during the winter season. French Successes. ■" The victory registered by M. E. de St Alary's Kandy in the One' Thousand Guineas marks the second year in succession that a filiy from France has won one of the fillies' classics m England. Last year Lieutenant-Colonel Birkin furnished the winner of the Oaks with Brulette, who, like Kandy, was bred in France.

WANGANUI NOTES. IPBXSS' *BBOCUTIOX TZLBORAM.) "WANGANUI, May 10. The weather was fine for training operations this morning, but the tracks were dead after, rain overnight. Not many visiting horses have yet arrived. Pomp (J. Rayner) and Arisus (Ellis) went five furlongs, the former being in front all the way. The time was Imm 5 l-6sec. Pomp finished a length ahead. . ' , . Kowhatu went twice round and sprinted the last two furlongs in 27 l-ssec. , , . . T . Freehold (Wilson) and Just an Idea (W. Fielding) covered a round of the big fences, both jumping very well. Freehold was later associated with Kaihoro in a spin over six furlongs. The first half-mile was run in 60sec, and Kaihoro drew away to finish two lengths in front in lmin 17 l-ssec, without being extended. W. Hawthorn gave Foghorn, Cape Town, Trader Horn, and Thermopylae pace work. • ' , Clopton and Jack Plane set out to do a mile and a half over hurdles, but after going three furlongsi Clopton s rider lost an iron and Jack Plane went on alone. He out-jumped Clopton. The latter subsequently put in a round on the flat at half-pace.

TIMARU TROTTING CLUB. A meeting of the committee of'the Timaru Trotting Club was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs J. Hole (chairman), H. P. Morton, A. P. Greenfield, G. T. Wardell. H. E. Wilcox, J. Gilmore, and B. G. Kilgour. The chairman said that the Meeting had not been aB successful as expected, a loss of £153 being recorded. It was for the club to decide what would be done in future. The stewards and officials had worked well. Mr Greenfield advocated reduction of stakes. If £2OO was cut off the stakes the revenue and expenses would just about balance. Mr Wilcox -was not in favour of stake reductions, and he considered that efforts should be made to make the Meetings more popular. He advocated the introduction of a sweepstake. The financial statement was adopted. The stipendiary steward (Mr F. J. Beer) reported on the club's Meeting on March 12th. The Meeting was carried out under ideal conditions and there was a good attendance. The racing was good and full of interest, and some very close finishes were seen. There were two 'accidents during the day, but not one of the drivers was seriously hurt. The accidents wer© not due to any carelessness on the part of the drivers. A starting barrier of local manufacture was used at the Meeting for the first time, and proved a great success.

TROTTING NOTES. Bemiadera. Nominations for the trotting events . on the South Canterbury J.C.'s programme close to-day at 9 p.m. Acceptances for the Oainaru T.C.'s Winter Meeting close to-day at 8 p.m. Excellent Nominations. The Ashburton County Racing Club has received excellent nominations for the two trotting events on the programme for its Winter Meeting, to be held on Saturday, May 14th. There are 67 entries in the two trotting events, as against 06 in the five races set aside for gallopers. What Really Took Place. As the Teviotdale Handicap, decided at the Ambcrlcy Meeting last Saturday, was run in a very bad light there have been different opinions ventured as to what happened about three furlongs from the post, when Hard Words, who was in front suddenly lost his place. From reliable authority it has been ascertained that Plain Silk, who was running second to Hard Words at the time, ran on to the near wheel ot the leader's sulky, the action culminating in Plain Silk falling, and the wheel of the sulky being buckled so badly that Hard Words was taken to the outside of the course, and pulled up. Coming Along Nicely. Banffshire Lad is coming to hand nicely since he was recommissioned a few weeks aeo, and he should be ready to race at the Canterbury Park T.C.'s Meeting next month. Bears Good Appearance. Biddy Parrish, who has not raced since the Canterbury Park Meeting m January, has done well in her recent training work and she looks in excellent fettle at present. B. H. Bennetts has a rising four-year-old pacing brother to the marc doing useful work at Addington. Plans for Gold Country. No definite decision has yet been reached as to whether Gold Country will fulfil his Oamaru engagement, but it the improvement he has shown during the past few days continues, it is jikcly he will be seen out on Saturday. In Order. In face of the fact that application must be made for tho registration of trotting horses at least two weeks bofore they can be nominated, the entry of a Man o' War filly and a Sungod colt, in the Selma Handicap, at Ashburton, may appear out of place, but application for registration for these two novices was made some weeks ago, although up to the present, names, several of which were submitted, have not, been decided upon for them. Recent Improvement Shown. Wonderful improvement was worked in Impromptu by tho race he had at Forbury Park on the first day and he registered a sterling effort in Saturday's race. He has not shown any ill-effects by his recent outings and he promises to strip in fine order for the Oamaru Meeting. G. McKendry's Trotters. While Margaret Parrish has done well in* her work of late, her stablematO; Germanicus, is not hitting out so freely as he was a few weeks ago. Two-year-olds at Ashburton, There will be quite a deal of added interest taken in the Selma Trot Handicap, to be decided at Ashburton, if the Sapling Stakes candidates who are entered take their place in the field. They are Golden Cross, who has already raced; White Tips, a gelding by Rey do Oro-froin No Fear; Betty Jinksj. by Peter Moko—Lady Jinks; Eros, a gelding by Wrack—Nell Pointer, therefore, a brother to Tempest; Indianapolis, a colt by Wrack—Estella Amos; Good Companion, a gelding by Rey de Oro from a Great Audubon mare; Golden Direct, a gelding by Eey de Oro from Becky Logan, and Mary Harvester, by Sonoma Harvester from Gwenchild. The last-named is a sister to Harvest Child and Sonoma Child, tho winner of the Sapling Stakes in 1928.

Two-year-olds at Work. Included in the workers at Addington yesterday morning were a number of Sapling Stakes candidates, all of whom showed that they are progressing very favourably in their preparations for next month's classic. Golden Direct shaped a little better than Rey Direct, a filly by Bey de, Oro—Trixie Logan, over a mile and a* quarter, and Derby Thorpe, had something in hand from Signal at the end of a mile and a half run. A filly by Bey de Oro from Wild Pointer also paced nicely over one mile and a quarter. Derby Thorpe is the Nelson Derby—Biddy Thorpe gelding who recently came to Addington, and he looks a very promising type. He is perhaps the best furnished two-year-old of the locals.

KEMPTON ■ PARK RACES. MR B. DAVIS'S HORSES. (rnoa oxm own cobbxspokdent.) LONDON, March 29. A Stratford—Dinah Desmond colt owned by Mr Boydie Davis scored a divided victory at Kempton Park last Saturday. This was in the Isleworth Plate, five furlongs, for two-year-olds. A colt by Apple Sammy—Maranon, owned by Miss Dorothy Paget, ran a dead heat with Mr Davis's colt for first place. The most prominent at the start were Maranon ■c, Dinah Desmond c, Tho Eoumba, Bribe, Yalta, and Sarrasin. At lialf-way Maranon c. was leading from Dinah Desmond c, Yalta, The Bouniba, Whin, and Sarrasin. Dinah Desmond c, challenged strongly in the final furlong, and overhauling Maranon c. in the last few strides got up to make a dead-heat; eight lengths away The Eoumba was third. The Dinah Desmond colt had a previous win at Lincoln when he beat The Eoumba by two lengths. Mr Davis's other entry Signifcr, a four-year-old, ran in Queen Elizabeth Plate (handicap) of 245 one miles and a half. Much was expected of this horse, as he had come in second in the Manchester November Handicap, only "half a length separating Kim from tho winner, North Drift. Last Saturday, however, the horse was not so successful. He ran fourth. Burnside and Witch Doctor 11. were the first to break the line. Blue Danube soon went- ahead from Blue Vision, Air ! Pocket, Bangle 11., and Witch Doctor. j Air Pocket came into the straight, f oli lowed by Blue Vision, Signif er, and Covenden. Air Pocket failed to resist the challengejof Covenden who finished strongly from the distance and won by one and, a half lengths; one length divided second and third. Signifer, came next, with Spearwood fifth.