RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 14

RACING AND TROTTING

LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

'"racing fixtures November 17—Carterton R.C. ■November 17, 19-Waikato R.C. November 24—Levin R.C. November 24, 26-Takapuna J-C. November 30, December I—Feilding November 30, December I—Winton J C December I—Ashburton County R.C. December 6, 8-Dargayil e RC December 8. 10—WoodvilLc D.J.C. December 15— Wellington R.C. December 15—Waipa R.C. December 15—Hovorata R.C December 26— Waipukurau J.C December 20, 27—Taranaki .J.C. December 2(\ 27—Dunedin J.C. December 20. 27, 29—Manawatu R.C. December 26, 29—Westland R.C. December 26, 28, January 1, 2—Auckland R.C. iTamiary I—Waikouaili R.C. January 2—Oamaru J.C. TROTTING FIXTURES November 22, 24—Forbury Park T.C. December I—Northland1 —Northland T.C. December 1, 3—Nelson T.C. December B—New8 —New Brighton T.C. December B—Te Aroha T.C. December 26—Gore T.C. December 26—Wairnrapa T.C. December 26—AshL.. ■ on T.C. December 26, 27—Wesiport T.C. December 27, 29, 31—Auckland T.C. December 29 —Winton T.C. January 1, 2—Canterbury Park T.C. ■January 3—Westland T.C. .January 4, s—Greymouth T.C. January 9—Reefton T.C. January 12—Wellington T.C. January 19—Timaru T.C. January 26 N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. January 31, February 2—Forbury Park T.C.

TURF GOSSIP Reminder Nominations lor the Ashburton County Placing Club's meeting will close at 8 p.m. on Monday. Answer to Correspondent "Argument," Hinds: Gazeley was by Greyleg from Lygia, and was imported from England by Mr E. .1. Watt, who was then resident in Hawke's Bay, and had a large team in training there. Gazeley won several races, including the Napier Cup, before being retired to the stud. An Unlucky Trip Playground, whose death is reported from Melbourne, was taken to Australia by Mr C. Boyle, for whom he won a jumpers' flat event in Sydney before the spring carnival commenced. He was a seven-year-old gelding by Acre from Pleasure, by Merry Moment. Playground was a useful performer in New Zealand, probably his most important win being in the Winter Oats Handicap at Trcntharn in 1033, when he paid a large dividend. Mr Boyle has had a very unlucky trip to Australia with his team. He has not got much racing out of Royal Hunting or Saltspray, but both will now have a more strenuous programme at the smallcr meetings following the big gatherings. They are nominated for the Williamstown meeting on Saturday next. Sent to Sydney The Wellington-owned Impasto, who ■was recently sent to Sydney, has joined the stable of P. Riddle. Impasto will most likely be racing at the special meeting to be held at Randwick on November- 22 in honour of the Duke of Gloucester. Champion Victorian Horseman Acting on medical advice, W. Duncan, the former Victoria crack lightiweight, who was seriously injured when Rose Valais fell at Williamstown in May last year, has announced his retirement from race riding. His arm, which was badly damaged in the fall, will, according to the specialists, never regain its former strength. Dun- ' can, who was one of Australia's greatest riders, won practically every important race in the Commonwealth. His outstanding feats include two Melbourne Cups on Peter Pan and Night Watch; two Caulfield Cups f Maple, High. Syce), Sydney Cup (Lilypond). A.J.C. Derby (Manfred), Moonee Valley Cup fWirraway and Royal Charter), Williamstowu Cup (Star d'Or), Australian Cup CAccarak and Carry On), Brisbane Cup (St. Valorey), King's Cup (Second Wind), Metropolitan (Jocclyn), Doncastcr (Simeon's Fort), Epsom (Mctullus), Oakleigh Plate (Cielo, Umbcrtana, Blematic), Futurity (Father's Voice). Feilding- Cup Nominations as follows have been received for the Feilding Cup, of 200 sovs one mile and a quarter:—Aga Khan, Red Rufus. Rust, Catalogue, Stitch. Eminent, Plateau, True Shaft, Passion Fruit, Arikira, Cuddle, and Sunny Sky. A Rare Occurrence After being kicked and bitten by a stallion which he was leading from a horse, Charles Vincent was admitted to a private hospital at Feilding on Tuesday. Vincent was leading the stallion along Lethbridge street when the animal suddenly attacked him. The stallion bit him on the knee and kicked him after he had fallen to the ground. He was rescued by a passerby and taken to hospital after receiving medical attention. His condition is reported to be satisfactory. To Reside in Melbourne The Hawera trainer J. Fryer cabled from Melbourne last week stating that he had sold Rollovant to a West Australian buyer, and also asking that Green Linnet be sent to Melbourne as .soon as possible. In a recent letter Fryer said that it was almost certain that he would be settling permanently at Caulfield, and would be returning to New Zealand shortly to wind up his affairs.

Classic Races in England A contributor to London "Sporting Life" says that 100 classic races have been decided in England since 1915, and that members of Bruce Lowe's No. 1 family are in advance, with winners of 23 races.

The representatives include Gay Crusader. Blenheim. Cameronian. Humorist. Firdaussi, Book Law, Saucv Sue, Brulette, and 11 others. No. 3 family come next with winners of 11 events, and the horses include Fclstead, Fifmella. Colorado. Straitlace, Udaipur, and Rose of England. The winners of No. 2 family follow in numerical rotation with Gainsborough, Hurry On, Call Boy, Clarissimus, Diaphon, Keysoe. and Diadem. By a coincidence the . successful members of No. 22 family were all colts. anil they include Captain Cuttle, a, ™F- n §°' Sandwich, an d Mr 'ioi Windsor Lad, with Spion Kop. MaS2« Tr ° ut> Campanula, and Snow ™*&*i«^i£sr for the No -

A Brighter Outlook In England the outlook for breeders of bloodstock is brighter than for some time past, and there is reason to believe it is the same in Australia, says an Australian paper.' ' Attendances are on the up grade everywhere, and the outcome should be increased prize-money, which, of course, fends to higher prices for yearlings. The tremendous amount of added money given by the A.J.C. was mainly responsible for the nourishing condition of the bloodstock industry in this state a few years ago, and-when the ruling racing body was forced to reduce its expenditure in stakes -yearling prices were adversely affected. Now stakes are again going up at meetings at Randwick, and as it -may not; be long before all the minor-clubs in the metropolitan area make a similar move, breeders can look forward to ?ic.xt year's sales with a certain amount of optimism. One of the Sydney clubs has already announced an addition to its next 'season's spring programme of a £525 three-year-old race. As other clubs cannot well afford to be left behind, they may deem it advisable to put a good handicap or two on their programmes. The indications are that they will be able U> afford that step, and thereby help brooders as well as owners and trainers.

England's Leading Sire At the end of September Blandford had eclipsed the records of all English sires for a full season, the order of those which exceeded £42.000 being as follows:—-

Mere Records The totalisator continues to grow in popularity in Australia. On Derby Day at Flemington the increase was from £8282 5s to £62,495, made up of £26,177 5s for win, and £36,317 15s for place. With the exception of last Melbourne Cup day this is the largest total yet held on any one day on any course in Australia. Second Retainer Whatever they thought of W. Johnstone in England, French owners have a high opinion of him. It was announced some time ago that Mr P. Wertheimer had retained him for next year, and now comes news that second claim on his services has been secured by the Comte do Rivaud, who is also a prominent onwer.

Eulogy Dead The death is announced of the great brood mare Eulogy. She died last week after foaling a bay filly to Posterity. Eulogy was bred in England in 1011, and was imported to New Zealand by Mr G. M. Currie in February, 1915, in company with the stallion Absurd. Eulogy was by Cicero from Kelibia, by Upas from Goletta, by Galopin. Her first foal was Pennon, by Coriander, to English time, and she had 14 living foals, missing in 1921, 1922, 1925. 1929. 1931, and 1933. Her best known and successful progeny were Humbug, Fulsome, Epitaph, Homage, and Eulalie, by Absurd; Commendation and Praise, by Limond; Pedestal, by Thespian; Esteem, by Pombal; and Adulator, by Limond, which was named in Australia, while there is a two-year-old colt by Posterity yet to be raced. Eulogy's stock won all the leading classic races of the Dominion and some in Australia, both as two and three-year-olds. It is doubtful if a speedier filly than Epitaph has ever raced. Her full value as a brood mare is being realised by the continuation of the winning strain in her progeny. Pennon is the dam of Motley. Lysander, Ceremony. Arisus and Canopy and Motley is carrying on as the dam of Midinette, Variant, and Legatee. Homage is the dam of Episode (clam of Epigram and Burnish) and of Honour, who, in addition to winning tae Derby, is leaving very promising gallopers. The stake earnings of the family founded by Eulogy run into the hundred thousands.

TROTTING NOTES Kemindei'M Acceptances for the Forbury Park Trotting Club's spring meeting will close to-day. Nominations for light harness events nl. the Ashburton County Racing Club's summer mccing will close on Monday. , , , Genera! entries for the Auckland TruUin" Club's summer meeting and a pavment for the Great Northern Derby will be taken up on December 7. Leading Sires The winning list of sires compiled by the New Zealand "Referee" is as follows:—Wrack, 28 wins. £6287 10s; Kev de Oro, 14. £3404 15s; Man-o'-V/ar, 9. £1558 10s: Real Guy, 8, £1491; Guv Parrish 9, £1423; Worthy Bond 7 £1301; Logan Pointer 4, £1275; Blue Mountain King 3. £1245; Author Dillon 5. £1191: Nelson Derby 7, £1157; Travis Axworthy 9, £llsl 10s. Sale of Two-year-old The Jack Potts—Daisy Pointer two-year-old filly, bred by W. J. Morland, has been sold to Messrs August Bros.. Wellington, and has gone into M. B. Edwards's stable. j The Auckland Cup I Indianapolis is likely to make his i next appearance in the Auckland Cup. I In this 4min 27sec class race he Willi be asked to give away 48 yards. Horses on the limit will include Worthy Light trained by F. J. Smith. The last Auckland Cup was won by Indianapolis, but northern sportsmen regarded him as lucky to beat Pegaway, who met interference, and finished third. On anything Pegaway has shown in the South Island he is far removed from the class of Indianapolis. The Greatest Test !

Harold Logan has registered many brilliant performances in his six years of racing, but possibly his best was in the two miles Free-for-All at Addin "ton on the second day of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting last week. In this race he was not only called on to make a very brilliant beginning to run the first quarter in 31 2-ssec, and the half mile in Imin 2 2-ssec, after lighting for the lead with Impromptu, but he was then compelled to fight another finish with Roi l'Or at the end of a mile and a quarter in 2min 39 4-ssec, and still another at the end of two miles in 4min 17 2-ssec. This docs not approach Harold Logan's best time, but where horses are usually asked for one sprint in a race, Harold Logan was asked for three hard finishes, and though beaten in the first by Impromptu he came through the others with flying colours. The time cannot be taken as a true index of Harold Logan's performance, for there were stages of the race when the speed slackened very suddenly. His three fighting iinishes will stand out as the greatest performances of a horse that can unwind a burst at any stage of j a race, and is temperamentally suited for the highest class racing, and especially match racing. A Dunedin writer gives most of the credit for Harold

Logan's racing qualities to a supposed strain of thoroughbred blood about the fourth remove, and conveniently forgets that Logan Pointer, the greatest of sires imported to New Zealand, is responsible. The influence of Logan Pointer blood can be seen in many of our best racehorses to-day, and the case of Silver de Oro provides an example. She is by Rey de Oro from a mare by Logan Pointer from Single Girl, an almost worthless galloper, by Singlestick 11., whose stock failed to do anythin" worth while on a racecourse. Singlestick 11. failed as a sire of gallopers, and his blood is not likely to have a very direct influence on pacers bred from his stock. It is much more reasonable to regard a Logan Pointer mare crossed by Rey de Oro, of true' racing blood, as responsible for the excellence shown in Silver de Oro's performances on a race track. The pedigree of Harold Logan on the dam's side is admittedly short, but the compiler of the Stud Book is not yet prepared to accept the statement that the third dam, Charily, is by a thoroughbred. Tiie Dunedin writer secured this information from the owner of Duncan Abdallah, who served Charity at Goodwood. Charity was by Cadogan —Malice, but the Stud Book issued by the New Zealand Racing Conference does not confirm the mating with Duncan Abdallah. It is more than possible that the Charity in question is another mare altogether, and something more convincing than the Dunedin writer's version is required by those responsible for a complete record of breeding in trotting. A Proved Strain Wrecker and Bracken both by Wrack and bred at Durbar Lodge, Ashburton, are recent additions to C. DunJeavey's team at Addington. The successes of Indianapolis and Tempest, two of the Wrack breed, have evidently encouraged Mr G. J. Barton to strengthen his team still further.

A Weak Field The field for the two mile trotting event on the opening day of the Forbury Park meeting is the weakest that could be imagined, and hardly one of those engaged has any pretensi6ns to two mi'es form. Norma Bingen and Triangle have at times behaved as stayers, but both are far removed from good class company. Prince Harvester on the limit has not impressed in his most recent displays, and Kotinga, a nice trotter, will probably be better suited for a journey over a mile and a half.

A Possibility Princess Thea. when trained at New Brighton, was mostly reserved for mile saddle races, but at Addington last week she made her first appearance in the colours of M. Holmes, and driven by D. C. Watts, showed that she could go a journey. In the Riccarton Handicap on the opening day sne went away nicely, and was in the firing line for a good part of the race. She failed at the finish, in a race run in 4min 25 4-ssec, but her effort over a distance suggested possibilities. Princess Thea is engaged in the Cavcrsham Handicap, of one mile and a half, at Forbury Park, and though she is set to give away 36 yards start to Young Travis, Dollie Derby, and Agile, her chance is not a hopeless one. Horse Makes the Driver "It takes a good horse to make a good driver," said K. C. McDermott after he had won the New Zealand Cup with Indianapolis, and this opinion should be considered by a writer in the "Timaru Herald," who wrote the following:—"Youth must be served, and people who up till two or three years ago claimed that F. Holmes was a better rcinsman than any of his sons, have had to revise that opinion. The handling of Harold Logan and Roi l'Or last v/eek showed Maurice to the greater advantage, even when it is conceded that he was behind the better horse. None of the many drivers who have been tried with Harold Logan during the last two or three years have achieved the same results as M. Holmes, who is now the Dominion's most accomplished reinsman." The comparison is a rather unfortunate one, for Maurice Kolmes, driving perhaps the best horse New Zealand has known, and easily the best type of horse for the majority of races he has won in this driver's hands, defeated Roi l'Or three times when they met at Addington last week. Had the drivers been changed, Harold Logan would still have won, and any one of a dozen drivers could have steered him to victory. Could any other driver m the country have brought Roi l'Or so close to the little champion? M. Holmes is admittedly one of the best reinsmen in New Zealand—thanks to his father's training—but there are many tricks of the trade that he has still to learn, and can only be learned by the actual experience the father has had. Roi l'Or is not in quite the same class as Harold Logan, and that explains the reason of his defeats at Addington. Free Holmes is still the master driver in New Zealand, and this opinion is shared by most of the best-known trainers and drivers in Canterbury.

Meeting Cancelled The Nelson Trotting Club received veyy poor nominations for the meeting it proposed to hold on December I and 3, and it has decided to cancel the fixture in the meantime and try to arrange for it to be held at some future date. Nelson is isolated as a trotting centre, and the small stakes do not encourage owners from a distance to patronise the meeting. Few horses are trained in the district, and it is unlikely sufficient support, will be forthcoming to enable the club to hold a meeting at any time during the present season. The possibility of a meeting being held early in the New Year is remote, and the club would be well advised to make its intentions known and, if necessary, surrender the permit for the present year. A number of clubs would be only too willing to take advantage of a permit for an extra day's racing, and possibly the Methven Club would be most entitled to any permits that become available.

WESTLAND T.C. ANNTAL MEETING (SPECIAL TO 188 PRESS.) HOKITIKA, November 15. At the annual meeting of the Westland Trotting Club, there was a small attendance. Mr F. McGregor presided. The annual report showed that the club had made a small profit for the year. All of the officers were re-elected and Mr D. Dowell was added to the list of timekeepers. The following committee was elected:—Messrs F. McGregor, J. J. Breeze, C. S. Neville, J. J. Mcintosh, M. H. Houston, W. E. Richards, A. W. Yarrall. E. W. Heenan, R. Wiley, J. Stafford. D. R. Dowell, J. Mcintosh, jun., H. Newman, and R. J. Pedder.

Mr C. J. Sellers was elected an honorary life member. The next trotting meeting of the club was fixed for January 3rd, 1935, and it was resolved to increase the stakes by £55, making the total £ 555.

ENGLISH RACING GORDON RICHARDS'S SUCCESS (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY. November 14. Gordon Richards, the famous jockey, rode his two hundredth winner for this season at the Derbyshire races.

Races Stakes HI'- 1 1 P 1 'i n A SiwA inner s. Won. £ Uo date) 25 47.', 63.525 1806 Stockwell .. 39 132 61,391 1896 St. Simon .. 23 38 59,740 1926 Hurry On .. 14 26 59,109 1900 St. Simon .. 16 27 58.625 J 892 St. Simon .. 20 47 56.139 1929 Tetratema .. 20 35 58,025 1882 Hermit 80 , 81 47,311 1899 Oinic 15 29 46.G43 1928 Phalaris .. 18 31 46,393 1927 Buchan 20 37.', 45,918 1930 Son-in-Law :n 48-'. 44,588 1931 Pharos 15 27 43,922 1889 Galopin 12 22 43,516 1867 Stock well .. 41 113 42.521 1910 Cyllene 18 80 42,518 1894 St. Simon .. 23 44 42,092