RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21907, 7 October 1936, Page 12

RACING AND TROTTING

LATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

RACING FIXTURES

October 8, 10—Dunedin J.C. October 10—Dfcnnev irke R.C. - . October 10. 12-r-rAuckland R.C. October 16, 17—Masterton R.C. October IT—South Canterbury J.C. October 17, 19—Dargaville R.CL, at Avondale. October 22, 24, 26—Wellington R.C. October 24. 26—Gore R.C. October 26—Waverley R.C. October 26 —Waipawa County R.C., at Hastings. October 26—North Canterbury J.C. October 26—Waikato Hunt Club. October 29, 31—Poverty Bay T.C. October 31—Banks Peninsula R.C. October 31—Rangitikei R.C. November 5, 7—Whangarei R.C. November 7—Hawke’s Bay J.C. November 7, 9, 11, 14—Canterbury J.C. November and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club 'at Rotorua). November 21—Levin R.C. November 21—Southland R.C. November 21, 23—Waikato R.C. November 28—Ashburton County R.C. November 28. 30—Takapuna J.C., at Ellerslie. November 28. 30—Feilding J.C.

TROTTING FIXTURES

October 10—New Brighton T.C. October 15—Canterbury Owners and

Breeders. October. 17—Waikato T.C. October 24. 26—Auckland T.C. October 24, 26—Greymouth T.C. October 26—Oamaru T.C. October 26—Manawatu T.C. October 31—Wellington T.C. November 10, 12, 13— N.Z. Metropoli-

tan T.C. November 26. 28—Forbury Park T.C. December s—New Brighton T.C. December s—Waikato T.C. December 26—Ashburton T.C. December T.C. December 26, 28—Wairarapa T.C. December 26, 28—Westport T.C. December 28, 30, 31—Auckland T.C. December 29—Winton T.C. December 30—Westland T.C.

TURF GOSSIP

Washdyke Nominations The South Canterbury Jockey Club has received very satisfactory nominations for its spring meeting to be held on October 17. Riccarton and neighbouring stables are represented in the list by the following:—Redolent, Spearmarch, Vitaphone, Wexford Bridge, Culotte. Day Dress, Golden y.mhlem, In the Dark, Impact, Nightbound. Princess Ball, Pink \ Abbey, Boussdau, Matoru, Pelmet, Tout le Monde, Tunneller, Wino, Mutunga, Colombo, Dropped Catch, Joyous, Pmk Polly, Rose of Tralee, Silver Slipper, Cape Qabo, Heloise, Maka Ahi, Concertpitoh, Capital, Dollar Bill. Epic, Invoice, McHeath, Rebel Chief, and Vintage. At Rand wick To-day The Australian Jockey Club’s spring meeting will be continued at Randwick to-day, when the weight-for-age event, the Craven Plate, of 1500 sovs, one mile and a quarter, will be the principal attraction. In this race, Silver Ring will be opposed by a strong field, which will include Pamelas, Sylvandale, Oro, Sporting Blood. Lough Neagh, AUunga, Sarchene, Capris, Gay BkMde, and the three-year-olds Custos and Bobby. Twp-year-old fillies win bft in evidence in the Gimcrack Stakes, of 1300 sovs, five furlongs. The only New Zealand-bred filly in the latest list is Nightingale, by Night Raid from Quadrilateral, dam of Homer, purchased by Mr G. N. Magill, of Sydney, for 800 guineas, but racing in the name of Mr J. S. Brunton. Other events on to-day’s programme are;— Second Hurdle Race, about two miles and, three furlongs; Suburban Handicap, one mile; Members’ Handicap, for three-year-olds, one mile and a quarter; and Sydney Handicap, one nule and a half. .Vefinumd an Sire A feature of the spring racing to date in Sydney and Melbourne has been the success credited to the New Zealand-bred sire Veilmond, who Is being represented for his first season in two-year-old races. One of his productions, Lochlee, probably the first to appear in public, won the second division of the Maribyrnong Stakes for colts and geldings .at Flemington on Saturday, and incidentally was ridden by the former New Zealander, J. Barry. On Monday, at Randwick, the richly-endowed Breeders’ Plate was won by Rodborough. a gelding by Veilmond from Silver Cord, by Demetrius from Silver Shoe, by Wallace from Golden Slipper, by Multiform from Aura. Veilmond is represented in to-day’s fillies’ classic by Freveil. Not Maori Aiwai, winner of the Avondale Stakes, does not possess a Maori name. The word is simply the phonetic Maori spelling of 1.Y., an abbreviation for Imperial Yeomanry. Aiwai’s dam is Yeomanry. For Melbourne Mr G. J. Barton has left on another trip to Melbourne, where he will see bis horses racing at the Caulfield Cup meeting on October .10 and 17. He expects to be back in time to see Indianapolis and other members of his team racing at the Oamaru Trotting - Club’s meeting .on October 26. A Double Fee The Riccarton horseman, A. G. Parsons, was engaged to ride Queen Dorothy in the Kurow Cup, but when Southdown dropped out J. Ross decided to put up L. J. Ellis, who had been released by the scratching of Mr M. Samson’s horse; Parsons was then put up on Royal Gallant, who is also trained'by Rots. Parsons lodged a complaint to the stewards about being taken off Queen Dorothy, and the stewards awarded him a winning mount as well as< the fee for riding Royal Gallant. A Veteran’s Death Mr Charles Cleaver, who died at Normanby last week, is the father of the New Plymouth trainer, S. Cleaver. Mr Cleaver was always interested in horses and was an accomplished rider in the early days, once winning a double on a horse named Woodside at j the old Oxford racecourse in Canterbury, when he was opposed by riders of the calibre of R. Derrett and others of note. Silver King The late withdrawal of Silver Ring from the Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick on Monday would no doubt cause a sensation in Sydney. There is evidently nothing amiss with the gelding as he appears as an acceptor for the Craven Plate to be run to-day. That there was some doubt about his starting is suggested by a paragraph in a Sydney paper as follows: 75ilver Bing's win in the Hill Stakes, following on some good support for him during the week, caused him to go to the position of favourite for the MetropoUtanT Hard on the heels of Ws success came a warning from J. Stewart, his trainer, that the chestnut might not start, but would be kept for weight-for-age racing. It appears that there is a rifTin the Silver Ring camp and a ' difference of ideas. Stewart does not favour asking the chestnut to carry 9-0 in the. Metropolitan, which he considers would prejudice his prospects in weight-for-age races at toe mcetilK. As be has no interest-in the dooMßTendtog with Silver Ring, this is dbmato ««« a factor in the dedthe MetroooUtan field will uotbe strong. Silver Ring would hyd job ahead of him to win ■ . finmMMW

Monday, as she failed to show her real form in Australia since she was bought last spring. In New Zealand, in both her two-year-old and three-year-old seasons, she was as good in the warmer months as she was in the autumn, and as a three-year-old she was as much at home over a mile and a half as she was at six furlongs. Yet in Sydney she has been tried from six furlones to a mile and a quarter, and her only win was at Rosehill in March, where she won the Railway Handicap. Her record in Australia —14 starts for two wins and five other contrasts sharply with that m New Zealand. At two years she ran in 14 races for five wins and five minor places, and at three years she had the remarkable record of having missed a place only once in 13 starts, winning eight traces. One of her defeats was in the Auckland King’s Plate, in which Synagogue, who subsequently deadheated in the Futurity Stakes and won the Epsom Handicap, beat her at wight-for-age. Last spring Gay Blonde ran third to Lough Neagh, conceding him 21b, in the Tramway Handicap at Randwick, finishing from a fair way back, but she failed in the Camellia Stakes at Rosehill. She ran in the Epsom Handicap, although she was regarded as a forlorn hope by the stable, because she could not be worked. In the summer she ran unplaced in the Villiers Stakes, with 8-10, and the Carrington Stakes with 8-12, but finished second to Heritor, conceding 321b, in the Challenge Stakes. In the autumn, following her win at Rosehill, she ran unplaced in the Doncaster Handicap with 8-10, but ran second to Kuvera. conceding 91b in the Tocal Handicap, and third to Cuddle in the All-Aged Plate. As in the spring, an unsuccessful trip was paid to Melbourne, where she was unplaced with 8-11 in the Newmarket Handicap. Canterbury Jockey Club The committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club received a circular from the Racing Conference yesterday recommending all clubs that the entry of Hunting Jay should not be accepted for any race. Two transfers were approved, the two-year-old filly by Philamor —Clemency, Flaxmere stud, to J. A. McDougaU, and the three-year-old, Orange Burd, G. Murray-Aynsley, to J. D. Simpson. x . , At a meeting of members, at which Mr A. S. Elworthy presided, the following members were elected:—Mrs J. A. Brown, Dr. L. C. L. Averill, Dr. A. C. McKillop, Messrs C. P. Agar C. Bell, A. Braae, A. Burt, D. J. Cunningham, W. J. Dore, J. C. Elworthy, D. C. Gardiner, H. H. H. Gardiner, L. C. Gardiner, R. B. Kellock, W. S. MacGibbon, D. McLaughlin, F. Peter, H. J. Potton, C. E. Purchase, E. B. Rawlings, K. W. Robinson, G. W. Sherman, R. C. Todhunter, J. F. Tonkin, and W. H. Walton. District Committee

The Canterbury District Committee, at its meeting yesterday, passed the following programmes:—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. October 31; Chatham Island Jockey Club, December 28; Waiau Racing Club, January 1. The following were recommended for licenses: —Jockeys, J. Dowd and J. H. Rule; trainer, R. B. Berry. Racecourse Reserve

At a meeting of the Christchurch Raccourse reserve trustees, held yesterday, it was decided to submit the name of Dr. Mi G. Louisson for the approval of the Governor-General as a trustee in place of the late Mr H. A. Knight.

TROTTING NOTES

Reminder -Nominations for the Manawatu Trotting Club’s annual meeting will close on October 12.

Change of Stables Twenty Grand, the three-year-old colt by Jack Potts—Mustapha, until recently in J. S. Shaw’s stable, has been placed under the care of M. B. Edwards at Yaldhurst. Shaw also has Impromptu in his care, but it is not likely that the gelding will be persevered with much longer. At his best, and on a grass track ’, lr P pr S,™ pt t n shown great form, and he has to his credit a victory over Harold Logan in a series of match racafhowever, has never shown his true form at Addington, and m retiring him from racing his owner will adopt a wise procedure

By Logan Pointer The Ashburton trainer, J. Bell, jun., recently purchased the aged stallion Logan Fraser, who will be used for stud purposes. Logan Fraser is one of the few Logan Pointer horses left entire. and for this reason he may become popular with breeders. Bell has in his care Old Faithful, a son of Logan Fraser. Dual Licenses

F. J. Smith, who has prepared more winners during the tast few „^ a^° I \ s fhan any other trainer in New Zealand, has applied for a license to train thoroughbreds. Both M. B. Edwards and J S. Shaw, well-known trainers of trotters and pacers, also hold licenses in the galloping sport, in which they have earned a fair measure of support. Charity Meeting The secretary of the Canterbury Owners’ and Breeders’ Association has received fine guineas from G. J. warton as a contribution towards the funds of the charity meeting to be held at Addington on October 15.

Numerous Entries For the eight events to be decided at the Canterbury Owners’ and Breeders Association next week 172 nominations have been received, an average of more than 21 a race. For the Stafford Handicap no fewer than 54 entries were received, and the association has decided, in the event of the fields being unwieldy, to run races m divisions. The Ballin’s Breweries Handicap, for horses that can do a mile and a hall in 3min 39sec or better, has drawn 24 nominations, and the Victuallers’ Handicap, 3min 23sec class, has attracted an entry of 23.

Imported Horses Calumet Axworth, the American stallion purchased for the stud by o. S. Donald, and two two-year-olds named Leitrim and Bing <^ sb £- at present in quarantine on Smnes Island, says the Auckland Herald. Calumet Axworth and Bing Crosby will be released on October 16. but Leitrim’s term will not be up till near the end of the month. Leitrim, a colt, by Real Frisco— Lady Eountiful. J> a pacer, and is owned by Mr F. Wallis, jun.. Gore. R. B- Berry will tram him, but another name will. have tobe found for him, as there is already a Leitrim racing in Southland.

TAUMARUNUI MEETING

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AUCKLAND, October 6. The following was the result of the Railway Handicap at the Tauraarunui meeting;—

RAILWAY HANDICAP, Of 120 sovs. Six furlongs. X. I—BLUE NEEDLE 7-7 S. Tremain 1 2. 3—Legatee 7-9 .. -.2 5. s—Star Artist 7-8 .. ..3 3. 2 Wahlne Reihl 7-8; 6. 6 Grand Score 7-7: 4. 4 Lady Ruler 7-7 also started. * Won by a neck; three-quarters of a length second and third. Time, Imin 14 3-9 sec.