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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22268, 6 December 1937, Page 13

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CONTENTED from page 12) OTAKI-MAORI E.C. gay hunter wins stakes (PBE9O ASSOCUTTOS TILIGBAM.) OTAKI, December 4. The Otaki-Mnori Boeing Club's meeting sator investments amou. .cu JOS, against £8931 10s. manuao maiden PLATE, of £IOO. Six furlongs. --DANCING FLAUB S-7 I 3 Orders 8-. ■ Atkins 3 j—Haupongi > l;; charma n!.e 8-7: 14 Cr Marionettc 8-7- 8 Highball 8-7; 5 e G ay Maiionct ;i . 7: 4 Laughing ®*i’. «) Ruling Spi 8-7; H Sir Acre Hkile StlaJsin 8-7; 10 Mother-.n-Time, imln 14 2-5 ,eC ' PUKETOI HACK HURPLEh. Of £l2O. One mile and a half. 1-TOP Hf Lo \ 0 -° r ,. 0 .."Thomson 2 9-0 .. Burgess 3 Blood 10-7; 5 King’s Lancer • in. g polablan S-0; 6 Starmond 9-0. 8 r'ah'riel 9-0 7 Sea Kale 9-0 also started. °Won by three lengths. Time. 2mm * ISSC OTAKI HACK HANDICAP, Of £llO. Seven furlongs. 4 LUSTRAL 7-10 ■■ Atkins 1 3 Golden Chest 8-13 • • - i siegmund 9-0 • ■ 7 • Uurgcss 3 2 Roaming 8-5; 3 Mea Mea 8-1: 6 Free GoW 7-8; 7 Perfect Lady 7-3; 8 Merryman ’‘wofbfhaU a length. Time. 2min 26 2-ssec. RERE HEKETINI MEMORIAL STAKES, Of £250. One mile and a quarter. B— GAY HUNTER 7-4 .. Atkins 1 6— Gay Boy 8-4 .. Anderson 2 4 Hazoor 9-fl • • Morris 3 3 Sunee 8-9; 5 Legatee 8-1; 1 Brazen King 7-13; 7 Helen Ford 7-7; 2 Terry 7-6; 9 Warehi 7-0 also started. Won by a neck: five lengths second and third. Time. 2mtn 5 3-ssec. PUKEKARAKA HACK HANDICAP, i Of £llO. Six furlongs. 1— ALUNGA 8-11 .. Morris 1 5 Le Touquet 7-10 Atkins 2 2 Diamond Cutter 8-1 .. Wilson 3 6-’Money Raid 8-1; 3 Happy Heels 7-13; 4 Vadanoe 7-10; 7 Stargono 7-2 also started. Won by five lengths. Time, Imin 14 l-ssec. WAIRONGOMAI HANDICAP. Of £l3O. Seven furlongs. 4—DANCING LADY 7-7 .. Wiggins 1 2 Lone Raider 8-2 .. Broughton 2 I—iLucullus Lad ’B-8 .. Jenkins 3 8 Jubilee Song 8-11; 7 Slippery 8-8; 3 Mittie 8-6; S Mister Quex 7-13; 6 Beau Gallante 7-12 also started. Won by half a length: a length and a half second and third. Time, Imln 26 2-5 RAHUI HACK HANDICAP. Of £llO. One mile. 1— GALTEEMORE 8-5 ... Broughton 1 3 Impersonator 8-0 .. Wiggins 2 2 Lady Hoarlrl 8-5 .. P. Burgess 3 9 Earl Colossus 8-8; 4 Cricket 8-7; 5 Bing Boy 8-5; 6 Raroa 8-0; 7 Nlghtlass 8-0; 12 Ngaltahu 8-0; 8 Fairy Dale 8-0; 10 Kerlone 8-0: 11 Gabriel 8-0 also started. Won by a head. Time, Imln 41 2-ssec. REKEREKE HACK HANDICAP, v Of £llO. Five furlongs. RACfi CAIJL 3-0 .. H. Wiggins 1 Jewish Lad 7-0 ~ Forsvth 4f Black Frost 7-7 .. aS 5 „, Son and Heir 8-10,- Hunting Spy 7-8-Pinal 7-2; Cloak 7-2; Mowgli 7-0: Royal Toy 7-0; Sly Fox 7-0 also started.

TURF GOSSIP Reminders Acceptances for the Hororata Racing .Club’s meeting will close at 5 P.nt to-day at the office of the Canterbury Jockey Club. Nominations for the Manawatu’Racing Club’s meeting will close at 9 P.m. to-day. Nominations for the Westland Racing Club’s meeting will close at 8.30 p.m. to-morrow. ■ Nominations for the Wyndham meeting will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Nominations for the Hurunui Turf Clubs annual race meeting will close at 8 p.m. to-day. > Rain at Biccarton . The Riccarton tracks were not opened early on Saturday morning because Of rain, and in any case there ivere. no horses taken out of their .stables until after the breakfast hour. When the coursei was open, but there were no tracks for galloping. The ram was very much appreciated by trainers, and by the course staff, and m the circumstances, the missing ot galloping was overlooked. The grass tracks could have done with considerably more moisture, but what fell will help the growth, and conditions should be more favourable than previously for the finishing work of horses booked to race during the holiday period. Wants Yielding Goins Davolo was very sore after his race ®t Ashburton, and this no doubt accounted for his poor effort. He is still suffering, and unless the tracks during the holiday racing in the south ore likely to be on the soft side, his Prospects of doing any good are not bright In the meantime, his programme will hot be decided on until next week. His stablemate Colombo is in the same position, as he has been fore intermittently for some time, and is not considered likely to race until the tracks" improve. For the Coast .Too three-year-old filly Lady Mxadleham, formerly trained by F D. Jones, is to be taken to the West . as+ - , c i tcu it by W. Cameron, who nlso have Golden Dart and Aceptable in his team for the trip. Not to Race inwards nominated Ponty for the Auckland Cup. but neither Ponty nor Wmo will bo racing during the ouaajo. Edwards's other galloners, ♦h Jt abel and Bun Hat ' wiU go to L °ust meetings, at which the young stable horseman, C. Masters, will be riding^ For Ellcrslie la^a e ge : ,eral entries for the Auck,meetir*S total 623. as against 589 r> eair ’ South Island horses in ignt Dress Haerepo, Pelmet, Trench F aper Slipper appear in of lbor. Pr ?‘*r Ctor bas been taken out n£ oat , Northorn Fcal Stakes and hot make the trip north. JP«ttlble Development messa ”e says that Sir Abe °-^ as absent from the York dll ? ner on account of evervu,; ’ S( t nt /I icttci ' urging that agg * n S should be done to encour- I "Stens tn a t tend meetings. br oadcashm d r 0 takc ’l to P revent the **Se CaS »w ? °i f raco descriptions,” he! thAi hove only to wnit for *& d thS >P {? ent ° f Revision and there to at Woodville Gavll Greene said at Feilding that gor !° the right wa y since stmW C o arton ’ Hc , w i. U Probably k one nf the days at Stakpe be M re i g ° ln £ north f° r the **totteStfrti, H ? wke s Bay will be we >i Villi s ®} ted by tv/o-year-olds at WoodGregne Wiu\, a ddition to Gay Son, WhLTr have Beaupartir. S. J. Reid V«&Hn> ar a,KI Kathbella. and Mr IwMJrtms Hagen, a half-brother by

AUSTRALIAN RACING WARWICK FARM MEETING (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 6, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 5. The Warwick Farm meeting was held yesterday. Results are as follows: TRIAL HURDLE HANDICAP, Of £175. One mile and a half. BRUSHWOOD 9-12 .. K Brace 1 Capaneus 9-10 .. . - R. Malcolm 2 Silver Coat 10-0 .. .. K. Sholl 3 Eleven started, including Riposte. Won by a length and a half; same distance between second and third. Time, 2min 42sec. MAIDEN NURSERY HANDICAP, Of £l5O. For two : year-olds. Five furlongs. , , . First Division W. Staplcmore’s ch c ADIOS by Excitement —Tinkledell 8-7 .. K. Cook 1 Edna Star 7-13 -• J - ■^} “ li. B. Greenslacte’s ch c Miltiades (N.Z.) by Iliad—Black Cat 8-7 .. W. Cook 3 Fifteen started. , ~ . . Won by six lengths; a length between second and third. Time, Imln 2sec. CAMDEN STAKES, Of £220. Six furlongs. HERITOR 8-0 .. . . W. Cook 1 ™y(N.Z.) 8-0 .. J- O’Sumvan 2 started, including ' Hm.t Monde and Mnnanui. FARM NOVICE HANDICAP, Of £2OO. One mile. C. Macindoe's b c GLENORA BOY <N Z ) bv Lord Warden —Full Swing 3vrs 7-12 • ■ .. E. Bartle 1 Captain Rose 7-4 .. H. Ashmore 2 High Class 7-10 .. . . J. Vickers J Nineteen started, including Edible and Rebel Chief. Won by a length and a hall; a head between second and third. Time. Imln 40sec. EPSOM TURF CLUB MELBOURNE. December 5. Following is the result of the:— EPSOM CUP HANDICAP. Of £350 and trophy valued at £25. One mile and a quarter. L. Rountree’s b m LILIRENE by Trivalve—Celosia 6yrs 6-8 . J. Williamson 1 W. O'Connor and R. Ryan's ch m Dunloe s yl -s 7-11 • ■ H. Martin 2 J. Augey’s br hj Boongarry 3 Twelve started, including Sir Simper, Red Manfred, and Jack Horner. Won by three-quarters of a length; a neck between second and third. Time, 2min 6Jsec. TWO-YEAR-OLD CROWN TE HERO AND HOMILY [By CARBINE.] The defeat of Te Hero by Vitement, and the narrow success of the same horse over Avarkur, have shaken the faith some observers held that the Te Awamutu colt would be the season’s best two-year-old. Te Hero is a fine stamp of horse, and if he stands training will be high class, but he might prove difficult to train. He was not seen at his best on the first day of the Takapuna meeting, when Vitement just beat him. He was a much better horse on the second day, when he won. and though he won by only a nose, there was merit in his victory. Avarkur, who stretched him to the full, was the better drawn at the barrier, and when the field settled down had a lead over Te Hero of four or five lengths. As Avarkur is smart Te Hero did well to beat him. There need be no doubt that Te Hero is a force to -be reckoned with in the decision of the two-year-old supremacy, provided he can be thoroughly trained. - - So far the Beau Peres have had matters nearly all their own way. Further successes are sure to come to them, but, besides Te Hero, they will have Homily to encounter in the near future. Homily raced successfully in Australia during the spring, and obviously is good. Another who should win races when he returns to his best is Protector. CLUB IN DANGER [By CARBINE ] In the midst of what is almost a racing boom one North Island club is said to be in danger of going out of existence. This is Waipawa, which of late has raced at Hastings, but in future may have to face on its own course. A meeting to consider the future of the club is to be held, and it is understood that those who desire that the club shall continue hope for a considerable influx of new members.

Siegfried to, Shu and Hest, is to have his first race at Woodville. Heroic’s Record It would seem fairly safe to conclude that the progeny of Heroic will for the sixth successive season place him at the head of the winning sires’ list in Australia. At the close of October, which marked the first three months of the current season. Heroic's progeny had won £16,726, and in the interval the winning total has been increased by more than £7OOO. The Musket Strain Direct Lady, a three-year-old daughter of Spearfelt and the Seremond mare Direct Action, who placed herself prominently in the limelight when she won the Queensland Cup last month, has a strain of Musket on each side of her pedigree—one through her sire, who is by Spearhead, grandson of Carbine, and the other on her dam’s side through Stepfeldt. who was by Nordenfeldt. Stepfeldt will bo remembered as a winner of the Great Northern Derby. A Coming Star The three-year-old colt John Wilkes, winner of the Williamstown Cup, traces on the dam’s side to the New Zealand-bred mare Golden Slipper, the daughter of Multiform and Aura, who was bought for 4500 guineas at the dispersal sale of Mr G. G. Stead's horses in 1908. John Wilkes, who is by Baralong. son of Galloper Light, is considered likely to play a part in the settlement of the V.R.C. St. Leger. In the opinion of “Pilot.” who was in Christchurch last week, John Wilkes has a great future in front of him as a stayer. A Perth Winner It seems that New Zealand will be fittingly represented once again this season on the Western Australian turf. Footmark, a son of Defoe and the Gainsborough mare Bachelor’s Picture, who was early singled out as an eligible candidate for classic honours, endorsed the opinions formed of his prov/ess when he romped home In the West Australian Guineas and he Is now the outstanding favourite for the West Australian Derby, which is set down for decision on December 27. In 1936. then simply known as the brown colt by Defoe from Bachelor’s Picture, Footmark was included with the collection of yearlings catalogued for the Trentham sale in January, but he was withdrawn. He is raced by Messrs S. J. and N. V. Mills, two prominent business men in Fremantle. Footmark was bred by Mr A. Edmund Preston, owner of the West Derby Stud, Ohau.

TROTTING NOTES Reminders Nominations for the inter-Dominion championships will close on Monday next. Nominations for the Greymouth Trotting Club’s summer meeting will close on December 14. Nominations for the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Boxing Day meeting will closq to-morrow. Nominations for the Westport meeting will close to-day. Nominations for the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting will close to-day. Nominations for the Gore Trotting Club’s meeting will close at 5 p.m. today. Nominations for the Canterbury Owners’ and Breeders’ Association’s charity meeting will close to-day at 5 p.m. Answer to Correspondent Reader. Hornby—Aide de Camp v/as scratched at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday. Stud News Escapade, 4min 27sec, the dam of Intrigue, has foaled a colt to U. Scott, and will visit him again. Another of Mr W. J. Morland’s mares in Rustic Maid a sister to Gold Country, has foaled a filly to Gallant Knight, and will visit U. Scott. Mrs K. Bare’s mare Kitty Parrish has foaled a black colt to Great Bingen and will visit Wrack. Amalgamation The Minister for Internal Affairs has granted the application for amalgamation made by the Greymouth and Westland Trotting Clubs. The Westland Club, which was to have held a meeting on January 4, has now abandoned that fixture, which will be held later in the season at Greymouth. A Good Track The heavy rain of Saturday morning would have rendered many trotting courses quite unfit for racing, but if anything it improved the going at New Brighton. The course was almost perfect going for, although it was not particularly fast, several winners proved that exceptionally good time was possible on it. A slow pace in the early stages of the Mace Memorial Handicap caused the comparatively slow time of 4min 34sec to be recorded. In the Bowhill Handicap and Wainoni Handicap the winners equalled their handicap times. The opening event, decided when the track was at its slowest, was run in 3min 31 2-ssec from a 3min 40sec mark, in the Improvers’ Handicap Olive King improved from 3min 34sec to 2min 24 3-ssec. Sister Mary from 3min 34sec to 3min 28sec. Colonel Grattan from 3min 30sec to 3min 18 3-ssec, and Waipahl from 2min 16sec to 2min 12 1-5 sec. The state of the track reflected the greatest credit on the caretaker. Mr T. Stevenson, for no matter what the nature of the soil no course can be properly prepared without a great deal of attention being paid to it. The New Brighton Club is fortunate in having at hand an almost unlimited water supply, and this has been fully availed of during the last few weeks. Engaged at Reefton M. B. Edwards allowed Princess Beverley to forfeit her engagement at New Brighton on Saturday, and this was not surprising considering, that the mare was giving away six seconds to be in the race. In the meantime Princess Beverley has been nominated for two events at the Reefton meeting on Saturday next, and off a 3min 49sec mark for a mile and a half she should pay her way. Others from the same stable engaged at Reefton include Ace High and Philario. Disqualified At the New Brighton meeting on Saturday, the judicial committee held an inquiry into the running of De Soto. The official finding was as follows; — “An inquiry was held after the running of the Mace Memorial Handicap, when C. Johnston, owner of De Soto, and J. B. Pringle, the driver, were charged with not racing and driving the horse to win, and after hearing the evidence the judicial committee resolved that the owner driver, and the horse bo disqualified for three months.” An appeal against the club’s decision has been lodged.

Big: Author Big Author’s unreliability at the barrier does not inspire confidence in the minds of speculators, and after his first day’s running at Forbury Park he was allowed to start at a good price in the Bowhill Handicap on Saturday. His time at Forbury Park was 4min 19sec for two miles and, handicapped On 2min 46sec for a mile and a quarter, his prospects looked bright. Spectators Disappointed The scratching of Indianapolis and Cloudy Range for the Mace Memorial Handicap on Saturday was a big disappointment to spectators, but the owner, Mr G. J. Barton, thought that the track would be very heavy and would not allow his horses a fair chance to show their true worth. The track dried up much better than many expected it to do, and a race would have helped materially in the preparation of both horses for important engagements during the Christmas and New Year holidays. From Westport The Westport correspondent of “The Press” writes as follows: — Trainers are busy preparing their charges for the forthcoming Christmas meeting at the Westport Trotting Club’s course. The track is in excellent order and good nominations are assured. Of the local contingent Doubt is working well and is a model of fitness. He ran second to Passport at the Matinee meeting on Thursday evening, pacing the last mile in 2min 15sec. Passport, who has been troubled with unsoundness for some months, seems to be himself again and has only to remain sound to give a good account of himself at Christmas time. Brian Boru, Black Marble, Parallax, and High Noon are all in good fettle, and with one or two fast work-outs will be at their best. Of the maiden performers. Lone Song, who has been off the scene for several years, is a credit to her young trainer. T. Rea. She was turned out in excellent order for the matinee meeting, and although she tangled at the start, easily accounted for the other competitors. Silk Attire, second to Lone Song at the matinee meeting, is in good order, but does not seem able to stay. J. Spillane has put in a lot of time with this horse. Red Glow has quitened down a lot, but is troubled with unsoundness. This horse would only have to keep sound to win a race. Travis Queen. Travis Logan, and Crinoline are all showing' promise and looking well. J. Mulqueen has a young trotter by Real Guy from Lorna Audubon who gives the impression that she will go fast.