RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23202, 13 December 1940, Page 12

RACING AND TROTTING

HORORATA RAGES 1 TO-MORROW’S PROSPECTS The interest of Canterbury racegoers will be centred in the annual race meeting of the Hororata Racing Club to be held on the Hororata racecourse to-morrow. The fields will all be well filled, and some good class horses will be seen in action. The track benefited by recent rain, but the going is certain to be fast. The single pool system will be in use, and the following horses are likely to be well supported:— Bangor High-weight: Dranoel, Princess Minerva. Trial Plate: Circular Note, Farida, Doric Mist. Glendore Trot: Aurie’s Star, Crackajack, Diamond Cluster. Hororota Hack Handicap; Iceland Spar, Ferriby, Shanghai Lily. H. A. Knight Memorial: Symbol, Skyrena, Cymric. Novice Stakes: Lockheed, Greenbank, Nightshift. Snowdon Trot: Burt Scott, Warwick, Aurie’s Star. Sandown Hack Handicap; Raceaway, Synthetic, Papernilla.

1 TURF GOSSIP Track Work at Riccarton The weather was favourable for track work before the breakfast interval at : Riccarton yesterday, but a strong , north-west wind made matters very unpleasant later in the morning. Main ' interest was centred in horses to race ! at Hororata to-morrow, and these all i galloped on the plough, which, because ; of the jrass tracks becoming very hard, . is now in general use. The plough was ' open for reverse work for the first 1 half hour, between 5 and 5.30, but the only horse to work on it was Don’t ■ Forget, who completed an easy circuit, sprinting home the last three furlongs in 38 3-ssec. Before Breakfast Winning Rival and Wild Fox covered six furlongs in Imin 17 3-ssec, and their stable-mate Wild Talk ran seven furlongs in Imin 30sec. Sovereign Lady and Muffler executed a strong gallop over nine furlongs in Imin 59 l-sscc, keeping together throughout. Impressive Task Iceland Spar, joined by Nightshift at five furlongs, ran seven furlongs in Imin 29 3-ssec, the last six in Imin 16 1 l-ssec, and the last three in 37 4-ssec. Puella and Rue went over the same i ground in Imin 31 2-ssec, the first four in 51 4-ssec. Ageratum beat Glenora Boy over six furlongs in Imin 15 l-ssec, the last three in 37 4-ssec. Others over this 1 journey included Sweet Mystery Imin 17sec, Aggravate and Lockheed imin 17 3-ssec, and Not Out Imin 18sec. The best work over five furlongs was credited to St. Cloud and Skyrena, who were abreast throughout in Imin 1 2-5 sec, the last three in 37sec. Others included Gold Nugget in Imin 4 2-ssec, Master Flash and Lord Midas in Imin 4 2-ssec, Kilrobe in Imin 5 l-ssec, and Circular Note and Make Play in Imin 6sec. Ferriby broke *away in front of Royal Chief commencing a mile gallop, and finished a neck to the good in Imin 46sec, the first half in 54 4-ssec. Smart Sprints There were several useful half-mile sprints, Shanghai Lily and Greenbank took 50sec. Farida and Wincheslea 50 4-ssec, Palfrey and Doria 51 4-ssec, Waitaka, Lady Magellan and Philibun 51sec, Wardress 52sec, and Great Bramble and Lady Derby 54sec. After the Interval Dranoel impressed by beating Symbol over five furlongs in Imin 2 3-ssec, the last three in 37 l-ssec. Gay Parade and Gold Don covered the same distance in Imin 4 2-ssec, and Papernilla easily accounted for Dispense in Imin 4 3-ssec. Sham Raid took Imin 4 2-ssed, Scarteen Imin 6sec and Sham Boy Imin 7sec. Miss Tasta galloped six furlongs in Imin 17 3-ssec, and Cymric, under a strong hold, took Imin 19 3-ssec. Schoolgirl, who has been showing the effects of galloping on hard ground, traversed a mile in Imin 46 3-ssec, Monopoly accompanying her over the ■ last half in 52 3-ssec. Riding at Hororata Riding engagements as follows have been made for to-morrow’s programme at Hororata:—C. Stokes, Glenora Boy, Farida, Papernilla; P. Spratt, Gay Parade, Knight Commander, Master Flash, Lockheed; A. Messervy, Gold Nugget, Puella, Dispense, Princess Minerva (Hororata Hack Handicap); L. J. Ellis, Lockit, Synthetic. Iceland Spar, Sweet Mystery: A. E. Ellis, Princess Minerva, Raceaway; M. Caddy, Erambie; R. Caddy, Monopoly; S. Green, Lord Midas, Gay Thread; J. Wadley, Ageratum; C. Wilson, Sham Boy, Sham Raid, Nightshift, Scarteen; i H. Hibberd, Dranoel, Cymric; C. Fox, ■ Symbol, Miss Tasta; B. Brodie, Gold Don, Eastern Prince; J. Jennings, Circular Note. DUNEDIN J.C. HANDICAPS • [THE PRESS Special Service.] DUNEDIN, December 12. > Following are the handicaps for the ; Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting on Decemj ber 26: OTOKIA HURDLES,of £150; one mile 1 ami a hair—Recollection 11-6; Colonel French IU-H; Superex 9-9; Flagman 9-2; i Airdrie. Donndca. Prince Flaneur, Point . Blank 9-0. 1 TRIAL HANDICAP, of £120; seven furs’ longs—Rue 9-0; Circular Note 8-5; Con- " tidant 8-1; My Song 0-0; Nisi Prius 7-13; 1 Impertinence gelding. Gold Spear filly, 2 Nanette filly, Kohara, Ballyaggan. Eire’s Ruin, Dark Olga, Hoiiio Tinopai, Kurawhi, ; Princess Gainsborough, Light Cavalry, ' The Joker, Tripalong, Wincheslea, Gold 1 Nugget Foxctle, Georgia 7-11. v DUNEDIN HANDICAP, of £150; five s furlongs—Divorced 8-4; Palanlua gelding, a Espionage, Chandelier 7-11; Dash o’ Dublin 7-10; Southern Wave 7-9; Desert Maid , 7-8: Calypso 7-7; Eoherbee filly, Bay . Biddy filly, June Night 7-6; Cruden Bay, ’. Palfrey 7-3; Doric Mist, Comforter 7-0. ; FEDERAL HANDICAP, of £200; six ) furlongs—Boswell 9-0: Lord Nuffield 8-12; 2 Doria 8-11; Spanish Lad 8-9; St. Cloud, 1 Wild Career 8-5: Toro Koura 8-3; Night- ;. cairn 8-2; Hearth, Spendthrift 8-1; MasterHotspur 7-5; Cltirp 7-2; Raeburn 7-1; Bliss- ; ful Lady 7-0. [. OTAGO HANDICAP, ol £500; one mile, r and two furlongs and a half—Sovereign • Lady 9-0; Sliver Streak 8-13; Swordstlck \ 8-11; Passaform -8-7; Second Innings. Mona’s Song 8-5; The Raker 8-3; Settlement Peony Rose 8-1; Strip, Not Out 1 7-13; ‘ Nightdress 7-12; Doubieaek 7-9; 5 Straightdel 7-8; Schoolgirl, Sir Amyas 7-7; > Sir Hugh 7-6; Heidelberg 7-0. [ MILBURN HANDICAP, of £150; seven 1 furlongs—Craiglea 9-1: Royal Style 9-0; , Pleading 8-9; Airline 8-5; Lady Sincere, Muffler 8-2; Eulogist. Rue 8-0: Great Swoop 7-13; Anglo Irish 7-12; Southern Sail 7-11; E Elmarch 7-10; Secret Flight, Sham Boy > 7-9; Gay Lancer, Pink Dress 7-8; Dist pense. Twenty Grand, Lawford Lass, ; Circular Note, Alias, The Joker. Palmar ■ 7-7. BURNSIDE HANDICAP, of £170; one 1 mile—Second Innings 9-6; Norseman 9-5; Not Out 9-4: Hearth 9-2; Petersham, Night i Pal 8-13; Kilrobe. Night Dress 8-12; : Doubieaek 8-10; Straightdel 6-9; Schoolgirl ; 8-8; Hanlon, Sailing Lady 8-7; Sir Hugh ■ 8-6; Chirp 8-4; Blissful Lady, Spear- ; thrust 7-13. i SALISBURY HANDICAP, of £150; one 1 mile— Boloyna 9-6; Spearthrust 8-12; ' Green Boa 8-11; Kinpen, Pernby 8-10; 1 Pleading 8-8; Happy Night 8-6: Airline 8-4; Muffler 8-1; Lady Sincere 8-0; Gold Don, Lucky Feather 7-12; Aspire. Anglo Irish 7-11; Prince Ruenalf 7-9; Big Joe, ocarteen, Twenty Grand 7-7. TROTTING NOTES A Reminder Acceptances for the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting will close to-day. Withdrawn Statuette and Waikari Chief have been withdrawn from their engagements at the Hororata meeting tomorrow. Ned Worthy Ned Worthy has been nominated for the Auckland Cup, 4min 31sec class, and to be in this race he will be giving away 12 yards. At New Brighton last Saturday he'was handicapped on 4min 32sec, and while he put up a brave fight and led for the greater part of the journey he failed over the concluding stages. Ned Worthy, is rather badly placed for the Christmas and New Year racing and he has just failed to qualify for several well endowed events. -The Ashburton Cup is •for horses that can do 4min 29sec or better; at the Canterbury Park meeting the Canterbury Handicap, of £IOOO, is 4min 28sec class, and the Mason Stakes

Handicap, of £7OO, is for 4min 29sec class horses. A .win at New Brighton on Saturday would have left Ned Worthy nicely placed. Bill B. Bill B. showed at New. Brighton on Saturday the form he displayed at one period last season and he is already spoken of as a possible winner of the ’Auckland Cup. From a 4min 30sec mark he was beaten in the Achilles Handicap at New Brighton, but in the Hurricane Handicap he finished with rare dash to run a mile and a quarter in 2min 40 3-ssec. His trainer, J. Bryce, won the Auckland Cup in 1915 with Cathedral Chimes, in 1920 with Man o’ War, and in 1927 with Ahuriri. If Bill B. is taken to Auckland he will almost certainly be driven by his trainer, who has hopes of adding to his already fine record. Auckland T.C. Entries totalling 553 have been received for the Auckland Trotting Club’s summer meeting on December 27, 28 and 31. a feature being the large number of outside horses nominated. The Jubilee Trotting Cup has attracted 16, including seven from the South Island, and of a total of 16 in the Rowe Memorial Handicap five are outside the province. The Champion Handicap, principal race of the middle day, has drawn 25, and the President’s Handicap, chief event on the concluding day, has 18. With 37 in the December Handicap, limit 3min ssec, the race will be divided, and the prize money increased to £4OO, with £2OO to each division. The second division will be run on the second day. The Dominiofa Handicap, limit 3min Isec, on the middle day, and Onslow Handicap, limit 3min 38sec, on the last day, have also drawn 37. Following are the entries for the two principal races the first day:—Jubilee Trotting Cup, of £I4OO and gold cup value £100; two miles; limit 4min 31sec—Ringtrue, Kenwortby, Ned Worthy, Mongolian, Our

War, Horsepower, Cruiser, Bold Venture, Josedale Grattan, Parauri, Bayard, Red Flush, Molly Direct, Accountant, ' Uenuku, Bill B, Rowe Memorial Handicap, of £4OO, trotters; two miles; limit, 4min 50sec—Milestone, Tonee, Elite Rey, Roi Grande. Short Wave, Gay Moko, Pirate’s Last, Great Surprise, Vain Lad, Josedale Dictator, Margin, Listowel, Sir Tony, Mah Jong, Within, Stalky. Leading Horses Leading stake-winners since the beginning of the season are as follows: Marlene £2IOO. Dusky Sound £1450, Gold Chief £B9O, Colonnl Grattan £B6O, Peter Smith £B2O, Lady Milne £790, Accountant £773, Molly Direct £770, Great Divide £760, Plutus £720,

RACING FIXTURES

December 14—Otaki-Maori R.C. December 14—Waipa R.C. December 14—Hororata R.C. December 21—Manawatu R.C. December 21—Hurunul R.C. December 26—Waipukurau J.C. December 26, 28 —Manawatu R.C. December 26, 28—Dunedin J.C. December 26, 28—Taranaki J.C. December 26, 30. January 1. 2—Auckland R.C. December 28—Westland R.C. January I—Wyndham R.C. January I—Waikouaiti R.C. January 1, 2—Hawke’s Bay J.C. January 1, 2—Wairarapa R.C. January 1, 2—Stratford R.C. January 1, 2—Greymouth J.C. January 1, 2—Marton J.C. January 2—Oamaru J.C. January 2, 3—Southland R.C. January 9, 11—Reefton J.C. January 10. 11—Vincent J.C. January 16, 18. 22—Wellington R.C. January 16—Wairio J.C. January 18, 20—Thames J.C. January 22—Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. January 25, 29—Auckland R.C. January 25, 27—Pahiatua R.C. January 30. Feb. I—Wairoa R.C. TROTTING FIXTURES December 14—Roxburgh T.C. (nontotalisator). December 21—Reefton T.C. December 26—Ashburton T.C. December 26—Gore T.C. December 26. 27—Westport T.C. December 27, 28. 31—Auckland T.C. December 2!E-Winton T.C. January I.' 2—Canterbury Park T.C. January 4, 6—Greymouth T.C. January 11— Cambridge T.C. January 11 —Timaru T.C. January 22. 25— Wanganui T.C. January 23, 25— Forbury Park T.C. January 30. Feb. 1-Wellington T.C. February 8— Canterbury Park I.G. February 8. 12—Auckland T.l. February 15—New Brighton TC .

REEFTON T.C.

HANDICAPS / Following are the handicaps for the Reefton Trotting Club’s annual meeting, to be held on Saturday, December 21;— ‘ PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of £80; unhoppled 'trotters; 3min 49sec class; one mile and a half—Alvis scr; Jeanne d’Arc sev, Movtbvl scr. Nancy, Carbine see; Sea Wolf scr; Windsor Lad 12; Diana Wild 24; Allic Audubon 3U; Native Ruler 72; Baron Silk 84. LEWIS PASS HANDICAP, of £7O; 3mln ssec class; one mile and a quarter—Because scr; Crackajack scr; Dawri Grattan scr; Diamond Cluster scr; Flower Potts scr; Liqueur scr: Mark Way scr; Nationalist scr; Noble Wave scr: Prince MeElwyn scr; Reservist scr; Rlvette scr; Warllne scr; Mauri McKinney 12. PUBLICANS' HANDICAP, of £130; 4mln 50sec class; two miles—Evora scr: Glen Travis scr; Janet Gaynor scr; William Potts scr; Grattanita 12; Equerry 24; Refund 24; Chameleon 36; Kewpie’s Jewel 30; Bill .Grattan 48; Logan Palm 72; Pop Eye ,72. RAILWAY HANDICAP, of £80; 3min 40sec class; one mile and a half— Alell scr; Clonard scr; Guy Whispers scr; Hoyle scr; Jarrah scr; Nationalist scr; Reservist scr; Wee Napoleon scr;' Great Joy 12; Indian Clipper 12; Loyal Lu 12; Talak 12; Alice do Oro 24; Echelon 24; Jack Sprat 24; Karu 24; Petite 24: Kosha 36; Lord Zetland 36. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP, of £80; un-hoppled-trotters; 3mln 49sec class; one mile and a half—Alvis scr; Jeanne d’Aro scr; Morlori scr; Nancy Carbine scr; Sea Wolf scr; Windsor Lad 12; Diana Wild 24; Allie Audubon 36; Native Ruler 72; Baron Silk 84. RECOVERY HANDICAP, of £7O; 3mln 43sec class; one mile and a half —Airline scr: Crackajack scr; Dawn' Grattan scr; Flower Potts scr; Liqueur scr; Mark Way scr; Nationalist scr; Noble Wave scr; Prince MeElwyn scr; Reservist scr; Rivette- scr; Warline scr; Mauri McKinney 12; Hoyle 36; Oxford Scholar 48. LA WRY MEMORIAL HANDICAP, of .£80; 2mln 58sec class; one mile and a quarter—Evora scr; Glen Travis scr; Janet Gaynor scr; Royal Navy scr; Talak scr; William Potts scr; Equerry 12: Grattanita 12; Refund 12: Bill Grattan 24; Chameleon 24; Kewpie’s Jewel 24; Logan Palm 36. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of £80; 2mln 24see class; one mile—Alice de Oro scr; Aleli scr; Clonard scr; Crackajack scr; Echelon scr; Guy Whispers scr; Great Joy scr; Indian Clipper scr; Jack Sprat scr: Jarrah scr; Kate Bingen scr; Karu scr; Loyal Lu scr: Nationalist scr; Oxford Scholar scr; Petite scr: Talak scr; Reservist scr: Wee Napoleon scr; Kosha 12, Lord Zetland 12; Queen High 12; Wee Pal 12. Meetings of fruitgrowers are being called throughout the Nelson district to consider a proposal made by the Government in respect to prices for the purchase of apples and pears in the approaching season. It is understood that the overall price offered is slightly higher than last year, but not as high as growers had hoped in view of increased production costs. Further representations will probably result from the meetings.