SPORTING

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24095, 3 November 1943, Page 5

SPORTING

TURF GOSSIP , e Answer to Correspondent “Wager," Akaroa; You have already secured the information. - Cup Candidate in Trouble , Foxleap showed signs of soreness after i - working at Riccarton yesterday, and has n had to be put aside She will now have it to miss the New Zealand Cup, In which 3 f she was rightly considered a light-weight y possibility d New Arrival r- R Register has received trom Mr T. J. Lister, owner of Norse, in Register’s stable, a three-year-old untried gelding, • e Pink Clover from Kinnoull. a An Unusual Oversight Because of the names being confused, c- Flying Spray appeared as an acceptor for 3f the hurdle race at the Foxton meeting, iy anc his name was telegraphed through ;o New Zealand as live winner This should have been Plying Spy, who was ridden by his owner-trainer’s son. A. Gregory , c At Flemington The Victoria Racing Club nas rearranged "> the dates of the big meetings in Mel--16 bourne this month The Victoria Derby It will now be run on November 6, Mel--3t bourne Cup on the 13th, Williamstown d Cup on the 20th, and Ascot Cup on the ie 27th p Stable Pair } s Atreus struck trouble at the Gore meeting and showed signs of soreness on returning home He has improved and “ should be right in a day or two. Both IS Atreus and his stable-mate. Monetary 1- were unlucky in their races at Gore At 53 present they show good, robust condition to help them along in future. No Action |C j Following the flobmlbn Handicap an ' inquiry was held into the running of Clarice, the second favourite ridden oy L J Clutterbuck Clarice ran at the back 33 of the field pulling hard for the first halfid mile tno beat only one horse home The S ( trainer L E. George, produced evidence that he had supported the horse, and the JL rider’s explanation of her poor showing | Q was accepted, no action being taken. A Big Stake The Wellington Cup stake at the sumle mer meeting in January will be £SOOO. n including a cup valued ai £l5O The sum of £3IOO and the cup will go to the winner £IOOO to the second horse L £SOO to the third, and £250 to the fourth The stake money of some of the other events is also to be increased.—(P.A.) lg Foxton Cup The outsider out one in a field of 13. J) Amigo, showed clean heels to the Foxton is Cup field on Saturday, winning by a ’s handy margin trom Fiddler's Green, Don it Quex and Sovereign Lad Nighean was ,j the early leader through the straight from * Sovereign Lad, Te Kawiti, Hippodrome ■’ Moutoa Bond, Slglow, Foxcatcher. Amigo >6 and Don Quex Moving round toward the le six furlongs Amigo took over, with Sovereign Lad Don Quex Nighean, Te Kajs witi, Hippodrome, Moutoa Bond. Fidj dler’s Green and The Monarch followj tng In that order Amigo just had the 10 edge on Don Quex, Te Kawiti, and Hip- !• podrome turning for home, with The s. Monarch, Nighean and Fiddler's Green n heading the others In the straight Amigo i never looked like surrendering his lead ' ’ and he won well from Fiddler’s Green who came home solidly with Don Quex and Sovereign Lad only heads away Nighean only missed fourth by a head, and after her came The Monarch, Moutoa Bond, Te. Kawiti, and Happy Ending Foxcatcher dropped back in the middle stages and was one of the last to finish e e „■ TROTTING NOTES y •? Starting Times d Starting times for the different races i- at Addington on Saturday are as .follows; i- Noon. Spring Handicap; 12.40 p.rn., Vic1, foria Handcap; 1.23 p.m., Riccarton Stakes; . 2.10 pm.. New Zealand Cup: 3 p.m., Canterbury Handicap; 3.45 p.m., Dominion . Handicap; 4.30 p.m.. Empire Handicap: 5.13 1 n m Metropolitan Challenge Stakes. A Pflst Trftck !? The track at Addington yesterday was 1 in order for record-breaking and several fast trials were registered. Burt Scott n paced a mile and a quarter In 2mln 37 n 4-ssec after running the first mile in 2mln d fi 3-ssec. Coquette, without the hopples. !. made the pace in the early stages Bronze „ Eagle did strong work over two miles. a Joan Conquest and Lady Milne paced two l' miles in 4mln 35sec, Josette and Douglas 6 McElwyn two miles In 4mln 23 3-ssec, t Native Scott a mile and a quarter In ; 2min 45sec. and Paul Collette a mile and a half in 3min 16sec - Metropolitan Acceptances With perhaps the exception of the Rlc- . carton Stakes, In which only seven horses . are engaged, the acceptances received for ~ the racing at Addington on Saturday prof vide fields for the best class of racing a The small acceptance received for the J Riccarton Stakes is not surprising, for - horses to be eligible for this race must -i be maiden? and must have been paid up - tor in the New Zealand Derby This j narrows the selection to a great extent. 3 for a horse to have a chance In the * Derby must have some form to his credit !. This race should be full of Interest even a with a field restricted in numbers and v earb favouritism will rest with Imperial t Lady and Plunder Bar, and possibly 1 Bonny Bridge and Leonin Plunder Bar’s ’ best performance was to run Acropolis 5 to a neck In the Saollng Stakes In 3mln e 30 2-3 sec. on a track that was not cond ducive to speed He may have Improved , a good deal since then in which case he n may not only win the Riccarton Stakes, ,* but also may have to be considered In the ' classic race The Champion Trotters The Dominion Handicap, 4mln 37sec class two miles, has drawn an acceptance of 13 of the best trotters In the Dominion, and with a limit of 72 yards the race presents great possibilities. Bomber and Timworthy will both start from the f front mark and if their latest performi ances at the New Brighton meeting can r be taken as a guide Bomber may defeat 0 the chestnut. At their last start Bomber : conceded 24 yards and was beaten by a ' neck after losing ground in the early s stages Bomber Is not always a good • beginner, but he Is a better stayer than he has been given credit for being. A repetition of his latest effort, two miles In 4mln 28 4-ssec, may be good enough to win the Dominion Handicap. Timworthy has become solid after a lot of hard racing, and while he has always possessed exceptional speed, his inability to control it has lost him several races. if The limit pair may have a good deal to c say in the final stages of this race. d Handicapped Horses l j At the August meeting Dark Hazard ‘i finished third to Douglas McElwyn and 1- Margin in the Autumn Free-for-All, and ■ now receiving 12 yards from Douglas Mcs Elwyn and 60 yards from Margin, he has only to race up to his best to be in the 11 money Manian won the Stewards’ Free- * for-All from Douglas McElwyn and Royal a Worthy and now on 12 yards behind he Is nicely placed For a mile and five furlongs run In 3min 33sec he averaged a mile rate of about 2mln 12sec. The Best Class Race Within on 24 yards and Douglas McElwyn on 36 yards in the Dominion Han--5 dicap are handily placed to the leaders. 5 and the former will prove a worthy sec- • ond string to Bomber, who, like Within, • is trained by W J. Doyle. Gerfalcon is 1 trotting as well as ever he has done, > and he and Royal Worthy on 60 yards i behind would have only to trot solidly to s add Interest to the race. The public dearly > loves the good trotters and the Dominion i Handicap, with its good class field, should I provide one of the thrills of the meeting. ! Joan Conquest Withdrawn by the club’s committee from ! the New Zealand Cup, Joan Conquest will ’ have her chance in the Empire Handicap, in which she is set to give away 48 yards, but with 17 horses starting in front of her she will have to be at her ’ best to win. Engaged in this race is In- , dlan Clipper, who, purchased recently for a sun l in the vicinity of £IOOO, will -be making his first appearance in M Holmes’s - colours At the New Brighton meeting last month he won the President's Hand!- , cap from Happy Man and Parshall in 4min 18 2-ssec, but on 24 yards behind . he, like other handicapped horses, will : find the biggest difficulty in getting j through a big field. On latest form nothing appeals more than Happy Man. who has developed into a good stayer, and J Purveyor, who at the last meeting at Ad- ; dington ran Parshall to a head, over a mile and a half in 3mln 15 3-ssec. 1 A Young Reinsman < C. Bryce, who drove Fancy Goods to , win the Invercargill Handicap last Sat- j urday. and narrowly beat Golden Shadow, j driven by his father, J. Bryce, jun., has , held only a C grade licence, but with j three wins to his credit in three months. ; he is now in line for a B grade licence. This will entitle him to drive on any course in all races slower than 3min 23sec and 4min 34sec for pacers, and 3min 27sec and 4mln 38sec for trotters. C. Bryce is one of the third generation of the Bryce family holding a driver’s licence, and he shows some ability in the sulky.