SPORTING

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24272, 1 June 1944, Page 3

SPORTING

tiire gossip 'w y lsge g iro°m ( V bri i.lnpas bv Mr C. C. Davis, has % 1100 competitor. Other names J na . me this w«Vs list are the followK d «wl bv Battle Song-Scold: Red Bra c n imaeundi—Lumiere; Slipshod he by Sf'nev-Gvpsy Music; Upstart fpaper ffi-Lady Wakeful; Alameda » Nif h ‘,?!vinella; Alright by Inflation I Bulanut M by Legatee—AsMarch by Cambria ParkBouton d’Or by BroieChetsvorde by ChatsCzarina by Defoe-Hine Christopher Robin—Hipfebi: E tr r e'emari by Ninth Duke—Vera oljta- 'oecium by Gynerium-Minnow; E*: kv Plato —Lucky Lass; Prize Crop Crop: Royal Guest If ffi-Biddy Pay; Silver Cape by Defoe from Aurora AK® Jg being given another course and although his recent i been confined to pony hurdles, satisfactory displays. y Thoroson at has gone to Ellerslie to f uilantua in . his engagements at the meeting. In all probability, will contest the Greenlane Hack on Saturday in preference to Northern Steeplechase. hurdler Araboa broke Mulder when schooling at Wingatui |/had to be destroyed, r.Flints at Riccarton Wiled in recent arrivals of yearlings ASrton are a gelding by Foxbridge ready Hettv in C. Emerson s stable; KK-bv Solicitor General from Delice. L«of waltzing Matilda, in A. S. Ellis’s f®, . fiiiv by Defaulter from Citoyenne, r 3 ?’? Jennings’s stable; a colt by Dell, Sir from Lady Argosy in L. Cavalier’s S- and a filly by Gay Circle from SJrse dam of Stock Exchange, in the g’of R. Register. -i.ninf sires note and including May 20. Foxoridge Y well in the lead in the list ieomtai by the Official Calendar) of wn.S sires for the current season, with ad Mr Standfast is in second vL i-ith' £18,583. Salmagundi is in Mid Diace with £15.807, and Bulandshar St with £12,573. Then follow Man’s Si £9530, Ringmaster £9186, Solicitor Metal £8957, Lord Quex £7966, Broie£6slo, Hunting Song £6078, Croupier Kincardine £5930, Surveyor £5720, Met Money £5602, Theio £5215, Lang fjia £5089, and Leighon £4925. i Difficult Task Two of the best proved stayers, in the Utld for the Great Northern Steeplechase m Chat and The Cardinal, who were Island second last year. Chat did well (Kiieh lor fifth in the Te Rapa Steeple(tue recently to show that she is close k form, and what beats her this year ftniH win. The feat of winning the Great northern Steeplechase two years in sucKssion has been accomplished before, al4oagh only by three horses, who were ajjood. These were Levanter, El , «nd Sir Roseberry. meiesting Invention A method of shoeing horses by the use d flexible rubber or rubber-like syntetic compounds has been perfected by nfiiglish company. The weight of the d»e is comparable with that of the alijBhGnm plate. It was found in such expcimental work as the authorities alined that these non-metallic shoes had n astonishing capacity for limiting the dfects of lameness, and horses suffering from acute laminitis in its early stages, nog-bone, and side-bone, have been suctsriully shod and have returned to work ttjshoe is said to be particularly sucesul on those horses which are usually taken out of a race if the going is found bbe too hard for them. Another admrtage is that horses can be shod in to own stables before travelling to the wcourse, as a characteristic of the shoe liftat it affords a secure grip on all Usds of surfaces. TROTTING NOTES Mting at Ashburton fte'.Ashburton Trotting Club’s meeting Hlilonday will provide the last opportafty’for owners, trainers, and the pubktoitake part in a trotting meeting in Gateifburj* this season,, and more than ttal Interest will be taken in the meetsj. ,The All Aged Stakes, instituted to ffveall the champion pacers a chance to tome strides, has not drawn the field operted, but it should be remembered flat trainers have exercised a wise distrtttoifln spelling their horses at this period of the year with a view to having them wound up for important engage, meats at Addington in August and November. This accounts for the absence of Haughty, Pacing Power, and other good pacers from the All-Aged Stakes. The hones nominated for this race, however, would grace a field In any trotting event In New Zealand, and Included are Pacos that have shown the greatest promise at one stage or another and have needed only time to find their true form. The three-year-olds comprise a speedy Wo in Caledonian Girl, Native Scott, and Paul Collette, who will all start from terafeh, while on 18 "yards behind are the four-year-olds Radical, still on a loose mark in ordinary handicaps, and Scott Axworthy, who has won three races this season. Scott Axworthy in his victory at me llmaru meeting showed himself to «a pacer of class, and one not likely to be troubled by the big Ashburton Pass track. In the early races for the AH Aged Stakes, three-year-olds won contontly but the handlcap-for-age scale Ms been altered during the last few years mil has brought the fields well together me best of the older horses may be Bronze Eagle, Dusky Sound, Hardy Oak. and Loyal Friend. It is a very open race; ™ the early preference may be for Scott Axworthy, Paul Collette, and Loyal friend. fw-year-old Classic The Sapling Stakes will be the big attraction at the Ashburton meeting though the Timaru Nursery Stakes showed JP a fast miler in Admiration, the ftgger Ashburton track and the longer distoe, a njile and a half, will demand nol Mly speed but stamina. Czardas. Slavonic. jnA Bohemian are all well seasoned foi iwo-year-olds, and it may develop Into Jbe of the best races by juveniles at Ashton. It will test the staying abilities " >ll engaged, but the four outstanding Wjws appear to be Bohemian, Czardas Admiration, and Slavonic. APtomlslng Trotter When Bancor finished second to Gelerl “the Mitcham Handicap at the Ashburton potting Club’s meeting last Boxing Day ® g>ve a display that suggested that he •mud develop into a class trotter; but in little racing he has done he has -nol mown outstanding form. He has a record * “bin 31 2-ssec for a mile and a-hall JflJbWthis name, and, only a four-year-bp' may still make good. By CaluAxworth from Golden Bond, Bancoi ? ‘famed at Ashburton by J. Wilson, whe jxwd a good deal of success witr “Wets. Bancor looks the type to wir P*.Longbeach Handicap at Ashburtor tt « Monday. canterbury jockey CLUB I ANNUAL REPORT ,3 e report to be presented at the an {!** meeting of members of the Canter 1 Jockey Club on June 14 records i TO of £1044 16s 7d on the year’s work after providing for payment of in tax and national and social securit; Spa. and setting aside the sum o 2® towards the cost of replacing tin stand, which was almost com Fitly destroyed by fire in Decembe C 1 A sum of £1632 14s had been givei ..Jw-al patriotic organisations, am r* in the Liberty Loan. J" addition to the six days of racini jilted under the existing arrangemen permits had been reduced b; jr'dialf, the club was granted permls JJ® to conduct a meeting for patriot! ®ses, and this resulted in a profit o C? TBs 2d. A cheque for this amoun Spec" forwarded to the National Pat canP Und Board, Wellington, for alio to the various provincial patriot! oSi throughout the Dominion. “ le required number of nomlna (nmJ?. ave been made for positions on- th j; J™ttee, stewards, and for the offic iionorary treasurer, and an electio; ». not be necessary. Jjj, f.limit of membership for the clu tomk n rea ched and no ballot for nev lb, ? "'HI be held. Income and expenditure accoun Ujk* that £35.250 had been given hj Government taxes amounted t AJ4!B l£r" S ’ W3geS £5876 15 Bdl 5 313^6 AfIJS sd> and racecourse maintenanc mT “ s sd. Totalisator receipts amount tU, (U £7 7.310 18s lid, gate receipt tC. 1 ’“I* 7 <l. entries £7486, and subscrip sSL#24S3 17s.