SPORTING

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24368, 21 September 1944, Page 3

SPORTING

FOXTON R.C. r ACCEPTANCES FOXTON, September 19. 1 pfoe Foxton Racing Club has received ♦he following acceptances for its spring minting at Awapuni on September 23; PAIAKA HURDLES, of £225; one mile and three-quarters.—Lightfair 10-11; Anfilo-Irish 10-5; Ascot Bloom 9-10; Po Huka 9-9; Blue Title 9-8; Gold Bridge «-}• Tideover 9-3; Pern 9-1; The Whipper Lady Midian, Te Ranui 9-0. TRIAL STAKES, of £150; seven furjongS_Reorapa. Barrage, Blackwater, Blanket, Brilliant Scholar. Casilda, Choral Dance, Daylighting, Desert Victory, Doh Mac. Fox Bridge, Bay Gardawe, Glen Urquhart, Gold Claim, Golden, Grand Central, Happy Climax, Hine Rel, Haviddar, Lady Bev, Magic Art, Maid of Dun]oe Mine Host, Patu Ra, Ramlcourt, p.ockanui, Royal Regret. Saludos. Silvestre, Sir Raleigh, Tahu, Tewanaka, The Ball, The Tosser, True Friend, Vulplna, Zipporah. FOXTON TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP, of '£lso; five furlongs.—Lord Coronach, yasda. Controller, Royal Fair. Beau Jewel 8-5; Pallas Athene 8-4; Masquerade 8-1: Akitio. Lady Scholar. Duplicity. Sona 8-0; Army Souvenir 7-12. FOXTON CUP, of £500; one mile and B quarter.— Battledress 9-6; Rink 9-3; Indian Sport, Yogi 8-12; Don Quex 8-11: Classform 8-7; Broieveine 8-0; Voltaire, Flahuluk 7-11: Langue d'Or 7-6; Fiddler's Green 7-5; Alchemy 7-4; Kinsman 7-3; Foxcatcher 7-2; Sovereign Lad 7-1; Greenfeast 7-0. MOTUITI HACK HANDICAP, of £200; seven furlongs.—Martial Note 8-12; Fox Cover 8-11: Matador 8-9; Solver 8-8: Financial, Phoenix 8-7; Sandy Bay, The Grind 8-3; Sherwood Forest, Foxella, Greek Honour. Nightward, Drake’s Drum. Mary Jo, Signal Light, Old Jo, Saludos. Etianthus 7-7. AWAHOU HACK HANDICAP, of £250; one mile and a quarter.—Hakim 9-2; Martial Note 8-10; Monmouth 8-7; War Effort. Hulabaloo 8-6; Silvio. Merger 8-3; Singing Hills, High Morale. Squeers 8- Royal Pageant, Dashup 7-13; Observatory 7-12; Burma 7-10: Golden Tide 7-9; Manutere, Sival, Gay Lena Dunbar T-7. ROBINSON HANDICAP, of £300; seven furlongs.—Whackie 10-9: Sir Bradbury 9- Tara King 8-7; Flying Ace 8-4; Theolateral. Caithness 7-12; Foxcatcher 7- Happy Ending. Duality 7-8: Patu Po 7-5; Vivid Night 7-4; Kinsman 7-3: Master Ted 7-2; Tideless 7-1; Park Light. Sunblaze, Foreign Coin, Kaitoa, Intense / 7-0. WHARANGI HACK HANDICAP, of £200: six furlongs—Kincrop 9-0; Sir Boslvell 8-8; Tintern 8-5; Squeers 8-4; Serepouri, Bay Robe 8-3; Hula Chief 8- Lady Nahleen 8-0; Palanul 7-12; Leybourne, Dlleas, Mysterious Melody, Gold Sh'Mi. Fine Boy, Red Foil, Taharua, Strategical, Theorist, Patta Fe. Gay Witch, Grand Central, Stanelaus, Sir Raleigh 7-7. TURF GOSSIP Names Claimed Included in this week’s list of names Claimed in the Official Calendar are the following:—All Call by Martarma—Rawene; Concert by Nightly—Solfeggio; Flirtatious by Foxbridge—La Coquette: Peter Robinson by Sir Crusoe—ldolize; Silver Pal by Man’s Pal—Arvarc; Title by Medieval Knight—Twelve Acre; Algie by The Bigot—Vivienne: Azor by Musketoqn—Caviare. and Norbury by Douglas HydeGold Musk. First Call Jockeys’ retainers for the present season have been registered as follows: W. . Broughton by Mr M. J. Moodabe: T. Green by Mr W. S. Goosman. M.P., and A. Stokes by Mr C. E. Robertson, as owner and agent for other owners. ' At Wanganui Merger, winner of the Moutoa Hack Handicap at Wanganui on Saturday at a big price, is a six-year-old gelding by Inflation from Pheon by Arrowsmith from Hinearoha by Boniform from Lady Laddo. and Is one of J J Waller's team at Awapuni. Inflation, by Paper Money, was represented on Saturday also by the winners of the two three-year-old classics decided, Alright in the Wanganui Guineas and Piccolo in the John Grlgg Stakes Other winning sires at Wanganui were; Bulandshar (Ann Bank and Indian Sport). Hunting Song (Reorapa and Royal Heir), and Arausio (Whackie). Active Again Tutere. who won three races In succession as a three-year-old when' trained by C. McCarthy at Riccarton, Is now trained at Auckland, and is to make his reappearance, after a long spell, at Paeroa next Saturday. Trainer’s Death F. C. McHugh, whose death In Wanganui was reported last week, was one of the younger school of trainers and a papular man with his contemporaries. He took up racing for a career In the 1923-24 season, being apprenticed to D Kemp at Woodville, and In 1926-27 was granted a full Jockey’s licence Increasing weight compelled him to turn his attention to hurdle and steeplechase riding, and for some time before taking out a trainer’s licence In 1936 he was head lad for L. G. Morris, and also did a limited amount of riding, among his successful mounts being on Clarion Call when he won his first Wanganui Steeplechase In 1937. During his career as a trainer McHugh had the handling of Brigadore, Ethiop, Princess Isabel, Dark Eagle, Distress Signal. Taihoa. Colossal Chief. Prinlhla, Smoke Screen. Segra, Te Orlko. Saxon Tor, Kincora, Silverhope, Vera Lynn. Foreign Princess, and mothers. The team at the time of his death Included Carthage, Trick. Lady Acora, Old Red, Dancing Water. Pallas Athene; Caudal, and a few other young, unnamed horses. Giving evidence at the Inquest Into the death of McHugh, the widow, Dorothy Alice McHugh, said that she had been married four years and during that period had frequently seen her husband walking In his sleep Rarely a week went by without this occurring, but apparently there was no mental distraction or other cause and McHugh was not conscious of being a sleep-walker. TROTTING NOTES Nominations Close Nominations for all events at the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting, to be held at Addington on October 7 will close it 5 o.m. to-day (Thursday). —6 Entries Close Entries for the Canterbury Owners' and Breeders’ Association’s trials at New Brighton next Tuesday close with the Secretary, P.O. Box 499, Christchurch, at 8 p.m. to-morrow. —1 Pacers at Ashburton Traverse was the outstanding* pacer In both trotting events at the Ashburton County Racing Club’s meeting, and in each of his races he registered exceptionally fast time. From a smin Isec mark in the Selma Handicap he recorded 4mln 30 4-ssec, and although the Ashburton track is probably the best winter course in New Zealand, this represented a particularly fine effort Assessed at 3min 38sec for a mile and a half in the Rakaia Handicap, Traverse did 3mln 19 3-ssec. He won both races very easily, and apparently could have Improved upon the fast times recorded. A Promising Pacer Water Ranger, a four-year-old colt by Sandydale from Gentle Oro, owned and trained at Methven by P. G. O'Reilly, has had little experience of race, conditions, and there was some merit in his second to Traverse in the Selma Handicap at Ashburton last Saturday Gentle Oro, who died three years ago, was a well-bred mare by Rey de Oro —Karamu, by Logan Pointer—Gentle Ida, by Franz, a brother to Fritz, a champion trotter about 40 years ago. Water Ranger will have his next race at the Methven meeting next week, and handicapped on 4min 3sec for a mile and five furlongs in the Westward Ho Handicap, he may be one of the favourites. He has also been entered for the Mount Harding Handicap, 3rnin Msec class, of a mile and five f irlongs, and a win in the earlier race will still leave him on the limit. Otago Hunt Handicaps The following handicaps have been declared for light harness events at the Otago Hunt meeting to be held on September 30:— BROCKVILLE TROTTING HANDICAP, of £3OO ; 3min 38=ec class; one mile and a half.—Barometer Chimes, Cumnock. Fancy Goods (T.). Grattan Bells, Sylvia Direct, Trevathan scr; Count Fosco. Loyal Peter 24; Elation, Quite Happy 36; Communique 48: Lady Bligh 60. WINGATUI TROTTING HANDICAP, of *300; 3min 34sec class; one mile and a Quarter.— Bonny Axworth. Come Away, Communique Cumnock. Elation, Fancy Goods (T ). Master Potts. Sir Galllard. Sylvia Direct scr; Frances Easton, Lady Hugh, Navigate. Pontoon 12; Great Deceiver 36. Trotting In Southland Southland has always held high rank •fa 'trotting nursery, and though the district Is almost starved of racing perm>ts, many pacers of all ages and classes •re trained there J Walsh, at Gore, has ••particularly good string which Includes the crack four-vear-old Navigate, by Sandydale—Rocks Ahead. 2mln 39sec, £oyai Peter. Gold Weed. Lighthorne, Ha PPy. Zaalle. Royal Gamble, and sewings by Quite Sure and Sandydale.’ THIS Week’s “BEST BETS’’ Now on Sale. c •■■•6