DETENTION IN OPEN CLASS

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26092, 20 April 1950, Page 7

DETENTION IN OPEN CLASS

RACING

OUTSTANDING EFFORT AT RICCARTON

Detention's win under 9-10 in the Montvale Handicap at Riccarton last Satufdav was one of the outstanding performances at the meeting. The Defaulter three-year-old finished solidly under his big weight on the ram-soaked track, and his win was quite clear-cut. He won the papanui Handicap at his only otter inpearance at ,he meeting, and he win do his future racing in open company His 11 starts so far this season have produced five wins and two seconds. a Trained at Riccarton by J. e Shaw for Mr J. H- Watson, Detention is the fourth foal of the Night Raid mare. Rose of Tragiibomugh. 1S a brother to the s p«<Jy Detention is a member of the famfiv established in New Zealand by Idalia which was bred in 1870 and imported to New Zeaiand. Idalia’s first five foals were by Traducer. were Betrayer won the CJ.C. Champagne Stakes and Canterbury Cup Sir Modred won the C.J.C. Chamnaenp Stages, Dunedin Champagne Stakes, c f C Derby. Canterbury Cup. and Dunedin Cup. his racing career he took up stud duties in Australia, and was subsequently sent, to America, where his stock were particularly successful. Cheviot won the C.J.C. Derby, and his stock won many races in Australia, one his best being Little Bernie. Idalium and July were not outstanding winners but were useful sires. ’’ Cheviot and Idalium were also at the stud in America. „. T . he nex J* f ? a1 ’ Liverpool, won the CJ.C. Welcome Staxes. She then produced three fillies in succession—Fair Nell, Enid, and Ravenswing. ’ Fair Nell's first three colts were all above the average—Saracen, Loyalty, winC ' J ' < K Challenge Stakes and Great Northern Derby, and Bonnie Scotland, an A.J.C. Derby winner. Enid won the Oaks at Riccarton, and was the dam of another Oaks winner in Bellicent. which was in turn dam of Isolt, also a winner of the Oaks, as well as tne New Zealand St. Leger Stakes. Isolt also won the Great Northern Oaks, Wanganui Jackson Stakes, and the CJ.C. Middle Park Plate and Jubilee Cup. She was unbeaten in three starts at Randwick as a member of the famous New Zealand team, which swept the board at the AJ C spring meeting of 1905. Ravenswing was the dam of Ich Dien. ■tnl another Oaks winner at Riccarton, and tile Auckland Cup winner, Sir The last of Idalia’s produce was Sir Lancelot, a winner of the CJ.C. Welcome stakes and a moderate success at the The family’s only classic winner in reis Kilrea, which won the Dunedin Guineas. Long-distance winners were Ideal and Bridge, which won the Zealand Cup, Ideal dead-heating Fulmen*; and direct Lady, which won the Queensland Cup. Set Sail was a high-class handicap winS er ’ l j and she has left several winners in Southland. Another member of the family is Rumba, which won the Wanganui Guineas. Smart Two-year-old The two-year-old. My Hero, which won the Autumn Nursery Handicap, and was narrowly beaten by Perception in the Richmond Handicap at the Easter meeting at Riccarton has finished racing for the season, but he will be kept in light exercise on the roads. His four starts this season produced one win and two seconds. A half-brother by Neptune to the good stayers, Bruce and Royal Tan, My Hero impresses as a likely Derby candidate. Royal Tan won the New Zealand Derby of his year. Irish Horse Purchased Rosewell, a 14-year-old stallion by Orwell from Bower of Roses, which was bough by Mrs H. G. Wellesley at the Dublin sales for 200 guineas, is to be imported to New Zealand, according to “Horse and Hn’ind.” Rosewc had an unbeaten racing career, his successes including the Irish Derby of 1938. Demonic for Sale The horses raced by Messrs D. J. and E. M. Langley, Hastings, will be offered for sale at the fifth annual thoroughbred sale, to be held at Hastings to-morrow. The offering includes Demonic, Magnate, and Outlook. Six horses raced by Mrs H. Beecher, Gisborne, will also be offered. These include the successful three-year-old. His Nibs, and the winners. Jolly Sailor and Hazaan. The stallion. Majesty, and the winner, Bolivar, are also catalogued. To Ride in New Zealand The Queensland light-weight jockey, W. Weiburn. has accepted a retainer to ride in New Zealand. The offer was made by Mr A. V. Brownson. owner of Lady Finis, a recent winner I at Randwick and Newcastle. W’elburn, who has ridden for a number of '-ears, is regarded as being among the lightest jockeys in Australia. A natural light-weight, he never has to reduce, but can ride at 6-12. To be Retired Soon Frances was a strong form candidate for the Sockburn Handicap at Riccarton after her second in the Great Autumn Handicap, and her fourth in the Dominion Handicap, but she did not hold her appeal when the track was softened by rain. She drifted in the betting to seventh favouritism, and she ran accordingly, being among the tail-enders at the finish. The Bulandshar mare’s retirement to the stud is not likely to be long delayed. She is booked to race at Invercargill on Saturday, and she may be retired after the Ashburton meeting. Frances, which is now in her fifth season of racing, has had 64 races for 10 wins, five seconds, and six thirds, and her stake winnings amount to £15,278. She earned £8875 last season, when she won the Auckland Cup and the Great Autumn Handicap.'Her other notable successes included the Thompson Handicap, at Trentham. Electric Firing Iron Horses have had osselets for centuries, but it took Citation and his last race of 1948 at Tanforan to place the osselet in the flying saucer class, at least in regard to public awareness, says the American publication. “The Blood-Horse.” Californian newspapers - announced the “popped” osselet in headlines that startled even the trainer, Jimmy Jones, who thought the incident was just another of those unavoidables that plague horsemen. And to other horsemen the osselet was old stuff, as are ringbones, curbs, and other conditions which warrant the use of the firing iron. But there was a new angle to the Citation injury. It marked the first time that a top racehorse had been treated with an electric firing iron, a new device, designed by Don Nicholson, a young electrical engineer from Denver. The operation on Citation was performed by Dr. A. H. Davidson, a member of a Lexington veterinary firm. Dr. Davidson, who specialises in firing, had used the electric iron before, and found it quite satisfactory. He decided to use it on Citation because he was travelling by plane to Florida, where Citation was stabled, and the electric iron and its equipment were lighter. Besides, the volatile nature of ether used in the conventional firing iron made the electric iron a safer choice for air travel. The ether iron works on the same principle as the automatic blow torch. Using ether as a fuel. The volatility of ether makes it an Ideal fuel, whereas alcohol or gasoline would not burn as satis-

factorily. At high altitudes, ether becomes even mdre volatile.

“The quality of work done by the two instruments is the same,” Dr. Davidson said. “The only difference is in operational technique.” He personally ’ prefers the ether iron, because he has had more experience with it. But he believes that the electric iron will gain in popularity, because of its simplicity.