THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 171, 7 April 1923, Page 8

THE RACING WORLD

RECORD ACCEPTANCES FOR TRENTHAM MEETING I c ■' . _____■ NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By The Watcher.) The Auckland Easter Handicap winner Roseday arrived via the Main Trunk yesterday afternoon, and went on to Trentham. Bonetter, Martian Miss, Scion, ' J.uest, Little River, Chimera, and Peneus arrived from the south on Thursday and proceeded home. Yesterday’s arrivals were Sunart, Askari, and Kick Off, who went out to Trentham. A rather peculiar occurrence at Riccarton was that one or two horses with prominent engigemc.it? on Easter .Monday had a try-cut on Hinday morning, and subsequently, had to be scratched on account of going amiss. "Palestrina’s withdrawal front ts ' e Great Autumn Handicap left. F. C. Porter without a mount. He was fortunate enough to be engaged for Silver Peak and ride to victory. It is reported that Mr. G. 1). Beatson’s Lord Lupin gelding Master Beckwith broke down during the aipukurau fixture, and it was only with some difficulty that he was got back to the saddling paddock. Mr W. I. Lovelock’s black filly Satin (Sarto —Ladine) will in future be trained by J. Sullivan at Woodvilla The autumn .meeting of the Avondale Jockey Club will be commenced to-day, and be concluded on Monday. The principal events to-day are the Avondale Handicap, 700 sovs. (one mile and a quarter) ; and the All Aged Stakes, of 1000 sovs., weight-for-age, with penalties (six furlongs). The landing attraction on Monday win be the Autumn Handicap, ■ 600 sovs. (one mile and a furlong). Scrummage had to forfeit her engagements at Riccarton. and it is considered doubtful, if she will stand another preparation. M hen well she was decidedly useful, but was hard to keep well, and not much was seen of her on the turf. She did not start as a two-year-old, and as a three-year-old had three races, running twice unplaced and once third. Last season she commenced her four-year-old career by winning the Avonhead Handicap on the first day of the C.J.O. Grand National meeting, and in six subsequent starts won twice, and once ran second, her wins being the two chief races at the Dunedin summer meeting. This season she has started nine times. She ran third in the Wellington Racing Club Handicap, was second to Palestrina in the C.J.C. 'Midsummer Handicap, second to Roseday in the Dunedin Cup, and in her last start won the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap. Sha is a brown mare, by Antagonist—Mad Whirl, by Treadmill from Madowla, by Trenton —Azalea, by Galliard. Sartolite secured a well-deserved win in the Farewell Handicap (at Riverton, after racing prominently in the leading flat event each day, but he was within an ace of losing th'e fruits of victory. It appears, writes “Sir Modred,” that after"- doing his preliminary canter his rider, W, Anderton, noted that an essential lead-bag had been omitted from the gelding’s toilet. Anderton promptly returned to the birdcage with his charge, and the missing weight-carrier was found hung carefully in the stall occupied by Sartolite prior to going out to race. Owner-trainer J. Thistleton saddled up Thistlecrown and left the preparation of Sartolite to an assistant, and, in the hurry of the final event, the leadbag escaped notice. It was lucky for some heavy backers that Anderton is of an observant turn of mind, otherwise there would have been consternation in the land when the. son of Sarto strolled home short of weight. The Wellington Racing Club has received record acceptances for the first day’s events of its autumn meeting at Trentham on Thursday next, and there is every prospect of a particularly successful gathering. There are twenty-six acceptors in the Thompson Handicap, which equals the previous best in 1917, and sixteen in the Railway Handicap. The other handicaps, particularly the First HighWeight, have drawn good fields. The previous best in point of numbers of acceptors was in 1917, closely followed by the first day’s card last year, and for the purposes of an interesting comparison the following table sets out the details. It should be mentioned that in 1917 the present First High- , Weight Handicap was a flat race, confined to jumpers:—

Two horses, Grotesque and Scotch Mixture, have accepted in both big handicaps, and although the numbers may suffer a slight reduction by the time the horses go to the post, the material is there for close and interesting contests. Lucius, who won tho City Handicap (six furlongs) on the concluding day of the Wellington summer meeting with 7st 11b., declined his engagement in the Thompson Handicap, in which ho" was given 7st. 41b., in favour of the Railway Handicap, in which; he will-carry 7st. 101 b. With 7st. 71b.

on his back he was one of the prominent division for six furlongs ~in the Easter Handicap at the recent Auckland meeting. He also claims an engagement in the St. Leger. Tho Southland-owned filly Laughing Eyes, by Balboa —Eager Eyes, and half-sister to Listening Post, last night declined her engagement in the Railway Handicap, in which she was one of the lightly-weighted division (6st. 121 b.), and takes her place as top weight in the Tinakori Handicap. She is rather a diminutive three-year-old but is a smart beginner, and can travel fast. She is, thoroughly at home on a heaw track, and has started five times this season, winning her last four races. Her stable-mate and half-brother, Lisening Post, dropped • out of the Thompson Handicap, and as ho could not be said to have been over-weighted with 7st. 81b. he has evidently not recovered from the indisposition that caused his withdrawal from his C.J.C. Easter engagements.

With Murihaupo and Queen March still remaining in the Challenge Stakes, further light should be thrown on the qufestion of two-year-old supremacy. Olieen March won handsomely in Auckland, and to date has won stakes to the value of £4210. As she has several more important engagements it is quite on the cards for her to set . a now Dominion record as a juvenile stake-earner, at present standing to the credit of Mermin, who won £4570. She ' has started 17 times so far this season, and has been first past the post on nine occasions.

Mr. W. T. Hazlett’s filly Gold Light is in both the St. Leger and the Thompson Handicap. The St. Leger field contains two horses, in Lucius and Gold El/*hF, that have other engagements during the afternoon, and it is probable that the field for the classic three-year-old race may be reduced to a trio. (By Glencoe.) Often racing clubs draw up their programme for a year, and the same sort of races are found doing duty sevgral seasons later on though from the first it has been obvious that the conditions of some races require altering. For instance, the Maiden Plate nt Avondale is always a handicap, and is regularly contested by a big field. Of course none of the horses are winners or they would not be in this class of race, so where is the need for it to be a handicap. The weight adjuster evidently concurs with this view, for he had only put a matter of seven pounds between the top and the bottom one iri a field of twenty-one.

The Ellerslie trained Peter Adams is reported to have been most unlucky during tho running of the Brighton hurdles at the Easter meeting of the Auckland Racing Club. He was made favourite for the event, and when looking like a winner he bit a fence at the five-furlong post. Strange to say, he did much the game thing when racing at Wrnganui in February, but on the second day he went out and won very easily. His trainer, C. Coleman, who is a. veritable wizard with jumpers, thinks Peter Amans, is the makings of a National horse. The bay gelding is to be further tried out in the Hobsonvillo Hurdles at Avondale to-day.

The Australian-bred gelding Royal Present showed at Ellerslie last week, that he was coming, back. to his best form by carrying a big weight, and the. defeating of all but the very useful Lord Star. That capable horseman, R. ( S.; Bagby, was so taken with the showing of the Berragoon gelding, that he has stopped behind to steer him m the big handicap at Avondale. Surveyor, who has proved a good it vestment for his new owner, is also to be produced in the big handicap. In thfi Eden Handica pat Ellerslie Aeriform cleared right away from the field, and his win was achieved in a verj' easy manner. His owner, the Wairarapa sportsman. Mr. D. Donald, was so satisfied with the way his horse shaped that he. decided then and there to prolong his holiday and start the Acrostic gelding at the Avondale meeting, and he is to bo a. runner in the Oakley Handicap of one mile and a furlong. Prettyman, who followed Aeriform home at Ellerslie, was ridden by a light boy. His trainer, the veteran horseman James Buchaman, will have the mount to-day. It is not all horses that can act tn the steeplechase course at Avondale, which is circular, and the oualifications required for success are first of all, nippiness, a fair amount of pace, and average jumping ability. That is why so many good horses often got defeated at Avondale. The hunter, Mary Bruce, a runner at Avondale to-day, ran second in a' flat race at Ellerslie. The handicapper has given her nine pounds above the minimum to carry. Quite the star item at Avondale will be the All-aged Stakes, six Hirlongs. The runners are to be Tamatete, who is burdened with a 101 b. penalty, Pavo, Thespian (last year’s winnner) both of whom are to carry nine stone,, and Queen March, 7st. 121 b., which includes 'a 101 b. penalty. It should be a great race. Tamatete’s trainer acted wisely in racing him once at Ellerslie, which will give ths bay son cf .Absurd a chance to get used to the righthanded going.

Mr. A. B. Williams’s b. c. Rapine, by Martian —Pinota. . Mr. W. T. Hazlett’s ch. f. Gold Light, by Hymettus—Simper. Mr. W. A. Nicholls’s b. c. Many Kit'tle, by Winkie—Sunglow. Mr. Chas. Elgar’s b. c. Zouave, by Martian —Rose Red. Mr. Eliot R. Davis’s blk. c. Lucius, by Lucullu s—M arch.

NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES (1923), of 1000 sovs. Weight-for-age, with penalties. Seven furlongs. Sir James Carroll’s br. o. Tatau Tatau, by Kilbroney—Taringairiutu. Sir George Clifford’s ch. c. Viewpoint, by Autumnus —Telescope. Mr. G. M. Currie’s ch. h. Listowel, by Absurd—Lysistrata. Mr. G. M. Currie’s b. o. Thespian, by Absurd —Lita. Messrs. Dwan Bros.’s b. c. Alabama, by Boniform —Northern Rose. Hon. Mrs. Tahu Rhodes’s b. f. Gay Juliet, by Gay Lad—Gargaron. Mr. F. D. Jones’s b. c. Murihaupo, by Sunny Lake —Equitas. Mr. G. D. Greenwood’s Pluto, by Sutala —Procrastinate. Mr. R. Heppner’s b. g. Rouen, by Bezonian —Lady Laddo. Mr. W. R. Kemball’s b. g. Bumptious, by Kilboy—Conceit. Mr. W. R. Kemball’s br. f. Rose Martian, bv Martian —Rose Red. Mr. Eliot R. Davis’s blk. f. Queen March, by Lucullus —March.

YEARLING SALES IN SYDNEY Sydney, April 6. At the yearling sales, Mr. T. Lowry’s Egypt—All’s Well colt fetched 120 guineas, and a Finland —Lovelock colt brought 400 guineas. Mr. E. Davis (Auckland) purchased the .lastnamed colt.—Press Assn. (Rec. April 7, 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, April 6. The yearling sales were continued to-day. Bidding was again high, and appearances point to the sales being a record. Aii All Black —Mother Carey filly realised 1550 guineas, a Demosthenes —Starland colt 1200 guineas, a Comedy King—Lace Front colt 1050 guineas, a Tressady—Waianui filly 1000 guineas, a Tressady—Sweet Lady fillv 925 guineas. Mr. R. G. Hosking purchased a Cooltrim—Sibar filly for 160 guineas, and Mr. lan Duncan purchased a Magpie—Charleville colt for 150 guineas.—Press Assn.

FIXTURES April 7—Australian J.C. Autumn. April 7—Greymouth J.C. April 11—Reeftmi J C. April 12 and 14—Wellington R.C. Autumn. April 12—Matamata R.C. Annual. April 18 and 19. —Manawatu R.C. Auturgn. April 20 and 21—South Canterbury J.C. Autumn. April 27 and 28—Hawke’s Bay J.C. Autumn. May 4 and s—Marlborough5—Marlborough R.C. Autumn. May 9 and 10 —Egmont R.C. Winter. May 11 and 12—Ashburton County R.C. Autumn. June 2,4, and 6 —Dunedin J.C. Winter.

First High-Weight... 1917. 1922. 1923. 11 14 20 Plunket Nursery ... 16 15 18 Thompson Handicap 26 20 26 Silver stream Handicap 14 12 10 Railway Handicap ... 17 14 16 Tinakori Handicap... 18 25 21 Totals 102 100 111

PLUNKET NURSERY HANDICAP, of 350 sovs. For two-year-olds. Five furlongs. st. lb. st. lb. Parody 8 9 Ralston .... 7 0 Orofino 8 6 Kuhio 6 12 Kilceit 8 5 Last Crust 6 12 Laughing Kamehameha 6 9 Stock 8 2 Sunshot .... 6 7 Kiln's 8 0 Bright Eyes 6 7 Bugle Note 7 10 Panorama .. 6 7 Star Ranger 7 6 Liffey 6 7 Clandhu ... 7 6 Axle 6 7 Pop Off 7 . 0 THOMSON HANDICAP, of 1500 sovs. One mile. st. lb. st. Th. Silver Peak 8 12 Rouen 7 13 Cupidon .... 8 12 Lovesign .. 7 « Income 8 12 Printemps . 7 7 Roseday ... 8 10 Martian Miss 7 5 Grotesque .. 8 10 Haurangi .. 7 ft Solfanello . 8 9 7 5 Sunart A fi Boadicea ... 7 4 Gold Light 8 2 Golden Liaht / 1 Royal Blood 8 2 Blackmail 6 10 King's The Speaker 6 10 Trumpeter 8 2 Taiparu .... 6 9 Scotch MixCheer Up . 6 7 ture 8 0 Pan tier .... fi 7 Highland .. 7 13

SIL VERSTREAM HANDICAP, of 350 sovs. One mile. Kt. lb. st. lb. Warhaven . 8 12 Kahikatea . 7 8 Wheatfield 8 6 Lady Ben . 7 5 Five-eighths 8 2 .Redlogue .. 7 2 Parorangi . 7 10 Gluement . 7 0 Bonrina ... 7 8 Stream 6 7 RAILWAY HANDICAP, of 500 sovs. Six furlongs. at. lb. st. lb. Grotesque . 9 1 Golden Light 7 4 Royal Blood. 8 13 Prosperity 7 1 Vespucci 8 11 Strategy .... 6 12 Scion 8 2 Ares 6 9 Scotch MixTriboulet .. 6 7 ture 8 0 Joy Ride .. 6 7 Mireusonta 7 13 Astinome .. 6 7 Lucius 7 10 Civilform ..7 9 Jackaroo .. 6 7 TINAKORI HANDICAP, of 350 1 sovs. Six furlongs. . lb. st. lb. ■t. Laughing Gold Spinner 7 7 Eyes 9 5 Lady The Reaver 9 1 • Fingers 7 5 Warhaven . 8 11 Bonny Sox 7 5 Blue Socks 8 5 Blackhead • 7 3 Deroulede . 8 4 Dominant . 7 0 Refrigeration 8 3 Bonomel .... 6 12 Jolly. Gay . 8 1 En- Route .. 6 12 Santonio ... 8 0 Princess Boneeto ... 7 12 Fran 6 11 Sunny Vale 7 8 Puketoi .... 6 11 Tho EmElmorz 6 7 peror 7 8