THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 291, 4 September 1926, Page 7

THE RACING WORLD

FIRST ACCEPTANCES FOR NEW ZEALAND CUP

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By "The Watcher.") The annual steeplechase meeting of the Manawatu Hunt Club will be held on the Awapuni racecourse to-day. Green Grocer, the English horse purchased by Mrs. M. A. Perry, will arrive in Wellington to-morrow by the Romuera. S. Reid has also received advice that the Remuera has on board the two English fillies purchased by Mr. Vivian Riddiford. Nothing is at present available regarding their breeding, except that one of them is by He. ft Sooner than risk a complete breakdown with Nigger, Minstrel, Mr. T. II Lowry will lease the All Black horse to' Mr. J. Bull for stud purposes. Mr. Bull is a great believer in the colonial bred horse, and hail All Red standing in the Rangitikei district after he had finished his racing career. All Red died some time back. The five-year-old gelding Hallowmorn, by Hallowmas—Silver Rose, by Sylvia Park, hns been purchased by Mr. E. L. Riddiford and will carry his colours at the Manawatu Hunt meeting to-day. Hallowmorn is a strongly built type, a little light in condition at the present time, but he is a good jumper and can be built up into a commanding horse. Mr. Riddiford, who is apparently after another Coalition, has also secured in the Gisborne district the four-year-old gelding Ballyform, by Cynic from May Bloom. This was a present from a friend, but a further purchase is the untried three-year-old gelding by Cynic from Multimore, by Multifid —Swarthmoor. Swarthmooh' is out of the same mare as Amusement, the dam of Chortle. All these horses are intended for the jumping game. Two New Zealand Cup candidates in Mah Jong and Beaumont scored wins at the Marton meeting. Both performances were good. Mah Jong had only a field of hacks behind him. but he beat Captain Gazeley, who came out on the second day and won the open handicap. Apart from this, Mah Jong galloped as he did at Riccarton, going on strongly at the finish, and as he is bred on the stoutest staying lines, there is every reason to anticipate that, as the season advances, he will prove equal to first class handicaps over a. distance. None of the 7.0 division in the Cup is likely to improve more. Beaumont scored on Thursday in a manner which suggested that he would be partial to a distance. He was allowea to get well on his feet; in fact, to the majority it looked as if he were hopelessly out of the race in the first half. Once he got really going, however, he galloped over everything, and in addition covered plenty of ground coming into the straight. In running second to Beaumont in the Telegraph Handicap on the second day of the Marton meeting, Lady Desmond repeated the performance of her stable mate, Lady Cavendish, of twelve months ago, the latter going down to Pelham. The appearance of Lady Desmond was one of the interesting features of the meeting. She was one of the smartest juveniles of last season, and from her running on Thursday it is ( clear that she will be a factor in three-' year-old races this season. She has apparently not got over her waywardness at the barrier. She played up on Thursday, but through the indulgence of Mr. O’Connor, who sent the others back to her and let them have a walk-up start, she got away well. In fact, she was first to show out.’ She displayed brilliant speed throughout, and although beaten at the finish she hung on well. Por a first of the season appearance it was an excellent effort. She will probably settle down better at the start of her races after another few appearances, and it is to be hoped that this will be the case. Hynanna was a useful two-year-old, and in his first race at three years old, which was in the Farewell Hack Handi-

cap at Feilding on Thursday, he ran a great race. lie is one of the three-year-olds who can be marked off for future reference. ~ , , , Another three-year-old who showed up well at the Marton meeting was the Te Awamutu-trained Plane Pearl, who is by the English horse, Swift Flight. She was rather unlucky in her second start, and although not one to take the eye on appearances she can gallop. Black Cat ran a very good race in her only start at the Marton meeting. She trailed MiTeuspnta and Lady Desmond to the straight, and at one stage in' the final running she made a spurt that looked like bringing success. She weakened a little, however, in the last pinch, ana was a good third. If she shows the anticipated improvement she should be handy in her next start. F. Lind produced Elysianor in great order at the Marton meeting, and he scored a double in good style. Elysianor should be heard from again very shortly as he appears to be improving with each gallop. I Euphonium is in good order at tne present time. He did not have the luck to get a good position at any stage of his race at Marton, but his fourth under these difficulties was enough to show that his trainer has worked a great improvement in him. Kilfaire looks a likely sort for a stake at the present time. Ho ran two good races at the Marton meeting, and was unlucky on the second occasion. Alaric is looking very well, and after his race in the Marton Handicap it was thought he v/ould show up on the second day. He ran a fair race only, and may not be as good now as lie once was. B. H. Morris was given the ride on Olympic on the second day at Marton. He rode him just in .behind the pace, and gave him every chance, but it is fairly clear that the Polydamon gelding has gone off his best form. The Trentham-traincd hack, Royal Game showed a good turn of speed when he won at the Marton meeting, and had the race at his mercy all the, way. Gay Comet was confidently backed at Feilding on Thursday. He had every chance, as he got out first, but when it came to the turn he commenced to drift. He came on again in the straight, and although many condemned him on account of his failure, it is more than probable that the heavy ground was his undoing. At any rate, he is worth giving a chance when the track is in better order. A race is seldom won so easily as Alloway won his at Feilding on Thursday. .He was actually pulling hard as he passed the post, and had B. 11. Morris let him have his head, he would have made an exhibition of his opponents. Alloway, who was having his first start when he ran on Wednesday, is still very green, and it is hard to say how good he might turn out. . It is beyond comprehension why owners and trainers spend weeks, and sometimes months, in preparing their horses for races, and then throw away all their prospects through engaging incompetent riders. There were one or two outstanding cases at Feilding. The Comedy King three-year-old, David Garrick, racing in the colours of Mr. Chas. Elgar, lias had every chance to come right, and on the way he shaped in his only start at the Marton meeting he may turn out useful. He lost ground at the start, got into further troub’c in the running, and then finished fifth. One of the best hacks at the Marton meeting was Royal Time, a three-vear-old brown gelding by Cynic out of Royal Moment, who carries the same cblours as Royal Damon r who is bis half-brother. Royal Time showed great galloping ability, a-nd with any luck, at all would hayo ’ been returned a winner. He is well worth watching.

Tlip state of the track was responsible for the non-appearance of Grand Knight at the Marton meeting. He will go on to Wanganui. Marton form should be worth following at the Manawtu Hunt meeting to-day. In the Kiwitea Bracelet it is unlikely that Mah Jong will start with 13st. on his back, in view of his future possibilties, and it is stated that Ayun Kara is to start in the hunters' hurdle race. This will leave a poor field in which Mount Clyde or Mountain Crag may be prominent. In the Te Matai Mauden Blate, Essential has easily the best torm and one of the three-year-olds. Volplane or Limonite, may show up. Birkenose may be the favourite for the Hunt Cup, vut Adrienne should be hard to dispose of, as she is a good lumper and is reported well forward in condition. Our Jack has his Trentham form to recommend him for the Aokautere Handicap. Roval Game has only to repeat his Feildin." form to be well to the fore. labour Morn is such a fine jumper that he should again run a good race in tne hack steeplechase, but Hokioi may be troublesome. The Kairanga Handicap should be an interesting race. Rascal will be well supported if he starts, while Tame Fob and Beaumont promise to be well in the picture. Novar ran a good race in his only start at Feilding; and the race may bring him on sufficiently for him to be prominent. The hunters hurdles presents a problem as a good deal of the form is concealed. Hallowmorn is expected to run wen an< * ‘’? r ‘ kenose should be prominent if he starts. Our Jack appears again in the I laxbourne Handicap, and it would be no impossible feat for Inm to go close to a double. The distance in this particular event will be to his liking. Penman may be forward enough to run well, and Feilding form draws attention to Inner Harbour. . „ . A. E. Wormaid left Wellington for Sydney yesterday with the Quin Abbey gelding king Abbey, trained by him on behalf of Mrs. T. W. McClelland King Abbey has been nominated for steeple chases at the forthcoming meetings, and having a reasonable amount of pace and good jumping abilities, lie should run prominently in engagements where tne distance is not too far. O. Cullum, who has ridden King Abbey in his recent races, accompanied Wormaid. . Four light harness horses arrived in Auckland from Sydney bv the Maramn on Tuesday. One was the pacer Direct Morning, who was imported by H. Hendricksen. The others were Tiger Salve, Longford and a maiden by Globe Derby from Franzetta, who were recently purchased in Sydney by Mr. T. Richards. An alteration has been made in the order in which the races will be run at the Otago Hunt Club’s meeting at Wingatni to-day. They will be run in the following order: Sea View Hunters’ Hurdles. President’s Handicap, Jockey Club Handicap, Hunt Club Cup, Steeplechase, Wingatni Trot, Hunters Flat, Brookville Steeplechase, Vauxhall Handicap. . Loughrea is amongst the active workers at Wingatui. He looks big and robust in condition, and walked away thoroughly sound after bowling along over a couple of circuits on a recent morning. Roseday is also going along nicely and is keeping sound. Roscnor is reported from the south as suffering from a cold, but he is being kent in work. The announcement concerning C. W. Coleman, who disappeared from the Rarawa this week on the voyage from New Plymouth to Onehunga, will be received with widespread regret by the racing community of the Dominion. He was a very popular and successful trainer, with a particular fondness for jumpers. Poanui was a good hurdler who passed through his hands, but probably his best-known pupil was Oakleigh, who was trained by Coleman for two successes in the Grand National Steeplechase, and also the Wellington Steeplechase. Commendation will make his first three-year-old appearance at Dannevirke, but it has not yet been decided in which of the two engagements made for him he will start. Two events set down for decision at the Warwick Farm meeting to-day in which a very wide interest is centred are the Hobartville Stakes and the Warwick Stakes. The former race is expected to bring about a meeting between the New Zealand gelding Limerick and the Now South Wales colt.Rampion. The race is to be run over, seven furlongs at fixed 1 weights, and they will each carry 8.10. The Warwick Stakes, which is to be run over a mile at weight-for-ago, with A <*s, finds Valicare and indbag engaged.

NEW ZEALAND CUP

FIRST ACCEPTANCES By TuLEGCA-rn. — Press Association Christchurch, September S. , The following first acceptances have been received for the— NEW ZEALAND CUP, of 2100 sovs. Two miles. (To be run on November o). Kapiue 9 6 Overdrawn 7 0 Count Cavour 813 Novar - ' 0 Star Stranger 810 Vaward ! U Degage ...8 5 Diogenes — 7 0 Roseday —.. 8 1 Shining Ngata 8 0 Armour 7 0 Tanadoes —.7 9 Waetea ' 0 Ravenna 7 5 Full Swing — 7 0 Rapier 7 5 Perle de Leon . 7 0 Beacon Light .7 5 Gooeestep 7 0 Chickwheat 7 4 Kalakaua 7 0 Tarleton 7 2 Heather Lad ... 7 0 Clarinda 7 2 Mah Jone 7 0 Indian Sage ... 7 2 Jubilant 7 o Yama 7 1 Kilbroney ..7 0 Kilbronsyth ._. 7 1 Divinal 7 0 Rouex 7 1 Kilneron 7 0 Pink Note 7 0 Panart — 7 0 Ona 7 0 Kilbox 7 0 Desert Glow ... 7 0 High Gear ... 7 0

The niue-year-old gelding, Night, by Husbandman, who showed promise in the Manawatu and Dannevirke Point-to-Point races during the recent hunting season, has been scratched for the Manawatu Hunt meeting. He has been disposed of privately by Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd., to the Southland sportsman, Mr- Carnegie Gardner, a well-known crosscountry enthusiast. Night will be pitted against Uncle Bob, last year’s winner of the Great Western Steeplechase at Riverton in the south, and it is a coincidence that Mr. G. Shannon, of Palmerston North, the owner of Night, was formerly the owner of Uncle Bob. Night is out of the Captain Webb mare that also produced the Century Hurdles’ winner, Appin, and the successful steeplechaser, Kovna.. In the recent Dannevirke Point-to-Point Night was running Kirkwood a good race when lie lost his rider. At the Manawatu meeting a week later, he ran a close second to Puwhero in the two mile cross-country event for lady riders, and starting again for the second time that afternoon in the heavyweight 'event, about three miles, he was beaten a length by Adrienne. As a six-year-old Night won a six furlong event at Marton. This year he qualified with the Manawatu Hunt and proved himself to be a natural jumper and a particularly safe mount over country. Night will make his first appearance in Southland at the Birchwood Hunt meeting in October. FIXTURES. September 4—Otago Hunt Club. September 4—Manawatu Hunt Club. September 9. 11—Wanganui J.C. Sentember 15—Dannevirke R.O. September 16—Dannevirke Hunt Club. September 24. 25—Napier Park R.C. September 24, 25—Ashburton County R-C. September 25 , 27—Avondale .1.0. September 30. October I—Geraldine1 —Geraldine R.C. October 2—Hawke’s Bay J.O. October 7 —Kurow J.C. October 7, 9—Whancaret R.O. October 8. 9-Otaki Maori R.O. October 9—Oamaru J.O. October 14. 16 —Dunedin J.O. October 16—Carterton R.O. October 23. 25—Wellington R.O. October 25—Waikato Hunt Club. October 25- Wafpawa County R.O. October 23. 25—Waverley 8.0. October 25-North Canterbury 8.0. October 25, 27—Gore R.O. October 28 30— Poverty Bay Turf Club. Oct. 29. 30—Masterton R.O. at Trentham). October 30—Banks Peninsula R.O. October 30 November I—Thames J.C.