THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 313, 30 September 1926, Page 16

THE RACING WORLD

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Nominations for the annual meeting of the Carterton Racing Club will close tomorrow at 9 p.lll. The telegraph office at. Carterton closes at 8 p.m. Nominations for the annual meeting of the Waverley Racing Club will close tomorrow at 8 p.m. The telegraph office at Waverley closes at 5 p.m. Nominations for the spring meeting of the Masterton Racing Club, which is to he held at Trentham, will close on Monday at 8 p.m. Entries, for this meeting can be made, if convenient, at the offices of the Wellington Racing Club, up to 9 p.m. Nominations for all events at the spring meeting of the Wellington Racing Club and forfeit (1 sov.) for the Wellesley Stakes are due on Monday at 9 p.m. The Geraldine meeting will commence to-day and conclude to-morrow. On Saturday the spring meeting of the Hawkes Bay Jockey Club will lie held, when great interest will also be taken in the opening day of the Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting. The principal events to be decided on the first day are the Epsom Handicap, A.J.C. Derby, and the Spring Stakes a mile and a half event at weigh t-for-age. B. H. Morris has accepted a retainer to •ide for Air. Vivian Riddiford for the balance of the present season. On the second day of the Avondale meeting Mr. W. G. Stead entertained the Auckland and visiting pressmen in honour of the win of Cimabue on Saturday in the Avondale Stakes. Tn the course of his speech Mr. Stead said that what gave him particular pleasure was the success of Txiighton, a horse imported hv himself, bred to mares selected by himself and winning one of the most Important spring classics in his first season on the turf. Apart from the success of Cimabue Mr. Stead has reason to feel satisfied with the running of Chelone and Rnleta so far this season, both of them also by Leighton. He has disposed of "aletn.. but Chelone filled third place in the Wanganui Debutante Stakes and was second in the handicap at Ellerslie on Monday. Cimabue,. the winner of the Avondale Stakes, is the first foal of Deligh.t, also bred by Mr. Stead, a mare by Demosthenes from Sunlight. Sunlight, was bred by Mr. J. Bull and is bv Birkenhead from Bonheur. bv Seaton Delaval—Charente. by Nordenfeldt. Several horses of rood class have come from this family. Nonette, a great horse in his time over all journeys, was a brother to Bonheur. who was also the dam of Client, winner of two Wanganui Cups and a Manawatu Cup. La Valicre. sister to Bonheur, was the dam of Los Angeles, a firstclass handicap and weight-for-age horse, and also of Gnianforte. who has sired some useful stock in the Taranaki district. It would be no surprise to find Cimabue develop into something much above the ordinary. At the conclusion of the race for fhe Avondale Guineas Messrs. Gaisford and Currie tossed for the winner’s ribbon. Mr. Gaisford called correctly, but. the club has decided that Mr. Currie, is to get one also. It transpires that when Comedic was narrowly defeated bv Starboard Light at Napier Park, hie jockey had lost n.n iron coming round the bend. It is probable that the mishap cost him the race, as he was only beaten by a short nock.

The Gisborne-nwned and trained three-year-old Cool Card enjoys “omothing of a reputation in his own district. He was produced on the second dnv at Nanier Park in the race won by Mime, and ho ran third. Tt looked as if he might have done hotter had he cofno round the turn without losing his place Cool Card is n handsome black colt by Autumn, nnd may yet unhold the reputation he bns in his own district. It is doubtful when Ly«nnder and Commendation will meet again. Th<v could both appear in the Great Northera Guineas at Ellerslie in November, but Commendation will be nt Riccarton for the Derby. Unless some of ih» other three-voar-olds come to the front there is little chance of either Commendation or Lysandcr losing their respective events, provided, of course, that the Derby distance docs not prove too much for Commendation. Mr. Gaisford. after the race on Monday expressed an opinion that, did not indicate that he would run his gelding in the Champion Plate next month. It would have been nforesting to have had Limerick in the field for the Avondale Guineas on Monday last. Whatever Limerick may do at a mile and a half, and there appears every chance that he will run exceedingly well in the A.J.C. Derby on Saturday, he would have been third on Monday. Automne ran a very good race on the second day of the Napier Park meeting. Tie is looking particularly well, nnd should show up again soon. His stable mate, Threadneedle. for . whom good things were predicted this season, recently fell -on the track, and badlv ricked himself. He was considered fit enough to run on the second day _at Napier Park, but ho did not look himself. and lie was never prominent. When a jockey’s luck is out nothing he does seems to be right, and J Barry can no doubt look hack to the Avondale meeting with feelings of relief For some time this season Barry coud not. ride a big winner no matter how he fried, but Avondale saw a change of luck. He rode Beacon Tight to victory in thf Avondale. Cup, and ; those present say he rode a wonderfully judged race: be finished second on Tea Bell in the Flying Handicap to To Choucas, and on Monday rode particularly well tn win on Gala Day in fTie concluding event. Rapine’s recent- trouble was not a recurrence of that which kept him out of notion a couple of seasons ago. but was due to a jarred joint. As ho could not bo worked Jefferd gave him plenty of swimming at Coogee and according to the cables he is now galloping again in his usual stylo. Rapine is not the first horse who has teen kept going by swimming exercises When beaches are handy trainers often give their. charges this refreshing work. When Midnight Sun was in Sydney for the Metropolitan nnd prior Io his return t win the New Zealand Cup T. F. Qninlivan gave him swimming exercise at Coogce. Mr. F. S. Yarn ham has resigned the secretaryship of the Levin Racing Club to go info business at New Plymouth. Mr. E. R. Brynnt, formerly of the Levin Ki ale Farm, has been appointed to the position. , Sir. W. G. Stead’s two-year-old, Cimabne is appropriately named, for his sire, Leighton, is named after Sir Frederick Leighton, one of England’s foremost painters of classic subjects and for some yc"-s president of the Royal Academy, wfiflc Cimalme takes, his name from a famous Florentine painter who lived in the thirteenth century, and who is considered fo have had a great influence on Italian art—sacred art particularly. At Riverton there are a pair of two-year-olds being prepared for events ahead.

They are Some Rose, by Some Boy IL, from Rose de Vai, trained by W. McKay, and Arrow, by Archery from Miss Signal, trained by A. McKay. Both have been in work for some time, and have shown sufficient promise to warrant a continuation of their education for racing purposes. The former is fancied for the McLean Stakes, to be run next month, nnd the Invercargill apprentice, N. C. Dwyer, has been engaged to ride her.

An English writer states that there is a dearth of promising young steeplechasers in that country; and says that why Ireland is not producing as many as in the past is consequent on the craze for fashionable sires. Owing to the produce of these sires selling well at the moment, owners of mares possessing great strains of steenlechasing blood mate them with unsuitable stallions in tho hone of the result being something that will commend itself to buyers as a yearling. These youngsters are raced at two years, and are lost as jumpers because they do not get time fo mature. Melbourne Cup winners include only one New Zealand-owned three-year-old, Sasanof, and prior to his success in that race he won the Chelmsford Stakes, with exactly weight-for-age. Limerick won the latter with 81b. over w.f.a.—he carried 11b. overweight—and in the Melbourne Cup ho has 71b. more than Sasanof had to carry. The terms are therefore almost the same, and admirers of Limerick are of opinion that having won one race with 81b. more than Sasanof he will succeed in the other with 71b. more. Between the two races mentioned Sasanof won the Spring Stakes, ran fourth in the Craven Plato (won by Carlita), was similarly placed in tho V.A.T.C. Eclipse Stakes, and third in the Caulfield Cup. According to present intentions Limerick will have three runs prior to the Melbourne Cup, those being in the A.J.C. Derby, Craven Plate, and Victoria Derbv. Limerick may stay as well as Sasanof, but he is certainly nothing like Mr. Stead’s old champion in brilliancy. Roseday is a regular worker at Wingatul, but he does not appear to be thriving on the tasks set him. He is very tight, and there is a long job ahead to get this old champion back to form. A well-grown two-year-old filly from Sister Radius looks the aristocrat of the big bunch of yearlings and two-yenr-olds running out in ono of Mr. L. Hazlett’s paddocks (says the Dunedin “Star”). Her owner is giving her plenty of time to mature. L. A. Pine will be riding at the Dunedin meeting next month, having been engaged to handle Mr. G. Gerards horses, who are trained by his uncle, G. J. Pine. It looks a useful team to be associated with. GERALDINE MEETING “Dominion” Special. Christchurch, September 29. Three New Zealand Cup candidates, Waetea, Full Swing and Heather Lad, are engaged in the Geraldine Cup. Special' interest will attach to the Southland mare, Full Swing, as the other pair were racing at the Ashburton meeting. Heather Lad will not have nearly such a good field to beat in the Geraldine Cup as he met in the Ashburton Handicap last Saturday. Goosestep put up a good performance among the sprinters at the Ashburton meeting. He will be tried at a mile at the Geraldine meeting, and he should be hard to dispose of. Booster ran a good race at the Ashburton meeting, and he should run well among the sprinters at Geraldine this week.

Tuahine is verv well nt present and she looks like beinq an early winner. Roval Game was unlucky at the start of his race last Saturday. He will have a good chance of redeeming himself this week in hack events at ‘.lie Geraldine meeting.

ELLERSLIE TOTALISATOR SALE OF 10s. TICKETS. By Telegraph.—press Association. Auckland, September 29. A meeting of the Auckland Racing Club Committee was held yesterday, when a petition from members asking for facilities for purchasing 10s. tickets on the totalisator at Ellerslie was further considered. Inquiries from manv leading clubs led fo an expression of the opinion that the installation of a 10s. machine for investments on the lawn at Ellerslie would prove to act adversely on the chib’s revenue. It was stated that a good number of the clubs did not provide 10s. totalisators ou any part of their racecourses. After a very full consideration it was decided to meet the petitioners’ wishes and give them the necessary facilities for investing in 10s tickets, and also to allow general patrons of the lawn the privilege of patronising the 10s. totalisator on the hill by the institution of a system of passes between the two enclosures. FIXTURES. Sentember 50, October I—Geraidinc U.C October 2, 4. S, 9—A.J.C. spring meeting (Randwick). October 2—Hawke's Bav v.O. October 7—Kurow J.O. October 7, 9—Whangarel 8.0. October B.’9— Otaki Maori R.O. October 9—Oatuarii J.C. October 14. 16—Dunedin J.C. October 16—Carterton R.C. October 23. 25— Wellington P.O. October 25—Waikato Hunt Chib October 25-Waipawa, County R.C. October 23, 25—Waverley R.O. October 25-North Canterbury IJ.O. October 25. 27-Gore R.C. October 28 30— Poverty Bov Turf C'ub October 29, 30—Masterton R.C. (at Trentliam). October 30—Banks Peninsula R.C. October 30, November I—Thames J.C. November 2, 3—Cromwell J.C. November 3—Birchwood Hunt. Cl: November 0, B—Auckland R.C. November (i. 8, 10. 13—Canterbury J.C.