THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 54, 27 November 1929, Page 18

THE RACING WORLD

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By

“The Watcher.”)

Nominations for the summer meeting of the EgmOnt Racing Club to be held on December IS and 19, will close on Friday at 8.30 p.m.

If Silver Paper fulfils his engagement in the Flying Handicap at Fcilding on Saturday he will be ridden by R. S, Bagby.

.1. McLaughlin went on to Auckland from Levin with Duellona, who is engaged at Takapuna on Saturday. She hns 7.7 in the Takapuna Plate, but it is understood that arrangements have been made for 11. Gray to ride.

Trentham tracks are feeling the effects of the dry spell and the heayy downpour that visited the city yesterday morning missed the upper valley. There is very little doing at present, trainers just keeping their charges going. Rabbi was given a solid working gallop yesterday morning and leaves for Feilding on Thursday with Make Up. Rabbit moves very short until he gets warmed up.

H. Lorigan will take Clmabue up for the Feilding Stakes. The Leighton gelding looks bright and well, and as usual is doing just easy work.

S. Reni leaves for Feilding on Friday with Panther and Appeal. B. J. Murtagh also leaves the same day with First Money and Arikinui. .

There does not appear to be any doubt regarding the success of the Jubilee meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club, to be held next Saturday and Monday. The acceptances received for the opening day can onlv be regarded as excellent and the field in the. Jubilee Cup is better than in many big metropolitan events. A few seasons ago the distances of the two principal races at this meeting were a inile and a half and a mile and a quarter, and it is a pity in a way that with the talent engaged next week-end they are not run over tlie original distances. The Twenty-fourth Feilding Stakes promises to be a brilliant contest, and although the position is dominated from a handicap viewpoint by Paganelli, he has some first-class opposition. There is a smart field in the Flying Handicap and even the class of hack engaged is above the average. It will not be an easy meeting for backers, but so far as racing is concerned it promises to be a great success.

I Ridgemount, winner of the open sprint at Te Kuitl on Monday, was a useful performer last season, when, as a three-year-old. he won four races over sprint distances. His best performance was put up in the Telegraph Handicap at Woodville, in which event he defeated Commendation and Miss Pat by two lengths and was timed to run the six furlongs in Imin. 13 3-ssec.

A Dunedin report states that the Paper Money mare Caterpillar will probably be transferred to Wingatul, as her owner, Mr. J. Richardson, naturally prefers to have his horses trained where he can see them at work.

Glenrossie, the winner of the maiden race at Levin on Saturday, is a well-grown gelding by Acre from Sleeping Beauty, by Boniform from Peace, the dam of a number of smart gallopers, Including Valhalla, Chakwana, and Prosperity.

There is a possibility of a good contingent of Auckland horses doing the Taranaki circuit next month. The fact that a win in any hack event at Ellerslie puts a horse out of that class makes many trainers a little bit chary about running their charges, and the big array of hack events at Hawera, New Plymouth, and Stratford makes a big appeal to them, ,

Arikiwal has given every satisfaction so far since being recommissioned a few weeks back, and had his first sprint on Saturday. It is confidently anticipated that this good galloper has overcome the trouble which has periodically manifested itself, and retarded his racing programme to a large extent.

When Havering returned to Hawera (from Riccarton, it was given out that he would be spelled. He is amongst the active workers still, and has been accepted for in the Fcilding Jubilee Cup next Saturday.

Aussie's name is not likely to appear among winners in Australia for some little time. His new trainer, M. Polson, has sent the Fortafix gelding away for a spell, prior to getting to worl, on him .for future short-distance events. His box will, in the meantime, be occupied by a worthy substitute in Fuji San, who has just returned from a country holiday.

Some of the ’chasers seen out at Winton were real ’chasers —chasing those well out in front at the finish (says the Dunedin writer “Sentinel”).

The four-year-old mare Flying Binge, formerly in the Hawera stable of O. Cox, is reported to have shaped promisingly at Winton, and should win at the coming meetings amongst the holiday fixtures. She was got by Chief Ruler from Cushla, by Hallowmas from Noreen. by Sir Tristram —Boneen, by Gossoon—Miss Nord, by Nordenfeldt —Lady Norah, by Cadogan from Steppe, the dam of Stckniak. Great Star’s Programme.

Great Star has not done so well as expected since the New Zealand Cup meeting. and his future programme is indefinite. He. showed symptoms of lameness after working on Saturday, and it is believed that he is suffering from a slight attack of kidney trouble. Should Great Star show improvement in the next few weeks he may go'to Auckland for the Ellerslie summer carnival. No Joke.

Prior to mounting Karapoti in the Ruakura Stakes at Te Rapa last week, H. Gray was warned to be on his guard, as the two-year-old was considered to be rather flighty. Karapoti was very docile in the preliminary, and Gray looked on the warning as a joke, but when about to line up at the tapes Karapoti whipped round so fast that he.caughi Gray unawares, and he was unseate'd. Hawera Track Notes.

Conditions were again good on Saturday morning for fast work (says the "Star”), and some interesting gallops were performed. The outside of the course proper was open for two-year-olds, and J. Brown sprinted Chief Link and Awaken over four furlongs. Chief Link was going the better of the pair at the finish, in C2sec. Silvermlne did good pace work. On the plough track Ross Ferry and Homewood galloped hhlf a-mile in SOsec. Ross Ferry, doing her work nieely, finished half a length In front. Latakia cantered once round at half-pace, running the last seven furlongs of the second circuit in Imin, 37 sec., hitting out in good style. Calamine gave Tenteall an advantage at the jumpout of a sprint over half a mile, run in COsec. Brown Prince galloped three furlongs on the outside, taking ,42sec. Havering did a couple of rounds of steady pace exercise. Richfield was allotted easy work, trotting and cantering. Grand Marnia and Joy Spear had a good set-to over six furlongs. Joy Spear, getting the worst of the start, was soon up with his companion, and the pair ran the first half-mile in a tick under 52sec., finishing up the six furlongs in Imin. 18see., with Joy Spear a head In front. Paitonu, Bright Glow. Mt. Shannon and Ornzone were relegated to half and three-quarter p.ace work. The Surveyor youngster, Harry, sprinted two furlongs in 25}sec. Clever and Valpre were galloped five furlongs, finishing together in Imin. 4see. Silent, by himself, ran six furlongs in Imin. 23sec,, without being hustled. Joke Form and the two-year-old Isa were exercised on the lead. Reremoana worked a eouplc of rounds—coming home the last three furlongs in 3Ssec. in fine style. Fort Alice did three-quarter pace work, which he was anxious to improve. Royal Acre, ridden by H. Cook, was schooled slowly over three fences, which he jumped faultlessly.

New Zealanders in Sydney. Commendation's name appears in the entry list for the Summer Cup, one mile five furlongs, to be run at Randwick on Boxing Day. The added money is 2500 sovs., with al5 sov. sweep. Other New Zealanders entered include The Banker, White Fang, Star God, Papatu, Moorgas, Eden Hall, Raasay, and Patadawn. For the Villiers Stakes, 1500 sovs., with ten sovs. sweep, one mile, run on the previous Saturda- entries of New Zealand-bred horses include First Acre, White Fang, Commendation, Gesto, Reonui. Moorgas, Dalston, Perception, Raasay, Gay Ballerina, and Coolmint.

Colt by Agrlon. For a Derby winner Agrlon fetched a very modest figure when he was sold at auction in Sydney for 325 guineas. Before leaving Canterbury Agrlon served several mares, including the English brood mare Half-a-Brace, a daughter of Bachelor's Double, who is the sire of Comedienne, dam of the English Derby winner Call Boy. Half-a-Brace, according to the New Zealand Stud Book, was imported to the Dominion in 1926 by Dr. M. G. Louisson, and she has produced to Agrion a colt said to be one of the most attractive seen for some time. English Toto Is Inefficient. The totalisator was introduced to England racecourses for the first time during the current racing season. It has become extremely popular with the betting public, but there is a general opinion that the mechanical method of betting is not receiving a fair trial. The Betting Control Board has chosen an English-made totaiisator, which seems to be very much in the experimental stage, and passed over machines that have been tested on racecourses in other parts of the world and proved their efficiency. The totalisators on English courses have frequently failed to function, but that has not militated against the popularity of machine betting. Mr.' Gaffney, an Australian, who returned from England recently, was very scathing in his comments on the subject. He remarked that the machines in use in England were not nearly so efficient as those in use on country racecourses in Australia. He was greatly impressed by the speed and accuracy of the machine used at Longchamps, near Paris, the course on which the Grand Prix de Paris is run. He, however, is not alone in his admiration of that machine, which received' very high commendation from Baron Long, a leading American owner, who told the New York “Herald” he had been greatly impressed in France by the automatic total-

isntnr the automatic timing of races, and starting barriers be saw there. “We he added, “the totalisator put to a ci-cat test at the Grand Prix de Paris, when ”00,000 people attended. It functional nerfcctly. We shall have the same system P here. It revolutionises the sale of tickets and furthermore simplifies the entire business of racecourse and public, and engenders n confidence in the sport and its operation that could not be obtained in any other manner.” As for the startinc- it seemed to be as near perfection as possible, as in thirty-five days’ racin'- he saw only one bad start. It is intorMting to know that the machine Baron Long lauded is the Julius totalisator, wliich is of Australian origin, and is similar to the one in use at Randwick. The startinc on all Parisian race tracks is now done with the Australian barrier, which was° this season adopted in England. It would seem that Australians have little tn learn regarding racecourse management. Nn doubt the Julius machine, wliich has been so satisfactory in Paris will ultimately be Installed in England. “TMcL” —Glare was scratched for the Levin Cup at ID a.m. on Friday. national yearling SALES ORDER OF SALE. Tlie order of sale for Messrs. Pyne, Gould Guinness Limited’s catalogue for next 'January’s sale lias been drawn by the secretary of the Wellington Racing Cub The catalogue totals fifty well-bred vearilngs and colts, giving full particulars of pedigrees and performances, and will be available early next month. The order is as follows :-Lots 1-2. Mr. T H Grigg, Longbeach; lots 3-u, Mr. A. F Roberts, Kaituna; lots G-S, Estate late T F Reid Burnside; lot 9, Mr. J. M. Reid, Burnside' lot 10, Mr. J. C. Gleeson, Auck-land-Tot H, Mr. F. J. Carmont, Foxton; lots I’-IG, Mr. lan Duncan, Elderslie Stud; lots 17-18. Mr. C. J. Washer, Hawera.; Ot 19 Mr. Chas. Wishart, Otaki; lots Mr T. H. Lowry, Okawa Stud; Tots ’”4-”5, Mr. A. Appleyard, Hawera; lots 28-29, Mr lan Duncan Eldershe (second draw), lot 30, Mr. C. k. Standfield, Dannevirke; lots 31-34, Mr. H. M Reeves, Hororata Stud; lots 35-39 Mr. T - D Ormond, Karamu Stud; lots 40-44, Mr John Gleeson. New Plymouth; lots 4-. 40 Mr. D. McClure, Prebbleton; lots 47-5 o! Mr. Frank Ormond, Karamu Stud. TAKAPUNA REHANDICAPS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, November 26. The following rehandicaps have been made for the Takapuna meeting on Saturdt High-Weight Handicap.—Glena Bay, 9.11. Borough Handicap.-Hipo, 7.7; Macroom. 7.4. - ELLERSLIE TRAINING NOTES SOME GOOD GALLOPS Dominion Special Service. Auckland, November 26. Fine weather and fast going were the conditions for track work at Ellershe this morning. The course proper and No. - grass were used. On the course proper Gemhght .gave Tetratache two lengths start and ifinished with him at the end of six furlongs in Imin. 21see. Gemlight could have done considerably better. Corinax always had the better of Hyde Park over a circuit in 2min. 9sec. Corinax will go well on Saturday, despite the fact that he is in need of a race. . Trcmetus pleased more than Thespis and Rafflight over three furlongs in 3S 3-o sec. Trcmetus was unlucky at Te Rapa. Silent, doing her best, ran three furlongs in the same time on No. 2 grass. Eager Rose ran away from Black Prince over six furlongs in Imin. 18 l-ssec. Respirator, ited Hon and Importer were in close order over a round in Imin. 48 Golden Wedding pleased in beating Thursbv over six furlongs in Imin. 17sec. She is likely to contest the Alison Cup instead of the high-weight, and is regarded as a possibility with W. H. Jones in the saddle. Good Idea and Nell, beat Lusoma over five furlongs in Imin. Bsec. Cynthia N. went freely over seven furlongs in Imin. 32 4-ssec. Vallar was not extended to run six furlongs in Imin. 17 3-ssec. He could have clipped a good deal off that time. He will take a lot of beating at Takapuna. Tea Time brushed over half a mile in 50 3-ssec.

The Measurer could have beaten Roman Pearl over six furlongs in Imin. 18sec. He had the worst of the weights and was not nearly extended. Diamond Queen easily beat Bizarro on the course proper over a mile iu Imin. 49 3-ssec. Lady Quex has arrived at Takapuna and will be joined to-day by Hipo. Some riding engagements for Saturday are as follow:—H. Gray, Cerapai, Leitrim. Neil, Brampton, and possibly Hyde Park; J. Cammick, Red Lion, Loving Cup, and Cynthia N; L. Manson, Briar Root, King Ford, Eager Rose, and Gay Cockade; W. H. Jones, Golden Wedding, Carmint, Wild Time, Hipo, and Tetratache; E. Ludlow, Lucy Rose; N. Davis, Duellona, Alloy, Thespis, The Lover, and Gemlight. The two-year-old by Peach Brandy— Lethargis died during the week. She was a promising half-sister to Gay Cockade. Impressive performances at Te Kuiti were those of Archeen as a hurdler and Valuation. Archeen fenced like an old stager and outpaced and outjumped n fast beginning hurdler like Ned Kelly. He has taken to the game very well. Valuation made short work of the hack sprinters. He was never off the bit, and should bo better than ever this season. He now has a very solid appearance. “N.Z. REFEREE” FEILDING, TAKAPUNA, AND . FORBURY Meetings past, meetings to come—the current issue of the “N.Z. Referee” covers both fields with its usual thoroughness. From Otaki and Levin, race-followers go on to Feilding, where the Jubilee meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club will open on Saturday next, continuing on St. Andrew’s Day (Monday). There are some real horses duo to parade at Feilding, including Paganelli and Ceremony, not to mention some good class handicappers. With Riccarton and recent North Island form as a guide, “Carbine” discusses the possibilities for the meeting. The Takapuna Jockey Club will race on Saturday and Monday. Here again the “Referee” makes a special effort to put its readers on the track of horses likely to run prominently. So much for race gatherings to come. Those held last week were at Otaki, To Kuiti, Levin and Winton, and each is the subject of a comprehensive review by "Referee” reporters. A careful reading of these should be of assistance to backers. The pictorial features are characteristically topical and informing. In all. several pages of photographs appear. ■ Light harness followers will be particularly interested inn the analysis of chances at the opening of the Forbury Park meeting, where recent running at Addington should give a- line. The Otahuhu meeting, which concluded last Saturday, is fully covered, photographs specially taken for the “Referee” accompanying the story. In the boxing section there is a bright budget of the latest ring notes, Including the result of a talk with Pete Sarron, whose meteoric rise from a newsboy to his present high standing as a fighter is one of the romances of the game. That other popular feature, the all-sports double page, contains a wealth of news for those interested in general athletics. The "Referee’—itself a winner—makes easier the business of finding winners. FIXTURES. Nov. 30, Dec. 2—Takapuna J.C. Nov. 30, Dec. 2—Feilding J.C. Dec. 7_Ashburton County R.C. Dec. 6, 7—Taumarunui R.C. Dec. 11, 12—Woodville District J.C. Dec. 1-I—Waipa R.C. Dec. 18, 19—Egmont R.C. Dec. 26—Waipukurau J.C. Dec. 26—Westland R.C. Dee. 26, 27—Taranaki J.C. 26, 28—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26, 27, 28— Manawatu R.C. Dec 26, 30, Jan. 1, 2—Auckland R.C. Dec. 28, Jan. I—Greymouth J.C. jnn. i—Waikouaiti R.C. Jan. I—Wyndham R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Wairar.apa R.C. Jan. 1, 2 —Hawke's Bay J.C. Jan. 1, 2—Stratford R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Marton J.C. Jnn. 2, 3—Southland R.C. Jan. 7, B—Reefton J.C. Jan 9. 11—Thames J.C. Jan. 11, 13—Vincent J.C. Tan 15, 16—Foxton R.C. .Tan 17, 18—Oamaru J.C. ran is—Bay of Islands R.C. Tan IS, 20, 22—Wellington R.C. ' Tnll ‘ 22— Asliliurst-Pobangiua R.C. Jan’. 25-Wairio J.C. T .„, 25—Waipapakauri J.C. lan 28, 30—Walroa R.C. Tan. 20—Clifden R.C. Tan 29, 30— Pahlatua R.C. Jain 29, Feb. I—Takapuna J.C,