THE RACING WORLD

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 15, 12 October 1933, Page 13

THE RACING WORLD

CROUPIER’S WIND

Unfounded Reports

NOTES AND COMMENTS Fresh Blood at Masterton (By “The Watcher.”) Various reports have been in circulation based on a rumour from Riccarton to the effect that Croupier is to be operated on for wind trouble. Mr. R. J. Murphy states that the question of an operation on Croupier has never been discussed. He makes a slight noise when galloping, but he has had this peculiarity both prior to and since his purchase by Mr. Murphy, and up to the present there are no signs that it is anything serious.

The Best Tip. The consistent way in which horses win whose names are omitted from acceptances is remarkable. Kimbo was an instance at Otaki on Saturday, and on the same day the Dunedin hurdle winner, Kapuna, was missing from the telegraphed lists.

AY el come Change of Luck. The Wanganui trainer, H. W. Johnston, is to be congratulated on the success he has had lately with Knollmere. “Hughi'e” is a sound judge, and the form of the Grandcourt gelding is welcome after a long spell of “outs.” Fresh Blood.

There is a good deal of fresh blood appearing at Masterton on Saturday in the two-year-old handicap, and the Maiden Stakes. In the two-year-old race there will be five new runners. Bazainc is a chestnut gelding by Arausio from Conchinta, and is thus a brother to Journet and Golden Chant. He is trained for Mr. F. Ormond by F. Davis. Woodville also claims two other of the newcomers, La Madelon and Confiscation, both trained by J. .Sullivan. La Madelon is a bay filly by Robespierre from Bonne Bouche. She was bred by Mr. D. McClure, of Canterbury, and was sold to Mr. H. T. Hume, so -she will race in the same colours as Retract.

Cup Coup Tl>at Went Astray. La Madelon's dam, Bon Bouche, is by Boniform from Heorthen, half-sister to Lady Lucy (N.Z. and Auckland Cup), and dam of Star Lady, dam of Star Stranger. Heorthen will be remembered ■ by the older generation of racegoers who just failed to bring off a big coup in the New Zealand Cup of 1908. She took charge of her rider down the back stretch and had run. herself to a standstill by the time the post was in sight, and was only just beaten by Downfall. La Madelon is a half-sister to Courageous. Confiscation was secured at the Bidwill dispersal sale by J. Sullivan, who passed her on to his patrons, Messrs. E. AA. Collins and T. AV. Wills, who will race her in partnership. She is a bay filly by Chief Ruler from Lubrication, by Nassau from Animation, by Provocation — Declination, by Stepniak. Sister to a 'Winner.

Peggy’s Joy is a bay filly-by Cockpit— Wiwini, and is thus sister to Arena, a speedy filly who has won races for Mr. T. A. Duncan. Portray, Teri, and Kuhio belong to this family, which, further back, is represented by Cruciform and Multiform. Peggy’s Joy is owned by Mr. F. Springfield. Choral was bred by Mr. V. Riddiford, but is now owned by Mr. C. Cunningham, who similarly purchased Lyrical. Choral is a bay filly by Hunting Song from Anthem. and is a half-sister to Lyrical. She has shown some sprinting ability on the Trentham tracks, where she is trained.

Among the Maidens. Six maidens arc practically unknown quanitics, and some have reached an age when little can he expected of them. Oscillation, for instance, is a ninc-year-old brown gelding by Day Comet —Imagination, thus a half-brother to Suggestion, and. like him. was bred by the late Mr. IV. E. Bidwill. Oscillation had some racing in 192 G-27, as a two-year-old, and again the following season, when he once ran second in a minor hack race at Carterton, but he has not been seen since. Has Raced.

Millcstra Is a six-year-old chestnut mare by Hymestra from Mill o' Gowrie.

She has done a little racing, unsuccessfully, but has not appeared in public for a long period. Revival is a three-year-old bay colt by Cape Horn —Velour, dam of Modern and Vitaphone, and although bred by Mr. W. R. Kembal). has changed owners.

Lady Solway is a three-year-old bay filly by Cape Horn from Lady General, dam of Lady Gen. Neither Revival nor Lady Solway has yet raced.

Bred at Stonyhurst. Umpire is a five-year-old bay gelding by Winning Hit from Rivalry, and comes from a well-known Stonyhurst family, but he has passed through other hands since he saw the Clifford establishment, for which he never raced.

Hunting Lady is a five-year-old brown marc by Hunting Song from a San Frau mare.

Southern Youngsters. The fact that Control won the .McLean Stakes points to the two-year-olds here in the South Island being a moderate lot (says a Southern writer). Prior to going south he had never done any gallops of even a moderately brilliant class. Either the youngsters trained further south are not good or else they are much more backward than those at Riccarton. Not only did Control beat them, but on the second day Invoice made those he "met look very cheap. As far as Invoice and Control are concerned there is very little between them. Ou looks Control was more forward than the Paper Money colt when they left for the south, so it is on the cards that Invoice will make more improvement.

Track Too Hard. The track was too hard for Playground at Otaki. He is engaged at Wellington, but his owner may decide to give him a spell. Another runner who was unable to do his best on the going was Count Roussillon. Bred the Right Way-.

Included among the entries for the Fanners’ Steeplechase at the Waikato Hunt meeting is a likely sort in Loom, winner of the Open Steeplechase at the Pakuranga Point-to-Point meeting last month. He is a good type of hunter, also a reliable fencer, and it will be interesting to see how he shapes against the better class horses at Cambridge. Loom is a five-year-old gelding by Illumination from a sister to King's Guard, and is therefore bred on sound jumping lines. Difference of 19lb.

Manetho, who heads the list in the Kcrrytown Hack Handicap at the South Canterbury meeting, has to -concede 51b to Drum Fire. At Ashburton last month, over a shorter journey, which should have suited Manetho. he wns receiving 151 b from Drum Fire. Manetho did not start and Drum Fire was unplaced. The latter has not raced since then, while Manetho has had two starts. He won a hack event at Geraldine, but probably owes his rise in weight quite as much to his third place in open company on the second day of the meeting.

First for Eleven Montlis. The New Zealand Cup candidate Minerva! is to have his first race for eleven months at Washdyke on Saturday. If he shapes satisfactorily he will be brought up for his Wellington engagements. Membo in Form.

Membo was finishing on well at the end of the First Hurdles at Dunedin, and in. another hundred yards might have beaten Quinopal, who cracked the last fence. He ran another sound race on the second day, but the distance was too short for him.

Cup Rider. If Palantua starts in the New Zealand Cup she will be ridden by the Washdyke lightweight, VV. H. Jones.

May Not See Trentham. Fracas fared badly on the Dunedin trip and in the meantime cannot be classed as a good traveller. Her good race over six furlongs on Thursday after being slow early, prompted investors to make her favourite for the Guineas, but she only lasted for seven furlongs. She was booked to go to Trentham, but a change of plans may now be considered.

Marton Increases Stakes. The programme for the Marton Jockey Club’s midsummer meeting, to be held on Monday and Tuesday, January 1 and 2, 1934, has been approved. The stakes show an increase of £4OO.

Deputy Ruler's Owner. The'New Zealand-bred three-year-old Deputy Ruler, who was sold for 20(10 guineas last week, was purchased by Mr. AV. Pearson, who did so well with Amounis. Like Amounis, he 1 will be trained by Frauk McGrath.

Hastings Horses for Masterton. Some interesting gallops were performed on the Hastings tracks on Saturday morning by horses who will be racing at Masterton and later at AVellington. The tracks were in first-class order. On the plough, Passion Fruit (Calnan) and Emotion (H. Young), galloped once round iu 1.40. Both were wide out, and the former finished slightly in front. They are to race at Masterton. Speed galloped very fast over six furlongs in 1.17, a use--ful effort. He looks well. Bradman, Grand Vizier, and Silver Beam dashed over four furlongs on the grass in Sllsec. Bradman looks on the big side. Silver Beam was left slightly, ami then finished in front. Manuiri, accompanied by Jazz. King, jumped about five fences, doing it with dash. Jazz King shapes well for a beginner. Manuiri is to race at Masterton. Royal Shift and Lavinia dashed over four furlongs on the grass in 49Jscc., the former finishing in front. The grass gallop is on the short side. Pukehou sprinted four furlongs on the plough in 53scc., with the trainer, 11. Berry, in the saddle. Passion Flower, a sister to Passion Fruit, trotted a couple of times round. This is a quality filly. Swift and Sure, Asterisca, Gold Ruler, Arabliss, Margaret Rose, Blueboy, and others did steady work.

Engaged at Trcntluun. Barring another breakdown, it will not be long before Captain’s Gift is again in the public eye (says the “Sun”). He had too much pace for the rest of the Wakari Hurdles field as long as his condition permitted. He had jumped only three hurdles prior to the meeting. Both Kerbside and Trivet were backed solidly by some Dunedin people on Saturday, but they anticipated matters. They were not as forward as their connections believed. They were going very well in their respective races until they came to the distance, then they fell back, to finish fifth. From this out they will be dangerous in sprint fields, and Trivet looks a good prospect. Ten Garden Schools.

At Riccarton on Tuesday Tea Garden, ridden by W. Pascoe, sot out for a round of the hurdles. He had no pace on, which mny have been the reason that lie blundered ut the last of the four jumps. He hit it hard and unseated Pascoe, who looked to have a heavy fall, but escaped unhurt. When Tea Garden was recaptured, I’ascoe remounted and rode him two more hurdles safely.

Conic Down in Weights. Captain's Gift was badly injured when competing in the hurdle race at Ellerslie

on January 2, and he did not race again until last Saturday at Wingatui. With list, he led early in the Wakari Hurdles, but grew weary and finished last. He jumped well. When thoroughly wound up, he should appreciate the weights he is now being awarded. He has 10.11 in the Otaio Hurdles at Washdyke next Saturday. Prior to Saturday, he last raced in the South Island at the Dunedin spring meeting of 1932. He then won the Spring Hurdles with 11.11, and was second with 12.0 to Antrim Boy, 11.1, in the Wakari Hurdles. With 10.0 he was run-ner-up to Membo, 9.6, in the New Zealand Grand National Hurdles of 1932.

His Unlucky Season. Each spring for three years has seen A. E. Ellis out of action for a considerable period. In 1931, a fall with Make Up at the Grand National meeting caused his absence from the saddle for a time. Last year, a broken arm received when Snowfall came down at Riccarton meant that he was idle for four months. Now be has been suspended for two months. ETe may well “bother the flowers that bloom in the spring.”

The Wrong Horse. It is said that F. Shaw, trainer of Kapuna and Polling Day, did not participate in the former horse’s huge win dividend on Saturday. He supported Polling Day for a modest wager both ways, and Kapuna for a place only, although he had backed him both ways on the first day. Kapuna is fully related to Jack Symons, a horse who won several races for Shaw some years ago, and who was a favourite with his trainer.

Stung. While cantering on Coldstream to the post for the Melrose Selling Sweepstakes at York on August 29, Gordon Richards was stung on the lip by a wasp. He won the race, but had to receive medical attention before riding in the next race.

Donoghue's Escape. ■Steve Donoghue had a narrow escape while riding in a race at Ostend on August 27. His mount, Henin, fell and, fracturing a leg in two places, had to be destroyed. Donoghue hit the ground hard with the back of Iris head, but was not injured.

Anticipating Starter. The following notice appeared in the English “Racing Calendar” recently:— Notice to Jockeys: Several accidents have taken place recently as a result of jockeys setting their horses going when they thought a start would take place. The signal for the start i's the rising of the gate, and the person responsible for giving it is the starter. The stewards of the Jockey Club warn jockeys that any jockey guilty of an attempt to anticipate the rising of the gate will be severely dealt with. Tho Timo Test.

Asked his opinion of the time test as a guide to racing form, a trainer of the very old school said that it was a stepping stone to bankruptcy. One was reminded of this recently when passing a pawnshop in one of the racing suburbs. Among the exhibits in the window were several stop-watches! Evidently their owners had not found them a royal road to fortune. A stop-watch is like a gun —useful in the right hands, but a dangerous weapon when misused. It would be difficult to say (says the “Globe”) when stop-watches became the vogue on the training tracks of Australia. Up to ,1873 they could not have been greatly favoured, for a chronicler of the day reported as a novelty the news that Lapidi'st, destined to win the V.R.C. Derby, had galloped a round of the big sand ut Flemington in 2min. 37sec. The timing of gallops soon grew in popularity, and the watch has long been a valued -article in the trainer's stock-in-trade. Harry (“Yankee”) Hales (no relation to Tom) scorned the use of the stop-watch. By some means best known to himself, he could make a fairly accurate estimate of what Iris horses were capable of without assistance from the chronograph. Hales will be remembered as the trainer of that fine galloper Maniopoto, who camo over from New Zealand and won the Metropolitan of 1905 at Randwick. In England trainers have never become enthusiastic about the watch, but it has always been accepted as a guide in, America.

Auckland Entries. Nominations for the Auckland Cup and Railway Glandicap and other important events to be decided at the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting, close with the secretary, Mr. W. S. Spence, at 5 o'clock to-morrow. General entries for Ihe spring meeting, to be held on November 4 and 6, also close on Friday at the same hour.

AVclliiiyi'.on Acceptances; Acceptances for all first day events at the AVellington Racing Club’s spring meeting, and for the Harcourt Cup. to be decided on the third day, close with the secretary. Miss D. E. Bray, to-morrow (Friday), at 8 p.m.

Answers to Correspondents. “Sport,” Paekakariki. —Slippery was scratched for the Waitawa Handicap at Otaki on Friday, at 9.30 a.m., on Monday, October 2.

“In Doubt,” Martinborough.—(l) £1 9/6; £l/5/-. (2) £l/12/-; £l/6/-. (3) £2/13/-; £l/12/-. (4) £l/12/-. (5) £1 19/-; £l/9/-. (6) £2/15/-. MELBOURNE NOTES Caulfield Guineas Riders Melbourne, October 11. IL Medhurst has been engaged to ride Petau in the Melbourne Cup. Autopay has been scratched for the Toorak Handicap. Herowinkie has foaled a sister to Hail Mark. Deputy Ruler is now not expected to reach Melbourne until next week. Mr. IV. It. Kemball’s pair. Cavalcade and Queen Helen, are acceptors for the Debutant divisions. The former New Zealanders Bell Topper and My Talisman are now schooling over hurdles at Mentone. Ashlev Reed rides Whcriko. J. Sullivan Hall Mark. M. McC'artcn Blixten. ami D. Webb Burlesque, in the Caulfield Guineas. Mngnitas. Maltdale, and Rogilla will arrive at Melbourne to-morrow. Magnitas joins Holt’s stable. Magna Cbnrta is amiss and is spelling pending its return to Adelaide at the end of the spring meeting. Scratchings for the Caulfield Guineas are as follow: Will Pay, Potency, anil Queen Avis. Caulfield Cup scratchings are: Muit D’Or. The Sydney jockey, J. Coutts. arrived to-day. FIXTURES. October 14—Masterton R.C. October 14—South Canterbury J.C. October 19, 21, 23—Wellington R.C. October 21, 23 —Gore R.C. October 23—Waverley R.C, October 23—Waikato Hunt Club. October 23—Waipawa C.R.C. October 23—North Canterbury R.C, October 26, 2S—Taumarunuj R.C. (at Paeroa). October 26, 28 —Poverty Bay T.C. October 28-—Banks Peninsula K.C. November 4, 6—Auckland R.C. November 4, 6, 8, 11—Canterbury J.O,