STILL HOPEFUL

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 111, 4 February 1941, Page 9

STILL HOPEFUL

Sydney Plans For Beau Vite

GLOUCESTER CUP FOR WANGANUI Trentham Autumn Card

(By St. Si.mon.) Serenatu's autumn racing will be done in New Zealand, but T. K. George hopes to be able to secure shipping space for Beau Vite this month, and, if he is successful, the Auckland Cup winner will contest weight-for-agc events at the Sydney Easter meeting. The weight-for-age races at this meeting are the Autumn Plate, one mile and a half; the JVll-Aged Plate, one mile; the Cumberland Plate, one and three-quarter miles; and the A.J.C. Plate, two miles and a quarter. Change of Stables. Messrs. G. Bang and G. B. Walden, Wellington, have sent Military Maid to Christchurch to be trained by U. G. Humphries, who also prepares Schoolgirl. Military Maid is a foui'-yeat’-old brown mare by Captain Bunsby from Afterglow II and was bought at the loot of her dam by Messrs. Lung anil Walden at l* 1<: Westmere dispersal sale in 1937. They had bad luck to lose the dam shortly afterward, when carrying a colt to Beau Pere. Military Maid has won only three races, but at times has shown encouraging form and has not had the best of luck during her career.

Promising Filly. Lady Derby, runner-up in the trial event at Bicearton on Saturday, was having her second start only. She is a three-year-old chestnut filly by Defoe from Malmsey and is raced by Airs. A. Edmund Preston, junior, Wellington. Malmsey, a Clarcnceux mare with whom J. P. Pearson won many races in the South Island, descends from an old Elderslie family, and is the dam also ol Malvasia aud Wine Card.

The Royal Trophy. The New Zealand Racing Conlerence has allotted the. Duke of Gloucester Cup to the AVanganui Jockey Club fbr the 1941-42 season. This trophy was given by the Duke on his visit to New Zealand and is for competition among amateur riders. This season it will be competed for at AVashdyke.

Appeals This Week. The appeal of the Hastings apprentice R. G. Howell against the two months suspension imposed on him by the A\ ellington Racing Club at its summer meeting, will be heard by the AVellington District Committee tomorrow. The appeal lodged by the connexions of Sham Bov against the decision of the AVaikouaiti Racing Club in awarding he winner's share of the stake in the HawKsbury Handicap to Circular Note will be heard bv the Dunedin District Committee on Thursday. Both horses came on to Trentham to win races.

Trentham Autumn Meeting. The programme for the A\ ellmgton Racin'' Club's autumn meeting on March lo and 15 has been drawn up. It P l for (lie same stakes as last year, equally divided over the two days. lus year the .St. Leger and the Challenge Stakes will be transposed, the Challenge Stakes now being 0 ” the first day and the St Leger on the second. The two-year-old handicaps have also been transposed with the Plunket Nursery now on the first dav and the more valuable and longer Pacific Handicap on the second day.

Well Related. A good opinion has been formed of Gold, Dale’s two-year-old sister Rosy Dawn, who is a candidate for the nursery events at the Egmont meeting this week. In hetonly start to date she was fourth in the Juvenile Handicap at the Stratford New Year meeting. The Stratford track, with its long, Uphill straight, is a trying test for an inexperienced youngster.

Out of Hacks. Aravane, winner of the chief event at the Tapanui meeting on Saturday, is now out of hacks, but is eligible to run out hack nominations at the Gore and Winton meetings. p

An Unusual Record. Pern, winner of the Matamata Cup on Saturday, has an unusual record. He was unplaced in each of his seven starts as a two-year-old. At three years he won the Te Arolia Jubilee Hack Cup when a maiden, and was unplaced in each of his other eight starts. This season as a four-year-old’ he was placed second in a race at the AVaikato spring meeting, and Saturday’s success was the second only of his career. He is raced by Mr. W. IL Gaisford, Oringi, who bought him as a yearling in Sydney. He is by The Buzzard, a sire of stayers, from Culfort, a High Force mare who was the dam also of that hardy Queensland veteran Lough Neagh. Pern is closely related to The Buzzer, and other good performers from the family were The Parisian (Melbourne Cup) and Wolawa (V.R.O. Derby and V.R.C. and A.J.O. St. Legers).

Another For Autopay. The Paper Money horse Autopay, who was one of the gamest racers of his day, was credited with another juvenile winner when Kaimanawa won the Putauru Stakes at Matamata on Saturday. Kaimanawa’s dam, Lady Pavlova, was a full-sister to Royal Dance and Valspenr, two useful performers. They were by Spear Dance from Lady Vai, a Valkyrian mare bred in 1926 by Mr. J. Pohlen, Rehandicaps For Rotoru/i. For her win in the Railway Hack Handicap at Matamata, Court Favourite has been rehandicapped Gib. for the Mokoia Hack Handicap at Rotorua, making her weight 8.2. Other Matamata winners, Pern, Karatoki, and Erlick, were not rehandicapped. A New Owner.

The purchaser of the Foxbridge-Love Story colt for 280 guineas at the national yearling sales was Mr. A. M. Satterthwaite, Christchurch, who is a newcomer to racing. The colt is to be handled and developed at the Inglewood stud, Kaiapoi, till ready to be put into training.

Breeder and Angler. Mr. E. E. D. Clarke, whose death was announced from Melbourne at the weekend, was a keen racing owner and breeder, but his great hobby in life was angling and the day his Trivalve won the Melbourne Cup he was casting n fly in pursuit of New Zealand trout. For many years till ill-liealth and advancing years intervened, Mr. Clarke visited the Dominion and divided his time between Taupo and the trout streams of South Canterbury. A brother of Sir Rupert Clarke, Mr. Clarke was successful from his initial entry into racing. His first purchase was Emir at lOOOgns, and the brilliant Wallace horse proved a bargain. His trainer, James Seobie. always declared that but for a physical disability Emir would have equalled the record of Carbine. Wolawa was the first good horse bred by Mr. Clarke after he established the Mellon Sind, but the best product of the establishment was Trivalve, who in two seasons won over £20,000. two Derbies and the Melbourne Cup falling to him. His most prominent galloper in recent years was Hua, winner of flip A.J.C. Derby from Ajax and Avenger. The slud was founded primarily to give Emir a chance, bill Ihc horse was not a great success, and ho was given away. Mr. Clarke made a lucky purchase when he acquired The Welkin, sire of Gloaming. Air. Clarke was latterly more interested in brooding than in racing, and often in New Zealand when his horses wore winning big races at Flemington. According fo J. Seobio, he was one of the owners who smiled in defeat and victory, was thoroughly loyal fo his trainer and riders, and extremely generous. Answers io Correspondents. “Hounds,” Hastings; (1) Cherry I’iuni did not. start at Ellerslie on December G. (2) Cherry Buy, who raced at Manawiilu, did not start in anv race on December 2G.

“Sasauof,” Kilbirnie: (1.) £3/18/-; (2) £6/8/-; (3) £4/3/6; (4) 18/6; (5) £6

15/-; (6) £5/10/- and £2/5/6; (7) £2 and £l/9/6. „ “Interested,” Wellington and M.b. , Feilding: Information written for. “Inquirer,” Blenheim : Globe Trotter’s Inst two starts were as follows: Wellington Racing Club Handicap, January 18, unplaced; Marton Cup January 1, unplaced (fell). "White Rajah,” Wellington; (1) Your investment is on White Rajah only. (2) £l. “Wager,” I’elone: Diivaeb was scratched for the Waliaroa Handicap at Matamata at 8.30 a.in. on Friday.