FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 17

FIXTURES.

June 20 and 21-Hawkes Bay J.C. ■■ June 23—Brackenfleld Hunt Club. June 23—Huwket Bay Hunt Club. June 27-Bannevirke R.C. June 28-Dannevlrke Hunt Club. July 4-Rangitikei Hunt Club.. July 7, 11, 14—Wellington ltacing Club. July 23—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 20—Waimate District Hunt Club. July 2(i and- 23—Gishorne R.C. July 30—ChriBtchurch Hunt Club.

The announcement that Rapine and his stablemates are not to be dispersed will be well received in sporting circles throughout the Dominion. We cannot afford to lose independent and straightgoing owners like Messrs. A. B, and K. S. Williams. The writer recently inspected J. H.. Jefierd's team in their winter quarters at Ngatarawa, situated about ten miles out of Hastings. Ihe stables, forming three sides of a square, were built by the late Mr. G. P. Donnelly. Writing from, memory, the late Jim Munn was the first to be in charge of a team there. He trained Oingo, Haetea, Gold Dust, Korematuku, Pearlshot, Douglas, and other well-known performers. At later periods V. Colello was there with the grey mare Trumpery, who won the Century Hurdles; E. J. Rae with Eunuku, The Rand, and others; A. J. Shearsby, with Awahuri, who won the Grand National; Percy Johnson, with Te Uira, Gold Foil, and Gold Circle; and there were probably other trainers there, as Mr. Donnelly often exercised his right to change them. Mr. E. J. Watt bought the place from Mr. Donnelly, and in turn passed it on to the late Mr. B. Shadbolt, who sold to Mr. A. B. Williams. .The property consists of 300 acres, and there are three private training tracks, two ploughs and grass, which give good working grounds both in summer and winter. J. H. Jefferd has done well uj a trainer since ho has been located there. The Trontham Gold Cup winner looks well on it, hard ana bright. He has been engaged in the leading spring events in Australia. King's Trumpeter, who was purchased at the end of his two-year-old career, did well this season, and finished up with a win in the Ormond Gold Cup. He is not a big horse ; but appears to have grown and furnished. Grotesque is about the best of the Absurd breed over a distance, and has trained on longer than most of them. He is closely related to The Monk, who has been given a nomination in the Melbourne Cup. Bathos, who won four times out of seven starts, and/was only once out of a place, ought to be useful in sprint events next season, and the writer would not be surprised if be got a mile. The three-year-old filly To Arms was only saddled up once this season, when she got squeezed out at the start, and took no part in the race. The rising two-year-olds are all well grown and handled. Lady Clare, the Clarenceux filly from Vanna, is small but neat, and may come early. Tauhina, by Lucullus—Persis, was probably purchased because her full sister, Lady Lois, beat Epitaph in the Avondale Stakes. Giggle, by Absurd— Chuckle, throws back to the Multifid tribe, and may be the best of the fillies. The three colts are all well grown. Gaultlet (Martian— Torqunta) is bigger than his full sister, Martial Dawn. He has not been broken in long, and is not so forward as his two stablemates. Palelight is from a daughter of Martian, but takesafter his sire, Absurd, being a chestnut with a white face. Judging by his appearance, he ought to be a successful sprinter under weight, even if he never stays. Redpolo, the halfbrother of Solferino, to Songbird, lacks nothing in comparison with the other pair. He had a slight cold, but appears to have thrown off the effects of it. Palelight is the second foal of Starglow (Martian —Fire Queen). Her first produce, by Tribulation, is running in the paddocks at Ngatarawa. The mare was sold to a New South Wales buyer, and over there foaled to King John, the Tetrarch horse imported by Mr. T. H. Lowry. Mr. H. Connop has disposed of Comic (Absurd—Carmania), who has joined the matrons at Waikanae.

The sires entered for the A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes, 1925, include Absurd, Boniform, Kilbroney, Lucullus, Paper Money, and Limond. Harold Young has been granted a rider's license by the New Zealand Trotting Association. The date of the combined Franklin and Matamata Meetings was originally fixed to be held at Ellerslie on 21st and 23rd July. Owing to an objection by the Gisborne Racing Club, the date has been altered to 18th and 21st July, the Wednesday and Saturday following the Wellington Meeting. Aucklanders only travel away from homo in the winter time, when they compete here in the way to the Grand National. The alteration of the date of the meeting to be held at Ellerslie may mean that we will getfewer Northern horses than usual.

The only local nomination- for the M'Lean Stakes, to be run at Wingatui in the spring, is Mr. W. H. Ballinger's filly by Kilbroney—Somniform. Mr. Eliot Davis, due oT T. Davis's patrons, has purchased a property about twenty mile 3 out of Auckland, and intends to erect a range of stabling and put down private training tracks. A very fine photo of the Trentham racecourse, showing the new stand, has been presented by the Wellington Racing Club to the Wellington City Council.

Owners and trainers should note that nominations for all events at the Wellington Winter Meeting, except the Trial Plate, close on Monday next, at 9 p.m.

R. J. Miiscoi sends the writer word that Gloaming and his stable mutes are all settled down in their old quartors at Randwick, and doing well.

Referring to the writer's comment ahout the proposed new rule placing honorary officials under a. penalty of £50 for betting at meetings at which they officiate, "Hermit," in the "Hawkes Bay Herald," writes: "Sir Lancelot" is quite richfc. All true sportsmen are fully in sympathy with the Racing Conference and racing clubs in their endeavours to keep the sport clean, but the racing authorities seem to lack both consistency and logic quit* as much as our legislators do. If betting is such a serious offence on the part of racing officials, either paid or honorary, as to justify a fine of £50, or indeed any fine at ali, why encourage it in the general public? Are racing officials any more likely tobe led astray by the temptations of ffambln.T than any other section of the community? If it is as difficult to find honest men amongst those who bet, as the proposed rule of the Racing Conference would suggest, it is time Tacing clubs themselves petitioned Parliament for tlie abolition of the tofilisator. If having £1 on a horse is going to makea racini club steward swerve from the path of rectitude when he has to take part in an inquiry, then, I am afraid, we should have to look with strong suspicion on their actions in business matters. Racing is not the only game at. which money cm!'be lost and won, and people who are honest in their business dealings will be honest in connection with racincr. and if the association with racini' can contaminate them so can the usemiitttioN with - tmniiiees, tt does item its though tlip racujr »utfwrijiq»

-ire losing their right sense of nerspee- j live._ If there are honorary racing officials whose integrity can be questioned, and personally I do not know that there are, do the right thing and cut them cut. but do not impugn the integrity of the 1 whole body of honorary racing officials.

Before making the trip to Auckland, Joy Hide had four successes in a row standing to his record. His, trip to the Northern city resulted in three starts and the same number of also rans. Notwithstanding his defeats at Ellerelie the chestnut gelding has a good register in his favour, for out of 20 starts ho won six of his effoits. and was second upon five occasions.

No Bother has nearly quite recovered from the Occident he met with at Elleislie. and is to be nominated for theWellington Meeting.

"The Squire" of the Napier "Daily Telegraph," who is a fairly regular attendant at Trentham. writes as follows; The Wellington Racing Club is spreading: the time over its winter meeting, for the first day is to be held on the 7th of the next month, and the finish-ing-up of the gathering does not take place until the 14th. Just a bit eteep, for it means that any patron who wants to see the meeting through from these parts would have to leave here on the first Friday in next month, and he would not be able to be back in his habitation until the following Monday week, unless the railway authorities put on a special from Wellington on the night of the 14tb. and according; to what "that-.iwav-behind-the-times-departnieiit" is iri the habit of doing, there does not seem much chance of such an innovation takine place.

Just before the last mail left England, H". Gray was successful on T.iandi in the Cobham Two-year-old Plate, the winner being a good second favourite. Tjandi is a gelding by Pommern —Hot Cross Bun. and won fairly easily.

Messrs. I. O. Duncan and 6. S. Watkins will again act as the delegates for the Wellington Racing Club a_t the coming conference.

The condition of Mr. H. H. Havr, secretary of the Avondale Jockey Club, is at present so serious as to cause his friends a good deal of anxiety.

Up to the time of his suspension at Ellerslie on the 4th of June, the Bay jockey. R. Hunt, has piloted 24 winners this season, and he had headed the list of successful district horsemen at the period..

Mr. I. G-. Duncan made Mr. John Wren a substantial offer for the colt foals by Kilbroney from the Bobadil mares Nata and Talia. Mr. Wren, however, decided to retain possession, and they were, shipped to Sydney by the Marama yesterday.

A remarkably good weight-carrying performance was put up by the pony Beon at Roseberv. <->a the 7th inst. In a Fourteen One Handicap he carried 12.0 and won. pulling up, in lmin ISsec—a course record.

Mr. W. Scholium's horses, First Blood, Ruapapa, Perfect Day, and Appreciation, have left Mr. F. Loomb's charge, "Whalebone" states, at Te Awamutu, and there is a possibility of the quartet being; trained at Morrinsville, where they are at present located. It was the intention 'of Mr. Scholium to nominate the first-named pair for the big Spring. Handicap in Sydney, but the date of the closing of nomination was overlooked. Both horses, however, will be sent to the other side shortly to race in the spring. There is 1 a case of mistaken identity in regard to two of the yearlings purchased lost autumn in Australia foi 1 Messrs. G. D. Greenwood and Gordon Fulton. At present it is believed that Mr. Fulton's trainer, Mr. S. Trilford, has Mr. Greenwood's youngster, and Mr. Percy Mason has the one rightly owned by Mr. Fulton. An attempt is being made to straighten the matter out, and it is expected that in a few days the horses will be in their correct stables. It may be remarked incidentally that Mr. Greenwood's yearling brought by far the greater price at auction.

Auckland can boast the possession of a larger number of English-bred horses in training at the present time than any other portion of the Dominion, and, all coins well, there should be ("Phaeton" states) some additional wins for'horses bred under northern skies competing in these southern lands when next season's racincr c^mes to be undertaken. During an interval of the racing at Ellerslie on the 6th instant, the largest collection of En<»lish-bred horses that has so far been seen under silk on the A.R-.C. ground was paraded. In order to give the horees a sight of the crowd and a spurt up the straight six filed out of" trie paddock.

They carried themselves 'sedately even when passing the spjt opposite to which the musicians were playing'on the lawn. When they jumped off at the head of the straight they did bo in good order, and all moved nicely. The English-bred collection was composed of .The White Kni;jht—Golden Import colt. Bridge of Earn—Hasty Flight colt, Kinp's'Proctor —Jessamine colt, Adam Bede—Lady William filly, Rock Flint—Petite Soeur filly, and Friar Marcus—Sweet Alyssum filly. The colt by King's Proctor from Jessamine was bought some little time back by Mr. Eric Riddiford, and he was transported to his new quarters at Trentham last week. He is a raov-looking youngster, and, as his sire is a grandson of St. Simon and his dam, Jessamine, is by John o' Gaunt, eon of the triple crown winner Isinglass, something of a noteworthy character should come from him when he comes to carry Mr. Riddiford's colours.