RACING NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 62, 10 September 1924, Page 12

RACING NEWS

(BY "VEDETTE.")

HSTT7RES.

:'-J ep!em£er v- IS—Wanganui J.O. ,v,.; September 17—Dannevirke R:0." .-. -. ;,., September ,18—Dannevirke Hunt' Club. " ■■V September 19, 20—Ashburton County R.C, -.September 20, 22—Avondale J.C. • -September 20, 22—Otaki Maori K.C. :.',.' September '2-P^-ManaVatu'Hlinf Club. "~ .September 25,, 20—Geraldine B.C. .. ■ : September 27—Napier Park R.C. "

'.!■.'.;■ The Wanganui Spring fleecing, ..winch opens to-morrow, is the first racing fixture of importance of the ■ season". The club has been fortunate. ■'. in drawing .'''gobd-classl.horses,,:and there should be .—^omW very interesting"* racing. A Jarge ■'- .percentage ot the. acceptors. started, at - either Marton or New Plymouth, bo -*; '.there is, „a, little, public. .form ;■ to follow. '."i',T.The"recent.raia..>vili,haya made the track ■t.ab least'dead, but yesterday's sunshine v ':-and idrying, jviad^should have'niade for -improvement. ■ By far and away the most interesting .. ..race:of the day should be that for the ■ ..Wanganui Guineas^-;10f the seven left .in, The Banker, Shining 'Armour,.-. Gail-- : • lard; and Ilka have had-.the benefit of a * lace^in public during- the "past fortnight, ■*■; Ilka} moreover; raced at RiecarV ton■ last month''m{ addition". "The colts, /Subjection arid-.lnferricr, ..have'-. 51b the '.■{worst of theJweigfits, 'and?,6'f'the pair, •. ;:Inferno, if reciUy:>fancied .h~y,'liis.trainer, .'; F. Tilley, is ■■sure'-to'' run:'.- >well. The ' 'Banker made-a good •impression, at New ■.'Plymouth, but he is^.meeting-horses of ...much superior claßs j,tp-mqrrow, and has ; yet to .prove himself-in such, good com-' , '.pany. • The fact that;H.. Gray asked for- - -the mount will ensure a certain amount V-b'f backing, but jockeys are not always ' -the best of judges.'' Shining Armour has ■-■•'a moderate third place at Marton to his : credit, but his stable mate, Inferno, is to be preferred. ■-„ Gaillard's'raceat New- ; Plymouth was. a- good * one, : and stamped , him as a very .useful;three-year-old. He ywas out in front, practically all the way, and his defeat.by. Keremoana (in receipt ■•tif weight) was- 'no. "disgrace.+ Ilka was "rather disappointing, at.;*--Marton, and ..apparently not as welL as she was at .■'Oh.ristchur.ch. Motley has been well gal-' "-.- loped at" Wanganui,- and'vshould be: quite ..forward in condition: 'Motley has the ■./best; credentials,' taking last years form ''■as a guide, but Gailliird should be-very T_-•troublesome to-morrow, . ' ' .'■"' Seventeen have- been -left, in the : Ma-. ■■■ rangai Handicap,' the principal flat race :,;on the card. 'With t]ie of.TSnri'Jliusiasm, the whole field has raced comparatively recently. .Arch Salute,, who ";Vwill be suited by'the going," can be- relied on to run we 11... while the iiashy Winning Hit will caVry the field along, perhaps all the way. Comical is to be ,-preferred-to Musketoon and Halgina, and : should run well; L'Amour,; ' who will • '.lie much improved by his .facing last • •</week, should beat -ljoili Sir Burnett and' Avola, the distance probably being be-yond:the.last-named's ability" at present,. and, moreover,, she .has. ani.engagenient " iii the' spTintTracE —Of the" remainder, . Ypjtna .and_:Bun"iptipus may_do. best. The j-latter was"rio"ticed"ffh'isliing "bn'"ih'fourth - place aJL.Martou~in.J.be'.opejri sprint won "by Avola-™.pn-fchst ipecasion he had a ■- stable boy in the saddle, 'and only a Z handful of - tickets" on.his: chance. Arch ; Salute,.''.Oojnical,'"and". -JfAinou'r. are a "possible trio. -. The Flying-Handicap-field. headed.-by ~ the brilliant Rational, has quite a select .; appearance. The Absurd' horse -comes to -hand quickly, but he.might. find his 10 - stone. _a.Jittle .tbb,,much so early in the" •2 season. Hipo and Civility may want a -lace, but this remark* does not apply to «the next three: on ' the-" list—Soliform, SReremoaiia, and Ay,o)a.,;.;,G.aillura"s rim'iiing hi tho Guineas should, throw a good : deal of light on the'.pbssibilities.of Rere:iiioana in this race. Royal Divorce "will ;;bo carefully patched; in - view of his -Lchpsc Stakes engagement on the-sec-' *ond day, but a win ,hi..to-morrow's race 'J, would not entail any penalty for the - weigh t-for-age event- on Saturday.'- Lady -^Bent-nick and Awake are a dangerous - pair at the weights, but .they should be ; beaten by both Bergmflaua"; and Avola, I Recent good form in-tlie Putiki Hack «• Handicap is represented by ' Kuhio, "- Mountain "Signal,* >Suiishot;>.-Sh''iningc Ar-. -. mour, Glengariff,\and. Knighthood. If. .'Shining Armour': starts'in this "race", in-; -.stead or"iiuthe"Guineas lie'is'sure to be 1? well supported candidate. .- ■• —All—those-who cohiidered "that"the form displayed, by Brigadier Bill and ■.*AlaTic~at^Ta"rtrJi~fe rwill agree that Crown' Coin is "well plac- ; cd in the Okehu _Hurdles. ;- -~ ,' ■ _ The Maiden Race" 'should"be""';just! as 'interesting as., is customary ..at.this time. 1 of.year,^ Improving young'hoi-Bes' Who - ■ have attracted attention 'lately are Bon-' hbmme (the half-brother to Client, and I trained by.*E. Titled, Shut EyM.th.Kd, ;to Wee Sandy and~AlhWirrd-'at'-NW - Plymouth), and the "English-bred and lrentham-trained:.'.'"Sky" Blue. "* "1 ;' ■ Alaric, Brigadier Bill, and Hyi-ax should be the best supported" candidates in the Jumpere' Flat, but it should not , I>e overlooked that Tinoliaha had some ; useful form on the-flat on-'the Auckland^ . -country courses last season]" r-.Sonie: useful .backs are engaged in the ;JJtii'ie Hack Handicap, a . number of -whom are nearly out of hack t-lafs Barn Owl:made quite a fair showim/ m: the second race, won by Wassail at iaccartou, when she'was in second place at the finish. Of the remainder Chair- ' "lan l; :ls ™Provin K with his racing and" ,;Fool s Paradise, hasvindoubted. pace. Apart from the--Warigahtrr~Mee"tihg sJNe^v Zealand racing enthusiasts this week will be-deeplyinterested :in, the .Sydney--1 Tattersallis* "Meeting," to 'be -disposed -of-at Randwick on Saturday. -The acceptors for the' ■ Cheimsford' btakes, the names of whomwere cabled yesterday, make a bold array, and even it there was no other event on the card that race" in itself would ensure a bumper attendance. It is certain that" the result of the race will,-be eagerly ■awaited in the Dominion:.-This "country •will, be most strongly represented if Gloaming Ballymena, Nigger Minstrel, The Hawk, and Father's Voice go to the post, and that does not exhaust the New_ Zealand representation. -If Gloaming is started he can be relied on to make a _ good showing, but-, it i 3 -just : aa certain that R, J. Ma Son will not -start the old champion in the faca'-'-of-•such strong opposition if' he is Tiot strung right up. to concert pitch. .: At the Queensland" Meeting on the' 13th «lt. horses tracing to, Carbine won .more than half ■ the events that figured .on the programme. Belle Shot -i daughter of Pistol, won the doubleOpen Handicap and Carnival Handicap lAlbius (by Contino) captured the Metropolitan Handicap, and Ulabad (by* -Contino)- got home, first- in the Novice -Handicap. * Oofitins~ls a descendant of 'Spearmint '{ten of Carbine). - JMnmlnn,ti<ir>ffi and. naceptengß fest

NOTES _AND COMMENTS

events to be decided at the Hawtes Bay Jockey Club's Spring Meeting close on Friday next and Tuesday, 30th. instant, respectively, with the secretary, Mr.' H. S. Moss, Box 13, Hastings..