RACING NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 1, 1 July 1926, Page 7

RACING NEWS

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Acceptances for the first day's handicaps o£ the Wellington Winter Meetingand also for the Winter Hurdles (third* .day) are due to-night at 9 o'clock. Nominations for the Trial Plate close at the 'game time. , The Victoria Racing Club's Grand National Hurdle Race •will be decided on Saturday. ' ■ _ ■. ."' At Randwick Kiosk was inspected by an intending buyer—a prominent medical man —with a view *to purchase. It is understood that.the price asked was 2200 guineas, with a contingency of 300 guineas on Kiosk's win, writes "Pilot" Sir. W. Miller, the well-known vet., was in at: 'tendance, and examined Kiosk after h« ran- along a''furlong or two at a strong pace. Whether it was due to Mr. Miller's report being adverse, or the price being ;too high, I am unaware, but no sale resulted. The two-year-old's trainer, W. H. Dwyer, expressed himself pleased thatKiosk was not sold, and will take him' tack to New Zealand, where he has some_ good three-year-old' engagements. la Aus-" .tralia he is not in any of the rich races'' restricted to three-year-olds. ~ The visitors began to arrive at Treniham yesterday, the vanguard being the !Aucklanders Kendal, Passionate, Zircon, Royal Form, and Master Dooh. Passionate has pleased the Ellerslie track-watchers by his work, and he. is confidently expected to pay his way -at JFrentham. • The Papakura trainer, J. T. Jamieson, has nothing engaged-at Trentham, but he contemplates making a trip to Riccarton, where he has Nippy, Le Choucas, and Eden Hall engaged. ■ l ■ R. E. Brown's team, consisting of Gala Day, Boomerday, Star Comet, War Officer, and a mare by Quin Abbey, have been on the easy .list, but will probably com-^ mence work next month. "■ The racing he had at Ellerslie was very beneficial to Merry Damon, who has never been v better than at present. Merry Damon will have to carry big weights at Trentham, but he should make his preBence felt all the same, adds "Archer."' It looks as if J. /Buchanan intends to race the two-year-old Nassock in the very near future, as he has been keeping him moving, says the "Herald." Nassock has done well lately, and is in excellent condition. He move^l very nicely when working with Serang last Saturday. Schorr is freely engaged in minor events at Trentham, and may make the trip South, writes "Archer." There has been •nothing special about his recent track "doings, but he carries an improved appearance. When he finished second at iWhanoarei he was beaten by Thursby, who has since won at Ellerslie, and there;, -is no reason why Schorr should not be-. capable of showing good form also. . ' Early this season a bookmaker friend assured- me that he refrained from tak"out a license for Rosehill because it was a bad course for-layers. He has done well enough at other courses ■lo require a "health trip" to England and not a. punter's .paradise that day, all trie Shrewdest judges coming-croppers. In re-. Bly to my comment: "You must have had.. I (rood day," a member of the ring replied "Not bad, but there was no money :Shnnt" On my expressing surprise he Iddedi"Wdl, there wasn't. We got most of it at Moorefield and RSndwick No ■doubt the latter part of the statement was true enough, but some iair-sizea terumbs must have been picked up at RoseSfi. I know one punter who .lost near y ' i£3ooo, and others must have individually gone very close to four figures. R J. Mason has;his pair of rising two-frear-olds in steady'work at \ Randwick. ■; The Australian owner of Kuhio.must be equare on the black now, for he is advertised for private sale. He won anothei-i race, at the ponies just before the mail left, and ran third in a division of the. x Obyia ß Cun P-i S selected by an Australian; Vriter as" likely to furnish into one ot fee best 14.2 ponies in Sydney. A ten pound penalty stopped her at Victoria Park a day or two after her stylish win atIMs C cabled there were 200 Australians in the Royal enclosure at Ascot.- Ons thing on which it would be safe to bet is that some of those 200 were wonderinghow others of the 200 achieved that hon-. At Royal Ascot it is "not the thing" to lenter a protest, and I can quite under-., stand the surprise expressed when the* ■'owner of Catalin objected to Miss Sport, •winner of the Ascot Stakes, a fortnight; .'ago, writes "Pilot." One thing to which- ' English stewards are strongly opposed is Lthe crossing to the fails'of any horse be-, fore it is the full distance ahead provided by the rules. When I was at Ascot a couple of years ago I saw an Australian rider cross over before he was quite two lengths ahead, which caused a welt-' known pressman to remark to me: "That1 might have been fatal at any other track, but protests are not in order at Aicotj" and I do not suppose there will be one.- ■ Nor was there. 1 argued' that there was not the slightest suggestion of interference, but my. friend ■ assured me there was one thing in particular jockeys must not do on English racecourses, and that was to cross over too early. ' According to the "Otago Daily Times. _ Ecuador has been sold by Mr. W. Stone to a Dunedin owner. „ V a At the recent meeting of the' Auckland Racing Club, reputed .to be the wealthiest club in the Dominion, says a corres--, pondent of'the Auckland -fitar," the Jervois Handicap, run in two divisions, was treated as two separate races, so far as; the revenue part of it was concerned, the totalisator opening twice and the full no-' mination and .acceptance fes collected, yet the v stake money was cut down 175 soys., Now, this same club has a remit for the. Racing Conference, asking for equal taxation (or what they maintain is equal) for the payment of stipendiary stewards and totalisator inspectors.: . - Several owners who* were interested in, the recent meeting held by the Auckland Trotting Club express Berious objection to' the long delay at the start for the various races on the programme. There is no doubt that C. O'Connor, both with gallopers and . trotters, takes far too longat times to get his fields in line for a fair start, writes "Sentinel." From a writer o£ -his experience this statement is extraordinary. Qlentruin is' to go back to T. H. Gillett's stable at Riccarton.

(BY "VEDETTE.")

TRENTHAM NOTES

It was very wet and showery at Tren- - - tham this morning, and extremely cold," ' but the work, owing to the fact that therewere a number of visitors, was not by any means uninteresting. The inside of.. , the trial grass was in general use, and was decidedly heavy. :• :. : ■Waterlow opened proceedings by running half a mile iii 56sec. " : Comical, who looks well, sprinted fivefurlongs in lmin 16% sec, and then did an easy round. . Indian Sage sprinted half a mile in 54' sec. • ' -."*. Royal Pointer and Kilminsler took ;1, mm 2_V6sec to cover six furlongs. Dick and Royal Form were companions' over a mile and a quarter run in 2min 29sec, the first half-mile taking 59sec. Tannadice and Axle galloped seven fur-: longs in lmin 43sec, the first half-mile-taking 56sec. .-- , Zircon, who looks very well, ran nine furlongs alone jn 2min 13 4-ssec, the last mile taking lniin 59aec. ; • Hoariri jumped away at the sevenfurlong post, but the pace was not on, until the half-mile peg was reached, from which point he ran home in sSsec. Titaness and Bowman did steady work. over seven furlongs. Joyeuse and Star-Chamber were galloped on the sand, taking lmin 20sec to--coyer six furlongs, Joyeuse being well clear, of her mate at the finish. Eonrnark and Kaipikari jumped off at the crossing to go over the steeplechase fences down the back on the course pro-, per. All went well to the last fence, th.6,; board at the top of the straight, where Kaipikari fell. Eonmark shaped quite well. ' • ' * \ Kendal and Greekson then went out to jump the same fences, but Kendal was pulled off at the second, his rider (D. Butler) having lost an iron. Kendal went back to start again with Greekson, whohad refused, but Kendal made an awk-. ward jump at the third fence, and it

transpired subsequently that Butler, who rode Jiim, had broken his collarbone when Kaipikari fell with 'him in the earlier schooling essay. It was a' jumbled-up effort,- but Kendal did not lose any friends. Greeksori was disappointing.

„r T anadees beat Dubious over five furlongs in Imin 24sec. ' ". Master Peter finished in front of Matu '.-a-t the end of seven furlongs in lmin 46 sec. ""

;-■ Amomjst the horses to arrive not al--1 ready 'mentioned are. Passin' Through, Santiago, Ruffles, and Pinon.