RACING NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 2, 2 July 1926, Page 5

RACING NEWS

(BY "VEDETTE.")

NOTES AND COMMENTS

iFirat-daiss acceptances were received' last night for the Wellington Winter' Meeting, and next week's fixture promises to outrival any of its predecessors. The reply from owners in the Wellington Steeplechase is particularly fine, there being 18 acceptors, as against only 11 test year. The 24 left in the principal flat race compare favourably with 14 last year, a particularly pleasing feature seeing that the race this year ior; *ne ■■first time will be known as the . iWhyte Memorial Handicap. In all the acceptances'total 127 as against 102 last year. The entries for the Trial Plate, although somewhat mixed, represent fair quality. Rascal should see a short pricein this field. Diogenes, who has been relieved of ins Trentharn engagements, is to have a short spell. There is little amiss with.; him, but on account of just slight leg trouble it has been decided not to take any risks. Of the 16 names who came first in the Wellington Steeplechase Handicap, notpne failed the acceptance, a tribute to. the weight-adjuster. Tigevland, Whipcord, Woden, and Red Cent were the only defections last night. Charlatan (E. Shaw) was schooled over nine steeplechase fences at Riccarton yesterday morning. He went at a sound pace, jumping in his best form, and lie was going on well at the end of; his task. He is in good fettle for Tren-* tarn engagements, writes "Argus." Vagabond (D. Gunn) and Radiac (0. Cullum) were companions in a school over five hurdles yesterday morning atRiccarton. Radiac slipped into one of the' obstacles, but this was:the only blot on a good display by both horses. The Canterbury horses for Trenthari.' lire booked to leave Lyttelton to-night-and to-morrow night. Riccarton stables have several representatives in the jumping events at the Waimate Hunt Meeting. Radiac, Vagabond, and Lisogne figure in the hurdlerace, while Whipcord and Blue Hall are engaged in the Waimate Steeplechase. The Calibre gelding, Muzzle, is to be tried as a steeplechaser, and he will probably be a. competitor in the Hunt Club ■ Steeplechase at Waimate. R. O'Donnell took over Mr. E. W. 'Alison's horses, Cawnpore and Quaker Girl, on their arrival in Sydney. According to "Poseidon," R. O'Donnell also recaved the Surveyor gelding, Subdivision,, owned by Mr. J. Paterson, and "Mr. C. M. Emanuel's Bright Day~ This i» not by any means a bad team on ;which' O'Donnell can make a Btart. The severe drought which backers of first favourites are experiencing at registered meetings in both Sydney and Melbourne shows no sign of breaking. Since the last figures were quoted in this column, eight races in Sydney 'have »een only one first fancy successful and twelve events in Melbourne have- produced only two winners who started favourite. Of the last 36 races at Sydney registered courses only five have been won by a favourite. Melbourne's .Tecord is -even worse, with only three first fancies scoring in the last 32 races. As usual, a number of bookmakers are wintering abroad and the above news should spoil their holiday. New Zealand horses have been nominated freely for the important events - of the spring,' and it is to be sincerely hoped that plans at present in the making come to fruition, and that numerous horses from the Dominion will race at Remington, Caulfield, and Randwick in .October and November, says the "Australasian." Unfortunately, the Melbourne Cup Meeting clashes with the Canterbury Jockey Club's New Zealand. Derby and Cup Meeting held at Riceaiv ton, and also" the Great Northern Guineas and' Mitchelson Cup Meeting held, at Ellerslie by' the Auckland Racing: Club. Most/ New Zealand owners after • racing at fke A.J.C. Spring Meeting like' ■ to return for those meetings, where per-' haps races are .easier to win than at ;Caulfield and Flemington. Rapine, the .best of the old brigade now racing in ■New_ Zealand, has been nominated for the important events at Randwick, as ;has his stable companion Star Stranger,.. and it can be taken for granted that J.; H. Jefferd intends making another visit. to Australia. The best New Zealand three-year-old in Limerick (Limond— Medley) is an entrant for all the import-' ant Australian races, and he is a certain visitor in charge of F. D. Jones. Lim: crick is a half-brother to that good horse *i -Ballymena, and his mission is the. Derbys. If. he succeeds in winning the" A.J.C. blue ribbon it can ,be taken for granted that he will visit/Melbourne for the Flemington classic, and also the Mcl- ■ bourne Cup. Count Cavour, whom goodY judges in New Zealand regard' as supe^ rior to Pilliewinkie, is another interest-* ing horse likely to visit Melbourne.- " The Auckland writer, "Phaeton," is a nasterhand at delving into the records, and his final summing up of this year's two-year-olds reveals how they beat one1 another in a most extraordinary manner. In a number of races fitness and fortune' or the lack of both were contributing factors to defeat, but the fact remains* that tfie form was involved. In the Wellesley Stakes Commendation beat Ly•ander; in the Great Northern • Foal Stakes Eysander beat Commendation and Joy King; in the Royal Stakes Joy King beat Lysander and Commendation; in the Great Northern Champagne Stake* Lysander beat Joy King; in the C.J.C. Champagne Stakes Commendation beat Limerick, but in the Challenge Stakes next day Limerick beat Com-, mendation; in the Manawatu Sires' Produpe Stakes Limerick beat Lysander and^ Commendation; and in the Manawatu.. Stakes Kiosk beat Limerick. So there yre are! ■ ' 'v ;•.; The running of B«au Fils did not suit, the public at the last Caulfield Meeting., when he won the Cambria Welter. He had started a few days earlier and un*, backed had finished fifth in a field ofeight. It is stated that he ran quite unbacked in the race in which he won so; far as his immediate "connections were" concer :1, the only ones -to profit being the bookmakers. He has done this bc-IT fore, and is said to be one of the unre^ liable types of English horses. Erie will not be raced a' aiu this winter^ and although it is possible she will bebred from no definite decision has been made. She has made a remarkable recovjery from the lameness which affected her at Ellerslie, and it is quite on the cards: that next season's big jumping races ■will; ■gain see her in action. • : ■ " Charlatan has never looked better than ie does at present (writes "Argus ). He> was a disappointment when racing at the. Egmont and Wanganui meetings in May,' but since then he has won twice at Wingatui. The opposition he met at the Dun: edin Meeting did notinclude many steeplechasers of good class, but his experience" would help to restore his confidence;; •which'had been shaken by a few falls;and he should race in his best form at" Trentham next week. Carnot is being selected by southerners as likely to play a, prominent part in his races at Trentham. The Marton Jockey Club's Spring Meeting will again bo, held at Feilding. The new course and improvements at Marton ■will still be incomplete by September.: It has-been decided that £6275 will be given in stakes. : According to Wanganui reports, Glenross and Kilia have been doing good work at Fordell, and should pay their way at .Trentham. ■ . v According to news received from Sydney, the Australian Jockey Club's committee lias had anything but an easy task: with the :Kedgeree case. Finality still had not been arrived at when the last Mail left Australia. . ,: The keen rivalry which characterisedthe racing relations of the late Messrs. Thomas and Charles Redwood is recall-; fed bY a Nelson writer, who states that in the 'seventies and 'eighties he fre-!. Iquently remembered them throwing their silk hats in the air. to signalise, a victory, one over the other. Once he remembered; Mr. Thomas Redwood kicking his hat from one end of the lawn to the .other.; The occasion was a mooting between a big black horse called Erebus, owned by Mr. Thomas Redwood, and a mate named; Fay, owned by Mr. Charles Redwood. The* distance was once round the course,; about a mile and a half. The horses - 'dead-heated amid tremendous, excitement,

'^jit.-.Mr. Charles Redwood was not sat■iftfied,' and insisted on another race. The pair lined up again. Fay bolted and completed ,a round of the course before she could be stopped. Naturally the supporters of Erebus, among whom was his trainer, Mr. Bolton, were in high feather after this incident, and considered that Erebus was quite unbeatable, but Fay was, riot done with yet, and once the pair,-were lined up again, drew away from-Erebus to win by about fifty yards. That time the hats of the Charlesites were- skied and Thomas Redwood kicked' his found the paddock. "They were great old days," sighed the old hand, 'and though rivalry was keen, they were all giiod sportsmen."

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB

ACCEPTANCES FOR NEST TUESDAY.

The Wellington Racing Club has received tha following acceptances for its Winter Meeting,- which opens at Trentham on Tuesday V€xt:'-\ The Hat, with entries for the Trial Plate, is as follows:— ■VITTdBIA HURDLE HANDICAP, of 300 soya; one mile and three-quarters. —Acceptors— •" stlb stlb Sottana 10 13 Glument 9 9 -GJcnidle 10 8 Wedding March 9 7 Jpy I^do 10 8 Prince Ferouz 9 5 Projector 10 4 Tinohoro 9 5 - Taltaiata ..10 4 Royal Form ..9 4 'Bb'naf ic'" .... 10 4 Axle 9 0 Revel , 10 2 Zero Hour .. 8 0 .Sayonara .... 10 0 Counter Attack 9 0 Matu 9 9 ... _ —Non-Acceptors— "Marigatoetoe .10 12 Rehutal .... 9 2 . uKareao 10 4 Lady Passenger 9 0 Bnare ...^.. 913 Knighthood ..9 0 RUb* JUng ... -0 6 TRIAL PLATE, of 300 sots; special weights. Six furlongs. Faddon Hilcullus Royal Game Scrotlna Tlml Inlhl Kilmezzo Jazzy i • Bonny Dawn Hypnotic Waterlow Red Glow Nassock .Schorr,- Pangolin Gourmet Valhynla Rascal Man Jong Royal Pointer FIRST HACK STEEPLECHASE, of 300 soys; • ■ two miles and a half. —Acceptors— ." stlb «tlb Blue Hill .. 11 2 Eonmark If 5 Merry Singer. 10 9 Hypothesis .. 10 2 liady Comet 10 7 Hokiol 911 Bonny Bill ... 10 5 North Inch ..9 0 ", —If on-Acceptors— Blrkenella .... 11 13 Lady Passenger 9 0 ■ Comedy Prince 10 13 JTgahinepouri 9 0 Woden 10 11 Velvet King ..9 0 Uncle Dave .. 9 2 Kyoto 9 0 Silent Dick .. 9 0 Silta 9 0 STEWARDS' HANDICAP, of 400 sots; six i - ■"' furlongs. ■'■•-■ " —Acceptors— -.:.. , ■: stlb stlb Glenrpss .... 11 2 Archeen 9 6 "Mireusonta .. 10 10 Royal Diadem 9 6 Hoarlri ..... 10 9 Insurrection ..9 5 York Abbey ..10 8 King la 9 3 'Seranlr .... 10 5 Subjection .. 9 2 Ecuador .... 10 3 Carnot 9 2 Lady Fingers 10 1 Master Doon . 9 0 Kilbrons'yth .. 912 Santonlo .... 90 Anthonio .... 9 10 Lady Lois ..''9 0 Indian "Sage . » 8 Buoyant .... 9 0 Nine of'Spades-9 7 Lady Gay ..9 0 —Non-acceptor— ' Miss ' Hupana 9 0 WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE, of 1000 sots; ■.". •" three miles and * quarter. —Acceptors— stlb stlb NUkumal 11 12 Charlatan ..10 3 Landbird 11 10 Kendal 10 0 Omahu 11 1 Highway .... 913 Passin' Flrebllght .... 9 9 Through 10 11 First Line „95 Tukl .- 10 10 Birkenella ,; ..90 . Master. Peter .10 10 Greelcson :... 9 0 -; Llewellyn '..10 4 Lady Comet . 9 0 .pick 10 4 Ranul 9 0 Sturdpe " 10 4 ."_"..• —Non-Acceptors— 1 TigeHand ... 9 0 Woden 9 0 Whipcord ... 9 0 Red Cent 9 0 WHYTE MEMORIAL HANDICAP,'of 500 sots; one mile. ",'.'.,. —Acceptors— st. lb. ' St. lb. Merry Damon . 10 10 Killa 9 2 Opa 10 7 Rapier 9 0 Tanadees .... 10 5 Arch Saints ..9 0 Perle do Leon 9 12. Sir Pam ... 9 0 Beaumont ... 911 Tlmrsby 9 0 Olympic: 9 9 Patuki 9 0 Royal Diadem 9 6 Potoanul .... 9 0 Diamond Ring . 9 6 Hillation .... 9 0 , Passionate .. 9 5 Doleful Ditty .90 Tame ."Fox .. 9 4 Rouex 9 0 Agitato 9 4 Titaness . 9 0 Rivalry '..■ 9 4 Bowman 9 0 ■"'■"■" ' —Non-Acceptors— Hoarlri ..... 10 5 Diogenes .... 9 S Tall Timber .. 9 11 Serene 9 3 Alaric 9 9 Carnot 9 0 TRENTHAM HURDLES HANDICAP, of 400 iovs ; one mile and three-quarters. ...;. _.„,;._.,. —Acceptors— ."■i;:.;:." ■'* st. ib. . st. ib. Comedi! .Prince 10 6 Brigadier Bill 10 1 -Black-.Cruiser 10 6 Alaric ......10 1 ..',Te'.'-KaMi ... 10 C Crown Cota .. 9 11 -Santiago .... 10 3 Lucullent .... 9 9 Zircon .... 10 3 Peter Ross ...' 9 7 San Fora .... 10 2 Cureaform .. 94 Little River .10 2 Bonomel .... 9 9 •■- .' ■. —Non-Acceptors— '.'.^gix£": 12 4 Captain Sarto . 9 11 - Comical: 111!! Vagabond 9 11 DiibtouV .... 10 10 Askarl 9 3 -'Frisco. "11811 ..10 9 Eonmark .... 9 0 -Hlfhway 10 9 Taltaiata 9 0 Many Colours .10 1 : ' TB ,AltO HANDICAP, of 300 sots; ■ v- seven furlongs. —Aeceptors^— ', . *.-i. ..."■;■' St. lb. '' st.lb. Demure 10 8 Sir Moment .. 9 9 '"Mime 10 7 Llandudno ... 9 7 Muslcc.l .... 10f 5 Gardant .... 9 7 Htghflown ... 10 2 Joy Bird 9 6 Dubious 9 13 Merle ..' 9 3' ~ Catcall 9 13 Tannadlca .... 9 3 lC*pt. Gazeley . 9 12. Plton 9 0 Slack Rock .. 9 12 Eurella _. 9 0 ■KUrla 9 11 Elysianor .... 9 0 9 10 Mountain Jean . 9 0 ■ Nucleus 9 10 Parakl 9 0 9 10 Braeman .... 9 0 -"-.-,. ■ —Non-acceptors— ("Brigadier Bill 10 8 Cohesion .... 9 9 "Wilderness ..10 5 Peho 9 2 ■Pihon, 10 2 Gurnion 9 I) Jubilance 9 13 Kaipikarl 9 0 ;Satty-'' ■ 911 Mint Julep i.., 9 0 ■Ruffles , 9 11 Ml3ter Gamp .. 9 0 -Ardflnnan ... 9 10 Take Take ..9 0 WINTER HURDLES, of 1000 sots; two miles j>.:and'a quarter. (Run on third day.) ,T;Tr"_"; :.* —Acceptors— ■ " -■-•'■•■ st.lb. st.lb. '. Ngata".: ..1113 Zircon 9 9 Laudblrd 1... 1111 Lucullent 9 8 "Nukuinal .... 11 11 Brigadier BUI 9 7 -Comical .. 11 8 Crown Coin ..9 4 - 'Dubious .... 10 -6 Petor Rosa .. 9 2 ■'.- Comedy Princa 10 4 Cureaform .. 9 0 ■^'Highway 10 2 Greekson .... 9 0 "*Mttlo- Hirer .. 10 0 Wedding March 9 0 ;aanOago ;... 10 .0 Taitaiata 9 0 •—Black-Cruiser 9 13 Bonomel 9 0 9 10 Sayonara .... 9 0 *''",' "■ ~~Non-ncccptors—~ Mall . 10 4 Capt. Sarto ..9 4 ." 2^ny. .Colours 9 11 Sottana 9 0 ,X«;Kawa .... 9 11 Askarl 9 0 "■Vagabond ... 9 9 Jlanßatoetoa . 9 0 r.PSiahfj: 9 8 Projector '9 0 .Dick- 9 8