NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 29, 3 August 1926, Page 5

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(BY i'VEDETTE.")

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ILex," Wadestowu.—Uncle Bob is an aged bay gelding by De Witte (Stepniak—lllusion), from a Gipsy King mare. RACING FIXTURES. August 7-Poverty Bay Hunt Club. August 10, 12, 14— Canterbury J.C. August 21—Pakuranga Hunt Club. 'August 25—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club. ■ • 'August 28—North Taranaki Hunt Club. -; September 1, 2—Marton J.C. „" ,: September 4—Otago Hunt Club. September 4—Manawatu Hunt Club. September 9, 11—Wanganui J.C. .. ..",.' September 16 —Dannevirke R.C. .--■•- September 16—Dannevirke Hunt Club. September 18, 20—Otaki Maori B.C. "September 24, 25—Ashburton County R.C. .-- September 24, 25—Napier Park R.C. ' ■ ->- September 25, 27—Avondale J.C. . I.""' September 30, October I—Geraldine R.C. October 2—Hawkes Bay J.C. :_ October 7—Kurow J.C. October 7—Mssterton R.C. October 7, o—Whangarei R.C. October 9—Oamaru J.C. .October 14, 16—Dunedin J.C. October 16—Carterton R.C. October 23, 25—Wellington K.C. "October 25—Waiknto Hunt Club. October 25—Waipawa County R.C. October 23, 25, or 25, 27—Waverley R.C. October 25—North Canterbury R.C ■" : October 25, 27—Gore R.C. October 28, 30—Poverty Bay Turl Club. October 30—Banks Peninsula R.C. ' Acceptances for the first day events at the Grand National Meeting and the trnal payments for the two Grand Nationals and the Winter Cup, are due to-morrpw night at 8 o'clock. ..:..* Notable Grand National candidates not seen out on Saturday at Kiccarton were, Tnki, Master Peter, Fireblight, and Kawini. The last-named is in the South, but it was not deemed wise to race him on Saturday consequent on his injury received when being disembarked from the ferry steamer at Lyttelton. There _13 nothing really seriously amiss with him, but his Grand National chances would -have been enhanced had he had the ex- ' perie'nee of a run over the Riecarton country. Tuki had come into favour, but - it is doubtful if he is as well as he was ' -when he won last year, when in addition '-he had all the advantage of H. M'Sween,. efa long experience over the Riccarton ::fences. Master Peter is getting through. a strong preparation, but be would be lik«d bettor if hia jumping- had been more certain this year. He will have the bene^ fit of an "old head" at Riccarton in Rangi Thompson. Firebli = ht comes from a stable always to be respected in jumping ' races and promises to go very close to 'emulating Nadador, the last mare to win the National, and who also hailed from ', Hawkes Bay. It seems very likely that r-she will be the stable representative and r .that Landbird will run in the hurdle race. ' There were some important absentees !. from the open hurdle race at Riccarton on .'Saturday, in Ngata, Nukumai, Landbird, and. Comical. Ngata and Comical .are both at Riccarton, and pleasing Iheir connections. Nukumai has had a very nixed season, but if Landbird is none, the i worse for his racing over the Trentham ■ prominent part next week. '. ■ The Brabazon Handicap field on Saturday was not by any means representative of the Winter Cup candidates, v for. Bun. Up, Civility, Indian Sage, Kilbronsyth, Overdrawn, Olympic, and Imitation were missing, all fancied horses. Fit and well, Kilbronsyth might make things interesting for Nippy next week, but he .would have to be right at his best. 'The.Bagby brothers were to do the rid"; ing on Nippy and Le Choucas in the Winter Cup, but in the new list of licenses' it is understood that R. S.-Bagby has received a jockey's license for jumping races only. This puts him out of ctfltft'. for the Winter Cup. There are some rather surprising fea--tures about the newly-issued list of lice£ r, sees of the Racing Conference. •■ ,--- There is practically no possibility of .ttie iWinter Cup field being divided. The safety number at present has "been calculated on the width of the barrier, but. this can be increased if necessary to take a much bigger field than is likely-to--start at Riccarton. At the mile post the course itself is very wide. According to Hastings writers, Sturdeo fell when schooling with Fireblight. The hencoop, a much-cursed contraption, brought him down. It is said that the eld 'chaser did not rise an inch at'"tEe~ fence, and it is surmised that he misjudged the distance, put in ono more stride, breasted the obstacle, and fell on_his_ head. A. Lord, who was riding him, re.ceived a severe shaking. \....... Listening Pest's rise of 81b in the Trial Hurdles at Riccr.rton could not be consi'd--ered prohibitive, considering the field he beat last Saturday, and the calibre of !the opposition on Grand National Day. A win in the Trial Hurdles will render" fiim liable to be re-handicapped for the Grand. National Hurdles. The annual report of the Hawkes ■BayJockey Club says, "The committee' has: pleasure in presenting the annual balancesheet showing, after deducing depreciation of buildings and plant amounting to £867 Bs, a profit for the year of £776 17s -7d.Members are aware that during the yeai^ the mortgages of the club were paid "off by the issue of debentures amounting-ib ;£32,500. /These debentures were absorbed by the public in a few days after issue; By this transaction also all guarantors were relieved of their responsibilities.. The considerable profit of last year aild that of this year has been used in reducing-the liabilities of the club to just on £4000. During the year extensive improvements have been made in the training track's, and provision has been made for a traili.' ing track for trotters. The original cost of the buildings in 1914-15 has now been reduced by writing off depreciation td'tlie' amount of £12,375. The club's buildings have been maintained in good order, and" condition. • „'.,: There was a little schooling work at Ellerslie on Friday. Gala Day was sent out to jump four hurdles, but fell heavily, at the first fence, and his rider, R. Nixon, received a broken shoulder. With another horseman in the saddle, Gala Day afterwards cleared two pony hurdles 'safely The Quiu Abbey hunter in A. Julian's 6table shaped fairly well over the pony hurdles, while - Master Noel jumped two. pony hurdles and four of the schooling hurdles in good style. A few .rising two-year-olds were indulged in a short sprint; on the two-year-old track. ' They were .'trip Grey Monk—Adina gelding, the Kenjlworth —Werota filly, the Sir Dighton^-; Quaver gelding, and the Nassau—^Cady!' , Penury filly. The youngsters are all doing. ' nicely. .-,»;-. Ballyrooy 11. is not being asked t'oldol anything strenuous, but she is reported, to be hitting out freely, and is in firstclass order. ;■■■?, : A cable message from Chicago states that the American Derby was won by. Colonel "E. Bradley's Boot to Boot. 'The purse was of 100,000 dollars. This is the colt who was withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby at the last minute, a.,r.ace: in which Colonel Bradley won a fortune-riir bets with Bubbling Over. ;i [■ According to a Southern writer,..,_thii: Ashburton County Racing Club will agairr hold its meeting at Riccarton. -.. ' ■, 'J. Buchanan recently took in hand a." two-year-old filly by Lucullus fromMarch, and the youngster is now a ,'re'gii-J ■ lar attendant at Ellerslie. • The ;same: trainer is also working a filly -by Lucullus from Wairarapa. Holymond, who regis-" tered a surprise victory in a hack even.t at Ellerslie in the middle of the season,is working regularly at headquarters. Lack of size may always be against this nicelybred young mare, 1 and she may require careful placing. No one requires to be told that America claims records under quite a number of headings. In a recent copy of ;the "New York Herald," mention is made of Thomas Cheek, who is referred to ■ as "101 years young turfman and philosopher," who led in a winner of a race laso month at Aurora. The "New York Herald" adds:—"That Mr. Cheek is the oldest turfman in the world is unquestioned; that he is one of the happiest is also certain. He attributes his long life to the fact that he has been with the horses for 90 years—first as an exercise lad, later,as a jockey, and then as owner and trainer." According to the Gisborne writers, HigjiTvay waited on his opponents in the-prin^ cipal event, and then came away when his rider called on him, to win with.:'ease.. Highway certainly was a "Gloaming"-jrt, the field. ■ ■' Cherry Giri,.a wjnner at Gisborne last

week, was at one time trained at Ellers- ■ lie. She has plenty of pace, but is an indifferent stayer, the long distance hack races of Auckland finding her out. Over shorter courses round about Gisborne she should pay her way. A good many trainers and jockeys have .apparently overlooked the fact .that the fee for their licenses has been increased ".'.from £1 to £1 10s this season. . Their '; licenses will not be issued by the Racing .-iConfei'ence- until the extra 10s has been "; "fbrwavded. ■ ~ With the conclusion of the 1925-26 rac- - -ing season on Saturday, the following head .the lists of winning trainers, jockeys, and 1 apprentice jockeys iv New Zealand:— :. Trainers: C. Giesler 36, F. W. Ellis 26%, F.-Higgott 25, J. T. Jamieson 25, J. H. Jefferd 24%, S. J. Reid 24%, S. G. Ware 24, 0. Cox 20, H. S. Greene 19%, J. M. Buchanan 19, R. Hannon 19, J. B. Pear- - son 18%. Jockeys: R. Reed 77%, C. Emerson 69, J. Barry 61, L. G. Morris 58, M. • M'Carten 50, B. H. Morris 47, E. A. Kees- - -ing- 43, R. J. Mackie 40, J. Beale 37, H. - -Wiggins 36%, W. H. Jones 30, F. Voight 26, F. E. Jones 26. Apprentice jock- ' eys:-W. S. Bagby 35, T. Green 24%, A. E. Didham 17%, L. J. Ellis 15%, O. Eastwood " 15, R. H. Burns 14, W. Brown 10.