RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 9

RACING FIXTURES.

October 16—Carterto'n R.C. October 23, 25-We!lington E.G. j iktober £3—Waikato Hunt Club. October C5-Waipawa County K.C. jctober 'J3, 25, or 25. 27—Wavertoy E.C. Bctober 25— Jiorth Canterbury X.C October 25, 27—Gore E.C. Jpctober.2B, 30—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 29,; 30-^Masterton R.C. ■October 30—Banks Peninsula E.C. ,jpctob,'fer 30, November I—Thames T.C. » Acceptances for the first day's handicaps Ist fcnthnm, and forfeits for the Cham3pioit;;B'ialc are'due at 0 p.m. to-morrow. v Nominations for the' Auckland Cup, Railway Handicap, and other races of importance laUtfiis Auckland Summer Mooting close ta-mtaflw," at 5 p.m. ■. Wcteinfonucif; Victorians arc kcou on rillisiftkia's chances in the Melbourne Gup.-^hc VNcw Zealand-bred gelding-, is said '■ tb*W'c ' sliown^bven. more lnipro.vcinenL and his capable trainer, .1. Scobie, •has a great recowl'in Cups. Pilliewinkic ■W 9.8 in the big Flemington event, so le has a big la*k in front of him. In addition he did not show up'too well at Uauliielcl .jesterclar. ■ ' _ „ , , ' Before Limerick left New Zealand one ■really good judge questioned -whether ttic "three-year-old woiiid be up to carrying the Derby weight. Limerick's make' up certainly suggests that he will race better 'always under a lighter scale, and even it ieaten in the Victoria pqrby may make Amends in the Melbourne Cup with only on his back. This is not to say that *he will not turn the .tables on Rampiou ♦tFlonungton.. „ • ■ - ■ ■;r THe'-goo'd things prophesied for High $>itch have eventuated, and in the Wainui vHan3ic>ip'-.at Trehtham he is in the first '^all-dozen' and asked to give weight away ;to :T number of good gallopers. It is j ;i«thor unusual 'to find :a ' m'aldon plater'of J :.esrlyr.in>>tho spring entered for races like , ■the Stead Gold 'Cup at Riccarton. IDegage.at 341b above the minimum in t*he AYeHipgton Handicap does not appear :Jmdly'treated when it is considered that j '.«Be gav'e"!lier up to 291b and a ijbeatiirg ■in 'the. Cornwall Handicap at Elwith mud to her knees and under heavier scale of weights. She meets tjfippy. who was favourite for and. un-|j)(ac-.1-Hi-the Cornwall Handicap, on exjictly the sanie terms. whq./showed such a..won-j i Mp|ilr giji'fit rrf speed in the Stewards' '.'HSj^fltlffirla'at'.^overaber has a nice handy 3weijmtiiv;'tbe.v;6pen sprint at Trentham. -3"f produced;'agood idea should be obtain-' .§ed asMfp lhis Stewards' Handicap prospects, if&is fist' public- .appearance was in the '"T>erby,.]ast isTpvembe'e, ••■' • • , ' .Hr,^;',.S. "Barrett" is rather optimistic . that JSoijrii Gavonr will race bettc on his ;3ftora£'s(fi&.:iiV Riccar'ion than lie did in iSSydijejt •■■••'■'the Count, certainly was most Misappoßiiiihg'at Randwick, and. dropped right "dut of We. Metropolitan contest ma ?rery disappointing .fashion. That form -was too bad to ties corrp'ctj and it is quite possible that, his old trainer, T. H. Gillett, .TvjU soon have the,, chostnufc at his best. Count Cayour was" si decided worry to F. D, Jones in Sydney,;-artdfit is evident that lie is not an eaFy gelding to understand. seem fairly unanimous that 3Vfanfred is the. fastest horse in Australia. Tlie pace he has shown in races has been phenomenal, and lie is expected quite confidently to win the Caulfield Cup.' The Craven Plate seemed to effectively disprove' the idea that Valicare might.possess stamina as she was outstayed by Wind.bag and 'Limerick at the end of the ten furio.ngs/aud will need to improve in order i.to win the Melbourne Stakes, run at the fame distance on the first day of the ■>y.8..C. Spring Meeting. Her opponents in that race will probably include Manfred, .:Pilliewinkie, and Windbag, not forgetting •Heroic, if he overcomes his troubles, but .one woiiid pick her to win the mile Lin■lithgojv Stakes on the third day of the "carnival. •■ :■ JA'-leading English racing export writes: .'"By the decision of-F. Dempsey to return ;to Australia,"raeing'.circlcs in England.Josq ..one .of the mbst popular'and capable jock'esjs v of the moment. Dempseyi who finds ;o«r climate anything but suitable for ■3um, rhade his_ first appearance here early *laft year and immediately sprang into fay- ; rour by a brilliant victory on Paddy in the y3Sfiewbury Spring Cup, and quite recently ~fh^ won the London Cup on the same aniijnjil. It cannot be said that he,ever be"iaine acclimatised, but ,i\ist as he was jrg^tting into his stride last year ,and had twelve winners he had the misforfiune to break a leg. On his recovery he kVrfent to, Australia, but this season found "liim aga-fn visiting, the Old Country." .. ) -"I ba&je always considered Limerick.; to; f^VS-.a S^Ms! Sa,H«>peniand stayer, and I was tm.o\-e- : than;, 'i'&wg'i)ced"kfter "hi? ''hsroic" efijfort.in. Jii'e) Depby that my o;irlj-,;>n'!t-i;v;-pJUo^s ' were' justffied/^ 'said-Mr.' H.^. A. tf Khi'ght, to a Christcliurch preKsniim i.n.i'liis from Sydney. "I should havo liked £q have seen him at his best, but I do not |( -»tint anything I say to be construed in a TO^nner that might detract from the outTstanding performance o£ Rampion. Lim> *eEicfc...was in,',good .form when I left SydT)*y and. all ..going.'well .will take his place 3a th^'.^Melbourne Cup and the V.R.C. 3)crbjvv''ln the latter race, ho.will again trn£asuf«, 'strides with Rampion, and I, and H *uppb96 most New 'Zoalnnders, will hopo rthTat jny horse will have his rovonge." ! ttns,tea.d of- splitting his team next month 1,-aod doing both Iticcartou and Ellerslie CT?eetings, P. Tilley has completely reriuTanged his plans. He will not be repreFBeiitea at the Wellington and Canterbury Jjfiltures, but will do Waverley and then | ttb^e following week goes up to Ellerslie. At EA^Jayfil^ey -ha has. four horses . engaged—l ; Shining Arinourj '-Kilia, Bank" Note, and i-K*»iSßr»»V.;- After ..Wayerley, it-is expected ; tl^Js^i}lei'%;ill.i yisit;.iEllerslie with ;Man-' dnfty^Pnkias-;.Banl; IJf,bte,";Shining Ar'nioiu', arid probably- Limited. ; Te Kara is teported to be still standing ;, up to his preparation at Te Awamutu. In [all probability he will make his first ap- : pearance since last year's New Zealand JCup at the Waikato Spring Meeting, when ]i« better indication will be given as to whei ther he has made a full recovery. } Mosaic was taken .to Whangarei, but he Ulid notvdp '"well after arriving there and tSwa&not started.; Na»ssock and-True Blood t-*.-or«pothers tlj'at made the northern trip |b(jl^a}d." r ,h6k rice at the jneeting. True. jißjtoS*'jro_ii]d: probably have been a runner yonilhetse'ccmd^day only for the rain. f Tli€;few races she has had this spring piave been very beneficial-to Nancy Lee, who showed a glimpse of form in her-sec-pnoA start at AVhaugarei when she was but yn front-with Dayc for most of the journey. S3A sholtlld. not be long before Nancy Lee Freturns'^to'farfi again. . '>•'.• 'Fpi^aame-day lixlure the acceptances ffor Carterton on Saturday are very sattSfactr^y, and iE..horses of the, calibre of Knight, and Merry. Day are seen f'nai certaiply.there-is a suggestion of class. •JThe track-is ?ure to be heavy, for only in as yesterday a heavy fall of snow waa ' ' f- By her very gnmeness and Uie manner !,'in which she had stood up to travelling fand racing, Waelea had endeared herself fto the majority of racegoers, and it is f jv-ith very genuine regret that the news twill be received that it has been found fpecessary to destroy her. The cause was Jsinjury received on a rough trip on the sjfaori from Lyttelton on Monday night, -iVaetea ran a great race in the last New Cup, and subsequently scored a victory in the Otaio Plate. fShe was one who gave the lie to the con-f-'tention that Kilbroriey mares were unreliable, for no more honest mare over "'looked through a bridle. : From a time point of view The Banker's .'.victory in the Herbert Power Stakes did ■ nofr->«ompare favourably Avilh that of •^NfSSi'.ith'e ;.winner of the Coongy Handicap, at "Caulfield. yesterday.; The Banke? i:carn«d"S.'l and ran the eleven, furlongs in >2m®!Sasec, while Naos covered the same !r<iißfcS»c.-yith .7.5 «P, in 2mjn 20 I,4sec. "Naosfuby^the way, is a three-quarter. bro:|therJ,Q.Star Stranger, being by Martian i from -ilisdy Lucy, Star Stranger being from /Star Lady by Demosthenes from Lady. Luoy. ■-'■>.-