Turf Notes

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 23

Turf Notes

(BY "VEDETTE.")

r 2jj RACING I'IXTURES. - * <!« S~?!oTert7 Bay Hunt Club- * *r LIU 13—Canterbury J.C. "{gust 20—Pakuranga Hunt Club. •~ fXiist 27—Taranakl Hunt Club. » "J ember 2, 3—Marion J.C. a jbtember 8, 10—Wanganul J.C. ■- * .-itembcr 9—Egmont-Wanganul Hunt Club. i i fttember 10—Otago Hunt Club. . » * Dtember 14—Dannevlrke R.C. " ptember 15—Dannevlrke Hunt Club. , -otember 24—Ashburton County R C. . 24, 26—Napier Park B.C. _, , ptember 24, 26—Avondals J.C. ? » ptember 29, 30r-Gcraldine 8.0 ,!*, rob« I—Hawkes Bay J.C. * s lober —Manawatu Hunt Club. „ > jober 6—Kurow J.C. tober 7, S—Otaki Maori R.C. Jijf.fober 8, 10—Auckland K.C. « • Jober S. 10-^-Oamaru J.C B . ,-tobw 13, 15—Duneeln J.C. v, * Jober 10-*Cart«ton R.C. * « . iob«r 19, 20—Cromwell J.C. tfober It, 24—Wellington R.C. *' Jober 22 24—Walkato R.C. ,> • •;tober 24—Waverley R.C. » 40ber 24, !6—Gore B.C. -.. -iober 24—Walpawa County R.C. ><*«r 2*—North Canterbury R.C. - . " ?<***■ 2T, 29—Poverty Bay Turf Club. *• . iober 18—Masterton R.C. i J^ober 29—Banks Peninsula R.C. . ■"• -**« 39, 31—Thames J.C. 's,\ A ,» pwcussing the departure of Limerick ei-~ 'A Commendation' yesterday for Australia ' 1 a Prominent racing man, he touched jv, J a sid« of the case which will appeal to ,5, < ling dubs and to many of the public. ,*V» I pointed out that the meeting of the h **" r was of enormous interest to New Zea- -' "\ Jderg and deplored the fact that it was * jtake place out of New Zealand. He feed that horses of this type and their *. sloits were a great advertisement to y "*V , 1V Zealand, but there was still a duty » ■<» the Dominion racing public and racj*.-»^» clubs for making the ownership of -j ~5 ?n horses possible. In addition New v clubs had classic races on their >grammes for horses of this type, and *'•? w? re bein S left to the second;r * !«« Limerick's owner has sent his t \ *se out of the country now three times, Vv. *"c Commendation is making his first * • .d after m almost unbroken run of sue- ,■,;*■ as a three-year-old in the Dominion. t penck, on the contrary, has been beaten more than once, but he has n set much more severe tasks than f oE Commendation's. Both the owners - - • -wealthy men to whom the added cash V* J tne Australian races is not of such £ , .at importance as if the horses were , {•ned by mere battlers. Racing in New y } iland is not exactly flourishing at the t - "inent financially, and if any' club in ,' ; s country had had the opportunity of , J < ging the clash between the pair it is tarn it would have.had an enormous f - te .Now it looks as if either War- »^ • Lk I arm, Rosehill, .or Tattersall's Club J get all the cream, and New Zeaianders, " * ept those fortunate ones who go to - t stiaha will have to be content with i. jtory of the race. ~^ npie racing to-day is not likely to alter *-* jtenalh the list of wiuning trainers, „ 1 accoiding to the official record C. jaeler is certain of premier position with , iTunners. E. George is next with 27%, t I then come F. Shaw 23,' and the Tren- , v . lni trainer A. Goodman, with 20%. An- " Trentham man in W. Young is well - ion the list with 19. For some reason .- mers who reaUy have all the worry j nard work receive none of the publicaccorded the jockeys in regard to win- , ' g records. , \ onditions of the New Zealand Cup are--4 tin published, the stake being £1750 y v. inner of any race, after declaration * eight',, of the value of £300, or of any v«e or laces of £500, may be rehandi- ,, - # sped, but the maximum weight is 9.6, 3 Ino horse can be rohandicapped at over *, °'&nt for age. Nominations close on Fri- < t. 19th August. ~i Serizora is now being mentioned as a jJsible visitor to Australia. When is * » » 1 migration going to end? * Vccordmg to Northern reports A. Tin- ■" , » I is contemplating setting up as a traini t at Te Kapa. Tinker is a really good r seman, but increasing weight is limit--7 his activities in the saddle. . c who at one time was looked on crack galloper, was going begging reJtly at the hack price of £50. , . t juvenile that attracted a good' deal fi\ounble comment at Awapuni in the * autumn was the colt by Acre from flingaroa. He has rejoined E. Watson's ive brigade after being gelded, and is " Ito have done well through the winter, lega, a nseful welter horse, has rejoined * Donovan's active brigade at Napier. >- ,Aa Australia apprentices are not prof J J:ed in the same manner as in New "land, nor do their employers collect a centage of the fees earned by them, parently a move is to be made in this jiction, for according to the Melbourne *«, fader" the conditions governing apprent * s m \ictoria in racing stables are in i j melting pot. At a recent meeting of I Breeders, Owners, and Trainers' As- ' Ration a recommendation was made -„ i fc trainers should ge*b a share of the ;3iuigs of the apprentices in their stab- ] After a lengthy discussion it was de--j;d to make a recommendation to the 'ft.C. committee that trainers should re- , ?e 25 per cent, of all the earnings of , n-entices. The proposed tax on their mbb le is likely to be strongly resisted by *■ * I apprentices and those indirectly conned m their earnings. There is a good ,» 1 to be said for and against the projft], but the trainers will probably be c to make out the stronger case. The > South Wales association has had the tter under consideration, and its memis have decided to go further than the Storian proposals. The Sydney body \ recommend to the A.J.C. that 50 per "Vt of the earnings should be banked ' the apprentice, 25 per ceut. for his "^ ent^ oi dependants, and the other 25 f^ cent be credited to the trainer to om the boy is apprenticed. In New ~ <land the employers receive one-half of tiding fees earned by their apprenX)s, but they pay the latter a weekly , as well as providing them with board " | lodgings; t »|.ecently in Sydney the Clarenceux mare "jicina was sold at auction for 250 . pea" * ]he annual report of the Auckland Rae- '^ L Club states that the stakes paid away Jing tha year amounted to £67,300, cxc * ■'Jive of £420 contributed in sweepby owners, and good racing was essed at each meeting. Several large important works had been proceeded "v ?* unn 8 *ne course of the racing scaj. -j, notably the extension and improve- _. fit of the course proper, on which £4700 been spent to .date.. This accounted -*1 the increase in wages account for the s i It would probably be January, p, before racing could take place on = I new extension. The paving of the lawn *- „ ' leger enclosures at a cost of £4816 ' 7 > great improvement, as it would mnate dust in summer and mud in ) t s jter Items of expenditure during the I were Wages, £14,564; repairs and c ( intenance, £3179; rates, £2003; land ,/■ , £1586; conference levies, £1383; f ;ations, £492. Receipts included re- % - hie from race meetings, £38,751; mems' subscriptions, £2712; tea kiosk, £235. , -)n a recent afternoon I paid another >t to J Scobie's stables, and was inter- - d to see that Pilliewinkie is fining down • 5 h ■nork, writes "Cardigan." He ap- ' jTs to be sound, and his trainer is jeful thit he will stand training. "If - , does," said Scobie, "he will keep some , Ithe weight-for-age runners moving." "■■mil too, and it is to be hoped that ' I huge shouldered "Pillie" will be back , Jus best form so as to greet Sir Samt Hordern on his return to Australia in ■" jober or November. **r hj crack Australitn two-year-old >t1 Tea it is trained at Willlamstown, 1 * J atcoiding to reports received from J training headquarters he is doinr-\," y vcl!- Tt is erected that he will, first next season at Williams- , r in or CaulfiekJ, and will then go on to ' Jim for the Chehnsford Stakes or KoseGmneis. In the Chelmsford he is < _,jl> to strike Commendation and Lim- < \ hit would you think if you bought / crsr md alter taking it back tn your « hies >ou picked up one of its i'eet'and t ij'l a t:n-shilling note wedged in the

frog? It actually happened. Mr. F.. M. Pearce bought a yearling by Greenstead from Rythona in Sydnej-, and A. Mortimer afterwards had the youngster led to the stables, where he was "staying with his horses, says the ''Australasian." Being anxious to examine the yearling's feet, he picked up one of the forelegs, and to his surprise found the ten-shilling note. Mortimer immediately suggested to Mr. Pearce that the youngster should be named Half a Note or Ten Bob, but it is probable that the youngster will attempt to gain fame on the racecourse under the name of Arabian Fox. According to a Sydney writer, R. J. Mason was making his 40th trip across the Tasman when he went with Aerion and Phillipic this year. In this issue the Auckland Racing Club is advertising for sale the privileges in regard to the booths, catering, orange drinks, and tobacco stalls at its meetings during the 1927-28 season. These apply to the three enclosures on' the Klleislie course.