TROTTING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 144, 20 June 1928, Page 11

TROTTING FIXTURES.

Juno 23, 27—Auckland T.C. y Reminders. • Weights for tlie first clay's events at the Wellington ■ Meeting are due on Tuesday of next week. Nominations for tbe New Zealand Grand Nationals, Winter Cup, Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases, and Sydenham Hurdles close on Friday, 29th June. • Desert Glow. Desert-Glow has not made.au appearance in public for some time, the latest .success to the credit of the son of Day Comet and Lady Winsome being the Ohinemuri Cup in mid-March. He figures * among the field entered for the principal event on tho flat, each day at the Te Kuiti Sleeting, and as he has been working on the tracks at Te Awamutu there is every probability that he will appear atEllerslic at the end of the month. It is said that there is no intention yet of racing him over hurdles.. • Puwhero's Breakdown. It ; was rather ■ surprising to learn, of ■> Puwliero falling at Napier in the Steeplechase, but there is an explanation. He \ was decidedly lame after the race, and it is. considered that he broke down two fences 'prior to the one which' actually brought him to grief. This would account for the fall and the fact Hhat he , jumped, badly the fence prior to'his fall. His trainer (L. Knapp) was apprehensive prior to the race: ' Puwhero was left in' the hurdle race at .'Hastings, on: the offchance of his 'coming right, but it is regarded as' a forlorn hope. Royal Lineage Good. Royal Lineage looked very bright and well at Napier, and he has lost none of his dash.. He will be -improved very considerably by his outing on Saturday, and the next time he carries silk there should be a rush to back him, and his price will be short. King Lv and Company. King Lv was a good deal improve! bythe raping he had at the Auckland Meeting this month; -which were his first gallops with the colours up since the New Year; The Lucullus representative is doing very favourably in his track work at Te Aroha. It is the intention to race him at Trentham next month, while, it is understood, he will'keep his engagements at the Te Kuiti Meeting. Queen Arch, who placed herself well on tho right side of the ledger by her victory in the Cornw.alf Handicap, will be well supported when she next appears for winter racing. If King Lv and Waltzer go to Trentham next month, Queen Arch will nccompany'them. The last-named is working steadily on the Te Aroha tracks in view of. keeping lier engagements at the . " Te Kuiti ..Meeting.'. From A. Tinker's Stanley Rangiltokiri is to be one of A. Tinker's team for . the racing at ,'Ellerslie this 'month.* !The chestnut son of Day Comet and Bundy, who is only in his,first season of racing,' has developed -a useful turn of speed* in several of his races, but he has lacked solidity. Iv this latter respect racing is improving him, and it will not surprise to ] find him showing up in his , nest" outings. ; Real Activity. The V.R.C, stipendiary-stewards, have been: ffec[uentiy r 'takM'Tto'-"tas_fffor "■ their;inactivity .to impose disqualification. Their latest action in disqualifying E. A. Connolly for twelve months is a reply to their critics.' Coming as: it does on their action of a, few years ago, when the connections of Purser • met with trouble, it indicates that the V.R.C. officials, if" slow' to act, will tackle- tlie big as well as the small, says the "Sun." The Purser incident was one of the racing sensations of the century. That was because Heroic's eligibility for the Melbourne Cup, in which he was heavily backed/was involved. Of course, big racing . men were involved in the disqualification. Now Connolly has met with disqualification. Connolly, if anything, is a more conspicuous racing identity than was Godby, trainer of Purser. The V.R.C. stewards have certainly given racing men food for thought. By many Connolly was regarded as immune from official, action. The Ar.R.C. officials, in instituting, retrospective inquiries, resort to a practice that is - ■ most unpopular with some stewards. It ! is tlie idea of these latter that if they ! miss a case of wrongdoing, then-the guilty ' person should not be penalised later. ■' Stewards should be able to detect whether ' a horse has been pulled up. They should ' not wait until 'the horse subsequently ' wins in order to secure substantiation of their case. \Veli-bred Youngster for P. Riddle. The bay colt by Magpie from. Welkin Queen, bred 'by "*Miv George Hall, of » Wingeh, and who-was passed in at Chisliolm's sales last Easter, has been purchased privately by Mr. Percy Miller. The youngster, which has been gelded, is in the care of P. Riddle. The.Welkin Queen gelding is a half-brother to a good galloper in .Grecian Orator. The latter was unfortunately killed while running prominently "in the' Doncaster Handicap. Grecian Orator had . previously won the Carrington Stakes. Sarchee was also a half-brother*'to this. Welkin Queen gelding.. -Victorian Grand National Discussions. Needless to say, the form at the recent Fleinington Meeting had a marked effect on the discussions for the -Grand- National Hurdles and Steeplechase. Heiiare (All Black—Fobchain) gained many friends by liisMirilliant York Hurdle win, in which ho was ridden by H. Cairns, and- ho is now as well fancied as any other runner for the Hurdles. Areadius held his place, and there was some support for Pildiri. He was coupled with Chaumont for a considerable amount. Grosyciidr, Sandhurst, Coybcau, and Nobility have all weakened; but The Ringer is firm, and if he runs n good race at, his next start he will be one of the most fancied candidates. IJrbani has drifted considerably as the result of his failure in the Marlborough at Flcmington.'and he will need to show, considerable improvement to be taken again into . calculations. Chaumont is now easily the most discussed' horse for the Grand National Steeplechase. His form at Flemington was considered so good that, quite a number of good judges refused to look elsewhere for the winner. Clan Robert is being kept on the safe side, but Nyaiir gay has lost many friends by his mulish display 'on Monday. Grey Friar-, on the other hand, has gained many friends by his impressive display at. Randwick, where he won both steeplechases. Ancient Mariner is not so firm, as he hurt himself at Moonee Valley, and there is just a doubt as to whether he will be a runner at the ..Grand National meetings. Amateur versus Professional. It is probable Claude Grice, the wellknown amateur, will ride Chaumont in tho Grand National Steeplechase. He'was on /the gelding in the Prince of AVales Steeplechase at Flemington recently. Recently amateurs have not been permitted by -the stipendiary stewards to ride iv open company. On more than one occasion refusal has met requests oE that kind. As a fact, Grice expected to ride Chaumont at fc, few weeks ago, and it is understood that he wasted in order to take the mount. When he applied to the stewards for permission it was denied him. He did not approach the committee on that occasion. So far as is known, Grice did not make any application to ride Chaumont--iW the Steeple^ chase at Moonee Valley, which the gelding won. . However;. Grice applied to the committee of the V.R.C; for: its sanction for the Prince of Wales Steeplechase, and there is no doubt that a request in regard to the Grand National also will be granted. The 'riilc dealing with the matter is as follows: • —"118. An amateur wishing to ride in any ;. lace on even' terms with jockeys shall ;.'. »btain permission from the committee of

the club, or the club, or the stewards before dokig so." In the rule the reference to "the committee of the club" refers to the V.R.C.,' and that "of the club" means the. club, conducting the meeting for which permission is desired. In regard tp Grice's application for the Prince of Wales Steeplechase, the stewards were, not consulted in the matter. .Grice . has ' been riding over fences .with considerable success for' the best part of twenty years. •His most notable triumph was on Fleetstone in the Grand National Steeplechase; In 1911 .-ho rode Lord Emms to victory in the Cup Steeplechase. Just before that he won the Findon Amateur Steeplechase, the Findon Amateur Cup, and the Sandown Steeplechase on the same horse.