RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 28 September 1929, Page 23

RACING FIXTURES.

?fe. 2—Bircuwflcd'Hunt. •*ct 5 XcpJer Park B.C. Oct. s^-Kurow J.C. Oci>s; 7—Auckland B.C. oct 10, 12—Dunedin J.C. Oct. 17, 19—South Canterbury J.C. Oct. 19—Masterton 8.C.. Oct. 24, 26—Poverty Bay T.C. Oct. 26 28—Wellington R.C. Oct. 28—Waverley B.C. Oct. 28—Waitato Hunt Club. Oct. 28-—Walpawa County B.C. Oct. 28—North Canterbury R.C. Oct. 28, 30—Gore R.Ci

Next Week. -: .. ■„ There will be a fail- amount of racing nest week. The Birchwood Hunk Meeting will be held on Wednesday, and the s Kurow and Napier Park Meetings ! on Saturday. On Saturday also the Auckland Racing Club will make a start with its - Spring Meeting, when the Mitchelson Cup, - Great Northern Guineas, and Welcome Stakes will be decided. -Napier Park handicaps are due on Monday and acceptances close on. Wednesday. Nominations for-the Wellington Spring Meeting and first forfeits for the Welles- . ley Stakes are due nest Friday, at 9 p.m. Nominations for the Stewards', Criterion, Metropolitan, .Jockey Club, Members', Stoneyhurstj ■ and. Fendalton Handicaps, and Canterbury Cup and Stead Gold Cup, run at the New Zealand Cup Meeting, close ■with the secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club ne^t Friday, at 8 p.m. Pink Coat and Eaglet. ■•'. . - One of the star turns at Ellerslie next Saturday will be the race between Eaglet; and' Pink Coat in the Great Northern Guineas. The.Northern filly has done all her work so far this season in irreproach- ' able style, but in Pink Coat she will find an opponent well worthy of her. Eaglet's defeat of Lady Quex and Silvermine. over six; furlongs, at Ellerslie when carrying lib over weight-for-age, was probably het besteffort, and' it was a courageous and sterling one, .for she gave Lady Quex several lengths start over the-;last two. furlongs, .. and then defeated her.. Pink Coat carried .9.6 when; he won at Ashburton against much more moderate opposition, but his manner and general appearance impressed more than one good judge. He showed last; year that he was class for, his five: -races, record four firsts and one second; while this year he has won at his only outing.; His defeat last year was anything but ;■ discreditable,. for both he and his con- ; querdr, Silver Paper, carried a 101b penalty in the C.J.C. Challenge Stakes, and Pink Coat disputed every inch of the seven ■■■" furlongSj to be beaten by half a length in Imin 24 4-ssec. It was a sterling go, and . the way the two-yearrold battled out the - finish ;hall-marked hhj; as a high-grade performer, j Eaglet has raced at Ellerslie, and Pink Coat has yet to perform over its undulations and shew his paces the re- > Terse way round. ; There is always the '"'■ danger that a young horse at Ellerslie will bore out badly in his first races there. This is the only doubt that arises in regard to Fink , Coat. Eaglet being a-filly may not . be caught at her best, but it is to be hoped that both youngsters are fit to give of their best, and the race should be well worth/ ■while. There should be little iv it ;af the finish. . .. ; . Three Three-year-olds.r ... . '.. '. .Ealse: Scent, Tahoma, and Imperial ■ Prince are all still eligible for hack races, but it,will be' surprising if they qualify long for those events. False Scent's recent showings suggest that he is going; to be r . more than-useful," and he seems to measure ,:' ypnaxt toPink Coat and Eaglet amongst ( the tftree-year-olds. False Scent may go out of hack class in one of the special weight races a little later on. At least it - -will be necessary for-a good one to be produced to beat him. Tahoina did not - show his real form at Avondale, and Imperial, Prince looks a really, good type,;of welter.horse who should be a champion in tbe mad when he ages a little. Beine by' LucuUus will be nothing against him in that respect. : •

Crashed. • "\ ,iubi^allfc-racegoer at Avondale came to earth with a vengeance last Saturday. After : most; people had been paid out on Historic, the Avondale Cup winner, the racegoer .presented himself at the "late" window,.and put down a bundle of tickets f° d s? l|,to the.clerk in a pleased tone, So and _so, on Historic." "But'these are number four tickets, not threes," said the payout clerk. A' brief colloquy convinced the unfortunate punter that he had-bought tickets on .the unplaced Paddon in error The; Sequel is that he had a small commission to execute on the Avondale Stakes winner Lineage, and having invested practically all his capital on Historic, and presuming himself to be in funds, had not the necessary time to "raise the wind" before the^ totahsator closed on the Avondale brakes. The original error was a particularly costly one, for Lineage returned a substantial1 dividend. .-.,-'■'.■■. English Statistics. Up to 12th August.English racing statistics show that H.H. Aga Khau is the leading owner. With 10 horses he had w°s, -18 races, worth £27,266. Major D MCalmont is next on the list. He won five races with three horses, that retailed hmi £21,563. Among the breeders, Mr. J. J. : Maber ; showed the best.' results ihree horses from his stud won six races, to the value of £22,244; but-Major M'CalJnbnt is not very far behind him. He bred three, winners, that for five starts accounted for £21,592. Tetratema is easily the most successful sire. Fourteen.Qf bis progeny won 24 races, worth ,£48,658. The four-year-old grey horse Royal Ministrel w°n three races that brought in £16,174. Mr: Jinks also won three races, accumulating £15,450; ; and . the Derby winner, Trigo, with two wins, made his owner the richer with £12,408. To this has now to be added the St. Leger prize. It is learned from the ■ latest LonJon •Sporting Life" that the American :National Jockey Club proposes to institute an international race at Arlington Park' n. ext \ July» if it can obtain the co-opera-tion of the leading racing men v of Great Britain and the Continent. The proposed race will be modelled on the Ascot trold Cup, and the added .money, is suggested as 100,000 dollars. Mi-, and Mrs Hertz (Reign Count owners) have offered innnngT?,* th?-stake with an additional ,100,000 dollars if Invershin is a challenger ■! Invershin, owned by Mr. J. Reid Walker, jbeat.Reigh^ Count in the Ascot Gold Cup,H but Mr. Walker is not to be tempted by' dollars, and he has refused to nominate Invershin, stating that the horse will go to the stud, and already the subscription list is large. . ■.< ' : I

Odds- and Ends. '■■. i ■:. j F. Tille/a team for 'Crentham and Riccarton will include Laughing Prince, C/ashier, Glenartney, and Consent. Cashier' is to run in the New, Zealand Cup; Glenartney has not been produced since the Marton Meeting, and next time out he will have plenty of friends. The' big courses should smt him. '_ It is reported from Wanganui that Star Area is -to race at Wellington prior to | gong on to contest the New Zealand Cup. i is diie to compete next at Trent-' ham. She will have to improve on her Wanganui effort, for she was lucky to win even as the race was run.' Havering is being worked the reverse I way at Hawera, which suggests that he is due for a trip to Ellerslie. He is reported to be in good order. It is reported that a special description o£. the important races at Randwick, in ■which New Zealand horses are, engaged, will be broadcasted by wireless from Aus tralia for, the benefit of New Zealand listeners-in. . ■