RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 26, 31 January 1930, Page 6

RACING FIXTURES.

Feb ~> -Ta pa ii ulr: (! Feb ii S.—lii-iliuciis lit'. f'fb «. S.-Tarauul,l J.C. Ki-b S. —.Matainatu It C. . Feb 13 13.—DuiiedlD JV. Feb 1.1. 10.—Poverty Hay Turf C. Feb 13. 13 — Wanganul J.C. Feb . 13, U.— Kotorua it C. Feb 10.— Cllfdeu R.C Feb 19 20 -Woodvtll* Dlst. J.O. Feb SO.—lologa Bny JO. Feb 22.—Canterbury J.C. Feb. 22. 21.—Dargavllle R.C. Feb 26. 27.—Grre RCFeb 20, 27.—Dannevirke B.C. Feb: 27.—Walapu R.C. Feb 23. Mar. 1.— Marlborough U.C. Reminders. Acceptances for the Taranaki Jockey Club's Mesiing close to-night at 9 o clock. 'Nominations for the Woodvillc Meeting are due to-night. Again Not, Lucky. The Takanini trainer J. T. Jamieson is n'cnerally supposed to be lucky at Takapuna. At the spring meeting some of his supposed good things came undone, and his'fortune was not exactly right in on. Wednesday. Certainly he won with JfitVa at good double-figure odds, but the price suggested that the gelding was not generally fancied. In addition he drew an outside barrier position at seven furlongs, a'- big handicap. Both Le Choucas and In the Shade failed in the Cup and Eolation, who was considered unbeatable in the Ferry Handicap, ran Ids' la?t race, a- broken shoulder necessitatis' his destruction. Hard Words duly materialised in the next event, which was something df a foregone conclusion, and returned a much better price than was anticipated, even if it was a shade of odds oil. Hi S. Bagby took the seat on Havagpot, a very hot favourite in the next race, only to strike all the' trouble possible, and suffer a narrow defeat. It is very doubtful if Mithra's handsome dividend turned the- tide of misfortune for the stable. Lady Quex Is Well. This time last year Lady Quex was'in excellent "fettle, and at the Taranaki Meetings showed fine form. She looked in great order when produced on Wednesday af'Takapuna, and made an exhibition of the opposition. E. George understands this, mare, and if he was allowed the' sole handling of her she would win more races. She has now.earned a minor penalty for the Taranaki Stakes, which is to bo her next mission. Paganelli's Next. Paganelli leaves Te Jtapa on Monday for New. Plymouth, and then goes on to the. Wanganui; Meeting. Last year Paganelli won the Taranaki Stakes and Jackson Stakes, and it looks as if he will make a bold bid. for.both honours this year. He was a little light, and faded when racing at .Awapuni at the holiday meeting, but M. J. Carroll has had time to freshen him up again. A Promising Two-Year-Old. The two-year-pld, Killing King (Chief. Ruler—Miss Ethel),, half brother to Gold Money, who was thrown "out of work after racing early in the season, has made a reappearance at Ellerslie, and is in nice order to go ahead with a preparation. 1-i.uling King displayed considerable promise . when previously in training, and should prove a winner later on. Another Theory from Dr. M'Kay. The Australian Dr. Stewart M'Kay has given a good deal of thought to many equine problems of late years, and while the Simon^Pure practical; racing folk may not always'.agree with hhu, some-of his ideas seem built on sound reasoning. In the Sydney "Referee" he has the following about Phar Lap:—"The failure of Phar Lap in' the last Melbourne Cup is, I think, an illustration of how quite a mild infection can upset a horse. Phar Lap was in perfect health when he left •Sydney, but he picked up an influenza fjerm cither in the railway horse box or in his new stables, or in the ever-changing air of Melbourne. Two weeks before the i.-iip Phar Lap was coughing and did very little work, the week .before the cup he was working every day to make up for lost time. He had to exert himself very much to win the V.It.C, Derby because, lie Svon in record time and Pike said that he: did not pull, up nearly as well as in Sydney; some observers report that he blew a bit, which, I think, is probably true. In the Cup he was very excited; perhaps he had taken 'tonics' to help him and then had been over-excited, for in the race he ran like a horse that was 'pos-' sessed' and fought like a demon, and so his brain batteries and his- heart gave out and he pulled up a very tired horse, and poor old Bobby Lewis was reviled most unjustly. Let tip hope that the race has done Phar Lap no harm. Time alone will tell us."