RACING FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 75, 29 March 1930, Page 23

RACING FIXTURES.

April 3, s.—Whangarel B.C. April 3. s.—South Canterbury J.C. April 4. s.—Masterton R.C. 'April 11, 12.-HawUes Bay J.C. .April 11. 12. r-Otautau K.C. April 12.—Hororata U.C. April 12, 14.—Wcstport J:C. ■ April 12, 14. — Walkato R.C. -April 19.—Tuapeka County J.C. April 19, 21. —Walrarnpa R.C. April 19, 21.—Felldlng J.C. April 19. Si.—AucK'and R.C. April l'J. 21, 22.— Klverton R.C. April 21.—Beaumont R.C. April 21.—Walpukurau J.C. April 21 Kupiara R.C. April 21, 22.—Canterbury J.C. April 23, 24.—Westluml R.C. April 2G, 28.—Greymouth J.C. April 26, 30.—Avondale J.C. April 30.—Reefton J.C. TROTTING UIXTURE3 April s.—Marlborougb T.C. • April s.—Waihato T.C. April 10. 12. - Wanganul T.C. .April 1!>. 23.-NZ Metropolilan Ii: April 19, 41. -Haweta T.C. ' April- 26 —Taranald T.C. Abrl! 26 — Ashburton T.C. May 3.—Cambridge X C. Next Week. There -will be racing next week at Timaru and Whangarei on Thursday and Saturday, and at Masterton on Friday and Saturday. Nominations for the Easter Meeting at Feilding close on Monday at 8.30. p.m. , Acceptances for the Masterton Meeting close on Monday at 9 p.m. Nominations for the Wairarapa Meeting are due on Wednesday at 8 p.m. .First acceptances for the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps, first forfeits for the Champagne and Challenge Stakes, and general' entries for the C.J.C. Easter Meeting close on Friday at S p.m. French Invaders Succeed. Once again the racing folk of France have succeeded in an important English events the much-discussed Lincolnshire Handicap, Leonidas 11. (the winner) being simply shown in the list of iirst acceptors as trained in Frauc'e for the successful owner M. M. Boussac. He is a livc-year-old, and was handicapped at 8.0. He came to England, however, late in Janu- :. ary and joined S. Darling's stable at New;'market. According to the training notes ■he was doing good work at Turf headquarters in February, with the Australian Strephon amongst his stablemates. At the :. first call of the card on 17th February in the, London clubs he was not amongst 'those supported, a compatriot in Vatout being nominal favourite. It is possible, however, that he was a well-backed horse on the day of the race, xls Culzean the runner-up at Lincoln, was one of the 6-stone brigade, and from a stable north ■of the Tweed, no doubt he was an outsider. As a three-year-old he was a fair performer. He is a five-year-old bay horse by Tetrameter from Fair Nun. The third horse, Knight Error, was another lightweight, carrying 6.8. He is a four-year-old chestnut colt by Prince Galahad from V.A.D. Hyde Park Sold. Mr. H. Spry, of Melbourne, who purchased Tea Bell when in New Zealand a couple of.years ago, is at present in theDominion again with the 'erstwhile New Zealander, V.' O'Neill, who trains Mr., : Spry's horses in Melbourne. While in ' Auckland Mr. Spry purchased Hyde Park, who is destined for brush steeplechase events in and around tho Victorian capital. He should do well in that department of the game. Pomp Progressing Slowly. At Awapuni Mr. G. M. Currie stated that Pomp was making very slow recovery from the severe injuries he received on his way back from Sydney in the spring.. The -. two-year-old's .legs are still decidedly enlarged, but his condition is now suitable for the commencement of treatment which it is hoped will be efficacious. Pomp is also to be emasculated. :It will be June at the earliest before he will be fit to. go into work, so that he may not be really ready for early spring ' racing after his severe setback and long spell. 111-Luck. : Some little time ago, when there was a big demand for Martian mares, Mr. W. Higgins could have received a good sum for Password, his brood marc by Martian from Secret Link. Password last year was sent to Hunting Song and was in foal. Naturally big tilings were expected from the union, but unfortunately ■for the owner she was found dead in the ' paddock one day recently. As she was ■ :only a twelve-year-old mare the loss is .a big- one. Gesture Leading Juvenile. It is to be regretted that Cylinder went out of the Sires' Produce Stakes in the first furlong arid that Chrysology was an absentee, owing to having struck himself, but for all that Gesture was so easily superior to the rest of the opposition that it would appear she is all her ad-1 mirers claim her to be. Some do not hesitate to say that she is another Desert Gold. That she is top class there is no doubt, for all who saw her win on Wednesday could not regard her. as otherwise. It was not so much her win, but the. manner of it, and if no misadventure befalls her she should not be beaten again this season wherever she runs—Randwick, Ellerslie, or Kiccarton. Hard Words is no mean galloper, but she just went up and collared him when asked a question, and B. 11. Morris was pulling her up at the post. Cylinder's admirers may have a chance to get their revenge at Ellerslie, but judging on Gesture's Awapuni display he will have to be extra smart to win. . Class. The running of Autopay at Awapuni was a good example of how class tells. He was started in the Sires' Produce Stakes, and ran quite a fair race for a while, being in the picture in the early part, but a long way back at the post. Produced again on the second day amongst the handicap two-year-olds, he should have won. Green Linnet received all the best of the start, while Autopay had to be ridden hard from No. 17 at the barrier to gain a decent position. He tackled his task over the last furlong like a genuine youngster, to run Green Linnet to a head. Autopay may not strike top class, but he will be a very useful galloper and win his share of races. He races now in the joint interests of two Wellingtonians Messrs. Norman Aitken and H. 1?. Wood. A Massive Juvenile. G. New produced the biggest two-year-old seen for some time at Awapuni on Thursday in Terra Firma, a bay gelding ,by Acre from Minor, the latter being a half-sister by Foremost to Diogenes. Terra Firma towered above his rivals and showed that he had speed as well as size. It was his first run and naturally he did not begin so well as his more experienced opponents. He was at the tail of the field at the turn, yet ran up into a handy posi- ■ tion behind the place-fillers at the finish. New also produced another novice in the race in the neatly named Trojan Melody, by Hunting Song from St. Helen. He did not show up after being one of the those slow away. A Smart Hack. Just an Idea is rather smarter than the average hack, and should have won two races at Awapuni instead of one. He is an attractive customer, and a good galloper, who has three firsts and two thirds to his credit in his last five starts. Just an Idea is one of the successful Chief Ruler tribe. His dam, Gaiety Girl, has not been included in the last issue of the •New Zealand Stud Book. She is by San Fran from The Hempie. Just an Idea should soon win his way out -of hack company. "I* He a National Horse? Omeo, who won the hurdle race on the opening day at Awapuni, has been talked of for some time as a coming National horse. For his first season on the Turf i he has a remarkable record of four wins in five starts. His first appearance was at the Taranaki Hunt Meeting last August when he won the Maiden Hunters' Steeple- - chase very easily and returned a large

dividend, only one horse in a field of nine being less fancied. He next started at the Waikato Hunt Meeting at Cambridge and his party brought off a ■ (,'reat coup when he won the Hunters Hurdle Handicap, starting fourth favourite in a field of twelve. After winning the hurdle race on the first day of the Tarunaki Christmas meeting, Omeo did not run until the Opunake meeting. He started favourite in the hurdle race and ran unplaced. His next appearance was at Awapuni There is one thing to be said' in his favour for the major jumping events to come, and that- is that he is a good sticker, for when the pressure was applied he stayed on and showed himself possessed of a long and sustained run. A Lean Time. Limerick's trainer, F. D. Jones, has long been regarded as one of Fortune's favourites, for over a number of years he has not been without a really good horse. It would now apper that the reverse side oC the game has come along, as it comes sooner or later to all in racing. Limerick is out. of court, Dun raven is not proving another Limerick, and Paquito is proved only a moderate. No doubt Jones will take his reverses philosophically, realising how fortunate he has been in the past and wait without complaint for another champion to follow on Ballymena and Limerick. The unfortunate Roscrea might have been filling the gap now, but was the victim of circumstance in the Derby two years ago. For the Winter, The Taranaki trainer, R. Johnson, has developed Belle Star into a very useful mare, and- one that can stay on over a distance. It is not too much to say that Belle Star should prove a handicap performer specially during the winter months if Johnson decides to stay in this country. She is built to carry weight and her breeding— by Lueullus from Starella by Day Comet or Arehiestown —certainly suggests her ability to gallop in any depth of mud. Her improvement during the autumn has been good support for tho two. Turf theories that marcs are best at this part of the season, and thrce-ycar-olds approaching the best form of their career in the autumn. There is not much doubt that Belle Star will be exploited to decided advantage later on, and may prove one of the best horses in the establishment. A good deal of credit is due to Johnson for the manner in which he has improved this filly. Australian Two-year-old. The two-year-old Shamgar, purchased by Mr. G. Paul in Australia recently, is amongst those handicapped for the Wai' kato Autumn Meeting. Shamgar's sire, Moabite, was represented by the winners of both divisions of the Juvenile Handicap at Moorefield, Sydney,, this mouth. According to the available records, Shamgar has not raced. May Be Good. According to all accounts Merry Peel registered an attractive performance when he won the Novice Stakes at Timaru. He was in the middle of the field most of the way, but he came.on in the straight with a strong finishing run. His form was a great improvement on .what he showed on the first day, and there was an inquiry at which the owner's explanation was accepted. Tho two-year-old was operated on recently, and every gallop is improving him,: while the inexperienced apprentice who node'him on "the first day of the meeting was replaced on the second day by L. J. Ellis, so that there was an advantage in horsemanship to assist him to victory. Merry Peel was trained early in tho season in the North Island, and was well.backed and beaten in a two-year-old handicap at the New Zealand Cup Meeting; but he is now an inmate of Nelson Price's stable at Islington. He is by Hunting Song from Mercy Roe, dam of Merry Damon, and he looks like going on to do-better.things. He ran-out six furlongs very solidly.. Simper and Her Produce. The imported mare Simper, who has the record of producing eleven foals, is likely to be represented in the two-year-old contests next season with a filly, the sire of which is Chief Ruler. As the dam of Affectation,' Gold Light, Razzle Dazzle, Beacon Light,. Dazzling Light, Lucky Light, and Speed Light, Simper stands out well as a stud success, and it is computed that the combined earnings of her produce run out to over £30,000. F. Waddell, who rodo Gold Light, Razzle Dazzle, and Beacon Light in many of their important victories, has turned his attention to trotting, and, it is reported that he is to do some driving at the coming meeting of the Wanganui Trotting Club.