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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 45, 21 August 1930, Page 7

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New Zealand Cup. This year the New ' Zealand Cup will rJe run on Saturday, Sth November. Nominations, close to-morrow at 8 p.m. Dannevirke Acceptances. Acceptance- for the.Dannevirke Racing Club's Spring Meeting, and for the. Annual Meeting of the Dannevirke Hunt Club on 27th and 28th August respectively, will close on Friday, at 9. p.m. The two clubs were favoured with splendid nominations for their meetings. Owners and trainers are usually desirous of giving their horses the benefit of early racing, and no doubt will take advantage of the opportunity offering to race at these meetings. Aoain in Work. Now a nine-year-old, Count Cavour is Stgain an active attendant at Riccarton. He only won one race last season out of ten starts, hut as that event was. the Auckland Racing Club Handicap, which earned a stake of £1000 to the winner, $_c old gelding paid his expenses. Not Yet Ready. When trained by J. Brown at Egmont, Llanore was proved to be a useful galloper. She won the Opunake Cup, ten furlongs, and .the St. Patrick's Handicap, Sin over six furlongs, on the same day at punake, but although "placed ou several occasions, Llanore did not win again last season. This Australian-bred mare is now trained «t Ellerslie, and will be a runner in the j__»*din Handicap at the Pakuranga Hunt Minting next Saturday, but although waking v.-?ll, she is reported to be not quite ready. Was Not a Success. Last season the Matamata Racing Club jfcried as an experiment a race meeting made up of hack flat events only. Evidently, this was not the success anticipated, as the club recently decided to iHelete three hack events from this season's programme, and in their si_id have provided for two open races and a hack hurdle event. The northern club is to be commended for putting on a jumping event, as many close followers of racing contend that the pregent dearth of jumpers is in a measure due to little provision bai_g made for them on many programmes. Valkon to Re-appear. In his early career Valkon registered .onie attractive performances, and an offer of something like 2000 guineas was refused for him. Raced on several occasions last season, he showed no form, but it is stated that he is likely to be put into work again shortly. Valkon is a good horse, but' he has been practically untrainablefor some time past, and it is doubtful whether he can be brought back to form. — Racing in Holland. ' Since betting was completely prohibited in Holland racing has gone down until it Is now said to be at a very low ebb. It. would seem that almost everywhere sport without betting loses much of its charm. There are now.only about a dozen meetings in the whole of Holland •M a year, with two or three races a day, jmd only two or three runners in each

race. Most of the horses come from Belgium. The decline in racing, of course, has its reflex action where breeding is concerned. Some years ago racing and breeding were more or less flourishing institutions. Even the pari-mutuel has been abolished by law, and this is reported to have sounded the death-knell of racing in Holland as well as that of breeding. The Irish Derby. The Irish Derby (which carries a stake of 4110 soys, with 200 soys to the breeder of the winner and laO soys to the breeder of the second) was won by I!ock Star, with Writ second and Christopher Robin third. The winner is owned by Sir •M. Wilson, and was ridden by M. Wing. Writ is owned by Lord Astor, and Christopher Robin by Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Loder. Rock .Star, who won by three lengths, is by Sherwood Starr from Rockmills, by Mushroom. He had one race

Q.iiiiiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiitifnmHmi-ii""11!----i MEETINGS TO COME. j | August 23—Hawkes Bay Hunt Annual. _ | August 23—Pakuranga Hunt Annual. = I August 27—Dannevirke R.C. Spring. _ § August 28—Dannevirke Hunt Annual. | I August 30—Taranaki Hunt Club Annual. | = Sept. 6—Marton J.C. Spring. § | Sept 11, 13—Wanganui J.C. Spring. _ § Sept. 13—Otago Hunt Annual. _ | Sept. 25, 27—Geraldlne R.C. Spring. _

at two years without getting a place. The first five horses are trained in England. Writ is by the Derby winner, Papyrus, from Popingoal, a daughter of Magpie's dam. Christopher Robin is by Phalaris from Dutch Mary. The horses were described as a moderate lot. The winner scored decisively, but took _mm 4L 3-5 sec, as against Kopi's 2min 36 l-ssec last year. Into the Enemy's Camp. If extra taxation is imposed on racing and trotting clubs (says "Sentinel") they should seriously consider carrying the war into the enemy's country and reduce cards to seven races a day. A stake would be saved and the reduction would not hurt either branch of sport, but it would seriously reduce the amount of revenue gathered by exploitation of both branches of sport. ' ' Limerick's Leg. Iv a letter received from Sydney from a reliable, source, it is stated that there is heat showing in Limerick's leg, but he shows no signs of lameness, and is galloping remarkably well. If trainer F. D. Jones can only keep the great son of Limond on his legs, he will add more money to his already fine record. Odds and Ends. ■ Toxeuma will probably make his next appearance at the Wanganui Spring Meeting, where he is engaged in the New Zealand Eclipse Stakes. If started in that event he should take a lot of beating.

Hector Gray Nrbde a number of wellfancied candidates at Riccarton last week, but failed to win a race. He had nine mounts, on which £11,453 10s was inveitedj. and the only return was the second dividend returned by Air Laddie on the opening day. He was a particularly costly jockey to follow at Riccarton. Taramoa, the winner of the Aylesbury Steeples, was operated on for respiratory troubles in.the early part of his career. A North Island owner was nibbling after Tractarian last week, but his owner preferred to keep his horse. Mr. J. S. Barton has sold the Solferino gelding, Buoyant, who will in future have his home oh the West Coast.

It is expected that Town Major will be nominated for the New Zealand Cup, but the conditions may not suit, the Prince Willo_y_ gelding, who is at his best on soft ground. , A New Zealand trainer now in Sydney remarks that Maurice M'Carten is riding better than ever. Incidentally tbe same informant says that M'Carten will ride Killarney (one of G. Price's team) in the coming Epsom Handicap. According to reports from Sydney, Phar Lap has grown coarser since last seen in public; the same correspondent also remarks that Nightmarch and Limerick both appear to be more forward than Phar Lap, so the pair of New Zealanders should secure early wins. Craigavon, a member of F. D. Jones's team, was confidently supported for his recent engagement at Canterbury Park. He met with serious interference at the start, and in the opinion of good judges the incident cost him, a win. Craigavon may be a runner at Rosehill on Saturday next, and as he is now doing well' his future career is very hopeful. Reports from Washdyke state that Pink Coat has shaken off the rheumatism which affected him recently, and has been doing half-pace work at Washdyke. He will be sent along faster shortly, with the object of trying out the leg, which caused his retirement last season.