SYDNEY TURF NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 6

SYDNEY TURF NOTES

IHL DIMMER S RECORD

t, ■■ : (From""Vedette."v.-: '.:' ■'■'•■. ■ -'■' SYDNEY, Mtii April. The pimirierw-as the hero of the Sydney.Cup Moetihg.Avith-'.'a win-on each of theSiour days. : He : was handicapped .to^in the Sytlney.-.-'Cup, but- th'e-e is no doubt; he;M^s" a...l,ucky. w.f.a. -winner.- lie ha{lvthe-:.>veakest possible opposition in. ordinary, h'andicappera to beat except in' therCimiberlatid Stakes, when Veilmond on. the inside,as usual did not race generously.y'H'The Dimmer is an out-aiid-out', star-j-cr, but he will find it'hard: to •wiii:;.ii.ow; .He was offered at auction yesterday, hut was .passed in at ,1700 giirneas. As he has won a Perth Cup and four, races at Eandwick, approximately. £10,0.00/ for his West Australian owner; he would have been well sold. He was;, purchased. . -approximately tweiye months ago by Ms present owner for 600 guineas. ' ■<?. Price's-: representative Carry On took-charge of W. Cook iv the A.J.C. Plate dii" Saturdaj', being 100 yards clear at one stage. She was so far iv front-half a mile frpm home that it looked most unlikely', that The Dimmer would catch her. - Not. only did The Dimmer beat her, but Chide also cut her out of second money. Her antics were remarkable, for usually she races kindly in behind. Chicle was a mysterious |ier.forrncr.

• and ho 'ran- out the- two miles aiul"a quarter particularly well. Considering ho makes a decided noise this was all the more remarkable. G. YOUNG AS TRAINEK. '■" Havaspot is to be trained by George Young at -ftandwick, providing lie can ■obtain, the necessary licence. Young hopes that Havaspot will bo the foundation of a small team. No doubt ho hopes for a Gloaming. Mr. .Ken. Austin was tendered a._ farewell at one of the horso sales this week, it .'being Ms lust appearance in the rostrum prior to his departure for Ncuv Zealand ..to take up the managership of the- Elderslic Stud. Mr. Austin will be keenly missed in (Sydney racing circles. The Limond— 3'toya.l lSxchnngo filly Golden Gate won. her first race at Eaiidwick on Saturday in good style. It was singular that Mr. O. S. Watkins, who raced Itoyal Exchange and sent the mare to Limonrl, was there to sec her win. Air. Watkins has gone on to Melbourne and will return to Sydney uoxt week. The Dangar Handicap on Saturday was run to suit Veiluiond. The field crawled, along in tho early part, and taken to the outside over the last halfmile,. Veilmond was far too brilliant. He kept his condition well considering he raced seven miles over the four days, and ho looks in no need of the spoil ho commences this/week. STEEPLECHASES CONDEMNED. Consojuent on the death of tho .jockey. J. Troy and . five mishaps to seven runners in . the steeplechase at Eandwick on Saturday, .there has been an .outburst in a section of the. Sydney Press '.against stceplechasing. The consensus of export, opinion, however, is that steeplechases .arc not out of place if the horses are fit. It is, conceded thatI'some, of the candidates on Saturday: were not fit for, a three-mile contest, tAvico over tho hill, and one of the casualties was a broken-winded horse. The fences at Kandwick are all of brush, and although not stiff require jumping. There are- no other steeplechases in Sydney except at Kandwick - and - Warwick Farm, so that owners of jumpers have few opportunities. There is.no doub': that the class of horso racing over the fences ivaa poor, but a gen- • -eral- condemnation- of that- branch of racing was hardly equitable or fair. .