A NATIONAL HOPE GOLDEN DART [WINS WAIRARAPA ACCEPTANCES DISQUALIFIED AUCKLAND SCRATCHINGS LIKELY TO BE USEFUL TURF NEWS IN BRIEF GREEN BACK IN SADDLE EL GRECO SETTLES DOWN BRILLIANT BLACKFORD

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1936, Page 15

A NATIONAL HOPE

GOLDEN DART [WINS

WAIRARAPA ACCEPTANCES

DISQUALIFIED

AUCKLAND SCRATCHINGS

LIKELY TO BE USEFUL

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

GREEN BACK IN SADDLE

EL GRECO SETTLES DOWN

BRILLIANT BLACKFORD

THE KING'S MARCONI

WESTPORT CONCLUDES

DEATH OF HURRY ON

(From "Thu Post's" Representative.) LONDON, March 14.

■ Thp King's four-year-old gelding, intercom, who was bred at Sandringham, and is now leased to Lord Derby for the season, registered a second victory during the fortnight by winning the National Hunt Juvenile Chase, a two-mile event, at Cheltenham this week.: His previous win had been at Birmingham, when, over a similar distance, he had run home by twenty-five lengths ahead of the second horse. For Cheltenham he was. fancied, but he was not first favourite. The verdict in his favour on this occasion was a short head. In a field of seventeen several fell and others did not finish. ■ Colonel G. Foljambe's Royal Ascot was favourite; but he was one of the casualties at the first fence. Pendragon, Morphine, and Marconi never appeared to put a foot wrong, and there was little between them at the last fence. . "We had to jump two horses as well as the fence at-'the first obstacle, said D. Morgan. Pendragon cleared it with a length to the "good. Marconi, racing beween the leader and. Morphine, pulled out the better speed in the run-in, and got up in the. last stride to win by a short head, with Morphine only half a length away. D. Morgan rode a very powerful finish. News of the victory was telephoned to the King from the course, 'his Majesty having expressed a desire to know the result. "I hope we shall have a few more jumpers for his Majesty next season," said Brigadier Tomkinson after Marconi's gallant victory. Marconi is described as a steeplechaser of great promise who may one day win the Grand National for the King..- ..■ ■ ■ . ■ FIVE CHELTENHAM CUPS. Golden' Miller had been under a cloud recently because he refused at Newbury. with his usual jockey, G. Wilson, up,, so Miss Dorothy Paget changed his jockey., Evan Williams had the mount in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, run two days ago.. The horse did nothing wrong and brought for his owner the trophy for the fifth year m succession. Everyone speaks of the glorious victory—a dozen lengths ahead Of Royal Mail—in a field of six.. The Gold Cup event is a steeplechase of 3i miles. Southern Hero made the early running, but Royal Mail, went on two furlongs after the open ditch with Golden Miller third. Halfway Royal Mail,.was in front of Southern Herd" and Golden .Miller, the latter moving up to Royal Mail a mile and a half from home. Four furlongs further on Golden Miller drew away from Royal Mail arid, increasing his lead m the straight, won easily. • Evan Williams said: "There is really very little to say. Golden Miller gave me a great ride. He jumped beautifully right through, and never did the slightest thing wrong." Owen Anthony, the trainer, was overwhelmed with congratulations. "Golden Miller did exactly-what I expected him t0.d0," he said. "I never lost confidence in hini :tor one moment after the Newbury incident. He won today like the great horse I know him to be. Miss Paget is delighted." So dense was the happy throng—the rails were lined forty deep—that Miss Paget was.unable to get through to welcome her horse.. He was unsaddled by the time she was able to dash under the rails to enter, the pen. She delightedly shook hands with beaming Owen-Anthony. The display _was faultless- '•'The Miller" jumped a little lazily "fit the'first two obstacles, then he warmed'to his task. He completed it with supreme confidence. There was that about his effort that seemed to suggest • disdain for his rivals; -No horse could have been more tractable or. willing,- and he ran out his race with the utmost zest; ~ ■ : ■ ... HURRY ON DESTROYED. Hurry- On, unbeaten as a racehorse iand famous as a sire, has been destroyed on account of age infirmities at the Lavington Park Stud, Petworth: He was 23. The late Lord Woolayington boughf Hurry On as a yearling for 500gs. The colt ■ could not run as a two-year-old owing to unspundness, but the following season he proved to be one of the best of his age by winning all his six races. They included the substitute for the St. Leger; which was run at Newmarket m 1916, the Newmarket St. Leger, and the Jockey Club Cup. . , . „ Hurry On did not run again, being retired to: the stud in 1918 at a fee of 400 guineas.. He was the sire of ■three Derby winners—Captain Cuttle (J922), Coronach (1926), and Call Boy (1927). He also sired two winners of the Oaks, Toboggan (1928), and Pennycomequick (1929); two winners of the One Thousand Guineas, Plack (1924), and Cresta Run, (1927); and one St. Leecr winner. Coronach (19.26). Hurry On was the leading sire in .1926, when his progeny credited him with £59,109. His stock had won £304,152 in stakes to the .-end:of last flat-racing season. During 1934 he served a limited number of mares and then went into retirement. -: . ■ '_■

The jockey T-..Green made a successful reappearance in the saddle at Whangarei last Thursday when he won the first division of the Trial Stakes on PalUstre. It .was his first mount since he ;rode Inflation" at Wanganui last May and he handled the winner skilfully.- As he can still ride below Bst, he should not lack opportunities at the coming meetings, when his mounts will include Entail, Spiral, and. Moquette; ..'.,.' Another to signalise his return to race-riding was T. Chaplin, who rode Gold Pocket to a dead-heat for first with Bush Lawyer in the Settlers' Handicap. Later in the day, Chaplin had a fall'from Chief Lap in the Waipu Handicap, but he escaped unhurt.

The three-year-old El Greco, by Iliad from Dancing Doll, the dam of La Poupee, Cupbearer, and Penelope, has given his, trainer, A. McAulay, a good deal of worry since he first handled him as a 'two-year-old, owing to his wayward disposition, but there are indications that he has been mastered, says a, Hiccarton .report. He is an attractive, lons-striding horse and there is every possibility =of his developing into a useful stake-earner. He is owned by his breeder, Mr. J. M. Samson.

Blackford's record-breaking performances at- the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting, when he: won the Pines Hurdles in 3min 34Jsec and the Autumn Hurdles, over two and-a half miles, in 4min 34sec, give point to the statements previously made concerning the high breeding of many present-day jumpers in Australia (writes "Phaeton"). The leading lines of Blackford's pedigree are as follows: — Sire: Stand By, by Lanius (son of Llangibby and grandson of "Wildfowler), from Mesange, by Persimmon (son of St. Simon), from Golden Tresses, by Orvieto (son of Bend Or). Dam: Lady Peggy, by Airship (son of Orzil and grandson of Ayrshire), :fr'om: Wongoliria, by Pistol (son of Carbine) from Light Joy, by Light Artillery (son of Trenton), from Fille de Joy (by Gang Forward, son of :-Stock well). Stand By, sire of Blackford, was unluckily beaten by a head in the 1924 Melbourne Cup, won by Backwood. .

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(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WESTPORT, April 6.

There was fine weather for the second day of the Westport Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting, .and a good attendance. The totalisator investments were £4664 against £5060 10s on the second day last year. The total for the meeting was £8903 10s, against £9357 last year. . Eesults:— Flying Hack Handicap,' £100; G furlongs.— 5 Deliinn, 7.13 (Kosewarno), 1; 1 Needful, 8.3, 2; 3 Zionist, 7.13, 3. Also started: 2 Universe T. 13, 4 BafTlc 7.5, 6 Gay Spear 7.5. jSJcck; two lengths. Time, Imin ~1(> l-sscc. Dennlston Handicap Trot, £70; 2.27 class; 1 m 110.—5 Logan Palm, scr (J. R. Simpson), 1; 1 King Author, scr, 2; 2 Brian Boru, 21, 3. Also started: JO Bon Hiibn scr, 8 Cling Clang scr, 1 Lady Ann 48, bracketed with King Author, 7 Llsnacree scr, 9 Passport scr, 4 High Noon 12, 3 Kattawa 12, 3 Parallax: 24, 6 Welcomo Stranger 24. Neck; same, Time, 2mln 20 1-Sscc. VVESTPOKT HANDICAP, £125; 1% miles. 1 Golden Dart, 8.11 (I/. J. Ellis) 1 5 Sweet Agnes. 9.1 (T. H. Jones) " 0 Hoyal Gallant, 8.1 (Mossorvy) :. 3 Also started: 5 Carfex 7.12, 4 Sisterena 7.10, 2 Locfcslcy 7.8. Length; two lengths. Tlmo, 2raln lOsec. . Grandstand Handicap. £70; 6 furlongs.—2 Bon Tray, 9.4 (L. J. Ellis), 1; 1 Rebel Star, 9.11, 2; 3 Arrowrose, 9.1, 3. Also started: 4 Pawky 7.13. Length; two lengths. Time, lmin 15sec.. . . ■ . ■ Waimangaroa Handicap Trot, £70: 3.43 class; 1% miles.—2 King Author, scr (Lynch), 1; 5 Kaltaiva, 24, 2; 1 Red Flyer, 48, 3. Also started: 11 Bon Huon acr, 2 Decoy Bird scr, bracketed with King Author, S Llsnacreo scr, 7 Logan Palm 36 (Inc. 36 pen.), and Bingen Palm '264 (bracketed), 6 High Noon acr, 4 Parallax SB. 9 Welcome Stranger 36, 3 Brian Boru 38, 10 Xravis Thorn 108, Six lengths; two lengths. Time; 3mln 33 4-ssec. Roche Memorial Handicap, £85; 7 furlongs. 4 Princess Rawene, B.lo'ttlesservy), 1; 1-Con-sumraatlon, 8.12, 2; 2 Back Lead, 8.8, 3. Also started: 3:Carfex 9.5, 5 Gay Spear 8.0. Head; same. Time, lmin 31sec. CHARLESTON HACK HANDICAP, £70; 1 mile. 4 Sisterena, 9.0 (Roseworne) 1 2 Wee Musk, 8.6 (Rule) 2 6 Imasurvey, 7.4 (T. H. Jones) ..' 3 Also started: 1 Rose Val 9.4, 5 Pawky 8.1, 3 Wharemanla 7.5. Two lengths; length. Time, lmin 43sec. ■ , . • ■' * - Farewell Handicap, £75; 6, furlongs and 80 yards.—l Copyist, 9.7 (Flower). 1; 2 Rebel Star, 9.11, 2; 3 Zionist, 8.0. 3. The only starters. Neck; hair a length. Time, lmin 22 1-osec. ~

S. G. WARE AND W. JENKINS

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MELBOURNE, April 6. The trainer, S. G. Ware, and the jockey, W. Jenkins, both of New Zealand, were today disqualified for 12 months, for improper practices in connection with the running of Gold Fox in the Epsom Somerville Trial Stakes on Saturday. Gold Fox was also disqualified for twelve months, but the owner, Mr. G. J. Barton, New Zealand, was-in no way associated'with the inquiry. Ware and Jenkins, who have won several races since their arrival at Melbourne, have four days in which to appeal.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 6. The following scratchings have been made for the Auckland Racing Club's Easter Meeting:— „., ... . All engagements.—Mainland (2 p.m.). Eden Handicap.—Gappy (2 p.m.).

Paso Robles, winner of the Junior Stakes at Whangarei last Saturday, after having .been, second to Palustre on the first day, is a four-year-old who had' had only two starts prior to last week. He was always one of the two leaders in his latest appearance and he ran. on like one who will pay his way in the future. , . Paso Robles is a bay gelding by Spear Dance, and his dam is the Komeo—Avon Park mare Laguna Park, a/half-sister to -Avon Court, dam of Spear Court, to whom he is therefore three-quarter-relative in blood. He is held on lease by Messrs. F. Balhn and P J. Masters from his breeder, F. Gilchrist, and he is being trained by S. G Lindsay at Avondale. The name Paso Robles is that of a hot mineral spring resort in California.

The brilliant steeplechaser Diamond will be having his first starts the reverse way round and over a hill in the coming steeplechases at Ellerslie. Entreaty, Phar Lap's dam, is believed to be in foal to Iliad, and present intentions are to mate her with Nightmarch next season. Concertpitch continues to please,in his work. He has brilliant speed, which will enable him to get a position early, and on his recent form in hack events he commands respect, under his light weight, in the Great Easter next Monday (says a southern writer). : ■It must be a long time since a horse put up such a sequence of wins m handicap company as Pakanui has unbeaten still with eight in lifie. Chide won nine races on end, butane last two in w.f.a. class. . Inw.f.a. class Gloaming and Desert.Gold both won nineteen races in sequence. . , , Land Raid, who has been nominated for races on the West Coast of the South Island, was left there after his breakdown during the Christmas circuit and was recently put into work again at. Kumar a by his owner, Mr. i MThe Stwo^year-old Gay Night, halfbrother to Greek Shepherd derived benefit from his trip to Washdyke but a wind affliction that was manifest when he was given his first fast work is still evident, and it is feared his career as a racehorse will be seriously restricted. . , Perpetuous, whose first win came at Waimate last Saturday, is a four-year-old mare by Paladin from the Martian —Lady Kinloch mare Constant, and she is owned by oneof her part-breed-ers, Mr. A. Gardiner, wlio acquired the partnership interest of the late Mr. J. O'Brien from the estate. Charade, who showed improved form on previous efforts to give Hoyal Banquet a surprisingly hard fight at Hastings last Saturday, is a three-year-old chestnut daughter of Lord Quex and the Absurd—Lady D. mare Charlady, so he is a full-sister •to Cleaner and Father's Choice. She is owned by her breeder, Mr. A. W. Meikle, who paid 375gs for the dam at the Flaxmere dispersal sale. When he fell in the Hurdle Race at Gawler (S.A.) a fortnight ago Kingstol broke his neck. Last season Kingstol was successful' in the Great Eastern Steeplechase at Onkaparinga, and finished third in the Australian Steeplechase early this season. He was well fancied for the Great Eastern Steeplechase to be run on Easter Monday.

My: Prince, as the sire of Keynoldstown, winner of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase in two successive years, and also of Gregalach, a previous winner of the great cross-country event, has a very stout pedigree. His sire Marcovil, is by Marco, son of stouthearted Barcaldine. and his dam. Salvich, is by St. Simon from Muirninn, a sister to Violet Melrose, dam of Melton, winner of the Derby and St. Leger. T. O'Sullivan, an Australian who met with success as a trainer in England, sailed for London again recently. He proposes to try his luck this time in pony-racing, which is flourishing in England. When O'Sullivan returned to Sydney about eighteen months ago he expended £5000 on the purchase of thoroughbreds, but his collection proved to be of little value when tested on the racecourse. He gave more than 1000 guineas for a Heroic youngster who went badly in the wind.at thej outset of his career. ;

HAWERA, April 6.