THE TUBE

Evening Star, Issue 18669, 25 June 1924, Page 3

THE TUBE

Gossip bs Old Identit*. Tho followers of .Radial, llio backers of Guncasc, and pretty well all the other experts at Ashburton agreed that Clareina was the good tiling of the big handicap on the firat day, and as everybody wanted to be right about this marc sho went out favorite. In the race she was never dangerous. So for the umpty-ninth tune the professionals were out in their judgment.

The fact that A. Trilford was given the mount on Guncaso choked off some who wore going to back that horse. So it Li suggested in the ‘ Press. ’ Not that A. Trilford is a poor jockey. Simply that ho has not been doing much riding lately. I think that Galway is going to develop into a good steeplechaser. Cut there was not ranch to point that way in his doings at Ashburton. In the race that he won on the first day fivo of the others were out of it owing to mishaps. Sherlock may win again coon. Tlis stocplochasing at Ashburton was distinctly promising. Ho has the pace, and Ls getting experience. Paddy’s Hope won again at Ashburton. In his last thirteen starts, ,he has won fivo times (including a dead heat), been second four timos, and third twice, Tho win of Radial in the concluding event at, Ashburton on Saturday was very popular. Tho public like tho horse and they like Bob M‘Kay. 1 Lyttelton Times ' says that tho win camo as a bit of a surprise after his failure two races earlier, when ho was outpaced over seven furlongs. It was the only time in his career that bo had been saddled up for two races on tho same day, and fie appeared to relish the novel experience, as in his second outing, after being at tho tail of tho field in the early stages, ho camo along with a great rnn, and won in tho last stride, .Mr Charles Todd is reported to have said at tho anti-gambling meeting last week that “ he did not know why the papers wanted to have tipsters. Out oi thirty-one tips in a Christchurch paper seven were successful, and anybody following them all would have lost £l4. If a man oould pick winners he would not need to bo a tipster. Ho oould make so much money ho would not need to work at all.” I am not disposed at present to make any reply to what fhn Sourfaced Family may say about racing. 1 may some day, but do not feel in I lie humor just now. Mr Todd Ls not of that family by birth. Ho is a fair-minded gentleman, and withal a personal friend of mine, wherefore I Like the liberty of treating him with brotherly candor. His argument apparently is that tipsters can’t tip. In proof ho quotes the tipster whose tipping would have exist a backer £l4. Let me place against that solitary example of failure a ease that is within my personal knowledge of a tipster who named in one every winner on the programme of an autumn meeting in Christchurch. By had luck Ids wire reached the ‘ Star ’ Ojhrc live minutes late, and did not get in. But I saw it. These isolated instances of success and failure prove nothing. It is the general experience over a long term that counts—tho average —and that is why the public want the newspaper man’s tips, for they arc aware that be has more knowledge on the subject than is possessed by men who do not follow the game closely, and backers of that class reckon that tips even at their worst are likely to save haphazard blundering and help an economical punter to spin out ins allowance of money for betting. 1 o expect a tipster to bo always on the spot would be unreasonable. To” expect that of any other man who has to do a certain amount of foretelling in his business would be equally unreasonable. Cases might be found where even stock and! station agents have made mistakes as to tho productivity of a farm, though advising with tho purest honesty. An American writer says that there is everv possibility of Man-o’-War, who has been at tho stud two seasons, returning to tho turf to meet Kpinard. The great American horse Ls galloped daily to keep him in. good health. Starland, who struck a fence hard hi the Wanganui Steeplechase and injured his shoulder, has practically recovered from his troubles.

“Sir Lancelot ” claim? as a record the fact that the Sunny Lake —Killona mare Stream, a four-year-old, lias started in no less than forty-eight races during the current season.

Besides Gloaming and Parody, Mr G. D. Greenwood’s, team for Sydney by the Ulimaroa. on the 27th inst. will probably consist of Nincompoop (Absurd —Clielomon) and Ghigon (Absurd —Ijiidy ]).).

The l.hreo-ycar-old colt Grand Knight, purchased in England by Mr Eric Riddiford, was bred and has been raced by Lord Glanely. He is by Grandi Parade out of Jeiiiins.se. Grand Parade (1916) won the Derby, and is by Orby (Derby), whose irranddum, Margcrhu;, appears in the pedigree of Epinard.

The Lakes County Jockey Chib abandoned its meeting (his season and has' not applied for dates for next .season. When responding to the toast of “ Oldtime Riders'' at Nightcaps, .Mr W. A. .Saunders said he, thought there was too much talk about, (riders going out in steeplechases for the riding fees and pulling their horses off at, the first opportunity. His experience of cross-country riders was that they were made of tiro snmo stuff as our footballers, and were just as keen to complete the coarse as football players were to sec the full game out He never retne.mhercd riding with a man who was friglitonorl of a fence. Master Peter sustained a. wrench during his unlucky trip to Wanganui, and bis trainer fears that it, is unsafe to go on with him in the mr.ant.imo.

The Auckland Racing Club has a long list of amendments and additions to the rules of racing for the coming conference. Quo that will no doubt receive support is in the direction of making one accident fee. siifticiont for one horse- for one season. At present the fee has to bo paid everv time a horse changes hands, and nn mono than one occasion in the (past has caused financial loss to an owner who was unaware of I.ho rule and omitte-d to pay the fee. It is understood that Oakleigh will not go over for the Victorian Grand National SteeplechaseAs San Porte has been on the easy list, not much notice need be taken, of ins defeats a.t Napier Peak.

0. Emerson rode, one winner at Ashburton, and as M‘Oarten. has not sddc.fl t.o his total Emerson leads for the jockey premiership. M‘Carton may, however, be riding at one or both of tho Hawke's 11, lv meetings (hat wind up tho season. tiie ‘ Press; ’ remarks that Mahuru’s double at the Napier Park meeting on Friday and Saturday makes the Merry Moment mart! a. reasonable proposition in better company at Wellington next month, and perhaps she might be found contesting the Grand National at lliccarton in August. Another by Merry Moment who made good' as a jumper at Napier Park and is likely to bring his Huglish-buid sire into prominence in this department was .lovial. Prior to his success in tho Waiohiki Hack Hurdles on iSaturday Ik; laid done his racing on the flat, and this season has won four times and, has run two seconds tuwl three thirds-