THE TURF

Evening Star, Issue 18925, 27 April 1925, Page 10

THE TURF

The news that Mr A. G. Hill intends to retire that game little mare Mantua from the turf will be regretted by all racegoers in Otago and Southland, for of late years she has easily been the most popular racehorse on our southern courses. In the sis seasons she has been racing Mantua, has started no fewer than 126 times,* and during) her live-year-old career she went to the post in forty races. She has been one of the hardest worked racehorses in commission in the dominion during the past five seasons, and, though occasionally asked to carry fair weights for her inches, she has remained honest in her racing right to the finish of her career. Mantua never looked a robust mare, but had an iron constitution. Her great finishing run when heads were turned for home was always popular with the crowd, who was ever ready to cheer her winning effort whether she was landing or robbing them of a dividend. As a two-year-old she raced in the colors of P, 1). Jones, the well-known Eiccarton trainer, who sold her towards the end of that season to Mr Wm. Stone, of Invercargill. The latter was particularly anxious to win the only classic race in Southland, the Winton Stakes, and after keeping her for about a year after that race was won bv her he sold her to Mr A. G. Hill. A few davs after the latter bought her Mantua ran second in the Federal Handicap at the local Boxing Hay 'meeting, won the President’s Handicap at iWyndham a week afterwards, and ran sec- ' ond twice at Invercargill in the next two ! days, thus winning ■ £3OO in stakes ami making herself a very cheap mare. Since then she has raced on all the principal coures in this island, and also at 1 rentham on several occasions. Ihc Invercargill Cup, .Midsummer and Epsom Handicaps at Eiccarton, and H.J.C. Plying and Otago Handicaps were the principal races she won. It has often been stated that ehe was just ns popular with the lianciicappers as sho was with the public, and, ns her performances set out below show, she was never overburdened with weight. The following arc her placed performances :

As a Two-year-old. —Kurow. Trial, 4f, 7.11 i _lst £77; D.J.C., Stakes, 4i, 7.10 —2nd, £IOO. Six times unplaced. As a Thrce-ycar-old. —\Vinton. Slakes, or. 8 o—lst, £1471; Winton, County Handicap, 7f B.B—3rd, £10; Wymlliaui, Mmubau Handicap, 6f, 7.9—lst, £110; Invercargill, Rosedale Handicap, Of, B.ll—lst, £l3O. live times unplaced. , TT , As a Foiipvcar-old.—- Gore, First Hack, it, B.9—2nd, £30"; Core, Apprentices’ Handicap, 6f, B.ll—3rd, £ls: Winton, Flying Handicap 6f, 9.s—lst. £145; Otanten, Flying Handicap, 6f, B.9—lst, £100; Federal Handicap, 6f. 7.0-Jrd £SO; grandstand Handicap, 6f, 7.2— 2nd, £7O; l\yndliam, President’s Handicap, bt, Ist, £150; Invercargill. Flying Handicap, 6t, 7.7 —2nd £SO: Invercargill, Shorts Handicap, 6f 7,5—2nd, £3O; Wellington, City Handicap 6f, 6.7—3rd, £6O; Gore, Summer Handicap, 6f, 7.o—2nd, £4O; Gore, President's 6f. 7.5-2 ml, £3O; Invercargill, Autumn Handicap, 6t, 7.4—2nd, ~3u; Invercargill, President's Handicap, 6f, 7.7—lst, £2OO- Riverton, Flving Handicap, 6f, 8.1 ’£3s; H.J.C., Alexandra Handicap, 6f, 810—1st £BS; Timaru, Pareora Handicap, 6f, 7.lo—lst, £165. Fourteen times unplaced. r« • As. a Five-year-old.—Ashburton, Spring Handicap 6t, 7,2—3rd, £10; Ashbuilon, Farewell Handicap, 6f, 7.2-2nd, £25; Oamaru, Flying Handicap, 6f, 7.11 Ist, £150; H.J.C., Electric Handicap, 6f, 7.6—3rd, £55; Gorr, Stewards’ Handicap, 6f, 7.6—3rd, £ls; Gore, Stewards’ Handicap. 6f, 7.6—3rd, £ls; Winton, Flying Handicap, 6f, 7.3—lst, £145; IWinton, Stewards’ Handicap, 6f, B.4—lst, £125; Timaru, S.C. Handicap, Im, 7.1 T 2nd, £SO; Timaru, Farewell Handicap, 6i, 711—lgt, £190; D.J.C., Grandstand Handicap, 6f, 7.3—2nd, £7O; Invercargill, Final Handicap, Ira, 6.13 —Ist, £225: D.J.G., TitriHandicap, 6f, 7.5—2nd, £BO ; Iy.J.C., Flying Handicap, 6f, 7.9—lst, £3sof Goio, Borough Handicap, Im, 8.2-3rd, £ls; Invercargill Flying Handicap, 6f, 7.10—2nd, £35; Ini vercargill, President’s Handicap, 6f, B.o—2nd, i £35 • Invercargill, Winter Oats Handicap, Im, 7.ll—lst, £155; C.J.C., Final Handicap, j™ 7.9—lst, £350; Timaru, Pareora Handicap, 6f, 7.11—3rd, £lO. \s a Six-year-old.—Gore, Stewards Handicap 6f, 7.B—2nd, £25; C.J.C.. Epsom Handicap, Im, 8.5-lst, £280; Timaru, &.G. Handicap, Im, 7.11 —Ist, £230; Invcroaigall, Cup Haadicaip, lira, 7.ll—lst, £//5; Weilineton, Consolation Handicap, 2nd £140; G.J.0., Midsummer Handicap, a-tm- 7.9—lst, £2BO. Fifteen times unplaced. As a Seven-year-oId.—D.J.G., Elect nc Handicap, 6f, B.4—3rd, £3O; D.J.C., Ranfuily Handicap, Im, 7.ll—lst £210; Gore, Waikaka Handicap, I.lm, B.6— 2nd. -AO; CJ.C., Metropolitan Handicap, 2nd, £240; Timaru, Tosohetnaker Handicap, I-lm 81—3rd, £25; r ritnaru, S.C. Handicap, jfn ’8 4—3rd £2O; D.J.C., Otago Handicap, lim, 7.13 —Ist, £420; D.J.0., St. Andrew’s Handicap, Im, 8.7-3rd, £4O; Welling on, W.R.G. Handicap, l|m, 6.12—3rd, £IOO. . Seven times unplaced. , Summary.—Two years: 1 first, 2 seconds, 0 thirds, 6 times unplaced, £177 stakes. Three years: 3 firsts, 0 seconds, 1 third, 5 times unplaced, £3971,- slakes. Four years; 6 firsts, 8 seconds, 3 thirds, 14 limes unplaced £1,290 stakes. Five years: 8 firsts, 6 seconds, 6 thirds. 20 times unplaced, £2,030 stakes. Six years: 4 firsts, 2 seconds, 0 tiirds, 15 times unplaced, £1,730 stakes. Seven years: 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 5 thirds. 7 times unplaced. £1,125 stakes. Total; 24 firsts. 20 seconds 15 thirds, 67 times unplaced, £6,809j- stakes. Count Cavour hae won eight races out of thirteen starts (his season, and has never finished in a minor place. Ben Jarden wiD take a small team down to the inaugural meeting of the Invercargill Trotting Club, to be held next Tuesday and Wednesday. Gloaming hai now won £42,304 in stakes for Mr G. D. Greenwood. This easily constitutes a record for Australia and New Zealand.

Tho Auckland Eacing Club has held three meetings this season, and has paid £58,007 in taxation on them.

The Hawk has now won twenty-four races, been second eight times, third ton times, and unplaced in nineteen races. Moifa, who won the Great Northern Steeplechase in 1901, is the only New Zealand-bred horse to win the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, He scored in this race in 1904. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Eacing ’Conference will be held in Wellington on Wednesday, July 8, at 10 fc.m.

Owners are reminded that acceptances for the Invercargill Trotting Club’s inaugural meeting, to be held next Tuesday and Wednesday, close at 5 p.m. to-night. £74,965 was given in prize money for fiat races in Ireland in 1924, and £52,873 for hurdle races and steeplechases. R. Reed, with sixty-four wins, is still tot the head of the winning jockeys’ list. J. Barry fifty-three, If. Gray fifty-two and a-half, and C. Emerson fifty, are next to him.

The apprentice jockey with fhirty-onc wins to hie credit is the leading apprentice to date. JD. Wait, who rode five winners during the holiday fixture, is next with thirty-one and a-half winning rides.

The Invercargill Trotting Club’s Meeting next Tuesday and Wednesday will gerve as a nice preliminary to the Forbury Park Club’s Winter Meeting the following week. . On Fiidnv and Saturday of this week the South Canterbury Jockey Club's Winter Meeting will be held. A steeplechase each day will considerably add to the attractiveness of the fixture. Pilliewinkie has been eased up, and a northern writer says ho will not bo seen in action agifin for some time. . Last year great things were expected from Carawock over fences, but he failed to come up to expectations. He is reported to have schooled well at Trentham fast week. . ... . „ , Master Peter ns another likely Grand National candidate who is now being ochoolcd at Trentham. This horse, which has filled places in the last two Grand National Steeplechases, _ is reported to be very forward in condition. Air Win. Stone informs me that Silver Peak is due to foal to Paper Aloney early in August. The old mare is running about her owner’s place, and looks as well as ever she did. 1 Racing is a costly game. Chatting witli s well-known owner who won just on to £20.000 in stakes during four or five masons, he told the writer that in leas than ten years he lost over £B,OOO at the game.

Pool’s Paradise and Black Cat, both by Absurd from Mascot, each winners at the recent C.J.C. Easter Meeting, furnished the second instance of full relatives winning at that meeting, Siaosi and Civility being the others.

Forty years ago only two ladies had their colors registered in England. This year’s ‘Facing Calendar’ shows that no loss than 230 ladies have now registered colors.

Sir George Clifford, president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, who has been spending a long holiday at Rotorua, returned to Christchurch at tho end of last week much benefited in health.

Sir Eoseborry was one of Hie most promising cross-country horses last winter, and is evidently already in good form, for he won the two-mile hurdle race at Avondale on Monday in the good time of 3min 42 4-ssec.

Tho mare New Idea, who is the granddam of Siaosi and Civility, who finished first and second in the Great Easter Handicap, is a granddaughter of My Idea, tho dam of Nelson, one of the best, if not the best, horses of his period. Master Charlie, a grandson of Carline, was the principal two-year winner in America last season. Ho won nearly £20,000 in seven races. He was purchased in England as a foal for 45gs, and resold in America as a yearling for about £2OO.

On Monday last Broad wood was sent south as a good thing for the Waitakerei Handicap at the Avondale Meeting, Start ing third favorite, ne duly la nlej the stake, ami enriched quite a circle of stay-at-home punters. Should Gloaming he sent to Hawke’s Bay next month to contest the Hawke’s Bay Stakes, 6f, and J. 0. Ormond Gold Cup, Im, he will bo accompanied by Haze and Carnot. Haze has now finished second five times out of seven starts this season.

The Hawk has hem nominated for (he .1. I). Ormond Gold Cup, to bo run at the Hawke’s Bay Mooting next month, and should lie come across to contest the race the mooting with Gloaming over a mile will make the Hawke’s Bay Club’s Meeting a very memorable one. When Glenelg won at New Brighton last month ho was handicapped 12yds behind in a 4min 35sec class nice. This three-year-old is now to be given a chance of distinguishing himself amongst the cracks, as he has been nominated for the 32sec class races at the Forbnry Park Meeting next month. Mr E. Govan, the owner of To Anan Lad, was in town during lust week. That promising horse is still running out at J. Ruttledge’s place, and Rultledgo is handling a rising two-year-old out of To A nan Lad’s dam. The dam of these two is in foal again tin’s season to Solfcrino.

The death of the ox-Gnmaru-owned All Red is reported from the North Island. Ho was a great racehorse, and, though ho did not get many chances ns a sire he loft quite a lot of useful winners, and till of them good-looking horses. During his racing career he was owned by the late Air St. J. .Buckley, of Oamaru. Prior to Mr J. M. Cameron purchasing The Hawk from the Douglas Estate for £7OO just two years ago that horse Had won £6,5.10 in stakes. Since then The Hawk has won about £16,500 for Mr Cameron. As a yearling in 1919 The Hawk was purchased by the Douglas Estate for 180 gs, and in his five years on the turf ho has won over £23,000 in slakes.

The champion pacer Logan Chief has bad a busy season this year. He lias started seventeen times, and lias won six times, second three times, once third, and twice fourth, being unplaced only five times. His stake winnings this season amount to £3,695. Ho is to be treated to < a spell now, and it may be August before i lie is raced again. ] Heir Apparent, who in 1921 as a threo-year-old was purchased at auction in - Melbourne for 5,300gn5, was recently purj chased to bo used as a sire at tho Vic- . torian remount establishment. Ho started (first favorite in the Sydney Cup, 1923, i but was beaten by David, The Mcl- ; bourne Cup of (bo same year also saw (Heir Apparent in strong request, but he sprung a tendon a few days prior to tho race and had to be scratched.

As tho dates provided by tho Rules of Racing for a nine-stone minimum in flatraces are from June 7 to August 31, inclusive, and the third day of tho local club’s Winter Meeting lakes place on ,Tunc6 this year, all tho flat races, unless otherwise stated in tho special race conditions atached, will harm a seven-done minimum. This should suit the majority of owners.

Demosthenes, ■whose death was cabled from New South Wales this week, was an imported horse by Desmond from Carlin. He was a good performer on the turf before being purchased by the laU B. P. Donnelly, of Hawke’s Bay. His first season’s stock won £2,825, next > year ho was third on the winning sires’ list with £8,765, next season second with £16,498, and in his fourth season he headed the list with £27,755. The next'' Year ho had dropped to second place again with £24,699, and with £19,530, ho was only fourth the following season. He was purchased a few years ago by Mr P. Miller, of Kia Ora Stud in New South Wales. In this dominion, ho left many good racehorses, tho best of them being Amythns, who was one of the best racehorses ever sired in New Zealand. Other goo! ir s vr- 'e (hs'w. Karo, Afterglow, I , ' : ' , t O', Deucalion, In-

formal, D.-.ui... Le.uagnguc, Chrysostom, Silver Tongue, Impediment, Irnthfnl, Early Down, Demos, Lucid, Demonstrate, Duoj and Kipling.

The following is the eulogy Mr Ken. Austin wrote in the ‘ Australasian,’ on his return to .Sydney after his visit to this dominion a couple of months ago:—An air of universal prosperity, a senso of greenness and wonderful true growth, atmosphere charged with universal) good manners, such are my first impressions of New Zealand, a country wonderfully endowed and dressed by Nature. After seeing soma of the good coast country I no longer wonder the small army of New Zealand thoroughbreds more than holds its own against the mighty hosts of Australia, for it seems to be that a very bounteous Providence lies given tho New Zealand breeders almost everything they want for the production of good horses. There is always an abundance of the richest and most varied of diets, and tlio dearest of lime water to drink, the most luxurious shade trees and hedges in every paddock to loaf under. The New Zealand paddocks must not fall fay short of the Elysian fields that wcTare given to understand exist in the over life for tho good thoroughbreds of this.