RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 19617, 25 July 1927, Page 11

RACING NOTES

RACING FIXTURES. July 28, 30—Gisborne I.G. July 30—Chnstoburoh Hunt Club. August 6.—Povt Ly Hay Hunt Club. August 9, 11, 13--Canterbury J.C. August 20.—Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 27.—North Taranaki H.C. Aug. 31, Sept. 1. -Marton J.C. September 9 —Egmont-Wanganui H.C. September o, 10.—Wanganui J.C. Sef terabei 10.—Otago Hunt Club. September 14.—Uannevirke K.C. September 15.—Uannevirke Hunt Club. Septembet 24.—Ashburton County R.C. Beptembei 24, 26.—Napier Park R.C. September 24, 26.—Avondale J.C. September 29, 30. —Geraldine R.C.

NUKUSAI THE CONSISTENT

Tito treble won by Nukumai at the Wellington Winter Meeting stamps him as one of the best all-round performers in heavy going we have evei seen in the dominion. I’o win the two principal flat handicaps at a metropolitan meeting, and tuen come out on the third day and concede from 71b to 3tilb to the best hurdlers in commission and beat them handsomely over -4m is a performance that has never been done betoro, and it will probably be a very long tune belore it is done again. Nukumai, by Manchmeel Irom a mare by fcst. Clements, did not commence his racing career until he was a toiir-year-old, and run eleven times before neing returned a winner. At the conclusion of his nrsl season he estabhsned himself as a consistent performer by liiiis lung in the money in nine eonsveutive I'uctis, & characteristic lig has well maintained throughout tho live seasons he has been racing. Ho has now started eighty-six times, and blushed in the money in fifty-two of his races, which have ranged irom seven to eleven furlongs on the Hat, one and a-hult to two and a-hall miles over hurdles, and two and a-half to three miles over steeplechase country, in all his races over lences and most of his races in liigh-weight handicaps he has been ridden by W. J. Bowden, and right through his career he has carried the colors of Mr S. Davidson. A compact brown gelding, with a plain but honest head, a rare shqulder, and plenty of strength behind Nukumai is an ideal cut of a jumper, and as he is only rising nine years old now ,is still quite a young horse as jumpers go. It is extremely unfortunate tor his owner that ho missed the nominations'lor the Grand National Meeting, as in his present form ho would have been a very difficult proposition to weight out of one or more of the good races to be decided at Riccartou next month. ■ The following is a full list of his placed performances:— —At 4yrs.— £ Dannovirko, Telephone H., Vf, /.3, 3rd 5 Wauganui, Rata Hurdles, IJm, 9.2,1, 3rd 15 Otaki, Tararua Hurdles, l|m, 9.2, 2nd 25 Otaki, Pukchow Hurdles, Um, 9.8, 3rd 15 Napier P., Moteo Hurdles, IJm, 9.6, Ist 120 Napier P., Waioh'ka Hurdles, IJlm, 10.7, 2nd 20 Hawke’s 8., Whakatu Hurdles, IJm, 10.11,15 t , ....105 Hawke’s 8., Turamoo Hurdles, l|m, 10.0, Ist W’ton, Trentham H l|ra, 9.13, 2nd 70 W’ton, High Weight, Ifm, 9.9, Ist ... 245 Seven limes unplaced ——- 4/760 —At Syrs.— Masterton Highweight, Ijm, 11.0, 2nd 10 W’ton, Second Hurdles, l|ra, 10.3, 3rd 40 Feilding, Waituna H., Ifm, 10.13,3 rd 20 Wanganui, Rata H., 14m, 10.13, 2nd 20 Otaki, Tararu. H., Ijm, 11.4, 3rd ... 10 Otaki, Pakehou H., Ijtn, 11.6, Ist ... 115 Hawke’s 8., Winter Hep., 9f 10.0, 2nd 20 W’ton, Winter H., 21m, 9.13, Ist 1,000 Wellington, Final IL, IJm, 111, Ist 550 Seven times unplaced. fTros . -At 6yrs. v £ Canlcrburv, Jumpers’ Flat, Ijin, 10.9 Ist 175 Canterbury, Sydenham Hurdles, 2m, 11.9,2nd • - 100 Daunevirkc, Neaglo M. Ucp., .liin, 7.114, 2nd 30 Waverley, Jubilee C., l-lm* 7.13, Ist 360 Hawke’s Bay 8.8. Hurdles, Ifra, 11.9, Ist H 5 W’ton, Highweight. Ilf, 11.1, 3rd ... 30 Seven tuhc< unplaced. £B7O —At 7vrs. Cant., Jumpers' Flat, l£m. 11.9, Ist 175 Cant., G.N. Hurdles, 2£m, 11.6, 2nd ... 300 Cant., Sydenham Hurdles, 2m, 11.13, Ist 350 W’ton, Ludlow Hurdles, IJm, 12.5, Ist 380 Marton, Marten Hep., 11m, 8.0, Ist ... 190 Marton, Heaton P Hp , 1m d, 8.11,15 t 155 Otaki, Ling M. Hp., Ifm, 9.2, 2nd 40 Otaki, Teono M. Hp., 9f, 9.4, 3rd ... 10 Egmont, Bgmont S., 24m, 11.13, Ist 400 Napier P., Napier 3m, 12.5, 3rd ... 25 Three times unplaced £2,025 —At Byrs. £ Wanganui, OkMau H., Ifm, 11.15, Ist 200 OtakT, Ling M Hp , Ifm, 7.15, 3rd ... 20 Cant., Spring Hurdles. 2m, 12.9. 2nd 100 Cant., Middleton H., ilm 12.13, 3rd 30 Ashhurst, Ashhurst G., Ifm, 7.13;|, 2nd 50 Peildmg, Waitnut H., Dm, 12.11, 2nd 60 Foxton, Foxton Cup, Ifm, 7.13, 2nd ... 70 Foxton, Herrington Hp., Im, 8.6, 3rd 20 Pahiatua, Pahiatua C., Ifm, 7.11, Ist 22Z\ Egmont, Egmont Cup, ijm, 7.51, 2nd 120 Egmont, Tonk’a Hp., 14m, 7.5, 3rd ■ 25 Wanganui, Earle lip., lim, 7.12, 2nd 75 Woodville, Woodvillo C., 11m, 8.7, 3rd 35 Wanganui, Century H., 2fm, 11.9, 3rd 30 W’ton, Whyte M. Hp., Im, 9.12, Ist 350 W’ton, Parliam’t’y Hp., Ifm, 10.9, Ist 550 W’ton, Winter Hurdles, 2im, 11.8, Ist 700 Ten times unplaced £2,457j Summary.—

SUN UP Sun Up, who br6ko a fetlock - when pulling up, after winning the Onslow Handicap at the Wellington Meeting, was a very useful horse over six furlongs, and had won once over n. mile. Ho was bred by Mr iheo, Russell •/ Sunny Lake from an unnamed mare by All Red from Winter Rose, and raced in his breeder’s color. - : tor the first two seasons, and collected £9bll out of eight wins and nine places. At the end of his threc-year-old career he was sold to Mr F. Williamson, for whom ho won seven times and was ten times placed for £2.364 stake money. The most important race ho won was the Publicans’ Handicap at the 1926 Dunedin Cup Meeting; but his best races were, when ho x*an second in the Winter Cup, second in the Easter Handicap at Auckland (when Reremoana beat him a head over the mile in Imin 37 3-ssec), and.second in the Huia Handicap at the next meeting. This season bad been a very lean one for Sun Up, but he was dust coming into form again, for after finishing in the money in each of his three starts at the Auckland Winter Meeting ho ran two good races on the opening day of the Wellington Meeting, and finished his career bybeating a good field in the Onslow Handicap with 10.6 up in the heavy going. The'following is the full record of his placed performances:—At Two Years.— £ Oamani, Trial Plate, sf, 7.7, Ist ... 90 Tuca.ru/ Blectric S., sf, 8.0, 3rd 10 Wellington, Trial Plate, 6f, 9.0, 3rd ... 60 Three times unplaced. £l6O

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October I.—Hawke’s Bay J.C. October s.—Manawatu Bunt Club. October 6.—Kurow J.C. October 7, B.—Otaki-Maori K.C. October 8, lO.—Oamaru J.C. October 8, 10.—Auckland R.C. Octobe; 19 20.—Carterton R.C. October 22. 24.—Cromwell J.C. October 22 24.—Wellington R.C. October 22, 24.—Waverley R.C. October, 24, 26.—Gore R.C. TROTTING FIXTURES. August 6, 10, 12.—N.Z, Metropolitan Winter, \

—At Three Years.— £. Canterbury Cashmere Plate, 6f, 9.0, 2nd 50 Ashburton, Alford H., 6f, 8.13, Ist ... 100 Geraldine, Gladstone H., 6f, 8.9, Ist ... 100 Gore, Pukerau H., 6f, 9.4, Ist 95 Gore, Dominion H,, 6f, 10.6, 2nd 25 Dunedin, Taihoa H., 6f, 10.5, 3rd ... 20 Southland, Flying H., 6f, 7.13, 3rd ... 25 Cromwell, Cromwell H., 6f, 10.5, d.h. ... 42£ Cromwell, Farewell H., sf, 10.11, Ist ... 45 Vincent, Matakanni H., 6f, 10.13, Ist ... 60 Vincent, Lauder H., 6f, 12.0, 2nd 7 Dunedin, Hazlett Meml., Im, 8.12, 2nd 60 Oaraaru, Stewards’ H., 6f, 8.12, 2nd ... 30 Timaru, Seadown H., 7f, 9.7, Ist ... 165 Ten times unplaced. £B24* —At Four Years.— £. Chch. Hunt C., Braazon H., 7f, 10.4, Ist 84 Canterbury, Winter Cup, Im, 9.5, 2nd 200 Canterbury, Heathcote H., 7f, 10.5, 2nd 70 Geraldine, Squatters’ IL, 6f, 9.5, 3rd ■... 5 Mcthven, Mt. Hutt H., 7f, 8.6, Ist ... 100 Dunedin, Publicans’ H., 6f, 7.8, Ist ... 420 Banks Pen., Cup, Hm, 8.10, 3rd 15 Waimatc, President’s 11., 6f, 8.11, Ist 125 Oamaru, N.O. Cup, Im, 8.11, Ist 210 Auckland, Raster H., Im, 7.2, 2nd ... 400 Auckland, Huia H., 6f, 8.3, 2nd 200 Timaru,, Timaru Cup, 11m, 8.3, 3rd ... 25 Timaru, Autumn H., Im, 8.13, Ist ... 250 Fifteen times unplaced. £1,904 —At Five Years.— £. Auckland, Members’ H., 6f, 9.2, 2nd ... 100 Auckland, King George H., 7f, 9.8, 3rd 100 Auckland, Victory H., 6f, 10.11, 3rd ... SO Wellington, Onslow H., 6f, 10.6, Ist ... 210 Ten times unplaced. —— £460

GLOAMING, THE WONDER HORSE Mrs G. D. Greenwood, wife of the owner of Gloaming, is writing a book about tbo old champion, who won £43,100 m stakes and registered fiftyseven wins, nine seconds, and ono fall put of his sixty-seven starts in seven seasons. Apart from his being born the compleal' racing machine, Mrs Greenwood attributes Gloaming’s success largely to the kindness shown him by his trainer and in the home paddocks. Harshly treated, Gloaming, she declares, would have become an outlaw. Firmness was observed in his education, but he was never “roared at” or beaten. That isn’t Mason’s way. Nor is it the way at Teviotdale, nere horses are pets, and Gloaming and all the yearlings and other stock come running at a call from their owner or Mrs Greenwood, ready to feed out of the hand. There is much on this phase of .the handling of thoroughbreds in Mrs Greenwood's book, and sho declares that if it helps the rising generation in the successful handling of thoroughbreds by firmness tempered with kindness, it will have fulfilled a mission that will be gratifying, to her. She says horses have memories that never forget nor forgive harsh treatment. On Trainer R. J. Mason there is a series of chapters. His record of great winners is outstanding, even in worldwide competition, and a brief outline of such a career must be full ol interest. Gloaming still gallops about his pad dock simply for his own gratification, and occasionally when he accelerates just for pure love of going fast there is no doubting the evidence that ho can still go as fast as ever. On tho phase of Gloaming being a gelding an interesting comment in Mrs Greemvoad’s book is worth giving: “in a way tho pity of it is that there will ho no direct descendant to carry on the line, as Gloaming was unsexed before he raced.” JOTTINGS Mr Win. Gardiner has been re-elected president of tbo Oamaru Jockoy Club. Sol rose, with 9.9, has been nicely handicapped in tho Winter Cup, and, though a mile may be just a little too far for her, backers should remember that eh© had the luck against her in each of her three races at Wellington. A. E. Ellis had three rides on Gunease in the hurdle races at the Wellington Meeting, and appears to have made a complete recovery from the injuries he received by being run over by a motor car at Invercargill just before tbo Dunedin Winter Meeting. The Invercargill Trotting Club after three years’ operations has now got cash assets amounting to £2,367 10s 4d. The profit on the Autumn Meeting last March was £625 2s Id, The club has now 191 members. Mr Bates has prepared a good fivcfnrlong track on his place near Awarua Bay, and is working several trotters there. The sandy nature of the soil at this place makes ideal drainage, and the track is reported to bo a good one. C. Gieseler, thanks to Bonena’s win at the Wellington Meeting, now appears to ba sure of heading the list of winning trainers for the second season m succession. His team for the incoming season will bo strengthened by the inclusion of Set Sail and Brightling, two horses that we have not yet seen the best of. Tom Tilsou, now one of the veterans of the light harness sport in the dominion, has a stable full of young pacers be is breaking in and gaiting on a farm near Awania Bay. He lias a good five-furlong track near by, and some of the youngsters he is handling are reported to show promise. t Cartoon’s exhibition in the Julv Steeplechase on the concluding day of the Wellington Meeting was so much below his real form that it must bo discarded when summing up bis chances for the Grand National Steeplechase next month. Evidently the trouble which caused an interruption in his preparations a week before the Wellington Meeting was more serious than at. first- thought.

Tho. field .in this year’s Grand National Steeplechase is not a particularly high-class one. and this fact is borne out by the handicap starting at 11.7, 141 b below the maximum fixed for the After their Auckland and Wellington form Beau Cavalier 11.7 and Tuki 11.0 have not been harshly treated, and with Kawini 11.1 and Peter Maxell 10.1, this quartet appears to bo likely to furnish tho winner. The hurdles at the Wellington Meeting were given much more slope than will bo the caso at Riccarton next month, and this will not suit Comical, who jumped very badly at Trentham. On the form shown at Wellington Wharncliffe 10.0, Perle de Leon 10.4, Kaikahu 9.3, and Lord Star 9.8 look like being a useful four who should race well. Cassolette was very solidly supported for tho concluding event at Trentham, but the going and high scale of weights were against her. She missed the jump out from tho centre of the field at, the barrier, and the leaders closing in on her she was quickly shut out, and never near the front. She looked as if she would act better on the top of the ground, and duly won at Waimate last Thursday. There was no money for Arpent until (the last five minutes of the betting on tho Onslow Handicap on the concluding day of the Wellington Meeting, then it came in big lumps, and Mr Barton’s gelding finished up a good third favorite. Arpent drew No. 7 at the barrier, but did not begin as well as he might have, and never got near tho leaders. He was travelling fast at the finish into eighth place. “ Carbine,” in the * New Zealand Referee,’ selects Beau Cavalier, Tuki, Kawini, Crown Coin, and Maunga as the five horses likely to run prominently in the Grand National Steeplechase; Wharncliffe, Perle dj Leon, ■ m Cavalier, and Kawini in the Grand National Hurdles; and Hathor, Magna Charta, Degugc, and Solrose in the Winter Cup. A-. E. Ellis has been engaged rido Peter Maxwall in the Grand National Steeplechase and Wharncliffe in the Grand National Hurdles. At the Wellington Meeting Ellis rode in fifteen races, and is now generally regarded as one of the best horsemen over fences we have in the dominion. Bis efforts on Wharncliffe in the Winter Hurdles and Tuki in the July Steeplechase on Saturday were splendid, illustrations of vigorous horsemanship and gameness. He had each of these horses under pressure for over the last mile, and his finish on Tuki was one of the best finishes I have ever seen Ellis ride.

Tho matter of an increase in the subscription appeared to dominate all other business at the annual meeting of members of the Dunedin Jockey Club on Thursday night, and the committee’s proposal to increase it to £5 5s was only lost by a very small majority. Nine days racing for £3 3s, with the privileges granted to members of this club, was probably the lowest annual subscription in proportion to the number of days’ racing charged by any cjub in the dominion, and even at £4 4s, the amount agreed to at the meeting, it only works out at 9s 4d per day. Members park their cars free, a privilege non-members have to pay 5s per day for, and in addition to this receive a very liberal allowance of ladies’ tickets. Tho extra revenue was urgently required this year to enable the committee to complete the big stand they are now building to replace the one burned down last year This stand will cost about £12,200 for three storys complete, or £6,600 for two storys. To build only two storys now and add the third at "some later date will mean an extra £1,200 at least. The extra £1 Is per year from members’ subscriptions would have made the financing of the cost of the third story easy for the committee, and completed a stand well in ..keeping with the importance of the club’s meetings. Congratulations to Mr J. Lindsay on his election to tho committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club. Mr Lindsay is a young owner, and came into tho game two or three seasons pgo prepared to spend some money in it, but Dame Fortune smiled on his purchases, and, thanks to John Bradbury, Heather Lad, Solrose,. and Co., he took some money out of it instead. Mr Lindsay has been a good patron of clubs outside Dunedin, and therefore sees a good deal of racing on other courses than Wingatui. Being an observant man, this will allow him to bring suggestions or good ideas be sees at other meetings before the local club, and his inclusion .will strengthen an already good committee. The principal items of revenue on the balance-sheet of the Oamaru Jockey Club for the past season were:—Nomination and acceptance fees, £BO6 10s; gates, £691 ss; cloak room privileges, £29 10s; rac» card sales, £l7l 18s 6d; totalisator, £2,281 9s 6d; subscriptions, £262 4s; training fees, £5; Oamaru Trotting Club’s share caretaker’s salary, £36 11s 3d; refund totalisator tax. £250; Grand National art union, part proceeds, £1,410; and withdrawals of deposits, £1,123 4s 7d. The expenditure was;—Stakes, less tax, £3,213 10s; taxes, £2,053 17s lid; wages and salaries, £374 18s; catering, £SO 14s; printing and advertising, £176 6s 4d; caretaker, £l3l 9s 2d; levies, £56 10s lid; rates, £39 14s lid; insurance, £29 5s Id; joint building fund, £850; and undries, £9 Is 3d.- The balance nf assets over liabilities amounts to £6,735 15s lid, of which £5.624 4s lid is in cash, £5,400 being on deposit.

The principal items of revenue on the balance-sheet of the Invercargill Trotting Club are:—Nominations and acceptances, £949 12s Cd; gates, £670 10s fid: totalizator. £2.130 Gs fid; catering privileges, £10; race cards sales, £162 Os 3d; and cloak room privileges, £5 3e. The expenditure was:—Stakes (less lax), £2,060; receipts and totalisator tax. £639 Is: amusement tax, £34 7s: rent to Southland Racing Club, £lB6 7s 4d; wages and salaries, £l2B 15s; band and catering, £9l 18s 7d; printing and advertising, £125 6s; sundries, £lO 5s 9d : leaving a profit on the meeting of £625 2s Id on the race meeting account. In the profit and loss account levies and donations account for £92 4s 4d; office expenses. £6 18s fid; printing and stationery, £l6 7s 9d; salaries and wages, £114; and incidentals, £2O 5s 7d. The receipts include a- balance from the previous season of £1,608 11s'Sd; profit on the meeting, £625 2s Id; subscriptions, £191: and interest. £74 ss. The balance carried forward to next season is £2,249 2s 4d An otherwise excellent balance-sheet is spoiled by the outstanding nomination and acceptance tees for this sea■son’s meeting being stated at £147 15s, nearly 16 per cent, of the total. The land at Wingatui owned by the Dunedin Jockey Club is . alued at £9,651 9s. and the buildings at £35,783 2s 7d. The profit and loss account of the Dunedin Jockey Club shows a loss on the year’s working of £937 13s Bd. The receipts were:—Members’ subscriptions. £1,367 2s; nominations and acceptances, £4.509; privileges, £942 14s; race books, £1.214 5s 4d; gates, £7,113 6s scl; totalisator. £31.458 19s sd; training -fees, £122; fines, £5; rents, £97 Is Id; interest, £34 Os 7d; refund tax on race books, £99 7a 8d; total, £48,962 16s 6d. The expenditure was:—Stakes, £22,975; salaries and allowances, £1,825 Is 4d; race expenses, £1,797 10s 4d; maintenance and lepairs, £1,937 14s 3d; printing and stationery, £132 12s 3d; taxes, £16,858 5s Id; local rates and taxes, £144 11s 7d; insurance, £226 11s 6d; donations £35 10s; general expenses, £307 9s 8d; interest on debentures, £Bl7 Is Sd; audit fee, £26 ss; office rent, £127 Is 9d; conference levies, £4Ol 16s lOd; loss of members’ stand, £247 19s; bad debts. £4O; total, £47,900 10s 2d.

1st. 2nd. 3rd. Upd. Stakes. At Irrs' 4 5 3 7 £760 At 5yre . ... 3 3 3 7 3,795 At 6vrs 3 2 1 7 870 At . ... fi 2 2 3 2,025 At 8yrs . ... 566 10 2,457! 21 16 15 31 £7,907!

SUMMARY. 1st 2nd 3jd. Upd. Stakes. Two years ... ... 1 — 2 3 160 Three years ... 7 4 3 10 824£ Four years ... ... 6 4 3 15 1,904 Five years ... ... 1 1 2 10 460 15 9 10 38 £3,348i