RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 19848, 23 April 1928, Page 13

RACING NOTES

RACING FIXTURES. April 27, 23.—South Canterbury J.G. April 2V, 28.—Hawke’s Hay J.C. April 28, 30.—Waikato K.C. May 3 6. —Nelson J.C. May 10, 12.—Edition I K.C. May 1?,. —Ashburton County K.C. May 17, 19,—Wanganui J.C. .May 26.—Amberloy K.G. Juno 2, OLaki-Alaori K.C. June 2,4, 6.—Dunedin J.C, June 2, 4, 6.-r-Auckland R.C. June 16.—Napier Park R.C. June 20.-Hawke's Bay Hunt Club.

IBy St. Claib.]

.Tune 22, 23.—Hawke’s Bay J-C.^ June 30.—Ashburton County R.C. TROTTING FIXTURES. May 3, 5. Forbury Park T.C. Ma'y 5. —Cambridge T.C. May 19.—Oamaru T.C. June 2, 4.—Canterbury Park T.C. Juno 4.—Hawke's Bay T.U Juno 9.—Ashburton T.C. June 23, 27.-%uck!and T.C. June, 1928.—Ashburton T.C. (N’.Z. Sapling Stakes).

JOTTIfiGS

Aj ujoliii ir was schooled over the hurdles on Friday morning;, and looks well.

-Mr C. Hazlctt has purchased a rising; two-year-old gelding; by Anomaly Horn Full Choke.

A rising two; year-old tilly by Anomaly from Quiz is one of the youngsters Fred Shaw will, break in shortly., Wingaini trainers arc well represented in tiic nominations lot the iimaru Meeting to be Jicld next week. The liivci,.,,i Meeting Jicld at Easter is reported to have ’netted a profit to the club in thu vicinity oi £3,SUU. Strungbird, in It. M'Donakl’s stable, continues to improve, but ho is a doubtful starter at the Timaru Meeting.

tiel Sail has finished her racing for tins season, aml will return to her owner's farm near Waunahaka next week-

Miss \\ inkle, who has boon up against good company all this season, is doing well now in R. M‘Donald’s stable.

F. Shaw lias purchased a two-year-old gelding by J3ijda.no from Crysialinc, and tho youngster is reported to bo a good-looking one. 0. Gicselcr has seven horses engaged at (lie Tiuiani .Meeting this week, and, provided they go well in the meantime, they uill all make the journey. Fink Note got more seriously knocked about in tho Dunedin Cup than was at first thought, and he has been blistered and turned out. the two-ycar-uld by Limond Irom Royal Exchange in Gicsclor’s stable got vast in his box during last week, niid was slightly lame in the near' foreleg on the course on Friday morning. \\ ingatui, who was iau> ot tho unlucky horses at tho Riverton Meeting, was eased up after that fixture, hut is in work again now. Tho Juno meeting at Wingutui will bo her next outing. Mr A. if. Fisher’s horses, which left George Ecilding’s stable some months ago, aro now being looked after by J. J. Cotter. None of them aro in active commission at the present time. The ex-'Wingatui horseman T. Metcalf is riding with more than average success in the North island this season, and cannot now regret removing northwards at the beginning of this season.

Though tho totalisator turnover at tho JJeuiunout Meeting showed a decrease of £5-13 last Easter Monday, tho gate receipts (.£100) showed an increase of £SO on the previous year’s takings. Appian Way has been sold by Fred Shaw on account of Mrs T. E. Wilkins to Mrs J. J. O’Hara, of South Fremantle, ami lift by the Manuka yesterday for Ids new home in Western Australia.

Tho big steeplechaser in G. Fcilding’s stable, Decision, bears evidence of having hit a fence very hard at the Riverton Meeting with ids near knee. It is under treatment, but not interfering with fas work.

The Timaru Meeting, to be field next Friday and Saturday, promises 1/3 be one'of the- most successful ever field by the South Canterbury Club. Acceptances tor the first day aro duo on Monday afternoon.

iVivate advice received from Wellington is to the effect that Apacho and Latin Quarter’s wins on tho opening duv of the Southland Racing Chib’s Autumn Meeting cost some Wellington* ians a small fortune.

Dismantle has finished her racing career, and will go to stud duties next season. Her full sister, Assemble, is still running out. Tho dam of this promising pair has a very nice loai hy Anomaly Lins .season.

Cel only 11. lias caught it fairly hot in the Tnnani Cup at ik'd. ’When she aou on ihe third day ot tho llivcrton Meeting tiie. company was nob nearly so good as she is called on to meet at limaru nest week. Alter tho Tiiiiarn Meeting there will bo a. long spell in the racing until tho local Winter Meeting- next June. In tho meantime trainers have souio young ones to handle, and jumpers will also he given some attention. With Limerick out ol tho way Star Stranger is undoubtedly the best wcigh't-lormgo or handicap performer over middle to long distances in tho dominion. Ho is a great weight carrier and a bulldog finisher. Despite bis soreness at the Riverton Meeting, Baldowa has been engaged in the open sprint on the first day ot the Tiiiiarn Meeting The Washdyko course has been a lucky track for Baldowa, but ho docs not begin as smartly now as ho used to. The annua! meeting ol the New /calaiid Racing Conference will bo_ held on (‘Viday, July Id, and notices of motion lor consideration by tho conference must-be in tho secretary’s hands not later than Monday, May -1 next. The smallness ol the fields at both the. Tapanni and Beaumont Meetings was lurgelv dm; to the iaet that the liumlicappcr lor tho racing events of each clav had never seen most ot tbo horses that acre engaged at meetings racing. . ~ ■ ... At the present time there arc ilurtysix horses engaged in the Electric Stakes, a live-furlong scamper tor maidens, to ba run on tho first day ot the Timani meeting. Tho owners will provide about half the stake given by the club for thus race. A. writer in last week’s ‘ Referee ’ refers to tho breeding of Rod Heather, the winner of the hurdle race at the recent Oainaru Meeting. According to the race cards and also last seasons Turf Register, his sire is All Red, but this correspondent, who is likely to be correct, states that Red Heather is by St. Retersberg. Tarlton was schooled over hurdles.at Riccarton one morning this week, and is reported to have shaped well. With liis pace Tarlton will be a very useful hurdler if ho takes kindly to the game, and ho is engaged in the first s hurdle race at Timam nest week with 10.1) against his name. The following names have been claimed by Mr Samson for tho two rising two-year-olds in G. Gieseler s stableßoyal Limond for tho gelding by Limond" from Royal Exchange, and Win Abbey for tho filly by Qmn Abbey from Tokoina. Following are the nominations tor the Ormond Gold Cup, tho mile weight-for-age. race at Hastings, run on April 28:~Vertigern, Lady Desmond, Reremoana, The Hawk. Joy King, Cimahuc, Talisker, Great Charter, Crown Area. Taliskor and Great Charter at present escape penalties. After tho Oamaru meeting I 1 ending turned Coastguard out for a spell for a fortnight. The son of Soldier’s Chorus lost a lot of condition during the two weeks, and it will take Feeding all his time to get him ready now tor tho June meeting. Hard Prince, who is engaged in the hurdle races at Timaru this week, schooled well over tho hurdles on Thursday morning. Ho will be accom- ‘ panied to Timaru by Black Duke and Overhaul, who both look well after their racing at Riverton,

Of late years many of the best performers on the turf in tho dominion have been geldings. Gloaming, Amytlias, Ballymena, Rapier, Limerick, Loughrca, Hynaunu, Count Cavour, Rcromoana, and Sasauoff each raced aa it gelding. What a loss to, the breeding lines ot stamina!

Royal Fashion,'with 9.3 in the Otipua Steeplechase, to be run at Tiinaru next Friday, will bavo to improve a great deal on her Invercargill and Riverton displays to have any chance of winning. Lust season this mare put up attractive winning performances over both Riccarton and Wingatui country, but this season she has failed both in galloping and jumping. Apple Dighton will bo George Feilding’s only charge at the Timaru meeting, Ho is engaged in tho Doncaster Handicap, seven furlongs, in which ho has 8.6. This will allow a stronger horseman to bo put up, who will be able to hold him. But at the Riverton meeting ho failed, badly over this distance.

One licensed jockey, who makes Wingatui his beadcpiarters, is extremely _ lucky to bo retaining his license just now, and unless lie improves in His behaviour very considerably lie will certainly have to find another occupation. There is no place tor his sort in the racing world of to-day.

The amounts to be paid to the Government in tho form of taxation in connection with the Riverton Racing Club's Meeting include totalisator duty AH,693 12s 9d, dividend duty £2,721 6s, stakes duty £250, making a total of £-1,601 18s 9d, but to these figures has to he added the amusement tax, particulars of which arc not yet available.

F. G. Holmes lias appealed to tho Now Zealand Trotting Conference against tho_ decision of tho Now Zealand Trotting Association suspending him from riding and driving for two months. Ho will bo free to ride and drive until his appeal is determined, and ho will therefore be driving Ashburton to-day. : if all rumours regarding big betting on southern meetings during tho past few weeks are to bo accepted as correct some owners and trainers have not been very loyal to the clubs on whose programmes they won races, if they will not put their betting through the totalisator it is impossible for these clubs to maintain the good stakes now being given.

One of tho treated horses in the Timam Cup is the Southlandtrained King Balboa at 8.4. Ho has beaten Overhaul at even weights at a mile, and lias shown he can stay the extra two furlongs just as well as the Tractor gelding; but Air Henrys, who has not seen these horses race for a long time, makes Overhaul concede 81b to King Balboa in the South Canterbury race.

Adjutor and Koromcta, a four-ycar-old gelding by Tractor—Ladybird, ivero schooled over four fences on Thursday morning, and gave a good exhibition. Ladybird was a maro that won a lot of prizes in jumping contests at shows. It is intended to qualify Koromcta with tho Otago hounds this winter with a view to starting him in hunters’ races. Ho is an inmate of It. M'Douald’s stable.

Tho Now Zealand Sires’ Produce Stakes, for three-year-old unhoppled trotters, to bo decided at nest month’s meeting at Forbury Park, attracted an acceptance ol' eight, and this must be considered quite satisfactory. Reports from the south credit the Nelson Pingen—Nora colt, trained by S. Todd, as being a very promising young one. The Strath-Taieri Meeting at Middlemarch last Saturday week provided a day’s sport for tho local residents, and it is greatly to the credit of tho district that it can raise, chiefly by means of subscription, nearly £l7>o to distribute in stakes. The executive of Uie_ club hopes some day to secure a totalisator permit for a trotting meeting, but at tho present time there does nob appear to bo much chance of. such a permit being available. Improvements which will meet with tho general approval of tho patrons of tho club are now being carried out at Wingatui. Tho surroundings to tho stands and totalisator house are being laid down with Colfix, which makes an excellent smooth surface. Ever since the old stewards’ stand was destroyed by fire tho paths havo been very rough and broken, and this levelling off and dressing of tho surroundings to the stands also adds considerably to the appearance of tho appointments. One frequently hears of overcoats, etc., that are left in tho cloak rooms on racecourses being missing at the end of a day’s racing, but tho Riverton Racing Club is having quite a different experience, and advertises in the local paper for the owners of two coats Jett !n its clonk room at the recent Easter Mectiim, and also a set of rosary heads. Another tribute to Southland’s lino climate' Padlock, the winner of tho Presidents Handicap at Addington last Saturday, is owned by Mr J. A, Mitchell, of Pa - mcrslon North. Ho is by Ha! Zolock from Rawene, tho dam of tho previous winner, Native Queen. Padlock is a well-built, soliddooking pacer, who has done all his racing in the North Island, and lie has been gradually improving until ho has reached tho best class. Apparently Limerick's lameness was very real early in his present trip to Australia, for in tho Chipping Norton Stakes at Kosehill on March 31 he had bar shoes on both forefeet, and was showing signs of lameness in his near foreleg after tho race. This was the leg or rather foot—-which troubled him in the spring of 1926. Despite his lameness lie continued to be what was described as a white-hot favourite for his engagements, and, moreover, he recovered well from the trouble, as history now shows.

The American millionaire, 11. Sinclair, has been barred by the Maryland Racing Association because of his connection with tho Teapot Dome oil scandals. Sinclair is identified with tho Rancocas stables, one of America's greatest racing establishments, and S. Hildreth is in charge. Money can d*) a great deal in America, but it does not secure immunity from punishment by a racing body. And there is really no reason why Sinclair should receive more consideration than any other man who has offended against his country's laws. Kentucky and New York may follow tho lead of the Maryland Racing Association.

Tho improvements made by the Beaumont Jockey Club during the past season include the extension of the verandah and platform in front of the stewards’ stand, a new judge’s box, lengthy additions to the picket fence, provision of new seats anti concrete floor in the stewards’ stand verandah, and greatly improved sanitary conveniences. These improvements were generally appreciated, and show a desire on the part of tho executive to make its appointments more comfortable for the large crowd that always attends thi» fixture on Easter Monday

li. Rosen was an easy first the winning jockeys at the Nuwara. Ellya (Ceylon) February Meeting. Ho won nine of the thirty-one races in which lie rode, no other jockeys scoring more than three wins. Rosen’s victories included tho Governor's .Plato, Ifni, on Mr Patrick’s Dark Spec. Tho Ceylon ‘Observer’s’ turf contributor says he has never seen a better rider there than Rosen, and looks to him to rival tho best in India. 1). Rosen, another of the family, loft fur Ceylon about three weeks ago, and another brother (J.) has been in India for sonic time. New Zealanders will read tho foregoing with interest. Rosen el id a good deal of riding in New Zealand, hut ho was not in Iho same class as R. Reed, iho Morns brothers, ami other of our leading jockeys. Ho must have improved a great deal to ho talked of as likely to ’rival India’s best. Sieve Donoghno once took a trip to India during the English winter, and lie found that the jockeys there were quite capable ot holding their own with him. At tho sale of trotting stock held at Hawcra on account of Mr J. R. Corrigan (he top price paid was 500 gs. This was for an exceptionally fine two-year-old pacing filly by Petcrwah (imp.) from Ivy Pointer. This filly, which is engaged in two classic events, the Sapling ’Stakes and the Great Northern Derby, was purchased atoOUgs by Mr J. A. Mitchell, of Loiigbiirn. Another highly-bred filly which has also shown herself to be possessed ot a rare turn ol speed was secured by Mr Mitchell at 39ogs, the top price in this class also. This threo-year-old filly has been registered as Sonoma Belle. Hi is filly is a very powerfully-made type, and should in tho future prove a worthy represen'ative of the stable, which also shelters that fine performer Padlock. Another of the fillies to realise ;i high price was a two-yonr-old pacer by Worthy Bond] (imp.) from Lady Haldane. Much in-j terest was taken in this fine filly, which, when worked out at the trials on the morning of the sale, showed herself to he possessed of great action and speed. The first of tho progeny of Worthy Bond secured a winning bracket on the first day of the Hawera Trotting Club’s Meeting, and in this daughter of .Lady Haldane (a great mare herself) there should ho another high-class performer. She was secured for a Mannwatu enthusiast at 385 gs by Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd. This filly is also engaged lor the classic events.