RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20311, 21 October 1929, Page 2

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair .3

RAGING CLUBS October 24, 26. - Poverty Bay Turf Club, October 26, 28. —Wellington Racing Club. October 28.—Waverley Racing Club. October 23.—Waikato Hunt Club. Octobe 28.—North Canterbury Racing Club. October 28.—Waipawa C. Racing Club. October 28. 30.—Gore Racing Club. November 2. —Omarama Hack Racing Club. November 2.—Carterton Racing Club. November 2.—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. November 7, 9.—Whangarei Racing Club. November 9, 11, 13, 16.—Canterbury J ockey Club. November 16, 18.—Waikato, Racing Club. November 20, 21.—Winton Racing Club. November 23.—Levin Racing Club. November 23 25.—Te Kuiti Racing Club.

THE “ TOTE " IN ENGLAND Here is what N. Jeans, of Shrewsbury, tells the British public of New Zealand totalisator conditions in a letter to ‘ London Sporting Life ’ last month: “Haying seen the electric totalisator work smoothly and promptly in all parts of tho world, it is irritating beyond measure to find 'the English authorities approaching the question as if they were pioneers. At the big Christmas meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, a crowd of 80,000 is easily handled on the * tote,’ Percentages may have been changed since I was there, but the arrangement was6o per cent, over the winner,, 30 per cent, over the second, 10 per cent, to the funds. In this way the backer automatically backed a horse win and 1, 2. I won’t go into the merits of tho win bet, and tho place bet 1,2, 3, being separate transactions, but the Now Zealand method certainly made for simplicity. The register showed, of course, tho total money invested, and the amount on any given horse, so that it was child’s play to work out what you would get if your horse won or got second. Moreover, the issue of a ticket took tho same time as the purchase of a ticket on the London tube railways, and paying out very little longer. Quite the maddest arrangmonts I have seen were at Lanark, where they had certain windows for backing certain horses, and for paying out over them! The result is pretty obvious. Long queues lined up at the windows of tho fancied horses, where clerks were both paying and receiving, while at the other windows officials stood idle. Another evidence of futility was a blackboard, with a staff of two or three clerks, who were marking up in the Silver Ring every two or three minutes the money staked on each horse in that ring. This was sheer waste of energy, because the final dividend had no relation at all to the money staked in the Silver Ring, but was based on tbo total invested in all rings.”

RICCARTON NOTES [Special to tub * Star.’] CHRISTCHURCH, October 19. Silver Paper shaped well in a gallop over a mile to-day at Riccarton. Ho was travelling in his customary free style all the way, and was not doing his best at the end. Despite the fact that he registered fast time,, the brilliant Paper Money gelding will be hard to beat in the Shorts Handicap at Trentham next Saturday, while on the second day of the meeting he will have hosts of friends in the Harcourt Cup. Count Cavour is striding out ui good style in his work on the Riccarton tracks. He has made great progress during the last few weeks,_ and the indications point to him being in good order for his New Zealand Cup engage ment. Last season the Sol ferine gelding never looked right, bub he is in the best of health now, and his prospects of winning another good stake appear to be bright. At his best he was up to weigh t-for-age form, and, even though ho has gone back, this has been balanced by a drop in weight, which will be of great assistance. Count Cavour is a proved stayer, and this is a valuable asset. A gallop at Riccarton to-day that was particularly impressive was Prickles over seven furlongs in Imin 31sec. She was sent with Sea Raid over that distance, and the pair finished practically on terms. The gallop showed Sea Raid up in a favourable light. She is to contest the Ranaiora Cup on Labour Day, and. despite the fact that she will be making her first appearance in open company, she should give a really good account of herself.

TROTTING NOTES FROM CHRISTCHURCH [Special to the ‘ Star.’} CHRISTCHURCH, October 21. The fastest trotter seen out at New Brighton on Saturday was the Author Dillon gelding Writer, who started in the Avon Handicap. A bad start sent him back a long way last, and it was not until the field was well on its iourney that he elected to trot. When he did" he overhauled the field in great style, and was getting uncomfortably close' to New Metford at the finish. When both horses went to a break Ahuriri, Prince Pointer, and Logan Park already had bad their first serious New Zealand Trotting Cup trial, and on Saturday the three were associated in a two-mile work-out at Addington. Ahuriri gave the other pair_ a start, and was quickly on terms with them, the speed being fairly fast. Over the la«t half-mile the pace was a cracker, and the trio came home over the last four furlongs in Imin 2sec. Tomkinson’s pair finished _ together some lengths ahead of Ahuriri. Tt is reported that all is not well with the New Zealand Trotting _ Cup horse. King Pointer, and veterinary surgeos’s advice has had to be sought. U. will bo a few davs before it can be definitely decided whether nr not King Pointer will start in the Cup.

JOTTINGS G. Salt will probably have the seat on Kapuna in the hurdle races at Trentham. ,T. Barry had been engaged to ride Full Flight on the first day at Wellington. J. Ruttledg; left for Lyttelton en route for Trentham this morning with Pink Note. D. P. Nilson leaves for Trentham on Wednesday morning, but up to the present no rider has been engaged for BP'-k Dpke. Camisader _ returned to the active brigade in Gieseler’s stable last week, and looks as if he has been well cared for during his spell. .He looks sturdier than when facing'lust season.

' TROTTING CLUBS October 26. 28.—Greymouth T.C. October 26,*28.—Auckland T.C. October 29. —Oantaru T.C. October 28. —Northland T.C. November 2.—Wellington T.C. . November 12, 14, 15.—New Zealand Metropolitan T.C November 20/ 23.—Otabuhu T.C. November 28, 30. Forbury Park T.C. Decembe) 6, 7.—Nelson T.C. December 14.—New Brighton T.C. December 26.—Ashburton T.C. December 26.—Gore T.C. December 26, 27. —Westport T.C. December 26, 28.—South Wairarapa T.C. December 27, 28, 31.—Auckland T.C, December 28.—Winton T.C.

In casting the weights for the Final Handicap, IJm, run at the Australian Jockey Club’s Meeting, the handicapper allotted the stiff burden of 11.3 to Nightmare!). The handicaps for the Stewards’ Handicap are due to-morrow, and tho first acceptance will bo due on Friday, at S p.m., when a further payment for the New Zealand Cup is also due. I have to acknowledge receipt of booklet programmes for the current season from the secretaries of the Canterbury Jockey and Wellington Racing Ciubs. Bed Royal, who was a little shin sore when he raced at the D.J.C. Spring Meeting, appears to have completely thrown off that trouble, and is bowling along very nicely in his work now, Francohn, who is looking just as well as she is galloping just now, ran an excellent six furlongs on the plough with Black Duke on Saturday morning, the pair taking Imin 17 l-ssec. The. order of favouritism ruling at present for the New Zealand Cup is as follows ;—Chide, Historic, Hoylake. Concentrate, Cashier, Prodice, Star Stranger. D. Campbell purchased a yearling brother to Satisfy at the same time as he bought the M‘Lean Stakes winner so that with Battle Colours, the Ricoarton trainer has three horses by Solferino from Satisfaction. Tommy Dodd, looking very much in the rough, was given slow work on the plough track this morning. He is an inmate of Fred. Shaw’s stable, but lie does not look as if he will “ como back.”

The two-year-old Adelphi, bv Arausio from Delphi, purchased by Dr M. G Louissou at the Trentham sales, and trained by T. Lloyd at Rieearton, has developed into a solid youngster, and shows every signs of making good over a distance of ground later in his career. He has not been hurried, but it is in tended to give him a race at the New Zealand Cup Meeting. Toxeuma and King’s Jest arc under orders to leave Napier shortly for Trentham. where the pair have engage ments to 'fill at the Spring Meeting of the Wellington Racing Club. In ad dition to being nominated for several handicap events, Toxeuma has also been engaged in the Harcourt Cup. Pro vided all goes well with the pair they will, after seeing the Wellington Meeting through, come on to Rieearton for the New Zealand Cup Meeting. Marsa, the dam of Nightmare!). Full Swing, and Brightling, missed to Shambles last season, so there will be no relative to the Epsom winner of fered at the yearling sales. Instead. Mr G. A. Kain has a youngster bj Nightraid from Full Swing. Fill' Swing, who won two Birthday Handi caps, is by Nassau, so the Nightraid juvenile is richly endowed with staying blood. , , Full Flight was sent along over halt a mile on the plough track this mornincr. but just before she reached the finishing post she bled, and on pulling up was very distressed and in pain. She did not improve on cooling down, and it looks as if she will now be missing from Fred, Shaw’s team for Wellington. It is extremely bad luck if_ Shaw loses the services of this mare just now, as she has built up well, and looked sure to catch a race at Trentham, No horse in training at Wingatui has shown, more improvement during the past tew months. , In reference to the number or successes registered in Australia by New Zealand-bred horses, “ Beacon, writing in the Melbourne ‘Leader, remarks: “I suppose Australia, breeds five horses for every one they produce in New Zealand, but the New Zealanders are never without horses able to hold their own with the best Australia can produce, and their percentage of good horses is much higher than it is h °J?’ J. Kennerlcy, in a letter to a friend in Christchurch, says that Peter Bingen is doing well and that he will be raced at the Auckland, and Wellington Meetings, after which he will take his place in the New Zcaiancl Cup field. Other horses in Kennerlcy s stable include Vendome, Kelp, Prince Pedro, Eleawah, Nelson Girl, Cornelian, To Wahunga. Te Wahia, and two two-year-olds His well-bred mare Lutin Bells has foaled a filly to Guy Parrish. The amount of money won is not alwavs reflecteci in a horse’s position in the weights (remarks a writer m the Timaru ‘Herald’). Chidc’s total earnings during the last two years are a little over £BOO. Pink Note, in the same period, has won, roughly, £4,000, and Royal Saxon well over £3,000, but Chide is now in the position of having to concede weight to the other two. Placing and the amount of racing done mean a lot on the money side of the business. Advance in many respects in trotting in'Western Australia is shown by the° issue of the programmes for the Christmas carnival. There will be four nights’ racing and twenty-four events will be carried out. The amount set aside for stakes is £5,500, ’ and of this £1,500 has been apportioned for the W.A. Trotting Cup. This event will be contested m preliminary’ heats and a final, and for heat winners there will be £3OO. This distance has been fixed at one mile and a-half, and only those mrscs holding money-winning records of 2.19 or better will be eligible. Details bearing on the Craven Plate contest at Randwick on the 9th inst show that the respective admirers of Alollison and Phay Lap were well divided. After spirited betting on both horses, they started at the same rate of odds. The account of the race states that Mollison flattered the hopes of his admirers when he led into the straight. Phar Lap, however, rapidly disposed of his rival at the distance, and the easy manner in which the New Zeiand gelding strode homo in front was characterised as the work of “a champion galloper.” Anyone following the “ Smiths ” at Claudelands would have had quite a profitable day, (says the ‘Sun’).' Freddie Smith, the Hamilton trainer, turned out two winners, Paradigm and Our Nancy, while Gold Coast, on his second attempt, got a dividend-paying place. Fred J. Smith, of English trotting fame, piloted First Flight home a winner, and finished out of a ma-

chine price with Limictt the Great, Dillon Huon, and Nel Do Beau. There was a Smith to invest on eight times, but the eight pounds would have given a return of £34, showing a profit of £26. With a statement some weeks bade from the nominator of Phar Lap to the effect that the A.J.C. Derby winner could he regarded as a doubtful starter for the Alelbonrne Cup, this gave rise to niich discussion, in. Sydney, but apparently matters have now taken a different shape, and everything points' to the probability of the New Zealand aelding being given the opportunity of winning the great race at Flemington, which is set down for decision on November 5. Phar Lap was originally handicapped at 6.12, but, according to the conditions of the race, by reason of his Derby victory, he must now carry an impost in conformity with weight-for-age (7.6). By all accounts, Phar Lap has demonstrated beyond a doubt that he is endowed with great pace, and, in addition, he is regarded as a horse likely to win high honours as a brilliant stiiycr.