RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20314, 24 October 1929, Page 5

RACING NOTES

[By Bi. Cmih.]

RACING CLUBS October 26. — Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 26. 28. Wellington Racing Club. October 28 -Waverley Racinp Club, October 28. -Waikato Hunt Club. Octobc 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 Jockey Club. ' „ . , November 16, 18.—Waikato Racing Club. November 20, 21.—Winton Racing Club. November 23.—Levin Racing Club. November 23 25.-'le Kuiti Racing Club. AT WIHGATUI THIS MORNING , The tan and plough tracks were in' excellent condition this morning, and ( very fast. Blue Metal and Dumblane worked in the centre of the course proper early, i Waving Corn and Red Royal took iust inside Imin "see to run five furlongs on the tan. The two-year-old continues to improve with every gallop. Camisader worked a round slowly on ; the plough, then sprinted homo over | half a mile in Slsec. Impertinence, who has joined R. C. Reed’s stable, was on the track, but looks too light for racing, and will require a lot of building up. Fun and Fancy and High Speed ran five furlongs on the tan in Imin 6 1-5 sec. The former is only a pony, but a smart one. Glenrowan and Narrative were companions over seven furlongs on the plough in Imin 31sec, Narrative going the better at the finish. # i Some Toff ran half a mile by himself on the plough in 53 2-ssec. Money Mine covered two rounds on the plough at three-quarter pace very pleasingly, and Stealth did the same work over a mile and n-half. Both of these horses have come on since the Spring Meeting at Wingatui. Tardy, who looks like coming to hand quickly, was given steady pace on the plough track. Royal Flower and Positive finished together over seven furlongs in Imin 33sec, and finished strongly, the last three taking 42sec. Though Crossbow finished just in front of Solmar at the end of six furlongs in Imin 18 4-osec, the latter’s rider had a good hold of him over the last furlong. , Gold Tinge is another horse that has improved a lot since the Spring Meeting. ,He was restricted to half-pace work this morning. j Houseful and a full brother to Tc j Maui took 59sec to run half a mile. i All Smiles schooled well over one hurdle. Royal Saxon ran six furlongs on the] plough track in Imin 19sec, and was doing it well all the way. I Dubious (W. Cooper) and High Gear (L. Hunt) were sent over three of the steeplechase schooling fences. They botli jumped the sod wall well, but High Gear refused at the first of the 1 brush double. Dubics came back to give him a lead, and High Gear fol-! lowed ..him over, but made two bad jumps. Dubious fenced excellently. i Beauty Light, who looks bigger than when he won at the Spring Meeting, did strong pace over a couple of rounds. Antrim Boy led Heather Lad over two fences along the back, but the latter was feeling the hard going, and lost ground at his fences. RACEHORSE BARGAINS AND DUDS The overtures made respectively in Sydney for the purchase of Nightmarch and Phar Lap for £IO,OOO and £12,000 respectively which were unsuccessful im

TROTTING CLUBS Octobei 26 28 Ureymoutb T.C October 26 28 Auckland T.C, October 28 -Oamaru T C. October 28 -Northland T C. November 2.—Wellington T.O. November 12 14. 15.—Now Zen Metropolitan T.C November 20 23.—Otahuhu T.C. November 28, 30.—Forburj Park T ' Dccembei 6 7.—Neleon T.C. December 14.—New Brighton T.C. December 26.—Ashburton T.O. December 26.—Gore T.C. December 26, 27.—Westport T.C. December 26, 28.—South Wairarapa T - December 27, 28, 31.—Auckland T.C. December 28.—Winton T.C. bringing about a sale in either instanc. serves to stir up memories of some noteworthy sales at high figures and the return that came to the respective speculators in the shape of prize money. The following comprises a list of horses that proved good speculations compiled by ‘‘ Phaeton,” in the Auckland Herald’:— Stakes Cost. won. Carbine, 3yrs ... 3,000 gs £27,01X1 Heroic, 3yrs ... 10,0U0gs 16,11)9 Cetigne, syrs ... l,soDgs 15,000 David, 4yrs ... 3,000 gs 25,000 Amounis, 3yrs ... l,Boogs 23,000 Kilboy, 3yrs ... 6,000 gs 6,575 Pilliewinkie, 6yrs 2,500 gs 10,000 Gladsome, 3yrs ... 1,200 gs 10,000 When the question of high-priced failures crops up the case of Tradition readily comes to the top, for he was submitted to auction on the same day and in the same sale ring ns was Carbine, and the sum paid lor him (3,050 guineas) was 50 guineas in excess ol that for which Carbine was quitted. Tradition never won a race for the plucky men who invested the large sum in his purchase. A similar record attaches to Titan, who raced unsuccessfully fox the man who invested 4,600 guineas in his purchase. The following represents a quartet of disappointing horses sold at high figures:— Stakes Cost.*' won. Tradition, 4yrs ... 3,050 gs Nil Titan, 2yrs 4,600 gs Nil Canteen, 6yrs ... 3,000 gs £290" Golden Slipper, 2yrs 4,500 gs 200 * Product of four placed performances. The prize money to be won by a three-year-old in the present day bulks very much larger than in former days, and the value of one race alone is larger than a horse could win in a whole season under the old order. The winner’s portion of the stake attached to the Australian Jockey Club’s Derby, won by Ehar Lap on the 6th iust., amounted to £6 735. In looking up some figures bearing on old-time stake money i found much to interest. In the season of 1886-87 Trident, the three-year old of the season, won eleven races, the stake money attached to which only reached to £7,2-36. Then there was the case of unbeaten Grand Flaneur, who worn live races, incaiciing the A.J.C, Derby, ?.R.C. Derby, Melbourne Cup. Champion Stakes, and V.R.C St. Leger, and-the combined stake money attached thereto was £6 954. Carbine- won nine races at three years old, including the Champion Stakes, Sydney Cup, and a number ol leading weight-for-ago races, and the sum credited to the great son of Musket at the stage of his career noted only totalled £6,411. In the season of 1927-28 Trivalve at three years old won six races, the stake money attached to which ran out to £26,320; and last season Stephen’s winnings amounted to £17,898. JOTTINGS I have to acknowledge a race book for the first day of the Gore Meeting.

When J. J. Kenner ley starts to win races it may be well to be with all his horses Nothing is known about his team, but he is not the sort to bother with bad horses (says “Orion”). The late J. M‘Combe was buried at Riccarton yesterday. The London ‘ Trotting Record ’ expects J. Bryce to visit Scotland in a short time Last season’s speed merchant, Supremacy, is suffering from nasal trouble, and Trainer W. Stone regards it as extremely doubtful it this brilliant son of Chief Ruler will ever sport silk again. The Ohinemuri Jockey Club has received permission from the Minister of Internal Affairs to hold a race meeting at Paeroa in May next year. The net profits will be donated to the earthquake rc-lief fund. The club has suggested May. 24 as the most suitable date. Mr J. A. Ainge received word from his trainer this morning that Pink Note ricked himself on the journey to Trentimm and would not bo able to start at the Wellington Meeting. Ruttledge also advised that he did not think the horse would be right again in time for the New Zealand Cup, and Mr Ainge scratched him for that race at 11.45 a.tn. to-day. Money Mine, who has shown marked improvement in his work_ during the oast ten days, will be paid up for in the New Zealand Cup on Friday night. Advices to hand from Riccarton .-state that Hoylake is well on the big ide and an opinion is ventured that the big grey will have to come on quickly to be ready for engagements at the Canterbury Spring Meeting next month. If any thing were required to demonstrate that colonial-bred sires do not secure anything like the same amount of patronage as. the imported class, such can be found in the field that composed this year’s A.J.C. Derby not a single colonial-bred sire being represented Matters are pretty much the same in connection with today’s field in the Caulfield Cup. Woorak is the only colonial-bred sire with a representative. A New York message to Australian papers states: “Judge Tomkins adjourned the trial at White Plains (N.Y ), of .Earl P.eacox. a radio expert, for the murder of his wife, so that he could drive his entry in the Judge’s Race, for trotters, at the Mineola (Long Island) fair. “ We are all glad tc get a rest, anyway,” he laughed, replying to a question. Tomkins’s horse did not win. Perhaps the prisoner was allowed to go to the races, too! The administration of “justice” is apparently such an unimportant thing in America that one wonders why the farce of having “ courts of justice ” is kept up at all. Represented with a brace of firstraters at the Australian Jockey Club’s recent spring meeting in the shape of Phar Lap and Nightmarch, Night laicl’s total on the winning sires’ list receives a big addition. The earnings of the two horses named at Randwic): amounted to £15,144, made up as follows; Phar Lap, first A.J.C. Derby £6,735, first Craven Plate £2,205 — £8,940; Nightmarch, first Epsom Handicap £3,172, second in MetropoI’tan Handicap £1.200, first Randwick Plate £1,832—£6,204. The similarity of racing colours is one of the handicaps that observers of racing have to put up with, and there seems to be an increase in that direction, a fact illustrated by the report of the registration of racing uniforms published in the official calendar, writes “Hermit.” The two most recent ones are nearly’ a re-plica of ones in use, Mi H. M. Reeves, black body, white sleeves, cherry cap, which are nearly the same as those of Mr Frank Ormond, black body, white sleeves, red cap, while Mr P. G Ross lias been allotted French grey jacket, cerise rand, blue cap, colours which are almost identical with those registered by Mr G. New, French grey jacket, red :and, blue cap. A gallant major af a crack Loudon regiment hit the Sydney betting ring lor over £I,UOO by not meeting his obligations. tor many weeks he has been an honorary member of one ol Sydney’s leading clubs; and there he met a well-known member of Tattersall’s ulub, records a Sydney writer. Tatfcersall’s has a rule whereby, on the nomination of a member, a visitor may oe made an honorary member tor a given period for one guinea. Impressed by this English military man, the J’attersatrs member introduced him nto nis own , club. The visitor’s manner and congeniality quickly put him on a arm footing with most or the more influential members, and bookmakers willingly obliged him when he made many nig nets ueiore the opening ol the A.J.C. Spring Meeting, and also on tne course oh the arst and second days, tie turned up at settling day. But he collected his winning bets at i’atterealrs and other smaller clubs, then convenienc.y lorgot to meet his liabilities.