RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20486, 17 May 1930, Page 11

RACING NOTES

[By St Ctiiß.]

RACING CLUBS May 24. Ashburton County R.C. May 24 Taumarunui R.C. May,3l, June 3, 4. Dunedin J.C. June 3, 4 OUlti-Maon R.C. June 3,5, 7. Auckland R.C. June 13, 14.—Napier Park R.C. June 14. Oamaru J.C. June 19, 21. -South Canterbury J.C. CARBINE AND PKAR LAP Writing in the * Sydney Mail,’ after the recent Autumn Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club, “Musket” had something to say by way of comparison between Carbine and Phar Lap. In Carbine’s day, ho writes, races were not run in such fast times as now; but his three-year-old deeds at Randwick’s Easter carnival shade those of Strephon and Phar Lap considerably. Carbine started in five races in 1889, and won four, having been beaten by Abercorn in the Autumn Stakes my a neck. He was not a candidate for the St. Legei. which would have been a gift for him; so his first race at Randwick was against that really great horse Abercorn in the Autumn Stakes, and ho Was beaten. On Easter Monday he again met Abercorn in the Sydney Cup, Carbine having 9st, or 121 b over weight-for-age, while Abercorn, a four-year-old, carried 9st 41b, or 4lb over scale. In a collision with a mare named Lady Lyon at the half-mile 'Carbine was knocked back last; yet he not going again and eventually won From Melos and Abercorn. On the third day Carbine defeated the crack milers iu the All-aged Stakes, and two races later engaged the stayers in the Cumberland Stakes! then two miles), and won again, Abercorn being among the defeated. Then on the final day be won ’e A.J.C. Plate (then three miles) very comfortably, following year Carbine won the Sydney Cup again and all four weight-for-age ’ races—a performance unique in the annals of the Australian turf. Probably those now proclaiming Phar Lap “the 1 st over” did not seo Carbine, and most likely do not recollect his wonderfhl record. Old-timers, however, want to see the present champion do something better than ho has yet achieved before placing him on a level with Carbine. When the latter made clean sweep of the five races in 1890 his stake earnings amounted to £3,579,- and Phar Lap’s three victories last week were worth £5,411. Any horse capable of repeating Carbine’s performance at the meeting just concluded would have amassed the handsome total. of £12,092, the difference in prize money for these races in 1890 and 1930 being as under - 1890. 1930. £ £ Autumn Stakes 463 1,820 Sydney Cup 1,795 5,167 All-aged Stakes ... ... 440 2,202 Cumberland Stakes ... 445 1,457 A.J.C Plate 436 1,446 Totals The fact that Carbine has been passed on the list of Australia’s notable stake earners by Gloaming, Amonnis, Heroic, Limerick. Eurythmic, Windbag, and David appears to have put him a long way in the background as a high-class horse; but any thoroughbred of the present day capable of winning the races the great New Zealander did will amass a total ofi approximately £67,000 —a sum £23,900 m excess of Gloaming’s record of £43,100. Until that £67,000 has been passed, or even approached, oldtimers will not have it that Phar Lap is “ the best ever,” though it has to be admitted that he is a phenomenal galloper, and richly deserves the tremendous ovation which greeted him on his return to scale at the conclusion of the A.J.C. Plate. With ordinary luck as regards health and freedom from accidents, he should race on for another five years, being a gelding, and in that time may accumulate in seven years on the turf the prize money Carbine won in four (based on present-day values); but he will certainly not do it in the same number of seasons, good as he is. As a four-year-old Carbine ran second in the Melbourne Cup with lOst, and it will be of great interest to see how Phar Lap shapes in this race next spring if started. I would like to see him placed on the —me mark, and if he can win with that weight he will have done better than Carbine could, and will then rank as the greatest four-year-old. of all time in this country. THE RIDER'S STORY i “ Ajax ” (‘ Evening Standard ’, writing of the Liverpool Grand National and Shaun Godin’s sensational win, says;— Cullinan, the jockey, let his Irish temperament have full sway after the race, and he simply could not say enough about the horse. “ I may have been lucky in getting the ride,” he said, “ but I am sure Easter Hero would not have won if Shaun Goilin had been in the field. He is the greatest leaper I have ever ridden. I was very pleased to know when Easter Hero went wrong that I would still have a good ride in the race. I had a standing agreement with Mr Hartigan that I would ride Shaun Goilin if I was available. Really, all I had to do was a bit of work at the finish. The horse did the rest. Not one single mistake did he make, and right from the start I was going on the bit. The horse gave nie such a confident feeling that the only surprising thing was that I did not win by a wider margin. I just let him run along in my hands all the time, having in mind that I must save a bit for the finish. Everything went well in the first circuit, and I kept a good place, in nice touch with the leaders. “ We jumped the water second, and ’ when we got into the country again I let Glangesia continue to give mo a lead. The field gradually thinned down, but no matter what came along to join us in the front rank, I felt my horse going strongly, and I had no fear. There were three of us left to fight it out coming on to the racecourse. , , _ “ Here I got my first shock. Two fences from norne I lost an iron and had to jump the_ last fence with only one foot in a stirrup. t 1 did not recover it until after passing the winning post, but though my horse rolled a bit after landing on tho flat, he came again and ran his race out as game as a pebble, though wc both had to put in all we knew to land that wonderful prize.”

June 20, 21.—Hawke’* Bay J.C. June 25 Egmont-Wanganui Hunk Club, June 28. Aihburtoii County R.C. TROTTING CLUBS May 24. A«hburlon County Racing Club Autumn (two event*). May 31, Juni 3.—-Canterbury Park T.C. Winter.

JOTTINGS Double Soult was in a bfid way after racing iu the hack steeplechase at HaweraL He stifled a fence and cut himself about considerably. F. Trilford now has .both of Mr J. M. Samson’s Irish colts in work. Lord Argosy has been visiting tho tracks for some time, hut the Cygnus colt has been only recently taken in hand. Private information received from Christchurch says the tracks there arc very hard, and unless rain comes the Riccarton contingent for Wingatui will be lighter than intended. F. Foster, who rode last year’s winner, Uralla, has been engaged to tide Pompeius in the Great Northern Steeplechase. After riding at Hawera last week Foster went north to school Pompeius over the country at Te Rapa. Dolores is proving a costly proposition of late. Several times the Ameri-can-bred mare has been loafidenHy expected to win, but she has failed to deliver the goods. The three wins scored by C. S. Donald on the opening day of the Forbury Park Meeting places him well in the lead of all trainers and drivers in New Zealand. As a trainer, he lias turned out forty-one winners this season, and of these he had driven thirty-three. Goshawk has been rehandicapped 41b, from 9.9 to 9.13, for the Cornwall Handicap, to be run at Ellerslie on June 3. Goshawk has won two taces in New South Wales during the past week or two, one being at Randwick and the other at Wagga. The mare Royal Lover ( Romeo— Duchess Eudonis) has been sold In Mr C. M. Emanuel, of Auok'and, and will be shipped to Australia next Friday. The purchaser intends to race her at the unregistered pony meetings in the Sydney suburban area. The medical officer at Haw Ara deserves praise for the prompt manner in which he went out to attend to fallen jockeys (says “ The' Watcher,' - in the ‘ Dominion ’). Fortunately nothing serious resulted, but had there been a call for his services he was immediately on the spot. The medico : s R. 6. B. Sinclair, better known probably as a first-cla.; full-back who would have been in the 1924 All Blacks had ho been available.

A lengthy inquiry concerning, an incident at Palmerston North in' which some jockeys and stablehands were implicated, was held by the Wanganui District Committee last week. As a result the license of C. Adams was suspended for a further month; C. Broughton (jockey) and J. H. Bromiley (trainer) were severely cautioned; and T. Honiara and L. J. M'Laughlin (stablehand) were also severely cautioned. I Black Mint’s win in the Nelson Cup last week was the first he had scored since last August, when he won the Neagle Handicap at Dannevirko Spring Meeting. Altogether he has contested twenty-five races this season. His record last season was one win in twentynine starts, his only success being at the Grand National Meeting at lliccarton in August, 1928. Black Mint’s best season was in 1926-27, when he won five times in twenty-six starts. Ho likes the going on the soft side, and possibly his latest win may be the foreruner of others.

liord Derby has now won the Thousand Guineas Stakes, his previous winners being Canyon (1916), Ferry (1918), and Tranquil (1923). In 1860 the then Lord Derby won the race with Sagitta. Fair Isle is a full-sister to Fairway. Lord Derby intended going to the United States to see the Kentucky Derby, to be run to-day, so that probably he was not present at Newmarket .to see his filly win. The value of the Thousand Guineas Stakes would be about £9,000.

The * Daily Mail’s ’ Dublin correspondent says’that, although the sire of Shaun Godin is unknown, it is at least certain that the National winner has the blood of either Wavelet’s Pride or Uncle Mac in his veins. The sire of Shaun Goilin was one of three colts which were quartered at Major Edward’s stud farm at Bathduff, County Gimcrick. Shaun Goilin’s dam. Golden Day, was there at the same time. One of the three colts—it is not known which—sired Shaun Goilin. The three colts were the stock of Wavelet’s Pride or Uncle Mac, so that Shaun Goilin’s fine staying power is inherited. On the first day of the Auckland Winter Meeting last year T. Green won the leading flat events, the Cornwall Handicap and the Members’ Handicap on Seatown and Gold Money respectively. On the third day of the meeting Green landed another double on those horses when he won thc_ York Handicap on Seatown and the Visitors’ Handicap on Gold Money. Green will again ride Seatown and Gold Money in their engagements at Ellerslie this winter, and, though he might not have the same success as last year, he will be riding horses that will only require to he in form to have excellent proapeots of success. In a recent note mention was made of the largo capture of prize money by New Zealand horses in Australia this season (says “ Phaeton,” in the Auckland ‘Herald’). Recognising that horses hailing from New Zealand carrying the colours of sportsmen from this dominion have been very successful in several previous seasons. I went a little deeper than the present term in search of some figures. Starting from the season of 1914-15 1 found, in toting up the various amounts credited to New Zealand owners in the Commonwealth during the sixteen seasons intervening, that the total is over £220,000. Of this sum horses carrying Mr G. D. Greenwod’s colours have captured £47.539, while Mr H. A. Knight, who also hails from Canterbury, is credited with £40,552 The two sportsmen named have especial, reason to regard their occasional visits to Australia with a large degree of satisfaction.