RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20610, 9 October 1930, Page 5

RACING NOTES

[By St. Ci.aik.]

RACING, October 10, 11.—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 10, 11.—Otaki-Maori Racing Club. October 16. 18.—South Canterbury Jockey Club. October 18. —Masterton Racing Club. October 25, 27.—Wellington Racing Club. October 27.—Waverley Racing Club. October 27. —Waikato Hunt Club. October 27. —Wainawa County Racing Cluo. October 27.—North Canterbury Racing Club. October 27, 29.—Gore Racing Club. October 31, November I.—Poverty Bay Turf Club.

November I.—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. November I.—Carterton Racing Club, November s.—Birchwood Hunt Club.

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB After a week of ideal spring weather it was particularly unfortunate that it should break this week, when the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting is due. The heavy rain which commencedon Monday night has continued with only short intervals since, and an inspection of the course early this morning left the committee no alternative but to postpone the first day’s racing until to-morrow. This is the first time the club has had to take this step since shifting its headquarters to Wmgatm in- March, 1899, over thirty years ago. Races have been held in wet* and oven snowy weather in that long interval, but the course was always cafe. On this occasion the rain lias c*en so steady that it has not been able to get away, and in the interests of owners as well as the comforts of „tho public and the safety of riders it was necessary to make a postponement until to-mor-row. - The weather at midday-was clearing on the Taieri, and witli an improving barometer the prospects for tomorrow are promising. The course is sure to be heavy, and the public will be wise to follow the chances of proved mudlarks in to-morrow’s events. THE A.J.C. DERBY WINNER Tregilla, winner of the A.J.C. Derby on Saturday, adds another to the list of sale ring bargains, for he was purchased at the 1929 April sales for 175 gs, and is , among the lowest priced horses to have won the race. In five starts as a two-year-old he failed to get into a place, hut he gave indications of doing better as a three-year-old, when he won the Throe-year-old Handicap (seven furlongs) at Rosehill in August from Rayacre and King March. Subsequently ho ran unplaced in the Novice Handicap at Tattersalls Meeting, but on that occasion ho lost ten or* twelve lengths at the barrier and then finished well just behind the third horse. -This was regarded at the time as a good Derby trial, as the dis : tance was ten furlongs, and he carried within 31b of his Derby weight. He was beaten by Balloon King in the roughly-run llosehill Guineas, but he was forced to go wide in passing beaten horses when challenging the winner, and E. Bnrtle, his rider, stated after the race that it was only this factor that deprived him of victory. Tregilla is a well-grown, attractive chestnut colt by imported Treclnro from Maltgilla, and is owned by Mr C. O. Battye. Maltgilla rvas only a sprinter herself, but, although she was sired by Malt King, n brilliant middle distance horse, and was from Noogilhi, a mare by that champion sprinter Machine Gun ; she had a good deal of the great staying Musket blood in her veins. New Zealanders will remember Machine Gnu, one of the best weight-carriers there have ever bee;-* south of the lino. Nearly twenty-five years ago, parrying 11.5, he ran five furlongs in sSseo at Ricearton, and, though wo are supposed to bo producing faster horses to-dfly, that time has never yet been equalled in or New Zealand. Malt King (the sire of Maltgilla) was the best mi lor of his day, and twice beat such a great horse as Prince Foote over that distance; but he could stay well enough to win the Metropolitan carrying 9.1. The lines of Treclare, sire of Tregilla, are full of Stockwell and Touchstone blood, with some of that of St. Simon. Trcdennis (sire of Treclare) was a groat horse, and Ills dam, St. Marguerite, is one of the most illustrious mares in the stud hook, by Hermit from Devotion, by Stockwell from Alcostis, by’ Touch-

NovwaWr 6, B.—Wkaajaiei Racing Club. November S, 19, 12, 15.—Canterbury Jat key Club. November 13, 15.—Dargavill* Racing Club November 15, 17.—Waikato Racing Club. November 19, 20.—Winton Racing Club.

TROTTING. October 11. —Waikato T.C. October IS.—New Brighton T.C. October 25, 27.—Greyinoulh T.C. October 25, 27. —Auckland T.C. October 27.—Northland T.C. October 27. —Oamaru T.C. November I.—Wellington T.C. November 11. 13, 14.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. November 19, 22.—Auckland T.C. November 21, 22. —Nelson T.C. November 27, 29.—Fortuny Park T.C.

stone. Kendall (sire of Tredennis) was a great grandson of Btockwcll and of Birdcatcher, Sweetmeat, and Tiiormanby. Clare (dam of Treclarc) was by Desmond (sire of Liniond) from Sheila, who goes back to Birdcatcher and Kosicrucian. Tregilla’s full lines are:—

Sire; Treclare (imported), by Tredennis (a son of Kendall) from'Clare, by Desmond (a son of St. Simon) from Sheila, by Salisbury (a son of Camballo, and winner of the'North Derby) from True Blue, by Oxford. Family, No. 2. Dam; Maltgilla, by Malt King (a son of Malster) from Noogilla, by Machine Gun (a son of Hotchkiss) from Maximize, by Havoc (by Nordenfeldt, and a half-brother to 'Trenton) from Georgina, by Mnorthorpe (by Doncaster). Family, No. 32. JOTTINGS In the fifth, second, and eighth races on the first day of the Auckland Spring Meeting alone the dividends amounted to £75 9s, and, added to'the''surprise in the Guineas, half the winners of the programme returned £97 Ids 6d for £1 to their lucky supporters. ■ Pbar Lap established a new record for Australia and New Zealand yesterday when lie ran a mile and a-quarter in 2min 3sec, beating the record established by -Winning Hit, when he won tho G. G. Stead Memorial Handicap in 1921 in 2min 3 l-ssee. Phar Lap’s time works out at 12 3-10 sec to the furlong. La Poupoe, who won tho Welcome Stakes at Auckland last Saturday, was purchased at the last Trontham yearling sales for 160 gs. She is by Tea Tray from the imported maro Dancing Doll, by Black Jester from My Dolly, by Sundridge from Glass Doll, an English Oaks winner.. La Poupce was bred at the Elderslie Stud by Mr lan Duncan, and is trained by Sirs A. M‘Dpnald.

D. Withers has a good team engaged at Oamaru in Flying Prince, Editor, Steel All, .Kingcraft, and Sodium, and it is possible that several others will he taken to Greymouth. Kingcraft, after racing at Oamaru, will be given a run in the Cup Trial at Wellington. Withers has a big string of horses in work, and most of them are ready to race. A pleasing factor of Saturday’s race, so far as Amounis is concerned, is that it sliowed him to have lost none of his old dash. He covered the mile in.lmin 87isec, which is only' a second slower than the Australian and , New Zealand record, which he himself holds jointly with The Hawk. He has probably recovered the fopu he' lost on the rush trip south from Phar Lap’s domain, and if ho has it will,take a champion to account for him over his distance. Wise Force would have beaten him on Saturday only by doing better than he ever has.

C. S. Donald’s patrons are solid supporters of the Oamaru T.C.’s Meeting, and the Belfast trainer has a horse engaged in every' race on the card as follows : —lmprovers’ Handicap, Patty Bingen; Trial Handicap, Del Oro; Oamaru Handicap, Carmel and Invader; Pukeuri Handicap, Baron Binge'n; Waitaki Handicap, Kempton; Weston Handicap, Invader and Carmel; Redcastlo Handicap, Baron Bingen; Dash Handicap, Brook Pointer.

At the hist Royal Agricultural Show held in Sydney what appeared a sensational performance was registered by the pony Eclipse Rock, who wont a mile in 2.8 4-5. For a pony under ordinary circumstances this would be regarded as phenomenal, but under the conditions that existed it is nothing above the average. It was done with the driver holding the reins in the left hand and being dragged along by a galloping horse held by the driver with his right. The 2.8 4-5 was certainly ii record for a pony, but it is not likely to be recognised as such by the authorities.

Rain fell before the race for the Auckland Guineas, and the going was heavy. This no doubt contributed to cylinder’s defeat (says the ‘ Dominion. ’). Gray also covered extra ground, and made a run of three furlongs. It was not one of his best efforts in the saddle. On the Day Karapoti won on his merits, for in the early stages of the race he came from behind. Cylinder was catching him fast at the post, and stayed better, but Karapoti, who is by General Latour from Kilbeggan, possesses a Jot of pace, and he was also running better in the ' going. Romp went well for six furlongs, but had no finishing effort and the others had no chance. Biddy’s Boy ran much below Avondale form, and Arises was never likely. Royal Ruler ran a fair race on a track which did not suit him.

Nat Goidd once wrote a story ‘Bred in the Bush,’ and the hero of the piece was a country-bred horse who wound up by winning a Melbourne Cup or some other big race (says “ The Watcher,” in the ‘Dominion’). If tiio story were being written tp-day the author could save himself writing a couple of pages of description of the horse by simply using a picture of Chromadyno. A big, loose, typically bush-bred horse is Ohromadyne, that is, judging on appearances. As a matter of fact, Mr Hannon's gelding is a well-bred horse, being by Quin Abbey—Uranium. The latter was a smart marc in her day, and won a number of good races, and on breeding it is not surprising that Chromadyno can gallop. When lie cantered home four lengths in front of the field in the Shorts Handicap at Auckland on Saturday it was his fourth win on end, but he never scored more easily, and in the straight M'Tayish just allowed the gelding to lope along, while ho took occasional glances behind to see how the others were getting on. Just before the winter meeting, in June, Chromadyno was offered for sale at auction but failed to bring the reserve of 800 guineas. Since 'then ho has Avon four races in as many starts. Craganour, the twcnty-year-old bay horse that was first past the post in the Derby of 1913, has died in Buenos Aires. The taco for the Derby that year was brimful of thrills. Craganour was disqualified for boring. He finished a head in front of Aboycnr, a 100 to 1 chance, but a protest was upheld. Deferring to the race, London ‘ Sporting Life’ says: “The stewards inter-

viewed the judge and several jockeys who rode in the race, and found that by not keeping a straight course Craganour had at one point of the race seriously interfered with Shogun, Day. Comet, and Aboyeur, and afterwards bumped Aboyeur, so ns to prevent him winning. An appeal was lodged on the following Saturday, but _ the. stewards were unable to entertain,_ it, as it was not lodged within the time prescribed under the Rules of Racing.” It was in this race that a serious accident occurred, brought about by a suffragette, who ran _ across the straight. H. Jones, rider _of His Majesty’s colt Aumer, was incapacitated for a considerable time; in fact, it contributed to his retirement from the saddle. Frank Wootton rode Shogun in the race referred to. While in England Mr J. M. Samson, who returned by the Aorangi on Monday, saw two Derbies, both being won by sons of Blandford in Trigo and Blenheim.' He backed Blenheim on the strength of a race he saw him. run a few weeks earlier, and also on account of the New Zealand town of that name, and got good double-figure odds. He was not on the -whole impressed with the stock of Blandford on account of their legs, but fashions in blood stock in England follow the Derby, and they were in keen demand. The best youngsters, he thought, were those got by Papyrus. Like all colonials, he was not enthusiastic . concerning the crude appointments on the majority of English courses. Outside of Ascot he. considered they were years behind the times. The totalisator was not getting a fair run, as the machines that were used and the methods employed in handling the cash and tickets were extremely primitive. The best totalisator in England was at Newmarket, and even that bad its drawbacks, one of the main ones being its inaccessibility. At Arlington Park, in the United States, Mr Samson saw what ho declares to be the best grand stand in the world. _ It is in Chicago, now one of the main racing centres in the United States. The best class of English horse looked better than those of America. The five youngsters he sent out from Home—two from England and _ three from Ireland—were representative of the Musket. Carbine, and Stockwell strains.