RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20958, 24 November 1931, Page 16

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair.]

PACING. November 28, 30.—Takapuna Jockey Club. November 28, 30.—Redding Jockey Club. December 4, s.—Taumaranui Racing Club. December s.—Ashburton County Racing Club. December 9, 10.—Woodville District Jockey Club. December 12.—Waipa Racing Club. December 16.—Dannevirke Racing Club. December 19.—Hororata Racing Club. December 26.—Waipukurau Jockey Club. December 26, !s,—Dunedin Jockey Club. December 26, 28.—Taranaki Jockey Club. December 26, 28, 29.—Manawatu Racing Club. December 26, 29, January 1, 2.—Auckland Racing Club. WINGATUI NOTES. After heavy rain overnight and a slight covering of snow on the surrounding hills the weather was bright this morning for training operations at Wingatui. The rain had only taken the sting out of the ground, and the outside of the course proper was available for fast work. ■ . Admiral Drake had Anne Shakespeare for a companion over a mile and a-quarter, and they galloped attractively. The former is likely to do his holiday racing at Auckland. Bellbird and Ruatui took 56 l-ssoc to run half a mile. Salmo Salar and Ballance were sent a mile and a-quarter, but there was no pace on until after passing the mile post. The last seven furlongs took Imin 43 2-ssec, and Ballance was going tho better of the pair. Scotch Tea and a young one by Tractor from Miss Camouflage ran half a mile in 56 2-ssec. The latter showed pace, but- was inclined to run about a good deal in the straight. Salmar was making a lot of noise when he finished in front of Dunblane and Hot Tea at the end of five furlongs in Imin 10 3-ssec. A 1 Jolson, who looks well, was worked on the lead. Solmuri and Princess Argosy finished together at the end of four furlongs in 56 l-ssec. A three-year-old filly by Solferino from Te Anau Maid shaped well over half a mile. She is a full sister to Sal mo . Salar, and like him in colour only, ' • . Drossy was under restraint in running a mile. Bell Hill and Cleaner took 57sec to run half a mile, the latter showing to advantage. Royal Saxon (Rex Beale) was schooled over the hurdles along the back, and shaped well. He gets away cleanly and quickly on landing, and looks like making a good hurdler. Gallant Fox has been enjoying a spell since he returned from the New Zealand Cup Meeting. Ho was taken up again yesterday, and appears to bo quite sound, Master Anomaly and Fair Money were taken in hand again yesterday after a lengthy spell. There is still some doubt as to whether the latter will stand a searching preparation. Wingatui, who was a little sore after her race at Winton on the first day, is quite all right again. R. 11. M'Donald has recommissioned Flying Amy (Shambles —Subterfuge). Since racing as a two-year-old last season she. has filled out into a goodlooking mare, and has an attractive style of galloping. It was reported on the course this ■morning that Mr Conny White, of Omakau, has leased Silver Paper from Mr J. ■ Faulks, and is now training him with Greenaway and other members of his team on the Omakau course. The Vincent Jockey Club, which is giving £1,200 in stakes and trophies at its annual meeting in January, has announced that it will contribute 25 per cent, of the cost of: transport of horses to and from its meeting. EAGLET. Eaglet’s victory in the Waikato Cup was a reminder, if such were necessary, 1 that this great daughter of Chief Ruler, though not so brilliant as in her early years, is still a force to bo reckoned with in handicaps. Tho present term is her fourth year on tho turf, and in that period she, has contested fifty-four classic, weighWor-ago, and handicap events. Her record to date is as follows;

Eaglet won four of her twelve races, including a dead-heat as a two-year-old, being only once unplaced, her most important successes being the Nursery Handicap at Ellorslio and the Hobson Handicap. She was beaten only half a head by Gay Ballerina in the Avondale All-Aged Stakes. At three years she contested twentyone events, winning eight, including tho Wanganui, Avondale, and Great Northern Guineas, and the New Zealand Oaks. At the beginning of tho season sho was successful five succcsivo times. In her fourth year, last season, she raced seventeen times for four wins, including the Foley Memorial Handicap, for tho second time. Prior to winning tho Waikato Cup—her first cup—last Saturday, she had raced throe times this season.

Messrs H. A. Piorco (handicapper), A. D.‘M'lvor (starter), and H. B. Ireland (judge) have been appointed officials for tho Wairio Jockey Club’s Annual Meeting. Rascal has gone out for a good spell. Tho hard tracks do not suit him, but ho may come back to win more races in the autumn and winter. Tho Jockey Club’s staff has made a good job of clearing away the debris of the members’ stand, and is now engaged in placing a guard rail round tho top and sides. Provided the weather is fine, this stand will still be tho most popular with the club’s patrons on race days. J. H. Prosser contemplates racing Great Star at the Auckland Cup Meeting. Tho Solferino gelding has done so well on other visits to Ellorslie that his owner-trainer is justified in thinking seriously of another northern trip. The Wairio Jockoy Club will give £SOO in stakes at its annual meeting on January 23, tho cup being wortli £IOO. A High-weight Handicap has been placed on tho programme in place of the steeplechase, and all events will bo confined to hacks. It is stated that tho A-wapuni two-yoar-old Inflation will contest tho Great Northern Foal Stakes at Ellerslio on Boxing Day, when ho will bo ridden by H. Gray. Inflation Ims raced consistently well in liis last few starts, and his form suggests that ho will race prominently in the two-year-olcl classic*

TROTTING.. November 26, 28.—Forbury Park T.C. December 2. —Manavratu T.C. December B.—Waikato T.C. December 12. —New Brighton T.C. December 26.—Ashburton Trotting Club. December 26. —Gore Trotting Club. December 26, 28.- -Westport Trotting Club. December 26, 28.—South Wairarapa Trotting Club. December 28, 30, 51.—Auckland Trotting Club. December 39. —Wiaton Trotting Club. December 50. —Reefton Trotting Club. His owner informed the writer this morning that Compensation has not made a satisfactory Recovery from the operation performed on him some months ago. He intends giving him every chance, and with that end in view intends turning him out on his brother’s farm, at Middlemarcli. With Oratorian’s win and the minor placings of Oratorian and Concentrate, Mr 11. J. Murphy won £1,165 in prize money at the Melbourne Cup Meeting. Stakes distributed at the fixture aggregated £27,542 —the smallest total for years. Carinthia’s breakdown in the Spring Hurdles at Riccarton was not so serious as at first appeared. His rider wisely pulled him up when ho went amiss, as }iis trainer feared he might do. Carinthia is to bo fired and turned out, and should come in in good shape for next winter. E. Scoullar may race Chief Light and Locksley at the holiday meetings in the south, while later in the season ho may also produce the two-year-old filly Irish Lady, by Grand Knight from Sprig of Erin. Irish Chieftain, the three-year-old half-brother to Irish Lady, was taken back to Invercargill by F. J. M'Kay, but he may return to Riccarton after the holiday meetings. So far the rain which has fallen during the past, few days has been beneficial to the Forbury Park track, and given fine weather from now on it should be in perfect condition for Harold Logan’s attempt on the mile record on Thursday. Ho will be paced by one of Mr Samson’s gallopers, ridden by A. E. Didham. The Day Comet gelding L’Allegro, who won at To Rapa, is a solid galloper and as he has beeil well schooled over jumps he should do well over fences, to which department of racing ho will ho put in the future. f ihe Waikato breeder’ and owner, Mr Vercoe, has a younger full-brother to L’Allegro being prepared for racing next winter. Tins son of Day Comet has been well schooled over fences, and his owner has hopes of winning a National with him. G, Murray-Aynsley has not made any definite plans for the holidays so fai (says the Christchurch ‘ Times ’), but he ‘has a trip to Auckland under consideration. He did not race ,Rin at Riccarton, as ho was suffering from the effects of a mishap to one of Ins eyes, received in his race at Motuharara. He is again in work, and it may be that the final decision on the Auckland visit will depend on how he shapes. Spoon, Mcprisant, and Kakara are all going on nicelv, and at least one of them may also be included if it is decided to go An" interesting innovation at Flcm-' ington during the V.R.O. spring meeting was a red disc which has been placed above the winning post to snow jockeys, especially those from . other states, the exact position of the judge s box as the turn into the straight is made. Instances have occurred or riders mistaking the locality of the winning post, and the use of the disc is a precautionary measure against such a possibility. A similar practice is m vogue at several important English racecourses. At Riccarton, where they have two winning posts, tho one in use tor the race is indicated by a white disc. Ivan Tilson’s luck was out at the New Zealand Cup meeting. On the first day he was on Sharp Ihorn when he became involved in the crash at the finish when three horses came down. On the second day he rode The novice hurdler Morena, who fell at Cutts s. On the final day he was engaged for Lancer, who fell on tho flat and rolled on his rider, who was sent to hospital. Before ho loft in the ambulance lilsou asked one of the ambulance brigade, to invest a pound for him on Grecian Prince, which he was to have ridden m the next race. Unfortunately there was not time to got tho money on and Grecian Prince won and paid a handsome dividend. . . , A notable racing record has been achieved in England by Mr J. haws™, the Manton trainer. Up to October 1J the horses in his care hadwoum prize money so far tins year £81,484, which is more than any other trainer has won for his patrons in a single season in the long history of the sport. Mr Lawson began work on n fann "u hen ho was twelve years old. Ho was still a bov when ho joined the Manton stable and having become, m the course of more than thirty years’ industrious and loyal service; right-hand iuau to Mr Alec Tavlor, the famous ‘ master of Manton,he was chosen by the new owners of the place to succeed Mr Taylor as trainer when he retired at tho end of 1927. . . Every possible economy is to bo practised in the Royal racing establishment at IVortou House, Newmarket, states tho "Sporting Life.’ It has been decided to get rid of one or two of the brood marcs, but up till tbo iniclcllo or October only one of the horses in training had been sold, that being tho four-year-old Cook’s Mill, who had failed to win a race during the season. No successor has yet been appointed to Major Fothorstonhangh, the. King’s former racing manager. It is unlikely that such an appointment will ho made, as the duties of both racing manager and trainer are being carried out by W. R. Jarvis, who has trained His Majesty’s horses for a nv'ibcr of years. The first body in Australia to take trotting seriously was the Victorian Trotting Club, of Melbourne, which started its racing early in 1882. Before the ’eighties the only trotting races were between natural trotters descended from tho thoroughbred or tho English Norfolk or Welsh cob trotters. In "the c-.rly ’eighties American stallions and mares commenced to come to Australia in fair numbers, and with them came several American trotting horsemen. The American rules of trotting wore adopted, and they remain to this day, having been altered from time to time to suit modern requirements. In the early days the pacing hopples were unknown, and even the unhopplod pacer was a novelty. ’Nearly every horse was a trotter, and when an occasional pacer came along it was looked upon as a freak of Nature. Commenting upon the fact that the Melbourne Cup winner White Nose is a grandson of Carbine, an Australian writer says: Spearmint was undoubtedly the best horse Carbine sired during his English stud career, but Pistol

was probably second best. Pistol was out in au exceptionally good year, as he had to meet Sceptre and Ard Patrick in the classics. Ho managed to divide Sceptre and Ard Patrick in the Two Thousand Guineas. With Sceptre out of tho way he would have been a comfortable winner of the Two Thousand Guineas. Perhaps it was just as well for Australia that Sceptre was there. Had he boon a Guineas winner ho would not have loft England, and Australia would have been deprived of a great sire. In jiis book Mr George Lambton says Sceptre and Ard Patrick “were a pair of giants, both in performances and stature.” Well, Pistol ivas a good second to Sceptre, and had Ard Patrick behind him, so he must have been a really high-class horse.

UnMoney 1st. 2nd. 3rd. placed . won. £ At 2vrs . .. 4 3 4 1 1,650 At 3yrs .. 8 4 1 8 3,940 At 4yrs . .. 4 20 11 1,070 At 6yrs ., .. 1 0 1 2 160 Totals . .. 17 9 6 22 £6,820