RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20988, 30 December 1931, Page 5

RACING NOTES

[By St, Clair.]

RACING,

Jtmiarv I.—Waikcmaiti Racing Club. January I.—Wyndham Racing Cub. January 1, 2— Auckland Racing Club. January' 1, 2.-Greymouth Jockey Club. January 1, 2.-Hawkc’s Bay Jockey Club. January 1, 2.—Stratford Racing Club. ' January 1, 2.—Marton Jockey Club. January 1, 2—Wairarapa Racing Club. January 2.—Oamaru Jockey Club. January 2, 4.-Southland Racing Club. January 7, 9.—Thames Jockey Club. January 8, 9. Reefton Jockey Club. January 9, 11.—Vincent Jockey Club. January 13, 14,-Foxtou Racing Club. January 16.—Bay of Islands Racing Club. January 19, 21-Wairoa Racing Club. January 20, 22, 23.— Wellington Racing 22.—Ashhurst Racing Club. January 23—Wairio Jo key Club. January 23.—Waipapa Kauri Racing Club,

A SIRE OF EARLY SPEED

• Tetratema, a son of The letrarcb, is one of the leading sires of the Old ,World, and it would appear tliat his brother Corban is likely to , a similar position in Austoaha before long (says the Sydney Mail ). When first imported by Mr If. A. Hewson, Corban was in Queensland, but for the last three years has been at Yarraman Park, Scone, where he took the place of Dane’s Yoe, who died.; So far few of the : Corban tribe have raced, but this season been well advertised by the chestnut filly Treasury, a daughter of the Bobadil mare Mary L., her dam the Union Jack, by The Admiral from The Heroine, by Trenton (son of Musket). Treasury, has now had two ■tarts for two wins. In Tier first outing ohe defeated the speedy colt N .Kb. at Rosehill last month, a,nd as the latter easily won the Nursery Handicap at Rosehill Treasury was regarded in the light of a racecourse certainty for the A.J.C. December Nursery this month. Jumping quickly into her stride, the filly led from start to finish, running the five furlongs in 59 J sec, or halt a 'second, outside the course record established by Gloriole on December 27 last vear. On that occasion Gloriole carried Bst, while Treasury had Bst 51b on Saturday, and won at her ease from 'Arnurna and Turbine.

RACING FOR CHARITY

■'Among other interesting items in last mouth’s • American papers were the monetary results of meetings held on behalf of the unemployed. The one held at Latonia (Ky.) was a great success, over £14,000 being realised. The principal return was from ,the pari-mutuels, over £6,300 coming > from that source. Those figures suggest it must have been a good betting .day. The result was not nearly as good at Belmont Park, New York’s principal track, but about £6,000 was netted. In Maryland the four race tracks jointly raised £16,000 tor the unemployed, and Hawthorne (Chicago) contributed £12,000. Those figures show that American race clubs are doing as much as they can to alleviate distress. The unemployed also benefited from the sale of fifty-one of C. V. Whitney’s horses last month. The amount realised was £18,345, the highest price being £1,860 for a three-year-old. Some time prior to the sale it was announced that Mr Whitney, in memory of his father, would donate 25 per cent, of the gross proceeds of the sale to the unemployed. Consequently they received over £4,500.

JOTTINGS

Paper Money has thirteen representatives on the catalogue for the New Zealand national yearling sales ih January. It is interesting, to record the fact that the time record for the Auckland Cup, 3.24 3-5, is held jointly by two South Islanders—viz., Admiral Drake (Otago) and Rapier (Canterbury), L. J. Ellis was riding .in good fqrm on the second day of the local meeting. Out of five mounts no scored two wins, was twice second, and once unplaced. The latest.addition to the ranks ot , professional trainers in England is Sir Henry J. Lawson He has owned horses for many- years,. and is said to be one of the most popular men in • Yorkshire. Surprise Journey has a wonderful record to his credit at Alexander Park, where he won a double on Monday, it was on this course that he won his first race after importation from Australia, and he has now started in nine races there, winning six and being second once. , , _. ~ Though the Birchwood Hunt Clubs meeting is still set down on the official racing calendar to take place on January. 16, so far, no preparation for the same has been made by the club, and it is quite safe to say . that it will not be held before the end of next hunting season. , . . ~, c It is not often that m a held of ten two of the starters are backed down to an odds on price, yet this was the case in the Allantoh handicap at Wingatui on Monday. Both Gold Pit, who won, and Kakara, who ran second, were sent out at shorter than even money favourites. It would have taken a good horse to have beaten Royal Saxon in the Otago Handicap last Saturday, but he ran a poor race in the open six furlong event on Monday. He was well enough placed at the homo turn, but appeared to shirk his work when called on over the final furlong. Though Solniar’s _ name figures amongst the nominations for the Vincent meeting, ho is not likely to make the trip. After his double success at Wingatui Cotter would probably have some difficulty in finding enough lead to make up the weight Solmar is likely to get at the Omakau fixture. Mr C. A. Shiel has been a good pat- . ron of racing during the past few years, and though Dumblane was not one of * the favoured division in tlm Fernhill Handicap on Monday, his - in was a popular one; So far Mr Shiel has not been a lucky owner, though never afraid to pay' a long price for a horse if he fancied it. Now that Dumblane is properly well he may .go on winning. The prompt publication of penalties for the Waikouaiti meeting and the appearance of weights for Invercargill yesterday enabled owners with horses engaged at both meetings a chance of making an early decision whether they would go north or south at New Year time. At the time of writing it looks as if there will be plenty of horses for both circuits, but there may be trouble in getting sufficient horsemen. Despite the fact that he won his race on Saturday very easily; Riri is no champion. ' In the Fernhill Handicap on Monday he took a lot out of himself at the start and lost a little ground when the barrier rose, but throughout the first mile was always well enough placed to have won the race had be been good enough. On his Wingatui form Tie can have ap chanfie in jthe

TROTTING,

December 31. —Auckland Trotting Club. January 1, 2.—Canterbury Park Trotting Club. , January 4.— Westland Trotting Club. January 5, 6.—Greymoutb Trotting Club. January 16.—Wellington Trotting Club. January 25.—Timaru Trotting Club. January 28, 30. Porbury Park Trotting Club. February 6.—New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. February 20.—Kaikoura Trotting Club. February 20, 22. —Auckland Trotting Club. February 27.—New Brighton Trotting Club. March 4, s.—lnvercargill Trotting Club.

Notwithstanding his fee is 500 gs, the English stallion, Solario, had a full list for 1932 some months ago. It is a big price to pav for the services of any stallion, but the yearlings by Solano sold at auction last year included one at 4,100g5, another at 3,ooogns, a third at 1,150g5, and a fourth at 1,350g5. A ‘ Turf Who’s Who ’ is to be added to racing publications in England. It is to be compiled by Mr J. FairfaxBlakeborough,, and as it . will contain biographical notes regarding oyer I.OUU Old Country owners, trainers, breeders, jockeys, and turf officials, it will be a work of interest in Australia as well as England. Even with the assistance ho will receive Mr Fairfax-Blakeborough is going to find his task decidedly strenuous. Some excuse was offered for Bachelor’s Idol’s poor showing in her race on the first day of the D.J.C. Meeting when it was found out that she had nearly fallen on her nose after going a'couple of furlongs. But when tie accident happened she was nearly at the tail of the field. On the second day she was well enough placed until a furlong from home to have won if good enough, but she failed to finish on. When this mare raced in the early spring she gave promise of being useful up to seven furlongs, but since then her form has been very disappointing. In France, as in most other countries, racehorse owners are feeling the financial pinch. It was stated that 111 November there' were nearly 500 fewer racehorses in training at Chantilly, as compared with the same mbnth last year. It is a tremendous decrease, and gives an idea of the number of horses in work at Chantilly a year ago. incidentally, there are not as many horses working at Randwick as a yeai ago. The Aga Khan’s possibility for next year’s, English Derby would appear to be Firdaussi. a chestnut colt by Pharos from Brownhylda, an Oaks winner. At Newmarket on October 23 Firdaussi was made an 11 to 10 favourite for the Dewhurst Stakes, of £1,505, seven furlongs, and after a great struggle won by a short head from Short Hand (Papyrus —Quick Thought), who was giving lum 31b. The Aga Khan bred Firdaussi. Though the course at the six-furlong start has been widened to about bUtt at Waikouaiti, the fact that twentyone horses still hold their ground, in the Trial Plate on Friday means that it may be necessary to run that race in divisions. If such is the civse, liiulingham, Muff, Traylayali, Jautbow, Diapason, First Song, Clarencess, lan s March, Kips, Sun Palace, and Counter March will form the first division, and Heigh Ho, Scotch Tea, Colonel Cygnus, Ruatui, Flying Amy, Song mise. Terra Pinna, Sunward, and Sunworthy the second division. The club applied to the Racing Conference a week ago to increase the number, thirteen laid down in the regulations as the maximum number flowed to stait from this harrier under the old measurement, and advised that body of the widening of the course, but received the unsatisfactory reply that it was a matter for the stipendiary stewaid to decide. In England the plea that the Gaming Acts exempt a backer from paying his betting debts is not always successful. In London last month it was put forward in a case m which a hrm of bookmakers alleged that the defendant, in consideration of their not reporting his default to Tattersall’s, agreed to nay off a betting debt by instalments. It was argued that the bargain constituted a fresh contract, and was outside the operations of the _ Gaming Acts. The Jury took that view, and gave a verdict of £463 for the bookmakers. The defendant admitted winning between £650 and £7OO from the plaintiffs, most of which he had used to pay business debts. In cross-examina-tion he claimed to be an honest man, but said he had told the secretary of the National Turf Protection Society that as he had not , got the money, and was not likely to have it, he was not going to pay the debt. Furthermore, he had no money when he made the bets. In England in 1930 the yearlings sold at auction for l,ooogs or, over totalled eighty-three, the highest prices being 7,500 gs for Hardy (Blandford—Florena) and 7,100 gs for Scninole (Hurry On—Pagan Sacrifice), who died without racing. The prices of twenty-eight others ranged from 4,200 guineas down to 2,000g5. Of these only the Gainsborough—Golden Hair colt, who was sold for 3,000g5, has shown first-class form. This year fiftyone yearlings made 1,000 guineas or over at auction, the top prices being 6,600 gs for a Spion Kok—Waffles colt, 4,100 gs for a Solario—Quarterdeck colt, and 4,000 gs for a Phalaris—Donniua colt. Of the remainder ten reached or exceeded the 2,000 gs mark. It will be gathered from these figures that the slump in the value of bloodstock in England is something very real. In England the Aga Khan has bought many yearlings that scarcely proved worth more pennies than they cost guineas. The latest to be added to these is the three-year-old Salove (Spion Kop—Skein Dim). As a yearling Seleve cost the Aga Khan 6,000g5. Last season he had three unplaced runs, and when he missed a place in a £lO3 selling handicap at Worcester last month, his owner was content to let him go for 30gs at auction immediately after the race. Saleve’s new owner intends making a hurdler of him. A few weeks earlier the Aga Khan let the three-year-old Nushirawan (Solario —Sword Clay) go at auction for 55gs. As a yearling Nushirawan cost 4,500g5. Among the Aga Khan’s earlier yearling purchases Aftab (10,000 gs) was sold for 125 gs and Farm.-m Farina (9,100g5) for 105 gs.