RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21007, 22 January 1932, Page 7

RACING NOTES

RACING. •January 23.—Wellington Racing Club. January 23.—Wairio Jo'ey Club. January 23.—Waipapa Kauri Racing Club. January 27, 28.—Pahiatua Racing Club. January 29, 30.—Takapuna Jockey Club. February 3.—Tapanui Racing Club. February 3, 4.—Bgmont Racing Club. February 4, 6.—Gisborne Racing Club. February 6.—Matamata Racing Club. February 11, 13.—Dunedin Jockey Club; PRODUCTS OF LIMERICK. As a breeding centre Ireland has 'during the last thirty years, acquired a world-wide fame. In the building up of that great and well-deserved reputation the achievements of two Limerick colts were important factors. One was Galtee More, the other Ard Patrick. Both belonged to tbe late Mr John Gubbins, both claimed Morganette as their dam, both won the Derby, and both,, to the detriment, of British bloodstock, were sold to foreigners at the conclusion of their racing careers (says .the Sydney 'Mail'). Mr Gubbins lived at Bruree, and. 'having inherited a large fortune from an uncle, established a high-class stud, at which he installed the English sires Kendal, by Bend Or, and St. Flonan, by St. Simon. Galtee More,*the first or this great pair, was foaled in 1894, and was by Kendal. As a two-year-old, except for one slight lapse, Jie -carried all before him. , •In the spring of 1897 the Irish colt proved himself to be still a veritable Triton among minnows, for he won the Two Thousand Guineas in a canter by four lengths from Valasquez, and with odds of 100 to 6 laid on him*ha»treated his five opponents for the Newmarket Stakes in equally dominating fashion. These performances caused him to be a strong favourite for the Derby at 4 to 1 on, while Valasquez was second choice at 10 to 1 and the Hampton colt History third in request at 25 to 1. The betting was an accurate forecast of the result, for the three best-backed colts filled, the places as written, Galtee More winning by two lengths from Velasquez, with History eight lengths further off. ' During the next few months Galtee More went on his winning ways. At Ascot, with odds of 33 to 1 laid on him, he won the Prince of Wales' Stakes. His final appear-, ance was in the Cambridgeshire Stakes, lm 240yds, in which he was handicapped to carry 9st 61b, and failed. This defeat. brought Galtee ' More's turf career to a close. Mr Gubbins sold him to the Russian Government for £21,000, and in his new home he achieved considerable success as a sire. However, in 1904 the Russians sold him to the Germans for £14,000. Undoubtedly he was a really great horse —•"a'horse and a-half " the -English regarded him—and it was unfortunate he did not return to Ireland as a sire instead of leaving for foreign parts. Five years later his Half-brother Ard Patrick ran third to that wonderful filly Sceptre, and imported Pistol in the Two Thousand Guineas, and then won the Derby easily by four lengths from Rising Glass, with Friar Tuck a poor third and Sceptre fourth. Owing to leg trouble Ard Patrick did not run for the St. Leger; but in the following season he and Sceptre again met in the Eclipse Stakes, and again the half- , brother to Galtee More proved successful. THE WAIRIO MEETING. The annual meeting of the Wairio Jockey Club will be held to-morrow, and for the first time for over twenty years only Southland-owned and trained horses; will be taking, part. The following horses should run prominently in their engagements:— Ohai Maiden Handicap, 6f.—Enwood, Young Sentinel, and Red Sunset. Nightcaps Harness Trotting Handicap, ' lsm.— Royal Author, Our Treasure, and Aparima. - Wairio Cup, Urn.— Night Rose. Rioter, and Totolomai. Woodland Handicap. 6if. —Jack-a-Dandy. Barn Door, and Royal Emblem. Forde Memorial High-weight Handicap, lm.—The Rector. Spanish Maid, and Ohai. . Birchwood Saddle Trotting Handicap. IJm.—The Nellie Osborne—Woodburn Queen bracket, Endwell. and John Logan. Wairaki Handicap. sf.—Crubenmore, Ace of Hearts, and Red Sunset. Wrey's Bush Handicap, lm.—The Cough—Steeton—Thornton bracket, Barn Door, and Leading Boy. JOTTINGS. * . Nominations for Dunedin Cup Meeting close at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Acceptances for the first day of the Forbury Park Meeting close at 5 p.m. to-day.' The first race at Wairio to-morrow is timed to start at 1 o'clock. The Wellington Meeting will be concluded to-morrow, the first race starting at noon. Mr C. E. HassalL of Timaru, will handicap Gore R.C. Meeting flat races, and Mr M. Fitzgerald will adjust the trotting handicaps. There will be eight races each day on th» Gore Racing Club's Summer Meet-' ing, to be held on February 24 and 25; the stakes ranging from £6O to £IOO. : Fpur light harness events have been included in the programme of the Gore Racing Club's Summer Meeting, 'and they have.been endowed with £255 of the prize money. The ' Southland News' claims Hector Gray, T. Green, A. S. and L. J. Ellis, J. W. Dooley, I. C. Tilson, N. C. Dwyer, Geo. Humphries, and F. Voight to be Southerners, having been born in that province. In all but the four open races on the Gore Racing Club's programme for its Summer Meeting the conditions provide for the minimum weight in handicaps to be 7st 71b or higher. Owners and trainers, will appreciate the action of the committee of the Gore Racing Club in fixing its Summer Meeting to be held on succeeding days. The day in between so often arranged by clubs makes attendance at these meetings unnecessarily heavy. The most successful apprentice in England last year was the sixteen-year-old F. Rickaby, whose 374 mounts gave 44 wins, 38 seconds, and 42 thirds. This year Rickaby has a £2,500 retainer from Lord Glanely. About six weeks prior to .the, close of the recent English season it seemed certain that M. D. Peacock, the leading trainer, would reach 100 wins. He missed by two, having 51 different winners of 98 races for stakes totalling £22,664. Considering the smallness of the stnki;s offered, the acceptance fees arranged by the Goro Racing Club nt its Summer Meetiiig next month appear J© be higk-. Nomination.! and ac-

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February 11, 13.—Taranaki Jockey Club. February 11, 13.—Poverty Bay Turf Club.

- TROTTING. January 23. Timaru Trotting Club. January 28, 30.—Forbury Park Trotting Club. February 6.—New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. February 20.—Kaikbura Trotting Club. February 20, 22.—Auckland Trotting Club. • February 27.—New Brighton Trotting Club. March 4, s.—lnvercargill Trotting Club. ceptances for a £6O race, worth £SO to the winner, work out at 4 per cent, on the latter's share. Last season the South Otago Trotting Club left an application for a temporary totalisator permit a little too late to succeed. This season tho Wanganui Trotting Club is not likely to use more than one of its two days' permits, and the Balelutha Club- should get in early with its application if the members desire to have the totalisator at its annual fixture. J. T. Dbwling, owner of North Drift, winner of the Manchester November Handicap, on which the Dublin hospitals sweeps were run, commenced life as a collier, but for many years had 4>een a bookmaker. He purchased shares in five different tickets which drew his horse in sweeps, and with the addition of the stakes and some antepost bets, won nearly £so,ooo. In. England very few horses that show outstanding form are raced after they are,four years old. Noble Star (Hapsbur'g—Hesper), who has so greatly distinguished himself as a stayer this season, is likely to add to the number. The intention was to keep him in training with a view to running in the Ascot Gold Cup, but his owner now contemplates sending him to the stud with his honours thick upon him. The Gore correspondent of the Southland 'Times' says:—The acceptance fees charged by the Tapanui Racing Club have been the subject of comment by local trainers, who contend that they do hot bear favourable comparison with the charges made by other clubs which offer better stakes. Mitchie Chimes was none the worse for his fall on the second day of the Vincent Jockey Club's Meeting. He is at present enjoying a spell, but will be taken up in the next day or two. At a level stake on each race it is unusual for any jockey to repay following. Very few have done so this season in Sydney, and in England last year W. Nevetli was i > only one. Notwithstanding G. Richards was an easy first in the winning list his followers did not have a successful year. A London paper states that anyone putting £1 on each of his mounts finished about £l5O poorer. In Australia any jockey who has 200 mounts in a season is fortunate (says the 'Referee'), but in England or America that is a comparatively small figure for any • rider of prominence. During the eight and a-half months of flat racing in England last year thirty riders had more than 200 mounts each. G. Richards led with 899, and was followed by F. Fox 783, H. Wragg 701, C. Richards 671, M. Beary 632, T. Weston 596, J. Sirett 542, and R. Perryman 532. Horses of two and.three years are l.invariably the biggest ..earners in England. Of the first twenty-five in last year's winning list thirteen were three-year-olds, and eight two-year-olds. The three-year-old Cameronian with £29,484 was first, and tho two-year-old Orwell (Gainsborough—Golden Hair) second with £18,613. The most successful horses of four years or over were: Caerleon, 4yrs, £10,093; Trimdon, syrs, £5,725; Noble Star, 4yrs,) £5,555; and Brown Jack, 7yrs, £5,°65.' Dr Freeland, one of the horses entered for the Ague Caliente Handicap, was in good form at Bowie (Maryland) on November ""l. Carrying 8.4 he wort the Southern Maryland Handicap, 9f,in 1.52 4-5, and his "tote" dividend in a field of twelve was a little over 6£ to 1. The three-year-old Mate was favourite, but 9.1 was too,much for him, especially as he was pacing it with a couple of more lightly-weighted runners from the start. He finished a close fourth, and took £2OO for that position. First money was £5,108, second £BOO, and third £4OO. Less than a week later Mate won the Thanksgiving Handicap, 9Jf, at Bowie, and as he carried 71b over w.f.a. it was a great performance. Dr Freeland was fourth. The win added £1,855 to Mate's earnings, making them £42,952 for the year. There was a spice of sensation about the success that attended the two-year-old Tea Tray—Refinement colt Agamoni in the five-furlong Criterion Handicap at the V.R.C. New Year's Day Meeting in Melbourne, for he was one of the most heavily backed winners at the fixture. Long odds were at first on offer about him, but weight of stable money soon brought these down, and he eventually started a good second favourite. Well to the front from the start, he landed home an easy winner by two lengths, in front of three recent winners, and cut out. the five furlongs in 61sec, exceptionally good time for the Flemington straight run over the distance. Agamoni i ins in the colours of H. R. Telford, Phar Lap's trainer and part owner, who secured him for 100 guineas at the last Trentham sale. Telford fancied the youngster on account of the fine Australian performances of his half-brother Mystic Peak (by Romeo), who subsequently, at a difference of only lib, ran Phar Lap to a neck in last year's Caulfield Futurity Stakes. Agamoni's dam is a granddaughter of the Apremont mare Antelope, who, to St. Leger, produced the dual Auckland Cup winner Blue Jacket. In the Electric Handicap on the first day of the Forbury Park Meeting Princess Mauritius should be on 36yds, not 48yds.