RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21290, 20 December 1932, Page 11

RACING NOTES

, RACING. December 26.—Waipukurau Jockey Club. December 26.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. December 26. 27.—Dunedin Jockey Club. December 26. 27.—Westland Jockey Club. December 26, 27.—Taranaki Jockey Club. December 26, 27, 29—Manawatu Racing Club.

December 26, 28, January 2, 3.—Auckland Racing Club. . December 31, January 2. Greymoutb Jockey Club. January 2.—Waikouaiti Racing Club. January 2.—Wyndbam Racing Club. January 2, 3.—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club January 2, .3.—Stratford Racing Culb. • January 2, 3. —Marton Jockey Club. ' January 2, 3. —Wairarapa Racing Club.

AT WINGATUI THIS MORNING, The course proper, with trestles in the same places as on Saturday morning, was again open for fast work at Wingatui this morning, when the weather was fine but dull, and the temperature much lower. ' Gold Paper ran six furlongs m Imm 21seo, the last five in 67 4-ssec, and going well all the way. June the Third ran five furlongs, being picked up by Gold Boy at the halfmile post. June the Third finished the better, covering the five furlongs in 68sec, and the last four in 54sec. Reminder gave Ilkley a start over five furlongs, and easily beat him home in 67 3-ssec Fair Weather was restricted to strong work on the plough track. Shipshape was not fully extended to run seven furlongs in Imin 37sec, equalling Kcmal Pasha’s performance over the same distance earlier in the morning. Irish Lancer and Hula Belle ran seven furlongs in Imin 33 2-ssec, the former going much the better over the last furlong. Shock was doing it better than Orangapai at the end of six furlongs in Imin 20 2-osec. Solanum took Imin 38 2-ssec to run seven furlongs. Bold Brigand, with his trainer up, always had the measure of Shamata over seven furlongs in Imin 38 l-ssec. Tippling, Red Racer, and Blazon were sent seven furlongs. Blazon standing the other pair up two lengths’ start. He ran up to them at_ the turn into the straight, but Tippling easily held them in the run home, beating Blazon a length in Imin 35 l-ssec. Red Racer being three lengths back. Blue Metal and Daring Deeds ran five furlongs from the mile post, and were easing up over the last half furlong in 66 3-ssec, the pair finishing on even terms. Accumulate and Ruling Pen took 60 2-ssec to cover five furlongs. Hystride, who looks particularly well at present, ran seven furlongs on the plough track in Imin 34 2-ssec. Arden’s Beauty was an absentee from the tracks this morning, having jarred a fetlock in her gallop on Saturday morning. She is now an unlikely starter at the meeting. e JOTTINGS. Acceptances for the Winton Trotting Sleeting close at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, for the Oamaru and Waikouaiti Meetings at 9 p.m. on Thursday, and for the Wyndhany Meeting at 12 p.m. on Friday. Nominations for the Vincent Meeting close on Friday at 7 p.m. Ranelagh, who has raced every month since April. 1931, will be given a spell after fulfilling engagements at Waikouqiti and Oamaru,

(By St. Clair.)

January 3.—Oamaru Jockey Club. January 3, 4.—Southland Racing Club. TROTTING. December 26. —Ashburton Trotting Club. December , 26.—Gore Trotting Club. December 26.—Wairarapa Trotting Club. December 26, 27. Westport Trotting Club. December 27, 29, 31.—Auckland Trotting Club. December 29.—Winton Trotting Club. December 30.—Reefton Trotting Club. January 2, 3. —Canterbury Park Trotting Club, January 4i—Westland Trotting Club. January 5, 6.—Greymoutb Trotting Club. January 14.—Wellington Trotting Club.

At Addington on Saturday morning Colorado worked a mile and a-half the reverse way in 3.20, doing it very pleasingly. He will leave for Auckland on Thursday. Riccarton stables are represented by the following horses in the nominations for the Southland Racing Club’s Summer Meeting:—Kakara, Royal Sceptre, Silver Sight, Chief Light. Grecian Prince, Starshooter, Niggernead, and Tip Tree. Until Friday, Antique, best-performed of the North Island candidates for the Auckland Cup, was not greatly in favour, except in the northern "city, but at To Aroha he has been putting up> some great trials, and advice received by the * Sun ’ is that he has, in consequence, advanced in public estimation for the big race. The entries for the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s special Boxing Day meeting are very small, being limited practically to horses trained at Gisborne. There arc only twenty-two individual horses in the seven events, every horse having been nominated for at least two races, and some for three. There is very little margin for defections at acceptance date. Silver Ring’s display in the Akaroa Handicap on Saturday was considered very satisfactory, and his trip to the Auckland Meeting will be undertaken. He will leave for the north by to-day’s boat in charge of R. W. King, and G W. Humphries will accompany him to do the riding. As a result of a further inquiry bv the Canterbury District Committee, M. P. Corliss, owner of Wise Choice, was found guilty of improper behaviour towards an official of the Ashburton County Racing Club at the meeting on December 3, and was fined £5. The incident leading up to this enquiry occurred at the conclusion of the Wakanui Handicap, in which Wise Choice was badly left at the start. J. Bird, who won the hurdle race at Ballarat on November 26 with Firu, won a race at the corresponding meeting fifty years ago. That was the Trial Stakes with Dalrymple, owned by Mr Alec Taylor. At that time Bird was only fourteen years of age. Ho became a prominent cross-country rider in the Ballarat district, and afterwards a trainer. He has been located at Caulfield for a number of years. At a special meeting of the Canterbury District Committee on Saturday morning, the committee found that the payment of training fees of the horse Nightform, by J. Vuletta to S. Trilford, was prima facie evidence that Vuletta was interested in the horse. The committee therefore disqualified the registered owner, C. M. O’Connor, the trainer S. Trilford, and the horse for twelve months. Until Tuesday Gay Lap was doing particularly well in his preparation for

the Railway Handicap and R. J. Mateer was very hopeful that he would be right at his best for the big sprint at ElTerslie on Boxing Day. However, the foreleg that gave him trouble last autumn is again snowing signs of strain and it is now doubtful whether he will compete at the summer cai’nival. It is probable that he will be put by until the tracks become easier. Ever since Roi I’Or beat Harold Logan in the Free-for-All there has been a feeling among trotting enthusiasts that they would like to see the pair meet over a mile. It is quite on the cards that such a treat will be provided, for R. J. Humphreys, trainer of Harold Logan, states that there is a likelihood of the Timaru Trotting Club arranging a match between the two champions to take place at the club s meeting on January 21. The match will be over one mile from a flying start. „ . The totalisator was first used on a Melbourne racecourse in August, 1931. It is in operation in Victoria only at the Flemington, Caulfield, Moonee Valley, Williamstown, and Ascot racecourses. Despite tho strong competition of the bookmakers an aggregate of £1,575,831 has passed through the machine on eighty-eight race days at those courses. Ten per cent, is deducted from the pool in Melbourne. The clubs take 5 per cent, of this, and the other 5 per cent, goes to the Charities Board controlling 150 hospitals and charitable institutions. In the sixteen months, the board has received nearly £79,000. , , „ It is claimed in tho north that Gold Trail will be Silver Scorn’s most serious rival in the Great Northern Guineas, but according to the Christmas Handicap weights. Silver Scorn is 51b the better at a mile, while over a mile and a-half, the granddaughter of Desert Gold has yet to prove herself. Silver Scorn has already done so. Further, most of the progeny of Chief Ruler, the sire of Gold Trail, have been remarkable more for speed than for stamina, although it is true there have _ been notable exceptions, while the majority of the Silverados appear to be developing as stayers. The death of Mr W. M. Cazalet, a well-known breeder and owner of racehorses, occurred in England at the end of October. A month before his death he had his horses in training removed from Manton to Fairlawne, so that he could watch them exercising from the window of his bedroom, to which his illness had confined him. Among the best horses he owned were Prince Cbimay, Air Raid, Puttenden, and Shell Transport. One of his most successful seasons was 1918, for in that year Prince Chimay won the valuable Jockey Club Stakes and Air Raid the Cesarewitch. Puttenden won the Ascot Gold Vase for him and Shell Transport the Jockey Club Stakes. His last win was with "Shell Transport in a race at Nottingham a couple of weeks before he died.

Red Manfred was due to leave for Ellerslie at the beginning of this week. His chief mission is the Great Northern Foal Stakes, but he may be seen out in other events at the Auckland Meeting, as he is a solid and sensible colt whom racing does not in the least upset. He has again galloped well at Woodyille since the remarkable three furlongs ho reeled off during the recent meeting on the course. This time he ran five furlongs in 1.3, which he could have improved upon. As hp has already won the Wellesley Stakes and the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes, and is improving all' the time the chances are that he will start favourite.

P. G. Holmes was not long in winning a race with College Boy, as he only took him over after the Ashburton Meeting two weeks ago. College Boy, who won his previous race at the Waikouaiti Meeting last NewYear’s Day, is an aged gelding by Cathedral Chimes from Schoolgirl, who also produced Schoolmate and a Peter Chenault mare now in J. S. Shaw’s stable. Schoolgirl must have come from a long-lived family as her dam, Factory Girl, figures in volume I. of the New Zealand Trotting Stud Book. Her sire was Mambrino King by Mambrino King by Mambrino Mac from imported Jeanie Tracey, dam of the famous Kentucky. The conditions of the Rosehill Corinthian Cup decided in Sydney on Saturday are somewhat uncommon these days. In addition to the stake is attached a cup known as the White Horse Gold Cup, valued at 250 gs, presented by the directors of White Horse Distillers Ltd., London and Glasgow. This cup. must be won twice by the same owner before it becomes the actual property of such owner. The owner and rider of the winner of this race each receive a miniature cup valued at £l7 10s, presented by the Rosehill Racing Club. The contestants have to be ridden by approved amateurs only, and the lowest handicap weight is fixed at lOs't. Bronze Tray, who was disqualified yesterday for three ;yoars in connection with the Dargaville incident, is a six-year-old gelding by Tea Tray from Florent. He won the Avondale Cup on October 15 and the Dargaville Cup on December 1, and was an acceptor for the Auckland Cup, to be run at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. R. A. Powell, the owner of Bronze Tray, is a butcher at Dargaville. C. R. Powell is an hotelkeeper at Whangarei. H. Gray, formerly a leading jockey in New Zealand, started as a trainer at Takanini this season, and at Te Awamutu last Saturday led in three winners—On Top, Weatherwise, and Thespis. A. G. Murray and R. Plorne are light-weight jockeys. Horne won the Auckland Cup on Motere in 1930, and was to have ridden Bronze. Tray in this year’s race. L. Clifford is apprenticed to H. Gray. All the rubbish has been swept out of the Great Northern Derby (says the ‘ Sun ’), and the twelve remaining are likely to suffer further defections before the day, depending on how they fare earlier at the meeting. Assuming that a decision is made to send Silver Ring to the races, his first trial will be the Railway Handicap, _ for which Tea Trader, also stands his ground. Supreme Ruler, Jonathan, Berate, Gay Marigold, and La Moderne will have a pipe-opener in the Queen’s Plate, while Tout le Mond will tackle the Cup. Unless he does badly in that race he will contest the classic. Gold Trail has survived the payments for the Cup and Christmas Handicap, while Silver Scorn also remains in the latter race, but Gold Trail’s mission is said to be the big handicap. Pillow Fight and Lack have no engagements on the first day at Auckland. A dash by aeroplane and train from Ashburton to Auckland to drive Nelson’s Victory in the Auckland Trotting Cup on December 27 is contemplated by the Canterbury trainer 0. E. blooper. Hooper intends to drive at Ashburton on Boxing Day, and leaving immediately after the meeting fly to Palmerston North to catch the Limited express, arriving in Auckland on the morning of the Cup race. Nelson’s Victory, who is one of the most fancied Canterbury horses for the Auckland Trotting Cup, is expected to reach Te Awamutu at an early date, and will go into E. N. Konnerley’s stable until the Epsom Meeting. He will be given a few rims on the grass at To Awamutu before coming on to Auckland with other members of Kennerley’s team, consisting of Peter Pirate, Pearl Parrish, and Grand Triumph. Whatever may be lost in interest by the fact that Auckland is unrepresented in the Great Northern Derby is

compensated for by the interest which the meeting of Taxpayer and Indianapolis will arouse, says an Auckland writer. It is a little disappointing that there should be only three for whom the final payment has been made, and though the third one, Golden Direct, is a very speedy three-year-old, he is not regarded as being the equal of either Taxpayer or Indianapolis. The latter are very brilliant, perhaps two of the best ever bred in the dominion, and already they have demonstrated their ability to hold their own with horses older than themselves. To date the honours are with Taxpayer, because of his defeat of Mr G. J. Barton’s three-year-old at Addington last month. However, in that race Indianapolis was interfered with so badly that he was knocked off his feet, and when he settled down again he was last. At the finish he was beaten less than two lengths by Mr J. R. M'Kenzie’s colt. Since then both have raced and won at Forbury Park. Golden Direct can be expected to add interest to the race, but all the attention will be riveted upon the meeting between Taxpayer and Indianapolis.