RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21452, 1 July 1933, Page 9

RACING NOTES

RACING. July 11. 13, 15.—Wellington Racing Club July 20.—-Waimate District Hunt Club. July 22.—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July *22.—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 26.—Eangitiki Hunt Club. July 27. 29.—Gisborne Racing Club. , July 29.—Christchurch Hunt Club.

[By St. Cijub.]

trainer to two kiisigs, Dick -Marsh, as he was familiarly known to ail sportsmen, was born in December, 1851, at Smeeth, in Kent, where his father was a large and prosperous farmer. He began riding racehorses early in life, and one of his principal flat race successes was in the New Stakes at Ascot on Temple, but increasing weight caused-him to join the ranks of cross-country jockeys. At this brancli of the sport he was among the best then riding. He rode in the Grand National on several occasions, and, though he never had the good fortune to win that race, he twice finished third. He started as a trainer in 1872, his patrons including several distinguished sportsmen for whom he turned ■ out many notable winners, including the One Thousand Guineas and the Oaks for the Duke of Hamilton with Miss Jummy in 1886. Five years later he also trained Cloister when that famous horse carried Lord Dudley’s colours into second place behind Come Away in the Grand National Steeplechase. In 1893, when it was decided to transfer the torses owned by the late King Edward (then Prince of Wales)'from Kingsclere to Newmarket, Marsh was selected as the Royal trainer on. the advice ofi the late Lord Marcus Beresford, the manager of the Sandringham stud. How excellent was Lord Marcus’s judgment was shown three years later, when Marsh won the One Thousand Guineas for the Prince with Thais, and followed it tip by achieving the greatest of all turf triumphs by winning the Derby with Persimmon. Hopes were ", entertained that Thais would complete a memorable double by winning the Oaks, but-she found one too good for her in Lord Derby’s Canterbury’. Pilgrim. Persimmon was only twice beaten during his career, in the Middle Park Plate as a two-year-old, and the Prince of Wales Stakes the following year, St. Frusquin being his conqueror on ' each occasion. _ He won in stakes over £34,000,-his victories including,, in addition to the Derby, the St. Leger, Jockey Club Stakes, Ascot Gold Cup, and Eclipse • Stakes. The dam of Persimmon was Perdita 11., who had been purchased on the advice of the late John Porter for £9OO. This mare was the foundation of King Edward’s racing successes. Previous t 6 Persimmon she had foaled Florizel 11., with whom Marsh won for the Prince the Manchester Cup, Ascot Gold Vase, the Goodwood Cup, and other races. In 1897 Perdita 11. foaled another son of St. Simon, who, known as Diamond Jubilee, was destined to be enrolled among the comparatively few horses who have won all of the three gr,eat classics, the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derhv, and the St. Leger. Diamond , ' Jubilee inherited in more than the ordinary degree the excitability and uncertain temperament associated with some of the Galopin stock, and for that reason his two-year-old career was disappointing. The horse showed an ineradicable dislike to the Egerton House l' jockey, Mornington Cannon, and this presented to Herbert Jones the opporK tunity which laid the foundation of Ins A - fortunes as a jockey. Jones- at that time was the horse’s attendant, and, 0 as the horse only appeared docile,with • him. Marsh advised that he should bo V permitted to ride him in his three-year-old races. With Jones up, Diamond ? Jubilee not only swept the board of the classic races open to him, but also * won the Newmarket Stakes and the f Eclipse Stakes. In his career he won t ■ upwards of £33,000 in stake money, and " was eventually sold to a South Ameri- “ can breeder for 30,000 guineas. Then ensued a period of ill-success viewed in the light of previous triumphs, and in 1907,* with a view_ of securing horses more worthy of carrying his colours, King Edward leased half a 1 dozen yearlings. They included Minoru, whoso performances© ■ as a two-year-old hardly gave promise of the _ great triumphs that were to attend him the following year. He won the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby, Ins success iu the Blue llibsxnd of the turf being only gained after one of the most desperate finishes iii the long history of thp race. The scene of enthusiasm which followed outvied even that which followed on Persimmon’s victory. ’ The Derby of 1898 was remarkable for the fact that Marsh won it with a 100 to 1 chance in the late Mr J. W. Lareeach’s Jeddah. The stable also ran the late Duke of Devonshire’s Dieu•donne, ivho was considered so much superior to Jeddah that he started second favourite, hut failed to get placed. In : addition to the successes recorded 1 above, ’Marsh, won the Two Thousand Guineas with Paradox and Gorges, and the Ascot Gold Cup with Morion and Le Fleche. Though w:eight-for-age races rather than handicaps were Marshs chief preoccupation, he won the ' / Steward’s', Cup three times in succession with Marvel (1890 and 1892), , and Unicorn (1891). The same measure of, success did not attend Marsh’s association with. King George as with King Edward, It was thought, that with Friar Marcus and Knight of the Garter there was the possibility of classic successes, but both ' horses proved disappointing after their two-year-old careers. With Weathervane, now located near Lake Wakatipu, however, the Royal Hunt Cup. at Ascot was won .for - King George, and other important handicap successes gained- for His Majesty wero by London Cry in the Goodwood Stakes and Prince Edward Handicap. Mr Marsh retired from training at the end of 1924, and was succeeded by Mr W. R. Jarvis as the Royal trainer. The last winner to he trained by him was Lord Lascelles’ Laiglon in the . Cleveland Handicap, at Doncaster. Marsh’s retirement was marked by many notable tokens of esteem. His Majesty conferred on him the Royal Victorian Order, his fellow-trainers presented him with a silver cup and a cabinet of. cigars, and a general testimonial, organised by Sir Walter Gilhey and Mr Somerville Tattersall, realised £3,000. As valued as anything was the presentation of an illuminated Bible after a farewell service at the little chapel at Newmarket ho had built, and where he had worshipped for many years. Marsh left Newmarket on his retirement to live quietly at Shelford, some twenty miles away. He there wrote the story of Ids' life under the title of ‘Trainer to Two Kings.’ _ Ho was twice married. His widow is a sister to the famous trainers, Fred and Sam Darling. His son, Charles Marsh, was formerly private trainer to Lord Glanely, and is now training with success on the Continent*. Another son, M. Marsh, is a trainer at West Ilsley, , Berkshire,

July 29 —Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. August s.—Poverty Bay Hunt Club. August 8, 10, 12. —C.J.C. Grand National Meeting. TROTTING. August 5,9, 11.—N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club.

IN FAVOUR OF THE TOTE. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet at the annual meeting of members of the Dunedin Jockey Club in 1904, the Chairman, the Hon. Geo. M'Leau, said:—-“I would like to say a word or two about the totalisator and the active interest the Council of Churches are taking, getting up petitions against its use. 1 can well do this, seeing that I am a man who never bets a shilling either on the totalisator or on my own horses or any other man’s horses. I can speak somewhat freely in regard to it, seeing that 1 keep clear of all betting transactions. These people don’t realise, in my opinion,, what they are doing. Do they want, 1 wonder, to go back to the o|d style of bookmaker, who lives in luxury and parades before the public iu headquarters in Christchurch ? Do they understand, in getting up this agitation, that there can'ho only a limited number of clubs that get a totalisator permit? The whole number of the racine' and trotting clubs amounts to 256. The clubs unable to get permits are: 83 racing and 16 trotting clubs, in all 99 clubs out of 256. Thus, there are 99 clubs that carry on racing, and don’t use the totalisator and can’t get it. These are the clubs that keep up the bookmakers. You will see in the list of our racing clubs that gave up licensing bookmakers and keep off their courses one—the Auckland Racing Club. From their keeping bookmakers off the course you will see the harvest the bookmakers made. Their totalisator investments have increased by £48,742. I wonder if these people would act as they are doing if they looked at the bookmakers getting all this money into their hands. The clubs only use the totalisator to increase their stakes, to keep up their courses, and to carry on racing. They have done away with all proprietary clubs, and. racing is now being conducted in a very straightforward and honest way. I venture to say that racing in Now Zealand is conducted more honestly than in any other country in the world. I am quite sure that these people, if they knew what they were doing—creating a lot of bookmakers, as they would if they got nd of the totalisator—would be the last to do it. They arc all well-meaning, but they are working in the dark. They won’t seek information from those who could give it, and won’t trust it when they get it. I think it should be stated that the total of the permits that the racing clubs got last year was 128, and that of the trotting clubs was 28—in all 156. That is the legal amount. But we hear these people talking about restricting the use of the totalisator. By the Act ‘of 1894 the number was limited to 156, and it can’t go higher without fresh legislation. Whether it would be better to take off the limit and let these other clubs have the totalisator is open to question. I think ,it would. Out of the 83 unlicensed racing clubs 22 only hold-,racing one day a year. Surely these people would not grudge the people in any one district 'having a little outing once a year. Out of the 16 trotting clubs six have onlv one meeting a year.” Mr J. Hazlett suggested that the chairman might supplement Ins remarks on the totalisator by pointing out the revenue the Government got out of it. If the Government did not get their 10 per cent, the bookmakers would got it to swell their profits. ■ The Chairman concurred, and added that in Continental countries a large part of the Government’s revenue came from lotteries, Italy deriving £2,250,000 a. year- from that source. Nobody saw any harm in it. Tho people of the colony would gamble no matter who tried to stop them, and they had to 'make gambling as respectable as possible. Hq was sure, no one would steal money to put it on the* totnlisntor. It was not like bookmakers going round the offices and laying “dead uns _ to the clerks and getting them into trouble. THE DERBY WINNER. Writing about Hyperion—who subsequently won tbe Derby—after his success in the Chester Vase early in. May, “ Audax,” of the * Horse and Hound (London), said: “Foaled on April 18, Hypefion is a chestnut son of that very good racer and sire Gainsborough out of charming Selene, a half-sister by Chaucer to the One ’thousand and St. Le"dr winner Tranquil, coining ot the No 6 family. Selene won sixteen races, worth collectively £14,651, and her first foal, Sickle, by Phalans, was only just beaten for the Two Thousand Guineas of 1927, which Adam’s Apple wmn by a short head from Call Boy, who beat Sickle by half a length.” . Hyperion’s foaling date is equivalent to November 18 in Australia but in England, though horses ages date from January 1, very early foals are not generally favoured. This for th reason that -the cold weather of January is regarded as being against the youngsters and their dams. THE BEST HORSE IN ENGLAND. Mannamead (winner of five races in succession this season) is now considered the best horse on the turf in England. Recently he very easily defeated two such good ones as Orpen and Brulette, one of the best stayers * n Mannamead is another with Musket blood, for his dam was by Trenton s son, Torpoint, a good stayer and sire of the great brood marc Hamoaze. He was bred and owned by Lord Astor and was unbeaten at two years, but went amiss when being trained lor the Derby last year Mannamead is by the Derby winner, Manna, from 1 morick, by Torpoint from Third Trick, by William’the Third from Conjure, by Juggler, a son of T ouchct (Lord Lyon —Lady Audley) and Enchantress, by tho Ascot Cup winner, Scottish Chief. Manna is by Phalans from Waffles, dam of tbe Leger winner, Sandwich, by Sansovino. Waffles is by Buckwheat, ’ son of Martagoii and Sesame. Mannamead is a magnificent type ot horse. Ho appears to have got over the trouble which put hint out of action lost season. J(m|NGSi

Up to to-day’s meeting at Oamaru D. O’Connor has ridden twelve winners and A. B. Didliam and J. W. Dooley eleven each. They were all ruling at Oamaru this afternoon. The value of tho winner’s share of tho stake for the Two Thousand Guineas, won by the I 1 rcnch colt Rcdosto was £9,037 10s. Iv. Voitrc has now ridden 120 winners this season with several meetings still to go. This easily constitutes a record for tho dominion.

According to the Sydney ‘ Referee Peter -Pan lias returned to his training quarters looking better than he has ever done before. Cadland is now being used as a station hack at his owner’s place. It is intended to race him again. If the going is heavy at Trentham —and it generally is for the winter meeting—a horse named Tradesman will be worth following. ' Two Randwick Leger bookmakers were so heavily hit over the recent winter meeting at that centre that they were unable to meet their liabilities. Merry Damon, who was useful on the flat, is reported to have shaped well over hurdles at Napier Park, and sojne good judges have him ticked off as an early winner. The Waimate Hunt Club has decided to hold a totalisator meeting on July 20, the Thursday prior to tho South Canterbury Jockey Club’s fixture. Nominations are due at 9 p.m. on Monday. . , A filly by Night Raid from Set Sail, now rising two years old, is shortly to join Alex. M'Kenzie’s establishment at Invercargill. She is the first of Set Sail’s progeny, and if half as good as her dam will be more than useful. When Zygon won the hurdle race at the Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s Meeting on June 17 he established a new track record for Caulfield by running two miles and sixty-five yards in 3min 393 sec. This year’s English Derby winner, Hyperion, is on the small side in respect to height. He is only 15,1, and a casual inspection would not suggest he is that. The North Island hack Slippery only cost his present owners £SO. They have already had a good return for their outlay, and it would be difficult to select another horse more likely to add to .its winnings during the next six weeks. A contemporary, -writing 'of Steve Donogluie’s great ability as a horseman, says; “Greatness was waiting for him. He won the English Derby for three successive years on three different horses.” Donoghu© might have become much more famous had he won the three Derbies on the ono horse ! It is reported that an official, who was standing in line with the judge at Ashburton, maintains that Polling Day beat Huntley in tho hurdle race by a head. It was a see-saw finish, first one head m front, and then the other. Polling Day’s owner was just unlucky that Huntley got his stride in on the post. Moa Lap, who won the Rosehill Juvenile Stakes this month, bears a name that would suggest he was bred in New Zealand, but his sire was Maibite and his dam St. Patricia. The latter was by Santry from Irish Demon, a winner of eight races in England. In addition to Moa Lap, St. Patricia has thrown winners in Allure, _ Past Master, ■Auburn Tresses, and Chenille. For the'first four months bookmakers were licensed in Tasmania the Government received a little over £4,000 from stamp duty and th© turnover tax of 21 per cent. The amount mentioned suggests that betting in Tasmania is on a particularly light scale. Tho advertisements of some,of England’s starting-price bookmakers make interesting reading. On May 11 one firm announced its re’adiness to lay £9,000 to £I,OOO for a win, and £2,250 to £I,OOO for a place against Hyperion for the Derby in one hand. It is probable there was a taker.

The English trainer, F. Leader, who won,the Ascot Gold Vase with Gainslaw last month, when motoring home to Newmarket the same night Jiis car collided with a lorry, and lie and his wife were killed. Leader trained for several owners, and Gainslaw is owned by Mr H. J. Simms.

Callamart, winner of the Grand National Hurdles, 1931, and Great Northern Steeplechase ,this yea#, was bred by Mr W. Higgins at Waikanae, and, after his trainer had seen him and disapproved of the action of oric of his hind legs, sold to .a drover for £B. He has now started in sixty-two races, winning eight of them and £2,780 in stakes. There was plenty of excitement engendered in the South-eastern Steeplechase, run in South Australia last month, as they fell like ninepins. Ludbrook and Swift King were the only ones that did not meet with mishap, but the latter is so slow that Horae Mado was remounted after a fall and then beat him him© for second. Ludbrook was also nearly on his head when Home Made came down. American papers do not suggest that at present racing is iu a very prosperous condition over there. In such leading racing States as Kentucky, New York, and Maryland general retrenchment has been necessary this year, and last month the value of Maryland’s principal handicap, tho Dixie, was only 5,000 dollars against 15,000 dollars in the previous years. As a result of tho victory of Heroic Prince at Caulfield on Saturday Heroic has headed Windbag in tho winning sires’ contest for the season. Some few weeks ago Windbag was leading by about £2,000. Since then Heroic has had several good wins credited to his stock. Tho Valais-Chorsonesc horse (who made a two-year-old winning record in his first season) is now at tho head of tho list and is likely to remain there, as the season has only about six weeks to rim.

There . docs not appear to be. any question that gambling has been allowed to grow to huge dimensions in England and that some reforms are desirable. When one sees, as was pointed out in the ‘ Star 5 recently, advertisements of English bookmakers to. the effect that they will bet in any way on horse racing, .dog racing, football, “ or any other recognised sport,” there seems room for change. Nevertheless, while an effective cure for toothache would appear' to be cutting off the sufferer’s head, it is a remedy not in general favour. In Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and possibly New South Wales, there are troublous times ahead for starting price bookmakers, [n Perth, the racing clubs and police are combining to make things unpleasant for them. One move by the police is likely to be effective. It is that of prosecuting owners, as well as occupiers of premises involved in betting. Some landlords will not like the idea of turning down high rental, but the chances are they will do so iu preference to being charged with assisting in illegal betting. South Africa s crack rider, C. Buckham, is evidently going to got a good run in England. Lieutenant-colonel Loder wanted Gordon Richards to ride Colorado Kid in tho Kempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap, but as be had a prior engagement, ho recommended Beckham. Richards’ suggestion was adopted and Bnckham scored an easy win on Colorado Kid. who started at eleven to one. Richards’ mount, Brulottc, was unplaced, but as he won a couple of other races it was not a blank afternoon for him. As Buckham did so well on Colorado Kid at Kempton Park, tho chances are he was also on him when ho won tho Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot last week. The speed of Tctratema’s two-year-olds is as marked in England as that of Heroic’s youngsters in Australia, in the Somerville Stakes at Newmarket last mouth, tho places were filled by Tetratema’s progeny, Tetralight (a gelding) winning from the filly Quadriga and the colt from Portrait. The Portrait colt cost Miss D. Paget 5,000 guineas, and was England’s highest