RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21469, 21 July 1933, Page 8

RACING NOTES

[By St. Ciair.]

, racing. ,Tuly 22—Auckland Racing /Club. July 22.— Hawke’s Bay Hunt) Club. July 22.—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 26.—Rangitikei Hunt Club. July 27, 29.—Gisborne Racing Club. July 29.—Christchurch Hunt Club. July 29—Rotorua a»d Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. ' , , August 5. —Poverty Bay Hunt Club. August 8, 10, 12.—C.J.C. Grand National M AUgust 19.—Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 26.—Taranaki Hunt Club. September 2.—Otago Hunt Club. September 2.—Manawatu Racing Club.

FLAT RADERS MAKE GOOD OVER FENCES. Many horses which have been of little value as flat racers have become great stake winners when they nave had their attention turned to jumping (writes " Chiron,” in the Australasian ’)• We have had a notable example in Mosstrooper, who was raced for four seasons and a-half without winning a race. Mr Gus Powell then purchased him, and. after racing him three times in small flat races, educated him as a jumper. Although a rank failure otj the flat, Mosstrooper became a great performer over hurdles and fences. In stakes he won his farseeing owner a small fortune. Longlands was of little use on the flat,. but he was able to win a Grand National Hurdle race. Coybeau, who won the Grand National the year before Longlands, was almost worthless on the flat, and was running without success in trial handicaps, with only a few pounds above the minimum weight. The nearest he ever got to winning a flat race in three seasons was when he finished third in a Maiden Plate at Moonee Valley. Yet he won a National. Just one more example. Mountain God was six years old before he was put to jumping, and up to that time he had won only two small races, one being a hack race at Echuca. He became a wonderful fencer, and won two Grand National Steeplechases lor Mr J. ,S. Feehan. Among the many horser who are unable to win flat races at present in training there are probably many potential winners of jumping races, but the trouble is they might ■ never get the chance to prove their worth as jumpers. ' “BOOKIES” LOSE £1,000,000. War has been declared by bookmaki ers all over the country on gangs _of ingenious racing crooks, whose big•cale operations are causing theni grave concern (states the 4 Sunday Chronicle,’ Manchester). Expertly organised with a secret service of their own, and controlled by a master brain, these crooks, it was revealed, are proving the most formidable menace bookmakers have had to face in recent years. They and other people acting either in gangs ‘or singly, are defrauding credit account boolcmakers to the tune of a million in twelve months, and many of the larger concerns are losing more than £I,OOO a week. If betting were made legal, the bookmaker* argue, they would have an effective weapon, but they say that it seems too much to hope that the Hotting Commission, in its report, expected 1 shortly, will recommend the Covern- * ment to adopt such a course. Meanwhile, one of the most wholesale and bare-faced frauds in the country is going on unchecked. People in all walks of life take a heavy toll, each week from bookmakers by the simple process of receivinjg when they win and omitting to pay the losses. Ine new drive to combat the menace does not so much concern the backers who happen to lose more than they can afford to pay, but the men and women who deliberately set out to defraud. “ I know one or two London firms of bookmakers who lose between £30,- , 000 and £50,000 each every year, said the head of one West End firm to the ‘ Sunday Chronicle.’ “ In particular I know one very careful man, chief of an important firm, who takes every precaution to satisfy himself by means of references and m other ways that intending customers are straightforward, yet he nimselr lost £20,T00 last year.” The chief syndicate has many ruses •which not huge proceeds. Tinder one scheme they have arranged for the provision of bogus references to swindlers who seek to open credit accounts with' reputable, bookmakers. Another popular trick is for a man to open an account and settle all debts promptly. He seems an ideal customer, and, in fact, is so far as his personal transactions are concerned, in a few weeks he will introduce a few friends who are not so straightforward. The gang, including the honest backer, will eventually net hundreds of pounds by taking winnings and not paying out losses. JOTTINGS. The racing High Speed had at the Wellington Meeting last week sharpen. I him up. and he made the opposition in the seven-furlong race at Waimate yesterday look very cheap.. Iho most surprising feature of his victory. was the wonderfully good price he re- ; turned his backers after the good form he showed at Trentham, where the opposition was very much better class. When Trisox was passing the post at the conclusion of tho. Hunters] Plate yesterday Bulolo was just entering the straight, and he pulled up a very distressed horse at the end of ten furlongs. He did not look ready to race, and it was a cruel task to set him to carry. 11.2 over ten furlongs in such conditions. . _ , The field in the Hunters’ .Plate at Waimate was unquestionably a weak one, but, even so, it was surprising to find Broadfield established favourite. The winner turned up in Trisox, a four-year-old gelding by Panmure from Uno. He is trained at Winton, and was easily, tho best ridden horse in the race. On yesterday’s form he must be given a good chance in the Hunters’ Plate to be decided at Washdyke to-morrow afternoon. ‘ , _ The locally-owned and trained Dracula gave his backers little anxiety in the Waihao Hack Handicap yesterday, but appeared to be doing bis best at the finish. Again backed down to a very short price in the seven-furlong race, ho was in trouble a furlong from home, and apparently six furlongs is tho limit of his ability at present. Out of his last four starts Dracula has now won three times and been second on the other occasion. Punohestown, the winner of the hurdle race at Waimate, showed a great improvement in his hurdling, and was ridden a well-judged race by V. Langford. He was always handy to tho early leaders, and over the last furlong outpaced Polling Day. ' Lancer did not give Rex Beale a v ery pleasant ride in yesterday’s steeplechase, as he was inclined to shirk some of his fences. However,- Beale got him round the course safely, and if he stands up to his work Laucer may be returned a winner over steeplechase couptry before long. 1 -■ . .■

’September 13.—Marlon Jockey Club. September 16. —Ashburton C. Racing Club. September 21, 23.—Wanganui Jockey Club. September 21, 23.—Geraldine Racing Club. September 30.—Kurow Jockey Club. TROTTING. August 5,9, 11.—N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. August 5,9, 11.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. August 26.—Auckland T.C. September 2.—New Brighton T.C. September 9.—Wellington T.C. • September 30.—Methven T.C. 1 October 7.—New Brighton T.C.

Tooter, who jumped the country all right in yesterday’s steeplechase, was always trailing the field, and one of the last to finish. By Tractor from Call Bird, he was bred and is owned by Mr L, C. Hazlett. P. T. Hogan has had charge of him since the Dunedin Meeting, but he does not look ready yet to show his best form.

The attendance at the Waimate Hunt Meeting yesterday was very thin, and included very few from the south. _ It was surprising that with a day’s racing so close to them there were not more present from Oamaru,

Willow Glen, who returned a sensational dividend in the steeplechase yesterday, is an aged gelding by Buff Gauntlet from a mare by Obsono, aud trained by his owner in the Morven district. He was ridden by W. J. Pascoe, and gave a great exhibition of fast jumping. He is engaged in the Teschemaker Memorial Steeplechase to-mor-row, and will be hard to beat again. The most disappointing performance registered at Waimate was that of Diamond Jack in the steeplechase. He was never able to hit the front, and at the end of a mile and a-balf hopelessly beaten. On yesterday’s showing he can have no chance in the Teschemaker Steeplechase to-morrow. Ivan de Oro had every chance in the saddle trot at Waimate, but raced over the last three furlongs as if chickenhearted. The winner, Pekara, who was always going well ouo in front, is an aged" gelding by Nelson Bingen from Pakitere. • Kakara jumped well enough in the hurdle race at Waimate, but never appeared to be putting any heart into the job in front of her. _ The experience will do her good, bub it will not be in a strong field that she will be returned a winner.

While, his condition lasted, Blue Metal made a brave showing in the hurdle race at Waimate. For over a mile he and the West Coast-owned Tentcall were out by themselves, both jump-ing-very fast. It is doubtful whether Blue Metal, who has won up to seven furlongs on the flat, will ever stay well enough to be a successful hurdler. The grey mare Donalda was well fancied in both or her starts at Waimate. but she is a slow beginner, and would probably be seen to better advantage over longer distances. , Donalda is a very good-looking' mare, and just the type to make a jumper. Adult, winner of the Novice Stakes yesterday, is a four-year-old gelding byj Arrowsmith from Ardour, and owned by the Washdyke trainer, E. J. Ellis. He has shown pace in some of his earlier races, but this is the first time he has been returned a winner. Mainlight, who carried Mr A. J. Barton’s colours in the Novice Stakes at Waimate, is a five-year-old mare by Paladin from Spotlight. She was never near the leaders in the early stages, but was finishing on hs if a longer distance would suit her. Keen interest was taken in Mount Boa’s debut over hurdles at Waimate. As a four-year-old he was hunted, and he treated the fences in yesterday’s race as if they were formidable instead of very easy obstacles. He lost ground by jumping so big,' but is likely to do much better the next time out. Palantua made a successful debut over a mile at Waimate, but her win was somewhat lucky. In the first place she had sufficient speed to make use of an opening on the rails approaching the straight, while Mount Boa, who ran her to a short neck, had to go outside these horses at the home turn. Had Red Boa not been kept so far behind the leaders until the short straight was entered he would have probably won, as he was rapidly overhauling both Palantua and Mount Boa at the finish. The home run in on the Waimate course is a very short one, and Didham on the Southland horse appeared to overlook that fact. Horses that should run well at the South Canterbury Hunt Club’s Meeting to-morrow are Polling Day, Mount Boa, and Huntley in the Hndlow Hurdles; Sir Richard, Marco Polo, and Night Club, in the Pareora Steeplechase; Thurina, Peterette, and Quinopal, in the South Canterbury Steeplechase; Pakara, Hytemoana, and Red Gold, in the Washdyke Trot; High Speed, Dracula, and Gold Dress, in the Levels Hack Handicap; Willow Gem, Lancer, and Slaunlathe, in the Teschcmaker Memorial Steeplechase; Trisox, Pharoah, and Rossferry, in the Hunters’ Plate; and Locksley, Red Boa, and Grecian Prince, in the Claremont Handicap. . It is the intention of the Stipendiary Stewards’ Committee of the Trotting Conference to appoint three handicappers to cover tho whole of tho dominion. At present eight or ten men are dividing the work. Usually the Winton Meeting has followed hard on the heels of the New Zealand Cup fixture. Next season it will be hold at tho beginning of December, and tho change may result in more horses and more money being available. According to the 4 Dominion, Cylinder will probably make the trip to the Grand National Meeting, but is an unlikely starter in the Winter Cup. That was written before J. H. Jefferd had had a chance to see the weights. Wellington advices are that Cottesmore will probably make the trip to Christchurch. He‘failed to show up in his races at Trentham, while _on the second day ho got left, but this is far from his true form, and under firmer track conditions he is likely to run well. He won twice at Riccarton at Faster. It is persistently stated in print that Merry Peel is most at homo on a heavy track. That his trainer does not hold this view was indicated by the horse being withdrawn from both engagements at Trentham on Saturday. There is a big difference between mud and a track with the sting out of it. Probably the most arresting decision of the Trotting Conference was the adoption of a remit as follows: —“ That, subject to, the approval of the Racing Conference, any club shall be entitled to include not more than two hack races for gallopers on each day’s programme.” That is an unexpected turn of fortune’s wheel. , in the new assessments framed by the Haiulicappers’ Committee, a large number of horse* have been let up a second. Among them is John Noble, who has moved out from 2.10. 2.43, and 4.30 to 2.11,. 2.0, And 4.31, .I^9

marks remain stationary are Roi I’Or, 2.6, 2.38, and 4.22, and Harold Logan, 2.7, 2.39, and 4.20. Veilmond (Limond—Veil), who was sold the other day in Sydney for stud purposes, was bi'ed Wanganui. He was bought by G. Price at the I Tenth am yearling sales on behalf of Mr L. Moss for 575g5, and though he has had tho reputation of being roguish, ho has been a big stake winner. He could stay and carry weight, and as be is a well-made horse he may be a stud success.

Amyril has quickly come into the limelight. She finished third in the Shorts Hack Handicap at Egmont last May, and in her next start, at Foxton, won the Maiden Handicap, six furlongs, easily. Going on to Trentham, she accounted for the Woburn Handicap on Tuesday from Pladie by a narrow margin, but beat Pladie much more decisively iu the Potoiie Handicap on Thursday, winning by four lengths. Amyril, who is a thrce-year-old filly by Psychology from Amyrin, comes from a speedy family, Amyrin having previously produced Grotesque, Bathos, Melissa, and Perception. Foreign Queen is fi thrce-year-old filly by the Australian-bred Mercian King from Megan, by Solferino from Success, by The Officer, who beat the odds-on favourite, Newhavcn, by ten lengths in the V.R.C. St. Leger or 1897. Mercian King, who won over a mile himself, was by the Caulfield Cup winner King Offa, who was by Radium, sire of Night Raid, and the best staying son of Bend Or himself. Bunfeast, dam of Mercian King, is by Comus, a son of Cyllene. She never raced, but another of her progeny, Royal Feast, won £13,119 in stakes as a two-year-old in Australia, and died before he could race at three years. There will be a • two-year-old “ parade ” at Washdyke on Saturday after the South Canterbury Steeplechase. So ■ far eight youngsters have been included in the list: Mr D. Grant’s Pink Coat —Princess Mafalda colt, and Pink Coat —Madame colt, both trained by J. W. Paukhurst; Mr J. M. Samson’s Weathervane —Lava filly, and Mr A. P. Greenfield’s Rosenor —Electric Lass gelding from F. Trilford’s stable; Mr'M’. J. Sullivan’s Royal Ransom and Wonderful (both by ’ AVeathervane), trained by P. T. Hogan; Mr J. Morrison’s colt by Pink Coat —Pollyform, prepared by‘A. Trilford; and Messrs Hunter and Webb’s Cockpit—Piraeus colt,' from E. J. Ellis’s. Rodosto, winner of both the English and French Two Thousand Guineas, was unable to start in the French Derby owing to the mishap which caused his absence from the English blue ribbon race. There were twelve starters for the Prix du Jockey Club (the “ Derby ”) at Chantilly on _ Sunday, June 11. The result was a victory for the favourite, Thor, owned by M. Marcel Boussac, by a length from Baron E. De Rothschild’s Camping, with M. L. Volterra’s Casterari three-quarters of a length away third. Thor is a bay colt by Ksar from Lasarte. He was ridden by the English jockey, C. Elliott. Steve Donoghue rode Cappiello, ■ who finished fourth. The Australian jockeys, W. R. Johnstone and W. Si’ britt, rode unplaced starters. Johnstone rode a second and B. Rosen a third during the afternoon, hut Sibbritt won the concluding event. Few people—except some of the heavier riders—will regret the passing of the Bst minimum for winter flat racing (says the Timaru ‘ Herald ’). It was merely a survival of a day when conditions were altogether different from those prevailing at present. In the early d\ys of racing in New ZeaJand the winter minimum was 10.0, but this was reduced before long to 9.0. Nine stone was the lowest weight until recent times, when tlie conference cut the lowest weight to 8.0. Now it has been sliced to 7.0, so that one sc.’e of weights will rule all tho year round. There is nothing to prevent any club which desires to' do so from adopting 8.0 or even 9.0 as its minimum weight, and there will always,be a high-weight on most programmes, hut generally it is certain that 7.0 will rule. It has always been an anomaly that horses should be asked to carry welter weights when the going is deep, and the change from summer to winter scales in handicaps at the beginning of June and back again in August has confused owners, trainers, and backers.

At Epsom on the day that Chatelaine won the Oaks Devineress won the Belmont Handicap, sf, in 54 3-ssec. That represents a speed of over forty-one miles an hour, and is a world’s record for the distance. The previous best was 65sec by Monastery Garden, also at Epsom, in May, 1927. The American record is 55 3-ssec, by Penrose at Belmont in 1918. The Australian and New Zealand record was created at Riccarton so long ago as November, 1904, by that very notable ' sprinter Machine Gun. Paganelli at Trentham in March, 1920, registered 58itac. Jules Jordon and Triangle, with 58*Jsec, share the purely Australian record. They both made their time, on the fast Cheltenham course of the Port Adelaide Racing Club. Devineress is a three-year-old filly by Finglas, son of the French sire Bruleur, whose daughter, Brulette, is one of the best stayers in England. ,SHe is owned by M. E. De St. Alary. Devineress won by only, a head from Dinos, by Diomedos. The horses had a following wind to help them. Foreign Queen made her debut on March 10 last year at Dannovirke, and finished third in the Juvenile Handicap. She was unplaced in a similar event at Hastings, and was third in the Autumn Plato at Awapuni. She wound up her first season by winning in succession a Novice Stakes at Marton and Trial Plates at Hastings, Napier Park, and Trentham. The filly was not produced again in public until February 22 last, when she again opened her account by running third. This was in a sixfurlong event at Woodvillc, and the next day she was unplaced in similar event. Another third—in the blymg at Masterton on March 10 —was followed by a win in the Farewell, SJf, on the following day. She was unplaced tw’ice over six furlongs at Awapuni that month. Early in April she ran fourth over six furlongs and third over five furlongs at the Pahiatua Meeting. At her next start, which was at Woodviile on May 27, she was second over five furlongs. Second and fourth was the best she managed over six furlongs at Otaki a week later. Then another run of four wins came. These were gained over five furlongs and a-half at Foxton, over six furlongs, and over five furlongs and a-half at Hastings, and over seven furlongs at Trentham. . . The death occurred last evening of Mr Richard Longley, of Upper Riccarton, a well-known racing trainer loi thirty-five years. Mr Longley was born near Timaru sixty-five years ago. He began bis racing as a boy, entering the stable of Hobbs and Campbell at 1 imam. Later bo worked with several other trainers, including Mason and Cutts, at Riccarton. While with Hobbs and Campbell, he rode in scvorM races, but never became a professional jockey. Tn 1898 be set up a training stable on bis own account at Upper Riccarton, and trained for many well-known owners, chiefly from North Canterbury. Horses trained by him won many famous races. Among the owners tor whom ho trained were Mr Gordon l! ulton (whose Art won the Grand National Hurdles in 1916, when finder Longley, a

care), Mr H. Darapier-Crossley, aud Mr H. G. Taylor, whose Beo (trained by Lo'ngley) won the Wellington Cup in 1916. At the time of Ins death he was still engaged in training. Mr Longley leaves a widow, one sou, and one daughter.