RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21581, 29 November 1933, Page 7

RACING NOTES

[By Sx. Clair.]

RACING. November 50. December 2.—Feilding J.C. December 1. 2.—Winton J.G. December 2, 4.—Takapuna J.C. December 2.—Ashburton C.R.C. December 9, XX.—Woodville D.J.C. December 16.—Napier Park R.C. December 16.—Hororata R.C. (at Riccarton). December 16. —VVaipa R.C. December 26. —Poverty Bay T.C. December 26. —Waipukurau J.C. December 26, 27. —Westland R.C. , December'26. 27 Taranaki J.C.

TROUBLE IN TASMANIA. Sensational developments have followed the stand made by the Northern Tasmanian Owners and Trainers’ Association against the appointment of Mr 8. Luck as stipendiary steward for Elphiu. The chairman of the association, Mr W. H. Sayer, has been warned off the Launceston trotting track. Mr Bayer was founder of the association, which has lately come into bitter conflict with the Northern Tasmanian Trotting Club (says the ‘Globe’), beca :e of the appointment of Mr Luck as steward. Mr Luck, the association complained, is himself an owner. The secretary of the club (Mr A. A. Evans), accompanied by Detective IV. Mansfield, called on Mr Sayer last week and handed him a written notice, warning him off the track. No reason was advanced for the action. As he had not been charged with any offence, Mr Sayer said lie could only take the notice as applying to him as chairman of the association, and, in this event, it would cover all members as well. Mr Sayer explained that he had formed the association, after viewing the good work accomplished by a similar body in Hobart, to bring about clean racing at Elpbin. When applications were called for the stipendiary position, the association forwarded a request to the N.T.T.C. that a man with no pecuniary interest in trotting he appointed. After a name suggested by the association had been rejected, continued Mr Sayer, that body attempted to bring about a round table conference between the two Launceston clubs , and the association. The Danbury Park Club was wHling to hold the conference, but the N.T.T.C. hedged its acceptance with too many conditions to make a discussion practicable. Owners feel strongly about the stipendiary matter,” Mr Sayer added, “ for their object is only clean sport., The notice 1 received is similar, 1 suppose, to those issued to all undesirables when they are warned off a course. 1 cannot help thinking that mature consideration was not given to speh a grave action 1 as has been taken. ’ Because of the dispute between the association and the club, the N.T.T.C. meeting at Elphin on a recent Saturday, was unsuccessful. Fields were very poof and the betting light. JOTTINGS. Nominations for the Gore Trotting Club’s Boxing Day Meeting close next Monday, at 5 p.m. The first race on the Winton Jockey Club’s programme is timed to start at noon each day. Several owners intend sending their mares to Paper Money when he arrives at the Salisbury stud about the middle of next mouth. As a two-ycar-okl The Tetrarch won £11,336 in stakes, and progeny of his in Tiffen £13,307, and Mumtaz Mahal £11,763 were also good stake winners at that age. L. J. Ellis, who was suspended for a month by the Wellington Pacing Club on October 21, will resume race-riding at the Winton Meeting this week. The American-bred filly Top Flight, by the French-bred sire Dis Done, is credited with having won £45,625 in stakes, which stands as a world’s record for a two-year-old. B. B. Berry left Checkers behind after the Forbury Park Meeting last week, and the Worthy Bond—Fancy Pointer gelding is to be given a spell of utility harness work. All racing and trotting clubs can now look forward to increased totalisator investments. The improved value of wool will put fresh heart into their country patrons and will be reflected on the totalisator quicker than anywhere else. His part owner, Mr F. E. Shillabeer, states that Shadow King’s efforts in the last five Melbourne Cups have been only practices for the Centenary Melbourne Cup to be run next November. It is reported from the south that F. A. Longford will ride The Rector, V. Langford Nylotis. T. Ross Ecclefechan, J. Walker Umtali, and W. Cooper Mavora in the Winton Steeplechase on Friday. Tudor, who won tlx; hurdle race at Levin last Saturday, claims Little England as his sire. This stallion was imported to the dominion by the Waikato Hunt Club with a view to breeding jumpers. Mr L. G. Hill is making satisfactory progress towards recovery, and is now able to sit up. He expects to be in his usual place when nominations are being received for the local summer meeting. • His owner has not yet decided where Kemal Pasha will race at New Year time. He intends trying him out over middle distances-at the Dunedin meeting. Kemal Pasha has done well since joining A. S. Al'Kay’s stable. Thirteen trotting meetings have been held in the dominion this season, and only two of them have shown decreases in the totalisator investments, both fixtures being held in wet weather. The percentages of increase as compared ■with last year’s fixtures works out at about 9 per cent. In answer to an inquiry from “ J.J. Ribbonwood paced a mile against time at Addington, April 18. 1903, covering the first half-mile in Imin 4sec and the full distance in 2min 9scc. The totalisator was not opened on that event. On his three heats with Fritz at the same meeting the totalisator was opened and he paid £1 10s. in each of the first two and £1 4s in the third. Totalisator returns for the dominion show that up to the end of October the increase on last year’s figures was equal to 14 per cent. To the end of this month the increase has advanced to 15.9 per cent. Out of the thirty meetings held so far this season eleven of them have shown decreased turnovers, chiefly on account of bad weather having been experienced. Bight of

December 26. 27.—Dunedin J.C. December 28, 27, 29.—Manawatu R.C. December 26, 28, January 1, 2.—Aucl; land R.C. TROTTING. December 9. —New Brighton T.C. December 26. —Gore T.C. December 26,—Ashburton T.C. December 26, 27.—Wairarapa T.C. December 26. 27. —Westport T.C. December 27, 29, 30.—Auckland T.C. December 29.—Winton T.C. December 30. Reefton T.C.

these meetings were held in the North Island. , , According to the ‘Sporting Life, the crack English jockey, C. Smirke. who had been under a five yours’ suspension, was to have received his riding license back last month. This gracious action by tlic stewards of the Jockey Chib, conservative fountainhead of racing justice in the Empire, was the subject of much favourable comment in the London Press.

During his successful trip to Victoria with Golden Hair the Hawera trainer O. Cox visited Mr S. Green’s stud at Bacchus Marsh' and saw one of his old charges, Barryanda. This marc, by Martian from Per Anna, thus a sister to Martarma, was named jointly after Mr A. Alexander, of New Plymouth, and the late Mr D. Barry, She has a two-year-old just about ready to race.

The Southland ‘Times’ reports that an interesting schooling task took place at Winton on Saturday morning over the steeplechase course, which was open for horses engaged at this week’s mooting. Ecclefcchan (T. Ross), Slim Jim (V. Langford), and The Rector (F. A. Langford) all jumped well, Ecclefeeban leading throughout the journey of about a mile and a-hnlf, including eight fences. The Rector was handy to him at the finish, and the pace was solid all the way.

Although the mount on Polydora at Ellcrslie is .tempting, the Riccnrton horseman, M. Kirwan, may be riding on the West Coast circuit at holiday time. He bad a groat innings there hist Christmas and New Year. At Hokitika he rode seven winners and two seconds; at Omoto he was on six winners; while at Reefton he rode a winner and two thirds.

The steeplechaser Lucess, now in his eleventh year, has been brought into work again at Alatamata by Ins owner-trainer, Mr W. J. APLean, but he is unlikely to be raced again till the late summer at earliest. He won the Beaufort Steeplechase, and was third in the Grand National and Lincoln Steeplechases at the Grand National Meeting in August, and in these races he showed better stamina than previously. The four-year-old pacing mare, Beverley King, who won well at the North Canterbury Racing Club’s Alceting on Labour’Day, was conr.dcntly supported at Forbury, but she disappointed rather badly. She did not appear to be at borne on the five furlongs track and struck herself more than once. On the second day she was in front, when she misfired ‘in her gait and dropped right back. Beverley King is a speedy mare, who may make amends the fii.it time she races on a big course (says the Christchurch ‘ Star ’). Although balloon tyres arc in some quarters believed to be interior to the ordinary tyre still chiefly in use at present, Americans are of the opinion that sulkies equipped with balloon tyres are an improvement on the old type. It is claimed that one particular home has won almost every race he has contested this season in a sulky equipped with balloon tyres, and be lias gone rs fast as 2min 2tscc. Any New Zealanders who have used these tyres; are high in their praise of them. When Walla Walla goes to New Zealand he will have to be right at Ins best if ho is to carry all before him. Even then it may not be any certainty that he will remain unconqucred (sajs the Alelbournc ‘ Record ’). The most recent performances of Red Shadow stamp him as one likely to test the mettle of Walla Walla to_ the fullest extent. His time m the New Zealand Cup, 4min 24 l-osoc, was good enough, but he has run 4niin 18 2-ssec, and that he' has not deteriorated was shown , on the concluding day of the recent meeting, when he won over two miles comfortably in 4min 21sec, and the same afternoon won the mile and a-qnartcr Free-for-All in 2min 41 2-ssec, again having a little to spare. When New Derby returned to his stall after winning the Ascot £SUO recently he was surrounded by many admirers. Included was a New Zealander, who predicted big things lor the Globe Derby stallion if sent to the dominion, where be thought be won.d prove the equal of anything. There is not the least doubt that New Derby's visit, especially if it coincided with the appearance of 'Walla Walla, would create big interest. His twelve inilongs at Ascot at a 2min 13 l-3see rate was a remarkable achievement -going round a field, especially when the fastest single miles travelled there are as follows;—Diana Wood, 2mm 122 sec (win); Direct Abdullah 2mm 13|sec (win) and 2mm lIJ sec (placed); Almont Wilkes, 2inin losoc (placed) : Connie Glo, 2inin I‘tscc (placed); aiiss Major, 2min 14Jsec (win); Joan Pronto, 2min 14iscc (win); and Direct Home, 2min losec (win). At Richmond Direct Home and Walla Walla equally bold the mile record on this closed course, each pacino 2min 121scc. At the Meibom ne Show? New Derby took 3min IHscc'lor his mile—half a second longer than the record shared by Walla Walla and Alinont AVilkes. Placed horses at the Forbury 1 ark Trotting Club’s Spring Aleetmg have been reassessed as follows:

Table Line. Agile A monos A vermis .... 1. 2 1 9 2.1 2.12 2.45 4..12 Blue 'Mountain 1 o V ) 2.10 1.1 1 ) Don Chcnault ... 2 28 Fairyland 2 20 19 General Wrack 1 Groat Minto ... ;i 19 Grey Girl i 24 2.10 Gunfire i i 2.12 4.11 Gun Metal 18 Jimmy do Oro i 9 Lilian Bond 1 21 Lord .Wrack i 7 2.40 Manoeuvre 1 2.12 4.14 Margaret Parrish 2 ' ’ll Mario Celeste ... 1 21 Muriel do Oro ... 1 2.12 2.45 4.27 Orphan Bingen 2 7 Prairie King 1 29 4.33 Probationer 1 2.12 2.40 Ratloek .1 20 4 12 Royal Drnsus ... 1 2.10 2.47 Ruth Logan 1 17 4.10 Roddy ;i 2.11 2.11 Silver dc Oro ... i 2.11 2.44 4.28 Summit ... ... :i 11 Triangle 2 7 Wahnooka 2 1 Wild Guy .... ... 1 .11) Wise Guy 1 11 Voting Frank ... 1 ‘K) Harold Denver Held over.