RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21632, 30 January 1934, Page 10

RACING NOTES

[By St. Claie.]

RACING. January 31.—Tapanui R.C. February 1, 3. —Egmont R.C. February 3.—Poverty Bay T.C. February 3. —Matainata R.C. February 8. 10.—Dunedin J.C. February 8, 10.—Poverty Bay T.C. February 8, 10.—Taranaki J.C.

THIS MORNING AT WINGATUI. A strong nor’-wester was blowing at iWingatui this morning, which had the effect of steadying up horses as they galloped down the straight. The outside of the course proper was again open for fast work, and provided firm but good going. , . June the Third, who appears to be 'quietening down, was sent a circuit, and ran the last five furlongs m Imm jXlsec* Gold Paper was going better than ■Fair Weather at the end of six furlongs on the plough in Imin 15 4-ssec. Tea Fight and Lady Kate were sent half a mile, the last three furlongs tak-ing-42 3-ssec. . ... Palmary, who is improving with every gallop, ran a mile under big weights in lmin-.49sec. , [Ventrac was sent ten furlongs on tne tan" at a strong pace. He took Imm 58sec 'for the last mile-and 42sec for the. final three furlongs. ‘ Last Link and Salmo Salar ran nine furlongs on the plough in 2mm 3 }-ssec, finishing together. Chhota ran a mile on the outside ot the course in Imih 53sec, the last six furlongs taking Imin 22sec. The filly carried about 10st. , , . „ Hostage and Sungem took Imm 9sec to run five furlongs on the course proper, and another pair of maidens from C. Gieseler’s stable in Unseen (Rosenor —Kilris) and and an unnamed three-year-old took 56seo for their first tryout over half a mile. ■' Norman Conquest easily accounted for Half Note over half a mile, the last three furlongs in 39sec. Kemal Pasha beat Master Anomaly over five furlongs on the plough m Imin 2 2-ssec. ' • Morena (R. Beale) and Rameses (W. Cooper) set out to school over three hurdles, but Morena got in too close to the second fence,, and fell heavily. Beale escaped injury, but when he cooled off Morena was very lame in the near hind leg. Rameses was sent another round, and_ from hurdle to hurdle took Imin 15 3-ssec, giving an excellent display of , fast jumping. Morena will now be a doubtful starter at the meeting next week. A large number of other horses were let off with half to three-quarter pace W ° rk DEATH OF REALM. Regarded as the King of the Ribbonwood tribe, Realm (2.3 4-5) is dead. In a letter to Sydney 1 Sportsman Mr J. Barrett states that the horse died pf heart failure recently; A winner of £4,500 in prize money, ! Realm was one of the greatest pacing stallions seen in Australia. He first came into prominence in the July of 1920, when, at Harold Park, he won a division of a Trial Handicap from Bsec behind, his actual time for the nine furlongs being 2.37 J. Then came two further victories that year in A.T.C. Handicaps, his'best time for the mile and a-half. being 3.31. The following year saw him record two successes, but it was not until_ the next year, 1922, that Sydney saw him at his best. He started off by dead-heating for first in the Menangle Park Trotting Club Handicap, one mile and a-half. in 3.30 J, on a grass track. Then came two wins'at [Victoria Park, one in .an A.T.C. Handicap, and the other in a Flying Mile.' In the latter race he put the distance by in 2.13. In that event he got away slowly, and seemed to be hopelessly out of the race. But running the last half-mile in 59sec, he won easily, thus demonstrating the wonderful-turn of speed he possessed. , Then he came to New Zealand, and he clearly showed that ,he was one of the most outstanding pacers of the day. He was not long in winning races, but the best was not seen of him until 1924. In'that year he was second, in the Free-for-AlI, one mile, a flying start, his time being 2.3 4-5. Two days prior to that he was placed in the New Zealand Cup, two miles, from 72yds behind his time for the distance being 4.24 3-5. JOTTINGS. Nominations for the Gore Racing Club’s Summer Meeting to be held on February 21 and 22 will'closeson Friday at 5 p.m. Acceptances for the first day of the Dunedin Cup Meeting close on Friday at 5 p.m. „ „ ■ Bets of £I,OOO to £IOO, £SOO to £oo, £4OO to £4O, and £4OO to £SO. were laid against Canegrnss ,at a Sydney meeting recently. This was his first win in Sydney, but in the country he has won eleven times in fourteen starts. He ia owned by Mr G. B. S. Falkiner, who purchased the gelding from his brother for £35, with a draught horse thrown in. ‘ The four-year-old Prince Colossus has done exceptionally well since going into H. Dulieu’s stable last year, and has won sis races, besides notching several minor placings. His winnings, during the past three months amount to -£625, and in future he will have to do his racing in open company. By Colossus .fromXady Willonyx. Prince Colossus is bred to stay fairly well, and promotion to open company should not prevent him from achieving further success. When the “ win and place ” totalisa;tor were installed it was claimed 'by those against this system of wagering that the fractions that _ cannot be 'divided amongst those holding winning tickets because they are less than sixpence would become much larger, and be a still further tax on the invest-; ments. The ‘ Government Abstract qf Statistics,’ reviewing the totalisator figures for the first four months of the present season, up to November 30 last, show that these fractions work out at slightly over 10s 9d per £IOO, as compared with 12s lid for the same period in the previous season when dividends were paid out only bn the first and second horses. _ . American writers class Equipoise as ione of the greatest thoroughbreds of all time. He lost wonderful opportunities at three years through a damaged hoof. This caused his withdrawal from the Kentucky Derby on the morning of the race for which he had been a solid favourite. He raced only thrice that season, but despite that big handicap his four seasons on the turf yielded 322,970 dollars in stakes. His record is: , Amt. won

The ‘ New York Herald-Tribune ’ is 3k consistent supporter of Winooka and hjs claiffl tg be regarded a,s a horse of

February 9, 10.—Marlborough R.C, February 19, 12. —Rotorua R.C.

TROTTING. February 3.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. February 17, 21.—Auckland T.C. . February 24.—New Brighton T.C. March 2. 3.—lnvercargill T.C. March 3.—Wellington T.C. March 10.—Timaru T.C.

front-lank ability. A heading in its issue of December 24 reads: ‘ Chase Me and Winooka should make handicap class interesting in 1934.’ Chase Me, who has figured in the cables recently, is an undefeated four-year-old owned by Mrs John Bosley, jun. He won all of his six races in the autumn, and in one of them gave weight and a beating to that noted performer, Mate, whp recently arrived in England with the object of running in the next Ascot Gold Cup. A new angle on the defeats met by Winooka in the States is furnished by the 1 New York HeraldTribune,’ which says; “Eddie Britt, the young Australian light-weight jockey, generally was held responsible for much of Winooka’s shortcomings.” Mr John Pine, who died at Upper Riccarton yesterday, was one of five brothers, all of whom were successful jockeys, but the only one now living is William, who has for some years been a successful trainer in Taranaki. John was employed as a youth by the late Mr, Edward Cutts, and at that period in his career scored some important wins as a rider. His principal successes were in the Canterbury Metropolitan Handicap ' (Strathnairn), Welcome Stakes (To-mprrow), Great Easter Handicap (Cross Battery and Buccleuch), Champagne Stakes (Treadmill), Wellington and Dunedin Cups (Djin Hjin), Wellington Stakes (Cannie Chiel), and Dunedin Guineas (Snub and Wardancer). In more recent years he trained at Riccarton, and during part of the time was'' private trainer to Mr G. Gerard, for whom he won a number of races, including the Welcome Stakes with Cyrene. Since Mr Gerard dropped out of racing, Pine raced a few horses for himself. Mr J. H. Davis, handicapper to the! Victoria Racing Club, who owned some good horses himself years ago, was. recently asked by a ’Flemington trainer which horse he rated first among all those that had come under his notice. Carbine, Wakeful, and Phar Lap come within his experience. Mr Davis expressed the conviction that Wakeful was the best mare Australia has ever seen or was ever likely to see, but he added without hesitation that Phar Lap represented the pinnacle of galloping ability in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the whole world. He mentioned having read that an English trainer laid down a special track to test the length of stride of racehorses that came under his care, and that the maximum of any of them over a long period of years was 24ft 3in. It had been found that Phar Lap, when at top speed, covered 24ft 6in in a stride. “ Phar Lap’s defeat of Nightmarch and A mourns over a mile and a-q.uartcr at Warwick Farm,” w added Mr Davis, “ Mas the most wonderful galloping -displa., ever given. The trainers of Amoums and Nightmarch reckoned that they could beat’each other. Phar Lap effortlessly set an amazing pace. This should have been right into the hands of rulers or his rivals, and when they dreM’ on Phar Lap near the home turn his downfall was predicted. But J. E. Like merelv had to give the free rein to draw away again and make two champion performers look like hacks.” , . ~. ' jr. R. M'Donald left for Tapanui, this morning with M*Nab and Shock. J. W. Dooley will take Grand Imam up to-morrow by float. , , , The Tapanui Meeting to be held tomorrow will again probably lack patronag© for want of publicity, ami at the time of writing it is impossible to find out at what hour the .first • race is timed to start. There are two light harness races on the Tapanui Racing Club’s programme, both of them saddle events. Black Shadow. Chevalier, and Electric Glumes should race well in the mile and a-halt race and. Gleniffer, Lucky Lee, and Sunny Grove in the .mile and a-quarter fa 'fhe following horses should race well in their respective engagements at Tapanui to-morrow: —Trial Stakes: Balia Salla, M‘Na'b, and Conca de Oro. President’s Handicap : Enwood, Mayam. and Consono. Tapanui Handicap: Grand Finale and Toreador. Dwyer Memorial; Lochlaggan. Repudiation, Silk Paper. Stewards’ Handicap: Enwood, Shock, and Pink Paper. Farewell Handicap: Trivet, Leading Boy, and Venito. To the end of November last year£1,083,460 had passed through the totalisator for the first four months of the present season, as compared with £962,018 for the previous 'corresponding period. The Government’s share of this turnover was £90,713, % as compared with £80,555.

Year. Starts. Won. 2d. 3d. Dol. 1930 ... 16 8 5 1 156,835 1931 .... 3 1 0 0 3,000 1932 .... 14 10 2 2 107,375 1933 ... 9 7 i 1 55,760 Totals 42 26 "i 4 322,970