RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21639, 7 February 1934, Page 8

RACING NOTES

racing. February 8, 10.—Dunedin J.C. February 8, 10.—Poverty Bay T.G. February 8, 10.—Taranaki J-C. February 9, 10.—Marlborough R.C. «» February 10, 12. Rotorua R.C. February 15.—Tolo"a Bay J-C. Februarv 15, 17.—Dargaville R.C. February 15, 17.—Wanganui J.C. February 17.—Canterbury J.C. February 21, 22.—Woodville D.J.C. February 21, 22.—Gore R.C. February 22.—Waiapu R.C. February 24, 26.—Te Aroha J.C. February 28.—Rangitikei R.C. March 1, s.—Napier Park R.C. March 3.—Banks Peninsula R.C. March 3.—Franklin R.C. , March 7, B. Dannevirke R.C. (at Wood»ille). ■■ ' March 8, 10.—Waikato R.C. March 9, 10.—Cromwell J.C. March 15.—Waimate R.C. March 15, 17.—Ohinemuri J.C.

finac gallops at wingatui. Yesterday’s heavy rain did not seriously affect the tracks at Wingatui, and the centre and outside of the course proper were open for fast work . this morning. The atmospherical con- -- ditions were against fast times, but the rain held off until most of the horses had galloped. Work commenced shortly after daybreak, and for an hour and a-half the track gradually became a little faster. Red Sun and King March opened proceedings by running seven furlongs in Ifflin 36see. The latter stood Red Sun up about three lengths at the start, but finished on terms at the post, and the honours of the gallop were ; with King March, who appears to be a

’'! lazy worker. Southdown was let oft with a circuit of three-quarter pace on the inside * Heather Glow covered _six furlongs attractively in Imin 20 4-ssec. ” High Rank was finishing on much better than Wild Sky at the end of seven furlongs in Imin 37 3-ssec, the last four taking 51 3-ssec.

Croupier and Silver Ring were eom- • panions over five furlongs. Running the first in 12 3-ssec and two in 25sec, they completed the task in Imin 6sec, with Silver Ring slightly in front. Guarantee and Red Dancer were worked on the inside track at half pace. Cup Bearer ran two furlongs next the rails in 24 4-ssec. Davolo finished in front of Water Polo at the end of five furlongs in Imin 8 l-ssee. Cleaner took 57sec to run half a mile, and Bell Hill 28 3-ssec for two furlongs. Marcus Cicero (Emerson) - and Trumpet Blast (Didham) ran five furlongs next the rails in Imin ssec, the latter finishing on the better.

Strong Light beat Silver Ruler in a *’ run over four furlongs along the back in 52sec. » Air pocket ran four furlongs very wide out in 57sec, and June the Third, after beginning slowly, took 59sec for the same journey. lan’s March was much too good for Wonderful over half a mile in 54

4-ssec. Last Link, racing under a strong pull all the way, covered five furlongs in Imin llsec. Rasouli, well bandaged behind, began slowly over a circuit and sprinted home £ over the last three furlongs in 42 - 3 ssec.

a Grand Finale also began slowly over o five furlongs, a task he completed in -• Imin 12sec. Gold Paper, who was the first to work after breakfast, when the course was at its best, ran six furlongs in .. Imin 20 3-ssec, the last four in 55 2-osec. ■i Master Anomaly cantered round to the three-furlong peg, then sprinted * home in 39 3-ssec. Hostage had a three-length start „ from Sungem at the beginning of a five-furlong sprint, and the latter was

first home in Imin 7 l-ssec. ,J Kemal Pasha ran six furlongs in , Imin 20 3-ssec, and was under a good

hold over the last furlong. • Fair Weather finished just in front * of Salmo Salar at the end of seven furlongs in Imin 35 4-ssec. Ventrac, who appeared to relish the going with the sting out of it, ran seven furlongs in Imin 33 4-ssec. He will strip a very fit horse for the Cup. Reminder, after a round at halfpace, brushed down the straight attractively. Norman Conquest easily accounted for Queen of Song over half a mile in ’y 53 2-ssec. Dodge was tiring at the end of half - a mile in 56 3-3 sec. Tizzy ran half a mile on the inside " grass track in 62 l-ssec. Dismiss finished very strongly over three furlongs next the rails in 37sec. Daring Deed ran a mile in Imin 54 ' 3-osec.

* Vintage, who appears to be on the ■' big side, ran half a mile in 53 4-ssec. Amy Johnson finished very strongly . over seven furlongs in Imin 34sec, and is at the top of her form again. “ Mobile took 53 2-ssec to run half a j, mile, and was another to appreciate the more yielding going. Doiran beat Rational 11. over five furlongs in Imin 8 3-6 sec. Tippling just headed Palmary at the ~ end of three furlongs run in 40sec. Half Note ran five furlongs in Imin

- 9 4-ssec, and M‘Nab ran right away from Rowlands and Importance at the end of five furlongs in Imin 9 2-ssec. .. The last-named collided with a trestle ,( at the top of the straight. Flying Amy easily beat Profit and - Loss and Gessler over six furlongs in Imin 21 l-ssec.

. Sunward (H. Anderton) and Raineses , (Cooper) jumped three hurdles in Imin 12 3-ssec, each giving a good display of. fast jumping. Polling Day sprinted home three furlongs in 41 3-ssec. Gaysome, with Mrs J. Campbell in the saddle, ran three furlongs in 39sec. Top Coat beat the Paladin—Artistic gelding over four furlings next the rails in 50 2-ssec, and the former is a very attractive mover.

Some Shamble and Silver Sight ran five furlongs in Imin 8 l-ssec, finishing almost on terms.

Black Duke and Trivet were given three-quarter pace work on the inside grass track. * Chhota, with lOst on her back, * sprinted three furlongs in 39 3-ssec, * completing a thoroughly searching Cup . preparation in a very satisfactory manner.

1 A large number of others were given ' from slow to half-pace work. v JOTTINGS. The first race at Wingatui is timed to start at 12.45 p.m. to-morrow. Lochlaggan was scratched for the Publican’s Handicap at 3.45 p.m. yes- . terday. The Dunedin Cup is timed to start at 3.17 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. There was a good attendance of ont lookers at Wingatui this morning to watch the final gallops. Gold Paper will be ridden in the Publican’s Handicap by A. Russell.

[By St. Claik.]

March 16, 17. —Wellington R.C. March 17. —Birchwood Hunt Club, March 17.—Opunake R.C. March 21.—Opotiki J.C. March 21, 22.—Mauawatu R.C. March 23, 24.—Oamaru J.C. March 24.—Otautau R.C.

TROTTING. February 17, 21.—Auckland T.G. February 24.—New Brighton T.C. .March 2, s.—lnvercargill T.C. March 3.—Wellington T.C. March 10.—Timaru T.C. March 14.—Kaikoura T.C. March 14.—Wyndham T.C. March 14.—Manawatu T.C. March 17.—Cheviot T.C. March 17, 24.—Wanganui T.C. March 23. —South Otago T.C. March 24.—Roxburgh T.C. March 31, April 2.—Hawera T.C. March 31, April 4.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C.

IV. H. Jones’s mounts to-morrow will be Air .Pocket, Top Coat, Master Anomaly, Red Racer, Tippling, Star Raider, and Quite Soon. J W. Dooley will ride Tizzie, Last Link, Chhota, Mobile, June the Third, and Grand Finale to-morrow. • Some of the riders engaged in the Dunedin Cup are L. J. Ellis for King March, A. Russell for Red Sun, C. E. Eastwood for Southdown, J. W. Dooley for Chhota, P. W. Powell for Ventrac, A. H. Eastwood for Vintage, W. Cotton for Cough, W. H. Jones for Red Racer, and A. Messorvy for Sonic Shamble. . D. P. Wilson had his team at \\ ingatui this morning, and the cvergeen Black Duke looked as fit as any horse on the tracks.

Bold Brigand made his first appearance at Wingatui this morning, and was given half-pace work. He is a likely starter in the Dunedin' Cup tomorrow, but does not look to have done sufficient work to be even a “ possible.” Golden Wings is to contest the Taranaki Stakes at New Plymouth- next Saturday. The field is not strong, as only four others —Pomp, Diatomous, British Columbia, and Souchong—remain in. With the exception of a mile at Oamaru at the New Year, Silver Ring has done all his racing among the sprinters, but he is to be tried out now over longer journeys. He will be seen at a mile this week in the James Hazlett Gold Cup at the Dunedin Meeting, while a week later he has an engagement at Riccarton in the Midsummer Handicap, one mile and a-quarter. The Australian-bred stallion Winilot, who was relegated to the stud in 1930, was not destined to have a long career. While running in a paddock at the Burkedin estate he struck a fence, and his injuries were so serious that he had to be destroyed. In his racing days Winalot proved a good winner for Mr E. K. White, of Sydney, who bought him midway in his three-year-old career for 2,100g5, and in the space of a couple of months reaped a handsome return of over £B,OOO, including a Sydney Cup victory. Winalot' was by Rossendale, son of St. Frusquin, and he was selected as a horse likely to keep up the credit of the St. Simon line in Australia. The fact that Gaine Carrington has signalised his reappearance by winning a weigh t-for-age event brightens his prospects of earning further distinction at the Autumn Meetings. The race in which he was successful was the C. F. Orr Stakes, one mile, at Williamstown, Victoria, last Monday, and he won easily in the fast time of 1.39 i. He is engaged in the Williamstown Stakes of £I.OOO, seven furlongs, to be run next Saturday, and is top-weight with 9.5. Later in the month he is engaged in the Caulfield Futurity Stakes of £2,600, seven furlongs. To date Gaine Carrington has contested 29 races, and he has scored 7 wins, 8 seconds, and 6 thirds. If Mr G. J. Barton, owner of Indianapolis, were to study his own interests (says the ‘ Press ’) his horse would not be si starter in the Invitation Race put on for the Walla Walla visit, hut rather would he nominate for the big handicap event to be decided on the first day of the Easter Meeting. This is a 4min 28sec class race over two miles, and Indianapolis will be entitled to start off the limit. The stake is of 500sovs, and the race would offer better opportunities than would one against the best pacers Australia and New Zealand can produce. There will be no material advantage to Mr Barton in starting his horse in the Invitation Race, bu.t it will be characteristic of his sportsmanship if he decides to tackle the best.

King March has not done a great deal of galloping since the Wellington Meeting, but this is a policy pursued with him by his present trainer, and the different methods have evidently had a desired effect, as during the last few months he has not shown much of the unreliable form which made him an outstandingly expensive horse in Australia. It is'related that after one race in Sydney, in which he had been supported extensively, his rider, J. Pike, advised the trainer, J. T. Jamieson, to send him back to New Zealand at once, otherwise he would ruin all connected with him. Jamieson later sent him home, and after a long spell he was handed to Rhodes, who has not yet had any cause to doubt his genuineness.

The most successful horses in England last year were : Races Amt. Won. £

Hyperion, ch c, S.yrs, by Gainsborough—Selene ... 4 23,1791 Colombo, h c, 2yrs, by Manna—Lady IS’airne ... 7 17,1302 Loaningdale, b c, 4yrs, by Colorado—Perfection ... 2 9,772 Rodosto, ch c, 3yrs, by Epinard—Ramondie ... 1 9,0371 Chatelaine, b f, 3yrs, by Phalaris—Herself ... 3 8,1701 Colorado Kid, b c, 4yrs, by Colorado —Baby Polly ... 4 7.595 Brown Betty, b or br f, 3vrs, by Friar Marcus — Garpal 2 7,439| Maureen, br f, 2yrs, by Son-in-law—St. Prisca ... 3 6.461 Foxhunter, eh c, 4yrs, by Foxlaw—Trimestral ... 2 6.075 Medieval Knight, b c, 2yrs, by Gay Crusader—Hasty Love 5 5.882 Mrs Ruston, b f, 2yrs, by Blandford—Cos " 3 5.847 Betty, ch, 3yrs, by Teddy —Miss Cavendish 3 5,465 It will be noted that in the above list Colorado (dead) is the only sire with two representatives. Details of a rather peculiar race at the Wairarapa Trotting Club’s Meeting on December 27 were read at the monthly meeting of the board of the New Zealand Trotting Association on Friday. The secretary ot the club, in forwarding his report, said an accident occurred in the running of the Thompson Handicap, and an inquiry had been held. Evidence showed that Native Maid, driven by W. Orange, swerved from the inside to the outside and stopped dead, badly interfering with Guy o’ Mine, whose driver (W. Pope) was unseated, and the horse went' on to complete the course without a driver. Scotch Reel, some distance

back, was pulled up. Derby Thorpe was still further back, but went on to win the race. By this time Guy o’ Mine had returned to the birdcage gate when Pope caught him and drove him a round to secure second money, and later on Scotch Reel's driver “ woke up ” and completed the course for third money. After voluminous evidence had been taken the .Judicial Committee passed the following resolution: “Having made inquiry and having heard the evidence, wo consider the occurrence a pure accident, and no charge of negligence or allegation of careless driving can be substantiated.” The board endorsed the club’s action.

’There is a general impression that the 2min 3"sec registered by Indianapolis on Saturday is a world's record for a mile and a-quarter, but this is not a fact, for in 1925 Phil O’Neill went 2min 33isco and Sir Roch 2min 35isec for this distance (says the ‘Press’). Anything outside records for a mile are hardly recognised in America, and there are no races run over any other distance at the present time. In 1925, however, there was a lot of dissension over the classification of horses, and in order to appease owners a number of associations introduced odd distance racing—he., races over nine and ten furlongs. This made matters extremely difficult for the authorities, as provision had been made for assessing horses only on a mile basis. This state of affairs lasted for only one season, when a new set of rules came into operation. About this time Peter Manning, who held the world’s record of linin 50.1 sec for a mile, set out to conquer odd distances, and in one effort over two miles in 4min 101 sec he smashed all records over odd distances in his one attempt. He ran the first mile in 2min sisec, and his second in 2miu ssec, but naturally sectional times of a race can hardly be recognised as records. Peter Manning is an nnhoppled trotter, and a very temperamental one. When at the top of his form he would sometimes be set against an existing record, and he pleased himself whether he broke it or whether he even tried to break it. All his records -.vore made against the watch. He was the world’s fastest trotter. As a racehorse he would have proved an expensive proposition.