RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21785, 30 July 1934, Page 11

RACING NOTES

[By St. Claie.]

RACING. —Season, 1934-35. Avgust 4.—Poverty BaJ Hunt Club. August 4.—Christchurch Hunt Club. August 14, IS, 18.—C.J.C. Grand National

Masting. • August 18. -Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 30. : —Bgmont-Wanganui Hunt Club. September I.—Otago Hunt Club. September 1. —Taranaki Hunt Club. September s.—Marton Jockey Club. September 15.—Ashburton C. Racing Club. • September 13, 15.—Wanganui Jockey Club'. September 20, 22.—Geraldine Racing Club. September 28, 29.—Marlborough Racing Club. September 29.—Kurow Jockey Club.

JOTTINGS. Messrs L. C. Hazlett and J. Mathewson, members of the executive of the Dunedin Jockey Club, represented the club at the South Canterbury Hunt fixture on Saturday. Antrim Boy did not appear to be able' to pace it with the leaders in'the Teschemaker Steeplechase on Saturday and was' a well-beaten horse when he fell about seven furlongs from home. Andy appears to likve lost all form, and was always toiling along near the rear of the field in the Teschemaker Steeplechase, and Peart pulled him off before reaching the last fence. Morepork was backed like a racecourse certainty for the Members’ Plate ■on Saturday, but' after leading for a mile retired badly _ beaten. His preparation has been interfered with owning to unsoundness. Three dividends return by winners at Washdyke on Saturday aggregated £6l 6s 6d, an average of over £2O 8s apiece. These dividends did not help to swell the totalisator turnover.

Kapuna was pulled up about five furlongs from home in the South Canterbury Steeplechase. He was well beaten at the time, and was never going like a probable winner at any stage of the race.

When Cheap Money won the Levels Handicap bn Saturday, he gave S. Bair hia thirty-fifth win for the season. This places him second to I. R. George for the season, and constitutes a fresh record for a Riccarton trainer.

Gustavo was solidly supported for the Claremont. Handicap on'Saturday evening, and at the distance appeared to hold a .winning chance, but he did not, finish on as Well as at Trentham. i Doifan ran another bad race at Washdyke on Saturday, when the climatic conditions- were much better for a horse troubled with his affliction than at Waimate. He started from the extreme outside of the line, and was never sighted in the race. Black Duke started from the outside in a field of a dozen in the hurdle race at Timaru, and lost a lot of ground going to the first two fences. He was never near the leaders, but jumped well and .ran up into fifth place at the finish.

The report that Hurlingharn is to join W. M'Donakl’s stable at lliccarton to. complete his 'final preparation for the Winter Cup is denied. On his recent performances Hurlingharn _ does not appeal for the big mile handicap. Arcade, who won the South Canterbury Steeplechase on Saturday, is trained by J, Tomkihson at Riccarton. Tombinson, a son or the late W. J. Tomkinson, is the youngest trainer to hold a license in’the dominion, and this was his first winner.

Chhota looked on the big side when paraded for the Claremont Handicap on Saturday, and spoiled any chance she may have had by her nnruliness at the barrier and getting left. The race and travelling to and from The meeting should do her good.

Velvet won the Hunters’ Plate on Saturday well, and evidently the race ho had at Waimate on the previous Thursday did him good. His dam, Flourish, is by Clarenceux from Fanforanade, by Dick Hammerhand. Velvet is a little on the small side to carry big weights, but'is reported to be an excellent hunter.

Adult was reported to be slightly amiss prior to the hurdle race at washdyke, but ran a good race to finish close up fourth to three horses he was conceding 161 b to. After the race he was certainly sore, and E. J. Ellis may have some difficulty in getting him right for the National Meeting.

TROTTING. —Season 1934-35. August 11, 15, 17.-Now Zealand Metro ’politan T.C. August 25.—Auckland Trotting Club. September I.—New Brighton Trotting Club. September B.—Wellington Trotting Club. September 29.—Methven Trotting Club October 6.—New Brighton Trotting Club. October 12, 13. Westport Trotting Club, October 13.— Waikato Trotting Club. October 20. 22.—Auckland Trotting' Club. October 20, 22. Greymouth Trotting Club October 22.—Oamaru Trotting Club. October 22.—Manawatu Trotting Club. October 27.—Wellington Trotting Club. November 6. 8, 9.—New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. , November 10.—Te Aroha Trotting Club. November 22, 24.—Forbury Park Trotting ■. Club.

The performances of Mount Boa and Membo on Saturday discount their chances in the big jumping double to be decided at Riccarton next mouth. Mount Boa has not improved sufficiently in his jumping, and Membo failed to stay, on over two and a-half miles. Few horses have a more consistent record than French Fleet, has put up this winter for falling m his races, and on Saturday the third fence m the South Canterbury Steeplechase was as far as ho got. , Potingham, winner of the Hadlow Hack and Hunters’ Hurdles on Saturday races in the same interests as that good mare Polydora. He is by Her sire, Polazel, from Sweet Beauty, a daughter of Sweet Smile, the dam ot Polydora and Giggieswicik. Potmgnam was having his first start in a race, and gave an excellent exhibition ot jump; lD After his good showing to Eaton Hall at the Waimate Meeting, Granado was very solidly supported for the Hunters Plate on Saturday. Racing about the centre of the field until making the turn for home, he then, moved up m«o third place, but quickly .retired, and was one of the last to finish. Red Lance has improved a lot since he raced at Wingatui last month, and is going, to make a useful hurdler, yn Saturday, he was up in the firing line all the way,- and finished a good third. H. Anderton has him very well at the present time, and he is one that should be worth following. Umtali was again kept at the rear of the field in the' South Canterbury Steeplechase all the way, and was never given a chance. He finished last, and if this is his true form be can have no chance in the Grand National Steeple--1 chase, for which his owner has made the first acceptance for him. Night Club, winner of the Tescnemaker Memorial Steeplechase on Saturday last year won the Pareora Steeplechase at this, meeting, and in the interval has made a big improvement. He was well handled by R. Beale, and showed how unlucky he was to have been run off at the Waimate Meeting two days previously. Silver Sight was .nearly six times as well backed in the Claremont Handicap on Saturday as he was in tlio Morveu Handicap at Waimate two days previously. Silver Sight was badly placed in the early stages of the race on Saturday, but was finishing fast just behind the placed 'horses. This horse is engaged in the Winter Cup with Bst. Eaton Hall had a good deal of her way still to make up when she turned into the straight behind Morepork, Velvet, and Granado in the Hunters’ Plate on Saturday, but iinder the big impost of 12.1 finished gamely, and was only beaten by the winner, Velvet. Eaton Hall looks like a horse that may be worth following in high-weight handicaps in the spring. Cleaner earned a penalty of 51b for her win at Waimate in a race worth only £45, Jess tax, to the winner, and this proved to be just enough to prevent her catching Palermo .over the last furlong. From the Press stand it looked as if Cleaner just got up to beat Palermo on the post, but those in the main stand, who have a much better line to guide them, maintain that Palermo won by a head. Parasong gave a finished display of jumping in the Pareora Steeplechase on Saturday, and when he ran into the lead half a mile from home looked an odds-on winner, but he failed over the last half-furlong._ Had his rider delayed his run until a couple of furlongs further on he might have beaten Witui. The win scored by Palermo on Saturday was easily the outstanding feature of the racing at Washdyke. With Ost

on his back he was out in front all the way* anti at different stages of the first six furlongs shook off Niggerhead, Beau Ges J •, and Hurlingham, and still had enough in reserve to beat Cleaner by a head after a most determined challenge over the final furlong. This performance will bring Palermo into consideration for the Winter Cup, in which he has 121 b less than he carried on Saturday. Palermo was well handled by the Wingatui jockey, J. W. Dooley, and stayed on well over a distance that has hitherto been considered too far for him. The two-year-old Gamble, who was made a short-priced odds on favourite for the Washdyke Trot on Saturday, won easing up, but not until he had given his backers a thrill. Beginning the best of the front markers, he led for about half a furlong, theli ran right to the outside of the course and broke, losing the best part of a hundred yards. After settling down again he was patiently handled over the next halfmile, and then allowed to run along. At the home turn he was lying about fifth, then ran past the leaders and was only jogging at the finish. It was an outstanding performance, and stamps Gamble as one of the most promising young pacers in commission today. Two well-known families in the racing world, the Elworthys and Hazletts, were well in the limelight at the South Canterbury Hunt fixture. Miss C. Elworthy’s Witui, ridden by Mr H. H. Elworthy, won the Pareora Steeplechase ; Mr H. Elworthy’s Barrington fell in the South Canterbury Steeplechase; Mr H. H. Elworthy’s Night Club won the Teschemaker Memorial Steeplechase ; and Mr A. S. Elworthy’s Royal Buck would have been second but for falling. The latter owner won the Hunters’ Plate Handicap with Velvet. Mr J. S. Hazlett started Father O’Flynn unsuccessfully in the Hadlow Hurdles and Hunters’ Plate, and Parasong, which he rode himself into second place, in the Pareora Steeplechase. Mr W, E. Hazlett started* Andy in the Teschemaker Memorial Steeplechase, and Mr L. C. Hazlett Gustavo in the Claremont Handicap.