RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21824, 13 September 1934, Page 11

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair.]

RACING. September 15.— Ashburton C- Racing Club. September 15.— Wanganui Jockey Club. September 1 20, 22.—Geraldine Racing Club. September 22.—Foxton Racing Club. September 28. 29.—Marlborough Racing Club. September 29.—Napier Park Racing Club. September 29. October I.—Taumarunui Racing CJub. September 29.—Oamaru Jockey Club, petdber 4; 6. —D.J.C. October 22, 23.—Gore Racing Club. .

THE GAMING BILL. The Christchurch L Press ’ was very outspoken in its lender columns yenteiday regarding the rumoured opposition that nlay be offered to the passage of the Gaming Bill in the Lower House. It says“ It was indicated in a message yesterday that the Gaming Amendment Bill, passed by the Legislative Council last week, will be so determinedly obstructed by its opponents in the House of Representatives as to have little chance of success, especially it it is introduced the late and crowded days of the session. The possibility is raised by the Prime Ministers announcement —he-has not forgotten ms unmerited rebuff a year ago —that be will not move tor urgency lor the Bill. But it ’is to be hoped that members who dislike it, even in its modified and moderated form, will take a saner view of their moral and political responsibilities than is implied in the threat to talk the Bill to - death. It is doubtful if a single one of them could appeal to his constituency on this issue and avoid crashing defeat. It is quite certain that not one of them would dare to .say to the electors: “If you want me to obstruct the liberalising of the gaming laws, vote for me; if not, vote against me. In other words, the opponents ot the Bill are quite out of sympathy with public opinion, but lor the busy minority by which they are prompted and encouraged; but they have so tar not hesitated to use favourable political circumstances to maintain what is both a moral tyranny and a moral farce. 'The public as a whole sees no harm in its being able to learn from its newspapers the dividends paid at Riccarton - or Addington, to telegraph bets to the course, and to bet on the doubles totalisator; but it is legally, allowed none of these things, because it is subject to an improper and accidental minority rule, with the result that the bookmaker and his touts flourish and the law falls into contempt, the gaming law's as they stand, in this respect, have not protected tools or cheeked the thriftless or in any other way held up or raised the level of conduct they have, instead, turned thousands of pei- • sons into cheerful and habitual lawbfcakers/’and have nomashed the most objectionable social class—that w bich lives and thrives by breaking the lay All this is because Parliament has attempted to carry moral legislation beyond the limit of popular consent, evCn of popular understanding yidtolei a ncc, and has made a particularly b ? c |. of it. ft is time to end this ridiculous, sad experiment, or at least to begin to end'it, as the present amending Bill would; and the Bill would pass it a few politiciafas were to remember that they are democrats as well as moralists, Nobody expects them to bless the Bill. They would be heard attentively if they i chose to explain, yet onci . more, why society must, perish if Jones is allowed to back a double on a State-licensed and taxed calculating machine and to read nest morning exactly how much Smith won. But they will be nioie generally and deeply respected if, hav- ? ine stated their view's and uttered their warning, they stand aside and let the will of the people operate.” JOTTINGS. Nominations for the Soring Meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club to be held next month close to-morrow evening .it 5 o'clock. A two-jear-uM parade will be arraflkttd Je take place during the yam-'

TROTTING. September 2S.—Methren 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. —Oreymputh Trotting Club October 22.—Olmaru Trotting Club. October 2J. —Manawatu Trotting Club. October 27.—Wellington Trotting Club. November 8,8, 9.—New Zealand Metropolitan TrottineCluV, November 10.—Te Arab a Trotting Club. November 22, 24. —Forbury Park Trotting Club.

aru Jockey Club’s Meeting on September 29. Prince Val is now' an -inmate of T. Hqbb’s stable at Oamaru, and has been doing good work on the local traciks. The two-year-old by Balboa, from Heraldry in C. Gieseler’s stable ik a good looking sort, and was out cantering pn the tracks this morning. Mr L. C. Hazlett’s Paper Money Ravenna filly is easily the most forward of the two-year-olds in work at Wingatui. So far Mr Hazlett linS not yet selected a name for her. Chhota has not made the improvement that i'. Shaw expected of her, and She is to be-turned out again for another spell on the grass; A. E. Didham had Kemal Pasha and Made Money on the course this morning, and the former looks particularly well. Neither was extended. The hurdler Gold Knight has been returned to his owner by T. Hobbs. This horse, raced badly at tile Grand National Meeting, and has become affected in the wind. Mr Gnisford, of Hawke’s Bay, has sent two Martian mares to Elderslio this season, and they have been mated one with Iliad and the other with Night Raid. Gustavo is now at Salisbury, and will bo sent up to Mr Con. White’s stud towards the end of this month, after being mated with' several of Mr Haslett’s mares. Travis -Axwortliy, who has a record l of 4min 22acc, and the sire of Red ’ Shadow’, is having a busy season at the Wnikaura Stud this season. Since retiring fro ill the track he has developed into a line-looking horse. Both Silver Peak, who is now heavy in foal to Roseuor, and her daughter, Aspiring, have arrived at Elderslic to be mated with Night Paid. The former, now rising nineteen years old, looks in splendid, fettle. Aspiring is not in foal this year. Air Ken Austin lias just finished breaking in a two-year-old brown gelding by Iliad from Countersign. Though slightly pigeon-toed this gelding’s action is much better than that of his dam. and he looks like developing speed early. C. Gioseler has a busy month ahead of him with tennis engaged at the Ashburton. Geraldine, Oaniarn, and Dunedin Meetings. He has nine nominated at the local fixture and seven at the Oamaru Meeting. Last year the St. Lcger Stakes, won by Hyperion, was worth £9,5711 to the wanner, and this year’s race would be just about as valuable. The three big races that Windsor Lad has now woh this season will credit his owner wdtl) about £2S,QUO in stake money. Silver Streak has made a complete recovery from the injury which he met with on the eve of the Grand National Meeting, and is in work again at Oamaru. AH going well in the meantime he is booked for a visit to Auckland at the end of the year.

R. Al'Kay has a good-looking three-year-old brown gelding by Paper Money from Roburite in work. His dam was by Absurd from Robur by llokeby, and, unlike a Jot of youngsters by Paper Money, is one of the quietest and best mannered youngsters seen at Wingatui for many seasons. ' One of the most compact and nicelyshaped two-year-olds in the Oamaru district is the* filly by Iliad from .Stardancer. who was purchased at the national yearling sale} last January lor 60gs She has been broken in by .Mr Austin, but lias not done any work beyond cantering in the paddocks.

The latest addition to J. Ross s team at Oamaru is Blazon. The other horses now being worked by this trainer are' Queen Dorothy (Paper Alouey—Malory), Red Racer, Quite Soon, A 1 Jolsoii, Taboo, and a six-year-old gelding by Last Dart from Gorgeous. Grand Finale is looking bettor just now than ho has done since he went wrong about ten months ago. Dooley has nob given him much fast work, bub in a sprint down the straight this morning he showed that ho has not lost any of his pace. . Special reference was made by the chairman (Mr Ken. Austin) at the annual meeting of members ot the Oamaru Jockey Club to the good work Mr J. O’Brien had carried out m the supervision of the club's tracks. Their excellence had been ft big factor m attracting good fields at the club s meetings lust season. . . Trainers using the Oaniaru training tracks maintain that they have the best galloping courses in the South Island. Even after the heavy rain experienced at Oamaru during the week-end the tracks were dry enough on Monday morning to permit last work to be training tracks at Wingatui were still holding this morning, and practically no fast work was done. A number of horses were given half to tnieeciuarter pace. Shock ran five luriongs in linia lssec, Silver Lark the same journey in Imin T-Hec and Saxophone was much too good tor Drawbar m Imin 11 3-osec. The caretaker at Wingatui is now busily engaged in carting sod on to the plough track, which, chiefly owing to wind blowing the soil oft it when it is worked up fine, has become very bare This improvement will bo much appreciated by trainers, and will also make the plough track much easier to keep in good order during the summer months. , One of the yearlings at present developing at the Waikoura stud farm near Oamaru is a handsome brown celding by Shambles from Bran lie, who was by Buckwheat (by Martagou. the sire of Martian) from Eager Eyes. He is a well-grown youngster, with splendid action, and built on tho same lines as Listening Post, who was a son of Eager Eyes and winnei ot o\ ei £7.000 in stakes If Nmht Raid has left another lhar Lap it is likely to be Found in the two-vear-old colt from Zany. He now stands 16 hands If in high and is built in proportion. He has been backed, about all the winter, and would easily pass for twice Ins age. Tins colt will be ffiven a run in the two-year-old para'cle at the Oamaru Meeting this month, and afterwards may bo shipped to Australia. i ... . During the past few weeks -Mr O’Brien has refused two good offers, one from Australia and the other from the North Island, for his imported stallion Rovden. This horse lias developed'into'a very fine type, and it is pleasin'’ to know that several owners of brood mares in the South Canterbury district intend using him this

season with a view to getting jumpers. A lew fine clays makes a wonderful difference to the tracks at Wingatui, and all traces of the cutting up the track proper received at the Otago Hunt Meeting last Saturday week have now disappeared. Caretaker Ruthveii has put in a lot of good work during the past ten days, and the course now promises to be at its best for the spring meeting to be held next month. One of the largest teams at Riccarton is that controlled by S. Barr, who had an exceptionally good innings last season, and is ligely to be again well up in the winning trainers’ list. He has a dozen horses at present in active commission, comprising Starshooter. Silver Sight, Niggerhead, Quietly, Fairway, Morepork. Colossinn, First View, Cheap Money, Quebec. Some Shamble, and Capital.' All of these will be racing at the spring meetings. The three-year-old Capital has recently been recommissioned after being gelded. Shadow King’s Melbourne Cup record of four minor plncings is unlikely to be threatened for many years, unless, of course, he can improve upon it himself this year, and of the £12.552 in stake earnings, £4,250 has come from those Cup placings. In a slightly different direction Shadow Kink can claim fame, for ho has shared in the prize money in ten cup races. Besides his Melbourne Cup performances, Shadow King has won one Moonee Valley Cup and been third in two others, he has won a Wiilia mstown Cup, and has befen placed in a King’s Cup and a Bendigo Cup. Windsor Lad, by his win in the St. Leger Stakes yesterday, proved himself to be the outstanding throe-year-old of the season in England, as he has now wou the Derby (mile and a-half), Newmarket Stakes (mile and a-quarter), and the St. Leger (one mile six furlongs and 132yds). He is by Blandiord from Resplendent, and owned by H.H. Maharaja of llajpipla, who races on a comparatively small scale, but has had a wonderful season. Tiberius, who finished second to Windsor' Lad, is owned by Sir A. Bailey, and is by X'oxJaw from Glonabatriok, and Lo Zingaro, the third colt, is by Solario from Love in Idleness. With the idea of augmenting the funds of the Auckland Cricket Association, Mr A. G. Mabcc, secretary, made application at last Tuesday’s meeting of the board of the New Zealand 1 rotting Association for permission to include in the programme of athletic events two trotting races at a meeting to be held on December 1. There would be one race of a mile and a-quarter (2mm 47sec class) ami one of a mile and a-half (3min 23sec dassk The object of the meeting was to help to pay the expenses of the cricket coach. The application was granted, after members had expressed A keen approval of any support that might be accorded a movement of this kind. Mr F. J. Beer, stipendiary steward, in attendance at last Saturday’s meeting at Wellington, says Gamble did not run off the course, but was stopped through another horse, Supertax, putting his foot in between the wheel and the stays of Gamble's sulky. The wheel had to be removed before Gamble could be released from a bad position. It says much for the manners of the colt that he stood perfectly still while the wheel was being removed. Gamble s only trouble at present is _ that he is coltish, and only a series of hard races will persuade him to put his mind to his work. In the Sapling Stakes at Ashburton be was unlucky enough to have one of his reins caught round the point of a shaft, an unusual happening, but one that gives neither driver nor JioroG a chance. Gamble has let bis backeis down on several occasions, but he ,is still likely to go out a very warm first choice for the New Zealand Derby, to bo. run at Addington in November.