RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21881, 19 November 1934, Page 6

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair..]

RACING. November 24 Levin Racing Club. November 24, 26.—Takapuna Jockey Club. November 30, December I.—Feilding Jockey Club. . , , November 30, December I.—Winton Jockey Chib. December I.—Ashburton Racing Club. December 6, B.—Dargaville Racing Club. December 8, 10.—Woodville Jockey Club. December 15.—Waipa Racing Chib. December 15.—Hororata Racing Club. December 15.—Wellington Racing Club. December 26.—Waipiiknrau. , December 26 and 27.—Dunedin Jockev Chin December 26, ,27. 29.—Manawatu Racing Club. , i j December 26, 28, January 1, 2.—Auckland Racing Club. December 26, 29. —Westland Racing Club, January I.—Waikouaiti Racing Chib. January l.—Wyndham Racing Club. January 1, 2.—Gre.ymouth Jockey Chib. January 1,2. —Hawke’s Bay Jockey Chib.

ADDINGTON HORSES FOR FORBURY. The following interesting paragraphs concerning horses trained at Addington and engaged at the Forbury Park Meeting this week are taken from the Christchurch 1 Sun ’ : Sage King won well at Wellington recently, and he is well placed at Dunedin to carry on with the good work. Little Beta won well at Oamaru, and, as she has gone on the right way since, she will have friends it she is taken to Dunedin next week. Taxpayer is not the horse he promised to be, and, while there is still time for him to mend his ways, he is going to be a difficult proposition for R. Dunn. On some of her trials seen at Addington Midshipmaid should perform well on the clay track at Forbury. She has the ability, if the conditions suit her. Prairie King will derive benefit from his racing last week, and he should do better if taken to Forbury. The more work and racing Prairie King does the better he is. It is never safe to condemn a horse, hut it would seem that things will have to be at'sale price before Priceless gets any cash. He can go fast, but he is not solid. Cloudy Range is a smart pacer up to a mile and a-quarter, and he is also useful over two miles. He claims two engagements at Forbury, where he appears to be better placed in the sprint event. Encounter may not be up to War Buoy’s- class, but she is a good deal better than most of those she will be asked to meet at Forbury. No journey is too far for her, and she has her fair share of speed. Agility is one of the best pacers in his class, and he will make even more headway. A gbod pacer and well-man-nered, he is a credit to G. S. Smith, and he will do well for that trainer. F. C. Dunlevey had a strong Dunedin team in Chiming Wrack, Iraq, Bracken, General Wrack, Huou Voyage, Wrecker, Triangle, and Tempest. It is not known how many will make the trip. Betty Wrack has been a most consistent performer, and for that reason she will always be respected. She may have her next race at Dunedin, but to date she has been seen to best advantage oh big tracks. .Avernus is useful, and he may -make further headway, but he is finding it beyond him to score. He appears to race best when fresh. , There are few two-mile races to suit him, as he is just bat of the best classes and he is asked to give starts in the other classes. MONTE CARLO AND HAROLD .J.OGAN. J ust . thirty-six years ago Monte Carlo occupied the position in trotting that Harold Logan does to-day (writes “ Miles,” in the Christchurch ‘ Press ’). He was New Zealand’s champion and the public's favourite. His performances at the , meetings during Carnival Week stamped him as the nest horse bred in New Zealand, and it was thought it would be a long time before his equal was seen on a trotting track outside America. At that time two meetings were held during Carnival Week—the Plumpton Park Trotting Club-racing on November 5 and ID, and Lancaster Park on November 8 and 11. On the first day of the Plumpton Park Meeting Monte Carlo conceded up to 20sec start in. the Electric Handicap, of one mile, and won in 2mi)i 24Jsec, going to the front at the straight entrance for a comfortable victory, and in the Dash Handicap, of one" mile, he failed to give Utah I2sec start. He ran seebnd to Gazelle in the Spring Handicap at Lancaster Park, the former -doing 4min 59 4-ssec, and m tbe Telegraph Handicap on the second day at Plumpton Park he just failed to give General Luck 18sec start, the winner doing 2min 38sec. The feature of hte second day’s racing at Lancaster Park was the splendid showing of Monte Carlo. The club bad offered a purse of lOOsovs to the owner of any horse doing better than 4min 55sec for two miles, and Monte Carlo essayed the task. Salvo Spot, ridden by F. Holmes, was the galloping pacemaker. Few thought Monte Carlo capable of doing 4min 55sec. The first round occupied 61sec, and when 3min 29sec was taken to run the first mile it was thought time would prevail. 'The fourth lap, however, was left behind in 47sec, and the fifth in a shade less. Monte Carlo maintained the even swing on the last found, and with a fine hurst of speed he crossed the line in 4min 63sec. A contemporary report stated: “ Deaf ening cheers' greeted Monte Carlo on the accomplishment of his great feat. He was driven by his trainer, B. Edwards, who deserves the greatest kudos for the manner in which he handled his horse. Monte Carlo’s good deeds did not end with taking the purse, and he received another great reception when he won the big two-mile harness race in 4min 57sec.” It" is a far call from Monte Carlo’s 4min 53sec to Harold Logan’s 4min 12 2-ssee, but both rank as champions of their respective days. JOTTINGS. The first race each day at Forbury Park this week has been timed to start at 12.15. . , , , The rain experienced in Southland last week was badly needed to soften the tracks, especially by those trainers who have junipers to prepare. The Christchurch ‘ Sun ’ says that while Southdown will go north for the Auckland Cup, A. M'Auley would prefer to nominate his other horses for South Island meetings. There were some very big winners over the victory of a horse in one of the main English handicaps decided this autumn. One wager laid about three weeks before the race was £lO,000 to £7OO. L. J. Ellis did not score a win at tbe Waikato Meeting, hut still remains six winning rides for the season ahead of W. J. Broughton, who rode one .winner at the fixture..

January 1. 2.—Stratford Racing Club. January 1, 2.—Marion Jockey Club. January 1, 2.—Wairarapa Racing Club. January 2.—Oaiiiaru Jockey Club. January 2, 3.—Southland Racing Club. January 7. B.—Reefton Jockey Club. January JO, 12.—'Thames Jockey Club. January 11, 12.—Vincent Jockey Club. TROTTING. November 22, 24-—Forbury Park Trotting Club. December I.—Northland Trolling Club. . December 8. —New Brighton r. Club. December 2.— Te Aroha Trotting Club. December 26.— Gore Trotting Club. December 28.—Wairarapa Trotting Club. December 26.— Ashburton Trotting Club. December 26, 27.—Westport Trotting Club. December 26, 29, 31.—Auckland Trotting Club. ; December 29.— Winton Trotting Cltih

Therd' was a marked falling off in ■the totalisator turnover at both 'Carterton and Hamilton, on Saturday. Though his work is being restricted to light exercise at Riccartbn the locally-owned Custodian appears to ;be sound again. The Win ton .sportsman Mr M. J. Forde, has purchased, a* full brother to Garner (Sonoma Harvester—Pat Dillon). The gelding was taken south bv T. 10. Pankburst after the, New Zealand Gup Meeting, ... Gold Paper is making a slow recovery from her lameness, and the chances of her .pelting any . year.end racing are negligible. She was galloping brilliantly on the -eve- of the . Cup Meeting, and almost certainly would have won a race had she survived another gallop. The small list of, horses who have accomplished the feat of winning the double, Melbourne Stakes and Cup. is surely the, most, select in Australian racing. It comprises Malua (1884). Carbine (1890). Phar Lap (1930). Peter Pan (1932 and 1934). ; Riccartop stables have greatly increased their earnings in the last few weeks and their score for the season which open on August L In lass than four months horses trained at that centre have won 65'races. They have also gained 129 minor places and in prime money hav.e, captured £16,524. Donalda’s stay at Addington should work a big improvement in him (says the ‘ Sun ’). He objects strongly to standing about the tracks, and J. .Tardon is giving plenty of what he does not like. Donalda, has speed, and. - .if the continual activity about him .at Addington has the effect of making him more docile he will win , races.. • The public owners, trainers, a.nd drivers will support the Canterbury Owners and Breeders’. Association in its endeavour to prevent trotting chibs being able to start more than eighteen horses in a race. Everyone will agree that big fields are dangerous for those who take part;_ that they do not produce good racing or public support. That is, everyone will agree except the trotting clubs. Whyte Melville and Limulus. the horses owned by the late Mr V. Riddiford. and trained by L. G. 'Morris at Marion, will continue to race in the interests of the estate; and the executors will follow a similar policy with regard to Boomerang, in the stable of T. R. George, at Trehtham. Tt is probable, however, that they will go up for sale at Trentham in January. Polydora has done exceptionally well since racing at the New Zealand Cup Meeting: in fact, she has got over the effects of her efforts quicker _and- more satisfactorily than on previous occasions after a less strenuous programme. Her trainer has not yet( seriously discussed holiday arrangements, but there is a chance he may take Polydora to Ellerslie, if she continues to go on as at present,- and if the handicapper is not too harsh on her. As an alternative she may do her holiday racing at Manawatu and Marten, and if she goes North Scratchmere Scar will probably accompany her; The present season in England has proved the most successful Frank Butters has ever experienced. Up to October 6, with seven weeks of the season to go, his. team had won £77,572. His highest previous total was £72,438 in 1932. The, English record for a trainer in one season is £93,899 by Joe Lawson in 1931. The English record for the number of races won in a year by a trainer is . 124 by \V. E. Elsey' iii 1905. New Zealanders with two-year-okls engaged in the A.J .C., Kirkfiam Stakes to be run at Warwick Farm on December 8 are reminded that for horses not scratched (on payment of £1) before 4' p.m, on November 26 liability for the second payment is incurred. Mr J. M/ Samson’s Penelope and the Iliad—Lava filly are among the nominations.

The Australian Jockey, Club will hold a Royal meeting at Randwiek next Thursday. The principal event, the Duke 'of Gloucester Plate, a mile and. a-half handicap, with a stake of; £2,000 and a gold cup valued at £IOO, has attracted a strong list of nominations. Peter Pan heads the list, and Nightly, Waikare, Master Brierly, Theo, Senior, Upoko Ariki, King March, Gladswodd, and Miss Nottava are candidates with interest for New Zealand. Colombo has been' definitely taken out of training and retired to the stud of his owner, Lord Glanely, at Exning, Newmarket. His fee has been fixed at 300 gs and 1 g groom fees. By Manna out of Lady Nairne, Colombo was unbeaten as a two-year-old, and during the season he won £17,130 in stakes. This year he won the Craven Stakes and Two Thousand Guineas. A supposed “ good thing ” for the Derby, ho was beaten into third place by Windsor Lad and Easton. An injury to a knee prevented his running in the St. Leger. In all he won nine of his eleven races and £26,227 in stakes.

The appended item from a Melbourne paper is not really concerned with racing, but is of interest to North Otago : —“ Visitors to the Melbourne Royal Show saw and admired the fine team of four Clydesdale geldings which gained first prize in their section. The horses have since been sold to the Auckland Milling Company for £SOO, an average of £125 each. The team is all up to 17 hands in height and built in proportion. They were exhibited hero by their breeder, Mr J. M. Smith, of Kakanui (near Oainani), and will shortly return to the dominion to their new owners.” A writer in ‘ Horse and Hound ’ seems to have his doubts about the maintenance of the standard of class of English mares. He says: “ Perhaps we should do well to consider that, although our colts and stallions still remain the best in the world, and oilier nations are continually finding the necessity for refreshing their blond with English stock, the Home-bred fillies seem to have fallen behind* In three

consecutive years the Oaks has been won by animals with a large amount of French blood in their pedigrees— Rose of England, by Teddy; Brulette, by Bruleur; and Adaipur, a daughter of the famous French mare Uganda; while the French-bred Kandy scored in the One Thousand Guineas of 1932, and in 1933 one of the best fillies of the year was Betty by Teddy. The results are indeed startling. Whatever the cause, it shows that our bloodstock cannot claim the indisputable -supremacy of former times.” Yet.the fact remains that year after year Englishbred’horses successfully resist the “ foreign invaders ” in distance races. This season two of the greatest performers in France (Admiral Drake and Brantome) are by English sires, and-Caval-cade (the . champion three-year-old of America) is English-bred. When Theo won the A.J.C. Derby dominion papers stressed that he was New Zealand bred. London ‘Sporting Life,’ in chronicling his win, put up the two-column heading ‘ British Blood in Pedigree of Sydney Derby Winner.’ In the course oLits comments the London newspaper said; “Theo is by the phenomenally successful sire Limond. . . . Mirabelle went to New Zealand in 1928. She had raced in Belgium, where she won fifteen races. Her cost was abotit £4.000.”• The writer adds; The sales list reveals that the dams of the winner and the third were purchased by the British Bloodstock Agency, which agenev also bought Limond for Mr Currie, El C.iciaue for Mr Allen, and Moabite for Sir S. Hordern, who passed him on to Mr Thompson when the son of Phalaris wrenched a tendon soon after his arrival in New South Wales. It must surely lie a unique record as regards a classic race for (he sires of all three horses and the dams of the winner, and the third to have been exported by'the same agency*