RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22084, 18 July 1935, Page 11

RACING NOTES

RACING. July 20.—Hawke's Bay H.C. July 24.—Rangitikei H.C. July 25.—Waimate District H.C. , July 25, 27.—Poverty Bay T.C. 1 July 27.—South Canterbury H.G. July 27.—Manawatu R.C.

—Next Season. — August 2. —Poverty Bay H.C. August 3. —Christchurch H.C. August 13, 15, 17.—Canterbury J.C. August 24.—Pakuranga H.C. August 29.—Bgmont—Wanganui H.C. (at ;w Plymouth). , August 31. —Taranaki H.C. September 7. —Otago H.C. September 7.—Marton J.C. September 12, 14—Wanganui J.C. September 21.—Ashburton County R.C. JOTTINGS. , It has often occurred that a hack that has shown good form at the Wellington Winter Meeting wins the Winter Oup. If one is to do so this year it looks as if it will ho either Arctic Bang or Royal-Banquet,

Tybalt, who scored the most decisive win at Trentham on Thursday, was backed to the extent of £7l 10s and £ll9 when he finished seventh in the Stewards’ Handicap on the first day. In Thursday’s race he carried £343 and £275 on the win and place machines respectively.

Mr W. T. Hazlett’s private trainer, F. J. M‘Kay, is at present on a visit to the Dominion, and will return to Melbourne shortly with nine or ten rising two-year-olds bred at Mr Hazlett’s stud farm near Invercargill. Adult was charged into at the start of his race last Tuesday, and his trainer thinks ho sustained a broken rib. The injury prevented him being started again at the meeting, and may affect his chances' at Riccarton next month.

Mr J. A. White gives an emphatic denial ,to the rumour that he refused an offer of £I,OOO from an Australian buyer for High Glee.

Nominations for the New Zealand Trotting Sires’ Produce Stakes of £SOO, over to be run at the Timaru Trotting Club’s Autumn Meeting in Marcii, 1937, close with the secretary at 8 p.m. on July 25. Three-year-old unhoppled trotting horses only are eligible for this race, which is open to all sires in New Zealand and Australia.

Tudor and Dunmure appeal most of the Grand National Steeplechase candidates that raced at Trentham. Both are clever jumpers who will not be troubled by the bigger fences at Ric- ■ carton, and at the difference in weights at which they will meet Dunmure should be the better suited over three miles and a-hal£.

When Lycidas ran up to Revision at the turn for home in the Winter Hurdles last Saturday he looked a most likely winner. He hung on well until over the next and last hurdle, but then began to tire, and, though not beaten by wide margins, he was very nearly snuffed out of third money. Two or three strides more and he would have been fourth.

Last Saturday’s form was not correct in so far as Rasouli was concerned. He refused to gallop over the first two furlongs, and must have lost nearly 20 lengths. He had to be eased up after the Auckland Meeting, and was not quite as fit as E. J. Ellis would have liked to have had him, but he was expected to run much better than he did. Rasouli should be kept in mind for this year’s Grand National Hurdles. "

Dunmure was shown to be trained by his owner, Miss A. Langford, in the race cards of the Wellington Meeting, and if he remains in her hand's for the National Meeting will be eligible to start, and V. Langford will fulfil his engagement to side Punchestown in the same race. On form, so far this winter, Dunmure appears to hold the much better chance of this pair.

A good deal of surprise was expressed that Dunmure- was started in the Winter Hurdles on Saturday in preference to the July Steeplechase, but probably the right course was adopted. Dunmure requires more racing, and the hurdlo race would do him just as much good as the steeplechase would have done, and with less risk.

September 21.—Foiton R.C. September 21, 23.—Avondale J.C. September 26, 28.—Geraldine R.C. September’ 27, 28. —Marlborough R.C, September 28.—Napier Park R.C. September 28, 30.—Taumarunui R.C. (at Paeroa).

TROTTING. —Next Season.— August 10, 14, 16. —N.Z. Metropolitan T.C August 31.—Auckland T.C. September 7.—New Brighton T.C. September 19, 21.—Hawke's Bay T.C. October s.—New. Brighton T.C. October s.—Methven T.C. October 12.—.Waikato T.C. October 19. 21.—Westport T.C.

Silver Jubilee, Gallant Knight, and the two-year-old colt by Brazen from Autaia will leave for Sydney, by the Wanganella on August 16, in charge of their trainer, W. Townsend. Silver Jubilee is engaged in the Epsom Handicap, Caulfield Cup, and other big events, while the two-year-old is entered for the Breeders’ Plate. i Mount Val was the most consistent of the southern horses at Trentham last week, as his three starts resulted in a third, a fourth, and a win. He was also the best stake winner, his share being £l6O. Guarantee £l5O, Valarth £l4O, Lycidas £9O, Linguist £BO, Kemal Pasha £75, and Dunmure £6O, brought the total of stakes to southern horses to £755.

Followers of southern horses at Trentham last week would have made money had they confined their wagering to these horses. On the first day it would have cost £lB to back them on the win and place machine for a return of £lO 7s 6d. On Thursday a further loss would have been made, as the return for £l6 would have been only £9 9s; but on Saturday the same amount invested would have returned £49 9s. On the meeting it would have been necessary to invest £SO, but the total dividend would have shown a profit of £l9 5s 6d.

The annual report of the Vincent Jockey Club to be presented at the annual meeting to be held at Omakau on July 25 states that the jubilee meeting of the club proved an unqualified success. The totalisator returns constituted a record for the club, and the racing generally was of a high standard. The balance sheet discloses a very satisfactory financial position, after considering the fact that a considerable amount has been expended on improvements to buildings, the course proper, and training tracks. The lastmentioned, besides being top-dressed, will for next meeting carry a sward of grass, thus giving the club the full-size course completely grassed.

Dampier, the winner of the Maiden Race at the Dannevirke Hunt Meeting recently, is a rising four-year-old chestnut gelding by Defoe from Miss Ohaupd.' He comes from a family that has not been specially prominent of late years, but further back the line is one of the best in the Stud Book, his grandam being Waimunga, by Explosion—Stepfast, by St. Hippo—Step-, feldt, a sister to Stepniak, and dam of Elevation and Reputation. Dampier is owned by Mr.s J. H. Marshall, of Titahi Bay, and is trained by T. R. George at Trentham.

Though Billy Boy was not produced this week at Trentham there is nothing wrong with the veteran steeplechaser. He was backward, and as his ownertrainer, R. W. Lewis, did not fancy his chance in the heavy ground, it was decided to keep him for the Grand National Meeting, and he- will leave for Riccarton in due course to compete in the cross-country events. He will be accompanied on the trip by Verden, who will be better suited by the firmer track than he was at Trentham. Mrs A. W. McDonald expects to. have three members of her team racing at the Grand National Meeting next month, Gold Cure, Boudoir, and Petrarch are the three who are in preparation for the trip. Nell Volo.

In the early part of the season Nell Volo was looked upon as the most promising trotter ever raced in New Zealand, but after a successful trip to Addington, under F, J. Smith’s care,

there was talk of a match between her and Worthy Queen, to be placed on one of the New Zealand metropolitan clubs’ programmes. Mr W. T. Lowe, owner of the great trotter Trampfast, showed a very keen interest in this race, and also made a suggestion that his one-eyed gelding should be a participant, and that each owner should pay £IOO as a side wager, the amount to be subsidised by the club. It was after this that Nell Volo developed lameness, and all idea of the match race was dropped. Mr Lowe evidently had good grounds for becoming interested in such a race, and in a match for champion trotters his Logan Pointer gelding need not be overlooked. Ho would probably have beaten either Worthy Queen or Nell Volo over any distance, and his trainer, R. B. Berry, would not worry ranch about either a standing or. a moving start.—The ‘Press.’ Sir Simper at Five Years. Sir Simper, bred and owned by Mr W. T. Hazlett, of Invercargill, is again a candidate for important cup honours in Australia next season.- With a number of victories to. his credit in the early spring last year and a particularly brilliant effort in the Toorak Handicap, in which he carried 8.7 and beat a field of 18. he was regarded as a certainty for the Caulfield Cup, in which ho was weighted at 7.5, and he started a hot favourite. He suffered defeat, hut his third to Journal and Farndale was not without merit, for he encountered serious setbacks in the running, and the general summing up was that he had bad luck to lose.

In. the forthcoming Caulfield Cup Sir Simper is weighted at 8.8, and he has lib less in the Melbourne Cup. The critics argue that he has received his fullest deserts, but add that there is no reason why he should not win a good place among the five-year-olds during the season. New Zealand Invaders. Horses from New Zealand have started to arrive for spring racing in Sydney, and as some of these are already well ■ forward in condition their owners can be relied on to go after expenses before the big meetings come round (says “ Pilot,” in the Sydney ‘Referee’). There is variety in handicappers in Sydney, and if some horses are not afforded good chances of success at some courses they may at others. Although good New Zealand horses can win anywhere, it does not follow that almost' anything from the Dominion will be equal to scoring here, and a few I have seen mentioned as probable visitors would bo better kept at home. Nominations for Sydney’s handicaps of most importance do not suggest that Melbourne will be strong in numbers at our spring meetings, and only horses with undeniably good chances of success are likely to put in an appearance. Apart from Randwick, there is more money for owners in stakes in Melbourne, and the fact of the last day of the A.J.C. Meeting and the opening day at Caulfield clashing is against as many Melbourne horses running here as in some previous years. After the Derby it is probable most of the Victorian three-year-olds will be hurried home for the Caulfield Guineas, and with Peter Pan and Sylvandale in the way the visiting contingent will include few candidates for weight-for-age races.

Trotting Cup Prospect. Wild Guy may never be a serious contender for Cup honours, but in the Guy Parrish gelding D. Rodgers has probably the best of this breed, and an honest performer (says the ‘Press’). Wild Guy has done a lot of racing during the last two seasons, and has shown consistency and improvement. Last season he started 20 times for two wins, two seconds, and four thirds, and in winning £348, with useful dividends on the- machine, he probably paid his way. During the present season Wild Guy has run several races that can be described as only fair, but altogether he has done everything that might be expected of one of his class. Last , August he won the Addington Handicap, of a mile and a-quarter, in 2min 42sec, from a 2min 47sec mark, a very good effort, and later at the meeting he was third to Peter Locanda and Giro in the Lincoln Handicap. He finished second to War Buoy in 4min 26 l-ssec, and was second to Encounter in the November Handicap. All these efforts were registered at Addington between August and* November. Next, Wild Guy was second to Rey Spec in the Ashburton Cup after conceding the winner 24yds and registering 4min 23seo, and he

was second to Elvo in the Au Revoir Handicap at Canterbury Park. A third in the President’s Handicap at Timaru to Todd Lonzia and Taxpayer, and a double victory in the Dunedin Cup and Metropolitan Handicap at Forbury Park raised Wild Guy’s total by nearly £550. Wild Guy was second to Taxpayer in the Farewell Handicap at Ashburton, and then won the Easter Handicap at Addington, after registering 4min 20 2-ssec for _ two miles. A total of nearly £1,400 is Mr D. Rodgers’s reward for the season for his handling of Wild Guy, and there are not many pacers in New Zealand with a more consistent record for the last year. Mr Rodgers enjoys himself modestly with a small team, but he usually contrives to make trotting a payable hobby. Wild Guy is now on the edge of the New Zealand Cup class, and whatever his performances within the next few months, he is still likely to be on a handy mark. Whether he will measure up to the class of the crack pacers can only be proved on race day, but with a race run to suit him Wild Guy is capable of a very smart dash at the end of two mile*.