RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22276, 29 February 1936, Page 20

RACING NOTES

RACING, March 2.—Marlborough K.C. March 2.—Te Aroha J.C. • March 4.—Rangitikci R.C. March 5, 7.—Napier Park R.C. March 7.—Banka Peninsula R.C. March 13, 14.—Cromwell J.C. March 14, 17—Ohinemuri J.C. March 14. 16, 17.—Wellington R.C. March 20. 21.—Manawatu R.C. March 21, 23.—Bay of Plenty J.C. March 21, 23.—Oamaru J.C. March 28.—South Canterbury J.C. March 28. —Birchwood Hunt. March 31, April I.—Pahiatua R.C. •April 2, 4. —Whaugarei R.C. April 4.—Hawke’s Bay R.C. April 4.—Waimate R.C. April 4.—Otautau R.C.

THE ROYAL STABLES. Lord Derby made the following statement at Derby House, Stratford Place, a few days after the King’s death:— “ His Majesty the King was graciously pleased to give me an interview this morning, at which he confirmed an arrangement previously come to between General Tomkinson and me whereby I lease the late King’s horses now in the possession of his present Majesty. “ The procedure that will be adopted is precisely the same as that which I adopted when I leased his late Majesty’s horses when he succeeded /' King Edward VII. They will remain at Egerton Lodge under Jarvis, and they will be managed by BrigadierGeneral Tomkinson. They will be kept entirely apart from my own stable, and will run quite separately, “ Perryman will b© the jockey for Stanley House, and for the leased horses, and in any case of the leased horses where Perryman cannot rid© the .weight I intend to ask Fox to ride, though there will be no retainer on him, and therefore h© would be perfectly free to accept any other engagement. This arrangement will continue till the end- of the racing year. “His Majesty was good enough at the end of the interview to give me permission to state that he has every . intention of continuing the Royal connection with the turf, both as regards his racing stable and as regards the stud. Both will be subject to such alterations as His Majesty may after consideration find necessary and advisable, but the connection which has lasted now through so many generations in the Royal Family will be effectively maintained.” WILL GORDON RICHARDS 1 RETIRE? An English correspondent of a southern paper writes; —lt has been suggested that Gordon Richards, the champion jockey, has already in mind the ; time when he will retire from the saddle and take up the duties of trainer. Intimate friends, however, knew that he had shaped his plans differently. When Richards gives up riding he will completely sever his connection with the turf. He Las never concealed that his interest in racing is solely a matter of riding winners. To him it has been for some years nothing more than work which gives him a handsome financial reward. Already he has earned a substantial sum, and when he has an income which will enable him to live as he wishes to do, I believe he will say , good-bye to.the turf. He is only 31, and, inasmuch as he is not troubled with increasing weight, he might continue to ride for another 20 years, but I think that is most Unlikely. Social life does not appeal to him. His little spare time he spends with his wife and children at his country home, and homing pigeons are his chief hobby. At the present time he is enjoying the winter sport in Switzerland. Next season Richards will again be the chief jockey ' to the Beckhampton stable. He has also subordinate retainers from Mr Martin Hartigan, the trainer with whom he began his career, and Mrs Corlette Glorney, and from these three sources it is believed that he draws over £5,000 a year, without taking into account the customary riding fees. Although he is unequalled, and has broken every record, he has not yet. strangely enough, ridden the winner of the Derby, and I am afraid his chance of doing so next June is slight. There is no suggestion that Beckhampton possesses a colt of first-class classic stamp. In the circumstances his hope must be that he will be released by the stable and allowed to ride for another owner* JOTTINGS. The Newmarket Handicap will be run at Randwick this afternoon. It is reported that the connections . behind Riddle threw in for a good win last Wednesday. '' , Tautau Maid is now an inmate of 'A. E. Didham’s stable. She moved .very cramped this morning. The Wyndham Trotting Club has received excellent nominations for its meeting to be held bn March 18. The 42 lots sold at C. S. Donald’s sale on Thursday totalled 5,887g5, an average of slightly over £l4O each. Costume has been transferred from EA. E. Didham’s stable to S. Pyper’s care. The Cromwell Club announces that ' the time of closing nominations for its meeting to be held on March 13 and 14 has been extended until 8 o’clock this evening. Acccptances_ for the opening day of i the Invercargill Trotting Club’s Meeting, to be held next Friday and Saturday, close on Tuesday at 5 p.m. In addition to Mr G. J. Barton, i Messrs Gordon Aitoheson, of Hampden, • and J. S. Hislon, of Invercargill, were purchasers at C. S. Donald’s sale on . Thursday. Mr G. J. Barton was a purchaser at ,C. S. Donald’s sale on Thursday, paying 480 gs for Royal Doulton. by Jack Potts from Quality. This three-year-old filly will join Mr Barton’s other horses in F. Dunlevey’s stable. .!»-■- ■

[By St. Cpaik.]

TROTTING. March 6, 7.—lnvercargill T.O. March 7.—• Wellington T.C. March 14.—Timaru T.C. March 18.—Wyndham T.C, March 21.—Taranaki T.C. March 23.—Roxburgh T.C, March 28.—Wanganui T.C. March 28.—Cheviot T.C. April 4.—Wanganui T.C. April 11, 14.—N.Z, Metropolitan T.O. April 11, 13.—Hawcra T.C. April 15.—Rotorua T.C. April 18.—Ashburton T.O. April 18, 22.—Manawatu T.C. April 30, May 2.—ForbUry Park T.C. May 2.—Cambridge T.C. May 7. —Marlborough T.C.

Nominations for the Oamaru Jockey Club’s meeting, to be held on March 21 and 23, close next Tuesday, at 8 p.m. On the Off day owners and trainers have been invited to visit the Elderslie Stud.

Guywin started five times at the Winton and Gore meetings and was placed second twice and third throe times. A pound invested on his chances on the place machine would have netted a profit of £3O I6s. If ever there looked a cup horse in the making it is Diversion, says a Christchurch writer. She was 80yds behind the leaders when she settled to her work; and from then on went like a machine to win the Belfast Handicap.

A ropOrt from Hawke’s Bay states that Padishah, the half-brother to Cuddle, may do his spring racing in Sydney. He has been on the easy list lately, but he showed that he was useful by the style in which he won two races at Riccarton in November.

Davolo was so severely injured when he was kicked in the abdomen at the harrier before the start of the principal event at the recent Dunedin meeting that it will be some time before he will be able to resume activity, and there is at present a doubt if he will ever be fit to race again.

The former Wingatui trainer, S. G. Ware, has built a range of stabling at Mentone, and apparently has decided to take up a permanent residence in Melbourne. It seems a case of goodbye to another New Zealand trainer, for the time being at least.

The smart Riverton gelding Bay Duke has been an absentee from recent meetings as a result of mysterious lameness. His owner has adopted a course of treatment which appears to have had beneficial and Bay Duke may be in action again later in the season.

The two trotters, Great Way and Germanicus, will do their next racing in Western Australia, for at C. S. Donald’s sale both were secured for a Perth sportsman by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at lOOgs and 115 gs respectively. Nocturnus (A. S. Ellis) was given another school at Riccarton this week over the steeplechase fences. He shapes like being good at this game. A trip to Southland, with the Riverton meeting at Easter as the chief attraction, has been mapped out, as a start for his cross-country racing.

Jolly Beggar, ridden by H. Turner, was given his first schooling since last raced, at Riccarton on Thursday, jumping four hurdles in a faultless manner. There is a possibility that Jolly Beggar will be set to contest the Great Northern Hurdles early in June. He is in remarkably good order at present, and his prospects for the winter certainly look very bright.

From inquiries made in respect to accommodation and in other directions, it seems that more northern trainers than usual are prepared to consider a trip to Riverton at Easter. The Champion Hack Handicap appears to be as great an attraction as the Cun. Southern owners also are not overlooking the race, and it is likely that more than one improving hack will be reserved for Easter Monday.

.There have recently been some good dividends in Australian centres where clubs run a totalisator “ daily double,” but none has equalled the return at Newbury (England) on December 28. The double was on the Reading Steeplechase and Juvenile Hurdle Race, and the holder of the solitary ticket collected £1,140 for 10s.

The latest New Zealand-bred winner in West Australia is Neolithic, a three-year-old gelding by Chief Ruler from Pebble 11.. by Rock Flint, owned by Mr L. V. O’Hara and trained by C. F. Barden, who won thb Sydney Cup with The Dimmer. Neolithic won at; his tenth start in a race, but had previously been placed.

Reminder is to be shipped to Melbourne on Monday to join S. G. Ware’s team at Mentone.' This horse showed good form over steeplechase country hist winter, and has done well since. He leaves Wingatui in first-class condition.

Jaunt has been doing good work on the Wingatui tracks lately, and also schooling well. This morning he galloped six furlongs on the inside grass track, and ran the last four furlongs in 53 2-ssec. Jaunt will be raced at the Otautau Meeting next month. Greek Shepherd lias had an easy time since he returned from the Dunedin meeting, but T. H. Gillett will have him in strong work again soon in preparation for a trip to Trentham next month. -He has an engagement in the New Zealand St. Leger, and in view of the success of Heritage in the Trentham Stakes last month, a meeting between the pair will arouse great interest. •

The Riccarton trainer, J. S. Shaw, has come in for many congratulations from his racing associates this week, Lis wife having presented him with a daughter (says the ‘Star-Sun’)- He was at Winton last week, winning races with M'Heath and Penelope, but he hurried home, leaving the two horses in charge of his father, Mr G. G. Shaw, who has had a Jot of experience with horses and who showed that he was a worthy substitute, as M‘Heath won the chief event at Gore on Wednesday.

Gallant Knight is booked to make his next reappearance in the Wyndham Cup, which is a two-mile race for horses that can do 4.46 or better. The stake is £3OO. Mr J. R. M'Kenzie’s American pacer has done well since he won two races at Timaru in January, and his meeting with Pot Luck in the principal event at Wyndham should be the featurp of the meeting. Both horses have the makings of high-class horses, but Gallant Knight will have most friends in the southern contest.