RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22414, 11 August 1936, Page 11

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair.]

RACING. August 13, 15.—Canterbury J.C. August 22.—Pakurangi Hunt C. August 27. —Egmont-Wanganui Hunt C. at New Plymouth). August 29. —Taranaki Hunt C. September s.—Otago Hunt C. September 10, 12.—Wanganui Jockey C. September 19.—Ashburton County R.C. September 19.—Foxton Racing Club. September 19, 21.—Avondale J .C. September 24, 26.—Geraldine Racing C. September 26.—Martou Jockey Club. September 26.—Napier Park R.C. October 3.—Kurow J.C. . October 3.—Otaki Maori Racing Club. October 3, s—Tauraaranui Racing Club, (at Paeroa).

kurow jockey club .About 30 members were present at the annual meeting of the Jiurow Jockey Club, the president, Mr A. b. Cambridge, being in the chair. The annual report for the year ended April 30 last showed that the receipts amounted to £1,119 5s 6d, and the expenditure to £1,069 5s 6d, leading a surplus of £SO. “It is indeed very pleasing to be able to report the success of the meeting, notwithstanding the fact that the previous year’s meeting lapsed for want of sufficient entries, stated the report. Reference was made to the deaths of Messrs Wm. Barclay, Dr Mathieson, J. O’Brien, D. Sinclair, and John Ure, all members who had assisted the club in past years. Ine thanks of the club were specially due to Mr G. Hall, of Hororata, and the Dunedin Brewery and Wilson Malt Extract Company for the donation or handsome cups. The balance sheet showed the principal receipts to have been obtained from the totalisator £375 18s 9d, rebate of totalisator tax £B6 8s 9d, nomination and acceptance fees £149 ss, gates £ll9 14s 6d, privileges £49 15s, race cards £34 9s Bd, rents £49 15s, arid members’ subscriptions £llß 10s. ine club gave £564 10s in stakes, paid £lsl 9s 4d in taxes, gatemen and officials cost £52 13s, printing and stationery £sl ss, and a credit balance of £47 los 8d is carried forward. The assets include land valued at £869, buildings, plant, etc., £443 5s 6d, members’ subscriptions outstanding £74, fees outstanding £B, and cash £47 15s Bd, a total of £1,442 Is 2d. with no liabilities. The election of officials for the ensuing vear resulted: —President, Mr A. b. Cambridge; vice-president, Mr L. Pavletich; committee —Messrs H. J- I? 6 ' largy. H. J. B. Munro, A. H. M‘Kmnon, W. F. Condon, W. G. M'Kinnon, A. G. Fraser, R. G. C. Munro, W. G. M'Aughtrie, W. G. Munro, C. L. Ayson, W. Menzies, and A. 1 Munro. Mr W. Menzies was appointed hon. treasurer. Owing to ill-health the resignation of Mr R. W. A. Munro as secretary was accepted. Several members of the executive referred to the many years of good service Mr Munro had given the club, and it was decided to make a presentation to him at a later date. At a subsequent meeting of the committee all of last year’s officials for, the meeting were reappointed, and Mr D. G. V. Smith, of Oamaru, was appointed secretary. , , It was decided to adopt the same programme as last year.

“ ADDINGTON TO-MORROW Owing to not being able to run to the scheduled time-table on Saturday, the committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has decided to start the first race at 11.30 a.m. to-morrow, and flout the rules of trotting by making the intervals 40 minutes between each race. Fine weather experienced at Christchurch over the week-end has greatly improved the track at Addington, and it should be in fast condition. Excellent fields have been engaged, and the following horses should be fancied in their respective engagements • Improvers’ Handicap, unhoppled trotters, class 4.49. 2m.—Reward, Mabel Chimes, Wahnooka. Dash Handicap, saddle, class 2.13. Im.—Hocks Ahead, Craganour, Noble Prince. King Edward Handicap, class 4.28. 2m. —Grand Mogul—Tempest bracket. Willow Wave, De Soto. Belgium Handicap, class 4.40. 2m. — Frisco Lady, On Parade. Southern Smile. .Lincoln Handicap, class 2.43. IJm. —Pot Lock, Kongomai, Young Frank.

October 8, 10. —Dunedin Jockey Club,

TROTTING. August 12, 14.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. August 15.—Cambridge T.C. August 29.—Auckland T.C. September s.—New Brighton T.C. September 12.—Wellington T.C. October 3.—Methven T.C. October 10.—New Brighton T.C. October 17. —Waikato T.C. October 17, 19. -Westport T.C. October 24, 26. —Auckland T.C. October 24, 26.—Greymouth T.C. October 26.—Manawatu T.C. October 26.—Oamaru T.C. October 31.—Wellington T.C.

Avon Handicap, unhoppled trotters, class 3.29. Hm.—Discord, Air Flow. Teviot Downs. Canterbury Handicap, class 4.34. 2m. —Bonny Azure, Bingen Palm. Avernus. Speedway Handicap, class 2.12. Im. —Cloudy Range, War Buoy—Craganour bracket, Grace M'Elwyn. JOTTINGS The trotting mare Norma Bingen, which won several races during the 1935-36 season, is now attached to J. Henderson’s stable at Oamaru. B. Jarden has arrived at Addington and purchased a property in Barrington street, and will train Donalda and Red Glow at headquarters. Names have been claimed for two of Mr T. H. Lowry’s two-year-olds. The Hunting Song—Finery colt will _be known as Epping, while the Hunting Song—Pure Gold filly will race as White Gold. When De Soto won the August Handicap on Saturday he scored his eleventh success in 12 months, and he has now qualified for the New Zealand Trotting Cup. The surprise in the principal handicap at Addington on Saturday was Rollo’s forward running. He has not had a race for more than a year, and had only £l6 invested on his winning chance. According to an Australian exchange the price paid for the New Zealandbred colt Bengal Lancer was 1,500g5. He was purchased on behalf of Mr W. Cannon, a Queensland sportsman, who races Don Ccesar. As Bengal Lancer is still a maiden the price obtained must bo regarded as a substantial one. Record time for the Grand National Steeplechase is the 6min 55 l-ssec registered by Oakleigh in winning on fast going in 1922. The only_ other winners who have bettered 7min are Peter Maxwell (1926) and Snowfall (1931), both on good going. M. B. Edwards, whoso health for some time past has not been good, was at Addington on Saturday attending to Frisco Lady, Gamble, and Gold Tinge. Gamble was the only one to fill a place, and he looked as though the race would do him a lot of good. He will probably be raced oyer two miles to-morrow, and his meeting with Graham Direct should be full of interest.

The Oamaru Jockey Club's balance sheet shows that the past season was easily the most successful the club has experienced for some years. After deducting the club’s proportion of the cost of the new roof on the stewards’ stand (£202 3s 7d) and of the improvements to the course amounting to £222 8s 6d, the net surplus is £630 4s 4d. At Addington on Saturday Mr G. J. Barton’s stable hands wore three-quar-ter length coats representing his racing colours—black with heliotrope collars. The men looked neat and smart in their new livery, and the coats prevented their clothes from being spoiled while handling the horses in the birdcage. Aga Khan has been retired from racing and will be used as a hack. He was boomed as a young horse, but was not raced much until acquired by C. Jackson as a four-year-old, for whom he soon ran out of hacks and later earned some useful open stakes. With 12 firsts and nine placings he won £1,924 10s. Tried as a hurdler, lie shaped poorly, knocking his legs about, particularly a knee, which caused lameness, f

Village Guy has improved, and he paced through the mud as if he liked it and never looked in danger of defeat. On Parade did well to secure second place, and his performance made it plain that he will win races this season. Southern Smile was in the picture all the way, and site should win a race at the meeting.

Kinnoull’s first race in Australia may be in the Warwick Stakes on August 29. He is in the Warwick Farm Spring Handicap with 8.13, but this is run over a mile and three furlongs, for which he may not yet be ready. The Warwick is & mile weight-for-ago event, and in this Kinnoull is entitled to a 101 b allowance in not havr ing won a race to the value of 500sovs.

An interesting competitor at the annual point-to-point meeting of the Horowhenua branch of the Manawatu Hunt Club at Levin last Saturdav was Glendowie, winner of the Great Northern Steeplechase in 1928* and now 14 years old. Glendowie proved a class too good for his opposition in the Hunters’ Trial Steeplechase, lady riders, in which ho was ridden by Miss M. Kirkcaldie, who now owns him.

The death is announced of Mr C. E. Lindsay ,a prominent North Canterbury sportsman, who a few years ago owned a number of good pacers. In his colours Talaro won the Auckland Cup and other good races, while Harvest Child was also very successful. Mr Lindsay was a well-known breeder, and for several seasons he had in his care the American stallion Sonoma Harvester.

The Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry)-has advised all racing and trotting clubs that in future all dividends must be declared on the £1 basis, and that at all totahsator meetings ’ -'asonable provision must be made for both 10s and £1 investors. It will be open to clubs to provide for larger investments according to requirements.

Evidently Lone Derby _ does not possess many admirers of his ability as & pacer, for only £2 was invested .on his chances on the win machine in the Advance Handicap. Rayon d’Or, who was brought from Wellington, earned only £8 in a pool of more than £I,OOO. In the August Handicap Rollo earned only 16 tickets in a pool of more than £1,700, and had he won instead of running second he would have returned his supporters a dividend approaching a century.

Talking, winner of fhe first weight-for-age race of the season in Sydney on Saturday, has breeding of New Zealand interest. He is by Magpie from Society, by Absurd from First Class. Society was bred by Mr W. G. Stead, and later became the property of Mr P. Miller, of New South Wales, who bred Talking. As a yearling Talking was sold for 120 gs, and is now the property of Mr S. Cash, of Sydney, for whom he is trained by P. Riddle.

Harold Logan is still the public’s favourite, and he received a good reception from the crowd at Addington on Saturday, when he paraded in the birdcage. He looked to be carrying some superfluous flesh, but his running showed that there is every chance of him regaining his old form. In _ his latest race he picked up ground rapidly and for the greater part of the journey he was content to wait in behind his field. Three furlongs from home he put in a burst that prepared spectators tor another of his brilliant victories, but he found his handicap too great, or perhaps his condition a bit short. He finished fifth, and this suggests that the let-up of two seconds on his assess- 1 ment will give him a great opportunity to add still further to his long list of successes. —The ‘ Press.’ Although not engaged at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s August Meeting, Indianapolis is among the regular workers at Addington. Ho is one of F. C. Hunleavey’s representatives that aro being prepared for summer racing. Indianapolis has developed into a powerful-looking horse, and he is carrying more condition than' when he was last trained. His feet have improved, but there is always a danger of his heels cracking. Dunleavey is taking every precaution to safeguard the champion’s feet from injury and thus interfering with his campaign in November, which will include the New Zealand Trotting Cup, Free For All, and an attempt to pace a mile in 2min. He is booked to appear at Perth, South Australia, and probably Melbourne in January. He will take part in the interdominion championship contests at Adelaide and give exhibitions. _ All going well, Indianapolis should rise to a great height this season.

The Otago-owned Pipi could not be classed with the giants, but he was a standing dish in the Grand National for several years early in this century, Ho ran third in 1903, 1904, and 1905. After being unplaced in 1906 he was third in the Lincoln, a race in which he had scored a popular win a year earlier. Pipi was a great jumper, on whom corners could be cut, as he would jump a fence from any angle. He was ridden m all his races at Riccarton by Hugh Carr, who has been out of the racing game .for many years, having- joined the Railway Department.

The Auckland trainer, F. J. Smith, on his last visit to Addington, had his stable attendants decked out in kneelength white coats, and F. C. Dunleyy went one better on Saturday, when his men wore black coats with heliotrope collars. The innovation is a very pleasing one, for not only do the men look neat and smart in their new livery, but these coats save good clothes from being spoiled. The gearing up and handling of horses really make necessary the wearing of overalls. It is to be hoped other trainers (says the ‘Press’) will follow.the example set by Smith and Dunlevy.

Peter Jackson, by Nigger Minstrel from Left, stummed while working on the Wanganui track last week and had to be destroyed. He was held on lease by L. G. Paul. Peter Jackson, who was a brother to Gaine Carrington, was a good performer two or three years ago, his most notable achievements being wins in the North Island and the New Zealand St. Legers Taken .to Australia by his owners, Messrs Smith Bros., he won the Moonee Valley Gold Cup and ran fourth in the Melbourne Cup. Mr Paul has been most unfortunate with his horses in recent years, as this makes , the third he has lost as a result of broken legs. Marabou, winner of last year’s Melbourne Cup, has returned to training to prepare for his spring campaign (states a Melbourne writer). Hie Marcomgram horse has been spelling at Mr Sol Green’s property, “ Underbank, ’ Bacchus Marsh. Since Mr C. B. Kellow purchased Marabou for 5,500 gs soon after his Cup win the handsome bay has failed to produce winning form. Marabou was taken to Sydney in company with Hall Mark for the autumn racing, but he knocked himself while galloping at Victoria Park, the injury preventing him from starting in Sydney.

Kiatero was one of the good hofsea that did not win the Grand National. He won two Great Northerns, carrying 12.13 in his second success, while he scored twice in the Wellington Steeplechase. Five times he contested the Grand National, being unplaced with 12.5, then with 12.0, winning the Beaufort a few days later with 12.3. The following year he carried. 13.3 into third place in the Grand National. Ho was back the next year, being unplaced with 12.8, while later in the week he was second in the Beaufort and the Lincoln,, under 12.8 and 12.9 respectively. He did not race in, 1909, but in 1910 he was unplaced with 11.13. By this time he was at least 12 years old, and on the down grade.