RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 6

RACING NOTES

RACING. February 19, 90. —Wintcn J.C. February 20.—Tologa Bay J.C. February 20, 22.—Woodville D.J.C. February 20, 22. —Waikato R.O. February 26, 27.—Gore R.C. February 27. —Waiapu R.C. February 27.— Opunake R.C. February 27, March I.—Te Aroha J.C. March 4, 6.—Napier Park R. C. March 6.—Banks Peninsula R.C. March 6.—Eangitikei R.C. March 12, 13.—Cromwell J.C. March 11, 13.—Wellington R.C. March 13, Birchwood Hunt. March 13, 17.—Ohinemuri J.C. March 19, 20.—Pahiatua R.C. March 20.—Stratford R.C. March 20. —Otautau R.C. JOTTINGS Acceptances for the first day of the Winton Meeting close at 7 o clock this evening. Handicaps for the first day _of the Gore Racing Club’s Meeting to be held on Friday and Saturday of next week are due to-morrow. Forecast ran badly each day at Wingatui and _ evidently _ did not appreciate the yielding going. Lumjere ran her best race to date when she finished second to Rebel Mate on Saturday, She is only a three-year-eld, and has yet plenty of time to develop stamina. Osculate made his reappearance after a lengthy spell last week, but was not sufficiently forward in condition to be able to show his best. Silk Paper ran two good races at Wingaiui last andl will be in demand for her engagements at Wintou next Friday, as she has escaped a penalty. With Wild Chase, Paper Slipper, Silk Paper, and _ New Note representing him in the list of stake wimlers at Wingatui last week, Paper Slipper’s total on the winning sires 7 list was increased by £1,347.

The Beaumont Racing Club will give £BSO in stakes at its annual meeting to be held on Easter Monday, the same amount as last year. The principal race, the Molyneux Handicap, lOf, carries £l5O.

M'Heath was not seen at his best either day at Wingatui, and was not well suited by the going. He will be all the better for the two races he had, and should do better at Easter time.

The taxation in connection with last week’s meeting at Wingatui amounted to £3,155 Os Bd, and was made up as follows:—Totalisator tax, £1,452 18s; dividend duty, £1,688 6s; stakes tax, £3B 8s; and amusement tax, £75 8s Bd.

Riccarion stables had a good innings at last week’s cup meeting, turning out the winners of seven races. Riverton, Rakaia, Invercargill, and .Washdyke stables each produced two, and Linguist was the only winner trained at Wingatui. . •

Eobant showed her win ifl the Trial Handicap on'the first day to have been no fluke, as she scored very easily in the Abbotsford Handicap on Saturday, and, thanks tp the solid support accorded Barley Almond, returned an- > other useful dividend.

A rise of 171 b in the handicap for his first day’s success settled Eoyal Saxon’s chance in the hurdle race on Saturday, but no horse gave a better exhibition of cleaner or faster jumping on both days than this old Saxby gelding.

Golden Lap showed his true form' in the Owhiro Hurdles on Saturday, and no fault could be found with his jumping. He had far too much pace for the opposition, and looks like making a high-class hurdler with a little more experience.

Gold Boa found 9.7 and the heavy going too much for her on Saturday, and after leading Paper Slipper for about half a mile in the James Hazlett Gold Cup retired beaten. She was pulled up at the top of the straight, and only cantered past the post.

It was very bad) luck for the Dunedin Jockey Club that bad weather should have spoiled the success of the <Jup Meeting last week, as it is many years since the prospects of such a good fixture were so bright, almost right up to the eve of the gathering. The break in the weather came at a most inopportune time, and robbed the club of many hundreds of pounds.

Davolo put in a very fast run after passing the five-furlong post in the Jockey Club Handicap, and ran from last to second in less than a furlong and a-half. Halfway down the straight he appeared to be winning very easily, but over the last few strides had to be ridden out to beat Eebel Lad.

It is not often one stable contains two such brilliant three-year-old colts as Wild' Chase and Paper Slipper in the one season. They made the opposition in the James Hazlett Gold Cup look very cheap, and the only surprise about their victory was tlie good price they paid in a one-dividend field.

A special condition has been included! on the programme issued by the Canterbury Jockey Club for its Easter Meeting. It reads: “Unless otherwise specially provided, all handicaps are subject to the condition that the winner of any race, after the declaration of weights, may be rehandicapped. Rehandicaps to be declared not later than 72 hours after the advertised starting time of the race won.”

Knockfin was well handled each day by A. Russell, and a marked improvement was noted in her behaviour at the starting barrier. She gave no trouble in either of her races, and was unlucky to gather only third monev in each. On Saturday she appeared to have the race won until Golden Dart swooped down on her in the last stride to gain a head victory.

Golden Dart, winner of the Flying Handicap on Saturday, is a seven-year-old gelding by Arrowsmith from Finora, who for years held the Dominion time record for seven furlongs. Irnin 24sec. Golden Dart’s only win this season was at the Westland Meeting last mlonth in a two-horse race, but last season he was seven times first, six times second, and three times third out of 24 starts. Golden Dart paid the only sensational dividend at the meeting.

[By St. Claxe.]

TROTTING. February 20.—New Brighton Trotting Club. February 27. —Kaikoura Trotting Club. March b, 6. —Invercargill Trotting Club. March 6.—Wellington Trotting Club. March 13. —Wanganui Trotting Club. March 13.—Timaru Trotting Club. March 17. —Wyndham Trotting Club, March 20.—Cheviot Trotting Club. March 20.—Wanganui Trotting Club. March 27, 29.—Hawara Trotting Club. March 27, 31. —N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. April 3. —Taranaki Trotting Club. April B.—Eeefton Trotting Club. April 10. —Roxburgh Trotting Club. April 10.—Ashburton Trotting Club. April 10.—Thames Trotting Club. April 17.—Manawatu Trotting Club. One of the baffling complications that occasionally crop up in racing was seen in Taranaki recently. In the Taranaki Stakes Cheval de Volee, whose allowance from Oratory in a handicap would have been anything up to three stone, beat that smart mare at a difference of only 41b. A few days later Cheval de Volee, low down in the weights, was incapable of running into a place in a hack race at Hawera.

For four years after the Hazlett Memorial Plate (now the Hazlett Gold Cup) was instituted in 1914 the race was run over seven furlongs, and it was the same when Cricket Bat and Silver Scorn won in recent years. In all other seasons the distance has been a mile. The record for this journey was made last year by Silver Ring, whose 1.38 2-5 is also a record for the course. The inaugural race was won by Mr L. C. Hazlett’s Sister Radius, but no member of the Hazlett family has been successful since.

High Glee is one of the most unlucky horses racing at the present time. In Saturday’s race, for which, he started a good favourite he was going well when he made a forward move about three furlongs from home. Then he got on to a horse’s heels, and had to be checked. This lost him several lengths and also the good position he was in. Under the circumstances High Glee did well to run up into third place. The announcement that the Canterbury Jockey Club has increased the stakes for the Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps to £BOO each will probably stop most of the Canterbury and further north owners patronising the Riverton Meeting. The inclusion of the Autumn Champion Plate of £425 on the first day and Addington Handicap of £3OO on the second day will also rob the Southern Champion Hack Handicap to be run on the second day of the Riverton Meeting of most of the northern hacks. Nominations for the Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps close on Friday week... . '

The stake money was won as follows:—Sir Charles Clifford, £1,506, including two gold cups, each worth £IOO, P. P. Campbell £320, J. T. Beard £220, P. T Hogan £203. A. M. Cameron £2OO, I. L. M. Coop £2OO, A. Clark £157, J. Richards £152, E. N. Didham £l4O, D. M'Farlane £l4O, E. W. Hunt £l2B, J. S. and W. E. Hazlett £l2B, R. J. E. Smith £IOO, M. J. Forde £B2, D. Grant £6O, A. K. Firth £45, G. A. Fielding £44, W. Scott £2B, J. P. Herlihy £26, W. O. Rutherford £26, Miss V. M. H. Nichols £22, W. E. Hunt £22. V. G. Holloway £ls, L. C. Hazlett £ls, A. H. Fisher £ls, J. A. White £l3, G. J. Barton £9, A. S. MTCay £B, J. B. MacGregor £B, H. Nurse £B, H. S. Orbell £5, W. M. Crockett £5; total, £3,840. Silver Band had every chance in the Hopeful Handicap on Saturday, as with Forecast and Top Row he got from six to eight lengths’ advantage from Happy Night and Circular Note at the barrier. Top Row, who was giving him 19Jlb, had him beaten half a furlong from home, and then Happy Night got up to beat him for second money. It was a very unfortunate start, and looked as if Happy Night was robbed of a certain win. On his running in the Lyttelton Plate the previous Saturday Happy Night was entitled to be made favourite. as in that race he was in receipt of 131 b from Top Row and beat him. In the Hopeful Handicap he received 261 b from Top Row, and after standing up a big start to him at the barrier was only beaten by a head. The monthly meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association was held on Friday, when there were present Messrs J. H. Williams (chairman), S. W. Kelly, B. M'Carthy, H. W. Kitchingham, and J. B. Thomson. The Kaikoura Trotting Club, which had not held a meeting for two years, applied for re-registration and made application for a permit to race on February 27. As all necessary foes had been paid, the application was granted. The Taranaki Trotting Club also applied for re-registration, and the request was granted. Walter Cameron applied for the removal of the disqualification imposed upon him in 1924 in connection with the Kingsdown case. Cameron explained that as the penalty imposed on another man implicated had been removed, it appeared only fair to free him from the stigma of disqualification. It was decided to remove tho disqualification. The Waikato Trotting Club reported that L. A. Laver had been fined £7 10s for insulting behaviour at its recent meeting. It was decided to endorse the action of the club and to grant Laver only a conditional license for three months. For flourishing the whip F. H. Herring was fined £5 by the Auckland Trotting Club. Tho report of the stipendiary steward suggested negligence in driving. “ Flourishing of the whip is a very dangerous practice,” remarked h member of the board. The club’s action was endorsed. The next meeting of the board will be held at 7.39 p.m. on March 27.