RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22575, 17 February 1937, Page 8

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair.]

RACING. February 19, 20. —Winton J.C. February 20.—Tologa Bay J.C. February 20, 22, —Woodville H.J.C, February 20, 22.—Waikato R.C, February 26, 27.—-Gore R.C. .February 27. —Waiapu R.C. February 27.—Opunako 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.—Rangitikei R.C. March 12, 13. —Cromwell J.C. Marcli 11, 13.—Wellington R.C. March 13.—Birchwood Hunt. March 13, 17.—Ohinemuri J.C. March 19, 20.—Pahiatua R.C. March 20.—Strafford R.C. March 20.—Otautau R.C. JOTTINGS Acceptances for the first day of the Gore Racing Club’s Summer Meeting close at 5 p.m. on Monday next. Nominations for the Birchwood Hunt Club’s Meeting close on Tuesday next. Nominations for all events at the Invercargill Trotting Club’s Meeting are due on Tuesday next.

Southland-trained horses have won the last four hurdle races run at Wingatui—namely, Blazon (2), Royal Saxon, and Golden Lap.

Linguist, who has now won four races on end—at Wyndham, Invercargill, Omakau, and •Wingatui—is the ruling favourite for the Tradesmen’s Handicap, to he run at Winton on Friday.

Rodeur carried 8.4 in the six-furlong race she won at Riverton last month, and had only -a nose to spare from Ballad. Sho has 8.8 to carry over the same distance at Winton on Friday, and is up against much stronger company.

Wild Career cannot handle heavy going, and this was evidently the reason for his absence from the Dunedin Cup Meeting. He is an acceptor for Winton on Friday, so all must he well with him.

The Champion Hack Cup Handicap, to be decided on the second day of the Wellington Meeting next month, is confined by the conditions to “ hacks other than maidens at time of entry.

The New Zealand Trotting Association last week removed the life disqualification imposed in 1924 on Walter Cameron. The applicant was one of those alleged to be involved in the ring-ing-in .of the pacer “ Kingsdale ” (The Dingo) in Southland.

TROTTING. February 20. —New Brighton Trotting Club. February 27.—Kaikouva Trotting Club. March 5, 6.—lnvercargill 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.—Hawera Trotting Club. March 27, 31.—N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. April 3.—Taranaki Tx-otting Club. April B.—Reefton Trotting Club. April 10. —Roxburgh Trotting Club. April 10.-—Ashburton Trotting Club. April 10.—Thames Trotting Club. April 17. —Manawatu Trotting Club. France’s best two-year-old last year was a colt named Teleferique, who is by Bacteriophage from Beaute de Neige, who was 22 when she threw him. In Canada last year there was a total of 270 days’ racing, at 22 tracks, the prize money aggregating £191,7QO. Altogether 1,959 races were run, making an average of a little over £97 a race.

In the State of New York racing is flourishing, and prize money distributed last year totalled £358,505, which was an increase of £128,000 as compared with 1933, the year before bookmakers were licensed.

Rolling Home. What would you expect P ' This maiden, who is to make his debut at Woodville next Saturday, is a son of Rowley and Six o’Clock, and Six o’Clock was a daughter of Provocation and Temperance. Such clever naming merits some reward.

The Timaru * Herald ’ says : It is understood that the owners of Davolo and Willie Win agreed not to raise the question whether these horses were liable to a rehandicap for the first day of the Dunedin Meeting.

King Willow, who is engaged in the Novice Stakes at Winton on Friday, was only narrowly beaten by Treble ack over a mile at Wairio last month, and if he is in the same condition should account for the opposition.

Defaulter is the name that has been selected' by Mr H. D. Greenwood for the Defoe—Expense colt he purchased at the sales last month. Expense is a half-sister by Paper Money to Scion, winner of the New Zealand and Auckland Cup s > 80 Fie colt is bred to be good.

West Dome has rejoined F. Langford’s string, and the Balboa gelding is in good) order to commence a preparation. Although getting into the veteran stage, West Dome is said to have thrown off the shoulder trouble which caused his retirement a couple of seasons back.

Ocean Singer is the ante-post favourite for the Winton Cup. In the Riverton Centenary Cup run last month he was fourth to Ashaway 7.7, Honest Maid 8.5, and Wall Street 9.0. In next Fridlay’s- race he will meet Ashaway on 121 b better terms, but 121 b would no.t have brought this pair together at Riverton.

Among America’s rich three-year-old races is “ The Widener,” Ipn, to be run at Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida, on March 6. It is named in honour of J. E. Widener, president of Belmont Park (New York) and Hialeah Park, and the added money is £IO,OOO.

It was reckoned by the Los Angeles Turf Club that trainers and their stable forces alone attracted to Santa Anita Park to participate in ■’the racing season w'hich commenced on Christmas Day, and is to conclude on_ March 6, would spend in Southern California business channels something over £200,000.

Writing in the Sydney ‘Referee,’ C. ,J. Graves says: “Queen of Song’s 8.11 in the Australian Cup is an invitation to visit Victoria for the autumn carnival. This good New Zealand mare was beaten only a neck for third in the Melbourne Cup with 8.6 in record time, and won the Fisher Plate, w.f.a., at Flemington.”

At the Newmarket sales in December, 822 horses were disposed of for 248,052g5, against the previous year’s total of 214,960g5. Altogether 1,110 lots were offered. An average of 301|gs was ahead of those of several previous years, but, although several other countries bought well, it is stated that not a single lot of breeding value was purchased for the United States.

A' number of English jockeys visit India in between flat-racing seasons in their own country, but, prior to his latest trip, “ Steve ” Donoghue had not ridden in the latter country for several years. He was quickly in his stride, however, for his five mounts on the opening day of the Bombay Meeting yielded two wins and three minor places.

Mayam, wdio broke a leg and had to be destroyed at Invercargill yesterday, was a seven-year-old gelding by Tea Tray from Puttee, and owned by Mr D. M. Tweedie, president of the Riverton Racing Club. Only a moderately successful performer on the flat, he promised to make good) as a jumper, and was to have his first race over steeplechase country at Winton on Friday. ,

While followers of H. Gray’s New Plymouth stable were expecting Eagle’s Eye to be the likely one to win the maiden race at the Taranaki Meeting, the stable itself apparently knew that it had a better propositoin in Captain Tudor. Captain Tudor won at a good price, and the public who sent Eagle’s Eye out as favourite were left lamenting. That there was no liuke about his performance, Captain Tudor demonstrated with a fine win among the hacks at Hawera last week. Captain Tudor’s only previous racing was an unplaced performance at the Christmas meeting at New Plymouth, so he now has a record of two successes in three starts. He is a bay gelding by Captain Buusby from the Foremost—Polycaste marc Polemic, the dam previously of Argument, a useful performer who was eventually sold to go to Australia, and lie is owned by his breeder, Mr P. Corcoran. Polemic did a little racing herself for a season, and was a winner, but she did not stand up to training and was retired to the stud, where her progeny prior to Argument and Captain Tudor were Yap and Miss Gas, who wore of no account.

The Heddon Bush trainer, P. Boyle, has five steeplechasers in work at present, including a fo,ur-year-old gelding by Balboa from a Finland l mare. The latter is schooling particularly well and

is a fine upstanding type. The others are Rotowai, Quinopal, Black Banner, and Faculties. The latter two are down to compete at Winton and are reported to bo in good condition. All three places in last week’s Egmont Cup were filled by horses claiming an Australian-bred sire. Taitoru and One Whetu are by Sandstar, and Hazoor is. by Black Ronald. Taitoru was secured from his breeder, Mr P. Tito, by his owner, Mr E. G. Baylis, of Opunake, only early in the present season. In Mr Baylis’s colours he has won five times and been second five times in 13 starts, and he has earned £1,140 in stakes. Racing was certainly in the boom in Otago in the 1875-76 season, as no fewer than 27 racing clubs held meetings. They were held at Alexandra, Arrowtown, Balclutha, Bendigo, Blueskin, Cardrona, Cromwell (2), Dunedin (3), Dunstan. Clyde (3), Havelock, Kakanui, Queenstown, Maori Point, Matakanui, Nevis, Oamaru, Omarama, Otematata, Palmerston, Portobello, Reidstown, St. Bathans, Taieri (Mosgiel), Tapanui (2), : Tokomairiro (Milton 1 ), Tuapeka (Lawrence), and Wanaka. During the same season only three meetings were held in the Southland province, at Invercargill, Longford (Gore), and Winton. At a meeting of the Riverton Centenary directors held last week a letter was received from the Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, advocating that the loss incurred in connection with the Clifden Racing Club’s Meeting at Riverton had been noted and would receive consideration in due course. In reply to a question why • the race meeting had been held when all the other centenary functions had been held over, Mr E. B. Patrick replied that an agreement had been made with the Clifden Racing Club to hold a race meeting on January 13, 1937, but no reference had been made to holding the function during the Riverton Centenary celebrations. The date only had been -fixed. Pandine (Morton), Gay Boa (Langford), and Obligement (Kitto) were associated in a round of the steeplechase fences at Winton last week, when the going was fairly heavy and slippery. They cleared the sod wall well, but at the next obstacle Obligement slipped on landing and dislodged his rider, who escaped injury. He was remounted again, but hit the last fence and again lost Iris rider. Pandine and Gay Boa negotiated the country safely, the latter in particular jumping well. The three horses were then sent over a mile well out from the rails and finished close together in Imin 54sec. with Gay Boa again showing out well.