RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 8

RACING NOTES

RACING. .Tuae 28.—Waipa R.C. Juno 26.—Ashburton County R.C Juno 26.—Dannevirke Hunt Club. July 3.—Manawatu R.C. July 3.—Oamaru J.C. July 6,8, 10.—Wellington R.C.

August 7.—Poverty Bay Hunt., August 10, 12, 14.—Canterbury J.C, August 21.—Pakuranga Hunt,

JOTTINGS Nominations for the Grand National Steeplechase, Beaufort Steeplechase, Lincoln Steeplechase, Grand National Hurdles, Sydenham Hurdles, and Winter Cup will ho due at 5 p.m. to-mor-row. The stakes for all these events have been materially increased from those of last year, and it is anticipated that horses will be attracted' from all the racing centres of New Zealand. Arctic King is working satisfactorily at Trentham, and S. Wilson has been engaged to ride him in the Whyte Handicap. “ Interested.” Silver Lark was scratched for the King George Handicap at 1.60 p.m. on the day of the race. The rising yearling filly by Nigger Minstrel from Miss Redowa was found dead in her box a few mornings ago.

The betting at tbo Dannevirke Hunt Meeting on Saturday will be on the single pool system, and at Ashburton and Waipa on tho win and place system.

Royal Limond is missing from the entry lists for the Wellington Meeting. He has never shown good form over the Trentham fences.

Dictate and Salient Knight are the ruling fancies for the Mayfield Hack Handicap to be run on Saturday, and Queen Dorothy and Epris for the Maronan Handicap.

Only one winner at the Auckland trots last Saturday, Native Tree in tho Stewards’ Handicap, returned a win dividend that was nofc of a two-figure dimension.

Elegy, who is one of the two-year-olds engaged in the Maiden Stakes to be run over six furlongs at Ashburton on Saturday, is by Posterity from Damans, and trained by P. D. Jones.

Provided the going is sound, and it never gets really heavy at Ashburton, Aggravate should be the popular selection in the Maiden Handicap on Saturday. He finished a good third at Washdyke last month.

On the first day of tho Auckland Trotting Club’s Winter Meeting the winners of the first, second, fourth, and fifth races carried No. 2 saddle cloths, and the runner-up in the third race also had the same saddle cloth.

At Ricoarton mi Tuesday morning Silver Sight, ridden by G. Ridgway, had too much pace for Palm in a schooleffort over four hurdles. Silver Sight’s good schooling and track work will bring him into demand for the hurdle race at Ashburton.

Though his name was missing from the telegraphed report, Killadar started in the Williams Memorial Handicap at Tauranga on Saturday as well as in the immediately succeeding Otara Hurdles, in which he finished second. It was at this meeting last year that Little Ruse won successive races.

On _ Tuesday morning at Riocarton Hunting Go (T. Boyle) was sent out to negotiate a round of the schooling country, but refused at two of the brush fences. His trainer, W. E. Hazlett, then brought out Black Banner (R. Beale), and the pair gave a very pleasing display over a round. Troy, the New Zealand-bred horse who won in Australia last week, is one of the most highly-rated members of G. Price’s team, and was bred at Westmere. Helen, the dam of Troy, is also the dam of The Squire, the Beau Pere colt recently sent from Awapuni to Sydney. Helen is to he mated with Phaleron Bay next season. The following entries of Southlandbred youngsters have been made for the C.J.O. Welcome Stakes, to be run next November: —Mr P. A. Price’s ch g Gold Robe (Nigger Minstrel—Pretty Maiden) ; Mr J. Graham’s ch o by Nigger Minstrel—Queen Balboa ; Mr J. M'Laren’s b c by Balboa—Fairform; and Mr D. M. Tweedie’s ch f Ortex (Lord Warden—Francolin).

In answer to an inquiry Royal Mac, the sire of Cock o’ the North, was never standing in Southland. He was bred by the late Mr Hugo Friedlander at Ashburton, being by Mountain King from Flora Macdonald. He did a lot of racing over distances from six to 10 furlongs, winning 13 or 14races, the total stakes won running well into four figures.

A Press Association message from Ashburton states that in the event of the starters in the Maiden Stalkes on Saturday exceeding 16 the race will be run in two divisions, the following comprising the second division:—Almira, Prince Flaneur, Combat, Banker’s Choice, Polroger, Doctor Duthie, Last Post, Solpit, Happy Night. ' The cabled results of the Rosehill Meeting on Saturday omitted one of the most important from the New Zealand point of view. The second division of the Maiden Stakes was won by Aero King. Aero King, owned by Mr C. Emmanuel, Auckland, was recently sent across to the stable of G. Price. Aero King is a two-year-old by The Ace from

NEXT SEASON.

July 17.—Hawke’s Bay Must Club. July 17.—Wahnate Hunt Club. July 24. —Rangitikei Hunt Club. July 24.—South Canterbury Hunt Club, July 29, 31.—Poverty Bay T.C. July 31.—Christchurch 3£ant Club,

August 23.—Otago Hast. August 7, 11, 13—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. August 28.—Auckland T.C.

Charis, by Lucullus —Duchess Endorus, and is a half-brother to Capris. Studio, who defeated Regular Bachelor in the Rosny Plate at Caulf eld on Saturday, has lately been carrying all before her in Melbourne, and her latest success over a well-performed weight-for-age horse has set tho seal of class on her. Studio is by Manfred, and is regarded as the best horse yet sired by that sensational Derby winner. She is a four-year-old marc, bred by her owner, Mr J. M. Niall. She is bred on speedy lines, her dam, Lncina, being by The Welkin from Regality, an English mare by Eager. Eager was the sire of the dam of Paper Money, and also the sire of Light, the dam of Gloaming.

Thanks to the Bay of Plenty Racing Club for tho use of its course at Tauranga and an expression of appreciation of the assistance rendered to his club, were voiced by Mr R. A. Hedley, president of the Opotiki Jockey Club, during an interval between races at Tauranga on Saturday. As a slight token of its appreciation the Opotiki Jockey Club presented to the Bay of Plenty Racing Club a new set of numbercloths. These are of the same type as those used at Ellerslie, white numbers on a navy blue base, with gold braid, and are very distinctive. The cloths were used for the first time in the Farewell Handicap. 1 The following Otago and Southlandowned yearlings have been engaged in the New Zealand Derby Stakes, to be rim at Ricoarton in 1938. —P. B. Greenslade’s Iliad—Black Cat colt; W. L. Milne’s Te Monanui—Lady Pat colt; J. M. Samson’s Iliad—Anna Shakespeare colt; J. M. Samson’s Tidal— Marais colt; J. M. Samson’s Iliad — Princess Argosy filly; P. A. Price’s Nigger Minstrel—Pretty Maiden gelding; J. Graham’s Nigger MinstrelQueen Balboa colt; J. M'Laren’s Balboa—Fairform cold; J. Faulk’s Night Raid—Aspiring filly: Con. White’s Gustavo-Green doth filly; D. J. M‘Donald’s Paper Money—Last Note colt: Mrs W. M'Kenzie’s Nightmarch —Palantua gelding; J. Beattie’s Siegfried—Arbitration colt; C. V. Smith’s Paper Money—Call Bird gelding; G. J. Barton’s Lord Quex —-Pure Gold filly; G. J. Barton’s Limond —Curtain colt; E. N. Didham’s Paper Money— Ravenna gelding; and W. J. Forde’s Hunting Song—Paladia colt. Recent events have led to the conclusion that the newly-formed Owners, Trainers, and (Breeders’ Association, which now has branches in various parts of the Dominion, shows a tendency to go outside its province, and inclined to usurp the powers that properly belong to constituted authority (says the ‘Dominion’). The idea behind such an association is to help owners, trainers, and breeders strictly ■ within their sphere, and a great deal of good can be done by such a body properly run and organised. The success of the long-established association in the trotting world of Canterbury is an example. Lately, however, there appears to have crept into the new body, so far as the Auckland end is concerned, at any rate, an idea that it qan pass resolutions and frame demands that are outside its scope and encroach upon tho domestic affairs of clubs and even invade the sphere of the Racing Conference. This tendency should he strictly checked, and the association confined to the business for which it was constituted. First out of the barrier at the charity hall in aid of the Heatherton Sanatorium early this month was little Keith Voitre (writes J. M. Rohan, in the Melbourne ‘Sporting Globe’). Having discarded the iron support he has worn for months, he was attending his first dance since his bad fall with Valiant Chief at Moonee Valley eight months ago. Voitre will take a trip to Cairns in about three weeks’ time, and if his leg keeps on improving he will commence riding work in September, hoping to be fit for the spring meetings. He walks five or six miles each day without the aid of a stick, and is lighter now than when he was riding. Some people think that Voitre’s accident was the result of a piece of rough riding, but the New Zealander dispels any doubt on that point. He told me that the accident was caused by Arachne stopping suddenly. Billy Cook, who rode that fine mare, was not in any way to blame, he says. It appears that Morris on L'Elite and Voitre on Valiant Chief were about to move forward at the same moment. Voitre was on the inside, and he felt that he could have pushed L‘Elite out to allow him to go round Arachne. Arachne must have received a check through getting on the heels of a horse in front, and Valiant Chief struck her heels and fell. “It was a pure accident that could not have been avoided,” said Voitre. That explodes all talk ( about rough riding tactics in that race.