RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22954, 11 May 1938, Page 5

RACING NOTES

RACING. May 12, 14.—Wanganui J.C. May 14.—Ashburton County J.O. May 14.—Southland R.C. ■' May 14, 16.—Marlborough" R.C. May 19, 21.—South Canterbury J.C, May 21.—Manawatu R.C. May 21, 23.—Waikato R.C. May 28. —Foxton R.C. May 28.—Wairoa R.C. June 4,6, 11. —Dunedin J.C. June 4, 6.—Olaki Maori R.C. Juno 4, 6.—Napier Park R.C. June 6,9, 11.—Auckland R.C. June 11.—Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 18.—Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 18.—Bay of Plenty J.C. June 18.—Greymouth J.C. June 25. —Waipa R.C.

FORBURY PARK TO-MORROW The weather now appears to he settled again, and the prospects for the opening day of the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s Winter. Meeting being 3»eld in fine weather are good. The track is in excellent order, and , right through the week horses have been working on it next the rails. It promises to oe unusually fast for this season of the year. The totalisator will be worked on the 75 and 25 per cent, system, and in- ; westers should note that the intervals between races will be only 35 minutes. The first race is timed to start at 11.45, and a good service of trams and buses from the Monument right to the course gates has been arranged. The following is thq card for tomorrow, and comments on the horses' engaged :• , x 11.45 „ . BAYFIELD HANDICAP, £l5O. (Class 3.44). Unhoppled trotters. One mile and a-half. Co-director ... scr Bon Chance 24 G-reat' ' \ ' Ohudleigh ... 24 Mountain scr Premier ... 24 Jock M'Grath scr . Gaynor ... 36 Kilmorick ... scr : Jenny’s Guy 36 Moerangi ... scr Blue Logan 48 Native Kowhai scr. Nalinga ... 48 Shadeland ... scr Axiom ... 60 Swift Guy ... scr Native Huon 72 Thor ... ... scr Orphan Traveltone ... scr Bingen ... 72 KilbimieDan 12 Jenny’s Guy will not be bracketed with Blue Logan as shown on the race card, and Blue Logan will now be No. 21 on the card. Escalade, who finished just in front of Jock M’Grath, Great Mountain, and Kilmorick at Oamaru last Saturday, is not engaged, and Jock M'Grath will meet Great Mountain on 36yds and Kilmorick on 48yds worse terms. When Kilmorick won at Ashburton last month he won easing up in 3min 32 2-ssec, and should he be able to repeat that performance to-morrow : be will be hard to beat. At New Brighton last February Gaynor ran second to Sagamore in 3min 24sec, the fastest time of any of the horses engaged. If this mare settles down she should easily account for the opposition, but unfortunately she is unreliable both at the barrier and in the running. Thor, who failed to handle the going at Oamaru, went 3min 31 3-5 ■ when, he finished second to Kilmorick at ■i-Ashburton after breaking three times .& the race.,, Jock M'Grath., is giving ■ away handicap to get into this race, but outside of Gaynor he and Thor appear to have the best chances. Nalinga, Co-director, and Great Mountain are unlikely starters.

12.20 DOMAIN HANDICAP, £l5O Class 3.38. One mile and a-half. Cyrano ... scr All Kings ... 12 . Donor ... ... sor Gav Avon ... 24 Mohican ... scr Gold Valley 24 Oasis scr Jackaranda *4 Seascape scr Master Potts 24 Shandon Bollalong ... 24 Chimes ... scr Ghandi ... do When Donor ran second to Panquitch *t Ashburton last month he recorded / Smin 19 l-ssec. Should he repeat this I performance he shduld be the hardest to heat. Jackaranda won easily at the Wellington Meeting in 3min 24 4-sseo. This pair have the best credentials, and of the others Cyrano, (who has a record of 3min 28sec) and Gold Valley (3mm 26 ,l-ssec) appeal most. 12 55 - BEACH HANDICAP. £175. Class 2.18. One mile. 'Agility . scr Ivy Peterson scr Snowy deOro scr Lord Wrack scr Brigadier ... set Marlene , ... scr Civic ... ... scr ■ Monty Chimes scr Credit Funds scr Roan Duke ...scr Dark Hazard scr Three Bells ■ sor Eastern Prince scr Whitstone ... scr Embark... ... scr Doubt 12 Grand Finale scr Red Pigeon ... 12 Great Divide scr Voloma ... 12 'Harold Wrack 'scr Dark Hazard and Great Divide will he bracketed. Voloma, who is the antepost favourite, has the good record of four wins and a third out of five starts, hut her task will be made harder tomorrow by the fact that she has 17 horses on the front mark to get through. Her last and best performance was when she won over a mile and five furlongs at Wyndham in 3min 40sec, equal to about 2min 15sec for a mile. She will meet much stronger opposition to-mor-row, and ha§ to concede 12yds to two other good Southlanders in Roan Duke and Embark, the latter with a 2min llsec record. Both Doubt (who won well at Oamani last Saturday) and Red Pigeon will be well fancied, but, like ' Voloma, will have to be lucky in the running with so many on the front mark to get through. When Credit Funds ran third to Cantata and Reylena at Forbury Park last November she went 2min 13seo. Marlene won over a mile and a-half at Wellington last February in 3min 20sec, equal to about . 2min 13sec, and off the front mark will ■ only require to commence smartly to be very hard to beat. Red Pigeon, Marlene, Doubt, and Voloma appear to have the best chances in a very open • race. 1.35 RITCHIE MEMORIAL HANDICAP, £SOO. Class 4min 30sec. Two miles. • Carver Doone scr (R. Donald). Southern Smile sor (F. G. Holmes). Ginger Jack 24 (T. H. M'Kenzie). Morello 24 (M. C. M‘Tigue). Renown’s Best 24 (M. Holmes). Rocks Ahead 36 (J. Walsh). Cloudy Range 60 (D. C. Watts). A small but select field which should produce an excellent betting race. Sine* his successes at the recent championship meetings Ginger Jack has been a strong ante-post favourite, but in this race he will meet a much better class, »nd meets both Southern Smile and Renown’s Best on 24yds worse terms. At, Addington on the final day he won by two lengths in 4min 22 4-ssec. and it is difficult to go past that performance. Carver Doone lius won three times this

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June 25.—Ashburton County R.C. June 25. —Dannevirke Hunt Club. July 2.—-Oamaru J.O. July 5,7, 9.—Wellington R.C. July 9.—Westland R.C. (at Riccarton). July 16.—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 16.—Waimato District Hunt Club. July 28, 30.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. July 23.—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 23.—Matamata ; R.C. July 28, 30.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. July 30. —Christchurch Hunt Club. TROTTING. May 12, 14. —Forbury Park T.C. May 13.—Marlborough T.C. May 14—Waikato T.C. May 28.—Canterbury Park T.C. May 28.—Cambridge T.C.

season over two miles, and is improving all the time. He was close up third to Cantata- and l Iraq at Oamaru last Saturday, and later on won over a mile and a-quarter in fast time. Carver Doonelooks the most likely to trouble Ginger Jack. Morello won over two miles at Wellington last March, after leading all the way, in 4min 29 4-ssec. He has done better than that, but was not able to handle the going at Oamaru last Saturday. Bocks Ahead, who has records of a mile in 2min 8 2-ssec, mile and a-quarter in 2min, 43sec, and has won over two miles, showed at Addington by running second to Glenrossie in 3min 34 4-sseo over five furlongs that he is returning to form and if the going is firm can be, relied on to run a good race, _ Southern Smile won over two miles in 4min 29sec at Addington last New Year’s Day, but since then her form has not been good. Renown’s Best’s two best performances are winning over a mile and a-quarter at Auckland in 2min 41 3-sseo after losing nearly 60yds at the_ .start, and over two miles at New Brighton, easing up, in 4min 26seo. Like Morello and Bocks Ahead, Renown’s Best was.not able to handle the going at Oamaru. Though he finished third in his two-mile qualifying heat of the championships, Cloudy Range does not appeal, and his record for this season is now 19 starts for one second and one third placings only. Ginger Jack, is likely to start favourite, with Carver Doope and Morello next in demand. 2.io— •; VICTORY HANDICAP, £175. Class 3.16. One -mile and three furlongs. Adverse ... scr Jesse Owens scr Bayard ... scr King Drusus scr Bill B. ... scr Rewai ... scr Debenture scr Royal Grattan scr Directly ... scr Tritoma ... scr Eddie Tolan scr 'War Betty ... scr Glen Guy ... scr Norham Lady 12 Guywin ... scr ‘ . Guywin and War Betty will be bracketed. Bill B. will be making his first appearance since early last October, and would only have to pace up to his reputation to be hard to beat, but may need a race before being seen at his best. Debenture is one of the most promising of the young pacers seen out in Southland this season, and went 3min 23sec when she won over a mile and a-half at Wyndham in March. Directly and Jesse Owens are also promising pacers from the south, and with Bayard should account .for the opposition. ' ■ ■ - ■ 2.45 \ -r

ST. CLAIR HANDICAP, £175. Class 3.56. Unhoppled trotters. One, mile and five furlongs. Axiom ... scr Native Huon scr Blue Logan scr Sonoma King scr Bosun ... scr Sphinx ... scr Gracie Fields scr Golden - Bingen 12 Jenny’s Guy scr Parrish Chimes 12 Kilmorick ... scr . Silk Coat ... 12 Nalinga ... scr \ Sagamore ... 12 Princess Beverley scr Gracie Fields and Jenny’s Guy will be bracketed, not Blue Logan and Jenny’s Guy, as shown on the card. Though the class is 4sec faster than the race Sagamore won at Oamaru last Saturday, when h© led practically all the way and won easing up in 3min 53 2-ssec, he promises to he .hard to beat again. He won over a mile and a-half at New Brighton in 3min 26sec, beating a useful field, by three lengths. Blue Logan and Jenny’s Guy appear to be his most dangerous opponents. Nalinga and Sphinx are unlikely starters. 3.20 RENOWN HANDICAP, £2OO. Class 4min 46sec. Two miles. College Boy scr Golden Moness 12 Diversion ... scr Ivy Peterson 12 Fine Art scr Nell Grattan 12 Gold Salute scr Coherto ... 24, Loyal Sun ... scr Molly Direct 24 Philario ... scr Vologda ... 108 Aqua Bond 12 Aqua Bond and Nell Grattan will bebracketed. College • Boy has some attractive performances over shorter distances, including a mile and a-half in 3min 28sec, and is a much. improved pacer this season, and Fine Art won over the same distance in 3min 18sec at Ashburton last month. This works out at a 4rain 24sec gait for two miles, and provided he can see out the distance he should prove hardest to beat. At the . same meeting Golden Moness ran second to Morewa in Smin 18 2-ssec, another smart performance. Molly Direct was second to Donald Dhu in the Wyndham Gup last March in 4min 30 l-ssec, and Diversion third to Philario and Tommy Boy at Manawatu last month in 4min 30 3-sseo', Philario winning in 4min 33 2-ssec.' Aqua Bond has won over two miles in 4min 40 2- and, Nell Grattan over a mile and a-half in 3min 40 4-ssec, but they do not appeal in this company. Molly Direct, Diversion, and Philario have the .best credentials to be considered over the two miles. 3.55 FLYING HANDICAP, £3OO. Class 2inin -46 sec. One mile and a quarter. Iraq scr (E. C. M’Dermott). Navy Blue scr (S. A. Edwards). Recess scr (- ). Southern Smile scr (F. G. Holmes). Agile 12yds (G. S. Smith). Frisco Lady 12 (J. Bryce, jun.). • Worthy King 12 (J. Pringle). Morello 24 (M. C. M'Tigue). Renown’s Best 36 (M. Holmes). This is an interesting field to conclude the day’s racing,, and all have been winners this season. Southern Smile, Morello, and Renown’s Best are each engaged earlier in the afternoon, but will probably be started again in this race. Renown’s Best won over this distance at Auckland in 2min 41 3- and Southern Smile, who has also won up to two miles, has a mile record of 2min 9 4-ssec (equal to about 2min 42sec). These appear to be the fastest performances or those engaged. Morello won over the distance in 2min 45sec at Timaru last March, and both Frisco Lady (4min 25 2-psec) and Iraq

(4min 25 4-sseo) for two miles sprint well. Agile is a smart beginner, but has not won a race since last December, when he went 4min 31sec for two miles. Renown’s Best, Morello, and Iraq should be well supported.

JOTTINGS Unlikely Starters. In addition to Great Mountain, Nalinga, Co-director, and Sphinx are unlikely starters to-morrow. Scratched for All Engagements. Great Mountain went amiss after racing at Oamaru last Saturday, and has been scratched for all engagements at the Forbury Park Winter Meeting this week. A Likely Hurdler. Drink Up, who has been racing well in high-weight handicaps this season, is to be tried out as .a hurdler. He is the right build for a jumper, and has shown both pace and stamina in his races. A Much-raced Mare. Ivy Peterson, who is engaged in the Beach Handicap to-morrow, has started 31 times this season for three wins, three seconds, and three thirds. She is a six-year-old mare by Rey de Oro from Lady Peterson, and trained! by Free Holmes. An Interesting Race. Fourteen horses have been paid up for in the Flying Handicap, to be run over seven furlongs at Ashburton on Saturday, and they include several horses, including the winner (Ponty), that met in the Great Easter Handicap. Paper Slipper gave Ponty 201b 1 in that race, and will meet him on 111 b better terms. Waiting for Softer Tracks. . Hunting Go is back in W. E. Hazlett’s stable after. a brief let-up, but it is unlikely that he will be raced at the Southland Racing Club’s Meeting on Saturday. Because of the firmness of the tracks he has not been required to do a great amount of work. His First Two-year-old Winner. By scoring in the Novice Handicap at Amberley on Saturday Scuffle proved herself the first 1 two-year-old. from Ohokebore Lodge to- win a race for her breeder-owner, Sir Charles Clifford, this season, a very unusual happening for the Stonyhurst Stud and Cutts Bros, as trainers of youthful gallopers. A Good Trial. .

Galleon put up an attractive performance on tne Invercargill track yesterday morning when he gave Amelita and /Coxcomb a start'and gathered them up at the end of a mile in Imin 62sec. This gallop showed him to be well, and should' bring him into demand for the Southland on Saturday, in which -he is top weight with 9.3.

Forbury Park Track. Improved drainage and surfacing during the past few months has greatly improved the racing track at Forbury Park, and it is doubtful if there is a better dirt circuit in New _ Zealand at the present time. Credit is due to the members of the Track Committee, and the caretaker who has carried out their suggestions in such a capable manner. -

Plenty of Hurdlers About. An acceptance of 10 in the hurdle race at Invercargill - on Saturday, and a long list'of nominations for the two races at the South Canterbury Meeting to be mest ;.week , that there are plenty of hurdlers about, and the prospects of good fields in these races

at Wingatui next month are much brighter than they have been for years.

A Northern Opinion. On the form shown at Oamaru Morello, Rocks Ahead, and Renown s Best could be written off so far as the big race at Forbury is concerned, but the track at Oamaru may have been responsible for some lapses (says the Timaru ‘ Herald ’). It was extremely dead yet was not wet, and apparently upset horses which favour firm going as well as many mudlarks. Saturday’s running is quite likely to trick backers at Forbury. A Beau Pere Colt. During a recent visit to Australia, Mr R. T. ißeid, Hamilton, purchased a stylish colt by Beau Pere from Modiste 11. A half-brother to Royal Chief, the colt was originally knocked down to Mr W. J. Smith, the Sydney sportsman and owner of Beau Pere, for 9oogs, and was subsequently acquired by Mr Reid at a higher figure. The colt has arrived at Hamilton, and is an attractive'looking youngster. It is Mr Reid s intention, after the colt’s racing career is over, to put him to the stud. Alterations to Race Card.

Since the race card for the first day of the Forbury Park Meeting was printed Jenny’s Guy has been transferred to R. Townley’s stable from his son’s establishment at Wyndham. Ih is necessitates several alterations in the numbers allotted this mare, Blue Bogan and Gracie Fields in the races for straight out trotters. In the Bayfield Handicap Jenny’s Guy saddle cloth will still be No. 16, but she will not bo bracketed on the totahsator with Brae Logan, who will now carry No. 21 cloth. In the St. Clair Handicap Blue Logan remains No. 2 on the card, but will not he bracketed with Jenny s Guy, who will now he coupled with Gracie Fields, who is owned and trained by (R. Townley, sen.

Ginger Jack’s Dam. , Ginger Jack, who promises to start favourite for the principal race at orhurv Park to-morrow, scored ttiree wins and a third at the interdominion championships. His dam, Okoura, was bought for £lO by Mr B. Crofts, Oust, for use as a hack. Okoura was found to be difficult to manage on the farm, and on the advice of Mr T. H. M Kenzie she was mated with Jack Potts. As an unbroken two-year-old, Ginger Jack was sent from Gust to M Kenzie s stables at Papnnui and was prepared for racing by that trainer. Mr Crofts has' a full-sister to Ginger Jack on his farm, but she is being kept for stud purposes. • I A Game Mare.

Sarcherie, perhaps the most popular racehorse in Australia, and one of the most versatile mares of all times, has finished her racing career, and has gone to Mr J. J. Leahy’s property near Bathurst to have a holiday betore starting her stud career. Sarcherie has left the racecourse in a blaze of honour. Beset with iphysical troubles, resulting from her fall in the Chipping Norton Plato, she still carried 9.1 into fourth place in the Sydney Cup. I think it was her greatest performance, better than any of her three Melbourne Cup placings. More than ever now I realise what a great, game mare she was,” is Mr Leahy’s final tribute to Sarcherie as a racehorse.

A Promising, ’Chaser. Clarion Call- has had only half a dozen or sp runs over country, but despite his rare appearance in the role he has established his claim to be considered one of the best jumpers about. Clarion Call, who is only seven years old, made his debut as a hunter when a four-year-old, and he won at New

Plymouth over country. When he followed up his Century Hurdles success at Wanganui last June by taking on the Wanganui Steeplechase on the second day, he was having his first start over the bigger fences for two years. Though he won by an official margin of 20 lengths—it appeared more —he was not asked to tackle the country again till last Thursday at Hawera.