RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23122, 23 November 1938, Page 15

RACING NOTES

[By Si. Claib.J

RACING November 86.—Ashburton County Racing Jlub November 2b, 28.—Auckland Racing Club. November 26, 28. -t'eildmg Juckey Club. December 3.—Utaki-Maon Racing Club. December 10. —Hororala Racing Club. December 10, 12. Woodville D. Jockey Club December 17. - Warpa Racing Club. December 24, 26. 27. - Manawatu Racing Club December 26.-Waipukurau Jockey Club. December 26, 27.—Dunedin Jockey Club. December 26, 27.- Taranaki Jockey Club. December 28.—West Coast Racing Club. December 26, .28, January 2, 3 Auckland Racing Club. December 31. January 2. Wairarapa Racing Club December 31, January 2.- Greymoulb lockey Club.

FORBURY PARK TO-MORROW

FIELDS AND ANTICIPATIONS Additional interest is being taken this year in the Spring Meeting of the Forbury Park Trotting Club on account of the presence of the Australian pacer Logan Derby, who earlier this month won the Free-for-All, and the New Zealand Cup winner Morello. In the latter race Morello, who had all the best of the running, beat Logan Derby into third place, and they did not meet again at the meeting. Both won later on over a mile and a-quarter, and the Australian also ran a second and another third. They are booked to meet over both two miles and a mile and aTiiarter to-morrow, and'the fact that Logan Derby will meet the cup winner m°24yds better terms should give the former ait excellent chance of turning the tables. A win for the visitor would he very popular. He. is to have done well since the Cup Meeting, and promises to start favourite. The programme is an interesting one throughout, and the fields, while still large enough to make the winners difficult to find, are just the right size to nermit. good clean racing on the fivefurlong track. Tuesday’s heavy rain was the first thorough soaking the track lias had since it was resurfaced at the beginning of this, year, and it has improved it by two or three seconds to the mile. The drainage is now so good that the racing surface recovers with a few hours sunshine, and it promises to be in very fast condition to-morrow.

The first race is scheduled to start it 12.30, and the committee has given instructions that the totalisator, which will be worked on the single-pool system, must be closed sharp on the advertised times for each race. The following are the fields, and anti' cipations:—

12.30 ROSLYN HANDICAP (unhoppled trotters), £l7si Class 3.43. One mile and a-half.

Dalaruan ... scr Traveltone ... scr Escalado ... scr Bon Chance 36 Margaret Todd scr Parrish Syntax ...■ scr Chimes ... 96 Tommy Guy scr traveltone. BON CHANCE. SYNTAX. 1.5 ST. HILDA HANDICAP. £2OO. Class 2.18. One mile. Bill B scr Silver Laddie scr Credit Funds scr Token sor Gallinford ... scr Waitemata scr Guncase ... scr Icevus 12 Royal Travis scr Roan Duke ... 12 ICEVUS. BILL B. GUNCASE. 1.45 PROGRESSIVE HANDICAP. £175 Class 3.39. One mile and a-half. Anna Wong scr Glenholrae 12 Easter Rush sor Golden Miller 12 King Potts scr 'Mazaire ... 12 Marfax ... scr Seascape ... 12 Sinbad scr Tinker 12 Attain 12 All Kings ... 24 Dancing . Master Potts 60 Pirate ... 12 Easter Rush and King Potts will be bracketed. ATTAIN.. MAZAIRE. GLENHOLME. 2.20 PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, £SOO. - Class 4.29. Two miles. Agile scr Renown’s Sea Gift ... scr Best 36 Southern Rocks Smilo ... scr Ahead ... 36 Big Author 24 Logan Derby 48 Morello ... 60 LOGAN DERBY. RENOWN’S BEST. MORELLO. 2.55 — SPRING HANDICAP. £2OO. Class 3.16. One mile and three furlongs. Glenastle ... scr Wee Potts scr Jesse Owens scr Colonel Jovial scr 1 Axworthy 12 Privateer ... scr Diversion ... 12 Sentiment ... scr Gay Avon ... 12 Stalwart ... scr Quest 12 Stainboul ... scr Mankind ... 36 Tritoraa ... scr Silver Laddie 48 DIVERSION. QUEST. TRJTOMA. 3.30 — CAVEHSHAM HANDICAP, £225 Class 3.25. One mile and a-half. Golden Cross scr Marlene ... 12 Wee Wrack scr Morewa .... 12 Wynan scr Nell Grattan 12 Eremont ... 12 line Art ... 36 Harlequin ... 12 FREMONT. FINE ART. MARLENE. DOMINION HANDICAP (nnhoppled trotters), £2OO. Class 3.56. One mile and five furlongs. Bosun scr Swift Guy,. 24 Esther ... ... scr Parrish Golden Chimes ... 24 Biimen ... scr Manna’s Son 36 ° Gyrate 48 MANNA’S SON. SWIFT GUY. GYRATE. 1 " '

December 51, January 2 —Bawke'a Ba» Jockey Club. January 2.- Waikouaiti Racing Club January 2. Wyndliam Racing I'lub. January 2, 3 Stratford Club January 2, 5. —Marlon Jockey ( lub January 3. Oamnni Jockey Club January 3, 4. Southland Racing Club TROTTING. November 24. 26.—Forbury Park T.O. December 3 —Waikato T C. December 3.—New Brighton T.C. December 3.-Wamo T C. December 10.—Waikato T.C December 20.—Ashburton T.O. December 26 - Wairarapa T.C December 26.—Core 1 C. December 26. 2? - Westport T.C. Decembei 31 Winton T C January 2, 3 —Canterbury Park T.C. January 5 6. —Greytnoutb T.C 4.40 DASH HANDICAP, £350. Class 2.44. One mile and a-quarter. Big Author scr Renown’s Glenrossie ... scr Best ... 12 Graham Logan Derby 24 Direct ... scr Parisienne ... 24 Satin King scr Rocks Frisco Lady 12 Ahead ... 24 Morello ... 12 MORELLO. LOGAN DERBY. PARISIENNE.

JOTTINGS

First Race To-morrow. The first race at Forbury Park tomorrow will start at 12.30. The secretary advises that the totalisator management has been instructed to close the machine sharp on the advertised times for each race. Backers are advised to make their investments early. Full Brother to Cone Peak. Airdale, a four-year-old gelding by Weathervane from Miss Tattler, has joined T. G. Pollock’s stable at Gore. Sister to Island Linnet. At Gore T. G. Pollock has commenced to give a full sister to Island Linnet (Songbird—Uuawed) serious work, and she is reported to he a very likely sort. Look Good for Ajax. There are about eight races in the autumn in which Ajax can run without tackling a handicap and without having his stamina seriously tested, and if he is able to continue his winning sequence it is possible for him to raise his earnings to more than £30,000. P. T. Hogan’s Team in Australia. Aranui’s win in the Maiden Two-year-old Handicap at Caulfield was worth £350. and this, with Queen of Song’s third (£300) in the Williamstown Gup, saved P. T. Hogan’s second Australian trip from disaster. Aranui showed brilliant speed at Washdyke. and it is rather surprising that in his case success was so long ' Richards Rides Brilliantly. The winning vein of Gordon Richards’s brilliant riding continues in England, and up to the last week in September he had ridden 179 winners, with a winning average of 24.38 per cent. The rider nearest him is W Nevett, who reached 100 winning rides. He had six rides at one meeting for four wins, a second, and an unplaced. Belated Form, Though he had two wins while he was racing in Australia, Birthday Boy, by Limond —Queen March, secured his first New Zealand success when he captured the Claudelands High-weight Handicap at the Waikato meeting on Saturday. He has not lived up to the form he' showed in his two wins as a two-year-old, but his Waikato success may be the preliminary to more important results. Jockey's Unlucky Day. There was an extraordinary occurrence during the running of the Maiden Race at Levin. When the field was running along the back stretch Taitoa bored l out, and, failing to make the turn (about three furlongs from home) he galloped straight on. heading for a fence, which he cleared, landing out of the course. Taitoa was ridden by J. M‘Cauley, who had an ’unlucky day, being dislodged from Mother-in-Law later in the afternoon, and receiving painful injuries to an arm. i . Looking Forward to Easter.

W. J. O’Shea, the trainer of Lawn Derby, is very interested in the proposed visit of Greyhound to the Dominion next Easter, and intends nursing his champion so that he may be at the top of his form to meet the American speedster. By that time Lawn Derby may be got used to a light racing sulky, which would give him material assistance in contests that will require him to do his best. That Lawn Derby has perfect action is demonstrated by the shoes he wore in his trial. They are made of duralumin, cost £2 per set, last two days, and the four shoes weigh 6oz. Greyhound’s Record. On October 4, at Lexington, Kentucky, when the grey trotter Greyhound broke world’s record by trotting a mile in Imin 55150 c, the thermometer showed 54deg, generally regarded as too chilly for record-break-ing, and much less favourable than on the day previous, when the pacer Billy Direct'set a record of Imin 55sec. Greyhound is acknowledged in America to be the greatest harness horse of all time At Addington. Lawn Derbypaced his first half in 58 2-ssec, and bis next half took Clsee. At Lexington, Greyhound trotted his half in 58Jsec, but came home in 56Jsoc. The six furlong times were 1.28 l-sscc (Lawn Derby) and I.26isec (Greyhound). Cerne Abbas. The mating of the ex-New Zealand Cup winner. Cerne Abbas, with Solicitor General will be an interesting experiment, for it will supply a double cross- of Carbine and Marco, and also the successful in-breeding to Pilgrim age. which has done such a lot of good for Lord Derby’s stud in England Hurry On. the sire of Lord Warden (sire of Cerne Abbas), was by Marcovie by Marco, and Lord Warden's darn. Hythe. was from Miss Gunning (1.. by Carbine Monoxide, the dam of Cerne Abbas, was by Bonitonn from Philomela, from Philomel, from Arethusa. from Dryad, from Wood Nymph hy Musket. Solicitor General is hy Blandford from Dail. by Land League from Diseoiirsc hy Beppo. a sou of Marco. Cerne Abbas has boon retired

to the stud in the prime of life, and should make a fine brood mare. Jonathan’s Comeback. The Waikato Cup winner Jonathan dead-heated with Master Briorly in the race last season with 9.13. Just previously he had accounted for the principal event on each day at Avondale, in the autumn ho was dropped in the weights and captured the President’s Handicap at Te Aroha. All four races were run over a mile and a-quarter, and they built Jonathan's winnings for the year up to £1,560. Just on three years ago toe Thespian gelding won the Auckland Railway Handicap .with 9.12, but that was his last success for nearly two years. in the 1936-37 season he ran 14 times without reaching a place, and at one time he was schooled over hurdles. Now nine years old, he has made a creditable comeback. Successful Bend Or Line. A feature of the Melbourne and the New Zealand Cup races this year is that the respective winners trace to Bend Or through a very notable channel—Cyllene. Catalogue, winner of tne Melbourne Cup, is by Lord Quex, son of Lemberg and grandson of Cyllene. Arctic King, who won the New Zealand Cup, is by the New Zealandbred Rabbi, sou of Paladin, who was by Polymelus, son of Cyllene. Catalini, Polymelus, son of Cyllene, Catalini, dam of Catalogue, was sired in England and foaled in New Zealand. At a sale of bloodstock in England in 1914 the Symington mare Symbolism, in foal to Catmint, was purchased to come to Canterbury, and in the following year she produced a filly foal which is named Catalini. Likely to Reach His Prime Next Season. “ He will win another 14 yet," said F. Musgrave, trainer of Ajax, after the champion had easily won the C. B. Fisher Plate at Flemington and equalled Phor Lap’s record of 14 consecutive victories, states the ‘ Sydney Sun.’ it was probably the best performance of Ajax’s career. Royal Chief seemed as good as ever and almost drew abreast a furlong from home, but though Ajax hung out almost as badly as at Caulfield, when Avenger ran him to a neck, he actually drew away from Royal Chief over the last furlong. Musgrave said the owners had made no plans for Ajax beyond the autumn He believed, however, that the champion should be raced for at least two more years. “ Ajax is much better than last year," he said, “ but 1 do not believe he is as good as he will be as a five-year-old." No One Road to Success. An Australian expert who recently returned from a v’sit to England said that he was struck by the fact that horses there were raced much bigger than is customary in either New Zealand or Australia. T’o the eye of a

visitor they did not look ready, but when after a race they sweated freely but did not blow it was clear that there was nothing wrong with them inside. There is an interesting angle on this comment to be found in an article in ‘ Horse and Hound,' written by J. Pairfnx-Blakesborcmgh. He said that he remembered when Mr George Gunter began to train at Wethorby with the late Robert Harper as his righthand man and adviser and gave his horses a lot of boiled food. They came into the paddocks looking very big, and at first there were those who laughingly told Gunter that he had made a mistake. He must have thought in was a horse show to which he was bringing his animals. But the Wetherby stable won race after race, and it was the I old story of those who came to scoff. Some of the conservative trainers thought hard and scratched their heads The article adds that a very noted trainer had said to the writer that lie followed no hard and fast rule. Indeed, ho said that fie could train i good sound liorse on the grass fiy tlio side of the road. “ It’s the bad-legged beggars that require so much thought and care," he added. »