RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23129, 1 December 1938, Page 4

RACING NOTES

RACING. December 3. —Otaki-Maori Racing Club. December 10.—Hororata Racing Club. December 10, 12.—Woodville D, Jockey Club. . . L December 17.—Waipa 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.—Grey mouth Jockey Club. „ TT . , n „, December 31, January 2. —Hawke a Bay Jockey Club. LOGAN DERBY Logan Derby, who was Quartered at the stables of Mr W, J. Hargreaves, South Dunedin, for the past 10 days, was taken south yesterday, and will sail by the Maunganui from Bluff on December 5 for Tasmania. Before leaving New Zealand Logan Derby will pace an exhibition mile at the Wairio Trotting Club’s non-totaliaator meeting on Saturday, and his presence should give a great fillip to the meeting. “Mr 'M. Barnes must frequently congratulate himself that no one was plucky enough to give him a profit on Logan Derby before that game and brilliant pacer started on his winning career,” says the ‘ Australian Trotting Record.’ “The son of Globe Derby and the former New Zealander, Belle Logan, was purchased by Mr W. Balloon from Mr E. Tatlow as a weanling. This was on the advice of the late W. J. Tomkinson, whose words were to the effect that if Belle Logan ever threw a colt to Globo Derby - the opportunity to buy should be taken. Air Balloch took the advice, but allowed what ultimately proved the greatest horse he ever owned to leave his possession as a result of his determination to sever his association with “ however, Mr Barnes was evidently Dame Fortune’s favourite, as Logan Derby has proved a veritable gold mine. The stallion’s deeds haye been recorded so often that there is little need to repeat them, excepting to say that he has never left home, and that very frequently, without earning money. H's first trip to New Zealand was made this season, and already he has earned about £I,OOO in his first four starts for a win (Free-for-AU). a second, and a third. He is a wonderful traveller, and all distances are alike to him. To go to New Zealand and mix it witli the best is proot of his fine racing temperament and speed. Purchased for 60gs as a rising thtee-year-old in 1933, Logan Derby has quickly paved the way to prosperity for the Barnes family.

JOTTINGS New Brighton. v The ifirsfc race at Brighton on Saturday will start at 12.30. Valahtua Spelled* Valantua is enjoying a brief holiday after his strenuous spring campaign. Trotting Association. A meeting of the Trotting Association will be held to-morrow. Oamaru Pacer. The Oamaru-owned pacer Devotion ia now in F. B- Brosnan’s stable at Kerrytown, Sir Simper Colt. Tho first of Sir Simper’s progeny to appear on the Invercargill tracks is a well-grown yearling from a Iractor maro.—‘ Southland News. Answer To Correspondent. “ J.l.H.”—Satin King put up a world’s winning race record, 4mm 16seo, when he won the Courtney Handicap of two miles at Addington on November 9 five years ago. Dates Altered. The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s New Year dates have been changed from December 31 and January 2 to January 2 and 3. • Manawatu Cup. This year’s Manawatu Cup, one of the few mile and a-half racesdurmg the holidays, will be worth £7OO. Wild Career In Work, Wild Career is among the regular workers at in . 'ecagill (says the bouth land News ’), and he bears a bright and healthy appearance. Success In Germany. After winning the Brown Riband of Germany the French-bred colt Autonym easily won the German Grand Prize of the Capital of th© Jteichj of 100,000 marks, at Hoppegarten, Berlin. Cardplayer’s Form. Cardplayer, who was trained for a time at Washdyke, has returned to V. Bee’s stable at Greymouth. The M Lean Stakes winner has never fulfilled the promise she gave in the spring of U3o, Lawn Derby.

A record attendance is expected at New Brighton to see Lawn Derby go against the record for a mile on a grass track. It is understood that a purse or £IOO will be won if a new record is created. Lawn Derby is amongst the acceptances for tbe Mace Memorial Handicap, to be run at 1.55; and ho is booked to attack the mile record at 2.10.

January 2. —Woikouaiti Racing Club. January 2.—Wyndharo Racing Club. January 2, 3. —Stratford Racing Club. January 2, 3.—Marton Jockey Club. January 3.—Oamaru Jockey Club, January 3, 4.—Southland Racing Club. TROTTING. December 3.—Waikato T.O. December 3.—New Brighton T.O. December 3.—Wairio T.O. December 10, —-Waikato T.O. December 26.—Ashburton T.O. December 26.—Wairarapa T.C. December 26, 27.—Westport T.C. December 31.—W.mton T.O. January 2, 3.—Canterbury Park T.C. January 5, 6—Grcymouth T.C, Distance Increased, The distance of the Wanganui Cup has been increased from 1} miles to 12} furlongs, and the stake raised from £SOO to £6OO. For a long period the race was contested over If miles, and the prize money was at one time £I,OOO, but during the depression it dropped to hack level, and for a year the event was dropped altogether. Totalisator Procedure, Deductions from totalisator investments are approximately 17} per cent., made up as follows: —12} per cent, off the grand total and 5 per cent, war tax off the remaining 87} per cent, Ot this the Government collects about 9 per cent,, more than is left to the clubs to provide stakes, running of totalisators, and other expenses. Breaking a Hoodoo. History is always waiting to he made. Records exist but to be broken. Catalogue made one interesting record when he won the Melbourne Cup and at the same time ended a hoodoo which surrounded on© number. He was the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup with the No. 5 saddlecloth. Auckland Cup. The highest weights allotted in Auckland Cups during the last 20 years have been Nightmarch 9.13, Amythas 9.12, Gloaming 9.10, Desert Gold 9.10, Rapine 9.9 and 9.8. So far as can be recalled, the Auckland Cup Was the only handicap in which Gloaming was weighted in New Zealand. He was nominated for a Winter Cup, hut wps scratched before the weights appeared. Death pf a Trainer. The death occurred over the weekend at Fllprslie of Mr W. H. Mohberley, who some years ago was a wellknown trainer at F.llerslie. Among the horses he had in his care were Jjoch Fyne, Nervine, Dine Garment, Phosphorus, and Aristos. _Mr Mohherley, who had been an invalid for many years, is survived by las wife and daughter. Double Just Missed.

The apprentice G. Smith narrowly missed riding a winning double at Ellerslie when he was beaten by a head on Knight of Australia bv Valamito m the Alison Cup and half a head on Paddy the Rip by Maiority in the Cheltenham Handicap. Valamito was trained'■■'by the lad’s father, F. Smith, who has one of the strongest teams in Auckland at present. It is not Jong since young Smith commenced riding, hut ho is a promising hov and he is becoming more expert as ho gams experience. Small Money fop Places.

Comparatively speaking, m some of the richest races in England the second and third horses fare very poorly from the stake. There is a .good example to hand. When Lord, Derby’s Heliopolis won the Imperial Produce Stakes on October 1, the first horse won £5 122, but the second won £3OO only, and the third £l5O. Whnt is more, there were premiums for the owners of the dams of the place-getters at the time of entry. The total value of the stake was £5,758, of which olih’£l,ooo was the club’s contribution. The most remarkable feature of race was that in a field of 19 the first three have the same sire—Hyperion. Woman Owner’s Success. A Sydney woman owner, Mrs J. O Bancfks, has been most successful with two-year-olds this season. She won two races in Melbourne with Esperanto (trained by J. T. Jamieson) and two in Sydney with T’obasco, Mrs Bancks s husband is the creator of Ginger MeggSj the money-spinning comic strip which has maintained its popularity for many years. The Buzzer’s Form. The Buzzer is considered to have improved in condition since lus races at Riccarton, and is expected to be very fit for the Auckland Cup. which he won last year. The Buzzer appeared to be difficult to control at Riccarton, and it will not be surprising if he is more at his ease on the right-handed track at Ellerslie.

Opposing Defaulter Again. Beaupartir was a handsome colt before he ran at the New Zealand Chip Meeting, hut the races he had there have worked a wonderful difference in his condition, and ho is now more muscular and impressive, states a North Island writer. It is probable that the Awapuni colt will have only one race, the king’s Pate, before ho lines up against Defaulter in the Great Northern Derbv, but that race should be sufficient to bring him up to his best, and his connections are confident that Beaupartir will give the southerner a greater struggle than at Riccarton. Harold Logan to Race. Harold Logan is still quartered at Brooklyn Lodge and is to bo raced at the New Brighton meeting on Saturday He does not seem to have suffered any' ill effects of his racing at Addington, and is looking bright and well. He is a lazy worker, and refuses to go better than a 20 clip in bis work, unless paced by other horses. His efforts at Addington surprised many followers of the sport and proved that the old chap is not vet a back number. Had he been able to trail anything in the Frec-for-All he would have made the finish much more interesting. As it was he made the pace all the way, and was only beaten in the last 50 yards, to finish a close fourth. It was a great effort for the old idol of the trotting sport. Great Riding Career. The Australian jockey, J. Munro, who recently handed in his license, was internationally famous as a horseman, for not only was he for many years a leading rider in Australia, but he rode with success in India, France, and Germany. In Australia, Munro, who is an older brother of D. Munro. won nearly every important race in Victoria and New South Wales. He secured his greatest triumph in the Australian Jockey Club’s Spring

Meeting of 1928, when he won the Derby on Prince Humphrey, the Epsom Handiiap and Craven Plate on Amounis, the Breeder’s Plate on Gold Tinge, the Giracrnck Stakes on Malvina, the Sydney Handicap on Statesman, and the Randwick Plate on Bacchus Marsh. This is a record of first-class races at a meeting that has never been matched, Other successes of Munro’s riding career that were outstanding included the following: Melbourne Cup, Windbag, and Statesman; Victoria Derby, Liberal; Williamstown Cup, Amoums; V.R.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes, Nedda; Epsom Handicap, Boaster, Amoums (twice), and Silver Ring; and A.J.O. St. Leger, Windbag. In Germany, Munro was associated chiefly with the stable of Baron Phillip von Oppenheim, and won the German Derby and other important races on Alba, whom he considered one of the best horses he had ridden, and whom he compared favourably with Windbag. He said that, fit and well. Alba probably would have won a Melbourne Cup with 9.0. His association with New Zealand-bred horses was extended in India to winning mounts on Heremi'a and Kahapa, securing the Governor’s Cup at Bombay on the latter horse. Melbourne Cup Winners. An event unique in turf history took place in Feilding on Saturday, when two Melbourne Cup winners in Wotan (1936) and Catalogue (1933) paraded, says the ‘ Dominion.’ Success in the Melbourne Cup is in itself of sufficient importance to make the feat memorable, but it is doubtful if there will ever occur again the spectacle of two winners, both from New Zealand, parading together on a race track in their homeland. The horses paraded just before the principal race, the Manchester Handicap, the third event on the programme, Catalogue being ridden by A. M‘Donald, his trainer in Australia,, and Wotan by G. P. Dowrick, his rider in the Manchester Handicap, which he subsequently won. The horses received a fine reception from the crowd, and they cantered a couple of furlongs through the straight. New Zealand has also another living representative winner of the Melbourne Cup in Nightmarch, who has retired from racing pud is gaining many successes at the stud, two of his progeny winning at Ashburton on Saturday. The success of Wotan and Catalogue will always be remembered in Melbourne Cup discussions, as neither horse was at all well fancied. Wotan was one of the biggest out-

siders in the history of the race, and Catalogue was also very little fancied, though he had brought himself into notice by his previous form at . the meeting. In spite of all this it is a fact that the connections of both horses benefited substantially by the wins, apart from the stake.