RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23189, 11 February 1939, Page 10

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair.]

RACING. February 13.—Rotorua Racing Club. February 17, 18. —Wintou Jockey Club, February 17, 18.— Woodville District Jockey Club. February 18. —Tolaga 'Bay Jockey Club. February 18, 20. —Waikato Racing Club. February 23, 25.—Wanganui Jockey Club. February 24, 25.—Gore Racing Club. February 25. —Waiapu Racing Club. February 25, 27.—Westland Racing Club. February 25. 27.—Te Aroha Jockey Club. March 4.—Napier Park Racing Club. March 4.—Franklin Racing Club. March 4.—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. March 4.—Rangiliki Racing Club. March 9, 11.—Taranaki Jockey Club. March 10, 11.—Cromwell Jockey Club. March 11.—Carterton Racing Club. PREVIOUS WINNERS DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP. Having been established in 18C3, the Dunedin "Jockey Club Handicap is really the oldest race on the chib’s calendar, and for a number of years was the most important race on the card. It was originally run over two miles, then reduced to a mile and a-half. In 1902 and 1903 it was run over a mile, but since 1904 the distance has been a mile and a-quarter. The long list of previous winners include the names of many good horses, including quite a number of stallions whose progeny have added to the Stud Book many horses that made good. Among the early winners were Tatterina (1871) and hairline (1874), the founders of two of the best families to ho found in either the New Zealand and Australian Stud Books. The following is the full list:— 1863 H Stafford's Ultima ngvd, 8.12. 1864 Weston’* Marwick Lad, Svrs, 8.12. 4mln 1805—Broun'• Haltrt, aged, 97 1866 j Glavsloid's Rambler, aged, 9.0, Smin Rl». 1867 J Olassfnrd's AMandi'r. 4yrs, 7 1.1, Smin 6IJ» 1868 —J GMssford's Schoolboy, aged, 8.7, Imin 55» 1869 E DryineV Captain Sroll. 4yrs, 71) 1870 - R Morton’s Southern Chid, 4vrs, 712 1871 R Walters’s Yalteriria, syrs, 9.3 .873—E Pritchard'* Gazelle, Svrs 7 13. 3mm Slsec '873 R Derrill's lambourini 4vrs, 9.7 4min (Usee 1874 Redwoods Lurline, 4vrs, 9 12, Smin Zilsec 1875- -F Delamain's Templeton, 4yrs, 8 13, Smin I 8» 1870— A lluckiand's Ariel. 3yrs, G 12. Smin ZOpec. 1877 H Redwood's Guy Fawkes. Gyrs. 9 12. 3mia Btjsec m 1878— K Ray’s Templeton, aged, 10.0, Srntn I7jsec. 1879 P N'eilson's Fishhook, (jyrs, 9,0, Smin ISjsec IBSO-Hon W. Robinson's Fouiplay. Gyrs, 8 10, w.o 1881 —lion W Robinson's Natalor, syrs, 8.4, Smin 20»sec. ■ 1883—Sit U Robinson’• Lady Emma. 4yrs, 8.4. Smin II pec. 1883— S Horsfall’s King Quail, aged. 7.5. Smin Hs 1884- Hon G M'Lean's Lady Emma. Gyrs. 8.3.

3tnin Iflpec 1885—1> O’llncn L Vsusman, 3-8 Smin 10p«. IBH6-J Marshall’s Necklace, 4yrs, 8.8, Smin llJscc 1887 —Hon G M‘Lean's St flair. Svrs, 6.5, Zmin 43|sec. (888—(i. G Slcad » Gipsy Kins, Svrs, 9.2, 2min 41s. 1883—E 'Cults s Oudu. 4vrs, 8.11, 2min 4ZJsec. 1830—H Goodman’s lllizznrd, Svrs, 6.2, 2min 4IJ«. 1831 —T Morrin's Hilda, 4vrs, 8.8. 2min 4lJsec 18!)2_r.. II Clifford's Cruchfield, afi<d. 8,0, Znlin 42scc. 1803-11 Lunn’s Cltmranald. 4yrs, 8.11, 2min 42sec 1894 ] Stephenson’s Hippomenes, Gyrs. 8.9. 2rmn 41 sec 1895 J Stephenson's Outpost, 4yrs, 75, Zmin 4flj« 1H96- R Allan's Saracen, fivrs, 8.12, 2min 1897 Hon G M'l.ean's Lord Kosslyn. Syrs, 8.2, 2min 41Jsec 1898— R Reay's Starshoi. 4yrs. 8.3, 2min 40 l-ssec, 1839—F Webb’s lloreas, aged, 8.13, Zinin 12 2-ssec. 1900—Ellis Urol hers' Jupiter, Gyrs, 8.5, 2min 17 2-ss. 1901 —Hon G M'Leans Pampero, 3jrs, 8.3, 2mie 13 2-ssec [902 Sir G Clifford's Cannie Chiei, 4yrs, 8.9, Imir. 1903 C. Machcll'l Pallas, 4yrs, 8.12, Imin 15 2-ssec. . 1904 Ellis Brothers’ Red Gauntlet, Syrs, 9.2. 2m»n 1905 J. R Mackenzies Pallas, 6yrs, 8.11, 2min 1906 J A. Holmes’s Terrapin, aged, 8.3, Zinin 14 2-ssec. 1907 H J Searle s Scrapiron Jack, Gvrs, 7.0, Zmin | isec. 1908— Nat Green * Speculate, aged. 7.4, 2tnin 11 1909 F. Vyne‘s Rose Noble, 4yr«, 7.9, Smin 9 4-r»«?c 1910— Hall’s Iranut, Syrt, 8.7, 2min I 0 4-ssec. / 1911— F H Pvne’s Rose Noble. Oyrs. 8.3, 2mift R 2-.Wr 1912 F Renshaws Routine, 6yrs, 6.8. Bniin I6sec IOJ3 Sir G ( lidord’* Brown Owl, Syrs, 73. 2ntin 10 2-5-4 PC |f>l 4 j. H I’rosser# Spevlalform, 4yrs, 8.4. Ztnin 8 4-5-tec A „ 1916 Grigg s First Glance, Syrs, 9.3. 2imn B*ec (916 F A and V N Price’s Korke’s Drift, 4yr», 8.11 2min 8 3 6sec. 1917 Sir G Hiflord’s Adjutant, 4yrs, B.U, Imin 1918— J B VehFs Killard, 4yrs, 7.0. 2min 7 3-ssec. 1919 H Whitney’s Rose Pink, syrs, 7.13, 2min 9s 1920 A. M‘Donald’« Rose Wreath. 3yrs. 7.9, 2nt:n 7 I-ss**c ' 1921 A. Ci Hill’s Linden, aged. 7.0. 2min Bsec. 1922 R. Acton Adams’s General Advance, 6yrs, 80. 2uiin 6 4-s<ec. 1923 G Clifford's Scrimmage, fiyrs, 8.3. 2min 8 3-sscc 1924 Sir Clifford's Winning Hit. svrs. 8.4. 2mm 6 4-sshc. 1025 R Graham’s Deucalion, aged, 8.6, Zmin 6»ec. 192(J—Mrs R B Stiven’s Baldowa. Uyrs, 9.0. 2niin lISHC 1927 J. Lindsay s John Bradbury, 4yrs, 712. 2mln 6 2-ssec. 1928 J. Graham's Queen Balboa, aged. 8.0 Bmin 9 4-ssec /929 -J A Ainge s Pink Note, 6yrs, 9.0, 2mm 10 2-£Leu 1930 J. VV l ow® *■ Glare. 4yrs. 8.6, 2min b 4-sser . 1931 G R Uunle. i lopcre, Syrs, 7.21. 2mm 19 2*ssei . 1932 J. L. Hannon# Red S«a, 6yrs, 8.6. fimtn 1333—H. A. Kn!gh*'s Shatter, Syrs, 8.0. Zmin 6 t-5 ec. ' 1934 F. t. Price’s Smuggler, aged, 8.6, Zmin 1935 A. lltban's Stiver Sight, Syrs. 7.4, Zmin ssec. 1930—A H Fisher's Tizzy, Syrs, 7.7, 2nun 6 4-oscc. 1937 P. I' Campbell’s Davolo, Cyrs, 8.3, Zmin 211 4-isec, 1938 A. Clark’s Galleon, Cyrs, 7.7 (A. Messervy), 2min lA^ec. THE FAMOUS HAZLETT GOLD CUP. To commomorate the name of one of Otago’s earliest and best known sportsmen, this race was first run in 1914, and it was appropriate that the first contest should have been won hy his son’s good mare Sister Radius. The late Mr James Hazlett’s eariy racing was done at the Otago goldfields meetings, and for a number of years he was a steward of the leading club, the Dunstan Jockey Club, whose headquarters were at Clyde. Among the-many good things Mr Hazlett did for racing was the finding of the late Stewart Waddel, and educating him to tiie game. Just as Mr Idazlctt eventually became a leading owner, so did Stewart Waddel, first as a jockey and afterwards as a trainer, climb to the top of the tree. The handsome gold cup attached to the stake is

March 17, 18. —Wellington Racing Club. March 17, 18.—Ohinemuri Jockey Club. March 18. —Wainiale Racing Club. March 23, 24. —Oaraaru Jockey Club. TROTTING. February 15. —Auckland T.C. February 18.—New Brighton T.O, February 25. —Kaikoura T.C. February 25. —Wairarapa T.C. March 4.—lnvercargill T.C. March 4. —Wellington T.C. March 11.—Timaru T.C. March 11. —Thames T.C. March 18.—Wymlham T.C. March 18. —Cheviot T.C. March 18, 25.—Wanganui T.O. March 25.—Westland T.C.

presented annually by the members of the late Mr Hazlctt’s family. The following is the list of winners: 1914 t- C. Hazlett s Sister Radius, Imin 28 l-6sec. 1913—C. G. Dalgety's Warstep, Imin 32 l-Gsec. 1916 Mr Mighden's Fannuire. Imin 31 2*ssec 1917- L Stead's Koesian, Imin 28-ec-I9JB I) II Roberts’s Fiery Gross Imin 89 4*ssec. 1019 I B Reid’s Punka. Imin 421-ssrc. 1920-F. S Ka>ton's Amvlhas. Imin 40 I 6sec. 1021 —F. johnvion and R. Ruthcrlord’s Cashmere, Imin 41sec 1922—Sir G Cliffords Winning Hit, Imm 39 l-s>.ec 1023—W A Nicholls’s Manny Kittle, Imin 42 26s 1924—F. D Jones's Murihaupo, Imin 38 4-ft*ec. 1926—Clarkson <rnd Pearson's Red Wink. Imin 40 1 -6sec. 1926 Chisholm and Macdonald’s Oleniruin, Imin 43sec. 1927 R. M Greenslade’s Countersign, Imin 40 2-st.ee 1928 M A Knight’s Limerick, tmln 44 1-Ssec. 1929 George Paul's Aussie, Imin 44sec. 1930 A Louisson’s Nightmarch, Imin 40 3-Ssec. 1991—R. R. McDonald’s Compensation, Imin 6l«ec. 3932—('has. Clifford’# Cricket Rat, Imin 26 4-ssec 1 933 h. T. Cu&h’s Silver Scorn, Imin 28 2-ssec. 1934- -Est. D Fraser’s Silver Ring, Imin 41 3-sec. 1995—j. A. M’Dcmgnl * Nightly, Imin 4 r 4*sscc. 1936 — A. H. Walton’s Silver Ring. Imin d 8 2-6 sec. (track reco. d). 1937 Sii (has. Clifford’s Wild Chase, Imin 45sec. From 1914 to 1017 and m 1931 a.td 1932 the distance was seven furlongs. 1938 Sir Chas. Clifford's Paper Slipper, Imin 39sec. JOTTINGS e Behind the Times. A year behind the times. To-day’s race-card for Wingatui, as was Thursday’s, was dated 1938. Reminder. Acceptances for the opening day of the Winton meeting to be held on Friday and Saturday next close on Monday, at 7 p.m. The Gore Jubilee Fixture. Handicaps for the first day of the' Jubilee Meeting of the Gore Racing Club to he held on February 24 and 25, are due on Tuesday morning. An Elusive Double. Footfall won the Midsummer Handicap and Dunedin Cup in 1927, and Queen of Song is the first horse to repeat this double since. Defaulter’s Owner, Mr H. D. Greenwood intends to see Defaulter race at Randwick, and then will leave direct on a trip to England to see the Derby at Epsom. Heritage Dead. From India the death is reported of the New Zealaml-bred Heritage, by Posterity from Homage, winner of the W.I.T.C. Eclipse Stakes. He died from a form of colic. Also Odds-on Favourites. A search of the records reveal that onlv two horses, Nelson in 1880 and St." Michael in 1902, paid shorter prices for the Wellington Cup than Defaulter did last month. The Blue Riband of India. This year’s Eclipse Stakes, the blue riband of the Indian Turf, was decided on February 1 and it was won by the Maharajah of Kashmir’s One I Love, sidclen by the Australian jockey W. Sibhritt. ♦ Another Winner by Iliad. A winner at the West Australian Turf Club’s Meeting on Australia Day (last Monday week) was the Dominionbred Study, a four-year-old half-brother hy Iliad to Knightlike, Netley, The Surgeon, and Clemency (dam of Kindheart and Baran). Wilt Be Appreciated. The stewards of the Wellington Racing Club have decided to have the whole" of the metalled area round the main totalisator house at Trentham scaled* and the work is to be put in hand immediately so as to be completed before the March meeting. Hurry On’s Mares Head List. Hurry On was the sire whose daughters were responsible for most winners in England last season. Forty were represented by 41 winners of 61 races of a total value of £31,716. Friar Marcus was next, with 33 mares, whose 37 winners accounted for 59J races, and £24,577 in. stakes. A Good Hurdler.' Erna, who has recently won three hurdle events in succession in Melbourne, has so impressed the handicappers that for the Epsom Meeting last Saturday he was weighted at 11.10, a rise of 151 b on his previous victory at Moonee Valley and 131 b above the weight given to Tritcllia, who won the 1937 V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles. Leading Sire in Ireland. Cottage, a Tracery horse, had more winners in Ireland last season than any other stallion. Eleven of his progeny won 21 races, but as stakes in Ireland are on a very light scale, his total was only £1,283. The Gainsborough horse, Orwell, had onlv two winners of four races, hut he headed the list with £2,947. Wrongly Accused. The Timaru * Herald ’ accused Roswell of having been troublesome at the barrier in his race at Wingatui on Thursday. 'This is incorrect as Boswell gave little trouble. Failing to jump out quite as smartly as those starting on the outside of .him Boswell held his position through the others coming over in front of him on to the rails, and he was unable to get clear until after the straight was entered.

Admited to Hospital. W. F. Ellis, the Invercargil apprentice attached to his father’s stables, took suddenly ill last night and was admitted to the Hospital. A Much-discussed Mare. Queen of Song was bred at Seadown by Mr T. E. Hide, and as a two-year-oid w r as raced on lease by Mr H. V. Smith. Later the lease was transferred to Mrs J. Beale, who returned the mare to her owner and later failed in a legal action to have a purchasing clause revived. It was soon after that that the mare was secured by P. T. Hogan, in whose ownership she has been one of the most-discussed horses in the Dominion. Credit to Whom Credit is Due. A Christchurch correspondent credits J. A. Rowlands, of Invercargill, with teaching P. Spratt to ride. Spratt was apprenticed to the Wingatui trainer to whom credit is due for making him one of the best light-weight jockeys in the South Island. _ Since December Spratt has held a jockey’s license, conditional on remaining in the permanent employment of a licensed trainer. F. Smith’s New Quarters. An interesting deal was completed on Monday, when the successful galloping trainer F. Smith purchased the property known as Glenora Park, adjoining the Takanini track, and formerly owned by J. T. Jamieson. Besides adequate acreage for dairy farming, a residence, spare cottage, and stable accommodation, the property contains a private track, which of late years has been used for the preparation of trotters. It is understood the purchase price was somewhere between £5,000 and £6,000, and that Smith will take possession within a few weeks. Excessive Praise Not Beneficial. Every young rider should be encouraged, but fulsome newspaper praise of any lad who scores a win or two at an early stage of his career rarely benefits either him or the trainer to whom he is apprenticed (writes “ Pilot, in the Sydney ‘Referee’). It gives the lad an exaggerated idea of his own ability, and occasionally tends to a “ Jack’s as good as his master ” attitude towards his employer. I have seen boys fairly “ carried home ” by their mounts, and then have beep amused to see it in print that their success was due to horsemanship above the average. Lost £6,000 at Last Jump. Mr “ Boh ” Sievier, the first bookmaker to do cash betting, a c l er^ to assist, in the paddock at Flemington, and who subsequently . raced Sceptre in England, was a big bettor in his day. . , , Touching on this, Meynck Good recently wrote as follows in the London ‘ Sporting Life ’: — “ When I saw Bob Sievier at Hurst Park on Saturday (December 17), I was reminded of the day when he had £6,000 on his horse, Doochray, who was winning his race when he came down at the last hurdle, giving Frank Hartigan such a crushing fall that he was hud up for many months.” Oamaru Autumn Programme. The Oamaru Jockey Club will distribute £2,330 at its Autumn Meeting, to be held on March 23 and 25. The principal races will be the Oamaru Cup, mile and a-quartcr, £325, including a trophy valued at £25, on the first day; and the Gardiner Memorial Handicap, one mile, £225, to be run on the second day. The open sprints are to be run over seven furlongs on the first, and six furlongs on the second dav, and will carry stakes of £l6O and £l5O respectively. As usual at this fixture, high-weight handicaps, each worth £l3O, and run over a mile, will take the place of hurdle races.

His Turn Should be Soon. The three-year-old Kaspian has been racing unluckily and he registered his third second in five starts this season when he just failed to overtake British Nation at the finish of the Hinuera Handicap at Matamata on Saturday last. The manner in which Kaspian is racing indicates that his turn is not far away and he should be worth watching when produced again on the country circuit. Trained by J. W. Cathro at Matamata, Kaspian is a three-year-old gelding by Vaals from Light Step, by Weathervane from Dame Winkie, by Winkie from Stepka, by St. Leger, thus a member of a family that has produced some good winners.

The Riverton Programme. The Riverton Racing Club has issued a most attractive programme for its annual race meeting to be held on April B, 10, and 11, and the stakes to be distributed total £6,100. The Riverton Cup and Easter Handicaps, both run over a mile and a-quarter, carry £6OO and £4OO respectively. Two open mile races carry £250, and another £2OO, and the two open six furlong races are worth £3OO on the first day and £250 on the second. The Southern Champion Hack Handicap, to be run over a mile on the second day, is worth £4OO, with a sweepstake of £3 each for starters, which will be added to the winners share of the stake. The Great Western Steeplechase, about three miles, will'be worth £SOO, the Riverton Steeplechase, about two miles and a-half, £4OO, and the Autumn Steeplechase, over the same distance on the third day, £250. Adverse Reports Concerning Seabiscuit.' There was consternation in American racing circles last mouth when a morning paper announced that Seabiscuit “had gone the way of all handicap horses, and was so lame that he had finished racing.” . Trainer Smith scoffed at the idea, saying: “There’s nothing to it. Just because the Biscuit’s legs were bandaged in the stall does not mean that he is lame. We’ve used bandages on his legs a long time.” Although Seabiscuit was sent to Santa Anita, where he has 9.8 in the big handicap, it was regarded as certain that he would later meet War Admiral in a special race at Hialeah Park, Miami.

Two-year-old Championship. The Californian Breeders’ Two-year-old Championship, for youngsters bred in that State, was run on December 30, and.was won by Dear Diary from his stable companion, Morning Breeze. They are raced by Mr and Mrs N. S. M'Carthy and Mr Rowan. Mr M'Carthy is a Los Angeles lawyer. The totalisator turnover on the race was £31,326, and the first two, who were coupled, paid a dividend at the rate of a little over 7 to 4. There were 12 runners, and Dear Diary, with 8.7, ran the mile in 1.38. First money was £2,668, second £SOO, third £250, and fourth £125. Breeder of the winner received £250. second £125, and third £62.

Jockeys’ Tips Dangerous. Some followers of racing have an idea that a tip from a prominent trainer or jockey will put them on the road to wealth, but that supposition is discounted by the fact that so few heavy-betting trainers or jockeys have made a success of the business (says a writer in the Sydney ‘Referee’). My own opinion is that any regular racegoer, if he is an average judge, has no need to ask questions of anyone. The betting market will always give him a fair inkling of whether horses for which he has_ a liking are fancied by their connections, and he can form his own idea as to their condition. . , Touching on the value of jockeys opinions, a London paper mentions that the last year Fred. Archer was alive

he lost over £33,000 in backing horses. And he was credited with possessing more brains and shrewdness than most jockey*. ~ .