RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23422, 13 November 1939, Page 9

RACING NOTES

[By St, Ceair.]

RACING. November 13.—Avondale Jockey Club. November 18.—-Levin Racing Ciub, November 18.—Southland Racing Club. November 18, 20.—Waikato Racing Club. November 22.—Ashhurst-Pohangina Racing Club, November 25. —Ashburton County Racing Club. November 25, 27.—Auckland Racing Club. November SO, December 2.—Peilding Jockey Club. December 2.—Kurow Jockey Club. December 9. —Hororata Racing Club. December 9, 11. —Woodville District Jockey Club. December IS.—Waipa Racing Club.

JOTTINGS Reminders. Nominations for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting to be held on Thursday and Saturday of next week close to-day at 5 p.m. Acceptances for the Southland Racing Club’s Spring Meeting, to be held on Saturday, are due to-day at 5 p.m. Class Too Good. Green Boa raced badly at Riccarton last week, and appeared to be racing out of his class. Lost Form. Strip looked well when paraded for his races at Riccarton, but raced badly and appears to have lost the good form he showed in the early spring. Paper Money Blood. Mares by Paper Money were prominent in the pedigrees of winners at the New Zealand Cup meeting, and are evidently transmitting the speed of that blood to their progeny. Southland Sires Successful. The successes gained by the progeny of the two Southland sires, Siegfried and Nigger Boy at the New Zealand Cup meeting will bring those two stallions into strong favour with breeders. Hurdlers and Two-year-olds Scarce. The New Zealand Cup meeting this year showed that at the present time two-year-olds and hurdlers are not plentiful, and the inclusion of two hurdle

races and. four two-year-old events were costly to the club in the totalisator investments. Slipped Badly. When Paper Slipper was produced at Motukarara a fortnight ago ho was in very big condition, but that race and his run in the Stewards’ Handicap fined him down, and he was strongly fancied for his race on Saturday, but showed none of his brilliance. Unlucky. Night Pal, who ran third on the first day at Riccarton and second on Saturday, was unlucky in both races. On the first day he missed the jump badly, and on Saturday, after, getting away well he got knocked back badly. In both races he was finishing on very fast. Out of Luck. L. J. Ellis was not riding with any luck at the New Zealand Cup Meeting, and it was not until the last race on the programme that he was able to steer a winner. Followers of thisjgood horseman had a bad time financially at the meeting. Cause of Totalisator Drop, There was plenty of money at Riccarton on Saturday, as was proved by pools of £12,829 10s on the Metropolitan and £12,000 on the Hagley Handicap, and the decrease in the turnover for the day was entirely duo to the small fields* for the Pioneer and Members’ Handicaps. On these two races the figures were down about £6,500 as compared with last year. For Perth Championships. It was reported in Christchurch on Friday that both Icevns and Plutus will be sent to Perth for the trotting championship meeting next February, loevus has been handicapped at 12yds m the mile race, on the limit in both the mile and a-half and two-mile races, and Plutus on 24yds in the mile, mile and a-half, and two-mile races. Bad Luck. Half and Half, who was fancied by his connections for the concluding event at Riccarton on Saturday, was very nnluckv not to finish in the money. Ho drew No. 1 berth at the bander, but missed the jump out, and when the field settled down was one of the running alone: the bank. He had to go round the bits field, and, finishing very strongly, ran into fourth place.

December 23, 26, 27. —Dunedin Jockey Club. TROTTING. November 23, 25. —T’orbury Park T.C. December 2. —Wairio T.C. December 2.—New Brighton T.C. December 2.—Waikato T.C. December 9. T\C. December 9. —Waikato T.C. December 16.—Timnru T.C. December 26. —Ashburton T.C. December 26.—Gore T.C. December 26, 27. —Westport T.C. December 27, 29, 30.—Auckland T.G V December 29. —Reefton T.C. , December 30.—Wiuton T.C.

Yours Truly. After the Wellington mooting Yours Truly was under offer to a Christchurch sportsman at l,ooogs, but no business resulted. It was only on the insistence of Yours Truly’s trainer that his owner agreed to send him to contest the Cup and win a net stake of £1,325 and a gold cup valued at £75. Full Brothers. Raeburn, winner of the Seymour Handicap on Saturday, is by Colossus from Shuffler, and had a full brother in Kurawhi racing the same afternoon in the two-ycar-old race. The latter races in the same colours as that good horse Compris, winner of the Wellington Cup in 1932. He was having his first race and shaped well, and was one of the best looking of the two-year-olds seen at Riccarton last week. Manners Not Improved. As is often the case with horses that are troublesome at the barrier, after holding up the start of the Crcssy Handicap for several minutes on Saturday Queen Dorothy came in on the bound just as the tapes were released, and got all the best of the dispatch. This advantage very nearly won her the race, as she was only beaten by half a head at the finish. The wearing of a hood and winkers has not improved this mare’s manners at the barrier. Now nine years old, Queen Dorothy retains her speed well Judicial Inquiries. At Riccarton on Saturday G. Elliott, rider of Chit Chat in the Suburban Handicap, was suspended for two

months for crossing over too quickly and interfering with Phil after about a furlong and a-half had been covered. An inquiry was also held into W. Connor’s riding of Strip in the xVvon Handicap on the third day, and after hearing evidence it was decided that no action be taken. A. Messervy, rider of Dark Flight in the Members’ Handicap, was suspended for a month for crossing over to the rails too quickly and interfering with Gay Parade. M. N. Caddy, rider of Tint o’ Tan in the Hagley Handicap, was given a warning to be more careful in the future when charged with using his whip on Night Prince, ridden by R. E. Caddy, near the false rail. ' Norseman. No horse racing at Riccarton last week raced as light in condition as Norseman, and that factor put many punters off him. but-Norseman is naturally a light-fleshed horse and races best in light condition. A slow beginner, ho bad a lot of ground to make up in both the Jockey Chib and Metropolitan Handicaps, and had the latter race been a furlong longer he was finishing so strongly that he might have beaten Centrepoise. Norseman, who is now six years old, is by Valkyrian from Real Glad, who was by Gay Lad from the Martian mare Honesty. Real Glad is also the dam of High Glee, and both were bred by their owner, J. A. White Bred for Speed. Though Dunwinnou, Jieiuilivre. and Knight Commander also won twice at the New Zealand Cup meeting, no horse raced more consistently than the Riverton-owned Dark Flight. He led nearly all the way in the Stewards’ Handicap, being only beaten in the last balf-fnrlong into third place. In the Avon and Members’ Handicaps he led all the way and won each without being extended, equalling the New Zealand and Australian record of linin 9 2-osec in the former event. Dark Flight is by Nigger Minstrel from Francolm, by Paper Money from Philomela, by Bezonian from Philomel by Birkenhead, and traces back on his dam’s side to Musket and Touchstone blood. Francolin has had only four of progeny racing, Nightwings by Nightmarch, Ortyx by Lord Warden, and Dark Flight and Gold Flight both by Nigger Boy, and all four have been returned winners and shown excepthmel speed. Nigger Boy was bred at Riverton bv bis owner. -Mr D. M. r l weedie. president of the Riverton Racing Club,