RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23512, 28 February 1940, Page 4

RACING NOTES

[By St. Owns.]

RACING. March 2.—Franklin Racing Club. March 2.—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. March 2. —Rangitikci Racing Club. March 7, B.—Taranaki Jockey Club. March 8, 9. —Cromwell Jockey Club. March 9, 11.—Bay of Plenty Racing Club. March 9.—Birchwood Hunt Club. March 9. —Carterton Racing Club. March 14, 16.—Wellington Racing Club. March 16, 18.—Westport Jockey Club. March 16, 18.—Ohinemuri Jockey Club. March 23.—Tuapeka County Jockey Club. March 23, 25.—Auckland Racing Club. March 23, 25.—Wairarapa Racing Club. March 23, 25.—Feilding Jockey Club. March 25.—Kumara Racing Club. March 25.—Beaumont Racing Club. March 25.—Waipukurau Jockey Club. March 23, 25, 26. —Riverton Racing Club,

JOTTINGS Answer to Correspondent. “ Punter.” —The time the totalisator closed has been supplied, but wc are not competent to give an opinion whether the wager you made stands good. For Melbourne. Mr J. Richardson intends leaving for Melbourne shortly, and will take with him Turncoat, Palonira, and Spanish Main. A Strong Hand. With Swordstick, Auctor, and Bad News engaged in the Cromwell Handicap next week the Mosgiel Park trainer D. p. Wilson holds a strong hand. Northern Steeplechasers. Northern-trained horses engaged .in the Great Western Steeplechase this year include bfount Val, Polar Star, Survey, Santoft, and Arctic Star.

Wellington Autumn Meeting. Nominations for the Wellington Autumn Meeting to be held on March 14 and 16 close on Friday at 5 p.m. First forfeits for the New Zealand St. Leger and the North Island Challenge Stakes are due at the same time. Last Year’s Winner. Passaform, winner of the Riverton Cup last year, is engaged in the race again this year. Others who contested last year’s race and have been nominated again are Peony Rose, Wild Career, and Alma. Moonraider. Until a few days previous to the Dunedin Cup meeting Moonraider was a member of F. J. Boyle’s team at Heddon Bush. Now four years old, this daughter of Night Raid and Aspiring should do well over middle distances./ Allowances Reduced. J. L. Strathern and L. J. Clutterbuck each steered his eleventh winner during the Dunedin meeting, and in consequence had his allowance reduced from 71b to 51b. The Clifden Permit. ' As the Clifden Racing Club has decided to forgo the use of the permit this season, the Southland Distrjct Committee has circularised clubs in its district inviting them to make applications for its use. Riverton Nominations. The Riverton Racing Club received a total of 528 nominations for its Easter meeting this year, as compared with 552 last year. The average for the racing events is 21i per race and for the two trotting events 27£. Gelded. The two Paper Money colts purchased bv Mr F. C. Christie last Friday, were gelded the next day, and when they have made a recovery from the operation will be sent up to C. Emerson at Riccarton to be broken in and trained. The Cromwell Meeting.

The nominations received by the Cromwell Jockey Club for its annual meeting next week total 205, as compared with 171 last year. The priyileges in connection with this fixture, disposed of by public auction, realised £37 10s. For Sydney. F. D. Jones, with Royal Chief and Moorsotis. will leave Riccarton to-mor-row evening en route for Sydney, where both horses have engagements at the Easter meetings. Moorsotis. having been sold 1 to an Australian buyer”will be handed over on arrival in Sydney. _ . F. Trilford’s Team for Riverton. In addition to Santoft, the Washdyke trainer. F. Trilforcl. has Lazybones and Rebel Mate engaged at the Riverton meeting. Lazybones has only started once this season, and Rebel Mate’s last start was at Trentham last July. Sam toft’s last appearance was when ha finished second to Erination in the Lincoln Steeplechase at the 1938 Grand, National Meeting. His First Success. Pern, who won the Hack Cup at Tc; Aroha, was not only a maiden, but it; 14 previous starts —seven at two yean and seven at three —he had never beet in the money. He was. however, entered for the Auckland Cup, and would have started if he had not experienced a check in his preparation. I Tipping in Australia. Radio advertising by tipsters has been made illegal in Australia, and the pirates who used to infest the air are denied wireless privileges. Apparently the law does not run in the Federal capital territory, as Canberra has become the headquarters of many of the fraternity, who approach their dupes by circulars. . i Two Champions May Meet. • Last winter Survey, winner of theGreat Northern and Wellington Steeplechases, and Slayer, winner of tluj Matai and July Steeplechases at Trentham and Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases at the Grand National Meeting, have both been engaged in the Great

March 25, 26.—Canterbury Jockey Club. March 30. —Vincent Jockey Club, at Wingatui. ' TROTTING. March 2.—lnvercargill T.O. March 9.—Timaru T.C. March 16.—Taranaki T.C. March 16. —Cheviot T.C. March 16.—Wyndham T.C. March 23, 27, 28.—New Zealand Metro politan T.C. March 23, 25.—Hawera T.C. March 30.—Wanganui T.C. April 6.—Thames T.C. April 13. —Cambridge T.C. April 6.—Ashburton T.C. April 17, 20.—Wellington T.O, April 27.—Auckland T.C. April 27.—Westland T.C. Western Steeplechase. Should both go to the post they will create an immense amount of interest in the race. For India. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. Ltd. have recently purchased two highlybred yearling colts on behalf of an Indian buyer. One is by Phaleron Bay from the Lackhara xnarp La Souvenir, and the other by Bambury from Marohetto by Limond. These yearlings are now being broken in at Trentbam. Marehette is a half-sister to To Kara, winner of the Auckland Cup and over £12,000 in stakes.

May Renew Form. Nightwings has never looked better than at the present time, hut since dead-heating with Passaform at Wingatui last October has been racing very indifferently. She has been engaged in the middle distance races at the Cromwell meeting. Very frequently a trip into Central Otago appears to tone up racehorses, and the trip may bring this good mare back to form for her engagements at Riverton. Change of Stables.

The Australian-bred gelding Great Legion has recently been purchased by a Gore resident, and placed with T. G. Pollock to train. Great Legion is a four-year-old by Feruboot from the Heroic mare Cool Courage. This season he started 14 times for a win, two seconds, and two thirds. He won over seven furlongs at Masterton in the spring, and was previously trained by G. W. New at Awapuni,

Tragic Coincidence. There was a tragic coincidence (comments the Melbourne writer “Cardigan ”) in connection with the death of the Sydney apprentice, W. Lappin. He was killed on the third anniversary of the day that ho had his first mount in a race. It was on February _ 10, 1937, that Lappin had his first ride— The World, in a raco_ at Rosebery, Sydney—and he was killed on February 10. 1940. His first winning mount was .Jalluse, at Newcastle, on November 8, 1937. , Grand Mogul’s Ownership.

The mystery regarding the ownership of Grand .Mogul has not been cleared up (says the * TimaffiVHerald ’). When the Adioo Guy pacer went to the West it was announced that he had been sold at a price reputed to be £2OO. After his win at Fremantle in Mr G. J. Barton’s colours, it was stated that this was a temporary arrangement, the transfer papers not having arrived. The registration must have been in order to permit Grand Mogul to start. When he won the final of the championship Grand Mogul was still running in Mr Barton’s nomination, and there was no mention in the broadcasts of any other owner.

Five Out of Six Fell. According to a Gisborne message all the starters except Dutch Ace fell in a six-furlong race at the Waiapu meeting. “ The second and third horses were remounted by spectators to get the minor placings.” Unless the falls occurred after the horses had passed the winning post, and the original riders were able to weigh in correctly, these minor placings do not entitle thp horses to any prize money ._ In hurdle races and steeplechases special provision is made that when a rider is unable to continue after a fall a horse may he taken over the remainder of the course by a bystander, and no limit is imposed on the amount of over-weight so carried. There is no such dispensation in connection with flat races, and the amount of overweight allowed by the rules in any circumstances is only 2,