RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 4

RACING NOTES

[By St. Claik.]

RACING. : April 20. —Otautau Racing Club (at Invercargill). April 20.—Waimate Racing Club. April 20, 22.—Marlborough Racing Club. April 27.—Waverley Racing Club. April 27.—South Canterbury Jockey Club. May 2, 4.—Egmonfc Racing Club. May 4.—Southland Racing Club. May 4. —Franklin Racing Club. May 4.—Amberley Racing Club (at Ric- ' carton). - - „ . , May 11.—Ashburton County Racing Club. May 11.—Otaki-Maori Racing Club. May 11, 13.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. May 16, r 18.—South Canterbury Jockey Club. May 16, 18.—Manawatu Racing Club. Fir»t For Three Years. When Eastern Prince won, at Addington dh Saturday he scored his first win for i nearly three years. Allowances Can Be Claimed. , The stake for the Waimate Cup is £205) and allowances can be claimed for apprentice riders. ;

May 18, 20.—Waikato Racing Club. May 25. —Fdxton Racing Club. TROTTING. April 17, 20.—Wellington T.C. April 20.—Waikato T.C. April 27.—Auckland T.C. ■April 27.—Westland T.C. May 4.—Oamaru T.C. May 9, 11 —Forbury Park T.C. May 11.—Waikato T.C. May ll.—Marlborough T.C. May 18, 20.—Nelson T.C. May 25 29. —Auckland T.C. May 25.—Canterbury Park T.C. June 3.—Ashburton T.C. To Remain in Sydney. It has been decided that Beaulivre will remain in Sydney during the winter, and E resent intentions are to race him in Mel* ourne in the spring. To Spell Awhile. Royal Chief, who won £1,500, all place money, on his recent trip to Sydney, has arrived home safely, and will enjoy a spell until he is put into training for the spring meetings. Failed to Begin. Girl Pat was selected as a good thing for the Achilles Handicap at Addington on Saturday, but spoiled any chance sue may have had by failing to begin well, and was never mentioned in the running. Timaru Nominations. With the exception of the Doncaster Handicap good nominations have been received for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s one-day meeting to be' held on Saturday of next week. Most of the horses racing at Waimate this week have been engaged. A Nice Gesture. The prize for the sweepstake race at Addington on Saturday was a handsome canteen of cutlery, and after being presented with-it the; owner of Pot Luck, Mr H. Stafford, handed the trophy over to the Mayor of Christchurch, to be disposed of in aid of the patriotic funds. A North Island Tour. Streamline, who is engaged in the Highweight Handicap at Waimate on Saturday, is booked for a trip to'the North Island next week. G. Eidgway will also take Flashlight, and this pair of jumpers have

been schooling well at Riccarton. They, will probably race at the Egmont, Waikato, and Ellevslie meetings. Saddle Races Popular. The Victory Handicap run at Addington on Saturday was a saddle event and attracted 11 starters, and £4,339 on the totaiisator. This was £B4l 10s more than was invested on the principal race, and again demonstrated the popularity of saddle races with the public. Sydney Yearling Sales. At the Sydney yearling sales last month 492 lots were sold for 10i,17Ugs, au average of 205jgs. At the 1939 sales the average was 18xgs for 432 lots. The best average, 269 gs for 511 lots, during the past 40 years was obtained in 1928, and five years later the average fell to 92£gs for 428 lots. The Waimate Cup. Only Thermidor, Sir Hugh, Auctor, nud Master- Dingle have dropped out of the Waimate Cup to be run on Saturday, and of these all but Thermidor and Master Dingle are engaged in other races. Cherokee and Vanity Queen will be having their first outing in open company. flooded the going ts firm, Oamaru form points to Swordstick starting tavourite. The Popular Sport. The Dunedin Jockey Club will feature jumping races at its winter meeting, and the prospects of good responses from owners for these events next June have not looked as good for many years. Both hurdle racing anu steepieenaaaig are popular with race-goers, and always help to swell the gate receipts. The Stipendiary Steward Appeals. There appears to be some misapprehension regarding the appeal over me fine imposed on Mr Lewis tor the late scratching of Vaunt •at Oamaru last Thursday. Mr Lewis is not appealing, but when the Judicial Committee reduced the fine imposed from £4 to £1 the stipendiary steward intimated that he would appeal to the conference against the committee’s action in reducing the fine. Found Firmer Going. , On Saturday' the Oamaru course was inclined to cut up, particularly a tew feet out from the rails, but close in it appeared to be firmer, and this was evidently so on the turn into and the run home from the entrance t° The straight.' Night Pal, The Raker,., and Midgard each won their races by finishing on this narrow strip. To Be Tried at Staying. Disdain, now a'member of F. D. Jones’s team, has done mosji of her racing over sprint courses, but ran a great race in the Jockey Club Handicap at Riccarton last November when she was only beaten a head'by Norseman in Imin 37 3-bsec, By Bobespierre ‘ from Contempt, by Bonny Glen from Lady Disdain by The Officer, there is no reason on breeding why she should not stay, and her trainer is likely to set her over middle distances in the near future. Maikai Should Have Won Sydney Cup. If the Cumberland Plate did nothing else it demonstrated that Reading .is not a really high-class staying three-year-old, and that Maikai should have won the Sydney Cup (writes “ Chiron ” in the ‘ Australasian ’), _ He was nob opposed by Mosaic, but the Sydney Cup runner-up, Royal Chief, was a starter, and the decisive and summary manner in which Maikai reversed their Cup placings indicates that with even luck Maikai would not 1 only have' accounted for' Royal Chief, but for Mosaic as well. Not the Right Spirit. At the present time, and with the prospects of leaner times ahead of them,, owners will require nursing by racing and trotting- clubs to continue in the game. Fewy if' any, of them are able to break event! it' tihe end of-../* season,- 'and- it is always surprising to fpid ao jraany of them continuing , racing some' of' the - horses that are transported from meeting to meeting. There may be a few, but a very few, who may attempt to make money by running thejr horses in a manner contrary' to the strict rules of the sport, but of late years both racing and trotting have been particularly clean. At least the records of disquajification show that none , have been caught if ‘ they have offended. Minor offences haVe been detected, and in some recent instances quite unnecessarily severe fines have been inflicted where a smaller fine or even a warning would have sufficed. It ■is not in the interests of the game at any time, and .more particularly just now, to antagonise owners. Throughout the world it is the owners of the “ also starteds ” that keep racing and trotting going, and they are) entitled to all the consideration that can be given them, so long as they observe the spirit-of the rules. ,The Two-year-old*., This season over 60 two-year-olds have been returned winners. In respect of the number of winning. youngsters the season has been outstanding, but with'the exception of Nightbeam (Night Raid), who was recently sold to an-Australian buyer, none has been outstanding. He has started eight times for four wins and a third, and the fact that he was sold for 2,000 gs stamps him as probably the most valuable. But Sir Beau (Beau Fere) has the best winning record, having started four times for a second and won his last three races. Two other Colts that are claimed to be good onesare Lambourn (Bulandshar), who, out of eight starts, has won twice, second once, and third twice, and Getewayo,' who won once and placed second twice out of five starts. Three fillies must also be included among the good ones. They aro Gold Flight (Nigger Minstrel), who, out of eight starts, has won three times, second in ; three,- third in one, and fourth in her other start; Doria (Iliad), who has won three times, been second in three, and third twice out of 10 starts; and Lou Rosa (Foxbridge), who has won three races out .of seven starts. Doria and Gold Flight ate the only South Islanders, and it is interesting to note that the seven mentioned are all by different sires. The three-year-old career of these youngsters will be watched with interest.