RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23745, 28 November 1940, Page 2

RACING NOTES

[By St. Ci..vn;.]

RACING. November 20.—Ashburton C. Racing Club. November 30, December 2. Feilding Jockey Club. December 6, 7.—Whangarei Racing Club. December 7. 9.—Woodvillo D. Jockey Club. December 14.—Otaki-Maon Racing Club. December 14.—Waipa Racing Club, December 14.—Uorovata Racing Club. December 21.—Manawatu Racing Club. December 26.—Waipukurau Jockey Club. December 26, 28.—Manawatu Racing Club. December 26, 28. —Taranaki Jockey Club. December 26, 28.—Dunedin Jockey Club. December 28.—Westland Racing Club. December 26, 30, January 1, 2.—Auckland Jpacing Club.

JOTTINGS Answers to Correspondent. “ Inquisitive.” —Tho Rules of Trotting are silent regarding the matter of assistance to the judge. Tho rule 391, paragraph 1, says: “All races shall be judged by the duly appointed judge or his duly authorised substitute.” Paragraph 2 says: “Tho judge and any substitute judge shall be appointed by the body conducting the meeting or the committee thereof for such period and upon such terms and at such fees as may be thought fit.” Whether tho club has a rule of its own prohibiting the judge from taking an assistant into the box with him is not known, but both the late Mr Rudkin and Mr Jarrett, who between them have officiated as judges for very many years, did not have assistants. A Respite. i The Ashburton meeting on Saturday and the Hororata fixture ou December 14 will be the only race meetings to bo held in the South Island before the holiday fixtures, and trainers arc giving their charges a light let-up. Correction. Tho message giving the details of the Southland High-weight Handicap, run last Monday, stated that Royal Stylo started twelfth favourite each way. He was favourite for a win and third favourite on tho place machine. Racing Conference Executive. Mr G- C. Glenn, treasurer of tho Wanganui Jockey Club, has been appointed to fill the vacancy on tho Executive Committee of the New Zealand Racing Conference rendered vacant by the resignation of Lieu-tenant-colonel F. K. Turnbull. Four On End. When Foxola won the Ponui Handicap at Ellerslio last Saturday she recorded her fourth consecutive win. She is a three-year-old filly by Foxbridge from Aureola, by Hunting Song from Azure Sky, by Kilboy. Foxola is owned by tho Hon. E. R. Davis and Mr O. Nicholson, and was purchased at tho national yearling sales for HOgs. Enjoying a Spell. * Milton Abbas, who has been placed under offer to a probable, buyer, is at present enjoying a light let-up in the paddock. In bis work before the spring meeting at Wingatui, this ,thrce-ycar-old showed a lot of pace, and on the few occasions lie was ridden out, was quite capable of making Sir Amyas do his best. Light Boys Wanted. There is a shortage of light boys to ride work at Wingatui, and one trainer stated yesterday that he could do ■ with two. The good conditioiis which these lads now work under, and 'the supervision of training stables by the Racing Conference officials.

provides a healthy occupation for lads, and if they show any aptitude for race riding they only have to serve a year of their apprenticeship before they commence to earn good money.

Enrich, a Late Foal. The merit of the achievement of Enrich in winning tho C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap and New Zealand Derby is emphasised when it is taken into consideration that lie was a very late foal and that he will not attain his third year .until December 24. Sight Draft, dam of Enrich and Globe Trotter, is now at tho St. Aubins StuQ, New South Wales, Mr W. J. Smith having bought her for 125 gs. Safari, sire of Enrich and Globe Trotter, is at tho stud iu Auckland. Now Eight Years Old. Sovereign Lady, who is now eight years old, has nob won a race since she scored in tho Otago Handicap at Wiugatui last Boxing Day, but handicappers keep her well up in the weights. She has 9.0 in tho Tinwald Handicap to be run at Ashburton on Saturday, hut the opposition she is set to meet is weaker than she ran up against at Kiccarlon earlier this month. ' Brilliant Three-year-old Retired. Sold three years ago for 2,000g5, the Australian gelding Night Gang was sold at auction recently to his original owner, Mr J. Tail, Adelaide, for 50gs, and has been retired. Night Gang had a brilliant three-year-old career in South Australia, and also won sprint races in Melbourne, but he developed rheumatism, changing hands for 50gs and finally for 30gs. The Vincent Track. Mr T. Duggan, secretary of the Vincent Jockey Club, is in town making arrangements for his club’s annual meeting, to be held on January 10 and 11. He says the course, which has been well top-dressed and re-sown since last season, and now all under irrigation, is in better condition than it has ever been. Ho has also completed arrangements for a special train to and from Omakau on the second day of the races.

TROTTING. November 50, December 7. Waikato Trolling Club. December 7.—Wairio Trotting Club. December 7.—New Brighton Trotting Club. December 14.—Roxburgh Trotting Club. December 21.—Reefton Trotting Club. December 23.—Ashburton Trotting Club. December 26. —Gore Trotting Club. December 26. 27.—Westport Trotting Club. December 27, 28, 31.—Auckland Trotting Club. December 28.—Winlon Trotting Club.

Disappointed. Two horses from Wingatui that were expected to race well at Invercargill on Monday and let their backers down were Flagman and Nightcalm. Tho former failed to stay on when challenged, and the latter appears to have lost all form. Loth were reported to be doing good work previous to going south.

Hard Tracks Affect Sir Beau. The hard going at Riccarton had its effects on Sir Beau, and he has been very sore since he raced there (says the Auckland ‘Star ’). It is to be hoped lie throws the trouble off shortly, otherwise he may not be seen out at Ellorslie. That he is a better colt than his form in the New Zealand Derby would suggest is certain, but hard tracks might tell against him in the north. Attendances at Forbury Park. There has been quite a lot of discussion during the past two or three days as to whether the attendance at Forbury Park on Monday was larger than on the second day of the winter meeting of 1926—the day the Exhibition closed. In those days no charge for admission was made to ladies, yet the gate receipts for the two days of the 1926 meeting amounted to £2,272 odd, as compared with £1,605 for the two days this year, and on the Saturday of 1926 £44,675 was handled by the totalisator, as compared with £37,983 on Monday last. Excluding soldiers, 6,314 persons passed through the turnstiles last Saturday and 8,492 on Monday. Certissimus's Breeding. Tho three-year-old Certissimus is bred the way of a champion, although ins dam, like many other good matrons, did nothing on the race track. Roydon’s Pride was bred at Roydon Lodge by Mr J. R. M'Kenzie, who imported her dam. Belie Keller (then in foal to Arion Guy), from America in 1928, and Roydon’s Pride was foaled in 1929. Arion Guy, whose brother, Guy Parrish, was also imported to New Zealand, took a mile record of Imin 59£sec in America, and later proved a big success at the stud. Belle Keller, with a mile record of 2miu 7jsec, was by Ortolan Axwortby, 2min 7sec, another successful sire. ■ As Arion Guy was by Guy Axwortby from Margaret Parrish, a granddaughter of Bingen, there is the most desirable cross of Axwortby (twice) and Bingen strains, two of the most successful in building up the sport of trotting in America.

Traces Back to Flora M'lvor. As a three-year-old High Caste ran in 21 races, an unusually heavy season for a high-class three-year-old, and in ■ three months this season he has run 13 times, and a Melbourne writer describes him ns being as tough as. Cartline.-.- High Caste traces back to that great mare Flora M‘lvor, as his dam. The Begum is by Chief Ruler from Lueella, by Lucullus from Seatonella, by Seaton Delavat from Amorelle, by Phoebus Apollo from Lady Gertrude, by Cadogan from No Name, by Traducer from Emma, by Gil Bias from Emily, a daughter of Flora M’lvor. Emily, by Operator, was bred in New South Wales. Mr Henry Rtdwood bought Flora M’lvor, with five of her progeny, including Emily, in 1853, and took them to Marlborough by the brig Gazelle, and thus founded one of the most famous families to be found in the New Zealand Stud Book.

Is Royal Chief a Real Stayer? Royal Chief’s great success under a record winning weight in the C.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap was apparent corroboration of the view that he is a champion at distances just short of two miles (says the Auckland ‘ Herald ’). In four starts in two-mile handicaps jio has finished respectively fifth (Melbourne Cup), fourth (New Zealand Cup), second (Sydney Cup), and fifth (New Zealand Cup). At iveight-for-age he has won once at the distance, in the A.J.C. Randwick Plate, in which the two miles took drain 43£sec to run. At 11 furlongs to a mile and three-quarters, however, Royal Chief has won the New Zealand Derby, New Zealand St. Leger, A.J.C. Colin Stephen Stakes (twice), A.J.C. Metropolitan, Canterbury Cup (twice), Wellington Handicap and C.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap. Ho has failed four times at IJr miles—in tho Dunedin Cup, his second attempt in tho A.J.C. Metropolitan, and the Great Autumn Handicap, each time under a big weight, and in tho Great Northern Derby, in which his victor was Courtcraft.