RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23833, 13 March 1941, Page 5

RACING NOTES

COMING EVENTS [By St. Clair.] RACING. March 15. —Wellington Racing Club. March 15, 17.—Ohinemuri ejockey Club. March 20, 22.—Manawatu Racing Club. March 22, 24. —Bay of Plenty Racing Club. March 22, 24. —Oaraaru Jockey Club. March 27. 29. —Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. March 29. —VVaimate Racing Club. March 29.—Bfrchwood Hunt. Club. April 3, s.—Wanganui Jockey Club (at Awapuni). April 4, s.—Whangarei Racing Club. April s.—Olaulau Racing Club, April 12 —Tuapeka County Jockey Club. April 12, 14. —Auckland Racing Club. April 12, 14. —Pending Jockey Club. April 12 14.—Wairara.pa Racing Club. April 12 14, 15.—Riverton Racing Club. April 14.—Waipukurau Jockey Club. April 14. —Kumara Racing Club. April 14.—Beaumont Racing Club. April 14, 15.—Canterbury Jockey Club. TROTTING. March 15.—Wyndham Trotting Club. March 15,—Cheviot Trotting Club. March 22.—Westland Trotting Club. March 27, 29.—Wellington Trotting Club. March 29, —Cambridge Trotting Club. April 5. —Ashburton Trotting Club. April s.—Taranaki Trotting Club. April 12 16, 17. —New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. April 12, 14.—Hawera Trotting Club. April 19. 23.—Manawatu Trotting Club. April 26*-Auckland Trotting Club. JOTTINGS Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps. Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for the Great Raster and Autumn Handicaps, to be run at Riccarton next month, will close to-rnorrow, at 5 p.m. Sir Amyas Handicapped. The ex-Wingatui colt, Sir Amyas, has been awarded 7.5 in each of the races be has been engaged in at the big Raster meeting in Sydney. They are the Doncaster Handicap, Sydney Cup, and Warwick Farm Autumn Cup. Breach of Totalisator Regulations. It is reported that at a recent race meeting held on the West Coast of this island, at which the win and place system of betting was being used, the totalisator paid out place dividends on each of the three placed horses when there were only six starters. Missing Trcntham This Week. Suffering from a poisoned hand, the Invercargill apprentice, W. 1 F. Rllis, has been an inmate of a hospital in Invercargill for a few days. He is home again now, and making a satisfactory recovery, but had to miss a number of riding engagements at Trentham this week. Wyndham Trotting Cup. An excellent field of 11 has been paid up for in the Wyndham Trotting Cup, to be run on Saturday, and Bankstock and Worthy Cross and Gold Streak and Sister Polly will be bracketed on the totalisators. Pleasant Guy. Worthy Cross, and Crown Peak are the early favourites. Taxation on Donations. A circular recently issued to all racing 'clubs by,i;the New Confer; ence advises that all donations or subscriptions of any kind made by clubs to patriotic funds, war loan, or any other fund of a similar nature are non-deductible items for the purposes' of assessment for income tax, social security charge, and national security tax. 1 A-Probable Favourite. Guinea Gold, winner of the three-year-old classic race at the Winton Trotting Club’s meeting last December, will most probably be sent out favourite for the Wyndham Juvenile Stakes, to be run on, Saturday. He is a good-looking colt by Real Gold from Coy Bells, and is trained by Alex. M’Lellan at Invercargill for Messrs D. Windle and J. Grant, of Gore. Instructions to Starters. The New Zealand Racing Conference has issued the following circular letter ,to all racing clubs under its jurisdiction:—” l am directed by the Executive Committee to advise the committee of each club that according to Rule 280 (2, b) a slarter cannot order a horse to be drawn up on the outside of the field at the start of a race unless such horse is hurdled off, and it is requested that the starter employed by your club be advised accordingly.” Plenty of Jumpers in Southland. Over 20 jumpers have been nominated for the two steeplechases to be run at the Birchwood Hunt meeting to be held' at Invercargill on March 29. Jumpers will have the chance of another race in public at the Otaut.au meeting the following Saturday, before taking on the richer stakes at Riverton at Easter time. The prospects of cross-country races attracting big fields this autumn and winter are brighter than they have been [for many years. English Racing. Four entries have been made in the King’s name for the Derby of 1942, which has closed with 139 nominations, says a cable message from London. The King's entries are King’s Scholar, Channel Swell, Cheval, and Pictorial. Lord Astor has five entries, Lord Derby three, Lord Glanely three, and the Aga Khan four. For the 1942 Oaks, which has 134 entries, the King has four nominations. The Grand National Steeplechase, which it was hoped to run at Cheltenham this year, has now been abandoned. Ajaxjs Record, Ajax contested 46 races for 36 wins, seven seconds, and two thirds, winning stakes and trophies valued at, £40,425. This record, compiled in a little over four seasons, compares favourably wilh that of his famous sire, Heroic, who in 52 starts had 21 wins and amassed £38,062. In spile of the fact that he was defeated in both Derbies, Aiax was the acknowledged chamnion of his generation in Australia, and he beat every horse who beat him. He won a Newmarket, Handicap as well as nearly all the weight-for-age and serai-classic races in Now South Wales and Victoria. Certissimus Will be There. A Christchurch paper is responsible for the statement, that Certissimus will not start in the AH Aged Stakes at, Addington at Easter. There is no foundation for such an assertion (reports the ‘ Timarn Herald ”i and unless something goes amiss with him the colt will go to the post. The race was arranged primarily with the object of securing the presence of Special Force and Certissimus, and it was not included in the programme until an assurance had been obtained that they would start. Certissimus will be there.

Good Work. The Calcutta Turf Club has been responsible for the raising of £300,000 for war funds during the past 18 months. Rider for Trench Fight. C. T Wilson has been engaged to ride Trench Fight in the Autumn Handicap, to be run over a mile and three furlongs at Trentham on Saturday. Gold Salute. By finishing second under a welter weight on the final day of the recent meeting held at Flemington,- Gold Salute showed that the attack of bleeding he had about a month ago did not seriously affect him. Badly Broken Down. Siegmund broke down badly in the running of the Wairarapa County Cup on Sat l urday, and it is not likely that he will be seen on a racecourse again. An Unusually Strong Hand. The Trentham trainer, T. R, George, trains no fewer than six of the two-year-olds engaged in the Pacific Handicap, £SOO, to be run over six furlongs at Trentham on Saturday. They are Corn Prince, Erinscourt, Kevin, Sports Flash, The Whipper, and Olein, Change iff Dates. The announcement from Wellington that the municipal elections will be held on May 17. will necessitate the South Canterbury Jockey Club changing the date of the second day of its winter fixture, to have been held on May 15 and 17. Two other racing clubs in the North Island, and ,the Nelson Trotting Club will be similarly affected. Sham Boy-Circular Note Case. The decision of the appeal ( judges in the Sham Boy-Circular Note case will find favour with the majority of those who rely on the strict reading of the rules of racing. Now that the case has been finally settled the secretary of the Waikouaili Racing Club will be kept busy for a while settling the claims of the ticket-holders on the totalisator cn these two horses. Big Boost for Melbourne Cup. The world-famous Calcutta Sweep, which for a long period has been run in connection with the English Derby, may this year be conducted in connection with the Melbourne Cup. If this plan materialises, the Australian race will receive a tremendous advertisement. If exchange difficulties can be surmounted, the Calcutta will prove a serious rival to the Tasmanian and Queensland “ consultations.” Tickets in the Indian sweeps can nominally be purchased only from members of the Calcutta Turf Chib, but that is easily overcome. A few members act as central agents, and (here arc commission agents working in most countries.