RACING

Evening Star, Issue 24334, 24 October 1942, Page 6

RACING

I By Sr. Claiu.]

Oamaru Trotting Meeting. The Uiiinani Trotting Chib will provide an excellem, holiday programme at its Labour Day meeting on Monday, and (he Railway Department, has arranged a special train service to ond from the-racecourse sidiim. Trains will leave Dunedin at 7.45 and 8.27 a.m. and for the return journey will leave Oamaru at 6.15 and 6.20 p.m. As a number of New Zealand Cup candidates are engaged some excellent lightharness racing is assured. The fields are good, and the wagering will be on the usual win and place system. The following horses are likely to bo fancied in their engagements:— Improvers' Handicap.—Echoist, Bomber, Helen Scott. Itedcaslle Handicap.—Castlebar, Safely Pin, Sure Polls. Trial Handicap.—Communique, Smirke, Dialing. President’s Handicap,—lndian Clipper 'Countless, Shadow Maid. Dash Handicap.—Joan Conquest, Warfield, Braw Lass. ■Waitaki Handicap.—Bomber,- Manian, Mervyn Derby, i Hannan Memorial Handicap.—Hardy Oak, Loyal Rev, Peter Smith. . Electric Handicap—Great Waitaki, Castlebar, Great News. The following are Ibe fields;— 12.15: Improvers’ Handicap, £2OO. Class 3.38. Ijin.—Echoist, El Pcia; Helen Scott, Inquisition, Mavis Nelson, Pearse-Arrow sor, Invigorator 12yd», Chateau 24, Windsor Lad 36, Bomber, West cliff 48. 12.55: Itedcaslle Handicap, £2OO. Class 3.34. lim.—Castlebar, Central Lass, Follow Mo, Jack's Pal, Lisotte, Loyal King, Safety Pin, Sure Potts scr, Latest Edition 24yds. 1.55: Trial Handicap, £2OO. Glass 3.39, 1-Jm.—Ben 'Travis, Cheval d’Or, Chuckles, Helen Lewis, Prince Grattan, Smirke, Southern Way scr, Communique, Dianus, Sir Gaillard, Watcher 12yds, Audition 24. 2.20: President’s Handicap, £IOO. Class 4.34. 2m.—Gold Bank, Mongolian, Shadow Maid scr, Countless, Gold Pot 12yds, Blaydon 24, Foremost Junior, Indian Clipper, Onr Jewel 36, Lady Milne 60. 3 p.m.: Dash Handicap, £250. Class 2.51. l.Jm. —Battle Colours, Burnham, Glen Travis, Manawai, Manpower, Shady Glen, Star Ace scr, ‘ Braw Lass, Joan Conquest, Royal Grattan, Single Star 12yds, Arietta, Colleen Travis, Warfield 24, -Special Force 36. Waipaln 48. 3.40: Waitaki Handicap, £3OO. Class 3.51. Ini sf.—Bomber, Lafly Scott. Mac’s Jimmy, Pegasus Bay scr, Manian, Mervyn Derby, Millislo 56yds, Allie Audubon, Jimmy Drusus, Timworlhy 48. 4.20: Hannan Memorial Handicap, £450. Class 2.46.' l.lm. —Bayard, Blaydon, Colonel Grattan, Dusky Sound, Fremont, Happy Man, Hardy Oak, Onr Jewel, Loyal Rev, Slorintost scr, Groat Jewel, Mankind, Peter Smith 12yds, Horsepower 24, Gold Bar 36, Fine Art 48. 5 p.m.: Electric Handicap, £2OO. Class 2.19. 1m (Saddle). —Castlebar, Glencastle, Great Waitaki, Jerry Parrish, Latest Edition, Sure Potts scr,- Dan’s Pride, Great News 12yds, Manawai, Manpower, Shady Glen 24. News and Views. It has been decided to retire Gold Bar, who has a record of Imin 59 2-ssec for a mile, to tho stud after the .New Zealand Cup meeting next month. Last year’s winner of tho New Zealand i Cup, Happy Ending, is missing from this year’s entries, lie has been unsound since the National ; meeting. Bluydon, who will star! off the limit in the Hannan Memorial Handicap (2.46 class) on Monday, won over a mile and a-half at Addington this month in 3min 15 4-ssec, equal to about Zinin 43sec for a mile and a-qnarter. All Night' will only have to repeat the" form-he showed at Washdyke last Saturday to be almost unbeatable in the mile and a-quarter rase to bo run at Motukarara on Mondy. Secret Flight has been absent from the Invercargill tracks for over a week now, and it is understood that she is suffering from a recurrence of. the. lameness that troubled .her last season.. It is bad luck for her connections, as she looked particularly well after her spell. Mervyn Derby registered 4min 35 2-sseo when he finished eight lengths behind Royal Worthy over two miles at Addington this month" In the Waitaki Handicap on Monday ho has been assessed at 3.43 for a mile and five furlongs, equal to just better than 4min 41sec for two miles.

If Mr -I, U. McKenzie decides to send Scottish Air down to edntest Ihe Invercargill Trotting Cup next Saturday she is likely "to start a hot favourite, and, if she can stay two miles, on her winning time at Washdyko last week, will have about 20sec “ no her sleeve.” Knight of Old, who as a three-year-old promised to develop into a useful horse, but failed to carry on, is now one of A. E. Didham’s team. He has grown into a, fine big horse, and is to be treated to schooling over hurdles. Ho has already shown ability to jump. At Trentharn on-Thursday morning, on the course proper. Kindergarten ran the last seven fnr'.ongs of a mile in Imin 28sec, and the last four in 51 l-ssec. Barring accidents, the Harcourt Stakes, to be run* on Monday, looks a racecourse certainty for.him. The following is the likely field for the Harbourt Stakes, to be run over a mile and three furlongs at Trentharn on Monday Don't Forget, Giadynev. Kindergarten, Kakauui, Yogi 9.4, Battlcdress 9.0, Botany, Broadcaster, Dominate, Indian Sign, Nizam, Representative '7.1. At the New Brighton meeting held at Addington this month Indian Clipper finished second to Hardy Oak, over two miles, in 4mm 27 4-ssec, and to Countless, over a mile and a-quarter, in 2min 43sec. In the President’s Handicap on Monday, Indian Clipper has been assessed at 4min 31sec, and will meet Countless 1 on 24yds worse terms than when' the letter beat him by threo lengths over a mile and a-quarter at Addington. Countless, who promises to start one of the, best fancied in the President’s Handicap on Monday, is assessed at 4.33. At (lie New Brighton meeting this month Count I ess finished third to Blaydon and Ronald Logan in 3min 16 l-ssee over a mile and a-half, equal to slights slower limn 4min 22sec lor two miles. Later on the some afternoon Countless won over a mile amt .a-quarter in 2min 42 l-ssce, belter than 4rnin 20scc for two miles. The ‘ Mew Zealand Trotting Calendar selects the following horses to race well at Die Oamam meeting:—lmprovers’ Handicap: Kchoist, El Beta, Invigorator. Kedcasllo Handicap: Castlebar, .lack’s Pal, Sure Potts. Trial .Handicap: Dianas, Cheval d’Or, Smirke. President’s Handicap: Countless, Blaydon, Indian Clipper. Dash Handicap; Draw Lass, Joan Conquest, Battle Colours. Waitaki Handicap: Mervyu Derby, Bomber, Millisle. Hannan Memorial Handicap: Hardy Oak, Loyal Key. Gold Bar. Electric Handicap: Great News, Great Waitaki, Dan’s Trido.