THE TURF

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 13 August 1932, Page 3

THE TURF

Racing Fixtures

FOR 1932-33 SEASON August 2—l'akuranga H.C. August 27 —Taranaki H.C. August 27 —Otago lI.C. September 10 —Mar ton J.C. September 17 —Ashburton County R.C. September 22, 24 —Wanganui J.C. September 22, 24 —Geraldine R.C. October I—Napierl—Napier Park R.C. October I—Kurow1 —Kurow J.C. October 7, B—-Otaki Maori R.C. October 6, S—Dunedin J.C. October 15 —South Canterbury J.C. October 15 —Masterton R.C. October. 15, 17 —Avondale J.C. October 22, 24 —Wellington R.C. October 22, 24 —Gore R.C. October 24 • Waveriey R.C. October 24 —Waikato H.C. October 24—Waipawa County R.C. October 24 —North Canterbury R.C. October 27, 29 —Poverty Bay T.C. October 29 - Banks Peninsula R.C. October 29 —Carterton R.C.

RACING IN AUSTRALIA THE ROSEHILL MEETING NEW ZEALAND HORSES AlUt rtnrf X /. Oatl'e Sydney, August i--Many of the best class horses are due to reappear at Rosehill to-mor-row, including: Vcilmond and Johnny Jason. The New Zealanders are as follows: Granville Stakes—Lavington 3.2. Dutidas Handicap—First division: Concentrate q.o, Oratorian 7.11. Second division: Historic q.C, Ephialtcs 8.3, Bayacre S.o. August 1 landicap.—Manavhenua 5.2 Three and Four Year Old Handicap—First division: Movio Star 8.8, Oratorian q.o, Might 8.3. Second division: Inflation q-S, Hunt the Slipper 9.3. Ammon Ra had a real gallop this morning. He spurted five furlongs m 1.2 J, the best gallop of the inorn--1 ing. SALE OF HORSES

~j S G LIKE AS FOR ROBESPIERRE i TOPTIIORX PASSED IN I ; . r*«.' T*i Christchurch, Aug. 12. At a salo of horses in training: this morning; the imported stallion Robespierre, by Phalaris, owned by D. McClure, was sold for --5 K U1 ‘ neas to T. S. Roulston, of Hastings. Toptborn was passed m at 300 guineas, and the others tailed to line! buyers.

PAKCRANGA HUNT MEETING ACCEPTANCES FOR SATURDAY Auckland, August Ha. Acceptances for the Pakuraiiga Hunt Club’s meeting, to be held on Saturday next, are as follows: Greenmount Hunters’ Steeplechase, ai miles —Absent, Commontaj tor q’l3, Lenaubin, General Lu q.lO, j Biela q.i, Koewhiwhi. Roadman, Galapago, Arapawa. q.o. Harris Memorial Hurdles, tj miles. —C argon 10.4', To Homai 10.0, 1 Thespis q.B, Tapapa,, Arapawa, Carl j Hertz. Lurina, John Bull, Emanci-

pat ion q.o. Sylvia Park Handicap, 7 furlongs—; Imamint, T.’Allegro q-3- Royal Gallant 8.6, Gigantic, Psychologist 8-5, Sea Ruler 8.0. Bambury 7-' IO > Bugle Call, Lord Aintree 7.2, lUuminagh, Sweet Whisper, Kahau, Traced, On Approval, Vilma, Shaun Labour, Golondrina, Conuoco, Merry I.ap, Dcmylus, Del rain 7.0. Jellicoe Handiigp, ii miles—Chief Link q.o, Couinax 8.8, Royal Artist 7.12, Protomint 7.10, Ring s Archer 7.8, Malahat 7.4, Maori Boy, True Blood 7.2, Gay Cockade, To Hoia, C-atoma-., Patutahi, Prince of Orange Royal Survey, Cruachan 7.0. Pakuranga Hunt Cup Steeples, 3 miles—Mashoor 10.5, Trouble 10.0, Absent q.q, General Lu, Lenaubin q. 6,, Catimes, Haakon, Arapawa. Roadman, Btela,, Koewhiwhi, Galapago q.o. _ . Auckland Handicap, 1 mile —Princess Bede 5.12, Hawthorn 8.0, Teels 7.7, Welcome Lu 7.3, Marching Song Jewelled Girdle, Landlubber, Kind Words, Kiltowyn, 'Top Light, Pan-t-lic-oii filly 7.0. Ladies’ Bracelet, if miles—Valsimon 11.3, M lies pis 11.1, 1 apapa Cion tail’ Bill, John Bull, Consort, Egyptian King, Lurina 10.7. . Dunedin I landicap, 6 furlongs - Chief Link q.o. High Comedy B.>, Sargon S. 1, Chromadyne 7.7, King Ford 7.4, Vandyke 7.4, Hampton Park 7. t, Imamint, Golondrina, We.rate, Lord Aintree, Baroscope, Cruach.an 7.0. AN UNPOPULAR CONCESSION Twelve months ago there was a general complaint by pa Li oils at the

Grand National Steeplechase meeting against the large section of the public aL the kennels double, practically obliterating the view of the horses jumping, and measures were taken to remedy the evil on the second (says the Press). There was cause for the same complaint on Tuesday, and so dense was the crowd on the stand side of the obstacles that it was almost impossible to follow the progress of the contestants at that stage. There i s nothing- to prevent spectators making the double their point of vantage, but they should be so controlled that a clear space is preserved to give a view to those in the distance. ONLY TWO CONTESTANTS HURDLE RACK FIELD AN LXUSUAL HAPPENING Fields at rlio Grand National meetta Riccarton arc generally of fairly substantial size, but in 'Thursday’s programme there was the unusual happening cl only two horses accepting for the Spreydon Hurdles. These were Dainty Ways, winner of the Trial Hurdles on Tuesday, and Nine of Spades. Thirteen others were entered but all dropped out, allowing

the third prize of ,C is out of the total stake of £ioo to go begging-. Instances of only two horses competing in a race are rare,- particularly in handicap' events.- At Hawera in May Sparkling Morn had only one opponent in a race arid led from start to finish. Count Ciivour and Rapine wore the only starter's in the Clifford Plate., weight for age, at Eller.slie, In January, 1927, ail’d in October of the same year Pendavies won the Onchunga Steeplechaso By a quarter of a mile from the only other competitor, Glenotus. Gleuotus baulked at the water jump- and his ridei landed in the ditch of water, but subsequently remounted to secure .second prize of _£icd. SEASON'S WINNERS For the fifth time in nine years, George Price has headed the winning trainers' list in Sydney. He wound up the season just ended with aS4 I wins, 24 seconds and lq thirds. His principal winners were Kuvora and j Veilmond, both of whom proved I their metal in the spring and auI tumn racing .season.

W. Cook, Sydney’s leading lightweight, recorded 6,4 wins and four dead heats. He had a. long lead over E. Barth’, who rode 43 winners, while A- Knox 141) ..was third on the jockeys’ premiership list. Jim Pike had an evcellent season, considering his limited opportunities these days,

and his winning percentage was very high. M. McCarten had 31 successes. His principal mounts, Ammon Ra and Kuvcra, landed some of the most lmoortant events on the turf.

VICTORIAN LEADERS No trainer in Australia has achiov cd as much success in the last 14 years .as jack Holt, of Victoria. In the period mentioned he has headed tlie winning trainers’ list 10 times; l:o was level with 11. McCalman once and finished second, three times. During these years Holt trained 355 winners and two dead heaters in the metropolitan area. It is estimated that horses front Ins stable won mors than y. 200,000 in stakes. Tlolt again

headed the list fur the season which closed on July 30 with 264 wins and yjqzop in stakes. The feature of. Holt’s record i s the remarkable consistency that, he has displayed. He never was lower than second place in the premiership list in those 14 years. Heading the winning jockeys’ list once again, \V. Duncan rode his 826th winner when he was successful on Unbortaua at Mooney Valley on July 30. It i s rare that an Australian jockev rides jooo winners in his

career, however long- it may be, and Myles Connell, now an owner-trainer in South Australia, is one of the few who has authentic claims to the distinction. Front the day he began riding Connell kept a record of his mounts, and it is there that the evij dence oE hi s wonderful feat lies. Duncan should top the thousand mark before he leaves the saddle. He i.s 174 points front that score, and providing lie 1 maintains lii s present form, that should take him less titan five years to achieve. Since ho began, riding in iqis Duncan has had 5861 mounts, and with a score of 826 wing lie has the wonderful average of a win in a little more than every seven mounts. NO DEFENCE While applauding the activites of Victoria Racing Club fur cleaning up what, obviously must have been a scandal on the Victorian Turf, it must be suggested that the 12 jockeys and six bookmakers who have been refused their license should have been given the opportunity to defend themselves against the charges under which they have been baiind. British justice surely demands this, says a Sydney writer. Possibly the V.R.C. had what was considered coinclusive proof of ',of- | lences. by the .persons -concerned. I

Victoria’s ruling- Turf body consists of a committee not likely to act on trivial hearsay or unsupported evidence. Nevertheless the bookmakers and the jockeys, too, declare that the first intimation most of them had that their licenses had been refused was through the press, and all are emphatic in the statement that they were not called before the stewards or committee and given the opportunity to explain. A GERMAN CLASSIC The late Huron Oppenheim, who had J. Munro riding for him in Germany, was the breeder of Avcntin, winner of the Union-Rennen, ono of the principal -German classic races, and a we ight for age contest over 11 furlongs, confined to three year olds and general! v called the Berlin Derby, the chief event of the card 't Berlin-Uoppegarten. Palasprage, who carried the livery of Ids breeder, Herr Mulhens, a well known perfume manufacturer, was made* a pronounced favourite, but failed to realise expectations. Averrtin is by 1 eddy frofn Abazzia, by Dark Ronald. MOTES AND COMMENTS Silver Paper is again in work for the coming season. Six of the events at Riccarton on Tuesday were won by South Island horses. Kahikatoa, winner of the 1031 Winter Cup at Riccarton, is now :n India. Gold Mag, who recently won a double in Sydney, is being selected as a likely candidate for the Epsom Handicap. Billy Bo\ has had five wins in the last 12 months and each, of the races has been over a distance of three miles. A southern report .states that Great Star, Grand Review and Scarlet Robe are being restricted meantime to easy tasks. They will not race for some time. Arisus was given a spell after competing at the Wanganui winter meeting. Ho has been brought in preparatory to being- put into work again, but in the meantime his own-er-trainer intends building the gelding up, as he came in oil the light side. The -six year old mare Moorbird, by The Ace from Moor-fowl, has been purchased from the estate of tlie late Mr K. S. Luttrell by Messrs K. G. McCullough and K. 1). Jones. She was a speedy galloper, who might have reached good class had she been sound. She will be retired to the stud and she max' be mated this season with British Empire, a Sunstar horse who is quartered in Southland.