SPORTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1929, Page 6

SPORTING

FIXTURFS.

August 31. —Taranaki Hunt. 'September 4, 5. —'Marton Jockey/ Club. September 7. —Otago Hunt. September 12, 14.— Wanganui Jockey Club. September 17.—New Brighton 'TrotSeptembe’r 21.—Ashburton County Racing Club. September 2J.— Napier - Park RaeSeptember 21, 23.— Avondale Jockey .September 26, 27.—Geraldine Racing Club. _ . September 28.—Hawke’s Way Jockey I Club. DANNEVIRKE RESULTS. (Per Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, August 28. The Dannevirke Racing Club.s meeting was concluded to-day in fine weather before a good attendance. The going was good. The Jotahsatoi handled £10,099, as against £8,25& for the corresponding meeting last year. Concluding results were: — Umatoroa Handicap, six furlongs: 4 T F. Foley’s Tourist 9:0 (L. G. Morris)' 1; 8 Austerity 9.0, 2; 7 Chopin ‘9 0 3, Also started: 2 Black Maire, o Admiral Drake, 9 Ex Dono, 1 Sylvan Dell, 5 Te Awha, 6 Golden Shadow, 11 Pearl, 10 Painting, 12 Royal Spark. Won by half a length; the same. Time 1 18 2*5 ‘ Dannevirke Steeples, about two miles and a-half:-l C Twist s Woden 10.3, (H. Dulieu) 1; 3 Alanc 11.2, 2,6 Scion 9.2, 3. Also started: 2 Ponjola, 4 Olympic, 4 Harrowgate, 5 Laws Road. Won by a head; five lengths. Time 5.15 3-5. Ponjola and Laws Road fell. „ President’s Handicap, seven tuilongs:—l C. Smith’s Royal’ Opera 9.0, (H. Goldfinch) 1; 3 Vmella 9.0, 2,2 Claremore 9.4, 3. Also started. Efbld Front, 5 Calluna, 6 Masher, 7 Trisogne, 6 Merry Mixture. Won by a head; four lengths. Time 1.33 2-5. Ruahine Handicap, seven furlongs: 3 W D. Young’s Huikai 9.3 (J. Horne) 1; 7 Dobbin 9.11, 2; 9 Nucleus 9.2, 3. Also started: 4 Piuthair, 6 Spearmiss, 8 Rameees, 1 Shortly, !•> Mountain Heath, 11 Beaumont, 2 Royal Acre, 5 Plimmerton, 14 Roucx, 12 Tall Timber, 10 Gardant. Won by half a length; a length. Time 1.32 1-5. Harris Hack, one mile. —1 J. JShacker’s Hopwood 10.9, (H. Wiggins) jl; 5 Goodwill 10.3, 2; 2 Royal Black 10.6, 3. Also started: 3 Curtsey, ■ 6 Wilmoreana, 7 Handsome, 4 Mt. Shannon. Won by a neck; a head. Time 1.48.

TRACK AND STABLE NOTES

Loquacious, who filled runner-up s place in a race at Rosehill last Saturday, is a full sister to Windbag. The balance sheet of the Otahuhu Trotting Club shows that there was a loss of £1,185/10/5 in connection with the spring meeting, aand one. of £652/ 18/2 over the summer meeting. It is stated that Praise did not accompany Honour to Australia owing to her entry for several important youngster races having been missed. F. W. Ellis should land Gold Cup and The Graphic in Victoria well forward as far as racing goes. It is safe to say that Kaiti was a very short-priced fancy when he won at the Hawke’s Bay Hunt races. Last season he went home from the National fixture to win the Abbotsford Handicap at Hastings under 11.4, and he repeated the dose on Saturday canying 10.10. . Aussie is racing consistently but unluckily in his first New South Wales engagements. The prevention of the clash between the New Zealand Cup meeting and the Auckland Spring fixture has born good fruit this year, as the Auckland district is well represented for the big Riccarton race in November next. With, the passing of Pistol, who died last year in South Australia, the last of the noteworthy direct descendants of Carbine was numbered with the defunct. When Pistol died, a computation made of the stake winnings of his progeny gave the same at £235,000. Ex-Riccarton mentor, J. Boyd, but now of Palmerston North, won the Okawa Maiden Plate at Hastings 'on Saturday with his three-year-old pupil, Arrowhead, by Arrowsmith —Orange Blossom. The late H. Cairns used to tell the story of his misfortunes when riding over steeplechase fences, his record being nine starts for as many falls, and he had determined that if his mount fell in the tenth he would turn up that branch of the business for ever. But. his luck changed. The horse not only got round safely, but Ayon. It was intended to nominate Mime for the Hunters’ Hurdles race at the Otago Hunt meeting, and after the good form he showed at Riccarton this month it is surprising to find his name missing from the list of nominations. In so far as stakes given are concerned, the Upper Clutha Racing Club which races at Hawea, must be considered the premier non-totalisator club in the Dominion. For its annual meeting, to be held on October 19, a programme of seven races, distributing £3OO, has been drafted. The principal handicap the Upper Clutha Handicap, ten furlongs, has been endowed with £6O; the Flying Handicap, six furlongs, £?45; and the Wanaka Handicap, seven furlongs, with £47. Despite the fact that his charges are getting through very encouraging work and generally doing well ’at Riccarton, it is reported that W. Stone has abandoned his proposed trip to Australia with Silver Paper, Aspiring and the two-year-old filly by Tea Tray— Victory Bond. In considering the Carbine line a fact to be noted is that of longevity. Carbine was in his twenty-ninth year when he died, Wallace was twentyseven, Pistol twenty-nine, and Spearmint twenty-one at the time of their death. The Wellington Racing Club’s bal-ance-sheet for the year ended July 31 shows a profit of £413/4/- on the year’s working. Stakes absorbed £37,220. Government taxes were: Totalisator, £14,00.5/19/3; dividend, £25,212/ 14/-; stakes, £1846; gate receipts, < £1,063/18/-. Maintenance and improvements cost £10,729/10/5, and the sum of £7,190/10/5 went in interest. The totalisator revenue for the year was £53,954/3/8. There was not much between Black Duke and Taboo at the finish of the Heathcote Handicap, and in the Jockey Club Handicap to be run at the Otago Hunt meeting the latter comes in on 51b better terms. This is a liberal concession at the scale of weights. ’ At the South Canterbury Hunt meeting El Boa won well by three lengths from Broadfleld, who just managed to

beat Mount Boa. In the Vauxhall Handicap El Boa has been allowed to meet Bi J oadfield on only 11b worse terms. Mount Boa, for a very narrow defeat, meets Broadfield on 71b better terms. Broadfield has all the.worst of the deal on paper.

Local rates and taxes paid by the Auckland Trotting Club last season amounted to £BO4/8/9. The Club received £1,271/11/- in members’ subscriptions and entrance fees. The assets were valued at £141,254/15/-. Of this amount £11,128/7/2 is in deposit or* cash in current account. A horse whose reappearance on the scene is waited with not a little interest is Great Star, who acquitted himself pleasingly at three years old. After filling the role of runner-up to Cimabue in the Great Easter Handicap, run at Riccarton Jin April, Gieat Star was called upon for three races at the Dunedin Winter Meeting in June. He won the Brighton Handicap, Im., on the first day under 10.4 and with 9.0 he won the Wai-rongoa Handicap 6f. on the second day; while on the third day under the steadier of 10.13 he ran third to Town Major (8.5) and Salmo Salar (8.0) in the Taien Handicap IJm.

According to a certain horse-breeder, one may judge of the constitution anc character of a horse from its coloui. Bright chestnuts and light bays are high-spirited, but nervous and delicate. Dark chestnuts and glossy blacks- are hardy and good-tempered. Rich bays have great spirit, but are tractable. Dark and iron greys are hardy and sound, while light greys are the opposite. Roans are the hardiest and best working of all, even-tempered, easiest to train, taking kindly to everything.. Rusty blacks are distinguished for their pig-headedness. “White stockings” give another clue to character. A horse with one white leg is said to be a bad one; -with two it is a doubtful one; with three it is absolutely safe and excellent; with tour may be trusted for a while. It is reported in Canterbury that the ex-Southland pacing sire, Four Chimes was recently acquired by the owner of the successful brood mare, Muncata, in the hope that the Australian-bred matron will produce another Taraire to the Abbey Bells horse. Four Chimes and his sons, Cathedral Chimes and Matchlight, have brought high fame and continued gain to the stable presided over by J. Bryce near Christchurch. Ned Kelly, who is entered tor events at Marton, Wanganui and Dannevirke, is shaping favourably, under A. Jackson’s charge, comments a Waikato writer. The Quin Abbey gelding has not been on the tracks at Te Rapa, but he is getting plenty of road and hill work to muscle him up for jumping. Dating back to 1879, the Feilding Jockey Club will celebrate its golden jubilee on November 30 and December 2. To commemorate the occasion, Mr C. F. Johnstone, of Feilding, is presenting three gold cups, the principal trophy of which will go to the winner of the big race of the meeting, being valued at 100 guineas. The other two trophies will be replicas of the cup in gold, one going to the trainer of the winning horse, unless he is the owner, in which case it will be awarded to the owner of the second horse, and the other replica being for presentation to the winning rider. Including the trophy, the Jubilee Cup Handicap carries a stake of £605. The Waikato horseman, R. C. Syme, experienced a very profitable innings at the recent Grand National fixture, the fees forthcoming from his association with Wiltshire materially assisting him towards topping the £l4O mark. Another Aucklander, in H. Dulieu, who piloted Mangani to victory in the Grand National Hurdles, won just over a century, as did the southern horseman, D. O’Connor, who was associated with Fabriano in his engagements. ■ln 1905 more money was put through the totalisator at the Easter meeting of the Feilding' Club than at either the Canterbury (two days) and Auckland (three days) fixtures, the respective figures being: Feilding £30,117, Canterbury £19,784, Auckland £27,994. Feilding’s turnover for Easter, 1929, was £69,081. Red Fuchsia’s time, 3min 37 4-ssec. in the Sydenham Hurdles at the Grand National meeting, has finally been labelled as a world’s record. The previous record was held by Micronesia, whose time for two miles at Randwick in Tattersall’s Hurdle Race, in May, 1927, was 3min 38sec. On that occasion Micronesia knocked a quarter of a second off Mendit’s time for the'distance on the same course, in December, 1925. Micronesia carried 11.5, Red Fuchsia 10.9, Mendit 9.0. Judging Red Fuchsia’s performance on the time test, it would have Avon a dozen Melbourne Cups, several Auckland Cups, despite his having to jump several stiff hurdles.

A report from Wellington states that the record-priced colt Zetes (Limond —Waterwings) has gone sore lately. He is a daily attendant on the training tracks but any idea of preparing him for early season engagements has had to be abandoned. Mr V. Riddiford has also had bad luck with his two-year-old filly Caught, by Trespasser from Forest Girl. Caught, who was showing distinct promise, developed splints and has z had to be blistered.

The connections of the imported horse, Hoylake, are confident that the grey English galloper will redeem his reputation during the current racing season. In the meantime the five-year-old son of Poltava —Loch Ahoy is getting through excellent work at Riccarton and presents a very bright appearance. He is to be prepared for the best handicap events in the land and time will prove whether the confidence of the stable has been misplaced or not. Hoylake has furnished into a powerful horse since last seen out in public, but he may prove difficult to land at the barrier at his best, as he is a racer who possesses a decided will of his own, a characteristic rkQt uncommon where successful stud horses are concerned.

Snortly after Rapine ran unplaced in the Trentham Gold Cup last March ic was understood that he might be counted out, but as he was nominated for the Marton and Wanganui meetings it may be that he will race again, although to-day’s acceptances show that he is pencilled out for the Marton card. Records show that Rapine who has contested 75 races, was foaled in 1919, so that he is now in his tenth year. Bought for 450 guineas when a yearling by Mr A. B. Williams, Rapine made a golden return to the Gisborne sportsman, for the sum down to his credit runs out to £21,040, and his victories include the following races:—Wellington Cup (1923), Napier Cup (1924), Auckland Cup (1925), Trentham Gold Cup (1926), Awapuni Gold Cup (1926), Canterbury Cup (1926), G. G. Stead Gold Cup (1926), Hawke’s Bay Cup (1927), and Wanganui Cup (1929).

Although Peterwah is not likely to

be seen at Addington in November, it is more than probable that he will be given a special preparation for the Auckland Cup, and besides starting in the big two miles’ race he will be afforded an opportunity to register a new record for trotters over a mile. This should not prove an impossible task (says “Argus”) for Revenue S 2 11 4.5 still stands, and Peterwah has a two miles’ record of 4.23 4-5. The only reason that Revenue’s record has stood so long is because there are no mile races in New Zealand confined to trotters, and seldom does one find the unhoppled brigade mixing it with pacers. There are a number of trotters in New Zealand quite capable ot lowering Revenue’s figures, and Young Blake, Elzear, Kempton, and Moneyspider, and possibly Koro Peter and Native Star, would prove successful if sent against the record. However, as Peterwah will probably be permanently retired to the stud next yeai, his owner, Mr R. C. Fisken, will register the best figures he is capable of, and wuth track conditions to suit him Peterwah may be expected to establish figures a good bit better than have been made previously. When Laughing Prince scored victories in the Canterbury Cup and G. G. Stead Gold Cup last spring it seemed as though the future had a lot in store for him at four years old. Though the Australian-bred horse was beaten in his four subsequent engagements, he filled the role of runner-up on two occasions, while he finished in third place in three other races. Laughing Prince made a game effort to win the Auckland Cup under 8.12, but he was beaten a length by Corinax, to whom he was conceding 221 b. That was a severe race for Laughing Prince, and it was apparently recognised that a respite from racing would be to the advantage of the chestnut horse, and he was eased up after running third to Rapier and Nightmarch in the contest for the Awapuni Cup on March 20. Laughing Prince figures among the entrants for events at the Wanganui Spring Meeting next month, so that there is a good prospect of his making an early reappearance on the scene. Laughing Prince is again engaged in the N.Z. Eclipse Stakes, in the decision of which event he has previously scored two victories. Up to date Laughing Prince has contested 37 races, and since Mr T. A. Duncan bought him in the autumn of 1927 he has Avon stakes to the value 0f'£6915 in addition to two gold cups each of the value of £lOO.