To-day’s Racing News

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 April 1934, Page 11

To-day’s Racing News

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MEETINGS TO COME. April 19, 21— Whangarei. April 21. —Marton. April 21.—South Canterbury. April 21, 23—Nelson. April 27, 28. —Pahiatua. April 27, 28.—Marlborough. April 28. —Amberley. May 2, 3. —Egmont. May 10, 12.—Wanganui. May 11, 12. —Southland. May 19.—Rangitikei. Jumper in Form: The win of Emancipation at Avondale’is a fair indication that he is well forward for the jumping season. Ellis Still in Sydney A. E. Ellis, who went to Australia to ride Peter Jackson in his engagements, and was also on Golden Wings, did not return by the Wanganella. Ellis is spending another fortnight in Sydney. Not Going to Nelson: A message from Nelson states that Prostration, and Ravine, have been scratched for all engagements at the Nelson Jockey Club’s meeting. Horses for Australia: It is stated that Royal Visitor and a two-year-old by Tea Tray from Kilcalm, called Teak, will be taken to Australia for the spring racing. Sirona, Boughal and Lion Heart may also make the trip.

Spell for Master Briefly: Master Brierly, whose form reached a high standard when he won the two middle-distance handicaps at the Auckland Racing Club’s autumn meeting, ahs commenced a well-earned spell.

Death of Lady Frisco: Lady Frisco, the dam of White Comet, Paddon, Chang and Grand Score, died recently at Hamilton. She was owned by Mr. G. Seifert, who raced her progeny with considerable success. Veteran’s Return:

It is reported that Seatown is to be brought back to work. He showed his best form on soft tracks and has a great record in the Cornwall Handicap at Auckland, but as he is now 12 years old, he cannot be expected to stand much more. Riotous’s Good Start: Riotous, who scored his first success as a steeplechaser at the Auckland Easter Meeting, created a good impression by the manner in which he negotiated the big fences. He had had little previous experience, and in the circumstances his display was highly satisfactory. Beryl Latour: In January Beryl Latour won two hack races at Marton. Now she heads the list in the main open handicap, the Crofton Handicap, at the club’s meeting next week. Her ascent has been rapid. Black Duke: It is rather interesting to notice Black Duke at the minimum in the Waimate Cup. He has carried top weight in the race on more than one occasion, but his form has faded since those days. Red Racer: Red Racer won the Waimate Cup last year with 7.7 in the smart time of 2 min 5 2-5 sec. This year he is in at the minimum, and if he wins someone will be sure to remark “horses for courses,” but the 7 lb. off his back will assist more than familiarity with the track.

Golden Wings Returns: Golden Wings, in charge of his trainer, H. E. Russell, arrived back from Australia by the Wanganella, and went on home immediately to Woodville. Russell, as is perhaps only natural, is emphatic that Golden Wings beat Chatham in the Doncaster Handicap. Unfortunately for him the judge saw otherwise.

Future Looks Bright: After racing at the Auckland meeting, where she won the Victoria Handicap on the second day, Capris has been having an easy time, but is now in regular work again. This filly won her race at the right end at Ellerslie, and, considering the limited experience she has had, her performance was a good one. Jumpers in Action:

Golden Wedding and Bright Flower, who are both engaged in jumping races at Whangarei, shaped nicely in a school over four flights of hurdles at Ellerslie this week. So far Bright Flower has never had a race over hurdles, but he has hail a fair amount of schooling and shows encouraging form for a novice. Golden Wedding has previously won over hurdles on the Whangarei course.

Backed and Beaten: A lot of good money went astray when Queen’s Pride failed to pay a dividend in the Juvenile Handicap at Hastings on Saturday. Queen’s Pride was considered a certainty, but in the end could finish no nearer than fourth in a five-horse race. It was not Queen’s Pride’s true form, and she will do better later on.

Giggleswick: When Mr. W. Greenhill bought Giggleswick as a five-year-old he paid a good price for the half-brother to Polydora, but the gelding has proved a useful stake-winner without any expensive travelling, having won nine good races * and taken numerous minor places. While he is now aged seven years, he is of hardy stock, and he is always turned out in good order by his trainer C. Walshe. Giggleswick will not make the trip to Nelson.

Starter at Nelson: The Awapuni owner-trainer R. E. Hatch, who did good work at the starting barrier fat Greymouth last week, will make another trip to the South Island next week, in order to officiate as starter at the Nelson Meeting.

Bayacre: Bayacre is due to renew acquaintance With New Zealand racegoers in the open sprint at Marton next week. He was racing in Australia during the spring, where he won a sprint at Moorefield in August and later on scored in the brush hurdles on the opening day of the A.J.C. Meeting in October. It is likely that he wjll go back to Australia with Webster’s team month.

• Westland Club's Meeting: At a meeting of the Westland Rac-

’ing Club held on Thursday, the treasurer reported in respect tb the Easter Wednesday race meeting. The revenue derived at the meeting was £Bl3/13/10, and the expenditure £945/17/11, leaving a deficit of £123 8/1. The rebate would be applied for and if granted by the Minister of Internal Affairs, would reduce the loss by £67/10/-, so that the net deficiency would be about £56. The amount paid over to the Government had been a total of £275/16/3, comprising totalisator and dividend taxes, stakes tax and amusement tax.

A Record Breaker: When Jonathan walked into the sale ring at Trentham a few years ago, as a yearling, he was far from a prepossessing young horse. But handsome is as handsome does, and while he is a good looker now, having furnished into a fine thoroughbred specimen, his owner, Mrs. S. L. Parsons, of Wanganui, has every reason to be proud and grateful for the judgment that caused her to nod her head to the auctioneer and get what was to prove a wonderful bargain at 100 guineas. In stakes alone, the Thespian—Joanfax gelding has now won £2,540. It is not given to many owners to see their colours carried to victory four times on end and on each occasion to see the course or race record shattered. Yet that is the sequence of brilliant efforts registered by Jonathan in the past four weeks.

Mr. Kemball's Team for Melbourne:

W. Hawthorne, accompanied by W. E. Shand and G. F. Dick, riders atachi ed to the stable, left for Melbourne by the Wanganella on Thursday with a team of twelve horses owned by W. R. Kemball. The contingent com- | prises Cape Fair, Palm Queen, Lancet, Melisande, Wahroonga, and Morbury, who have all raced, and the following untried stock: Rising two-year-old chesnut filly Palmdale, by Captain Bunsby—Violet IL; rising two-year-old chestnut colt Newhaven, by Iliad — Skydream; rising two-year-old brown colt Wanganella, by Hunting Song— Rose Martian; Wurlitzer, rising three-year-old brown gelding by Hunting Song—Nevada; Whernside, rising two-year-old bay gelding by Grand Knight —Baylock; and Lady Primrose, rising two-year-old bay filly by Chief Ruler — Slack Line. Exit Omeo: Taranaki reports state that Omeo had to be destroyed recently. Omeo won the last Wellington Steeplechase, but on the whole he was an unlucky jumper, just missing the biggest prizes on more than one occasion. Omeo’s story is invested with romance. He was bred by Mr. H. Raumati, and was sold as a yearling with his dam (Munitioness) and colt foal brother (later known as Moerangi) at the Ureni saleyards for the modest sum of £5. Mr. S. Topless was his purchaser, and he in turn sold him for £7/10/to Mr. R. G. Foreman, who raced him and wen a maiden hunters’ steeplechase with him before passing him on to Mr. A. Lile for £lOO. In his first season in Mr. Lile’s colours, and when trained by W. F. Mantle at New Plymouth, he won stakes amounting to £l5O, so he amply justified his purchase. Omeo was then six years old, and that was his best season, for he won five races in 10 starts. His main success was in the Autumn Steeples at the Auckland Easter meeting, but a better effort was his second to Aurora Borealis in the Great. Northern Steeples. Early in the next season he ran third to Aurora Borealis and Corneroff in the Grand National. His only successes since then were in the Adamson Steeplechase at Hawera in May, 1929, and the Wellington Steeplechase at Trentham last Jnly. He was a 10-year-old gelding by the Stonyhurst-bred Treadmill horse Quarantine, a full brother to Sailor’s Hope (the dam of Waterline and Fast Passage), and his dam is the Gravitation mare Munitioness, who traces to Taglioni, a mare of unknown breeding, but whose stock are eligible for inclusion in the New Zealand Stud Book. WAIMATE ACCEPTANCES WAIMATE, April 13. The Waimate Racing Club’s acceptances for the meeting on April IJ, are: — 12.30 Studholme Highweight Handicap, 11 miles:—Black Duke, Rin Tin Tin 10.5, Silver Sight 10.4, Gold Knight, Star Raider, Bell Hill, Adult, Valves 9.0. 1.5 Trial Plate, 6 furlongs:—Call Money, Imperial Spear, Night Form, >oossian, Money Flies, Perfect Rose, June the Third, Janarose, Wonderful, Desirable, Violenta. 1.45

Waimate Cup, li miles: —Shatter 9.0, Kemal Pasha 8.5, Chrysology, Some Shamble 7.13, Cleaner, Red Racer, Black Duke, Double Shot 7.0. 2.25

Morven Trot, H miles:— Adsum, Captain Heath, Colonna, Gamble, Guy Mauritius, Portlight, Silver Axworthy, Trireme scr., Atralette, Margaret Bingen, Parnell 36, Greenmantle 48. 3.5 Waitangi Hack, 1 mile: —Water Polo 9.0, Pink Paper 8.3, Brown Pearl 8.11, Gold Knight, Star Raider, Adult 8.3, Gold Boy 8.2, Tray, Footwork 7-11. 3.40 President’s Handicap, 6 furlongs: — Hurlingham 9.0, Merry Peel 8.3, Rin Tin Tin, Al .Tolson 7.9, Lord Argosy 7.0. 4.15 Hook Trot Handicap, 11 miles: — Colleen Chenault, Colonna. Eiffelton Lass, Gamble. Guy Mauritius, Locust, Portlight, Sylvie’s Best, Trirene scr, Fascination 12, Atralette, Hytemoana, Margaret Bingen, Parnell 24. 4.50 Stewards ’Handicap, 7 furlongs: — lan’s March 9.5, Crash 7.13, Pink Paper 8.3, Water Polo 8.2, Brown Pearl 8.1, Dracula 8.0, High Speed 7.12, Red Dance 7.11, Eupator 7.10, Gold Boy 7.7. At 2.40 p.m., Roi L’Or will give an exhibition over a mile, paced by a galloper. NELSON HANDICAPS J — The following handicaps have been declared by Mr. J. E. Henrys for the first day of the Nelson Jockey Club’s meeting on April 21: — Novice Maiden Stakes, 5 furlongs: Gayfire, Zionist, Arctic King, Weatherzne, Pawky, Consummation, Rabbiform, Copenna, Missfire.

Hope Hack Handicap, 6 furlongs:—

Quietly 9.11, Gold Arrow 9.6, Korero 9.5, Palace 9.1, Margaret Rose 8.13, Bay Area, Bell Broney 8.8, Imasurvey 8.2, Hunting Call 8.1, Consummation 7.11, Rhea, Battle Queen, Lackston, Marmoratioir, Copenna 7.9. Nelson Cup, U miles:—Prostration 9.0, Revision 8.12, Miladi 8.11, Ravine, Giggleswick 8.3, Might 8.2, Haulbowline 8.1, Saltpot, White Doe 7.12, Silver Sight 7.10, Colossical 7-9, Lady Rene, Bettwyscoed 7.2, Lalla. Quex 7.1, Zetes, Coomassie 7.0. Tahuna Hack Handicap, 7 furlongs: .Colossical 9.0, Bonnie Vale, Night Guard, Gold Arrow, KoVero 8.13, Flower 8.2, Bay Area 8.1, Gold' Sand, Purse 7.11, Lovecourt 7.10, Tentcall 7-6, Rose Vai 7.0. Stewards’- Handicap, 6 furlongs: — Prostration 9.12, Miladi 9.6, Navaho 8.13, Haulbowline, Might 8.12, White Doe 8.5, Arvada 8.4, Knocklong 7.11, Sir Pombal,- Royal Sceptre 7.3, Awamutu, Full Crop, Booster, Noteworthy 7.0. Electric Hack Handicap, 6 furlongs: Quietly 9.8, Margaret Rose 8.10, Bay Area 8.5, Purse 8.3, Imasurvey 7.12, Arrow Rose, Hunting Call 7.11, Consummation 7.7, Battle Queen, Marmoration, Gay Fire, Copenna 7.0.

Waimea Handicap, 1 mile: —Miladi 9.13, Revision 9.11, Little Doubt 9.9, Might 9.6, Ravine 9.1, Bettwyscoed Lady Rene, Make Up 8.11, Arvada Silver Sight 8.10, Bonnie Vale, Korero 8.8, Lala Quex 8.5, Gold Sand Flower, Coomassie, Noteworthy 7.9.

Trotting MEETINGS TO COME. April 21.—Te Arolia. April 21. —Kaikoura. April 26.—Marlborough. April 28. —Auckland. May. 3, 5. —Forbury Park. May’ 5. —Cambridge. May 12. —Oamaru. May 12, 14. —Waikato. June 2, 4. —Canterbury Park. June 2, 4.—Hawke’s Bay. June 9.—Ashburton. June 12. —Waikato. June 14. —Rotorua. June 20, 23.—Auckland. Young Champion: Indianapolis lias resumed work at Addington. If produced at Ashburton he may be short of a sharp workout, but if ready to race the track will suit his long-striding action. Auburn Lad and Walla Walla: The Australian pacer Auburn Lad is reported to bear an improved appearance as a result of his racing Ttt Addington. Both Walla Walla and Auburn Lad would be by force of circumstances owing to the journey from Sydney a bit short of sharp work when they raced at Addington, and with ordinary luck should improve and be tougher propositions to tackle when next geared for action. W. McKay’s Intentions: It is repotted that W. McKay, the owner-trainer of Auburn Lad, will probably return to New Zealand with a team of horses early next racing season. The number will probably include two present two-year-olds a black colt by Globe Derby—Lee White, and bay gelding by Tennessee DirectFirewood. Both have been nominated for the New Zealand Champion Stakes to be decided at Ashburton on Boxing Day, while a present yearlingcolt by Globe Derby—Lee White has been nominated for the 1935 New Zealand Sapling Stakes. TROTTING TROPHY.

CtIRISTCTTURCrT, April 13

The hundred-guinea gold cup, offered to the New Zealand Trotting Conference by Mr A. Rose, will not be available for competition until such time as the terms and conditions for the race have been decided by the President of the Conference, in whose hands the trophy has been placed for disposal.