To-day’s Racing News

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 June 1935, Page 11

To-day’s Racing News

Galloping

MEETINGS TO COME.

June 20, 22.—Napier .Park. June 22—Ashburton. June 29.—Oamaru. June 29.—Levin.

Novice Shapes Well Trior to beating. Travelling Agent at Ellerslie in the Orakei Hurdles last Saturday, Black Marlin, had, only one race over hurdles. For a. novice, his jumping left little to be desired, while he also possesses a fair amount of pace. Being by Lucullus, he can handle heavy going well.

Sure to Make Good: • King’s Archer was a good performer on the track, and now that he has been put- to the jumping business, he ■should make good. He has run four good races in this department, and as he handles heavy going well, he looks a good prospect for future hurdle events.

Was in the Money: Wee Pat was saddled up three tunes at the Great Northern meeting and was in the money on two occasions. This mare for her inches is one of the best jumpers in the country, but as she is well up in the weights she will find it hard to win from now on.

Unbroken Success: When Bahram won the Derby he was the first unbeaten colt to win since Ormonde won in 1886. Prior to Ormonde a period of 48 years existed •between the success of an unbeaten colt, and this was when Amato won in 1838.

Wen Two on End: On Parade was one of the fittest horses seen out at Ellerslie. He won two hack events in convincing style. On Parade has proved himself a good mudlark, and as he has already won up to a mile and a-quarter, he should do well from now on. Won All the Way:

Gipsy Moth, after a really good race in the Cornwall Handicap, won well on the second day at Ellerslie, leading practically all the way. His lastday’s display was disappointing, but he is sure to make amends before long. Good Efforts:

Haakon’s two firsts and a second at Ellerslie over country, showed him as a consistent ’chaser. It is unfortunate that he is not a sound horse, for he is an excellent jumper, and a. good stayer. His dam, Koura, was a good jumper, and won several cross-coun-try races during her career at Ellerslie.

A Useful Sort:' , Salesman is a useful sort and next season ho should soon win his way out of hack company. Salesman is by Loch Abbey from a Permit mare. Loch Abbey was a very useful sprinter in the Waikato district a few seasons 'ago, winning quite a number of races, while Permit, who was by Soult from Lady Arawa,' also scored in several races in the same district. A Reliable Jumper:

Clan Ronald was only started twice at the Great Northern meeting, winning the Green Lane Steeplechase on the first day. He was soon in the lead, apd stayed there, giving an excellent display of jumping throughout. In the Tamaki Steeplechase on Saturday he was well up till reaching the fence by the six-furlong post the last time, -Where he made a faulty jump and dropped right back. This horse is a very fine jumper, and, will be heard of again in better company.

On the Improves In his only start at Ellerslie last week Tutor put up a good performance to finish second to On Parade in the Fitzroy Handicap, and his winning turn may 'soon arrive. As usual with Chief Ruler’s progeny, Tutor is quite at home in heavy ground, and more is likely to be heard of him before the winter season is over. He is steadily improving with racing, and as he is only a three-year-old a good future should be in store for him.

Performed Creditably: Though beaten into third place in the York Handicap, Scotland put up a solid performance, and it was only in the last half furlong that he weakened slightly, after making the pace from the barrier rise. The Acre gelding seldom runs a bad race, and as he is a proved galloper in heavy ground he will have plenty of opportunities to win more money within the next few months.

Has a Good Future: King Rey, after his successes at Avondale and Te Rapa, was thought to have.# great chance in the Cornwall Handicap at the Great Northern meeting, but the best he could do was to finish third. He was saddled up again on two other occasions at the meeting, but he failed to show up during the running of either race. Although he won over a mile and a-quarter at Te Rapa in heavy ground, his connections are of the opinion that he is better suited by a firm track. This horse has not been overraced and he should prove a good proposition next season.

Should Win More Races: Cromwell ran two good races over country at the Great Northern meeting. In the Hunt Club Cup he had a commanding lead coming down the hill the last time, but tired in the straight, and Haakon beat him home. In the Tamaki Steeplechase on Saturday, he was one of the leaders all the way, and, though challenged by Ardmanning from the top of the. hill onwards the last time round, he had too much condition for the latter and won easily. Cromwell is by Little England (a sire imported by the Waikato Breeders’ Association for the purpose of breeding jumpers) from Bonny Mabel, and is therefore a half-brother to. Scotland. Cromwell should go on to further successes over country.

AUCKLAND ACCEPTANCES

AUCKLAND, June 14. Acceptances for the first day of the Auckland Trotting Club’s Winter meeting are: —

Trotting

MEETINGS TO COME.

June 22, 24 or 26.—Auckland.

A Breaker:

Blue Spark has displayed pace in his races, and if cured of a tendency to break should shape well at Timaru. A bad fault is generally quite sufficient to wreck a horse’s chance.

Favourably Placed at Epsom: Star Pronto'is now racing more solidly than he has done for some time past. He is favourably placed at the Auckland meeting, and, providing the track is not too heavy, he should have bright prospects of further extending his winning record. Has Good Prospects:

Worthy Nor appears, to have got over her ailment of soreness. This trotter would only have to be produced fit and well at the Auckland meeting to hold great prospects, as she is both speedy and solid, which is more thari can be said for some of the opposition.'

Not Raced Since April Silver Watch has not raced since the Thames meeting, when he filled a second and third placing on the second day, but he has been doing plenty of solid work at Epsom and is in nice order to undergo the final stages of his preparation for engagements at the Auckland meeting. The grey pacer is a particularly good stayer.

Suffered from Soreness: Auto Machine is reported to be looking brighter than he has done for some time, and present intentions are for the Australian-bred pacer to contest the principal races at the Auckland meeting. Auto Machine, has not done as well as expected during the last couple of years, but he has suffered from soreness on a number of occasions, and this has interfered with his preparation.

Worth Watching: After his recent good form on the country circuit, Jackie Thorpe is sure to come in for solid, support when paraded in the Adams Memorial Cup at the Auckland meeting. His last three starts have yielded two firsts and a second, and he seems to be improving a great deal in stamina. He is a reliable pacer over any distance, and the son of Our Thorpe should add to his winnings at Epsom.

May Win Shortly: With two thirds and an unplaced performance to his credit in his only three starts to date, Worthy Boy is a very likely improver. He has paced very “greenly” in his races, and the outings should prove of undoubted benefit to the chestnut. He is down to contest the improvers’ races, at the Auckland meeting, and the son ot Worthy Bond may be worth following in the near .future.

Sure to be Solidly Supported: Electric Bell’s performance at the last Waikato meeting was most disappointing, and it may pay to forget the effort, as it is understood that the black pacer had not been worked for practically a week prior to the race owing to being off-colour. This mare is undoubtedly one of the speediest improvers about at present, and it should not be long before she credits her owner with another success.

A Speedy Trotter: Mountain Sun is getting through plenty of solid work at Epsom in preparation for the Auckland meeting next Saturday, and the chestnut trotter is in great condition. This gelding is one of the best trotters racing round the Auckland province, but he invariably jeopardises his chances by breaking at some part of the journey. When he stays down he is always hard to beat. He is. racing in trotting events at Epsom, and he cannot be discarded in his respective engagements. NOTES FROM ADDINGTON. [SPECIAL to “star.”] CHRISTCHURCH, June 14. Auckland T.C.: The Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting to be held on Saturday will possess some interest for South Island sportsmen, and it is anticipated Mr G. J. Barton will be represented by Mountain Dell and Bracken, L. A. Maidens by Great Logan, and S. A. Edwards by Sure. The last-named has raced particularly well at Epsom and

her race at Ashburton last Saturday should help to sharpen her up for immediate engagements.

Great Logan Goes North: L. A. Maidens left to-night for Auckland with Great Logan, who claims several engagements at the coming meeting. The Logan Pointer gelding has shown a welcome return to form after apparently having passed his best, and in a race run to suit him he is still a possibility over two miles. He is engaged in the Adams Memorial Cup and on 24 yards behind in a 4.33 class, he may be quite capable of sprinting with the best over the last furlong.

Training in Auckland: The South Island has not been alone in the experience of bad weather of late, for the Auckland training tracks for some time past have been fit for only slow work. Matters brightened up on Thursday last, however, when a fair amount of useful work was accomplished. The Adams Memorial Cup candidate, Nimbus, who has done particularly well since being sent to Auckland, ran a mile and a-half in 3.28 2-5. Accompanied by Kewpie’s Guy and Kewpie’s Triumph, Nimbus attempted to give Silver Watch four seconds start. He failed in his task, but it represented a good work-out on the part of Silver Watch as well as Nimbus. The latter is one of the Auckland fancies for the Adams Memorial, while Silver Watch will start in the Marconi Handicap of a mile and a-half on the opening day. Suver Watch is a six-year-old grey gelding by Florizel—Gold Bell mare, and is trained at Epsom by L. J. Mahony. Silver Watch is regarded as a very likely winner at next week’s meeting.

A Promising Novice: Worthy Nor created a surprise at Epsom on Thursday, by defeating older and more experienced trotiers in Mountain Sun, Young Rodney, and Ando Patch, and she went a mile and a-half without a mistake. She is engaged in the slow class trotting races next week, and she should more than pay her way. Worthy Nor, although six years old, has done very little racing, and out of two starts this season, she won the Tararu Handicap at the Thames meeting, on a. holding track in 3.46 1-5. Worthy Nor is by the imported sire Worthy Bond, from Norah Creina. .

On the Improve: Bingen Chief has improved a great, deal during the past season and, at one time a very erratic though brilliant pacer, his manners have been | altered a good deal and in his latest starts, he has left the mark correct-! ly, and has stayed on well at the fin-1 ish of his races. He and Nimbus are the early favourites for the Adams | Memorial Cup so far as the North. Islanders are concerned, but there.; is a wholesome respect for the Can-1 terbury horses Sure, Bracken and Great Logan.

Combined Conference: i The Australian and New Zealand’ Trotting Conference which will be held in Sydney next week will he truly representative for while Mr H. F. Nicoll, and Mr B. McCarthy will be there on behalf of New Zealand, Mr J. P. Stratton, Chairman of the West Australian Trotting Association and Mr A. G. Wright, secretary, will represent West Australia, Sir Gilbert Dyett and another will be present from Victoria, Queensland will send Mr M. J. Kenny, and South Australia will have two representatives. Mr A.

E. Tatlow, one of the biggest breeders of Trotting horses in Tasmania, and Mr T. A. Arthur, of Hobart, will represent the island, and Mr J. : Barnes President, and Mr F. P. Morris, VicePresident of the New South Wales Trotting Club, will be present on behalf of New South’ Wales. The conference appears to be a. very strong one, and in its combined efforts for the betterment of the sport, it should exert a great influence.

Mr Barton’s Auckland Team: Mr G. J. Barton’s horses Mountain Dell, Tempest and Bracken, will leave for the North on Tuesday to assist at the Auckland Trotting Club’s Winter Meeting. The trainer, C. Dunleavy, will not make the trip, and the team will be in the care of the stable reinsman, J. Fraser Junr. All three horses are in capital order for their engagements and have been well-seasoned by recent racing. Harvestin at Auckland. Harvestin, who did a lot of racing on Canterbury courses under the care of G. H. Murfitt and was subsequently taken to the Manawatu, Wanganui, and Hawera meetings, is now in S. M. August’s stable at Epsom. Harvestin is a really good pacer, and he has not yet given of his best in public. Remits for Conference: It is only by experience that any set of rules or a system can be brought to perfection and while the Rules of Trotting were generally regarded as very complete the list of remits to be presented at the annual meeting of delegates to the conference next month shows that improvements can always be made. A rather unfortunate experience during the season is evidently responsible for the Methven Trotting Club’s remit which aims at placing on the shoulders of the starter, the responsibility for seeing that each horse starts off its correct mark. At the Club’s meeting in September, De Soto, who had earned a penalty for a previous win, started off 48 yards behind instead of from 60 yards behind. J. Bryce Junr., driver of De Soto, told the starter that his correct mark was 60 yards, not 48, but according to the official list '-Hrniied to the starter, De Soto was r on~4B, and off 48 he started. He won and a protest by the owner of the second horse was dismissed and an appeal was later withdrawn. The mistake was an unfortunate one, and the Club was called on to pay two winning stakes. The Methven Club’s remit reads as follows: —“The onus of placing horses on their correct marks I shall rest w’ith the starter, and in the I event of any horseman disputing the mark, the starter shall hold up the race and communicate immediately with the officials of the Club.’’

A Speedy Pacer: Kcwpie’s King has. been going on the right way since racing at the recent autumn meeting of the Waikato Trotting Club, and the chestnut is looking really well. Kewpie’s King is one of the best young pacers racing in Auckland at. present, but he is troubled with unsoundness, and is taking a long time to again reach his best form after enjoying a long spell. He figures among the entrants for the Auckland meeting and he would only have to be produced fit and well to take a lot of beating in his engagements. In Nice Order: Nothing has improved more in condition of late than Wee Machine, and the bay pacer will be in nice order for

engagements at the Auckland meeting. He had not raced for a long time prior to going to Eppom to be trained by C. Smith, and on arrival was very light in condition. He has been taken along quietly, and now looks a much improved pacer. Wee Machine is a very speedy customer, but has a bad habit of tangling in a race for no apparent reason, and on quite a few occasions he has spoilt a winning chance by leaving his feet.

WINTER HANDICAP, 3.49 class, U miles. Captain Holt . scr Waskasu scr La Triumph scr Worthy Nor 21 Native Princess scr Young Rodney GO Nelson Glory • ser Meadow King 4 J MANGERE HANDICAP, 3.5 class 13 miles. Ariel Bell . ser Nelson Luvan ser Bonny Azure scr Ranfurly Lass ser Cherrlll . scr Scrap Iron scr Frank Best . ser Spessina scr Gloster . ser Worthy Boy ser Great Admiral scr Worthy Song ser 24 Kia Kaba . scr Great Chum Mountain Flight ser Derby Fame 36 ADAMS MEMORIAL, 4.33 class, 2 miles. 24 Manoeuvre . scr Nimbus Wee Machine scr Willie Derby 48 Bingen Chief 12 Tempest • Chancellor . 12 Auto Machine 72 Great Logah . 24 Kewpie’s Triumph 72 Jackie Thorpe 21 Mountain Dell 108 STEWARDS’ HANDICAP, 3.42 class, 15 miles. 36 Ann Parrish . ser Kuinl Great Admiral ser Mountain Sun 36 Autumn Lu scr Tc Kahu 36 Nelson Pirate 12 Gala Day 48 Wlrlwhata . 12 Mute 48 Manna’s Son 24 HOBSON HANDICAP, 3.40 class, 15 miles: —■ Bonny Azure scr Tlnokaha scr Bismuth . SQT Ironside 12 Charteris Bay scr Rockella 36 Derby Fame . . scr Electric Bell 48 Kewpie’s Crest scr Lucky Love • 48 Our McKinney scr CORNWALL HANDICAP, 2.47 class, 1.3 miles. Hohora . scr Prince Pedro 12 Homeward . scr Lady Coronado 12 Herod . scr Smooger • 12 Nelson de Oro scr Arabond 24 Realty .. . . scr Kewpie’s Guy 24 Trustworthy Travis . scr . scr Pegaway Mountain Dell • 36 72 Bracken -.. . scr Impromptu 84 MARCONI HANDICAP, 3.34 class, 15 miles. Electric Bell . . scr Rare Rey 12 Lady Amanda scr Bonnie Direct 24 Red Hope , scr King’s Warrior 24 Star Pronto scr Kewpie’s Bond 24 Harvestin . scr Silver Watch 24 Kewpie’s King 12 Supertax 24 Peter Junior . . 12