To-day’s Racing News

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1936, Page 11

To-day’s Racing News

Galloping

meetings to come. April 20.—Avondale. April 29, 30.—Dannevirke (at Vioodville).

Royal Limond: . Royal Limond gave a much-im-proved display over fences when he won at the Riverton meeting. Last season he had to be hunted along and mdden into each jump, but this year he went much more freely, and ga\e an excellent display at his fences.

Related to Phar Lap: The Polazel gelding M illte M in, who won at Riccarton, is a four-year-old from Miss Florence, by Masterpiece from Prayer Wheel, the dam of Entreaty, who made her name particularly conspicuous in the Stud Book by producing the world-famous Phar Lap.

Moneyless: Moneyless scored three wins at Riverton, and ran on at the end ot his races as if more distance would not trouble him. He is a hard-reared foal but, nevertheless, has developed into’ a good, sturdily-built gelding. Moneyless was got by Paper Monefrom Impediment, by Demosthenes — Kantuku, by Gold Reef, a son of Bend Or.

Chief Ranger’s Owner: Chief Ranger, double winner at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Meeting, was racing in new colours, those ot Mr A. Young, of Christchurch, who had not previously owned a horse After the Wellington Summer Meeting he was acquired from his breeder, Mr T. J. Evans, by Mrs M. Simpson, who leased him to her husband, the Trentham trainer E. Simpson, in whose interests he raced at the’ Wellington Autumn Meeting last month. After that meeting Mrs Simpson disposed of him to Mr Young, but he has remained in Simpson’s stable.

Twenty Grand Retired: Mrs Payne Whitney’s Twenty Grand, the American horse who went to Newmarket last March, to be trained by Captain Cecil Boyd-Roch-fort, has retired from racing. He has been sent to the Fort I nion Stud, Limerick, Ireland. Twenty Grand, winner of the Kentucky Derby and of £52,000 in stake money, holds the American time record for 1A miles. He went across to England with the reputation of being, one of the best horses ever bred in the U.S.A. The period of drought in England last summer brought on a recurrence of leg trouble, and although he contested the Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot and the Rutland Handicap at Newmarket, he was unable to show a return to his best form.

Tooley Street: Tooley Street Avon so well at Riverton that more success seems sure to come his way if he meets with 01diiiary luck. He stayed on well under a light weight when winning over a milo on the final day. Tooley Street is a lightish-framed bay gelding by Surveyor from Cantrip, by Signor— Cassara, by Cravat —Mantelpiece, by Manton —Mantle, by ' Goldsborough, Manton won the New Zealand Cup, Derby and Canterbury Cup. Cravat was got by Castor from Necklace, by Musket. Surveyor was got by Nassau from Pedometer, by Stepniak —Demeter, by Wallace —Eleusis, by Barcaldine, so that Tooley Street has a pedigree which should help him to add stamina, to his speed.

Lochlaggan: •, The downfall of Lochlaggan at Riccarton was one of the big disappointments of the meeting. Her previous loi’m justifiably created hope that she would run a great race on the first day, but she failed, and failed badly. Her win at Wingatui when she won galloping away from Cranford, Plato, Qu.een of Song, Fair Weather, and others in Imin 25 2-ssec, was quite sufficient to inspire great hopes of success at Riccarton. She recorded three galloping-away wins before going to Riccarton. In the Great Easter Cranford finished fourth, and when sho beat him at Wingatui she did so in a style suggesting that weight would not bring them together. Nevertheless, she was well behind Cranford instead of, as form suggested, well in front of him. From N.Z. Families:

The colt by Heroic from Lady Seaborn which Dr. Ring, of Auckland, purchased in Sydney on Tuesday, has interest for New Zealanders, as his dam is by Leighton from Cheloma, and was bred by the late Mr W. G. Stead. She is a half-sister to Nincompoop, who won several races for the late Mr G. D. Grenwood, including the A.J.C. Breeders’ Plate. Cheloma is a half-sister to Simper, who produced Sir Simper, Gold Light, Razzle Dazzle, Affectation, Dazzling Light, Beacon Light and others. The colt by The Buzzard, who topped the market, and was purchased by the Flemington trainer R. Bradfield, t also comes from a New Zealand family, for his dam, Sereform, is by Seremond from Somniform, by Boniform from Dreamer. Somniform was bred by Messrs W. G. and G. L. Stead, and is a full-sister to Bon Reve, who won both the New Zealand and Great Northern Derbies, and the Great Northern Hurdle Race.

Leading Youngsters: Although neither Wild Chase nori Custos may fairly be rated leading two-year-olds of the present season, for when Wild Chase went north to Ellerslie- at Christmas to measure lances with the crack Auckland pair, Stretto and Gallio, he was well beaten by both in his encounters with them, yet they must be classed in the first four youngsters of the term, and on their development during the autumn they may not be greatly inferior to either Gallio or Stretto, whose season was closed after their summer racing. As stake-earners Wild Chase is ‘easy first for the term and Custos second. Of great interest have been the numerous clashes between ( Wild Chase and Custos, and the honours are with the Clifford colt, both for number of wins and for weight carried. Custos, however, levelled’ the score to touch and go between them by winning their last fight at even weights. Their first season is now concluded. Wild Chase and Custos met on six occasions. Actually each 'finished in front of the other three times. So the score between the pair really rests unsettled, and one will now have to wait till they meet as three-year-olds. Wild Chase had 12 starts during the term for six wins,

Trotting

MEETINGS TO COME.

April 22. —Manawatu. April 30, May 2.—Forbury Park.

A Question: Graham Direct’s display on the second day at Addington was the subject of an inquiry.

Sold: The three-year-old Wrack gelding Cynara was sold under the hammer in Christchurch (it 100 guineas and Bracken went at 30 guineas.

A Good Meeting: Mr G. Barton had a good meeting at Addington when his colours were first home in five races. The Dunedin sportsman flew from Christchurch to Auckland on Monday and caught the Aoiangi, en route to Melbourne,

Horses for Perth: C. Fairman, who intends to. set up as a trainer in Perth, is taking the following horses over with him from New Zealand: —Harold Denver, Stand By, Germanicus, Ulm, Great Way, and Red Gold.

Heaths Reported: Deaths of the following horses were reported' at a meeting of the board cf the New Zealand Trotting Association: —Captain Stanley, Joyful, Matchlight, Peter Parrish, Wrackette, Matchlight was the sire of the Wellington pacer Glenrossie and many other good winners. Gamble Eligible:

By virtue of his win in the Easter Handicap at Addington on Saturday; Gamble has qualified for a 4min 26sec class. With the exception of last year’s race, the New Zealand Trotting Cup for many years has been restricted to horses assessed to do two miles in 4min 26sec or faster. With War Buoy, Graham Direct, and Gamble eligible for that class it would seem that the next New Zealand Trotting Cup will again be confined to lioises that are on a 4min 26sec or faster mark.

Bonny Azure's Becord: F. J. Smith was again to the fore at. the Hawera Trotting Club's meeting, winning three races with Bonny Azure, including the principal event each day, and one with Polly Pan. Benny Azure, who has been one of Smith’s sheet anchors this season, has won nine races during the term, eight of which, have been on end. She won her first, race at three years, and has now won ten races in all, an outstanding record for a four-year-old filly, as she has been unplaced only three times. All distances have come naturally to a fine sprinter and a born stayer, and the class of horse she thoroughly trounced at Hawera was good. She is now eligible to start from the front of the Adams Memorial Cup, and will be the early favourite for the Auckland race. Pier breeding shows stout staying strains on both sides. By the Austra-lian-bred Blue Mountain King, she is out of Bonny Bingen, a useful winner, and a daughter of Great Bingen, champion of his' time, with records of 2min. 4 4-ssec. for a mile and 4min. 19 2-ssec. for two miles. Bonnie Bingen is out of Muriel Dillon, a daughter of Harold Dillon (imp.) and Muriel Madison (imp.). Muriel Dillon produced’ that great mare Dilworth, and also the dam of Polly Pan, an un-. named Nelson Bingen mare. Muriel Madison was imported from America by the well-known Akaroa 'breeder, Mr E. X. Le Lievre, whose wonderful health at a ripe old age still enables him to handle his young horses. He has bred a host of fine pacers and trotters, the greatest of whom have been Great Bingen and Peter Bingen, the latter winning two New Zealand Cups, a National Cup, and Free-for-All. Their dam, Bertha Belle, another of Mr Be Lievre’s importations, also produced Worthy Bingen, sire of the champion trotter Worthy Queen, 2min. 3 3-ssec. A later son of Bertha Belle is Great Parrish* winner of an Auckland Cup, and now a successful sire, Parochial, a winner at Wanganui and Hawera, being one cl the first of his progeny. The Bertha Belle family is one of the finest in the New Zealand Trotting Stud Book, and, through her sons and daughters, this grand matron’s name should live for generations. Bertha. Belle was one of the priceless Peter the Great mares, a sire who got nearly 700 standard performers, and whose reputation was so great that he changed hands at twenty-one years for £lO,OOO. Bertha Belle was also superbly hied on the dam’s side, going back to the line that was responsible Lor the first two-minute trotter, Lou Dillon, lmin. 58isec.

three seconds, and one third, his only non-placings being in the W.R.C. Wellesley Stakes and in the G.N. Foal Stakes, in the latter being almost hopelessly left in a very bad dispatch. Custos made one fewer appearances for five wins, four seconds, and one third, his single non-placing being in the Irwell Handicap, 4 furlongs, at the New Zealand Cup Meeting at his first start. In stakes Wild Chase earned £1865 and Custos £l4OO. The Auckland rivals-in-chief of Wild Chase and. Custos did much less racing, so their stake-earnings are naturally less. Stretto ran only four times for three wins and one second, and she earned £1075 in stakes. Gallio contested six races for three wins ,two seconds, and one third, his earnings being £lOO5. Neither was ever out of the money, and neither raced after the Auckland Summer Meeting. Stretto’s solitary defeat was at the hands of Gallio in the G.N. Foal Stakes, but she was beaten only a length and u-quarter after being badly left and then making up her ground very fast. Previously Stretto had easily accounted for Gallio in both the Avondale and A.R.C. Welcome Stakes, and after her Foal Stakes defeat she very decisively won the A.R.C. Royal Stakes from Wild Chase.