TO-DAY’S RACING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 August 1939, Page 11

TO-DAY’S RACING NEWS

Galloping

MEETINGS TO COME

August 31 —Egmont-Wanganui. September 2—Taranaki Hunt. September 2 —Otago Hunt. September 7, 9 —Wanganui. September 9—Greymouth. September 16 —Eoxton. September 16—Ashburton. September 16, 18—Avondale. September 21, 23—Geraldine. September 23 —Marton. September 30—Otaki-Maori, September 30—Kurow. September 30, October 2—Oliineniuvi Ajax: A Melbourne report says Ajax is jumping out of his skin, and is training on excellently. Miltiades: The Iliad colt Miltiades, who has been nominated for the Otago Hunt Club's meeting, is now on his way biick to Now Zealand. Miltiades raced last season as a two-year-old at the Sydney meetings, and recently won over five furlongs and a-half. Miltiades was bred and' is still owned by Mr R. C. B. Greenslade. The Buzzard: During the last few days a New Zealand bloodstock agency, acting on behalf of an American breeder, has been endeavouring to purchase the Queensland sire, The Buzzard (imp.). The horse’s owner, Mr J. McDougall, of the Lyndhurst Stud, was asked to put a price on his horse, but he cabled that The Buzzard was not for sale at any price. In the 1938-39 season horses sired by The Buzzard won stakes totalling £30,000, placing him second to Heroic in the Australian winning sires’ list. An Outstanding* Gallop: An outstanding gallop at Randwick yesterday was provided by Defaulter and High Caste, who covered five furlongs on the outside grass track in 1.3. Defaulter at the finish was going slightly better than his rival. Both are expected' to be in excellent trim for their first engagements at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Royal Chief came through a six furlongs gallop in 1.17 satisfactorily.

Pearl of Asia and Beauvite. ran five furlongs in 1.4 i. Beaurepaire and Moorsotis did five furlongs in 1.5.

Silver Ring’ hi News: The racehorse Silver Ring, winner of the Epsom Handicap in 19.34, was recently mentioned in the Sydney Small Debts Court, when Miss Sylvia. Berger, 21, of Cowper Street, Waverley, sued Noel Christensen, of Kensington, for £lB. Miss Berger said that she met Christensen early this year and they kept company. She mentioned to him that when she turned 21 in April she would come into £3OO. After* she received the money, Christensen asked her for a loan of £IS to pay his license at the A.J.C. She said that Christensen had insisted' upon her accepting a document which entitled her to a third share of winnings by Silver Ring. A week later Chris'tensen began to avoid her and refused to return the £lB. Christensen, in evidence, admitted haying received the money from Miss Berger but denied that he had borrowed it. He had spent the money on getting the horse right. “I lost a lot of money,” he said, “and 1 the horse broke down after his tiiird start. The stewards refused to accept his nomination, and' now he is a hack.” A verdict was returned to Miss Berger for the full amount.

RICCARTON NOTES. [special to “star.”] CHRISTCHURCH, August 22. The Riccarton tracks have been kept busy during the past week, without there being any fast work. At present there are more horses, of all classes and ages, in work at Riccarton than for many years past at this time of the year. There are not as many youngsters as usual, but there seem to be a large number of untried younghorses of various ages. Some may claim good breeding, but on present looks their prospects of ever reaching good class would seem fairly remote. This is the stage of the season when horses put aside for the Winter are brought in, and anything with claims to be called a thoroughbred appears to find a temporary home at headquarters. In consequence fully 25 per cent, of the horses in work can be labelled as never likely to carry colours, md if some of them do reach that honour, they will not make history. Silver Sight, after many reported retirements, has at last been put out of training for good, and is to do duty in future as a station hack. Comus is the latest to be given a course of schooling, and lie shaped luite well in company with the more experienced Emmeline Girl to-day. He las been taken over by his owner, Mr. \I. O’Brien, owing to his lease having expired, and it is the intention to train lim on a light preparation, and schoolng is to form part of this idea. Jt is m record that all of Excitement’s stock in Australia have only done well m little galloping. Sunnyland has rejoined F. Christmas’s stable. He was turned out in he Ashburton district for some months, and although still bearing a loubtful-looking leg, in which he broke [own some two years ago, he is expectsd to stand up to another preparation. Before being sent back to Riccarton he ook part in a point-to-point, and ran bird on a very light preparation, hinnyland was one of the most dashng hurdlers seen at Riccarton when ie was in commission before, and zould have reached top-class but for tis trouble. r. W. King has decided to settle "ain at Riccarton, and has secured a ease of Lady Don from his former Jamaru patron, Mr. G. R. Hunter, of )amaru. Lady Don can boast of a urn of speed, and raced prominently or a while in her recent races at Ricarton.e

C. Emerson is pleased with the proress made by the Bean Pere colt fenevolent, who bids fair to earn disinction as a three-year-old. lie has lenty of size., and it was to give him chance to grow fully that he was not erionsly tried us a. two-year-old. He . one of the few Beau Pere’s stock not > have won a race in his first season, ut the policy of not hurrying with im appears likely to bear satisfactory jisults. It is some time since Dr. M. . Louisson owned a good horse, and it ould be only a continuation of his id fortune if he had selected the only eau Pere failure out of the yearling ing, but all.will wish that Benevolent, ill upset this suggestion. lie will

give some indication of what is to follow by his first race of the new term at Ashburton next month. Willie Win is a daily track attendant, lint, is always well bandaged. He has suffered from tendon trouble for some time, and although he is mentioned as one booked to undergo another New Zealand Cup preparation, his case is doubtful. The real test will come when ho is called upon to gallop on the 1 racks.

1 Mr. W. S. Mitchell, who, when he reI sided in Christchurch some years back, was interested in trotters, has entered the ranks of owners of gallopers by purchasing a half share in Pol Roger from M. Conza, who will continue to train her. She will race in the mime of Mr. Mitchell, who lias taken over Conza’s colours, red and black hoops, and emerald green cap. Pol Roger is to be tried as a hurdler, and in her schooling to date has shaped well. The Limosin gelding, purchased by Mr. D. Withers at the Trentham sale last month, has been put into work. He is'on the big side, and will take a good while to get into racing trim. Limosin is by Limond, and in addition to winning some good races in Australia, has sired several good winners there. Rhodoclia, dam of the gelding, which has not been named, is an own sister to Paper Money. Capo Gabo is another recruit over the battens. He Iras been a failure on the fiat, for some time past, and if he does not show any promise as a jumper, he will not be further persevered with. On his showing in the schooling ring to-day, he certainly did not give much encouragement.

PAKUFIANGA HUNT. CHIEF PERFORMERS. [special to “star.”] AUCKLAND, August 22. For nearly a quarter of a century tho Pakuranga Hunt Cup has had a foremost place in events of that category, and in its record of winners are the names of Beau Cavalier and Valpeen. The winning weight record is held by No Surrender, who, a'h a six-year-old, carried 11.11 to victory in 1919, his next three races also resulting in victory. It. was widely anticipated that Bridegroom would be this year’s winner but he had lightened up since his hard race with Slayer at Riccarton, and the subsequent travelling in Wintry weather evidently had had its effect. He took his fences well enough, but he lacked the dash that had characterised all his previous efforts and a let-up is indicated. The only double winner of the Cup, En Tour, who: scored in 1936 and in 1938, was second choice, with less than one-third of the amount entrusted Bridegroom win machine. He had not won since November (a hurdle race) but was preferred to Biform and St. Musk, both with recent winning form.

When he led over the last fence, St. Musk, who was runner-up last year, looked to have the measure of Biforrn, the only one near enough to offer serious danger, but in the last halffurlong lie was going up and down in the same place, and was simply unable to respond when Biform, who had run over to the outside fence, raced up to him under hard riding by ■F. E. Baker.

London, Wykemist and Mahala, who were all unplaced, are to race again at New Plymouth and the best of the trio at the shorter distance may be Wykemist, who followed St. Musk up the hill the second time, but tired in the last three furlongs. Flat Performers Noted:

Among the flat performers who attracted attention were the winners, Our Jean, Valmint, The Cardinal and Bronwen; and Games, Vai Lu, Hunto, The Dozer, Te- Monowai and Young Paddon among the others. Had Our Jean been beaten, there would have been a valid excuse for her, for she lost six or seven places when squeezed back in the first furlong. She overcame the check, although she covered extra ground and won hands down at the end. That was the performance of a good filly. It was her third success. She has won £455, and another win will put her out of hacks.

Valmint, who has run second’in the Cornwall Handicap in three successive years, had his only win of last season in the York Handicap. As he has always raced best at Ellerslie, he was expected to reproduce that form in the Jellicoe Handicap, after his latest track work had given him a first-class certificate, and he should have more luck this year than last.He won well and while the tracks remain easy he will always have a chance of adding to his score.

The Cardinal began racing last term as a three-year-old. He did not win but gained five places, always finishing strongly. He was last to leave in the Auckland Handicap, and came late with his run, but it was an overpowering one. It would be to point out that the field he beat was not a good lot of hacks, but the manner in which lie won indicated that better horses would have met the same fate. By Night Raid from Palestrina. The Cardinal is staying-bred all through. Palestrina wen the N.Z. Oaks and other good races and her dam, Judith, also got Wink and Judas, and is of the family that has produced Wotan, Peter Jackson, Gaine Carrington, Nones, Thrax, Menelaus, Lovematch, Motere, Dominant, Haka and others of first-rate staying ability. The Cardinal cost Mr. J. Corbett IGOgns. as a yearling in 1937, but ten times his cost price would not buy him now. Bronwen is another to come io the front almost at a bound. She won the Admiralty Handicap, her first essay in open class, nicely and it was only her fourth success, lint as she lias won £740 now. she will continue to race in open company. She began racing only last November and has appeared 16 times. She is by Cambria Park, son of Kilbroney. from Recipio, by Lucullns. Rccipio is half-sister to Llaribcris, the dam of that good mare. Llangollen. Lamos, third in his division of the Sylvia Park Handicap, had performances matching those of Our Jean, but he appeared from Papakura looking rather robust, and the race is sure to improve him. He is by Mnsketoon from Croydon Lass, by Tidal from Queen March. Gamos is closely related to King March, Gay Marigold, Limarch. Neptune, and Birthday Boy. The last-named ran fourth in the Admiralty Handicap, which on the

face of its being his first, race since December, is promising, but. lie has not. lived up to his early speed trials.

Vai Lu should be noted for an immediate return to the winning list. In spite of a. slow beginning he battled on strongly under Ills impost, of 9.7, and he was narrowly beaten into fourth place in the first division of' the Sylvia. Park Handicap.

Hunto, fourth in the other division, was also shaping best. at. the right end, amt lie has made good progress in the past few weeks.

Obscurely Bred: Of obscure breeding, the Dozer nevertheless had shown good trials to 11. E. Gray at. Takanini, and his order of favouritism, 5/10, indicates the preference his parly had for his winning chance. As it was, he ran a good third, and made a handsome return from that pool. His pedigree is by Valette from Kukuriki. who is not. in the Stud Hook. Tlie Dozer is a four-year-old, owned by Mr. J. J. Drozowski, and this was his first race. Finishing fore and aft of The Dozer in the minor ' places were Right Royal and Valdene, and the latter should be susceptible to rapid improvement. Valdene won three races last season, and her effort in the Dynes Fulton Handicap at Pukekohe in March was striking.

What Te Monowai lacks in inches she more than compensates with her great courage. She had to be ridden to get a. position early and she was still full of running at the end. Te Monowai lias not/ been lucky and a winning stake would be well deserved. Young Paddon had every chance in the Admiralty Handicap, but he was not. disgraced. While’ tlie tracks remain as at present, he will always be a. danger to the other sprinters. The Jellicoe Handicap was one of the few-races in which Jayola has not shared in the prize money, but he is not a good actor in heavy ground and his chances were discounted because of that fact. He will be on hand at Avondale, probably, and the going then should be more in his favour. Another who may improve on Ellerslie form at Avondale is Marie’s Acre, who did not finish lit all well in the big mile. He is capable of better things and as he is a gross animal, the race will be to his benefit.

Trotting

MEETINGS TO COME

August 26—Auckland. September 2 —New Brighton. September 20, 23 —Wellington. Seputember 30 —Methven. October 7—New Brighton. October 12, 14— Manawatu T.C. October 21, 23 —Greymouth. October 21, 23, or 25—Auckland. October 23—Oamaru. October 25, 28 —Wellington. October 28—Invercargill. Nov. 7,9, 10—N.Z. Metropolitan. Nov. 23, 25—Forbury Park. (Dates to be approved by the New Zealand Trotting Conference.)

King’s Warrior: Additions to J. Pringle’s stable at Addington aire King’s Warrior and Devotion. King’s Warrior did not display his best at the recent Addington meeting, but he is a great pacer, and Pringle will have a chance with him to reach the big prizes. Auckland Trots:

Starting times for the Auckland trots are:—ll.3o, Introductory Handicap; 12.10, Mount Eden Handicap (first division); 12,50, Mount Eden Handicap (second division); 1.30, August Handicap; 2.15, Grey Lynn Handicap; 2.55, Royal Oak Handicap; 3.35, Hauraki Handicap; 4.20, Massey Memorial Handicap. Brackets are; Mount Eden Handicap (second division), Wishful and Young Parry; August Handicap, • Bayard and Kewpio’s Triumph; drey Lynn Handicap, Grand Dame and Kewpie's Queen; Massey Memorial Handicap. Musketeer, Great Chumm and Eighteen Carat; also Shrewdie, Three-Bells and Loyal Direct. The divisions of the Mount Eden Handicap will be separate races on the totalisator.