TO-DAYS RACING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1939, Page 13

TO-DAYS RACING NEWS

Galloping MEETINGS TO COME September 7, 9 —Wanganui, September 9—Greymouth. September 16—Foxton. September' 16—Ashburton. September 16, 18—Avondale. September 21, 23 —Geraldine. September 23 —Marton. September 30 —Otaki-Maorl. September 30 —Kurow. September 30, October 2 —Ohinemuri Retired: Gay Rose (Gay Shield-Autumn Rose) has finished her racing career and was .sent to Rotorua on a visit to Chatsworth. Gay Rose won £4650 in ■stakes. Windsor Chief:

The Gloucester Cup winner, Windsor Chief, is by Captain Bunsby from Crubeen, dam also of Windscreen (by Potoa) and Autosweep (by Captain Bunsby). Cru,been is by Limond from Molleen Oge, who at the Taranaki Hunt Meeting at New Plymouth in 1920 was responsible for a sensational dividend of over three-quarters. of a century.

Two Good Colts: .Beau Vite made the .expected improvement on his first race in Australia and brilliantly won the Canterbury Stakes on Saturday. It was interesting to hear T. R. George in a radio interview on Saturday night in Sydney reply to a question about Beau Vite that he was “useful,” and that there was a good colt in New Zealand called Beaulivre. There is no need to regard his own colt as much, if anything, inferior to Beaulivre, and Beau Vite should make a solid bid for the A.J.C. Derby.

Straightdel: Straightdel did not finish anywhere near the money in his three races at the Grand National meeting, but they at least left him in good racing condition. In the Tally Ho Handicap at Wingatui on Saturday, he was disputing leadership all the way and finally finished gamely to beat Monipere by a narrow margin. Straightdel is a light-framed and. light-fleshed gelding, and has a .much stouter constitution than is suggested by a casual glance at him.

Empire Sun: Empire Sim, who went out in an endeavour to win all the way in the Hunt Cup Steeplechase at Wingatui On Saturday, sports a docked tail, and hence does not fill the eye as a Stud Book horse, as thoroughbreds are not usually seen under silk with a docked tail. Empire Sun ,was got by British Empire—Kilrhine, by Kilrain —Rhine Gold, by Gipsy Grand, and is a half-brother to Leading Boy and King Willow.

Tnraki: , Turaki, who stayed on well to win the Hunters’ Flat, at Wingatui on Saturday, was got by. Balboa from Divinial, by Saxby—Divinia, by Sylvia Park—Mongonui, by Carbine, from Moonja, the dam of Seahorse, the winner of the New Zealand' Cup, New Zealand Derby, and Canterbury Cup of 1899, Seahorse was taken to England and started, in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. He was afterwards sold to an American owner and met with fatal injuries when running in a steeplechase.

Trotting MEETINGS TO COME September 20, 23—Wellington. September 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. Additions: Waikari Jack, the brother to Fine Art, and Club King are recent additions to M. B. Edwards's stable. Allworthy: 1 The converted pacer Allworthy scored an easy win amongst the trotters at New Brighton. It is interesting to note that a moderate pacer can be converted into a successful trotter. Official Trotting Paper: The “Racing and Trotting Digest,” which a year ago was appointed official journal to the New Zealand Trotting Association, has ceased publication. In future the Trotting Conference will issue its own calender under the name of “The New Zealand Trotting Calendar.”

Promising Sprinter: One of the most promising winners in Southland last season was Indianola, who is in work at Gore under J. Walsh. The Wrack mare was not raced a great deal, but she won once and was three times placed in eight starts. Indianola, a half-sister, to Young Frank, looks certain to win her way to good company this season, and should win good sprint events.

Change of Stables: • Subsidy, has settled down well at Addington under E. Carlyon, and he has been, showing all his r old dash in his work. It is expected that he will rejoin W. Doyle’s team at an early date, the temporary change of stables having been given him in the hope that he will learn to settle down away from his usual quarters.

A Two-year-old: J. B. Pringle is handling • a good type of young pacer by Jack Potts from Rose Logan, the dam of Windsor Lass. A two-year-old, he is well grown and displays a good deal of quality. To date he has done little work of a serious nature, but he is already pacing attractively over short distances.

An Evergreen Pacer: The 1939-40 trotting season in Western Australia was opened at Gloucester Park last month, when a feature of the racing was the success in the Nungarin Handicap of the veteran New Zealand-born pacer Tommy Dillon. at a price bordering on the century mark. Tommy Dillon was foaled iri 1924, and as a three-year-old was several times placed, showing ability to handle heavy ground. After a couple of good seasons he was sent to Perth, where in 1930 he won the West Australian Trotting Cup of £l6OO, completing a run of three successive wins for New Zealand horses, the previous winners being Nazimova and Taurekareka. At a later stage he was condemned to be shot on account of a blood infection, but his then owner spared his life and the gelding recovered to win more races. Early last season he was sold for £25 to Mr. R. H. Pollock, who has now won three races with him. Tommy Dillon is by Harold Dillon from a Rothschild mare and did his racing in New Zealand for Mr. R. Grant, for whom he was trained by M. B. Edwards.