TURF

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11013, 28 January 1926, Page 7

TURF

THE SEASON’S FIXTURES. ' Jan. .28—PahiatuaR.C. Annual. Jan. 28—AVairoa County R.C. Jan. 29, 30—Takapuna J.C. Jan. 30—Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club, Feb, 3—Tapanui- R.C. Annual. Feb; 3, 4—Egmont R.C. Feb. - 4, 6—Gisborne R.C. Feb. 0, B—Te Kuiti Racing Club. ; Feb. 11, 13—Taranaki J.C. Feb. 11, 13—Poverty Bay Turf Club. Feb. 13, 15—Rotorua Racing Club. Feb. 17—Clifden R.C. Feb.• 18—Tolaga Bay J.C. Feb. 18, 20—Wanganui J.C Feb. 20—Canterbury J C. Feb. 24, 25—Gore R.C.’ Feb. 24, 25—AVoodville District J.C. February 25—Opotiki J.C. Feb. 25, 27—Marlborough R.C. Feb. 27, March I—Te Aroha J.C. March 3, 4—Dannevirke R.C.

AVAIROA ACCEPTANCES. AVAIROA, Jan. 27. . The AVairoa Racing Club’s acceptances for the second day (to-day) are: High-AVeight Handicap: AVilmoreana 10.7, Garzon 10.4, Tino Maunga 10.1, Purseproud 9.0. Waikaremoana Handicap: Huikai 10.5, Royal Damon 9.0, Merekara 7.11, Carniola, : Shake Hands, Mark Over 7.5, Gurnion, Patua 7.0. Carroll Memorial: Theic 9.0, Malatour 8.10, Blue Jay, Tari 8.6. Hack Handicap Scurry: Killona 0.5, There Kings 8.3, Carpedon 7.11, Miss Esther, Sophia, Cluster 7.9. Paeroa Handicap: AVilmoreana 9.2, Othon 9.1, Garzon 8.13, Princess Nata 8.8, Merekara 7.9, Sarpedon 7.0. Flying Handicap: Civilform 9.3, Huikai 8.12, Tairawhiti 8.3, Blue Jay 8.2 ; Break o’ Day 7.0. Electric Handicap: Royal Damon, 9.0, Tino Maunga 8.10, Princess Nata 8.9, Merekara 7.11, Purseproud 7.8, Carniola, Three Kings 7.5, Gurnion, Sophia, Patua 7.0. President’s Handicap: Haurangi, 9.12; Malatour 9.3, Highway 8.11, Break o’ Day 8.0, Merekara 7.0.

PAHIATUA RACES: PRINTEMP WINS BIG HANDICAP L. B UTTERAVORTH BREAKS LEG. PAHIATUA, Jan. 27. The Pahiatua races were held in splendid weather. There was a large attendance and the course was in excellent order. The totalisator handled £13,273 against £11,661 for the case day of last year. L. Butterworth, rider of Parakai in the Maiden fell from his mount at the corner and -fractured a leg. Maiden.—s Mountain Knight (Butler) 1, 8 Sir Lucullus 2, 1 Regal Star 3. Also ran: Crown Reel, 2 A’eronice, 7 Parakai, 11 Eventide, 6 Knock, A'loc, Touch AVood, 3 Essential, 10 Hats Gif. Won By a long neck, a head between second and third. Time, 1.17. Balia nee High AVeight Handicap-. 3 Alabama (Mackie) 1, 1 Tongatotoa 2, 9 Sarty 3. Also ran : 2 Misgovern, 4 March On, 8 Puketoi, 5 Lady Comet, 6 Our Jack, 7‘Mosthenes. AVon by a length, two lengths between second and third. Time, T. 30.

llnua Hack Handicap.—l Tempean (Bidgway) 1,2 Carrigallen 2, 3 Pantagruel 3. Only starters. A\ T on by four lengths, a length between second and third. Time, 1.15 3-5. Pahiatua Handicap.—s Printemps (A. Brown) 1, 1 Bright Day 2, 3 Opa 3. Also ran : 6 Tall Timber, 7 Son o’ Mine, 2 Modern, 4 Agitato. A splendid race. AVon by half a length, three lengths be+ween second and third. Time, 2.8. Konini Hack Handicap.—l Novar (Morris) 1, 4 Panart 2,2 Bright Knight 3. Also started: 5 Stronghold, 3 Idanoe. A good race. AVon by half-a-length, and a good length between second and third. Time, i. 28 4-5. . Makuri Hack.—2 Bonideer (Mackie) 1, 3 Daddy Ideal 2, 5 Cherry Pie 3. Also ran:' The Bolter, 6 Morning Gift, 4 Peggy Ford. AVon by two lengths, three-quarters of a length between second and third. Time, 1.1 4-5. , , President’s Handicap.—l Standard (B. H. Morris) 1, 3 AVestbroke 2, 4 Treadwell 3. Also ran: 5 Barkie, 2 Blonde, 7 Prince Hal, 6 King Cheops. Won by half a length. Time, 1.5. Eketahuna AVelter.—2 Raliapepato (Tinker) and 4 Tawehi (Morris) a dead heat l,'lO Last Thought 3. Also ran: 1 Newbury King, 3 Redhead, 6 Inoe, ’ Kyla, 9 Sartomo, 8 Festival, 7 Merry Wanderer. Third horse a length away. Time, 1.29 2—5.

ACCEPTANCES—SECOND DAY. The following are the acceptances for the second day : Trial Plate (all 8.0). —Crown Reel. Paraki, Essential, Merry AVanderer, Sir Lucullus, Touchwood, Carrigallen, Regal Star, Pongaroa. Hio-h AVeight Handicap.—Tongatoa toa 11-0, Agitato 10.13, Alabama 10.11, Treadwell 10.1, Misgovern 9.10, Sarty 9.6, March On 9.6, Red Head, Our Jack, Mosthenes, all 9.0. Tiraumea Hack Handicap.—Tcmnean, Bonideer 9.3, The Bolter 8.23, Ladv Ideal 8.4, Cherry Pie 7.10, Teggy Ford, Kyla, Hakiwai, all 7.0. Mangahao Handicap.—Printemps 8.3, Modern 7.11, Opa 7.7, Son o. Mine 7.5, Mountain Top 7.0. Tnrarua Hack Handicap.—La ay Ideal 9.0, Morning Gift 7.7, Carrigallen 7,5, Veronia 7.2, Knockaloe ‘ Tans Hack Handicap.— Bright Knight 8.13, Desert Knight lA, Strongholt 7.1, Idanoe Ran art t .0. Electric Handicap.—AVestbroke 8.2, Barkie 7.11, Hyde Park Blonde 7.9, Prince Hal 7.7, Treadwell, King Cheops 7.0. i • o Farewell Handicap.—Tawelu 8.18, Sarty 5.9, Desert Knight, Our Jack 7 13, Last Thought 7.12, Kyla 7.9, Merry AVanderer 7.7. P.A-

TOPICS OF THE TURF. (By Cynic.) A fair amount of work was done on Tuesday morning. Gazinta (O. Parkinson) was the first to gallop, her portion being thiee furlongs on the plough, which she 1 ran in 38. _ , . .■• . Nightsong (C. Parkinson) also went three- furlongs on the plough in 37 2-5. Princess Ronnie (Atkins) who was making her first appearance, ran four furlongs on the course proper m 51. The maro looks as well as ever. Kings Up .(Rangi) ran three furlongs on the plough in 38. The grey gelding is big and well and is how iii the best of order. J'eanette (Rangi) and Coppernob (P. Mcliroy) ran five furlongs on the course proper in 1. 4-5, both doing it comfortably. llapiata (Butterworth junior) and Superb King were both sprinted three furlongs on the plough separately. They were not on a time making mission. Manutai (C. Parkinson) ran four furlongs on tlie plough well, in 51. Automne (Nixon), and Chaplin (P. Mcliroy) ran a mile together in 1.45, the. first two furlongs . in 20, .three furlongs in 39, four furlongs in. 52, and five furlongs in 1.5, then* riders leaving shortly after to fulfil riding engagements at AVairoa. ' -Red Autumn (P. Mcliroy) and Ngawati (Nixon), ran five furlongs in 1.3. . ■ v 'v" :. , Sunlikov (A. Adams)/ ran six furlongs in, 1.211-5. ...... Scottish King (Rangi), again beat Budgercgah over five furlongs on the . plough in 1.7, which is not bnl- . U{ surprised Ijy" running, five furlongs on the corn so gave t*rtaroa arid Bingen ' -King »onfe useful ttolrk. <•:

Ri. Fisken’s team was also present and did some good work. Scotch Mixture, Mahia, Pita, F lying Phantom, Beechworth, Cohesion, AVaioeka Jack, Mangatoetoe, W elcome Sound, Autonus,. Our _Day end Heavenly Dreamt "filly all did mixed tasks on the plough. Prince Randall (Fanning) ran four furlongs on the course proper in 52. YaTicare, winner of the Carrington Stakes at the Randwick Xmas meeting, was purchased as a yearling for 1700 guineas and was given her first run at AVarwick Farm last spring. The filly won her race comfortably. She was next started in a<flying handicap at Randwick “and she won so easily that she was sorted 'out as a good thing for the Carrington Stakes As her name indicates, sho is by A7alais (imp.) Father’s Voice was given a race m the Carrington Stakes and as it was the colt’s first race since being spelled, it was not surprising to find hnn in the “also ran” division. Valicare, Valais Queen and Valiara were the first three to finish in the Carrington Stakes in a field of 21 good ones. All are by A 7 alais (imp.) The second leg of the double, the Summer Cup, was won by Dainty Davie with E. J. Watt’s Player sec ond. A 7 alicare and Dainty Davie were backed down to a very short price and both won their respective races very easily. ' ~ , A photo in the “Weekly Press or the 7th insfc., gives a good illustration of the way Grand Knight wins Ins races. The imported horse is shown beating Shirley by a long head in the Fitzherbert Handicap. Ho won again the same way at Palmerston. At Marton it was just the same, and he did it again the last day at Trentliam. The handicapper at AVelhngton was evidently impressed by Kilbronsytli s wins in the Apprentice Plate and the Duoro Cup, as he asked the big gelding to carry 8.13 in the Summer Handicap, the last day. Pelham, a winner of a Duoro Cup and Open Flying, received over a stone from Kilbronsyth, .19 pounds to he correct. -Miss Vera (All Black—Jena) 8-11 just beat Brushwood Boy in the Puriri Hack Handicap at the Thames Meeting the first day. The second day, over the same distance, they reversed positions. Brushwood Boy, (7.10) who is a full brother to Eerie, was ridden in this event by.E. Keesing, who is in great form just now. Miss A 7 era carried 9-6. Le Choucas paid a great price when he won the President’s Handicap at the Thames meeting. Le Choucas carried 7i)lbs overweight to secure AV. Bagby’s services. C. G. Mclndoe owns the three-year Magpie-Kiki gelding. E. Roseworne, the Trentham apprentice, was doing some of MV Fraser Smith’s riding at the Thames, llosewarne was formerly with AV. J. Donovan and was transferred to Sid Reid.

The aeroplane has not robbed the cavalry of its value, but- has increased it. The cavalry can' go anywhere. This is the emphatic opinion of Lord Allenby. Cavalry, he said, would bo used in future warfare more than ever. “My kingdom for a horse” will yet be heard again in the land and horse lovers can still hope to see that there are signs of horses being always with us. Mention has been made of the interesting fact that the investment of £1 on every horse that contested in the seven races which composed the programme on the concluding day of the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting would have ' returned the handsome profit of £53, writes “Phaeton.” The further interesting fact is now stated that at least one of the visitors followed the course of backing all the horses in each race, and further, that he did not deviate from the path leading to the same, window in procuring his tickets throughout the day.

A great deal of discussion has taken place in Auckland over the Mosaic ease, and in certain quarters the rules of racing have been condemned, some going so far as to say that they should be rewritten. On the -’abject of allowances the rules of racing are quite clear, and the fault in the Mosaic case was with the connections of the horse and the cleik of the scales. Any criticism levelled at this allowance begins at the wrong end of the handicap. The 8.5 hunt does not appear to be equitable for what valid reason can be adauced lor granting an already lightly weighted horse an allowance, while the top weights must carry the poundage allotted bv the handicapper or the conditions of the race? It would be more practical from a racing point of view to give the allowance to the top weights.—Dominion. Aucklanders claim that- tlie sum or £8448 invested on the two-year-old Commendation in the Great Northern Foal Stakes on Boxing Day must be a Dominion record , for a single horse. AVith the money that changes hands over the summer meeting of the Auckalnd Racing Club each year one would expect Ellerslie to hold such records. Over £SOOO was invested on Count Cavour in the Auckland Cun while Commendation was again entrusted with over £SOOO in the Roval Stakes. The record for aAA elmeeting is held by Gloaming in the Kelburn Plate at the summer meeting in 1921 on the memorable occasion on which lie defeated Ra Si by a head in the record time of 45sec for four furlongs. lhe sum invested on bis chance on that oc-ca- : sion was £5223.

PONY IN DINING-ROOM. FED BY JOCKEY GUESTS. A dinner was held at the Piccadilly Hotel AV., at which the most pampered’guest .was a small Shetland P The dinner was given to Mr Frank Bullock, the jockey, as a farewell before his departure for Australia. The pony, which was fully harnessed, was ridden into the dining-room by a waiter, who, like all the other waiters, was dressed as a jockey. Ararjn<r the meal the pony was taken round to the diners, who led him with tit-bits. in one part of tlie dining-room was a representation of the straight on a racecourse —a long strip of baize lined on either side by vhi e posts—and when the waiters ■ entered with a new course they lined up; behind the “tapes,” which were lilted on the ringing of a bell, to allow them to serve. , , , ~ There were also a “number board, with the names of many jockeys, and a bookmaker’s blackboard, on which Lhe pony, nicknamed ‘ Tislvy, figured at the odds of 10-1. All the. dishes were given names associated with the Turf.