RACING AND TROTTING

Grey River Argus, 21 June 1927, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING

AUCKLAND T.C. ACCEPTANCES. (Per Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, June 20. Auckland Trotting acceptances fo the final day (Wednesday) are:— Manukau Handicap, 14 miles, 3.3( class.—Lottie Advance, Daytime, Bin gen King, Dillon 11 non, Red Star, De lavan Bill, Reremai, Concertina, I"ramic. Lola Reklaw. Master Huia, Harris Speed King, Kingsclere, scr., Graftal Thorpe 12, Amaris, Admiral Lock 12 Loch Moigh, Mars, Van Rich, Buz Bn? Uncle Bert 24. Royal Handicap. 2 miles, 4.50 class— Direct Action, Chcssey, Roez, Peter Boj Roma Bingen, Colonel Thorpe, Don Zo lock scr.. Great Change, Kempton 24 Appeal, Miss Leda. 36, Sean Tribhais Anseline 48. Tiger Salve, Golden Gate Kolmar 60, Bingen Starr 72, Nourmaha 84, Tamerlane 96. Prince of Wales Handicap, 2 miles 4.33 class. —Napland set.. Harold Thoi*pWestern King, Billy Sea, 12 ,Holly Box Nelson Fame, Machine Gun, Jewel Pointer, Terence Dillon, Peterwah 24 Countryman 36, Cardinal Logan. Peter Bingen 60, Imprint 72. Adams Memorial, 2 miles, 4.39 class — Great Earl, Speed K,ing, Uncle Bert, Buz Buz, Luvan scr.. Rey Logan, Direct Morning, Direct Wood, Rockburn 12, Marshal Neil, Florent, Respect. Gold Jacket, The Shrew 24, Lord Nepean Rock Hinton, Nantwich 36, Wallroon 48, Glandore, Gohl man 60. Members Handicap, 2 miles 4.42 class ’ —lngle Bingen, Sister Beatrice, Wimmera King. Sebisca scr., Frisco Beau. The Tartar 12, Peter McKinney 24, Trampfast 36, Elzear 60, Betty Moko Liverpool Handicap, 1:} miles, 2..>4 class. —Cora Tacks, Lottie Advance, Richore, Our Patch. Beatty, Tui Zoloch, Roamer, Reremai, Master Cut -. Lola Reklaw. Master Huia, Marionette, Queen Audubon scr., Amaris. Rua Per? Grattan Thorpe, Admiral Lock 12, Mais 24, Henry Logan, Van Rich, Mulwaree 24,’ Woodvale, Direct Morning, Master Councillor. Respect 36, Rock Hinton 60 Au Revoir Handicap, If miles, 2.48 class. —Nelson Tasker, Goldman, Lord Nepean, Wallroon, scr., Anselm, Holly Boy, Machine Gun. Jewel Pointer, Terence Dillon, All Bell, Lady Dunmore 12, Bell Harold 24, Imprint, Cardinal Lo gan 36, Peter Bingen, Nelson Fame 48. CLASHHING OF DATES. A.R.C. AND C.J.C. AUCKLAND. Juno 20. A special meeting of the Auckland Racing Club Committee was held today, when further consideration was given to a suggestion from the Canterbury Jockey Club regarding the clashing of the* Spring Meeting dates of the two Clubs. It was decided that, provided October 8 and 10 are available for the Auckland Racing Club, that these dates be applied for to the Dates Committee of the conference, the Club reserving the right to apply for November dates if the change now suggested proves to be unsatisfactory, and that the Auckland Racing Club’s November dates be allotted to the Whangarei Racing Club. GENERAL NOTES. The following is the record of the crack Australian two-year-old, Royal Feast (King Off a— Bun Feast).—Second V.R.C. Maribyrnong Trial Stakes £200; First ’Maribyrnong Plate £2,051; Second (dead heat) V.A.T.C. Federal Stakes, £74; First V.R.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes £2,858; First V.R.C. Ascotvale Stakes, £1.800; First A.J.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes, £5,484; Second A.J.C. Champagne Stakes, £600; Total £13,119. R. J. Mason wil start on his next trip to Sydney at the end of this month, joining the Ulimaroa, which is due to leave Wellington on Friday, July 1. Agrion and Phillipic, two candidates for the Australian Jockey Club’s Derby arc definitely booked for the trip, while the team may also include the rising two-year-old Goblin Market, an AbsurdCherry Mart gelding, for whom the Breeders’ Plate will be the special attraction.

F. D. Jones is keeping his team in . strong pace work. He has Arikiwai, j Philanderer and Ortego engaged at the Ashburton County meeting on July 2 ( and it is probable he will nominate ( them for Trentham. Their form at those ( two meetings will decide the question of their inclusion in the team for Sydney, whither Jones journeys at the end of next month. Rapier has made his re-appearance at Riccarton, being back in his old quarters in H. Nurse’s stable. He has been on the easy list for a few weeks, following a kick, but he appears to be quite sound again. He will soon be in active work with a view to spring engagements. Magna Charta was on the track this morning and got through useful pace work. He is a big Tellow with a good style of galloping and, as he is very forward, should be ready to show’ up in a race very soon. Probably he will be seen in action at the Grand National meeting. Some of his form has been very attractive, his wins including the Queen’s Plate at Auckland, and a mile race in which he beat a useful field. Later he won the M oodvillo Cup, while he followed that up by setting the pace for a mile and a quarter in the New Zealand St. Leger, in which Commendation registered a record. One of the young English mares recently imported by Mr. Vivian Riddiford'and now’ out at Trentham, is Graciosa (Gay Crusader —Mistrella) (says the Dominion). At the recent Epsom meeting in England the Oaks was won by Beam (Galloper Light—Mistrella) thus half-sister to Graciosa, whase value as a result is greatly enhanced. Prior to leaving England, Graciosa was served to New Zealand time by Trespasser /and is

safely in foal. J. A. Beale has commenced his career as a trainer and is sending Gold Mint along in useful tasks. Eonmark, who has been more or less unsound for some time is having a compulsory holiday. R. Reed, who left for Sydney last week, may elect to remain in Australia. Mr. Frank Ormond has selected the name of Tragic for the rising two-year-old full-sister to Gurnion (King Mark Birkelot). As Birkelot was sired by Birkenhead (Orme— Tragedy) the appellation is in a manner- appropriate. Items of interest published in Australian papers in regard to the Derby are as follow: Mr. Frank Curzon, the pwner of Call Boy, has been ill for

some time, and though still indisposed, watched the race throughout. He was overcome with excitement all the time. After the race he went to the course, pale and trembling, to lead in the winner. As he did so he said, emotionally, “It’s too good to be true.” Friends, supporting hip), assisted him to return. Mr. Curzon was given-a chair in the stewards’ room to enable him to recover before going to receive the King’s felicitations. . . The filly Stampede, who was purchased by the Dowager Marchioness of Queensbury four days before the race, started at a four-figure quotation, which is a record long price for a Derby candidate. She toiled along behind the rest of the field and finished a quarter c; a mile last. The Marchioness, who had not seen the filly before the race, said afterwards, “I never want to see the animal again.” The day provided the most severe test the betting tax officials have had since the new Act. camp into force. They daily received a record payment of tax. Some of the matter being published relating to Memsahib case and written by individuals with no knowledge of the facts, is grotesque in its inaccuracy It is said that “a little knowledge is a

dangerous thing.” (s'ays “Vedette”). In this particular instance it is a case of no knowledge at all. One writer naively confesses that he knows nothing about either the Royal Despatch case or that of Memsahib, but the two cases arc similar. When nothing is known about two cases naturally they appear alike, while the general result of comparing them can be nothing. In reading through some incidents con nected with the Epsom Derby, the following was unearthed:—The Derby of 1844 was won by Running Rein, a horse that, after a sensational inquiry was proved to be a “rung in” four-year-old the race being awarded to Orlando. This, however, was not by any means the only scandal associated with that memorable Derby. W. R. Crockford’s colt Ratan, one of the finest horses even seen on the Turf, and owned by an individual bearing the name of “King of Gamblers” was “made safe” the evening before the race by some poisonous “dope”, which effectually put him hors de combat. This distantly crime broke the heart of Crockford, who had backed the eolt to win an enormous stake, and ‘c is believed the shock hastened his death. Moreover, there was another four year-old in that. Derby, Leander, whose fetlock was broken by a kick from Running Rein just at the start. I.candor was shot and buried, but a party of men who suspected this was another fraud, dug up the body at dead of night, only to find that the head, where only the incriminating evidence could have been discovered was gone. Yet, those old tim ers certainly were a pretty warm lot. So far as the jumping season has gone Maunga stands out as the horse with the greatest possibilities. He ran particularly well in the Great Norther/) Hurdles and as usual was finishing bet ter than anything else in the race. In the big steeplechase he was unlucky enough to strike an experienced horse on the Ellerslie hill, for it was there each, time that Beau Cavalier won his race The way he sailed down the lull was something of a revelation, and another southerner in addition to Maunga in Comical whs not by any means at home on the down grade particularly. Maunga if he goes.on the right way. is a decided possibility for the big jumping events ahead. He has had no experience over the big fences at Riccarton, but he is such a good jumper and solid stayer that a Grand National at his first attempt is not beyond him. It must, be said that A. Griffith for an unexperienced rider over fences did not shape at all badly at Ellerslie.

Some rather remarkable things are being written about Comical by people who saw little or nothing of him last year and nothing at all this year. Because he won the Grand National Hurdle Race at Riccarton some people seem to hold the idea that Comical was a proficient jumper over the smaller obstacles, while quite the contrary was the case. As a matter of fact his was not by any means a finished display in the big race at Riccarton, and at Trentham a few weeks before he had jumped very badly. This year he has raced at Wananui and at Ellerslie, steeplechase courses which are within the compass of any proved hurdler. In point of fact Comical as a jumper is taking a good deal of making, and this season having had so many falls his confidence is being shaken. He lightened up a good deal with his racing at Ellerslie and was a very distressed horse when pulled up in the Great Northern Steeplechase a long way from home. Providing all goes well with Comical and he meets with no serious mishap he should make good as a steeplechaser, but one cannot help hoping that this year at least he is taken to Riccarton.

Among the remits set down for discus sion by the delegates to the New Zealand Racing Conference next month is one from the Canterbury Jockey Club as follows: “That except on an occasion of a national holiday, it is undesirable that Metropolitan meetings, which include classic races, should occur simultaneously. and the Dates Committee is therefore requested to exercise its | powers in preventing such clashing of dates of MetiM>politan meetings.” The main object of this proposal, as is well known, is to prevent? the clashing of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting with that of the Canterbury Jockey Club, at which the New Zealand Cup, the New Zealand Derby and Oaks and the Welcome Stakes are attractive features. There is a strong feeling in many quarters that the present clash is against the best interests of the sport and the proposal of the Canterbury Jockey Club is certain to meet with strong support. Whether it will be carried is a matter on which no definite opinion can be offered at present, but there is reason to think that an amicable arrangement js possible to obviate the elash. In this connection it is interesting to note that the nominations for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Welcome Stakes of this year and for the Derby of next year include five Auckland yearlings —one each owned by Mr F. Earl, .Messrs J. C. and P. S. Gleeson and Mr. C. G. Macindoe, and two owned by J. T. Jamieson, who trains the lot. It is practically certain that none of these horses would visit Riccarton in November if the Auckland Racing Club’s fixture was in progress at' the same time and as Mr. F. Earl is a prominent offi cial of the Auckland Club, the nomina tion of this batch of youngsters from ■Jamieson’s stable seems significant.