SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 14 June 1926, Page 5

SPORTING.

ASHBURTON TRtOTS. (B? TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ASHBURTON, June 12. The Ashburton Trotting Club held its meeting to-day. Results: TRIAL 11 AN DICAR (Harness), of 150 sovs. One and a half miles. 1 Daytime 1 8 Exclusive 2 15 Our Bird 3 Scratched: Denver’s Doll, Drake, Pluto, Great Wilkes. Won by three lengths, half a length between second and third. Time, 3.32 4.-5. LONGBEACH HANDICAP (Harness), 170 sovs. One mile and a half. 1 Trampfast 1 6 Young Tom 2 3 Peter Felix 3 Scratched: Chairman and Kempton. Won by four lengths, eight lengths between second and third. Time, 3.404-5. ASHBURTON COUNTY HANDICAP (Harness), 380 sovs. Two miles. 1 Sea Pearl 1 4 Downcast 2 2 Event 3 Scratched: Ratana. Won by a neck, a head between second and third. Time, 4.34 2-5. SAPLING STAKES (Harness), 750 sovs. One and a half miles. 3 R ichor© 1 2 liaydock 2 1 Acre Y All started. Won by a neck, a head between second and third. Time, 3.31. ACTON HANDICAP (Harness), 150 sovs. One mile and a half. 6 Honour Bright 1 23 Newcourt * £ 9 Direct 'Wood 3 Scratched: Winter Audubon. Won by three lengths, half a length between second and third. Time, 3.30. STEW"ARDS’ HANDICAP (Harness), of 185 sovs. Two miles. 12 Lady Fan } Scratched: Tim Wood. Won by two lengths, four lengths between second and third. Time, 4.51. WINTER- HANDICAP (Harness), of 175 sovs. One mile and a quarter. 3 Event * 4 Peter Bingen Scratched: Harold Burwood, Brutus. Won by two lengths, three lengths be tween .second and third. lime, 2.49 3-5. LAURISTON HANDICAP (Saddle), ol 150 sovs. One mile. 2 Why W r orry * 15 Macanda :s> " o 9 Mahon’s Day Scratched: Direct Wood and Sea Pearl. Won by two lengths, thieo lengths between second and Him . Tj The fotallsator handled L 15,920.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By “Limit.”) The only trotting meeting set down for this month after to-day is Auckland, on the I9th nnd 23rd inst. Air J. E. Corrigan has sold his promising El Carbine-Aranui two-year-old colt to a Dunedin sportsman, Mr J. r. McKendry, and it is understood that he is going into the hands oi A. Pn B o to be prepared for the Dunedin Trotting Stakes. El Carbine, who stood last season here under the care of J. E. Smith, was shipped to the South Island last week. He is the sire of First Carbine, a New Zealand Cup horse.

Mr E. Bennett, the owner of Rostrevor. has now a lease oi Marble Hall, who is going into P. Green’s stable to be trained for the coming spring meetings. C. Le Campion is now trying .Bright Light as a straight-out trotter, ana he seems to go very well. , Uramie in the mile and a halt at Hastings was considered unlucky, as he was boxed in for three-parts of the journey and had to go 3.32 2-5 to gain third money.

The big race at Hastings was a veryfine contest. Peterwah looked like the winner coming up the straight, but put in a bad break and had to give way to Marshal Neil. Only for that, Peterwah would have been the winner.

Once again Mr W. T. Lowe brought up from the South Island another dual winner in Trampfast. He won both his races in good style, which suggests there are a lot more to come his way.

Trampfast is by Logan Pointer from a Galendo mare. Marv Audubon won her first race at Hastings and beat a fair field, knocking four seconds oil: her handicap. P. Green's luck was out at Hastings. If he takes Van Cap to Auckland, be with him. It is most unusual for Typist to stand on the mark, but she did at Hastings—and let her army of supporters down. Some Jazz is good, and he will win a race soon. He is not much to look at, but can go. If Dillon Wilkes makes Ike trip to Auckland, keep him in mind. Respect is good and may be in the mnnev aiso. J. Shaw had live drives at Hastings, but two thirds and a second was as near ns he could get. He may add further to Ins success at Auckland. HOPS lIS AND PPOSPECTS. (Bv ‘ ‘Maecenas. ’ ’ On the concluding day at the Auckland meeting Pavo ran a close fourth, which would suggest his being handy in future engagements. Comical appears amongst those horses nominated for the Napier Park meeting. This fine lui fell or. should be about right for the Wellington winter meeting. As Run pa pa drew No. 24. at the barrier, there is some reason for Ills defeat in the Newcastle Cup. The wellknown Australian writer “Pilot” offers the opinion that Euapapa . will pay hia way in Australia if not overrated ty the handicappera, which, ac-

cording to that competent judge, occurs very often. Of late the Greenlane trainer J. Gallagher has had a lot of success with his team, two of which are engaged at the Napier Park meeting, viz., Joy Ride and Gold Fern. Both are useful over seven furlongs, and should do well if taken to the Hawke’s Bay district, this” month. There are a. number of aspirants for jumping honours engaged at the Napier Park meeting, included in the number being Mangatoctoe, a gelding that has pace and hails from the same stable as Highway, both being trained by C. Morse, who knows how to train a jumper. Generally, horses owned and trained by E, Hannon do well at meetings held at Ellerslie, but,, although the Waikato trainer had l a large field at the recent Auckland meetings, he failed to win a race. It is stated that the Auckland delegates to. the Racing Conference next month aTe going to put up a big fight to get certain remits through. One of such remits, if passed, would relieve the Auckland Racing Club of a big monetary consideration and shift the same on. to other less fortunate clubs. Prior to g-oing- to Ellerslie, Tanadees was galloping quite, as well as, if not better than, Degage and Nadarino. But. while that pair eacli won good races, Tanadees failed badly. This form is not. correct and Tanadees may win a good race during flic winter. A number of horses from this province are engaged at the Napier Park meeting next. week. The class of our representatives is not as strong as usual, but with San Fera, Euchre, Rehutai, Uncle Dave, . Gilgai, Frizzier, Sansaiino and Passin’ Through engaged in jumping races some prize money may come this way. After the indifferent running of Ngata and Brigadier Bill at Wanganui, their owner decided to forego the Auckland trip. The pair are engaged at the Napier Park meeting and may show something - like their true, form there. The Gray barrier was used at the mile posts at the recent Auckland meeting, but, according to some of the experienced riders, the release -was rather slow. Possibly this is more imaginary than real,, as the fact that the barrier is composed of six stout cords would' cause an optical illusion. Should a horse dash through the barrier, his rider would certainly lose his seat. The Napier Park Racing Club has received good nominations for their winter meeting, which is set down for Friday and Saturday next. Prior to leaving Trentham for Ellerslie, Nadarino was responsible for great work, but just on the eve of the Auckland meeting he developed a cold. As this was not very bad, it was decided to run Nadarino, but he was not supported by his connections, so a good dividend was missed. There is some talk of taking Llewellyn to Australia. If raced at Flemington, this gelding* will have to stop the bad habit of running down his fences. A couple of years ago Pamplona gave indications of becoming a champion steeplechaser, but, unfortunately, like a number of good animals, lie went wrong. After a lengthy spell, Pamplona made his appearance in a race at Wingatui. He was equal to .leading over the last jump, but a load of 12.5 stopped him in the run. home, and Charlatan beat him. Pamplona is worth remembering. As the- result of the fall while schooling before Hie- Auckland meeting, that very promising jumper Gaze is in a very bad way, and it is very unlikely that the son of AH Black will race again this winter. According to his trainer,, one of the suspensory- ligaments has suffered’ serious injury, besides which Gaze “spread” badly. As the prospects of Gaze looked particularly bright, the fall was indeed disastrous.

Zircon has all the qualifications that go to make a successful hurdler, viz., pace, size and stays and jumps well. So, with these advantages, it will be surprising should this gelding not do well in future races over the small jumps. Even a race like the Winter Hurdles sliouldi be quite within the capabilities of Zircon, the owner of .which has also been blessed with a fair amount of luck in his racing business.

Prior to racing at the autumn meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club, Nadarino was under offer at 300 guineas to a. .South Island, owner. An invitation to reduce the amount lo £3OO lost, valuable time,, and, in any case, Nadarino’s trainer was not then over anxious to sell, as it certainly looked ns if the would-be buyer was only lialf-liearted about the deal. No sale resulted and an excellent bargain was lost, for the son .of Solferino won each day at the Wanganui meeting, following these successes up by winning at Woodville the week following, whiles at the recent Auckland meeting another £SOO was won by the gelding.

, Oil May 31 last the well-known Australian jockey Iv. Bracken and the equally prominent ex-New Zealand rider G. Young were suspended for three months by the Australian Jockey Club stewards for interference with Cave Dweller in the High-Weight Handicap at P-o-sehill on May 22. This is a vicious feature amongst riders in tliis Dominion also, but, as a rule, the offenders get off with a. few hours’ suspension (the sentence in most eases being for the day or meeting). Those who follow racing in Australia, and the judgments thereon,, must be struck with Hie salutary sentences inflicted (hero as against the lenient punishment meted out in our part of the world.

The jumping races at the late Great Northern meeting did not disclose any outstanding performers, and the success of the ancient Dick in this year’s Great Northern Steeplechase would make it appear that this event was easily won, more especially when one considers the fact that, in previous years and when in his -prime, the little gelding failed in the -same event. There is just a possibility that Trainer W. Young had Dick in better condition, this year than he had been at any previous- stage of his lengthy racing career.

A number of performers comparatively young at steeplechasing did well at tlie recent meeting of the Auckland Pacing Club, Possibly the performance- of Kawini ranks best, but Kendal’s win in the Winter Steeplechase on the third! day was full of merit. Then, both. Pcmlennis and Greekson registered good performances in their respective wins, and on the third day Pcmlennis appeared to have good prospects of winning the Winter Steeplechase when, lie fell a- short distance from home. Pcmlennis is somewhat small to take a. high place as- a ’chaser, but he will pay his way. At last year’s Pacing Conference a rule was passed- which prevented, any allowance being claimed for any horse handicapped at 8.5 or over. At the time, the writer could not see the wisdom of such a. rule;, for it certainly looks somewhat lopsided to allow the already lightly weighted division to claim ‘ allowances when such are refused! the heavily weighted division.

The rule alse caused some confusion, and at least one -winner (Mosaic) lost a good stake through his trainer foolishly claiming an. allowance when weighted at 8.9. Evidently those responsible for the rule are now convinced that such an inequitable regulation is unnecessary, as the president is to movei at the next Conference that the existing rule be deleted. But a new rule is proposed giving any owner the right to claim an apprentice allowance irrespective, of what weight his horse is allotted. AUSTRALIAN RAOJ NG. EVENTS AT HAND WICK. by cable—press association— copyright. SYDNEY, June 13. The weather was fine and the going good for the Randwick races. Results : ... Flying Handicap, six furlongs. — Tulullah 1, Kiosk 2, Golden Voice 3. Sixteen starters. Won by a length.' Time, 1.13. , Jockey Club Steeples, about three miles. —Pericles 1, Pay Day 2, Jupiter 3. Seven starters. Minterne and Pericles were prominent most of the way, hut the first-named eased oft towards the finish. Pay Day and Jupiter then put in claims, but Pencles, finishing fast, won easily by tour lengths. Time, 6.28. , .. Winter Stakes, one mile and a hair. —Nio-lit Heron 1, Valanita 2, Lucy Thrice 3. Thirteen starters. A fine finish. Won by half a length. Time, ~ lfxecter Handicap,/' one mile.A moan is 1, Kallone 2, Midlothian 3 Twenty-three starters. Amounts, after occupying a good position early 111 the race P shot out” at the distance and beat K alloni by two lengths. Tune, 1.40*. ALBION PARK CUP. BRISBANE. June 13. The Albion . Park Cup resulted : Persses Double 1, Walfortis 2, Seredale 3. Fourteen starters. Won bj two lengths. Time, 2.14§.