The Turf.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 238, 20 September 1922, Page 2

The Turf.

September 22, 23—Ashburton County B.C. gQtemb.r 23, 25—Avondale J.C. September 23, 25—Otaki-Maori R.C. September 28, 29—«er»ldin» R.C. September 30—Napier Park R.C, •eteber 4—Hawk,'s Bay J.C Oeteber • and 7—North Otago J.C. October 7—Pakuranga Hunt Club. October 12 and 14—Dunedin J.C. Jebeber 13 and 14 —Whaagarei J.C. Oeteber 13 and 14—Maeterton R.C. •eteber 21 and 23—Wellington R.C. •etober 2 land 28—Gore R.C. Oelobsr 23.—Nsrth Canterbury and Oxierd J.C. Oeteber J3—Waipawa County R.C. Wetnber 23—Wavsrley-Waitotara R.C. wetober 23.—Waikato Bunt Club. October 26 and 28—Peverty Bay Turf Glnb. Oeteber 27—Pevertv Bay Hunt Club, •eleber 2t—Taratahi-Carterton R.C. Nev. 4, Auckland R.C. Kov. 4, «, 8, 11.—Canterbury J.C. Mot. 10, 11.—Hamilton R.C. Nov. 15.—Merewhenua R.C. 17, IS.—Winton J.O. Nov. 22.—Askkunt-Pokangina R.C. JOCKEY’S LICENSE WITHDRAWN. Christchurch, Sept. 19. J. O’Shea’s jockey license has been Withdrawn by the licensing committee of the Racing Conference. NOTES. (By “Trenton.”) The Poverty Bay. Turf Club has issued the programme for its spring meeting, which will be held on Ihursday and Saturday, October 26th and 28th. The hrst day’s events are the Junction Handicap of 150 so vs., First Hurdles of 150 sovs., Roseland Hack of 130 sovs., Spring Handicap of 300 sovs., Welter of 130 sovs., Maiden Scurry of 130 sovs., Hying of 175 sovs. and October Hack of 130 sovs. The second day’s programme will comprise Ma tawhero Handicap of 150 sovs., Second Hurdles of 150 sovs., Juvenile Stakes of 150 sovs., Makaraka Handicap of 200 sovs., Maiden Hack of 130 sovs., Waikanae Handicap of 175 sovs., Waimata Hack of 130 sovs., and Farewell Handicap of 130 sovs. The full programme is published in the “Tribune.” Nominations close with the secretary (Mr. D. R. De Costa) on . Friday, October 6th. Big prices are being paid in England for thoroughbred breeding stock. Among sales effected shortly before our last mail left London were the following entire horses, viz.: Paragon (Radium —Quintessence, by Sir Frusquin), 5 years, 7000 guineas; King’s Idler (Lomond —In Light, by Winkfield), 6 years, 3000gns.; and Bobanob (Lomond —Bobbin, by Orme), 3 years, SOOOgns. New Zealand has a representative of Lomond in Mr. Currie’s Koatanui sire, Limond, whose first gets in this country are now seeing daylight. At the same sale among the mares were Flying Squadron (Light . Brigade—Gadfly), with colt foal by Jingo, 4100gns. ; Scala (Spearmint— Astria). with colt by Philaris, OOOOgns.; Queen Carbine (Carbine —Sceptre), with ♦ filly by Sunstar, 5100gns. ; and Pasta (Thrush— Signorinetta), with filly by Lemberg, 5200gns. The race for the Eclipse Stakes, run on the second day of the Wanganui meeting, was a splendid one. Winning Hit was an odds-on favourite, with Highland and Thespian the next best supported, while Trespass also carried a lot of money. The field moved off on even terms. At the bend, after racing up the straight, the order was Winning Hit, Pluto, Haurangi, Thespian, Kinsem, Trespass and Highland. Between the five and six furlongs posts Thespian rail up into third place behind the favourite and Pluto, Haurangi being fourth and Highland fifth, with Trespass and Kinsem bringing up the rear. Across the top Winning Hit was still in command, and led into the straight from Thespian and Highland. Fairly in the straight Thespian got on terms with the favourite, while Trespass moved up fast on the outside. A beautiful finish saw Morris put in a well-judged and sustained run to land Trespass a winner by a length from Thespian, with Winning Hit a neck away. Close up came Haurangi and Highland, with Kinsem several lengths away. Pluto pulled up. In the Higgie Handicap, won by Muraahi, Vespucci was galloped on at the home bend, and thus lost all chance of winning, finishing last. The Avondale Jockey Club’s spring meeting will open on Saturday next, when the chief event, the Avondale Cup, of 2000 sovs., will be decided. The distance this year will be over a mile and a half course, and the extra quarter of a mile will affect the chances of the majority of the twentythree horses engaged and the winner will most probably come from those that are proved stayers. Gasbag occupies pride of position with 9.5, and I am told he is well able toi carry it and that he will beat more than beats him. Of those that are most likelv to bring about his downfall, I think are Income 8.7, Sycorax 8.2 and Glen Canny 7.0. The Avondale Stakes, of 1000 sovs., 6 furlongs, has a field of 14 engaged, and probably Queen’s March will go out favourite. • ♦ • • In the Flying Stakes the Hawke’s J. Bay horse Civilform seems to have a great chance with 8.5 if he only behaves himself, but there are a, lot of speedy ones to contend against and Krhaps he will find King Abbey 8.3, umination 7.12 and Tama-a-roa 7.10 hard nuts to crack. J. H. Jefferd’s team at Avondale will comprise Gasbag, Rapine, King’s Trumpeter and Bathos. A. G. Dixon will ride Khublai Khan in the Avondale Cup. S. Anderson will have the mount on Stork in the same race. Owing to the disappointing form shown oy the horses racing in the interests of the Douglas Estate at the • Marton and Wanganui meetings, the proposed trip to Avondale has lieen cancelled, says a northern writer.

The Wellington owner, Mr. Harold Brown, will leave the Dominion shortly for Australia, but his team of horses will remain in the Dominion for some time. Queen March, who won the Debutante Stakes at the Wanganui meeting, is a black filly by Lucullus from March, and is traineed by F. Davis. In the hurdles on the second day of the Wanganui meeting Matatua, who was ridden by Rangi Thompson, had hard luck to be beaten by Otaura Kid by a short head Gasbag, although still appearing on the big side, ran much more prominently in the Spring Handicap at Wanganui on Thursday than he did at Marton the previous week (savs a northern writer), and was evidently sharpened up by the gallop. While the horses were parading in the birdcage prior to going out to contest the Okehu Hurdles at Wanganui, Royal Exchange lashed out and caught the well-known trainer, Mr. D. Webster, in the stomach. Fortunately he did not catch the full force of the kick, soon recovered, and is now all right. w # In the Debutante Stakes at Wanganui, Queen March, the winner, was the second outsider of the field. Foolish was the favourite. • • • e Mr. Geo. Currie’s Homage will fulfil her engagement in the Avondale Stakes. F. Davis’s team for Avondale will comprise Fingoland, ’-Killashandra, Highland, Queen March, Lucius and Orifino. Tame Fox will be among the starters for the Avondale Cup. Warscare has thrown three winners of the Wanganui Guineas, viz., Bjorneberg, Estland and Highland. E. George’s team for Avondale will be Stork, Altercation, Hipo, Loved One and another. A well-known punter had £2O on Bonibrook and £5 on Vindictive (says “Achilles”) so that the disqualification of Mark Time made a difference to him of something like £2OO. So far as blood and breeding go the Australian champion, Beauford, is much more of a New Zealander than is the New Zealand champion, Gloaming. His sire Beau Soult was bred by Mr. G. M. Currie, of Wanganui, while his dam. Blueford, was sired by True Blue, who was foaled at Wellington Park, Auckland • • • • News comes from Auckland that while working on the sand track at Ellerslie on Monday morning the Avondale Cup candidate Pente met with a serious mishap, as the result of which her shoulder was fractured. Pente, which is by Demosthenes from Kautuku. is owned in partnership by the . well-known Auckland sportsman Mr. J. Gleeson, and Mr. T. Byrne, of Hawke’s Bay, who are said to hive given 1000 guineas for her a couple of years ago. An effort is to be made to save her for the stud, but the loss as a racehorse to her owners is a very severe one. Mr. G. D. Greenwood, owner of Gloaming, who has been for an extended trip abroad, returned to New Zealand yesterday bv the Corinthic. Mr. T. H. Lowry’s thoroughbreds, Paradise Duck and Wood Hen. arrived by the Corinthic yesterday. It looks as if the Squire of Okawa were giving the “jumbucks” best owing, no doubt, to the low price of crossbred wool, and going in for a poultry farm, in the hope of its proving more profitable.