THE TURF.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 286, 19 November 1923, Page 2

THE TURF.

FIXTURES. ! Nov. 21— Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. Nov. 28, 30— Feilding J. C. Nov. 30, Pec. I—Takapuna J.C. Dec 5 6—Woodville District J.C. November 30. Dec. I—Feilding J.C. « Dee. 12—Danneviake R.C. Dec. 12—Taumarunui R.C. Dec. 26—Waipukurau J.C. Dec. 26, 27—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26, 27—Taranaki J.C. Dec 26 27, 29— Manawatu R.C. Dec’ 26,’ 28, Jan. 1, 2—Auckland R.C ] Jan. 1, 2—Stratford R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Hawke’s Bay J.C. Jan. 1, 2—Marton J.C. Jan 1, 2.— Wairarapa R.C. AMERICA’S THREE-YEAR-OLDS. ZEV v. IN MEMORIAM. Washington, Nov. 17. At Louisville Zev, the conqueror of ■ Papyrus in the international race, de- > feated In Memoriam to decide the supremacy of three-year-olds by a , scant nose over a mile and a quarter • , Time 2 6 3-5. — I VERY CLOSE FNISH. PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW NO i ADVANTAGE. New York, Nov. 18. ! A message from Louisville states that press photographs show that Zev and In Memoriam finished so. nearly equal that it is impossible to give either the advantage. The latter showed a hoot and a fraction of a nose ahead if any preference is possible. There, is excitement because the majority of the nearest spectators thought In Memcriam won. Only the judge’s decision gives the race to Zev. There will be a bitter controversy.—(A. and N.Z.) j IN MEMIORIAM’S EARLIER VICTORY. EASILY BEATS ZEV. The foregoing cables take us bsck to one received just a fortnight back giving us the bare result of the 50,000dollar Championship Stakes run at Latona. It said that in this miles test Zev had been beaten by In .Memoriam by four lengths, My Own being third and Rialto fourth. Sydney exchanges since to hand contained a fuller telegraphic account of the race, and this will be of interest now in view of Zev’s having reversed positions with In Memoriam in the 1} mile race above mentioned. The Sydney message runs as follows: — A million Americans who won by backing Zev against Papyrus last month were relieved of most of their winnings by bookmakers to-day when In Memoriam upset their expectations by winning the 50.000 dollars (about £10,000) championship race at LatonaZev and My Own were neatly beaten by the new champion who immediately afterwards was crowned with all the honours that old Kentucky could shower on its native horse. Zev fin- i ished second, six lengths ahead of the j tiring My Own, thus apparently | tling the* question of their supremacy. Heavy rain fell during the afternoon, making the track spongy. The harder the rain fell, the more insistent was the crowd to get down and put money on Zev, who had so seriously beaten Papyrus under like conditions. Backers of In Memoriam were paid at the rate of something like 11 to 1 by the totalisator. Zev led from the start to the tenth furlong, with My Own running second, i when In Memoriam &hot ahead like a bullet and easily maintained the lead until the finish. The distance was one mile apd six furlongs, and the time of the race 3.0 4-5. ARMIDALE CUP RESULT. Melbourne. Nov- 18. The Armidale Cup resulted.—Comique 1, Wynette 2. Happy Queen 3. Twelve starters. Won by two and ahalf lengths. DERBY CUP. London, Nov. 17. The Derby Cup resulted.— Daughter-in-Law 1, London Cry 2, Highbrow 3Fifteen horses ran. Won by one and a-half lengtlis.—(A. and N.Z.)

DANNEVIRKE SUMMER MEETING. Nominations for the Dauuevirke Itaeing Club’s summer meeting, to be hold on December 12th, close on Friday next, November 23rd, at S o'clock p.nt. NOTES. “The Watcher" has some rather uncomplimentary remarks to make with regard to some of the riding at 1 aluatua. There was some very poor riding by many oi' the younger horsemen, he writes. ' The stipendiary stewards dealt with some of it, but it was nothing to what the punters would »ave done had they had the opportunity. Several races were absolutely thrown away by lack of control, bad judgment and I sheer incompetence. The outlook tor , the Christmas meetings, when the good riders will be all booked up lor the | big centres, is not very encouraging, h< Both S Bagdad and Diamond Ring, j the same writer states, might have been returned winners on Thursday instead of being placed thud had they I been better ridden. As it was the ’public made a good deal ot noise about the latter not being placed second. The finished wide apart, and although Diamond Ring was going faster than anything at the post, it was impossible for anyone except the man in the box to say whether she got up or not. , . | A strange report is current as what may have happened to Demos at M’anganui. It may be remembered that he broke down after racing at the spring meeting there. Ha |Was all right after the race, but went lame on being taken home. The veterinary surgeon who examined him found a couple of small punctures m the leg which began to gather, and he is firmly of the opinion that the horse was maliciously pricked with a needle. Whatever it was it appears to nave made a job of Demos, who is still lame, and may never come right again. According to a Wellington report March On had been up from the paddock only a fortnight when he won on the first dav at Pahiatua. This would suggest that something better may be expected of him later on alien his trainer has got some more oats and work into him. It is to be noted, however, that March On, who is bj "Partello from Glory, has been listed ( among the “aged” ever since the J9l-J--20 season closed, and that out of twenty-three starts last racing year he scored only once, although on the other hand, he had five seconds to Ins credit. , Inferno, it is stated, will not be a started at Feilding, where Tamatete will represent the stables in the Stakes. Though Inferno inflicted a decisive defeat on Killocra in the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes, it is stated that the latter’s connections are not yet satisfied as to the relative merits of the two juveniles, says the Christchurch “Sun.” It was against Killocra that he had to make all his own running, while the Absurd colt was more fortunate in that respect. The pair are likely to meet again in the Great Northern Foal Stakes at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and that should practically I settle the question of two-year-old [supremacy for the season. As the 1 Auckland race is run over a furlong I further than the Welcome Stakes at I Riccarton it should provide a better test of stamina. Another candidate who will have to lie taken into consideration, however, is Mr. G. M. Currie’s smart filly Motley, who, like Inferno, is one of the Absurd breed. Ln the Welcome Stakes at Auckland she put down a very big field, and accomplished it in such a decisive manner as to suggest that in the matter of spiied she is little, if anything, behind Inferno and Killocra. Altogether it looks as if the Ellerslie race will be endowed with more than average interest A Wellington exchange states that trainer A. M. Wright has received, word from Riccarton that Rouen is progressing well from his breakdown in the Canterbury Cup. It seems a thousand pities ’that Mr. Heppner should have run the risk of breaking down so good and profitable a, servant as Rouen has been to him. His taking the hazard is all the less understandable when we know that Rouen’s legs have for a long time been a source of anxiety, that he won the New Zealand Cup in bandages, and that, as a Hawke’s Bav owner who was there ■ tells us, the going on the last two days • of the meeting was “as hard as as- ‘ phalt.” j —-

According to newspaper report Mr. Kemball has had bad luck with Bonnetter, who got into the wire last week and cut herself about. The misfortune is emphasised by the fact that her trainer must have got the Bonii form—Brayton mare at her very best 1 j judging from the way she won the final i event at the recent C.J.C. meeting. Since her two great races at the C.J.C. meeting, Glentruin has been having an easy time. Her next appearance will be at Ellerslie, where her < engagements include the Railway Han- ] dicap. 1 Mr. J. G. Swainson, secretary of the I Pahiatua Racing Club, was taken ill I during the meeting on Thursday and was removed to his home. | The Martian—Polymnia colt, who was purchased at 1200 guineas by R. J. Mason at the yearling sales last j week, was secured for a Melbourne • ’ sportsman, probably the “Lytitelton Tinies”) Mr. G. Tye, who did • Iso well in Australia last season with ■ (another New Zealand-bred colt, The ■ ‘Monk, by Absurd—Cowl. The Monk was purchased at a sale of Mr. G. M. ; Curries’ yearlings, and it is a coin- * cidence tiiat he also cost 1200 guineas. J When the Martian—-Polymnia yearling goes to Melbourne, he will make the ’ third of the breed located there, as The Cypher has been raced by the Victoria owner, Mr. E. Eccles, for some time past, while the two-year-old brother was purchased last November 1 for 2000 guineas by Mr. Eccles, though < he now figures in Australian nomina- s tions in the ownership of Mr. E. A. Connolly. It seems that Mr. Elgar had made J up his mind to retire Bonnie Heather < from the turf and that Pahiatua was to ' have been his last outing. A twelvemonth without a win is certainly 1 enough to discourage any owner, and < that was the seven-year-old Heather ] Mixture—Vexo gelding’s record since he won the Pearce Handicap at Trantham in October of last year. Possibly Mr. Elgar may now be encouraged to persevere with him, although it is said that at Pahiatua he had had enough when the post was reached, and success was made easier for him by the ■ rough and indfferent riding that affected the chances of one or two who ; might otherwise have made it much harder.