THE TURF.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 277, 3 November 1924, Page 2

THE TURF.

FIXTURES. Nov. 1, 3—Auckland R.O. Nov. 8, 10, 12, 15—Canterbury J.O. Nov. 8. 10—Waikato R.O. (Hamilton). Nov. 19—Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. Nov. 21, 22—South Canterbury J.C. Nov. 22—Levin R.C. Nov. 26, 29—Takapuna J.C. Nov. 29, Dec. I—Feilding J.C. Dec. 6—Taumarunui R.O. Dec. 10, 11—Woodville Disrict J.C. Dec. 13—Waipa 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. Deo. 26, 30, Jan. 1, 2—Auckland R.C. Jan. 1, 2—Hawke’s Bay J.C. V.R.C. Spring Meeting GLOAMING ANNEXES MELBOURNE STAKES. THE DERBY TO SPEARFELT. Melbourne, Nov. 2. For the first day of the V.K.O. spring meeting the weather was fine after overnight rain. There was an enormous attendance, including several New Zealanders the Governor-General, the State Governor and the Governor of New South Wales. Metellus led always in the Maiden Plate and won easily. There was a great race in the Marybyrnong Plate. Manacre was always prominent and won narrowly. He cost 210 guineas. Manacre has had two wins and a second in three starts. F. Dempsey rode Mietellus and Manacre. Gloaming was cheered with great enthusiasm, on entering the course. ; Gloaming looked a winner bolow the distance and came on the outside. The first two furlongs were covered in 27} seconds, the next two in 24} and the succeeding two in the same. The last mile was covered in 1.391. Spearfelt registered the easiest win ever witnessed in the Derby. Spearfelt’s trainer is the New Zealander, V. O’Neill, and he was ridden by G. Young who also won the Melbourne Stakes. Spearfelt was loudly cheered. Spearfelt has 7.6 in the Melbourne Chip. There was a good race in the Cantala Stakes. The Night Patrol led over the last six furlongs and won narrowly. Blackadder was fifth. F. Dempsey rode Lilyppnd. He scored three wins and two seconds. Brimming was the first away in the Derby and led out of the straight from Sir Dighlock. Spearfelt began none too well. Sir Dighlock was m charge at the mile, then Brimming and Artamus, with Spearfelt eighth and Royal Oharter second last. * Spearfelt improved his position at six furlongs and was second at the half mile. Spearfelt headed the pacemaker Sir Dighlock. and drew away in the straight and won easily. Royal Charter finished well. Versine was a fair third. Then came Sir Dighlock,' Brimming, Wycherly, Artamus and King Victor was last. Results:— Maiden Plate.—Metellus (8.0) 1, Prince Florizel (8.65 2 Prince MTnimbah (8.8.) 3. Nineteen ran. Won by three lengths, third a neck away. Time 1-411. Marybyrnong Plate.—Manacre (8.10) 1? Petunia (8.10) 2. Siege (8.10) 3. Thirteen ran. Won by a head, three lengths between second and third Time 1.2}. Melbourne Stakes.—Gloaming, 9.0 (G. Young) 1, Whitter 9.3 (F. Dempsey) 2. Easingwold, 9.3 (Harrison) 3. Easingwold and Whittier led early with Gloaming third. The champion took charge in the straight and won easily by three-quarters of a length, two lengths between second and third. Time 2.6%. Gloaming had a great reception. VICTORIA DERBY. One mile and a-half. Spear felt (Spearhead—Lady Champion), 8.10 (G. Young) 1 Royal Charter (Comedy King Polylogy), 8.10 (F. Dempsey) .. 2 Versine (The Welkin—Celosia) 8.5 (L. Lewis) 3 Twelve started. Won by six lengths third two lengths away. Time 2.35. Cantala Stakes.—The Night Patrol, 9.6 (R. Lewis) 1, The Hawk (9.9) 2, Beeline (7.6) 3. Nine started- Won by a neck two lengths between second and third. Time 1.38. The Hawk weighed in 2}lb s light and Beeline was placed second and Engelfield third. Hotham Handicap.—Lilypond (8.11) 1. Gungool (7.5) 2, Our Prince (8.4) and Backwood (8.6), dead-heat 3. Twenty-one starters. Won by a length and a-half. a length between second and third. QUEENSLAND DERBY. WON BY SERELOT. Brisbane, Nov. 2. The Queensland Derby resulted.— Serelot 1, Ohippashoon 2 Mencraft 3. Fourteen starters. Won by a length Time 2.37. ’ GLOAMING’S TOTAL £40,760. THE HAWK’S TRAINER FINED. Melbourne, Nov. 2. Gloaming’s winnings now total £40,760. J. M. Cameron, trainer of The Hawk was fined £lO in connection with the horse weighing in short in the Cantala Stakes. . Spparfelt’s trainer. Vincent O’Neill, is a native of Hastings, Hawke’s Bay. Gloaming looked well when walking, at Flemington to-day. WaJlace Mortlake was missing Tlie last four furlongs of the Derby was run in 49}sec. AUCKLAND'S SPRING MEET . ING. MITCHELSONCUP TO ROYAL PRESENT. Auckland, Nov. 1. The Auckland Racing Club’s Spring meeting was opened to-aay in fine weather. Slight showers fell towards the end. There was a large attendance including Lord and Lady Jellicoe. The totalisator handled £61,760, compared with £73,293 10s on the first day of the last spring meeting. The following are the concluding results: — Hunters’ Steeplechase.—Roller (A. McDonald) 1, Lady Bruce 2. Glentui 3. Also started: Brown Heath, Capstar, Stonewall, Gamblers’ Gold, Curve, Gamblers’ Gold was an early leader, but Capstar went to the front at the back, but fell, leaving Roller ih charge. The latter went on to win by five lengths. Lady Bruce six lengths ahead of Glentui- Time, smin. lOsec. Shorts Handicap.-—Dan Quin (Jones) 1, Royal Blood 2, Lucius 3. Also started: Rational, Pavo, Alfort, Fin®Hi. Broadwood, Jolly Princess, King Cheops, Pouma, Niblick, Charlady. Fmelli led till entering the straight, where Dan Quin took charge. In a

good finish Dan Quin won by threequarters of a length, with Lucius a neck behind Royal Blood. Time, 1.14 2-5. Mitchelson Cup—Royal Present (McCormack) 1, Illumination 2. Ruapapa 3. Also started; Boomerday, Stork, Landslide. Bright Day, Gold Jacket, Far North, Barometer, Right and Left, Star Ranger. Royal Present led the field past the stand, with Landslide, Bright Day, and Barometer handy. Turning into the straight Barometer ran to the front, with Royal Present and Illumination handy. At the distance Barometer still led, but collided with a man who walked out from the rails and was knocked back. A great finish between Royal Present and Illumination saw the former win by a head, third place a length and a-half away. Time, 2-38. Gordon Handicap,—Gold Fern (D. Bere), 1, Gauntlet 3, General Pryde 3. Also started: Exactly, Princess Ronnie, Penitentiary, Drolatique. Best Boy, Tall Timber, Waltzer, King Pot, Makore, Royal Form, Marble Town, Scot Free. Edifice. Too Late, Electrode, Snow Smock, Marble Boy French Beauty, Greetings, Kendal, Lady Thurnham. Orchus. Ballymoy, Kiki. Princess, Ronnie and Gauntlet led to the straight. In a good finish Gold Fern drew out to win by a neck, third horse a head away. Time, 1.16 2-5. Flying Handicap.—Quinette (Tuohy) 1, Thunderclap 2, Lady Ridicule 3. Also started: Loyal Irish, Misg Egypt, Irapuka, Raceful, Yoma. Polonett, Joy Ride, Prettyman. Regent. Smoke Concert, Namutere, The Lamb Gala Day, Tactician, Emerald Hill, King Smock, Sinoke. Quinette soon ran to the front and led throughout, and won by three lengths, third horse a neck away. Time. 1.30. SPECTATOR INJURED. COLLIDES WITH CONTESTING HORSE. Auckland, Nov. 2. Barometer’s connections in the Mitchelson Cup had hard luck. a s the horse collided with a spectator when in a leading position. The spectator. H. Diver or Onehunga, under the impression that the horses had already passed walked on to the course, resulting in a collision, which put Barometer out of the race, while Diver was sent to hospital with somewhat painful injuries. AUCKLAND WINNERS. Narrowneck, who, In at the minimum, won, the Trial Hurdles at Ellerslie on Saturday is a nine-year-old gelding by Marble Arch—Necktie. Although in the interval he has had a few minor.placings to his credit, we have to go, back to the Bay of Islands meeting in January, 1923, to find him a winner, apd then among very modest company. Since then he has been given ovetr thirty' chances of scoring without accepting any of them. There is thus nothifig to be surprised at in his paying a thumping dividend on Saturday. The’ fact that Cherry Ripe could get no nearer than third to such a moderate rather discounts the expec-, tations formed of the .Nassau-Cherry Boe gelmng jjrom his two run-away victories at the Waikato Hunt Club’s meeting last Monday. The same may be said of Cureaform (Formative — Curearua), the dual winner at the Pakuranga Hunt Club meeting, who ran second. Town Bank, who pulled off the Great Northern Guineas, has during the last week or two been spoken oi oy Auckland observers as a likely winner of the A.K.C.’s first “classic'’ event of the season. A bay gelding by the imported Waikato sire Archiestown from Lily, Bank, he runs in the colours of Mr. E. B. Baddiley. As a two-year-old hp started a dozen times, mostly at ’ provincial and suburban meetings, and recorded three wins and a second, his most important success being in the Nursery Handicap at the Avondale meeting last April, his last appearance for the season. He opened his three-year-old career by starting favourite in the Welter Handicap at the same club’s spring meeting, but failed to get a place, the winner turning up in Miss Egypt, a fate that also awaited him in the President’s Handicap on the second day, won by Eineili. His third attempt was more successful, for in it he easily won the Chatham Handicap, 400 so vs., 6 furlongs, at the Pakuranga Hunt Club’s meeting at Ellerslie early last month, both Miss Egypt and Finelli finishing behind him. On Saturday he had the honour of beating Motley, last season’s two-year-old champion iilly, and Tuahine, winner of the Avonaale Guineas. The short price he paid would suggest that he must have started pretty well tirst favourite. While thus Tuahino did not maintain the reputation earned at Avondale, Mr. D. J. Barry’s Autonine, the two-year’s old son of Autumn—Rapaki, winner these of Stakes and Handicap, did so most decisively by winning the Welcome Stakes of 1000 sovs. His success was evidently well anticipated, as he made a less than even-money return to his backers. Aspirants for the corresponding event at the coming C.J.C. meeting will not regret the fact that Automne is not among those they have to beat. Hyde Park, by Marble Arch—Sawdust, and so half-brother to Kauri King, Grand National Hurdle Race winner of 1918, showed that his second place in the Avondale Stakes, when he started a hopeloss-looking outsider, was not by any means a fluke, for he occupied the same position behind Automne on Saturday. His dividend, though nothing like that ho paid at Avondale, was still big enough to show that he was not as good a favourite as his running warranted. The Hunters’ Steeplechase went to a horse not much known in these parts, though the name will be familiar enough to those who remember the Dreadnought—Roll Call gelding that bore it more than twenty years ago and won several hurdle races for the Karamu stable. The Roller who got the race on Saturday is no doubt identical with the horse of that name given in the Turf Register as being by St. Amans—Jean, and thus, on the fage of it, a full-brother to Oakleigh. As, however, there have been two Waikato Jeans, both responsible as the of jumpers, it is just possible Saturday’s winner is not from the one who bore Charlie Coleman’s fine old horse. In any event. Roller would not seem to be any, very worthy relative, as this seems, so far as the official records show, to be his first win, although he is now in his tenth year, and nas a good number of starts at odd times against him. The wonder is that, with such a poor tally, he did not pay a better dividend than something not much over a quarter of a score. It doefl pot say much for the estimation in which those opposing him were held. The Shorts Handicap went to a recent winner in tho four-year-old gelding Dan Quin (Quin Abbey—Danseuse),), who scored in the Instow Han-

dicap, 6 furlongs, at the Waikato Hunt Club meeting on Labour Day, thus incurring a 710. penalty for tne Saturday race. This did hot prevent him scoring in the much better sprint company in which he found himself at Ellerslie, where he had been similarly successful in the Mangere Handicap last autumn. At the last Avondale meeting he was beaten only, a neck by Miss Egypt in the Welter Handicap. In spite of this fair recent record he gave a tote return that would have run into double figures had there been no second divvy to provide for. Although the Australian-bred Royal resent (Beragoon—Royal Pet), now a six-year-old .had not won a race since the Avondale Cup in September, 1922, and ran unplaced in the Members* Memorial Handicap at the Waikato Hunt Club meeting as lately as last Monday, he was still mentioned by Auckland writers as having a good chance in the Mitchelson Cup on Saturday. Those who held this opinion were fully justified by his winning, if only by a head, from Illumination. The public, however, had evidently not accepted the .tip, as the winner’s return was a two-ngure one, which would also have been the case with-Illumina-tion’s—another Australian importation (Limelight—Fleet Street), and winner of the big handicap on the second day at Avondale last September—had he managed to get his head in front at the finish. Gold Fern (Potoa—Chime) was taken out of the Guineas race to contest the Gordon Handicap, which she duly won, rewarding her connections with a dividend said to have been nearer a score than the half of it. As a two-year-old this filly could do no beter than run three thirds in the nine opportunities given her. Saturday’s race would appear to have been her first public effort as a three-year-old. Gauntlet who ran her to a neck and had been whispered about ■ locally as a good thing, is a maiden three-year-old by Martian—Torquato, and is one of Jefferd’s team at Ngatarawa. He was a starter in the Farmers’ Hack Handicap at Hamilton last Monday, when, although fairly, well backed and leading to the home turn, he failed to see the six furlong journey out. To use the wellworn customary phrase, in such case made and provided, “the race apparently did him good.’' , The finish of the last race of the day, the Flying Handicap, saw both dividend-paying places filled by outsiders, the winner paying well on towards a score, while the second horse’s dividend was proportionately big. It is difficult to understand how the three-year-old Quin Abbey—Brown Nell filly Quinette. with only 6.7. to carry, was thu b neglected by the public. She had quite a respectable two-year-old record, securing three wins—in the last of which Town Bank, at. even weights. wa 8 beaten out of a place over six furlongs—two seconds and three thirds out of fifteen starts. Town Bank had certainly turned the tables on her in her only previous race this season, the Chatham Handicap, which, however, was run under adverse conditions of both going and . weather. She comes from Mr. R. Hannon’s stable, .which is nearly always, good for a turn-up of some sort, and as often as not, of recent with one of Quin Abbey’s gets. Thunderclap, who ran second, will be remembered as the four-year-old Lord Multifid— Gwello gelding that last February paid a sensational dividend when he won the Nolan Memorial Cup at Hawera, for which he started twelfth down the betting bn the machine. After that he ran twice unsuccessfully last and then did not appear again in public until Saturday. NOTES. Reminders for the current week include:—Final payments for the New Zealand Cup, Stewards’ Handicap. Welcome Stakes, Derby and Oaks, and acceptances for the minor events on the first day of the C.J.C. meeting tonight by 8 o’clock; first day acceptances for the Waikato (Hamilton Racing Club’s meeting (weights declared to-morrow); Feilding and Takapuna nominations by Friday next, also forfeits for the Feilding Stakes, and final payments for the Takapuna Stakes. Spearfelt, who won the V.R.C. Derby so easily on Saturday, is a great-grandson of the old Australian idol Carbine, being by the imported Spearmint horse Spearhead from Lady Champion. He is owned, in halfpartnership, and trained by Vincent O’Neill, a cne-time Hastings boy, who is said to have refused 8000 guineas for him just before he ran third to Heroic and Nigger Minstrel in the A.J.C. Derby last month, heads only separating the three. As there was £BOO of third money to be collected from that race and there will probably be about £5OOO of first money from Saturday’s, and O’Neill and his mate still have the horse, the refusal of this tempting offer has been justified. How Spoarfelt would have fared had Heroic not been disqualified we shall never know, but that has been the luck of the game. “Left of six hundred.”—According to the cable there were only twelve starters for the V.R.C. Derby. These were the final survivors from an original nomination of 594 ,of which 73 were left in after payment of the first forfeit. In the £BOOO A.J.C. Derby the starting record was even poorer, only seven of the 632 nominated facing the tape on the day. Heroic frightened the rest. out. This is not a bad bit of prophecy by “Vedette” in last Friday’s Wellington “Evening Post”:—“Although a number of the three-year-olds due to meet Spearfelt in the V.R.C. Derby tomorrow have shown some form, it has nob been quite so impressive as the Spearhead colt’s third to Heroic and Nigger Minstrel at Randwick. Early in the spring Royal Charter (Comedy King—Polylogy) was a seriously discussed Derby candidate. Versine (The Welkin—Celosia) is a brilliant filly, and a winner at Caulfield over six furlongs. How she will shape over a Derby course is another matter.” George Young is certainly having a great time of it in Australia, two more wins going down to his name on Saturday, and very simple ones at that. It was thought that, as ho had ridden Night Patrol to victory in the W. S. Cox Plate at Caulfield, he might also have had the mount on His Excellency Lord Stradbroke’s horse when he won the Cantala Stakes on Saturday. This honour was, however, reserved for the veteran Victorian jockey, “Bobby” Lewis, who would no doubt get a great reception on returning to weight in. No doubt Spearfclt’s easy victory in the Derby will send him out a red-hot first favourite for to-morrow’s Meh bourne Cup, while The Night Patrol, who was an early favourite for that race, but wont lame, will also by his recent successes have been reinstated in public confidence. Manacre, winner of the Maribynong Stakes, the chief two-year-old event of the meeting, is a colt by a little known

imported sire, Amanus—by. the lingiiuh Derby winner St. Amant—who quite recently was standing at a fee of 10 guineas, and, as mentioned in the cable, Manacre cost only 210 guineas as a yearling.