THE TURF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 207, 16 August 1927, Page 2

THE TURF

RACING FIXTURES. August 20—Pakuranga Hunt Club Sept. 3 —N Taranaki Hunt Club. Sept. 7, B—Manon J.C. Sept 10—Otago Hunt Club. Sept 14 Dannevirke R.C. Sept. 24. 26 Napiei Park R.C. Sept. 24, 26 Avondale J.C. Sept, 29, 30— Geraldine R.C. Oct, I—Hawke’s Bay J.C. DIVOTS (Dug by “The Delver.”) On Friday next nominations are due for the New Zealand Cup. and also acceptances for the Taranawi Hunt Club’s annual meeting

Mr D. Robbins, assistant secretary of the Wanganui Jockey Club, is at present an inmate of a private hospital, suffering from an attack of pleurisy.

Mp H. F. Nicoll, president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference, has left on a hurried visit to London. He expects to be back by Christmas time.

Mr W. T. Hazlett forwent the last day of the Grand National meeting in order to pav a visit to Stuart Waddell at Greenmeadows, where the Southland owner has several of his horses quartered. He and his North Island trainer were in Hastings on Saturday last.

According to a Wellington exchange. the leading apprentice iockey T Green is not to make the trip to Australia this year. His services were requisition for more than one New Zealand team to race in Sydney, but his employer. R. E, Hatch, has decided that Green is to do the spring meetings in New Zealand.

R. McSeveny has evidently made full recovery from his accident at Riccarton, as he was riding Sunny Ixich in the Styx Hurdle Race there on Saturday.

W, J. Bowden does not seem to have got off so luckily from the effects of his fall with Perle de Leon on Thursday. Although he, was discharged from hospital the bruises fix>m which he suffered prevented him from accepting any further mounts at the meeting and he returned home. His place on the Polydamon gelding was taken by H McSweeny on Saturday

It appears that A. E. Ellis sustained a bad shaking when The Babe fell with him in the second race on Saturday. He rode Wharncliffe in the next Qyent. but not until he had been ordered back to the stewards’ stand from the starting post ( o undergo a medical exomination He was, however, compelled to cancel his remaining engagements. In addition to a shaking. Ellis strained the muscles of his right shoulder. None of the other riders concerned in Saturday’s numerous falls was seriously hurt.

The first foal of the season at Hie Auckland Stud Company’s establishment at Otahuhu, was reported last week, the imported mare Lady Bede (by Adam Bede) producing a filly to Catmint.

Rangitahi yvas sold after racing in th© Grand National Hurdle Race, and will in future carry the colours of the South Canterbury enthusiast, Mr C. L Orbell. Another of Tutchen’s team in Rangiwahio also found a new owner, being purchased at auction by Mr H. D. Crosslev for 65 guineas. » « •

The auction sale mentioned does not seem to have evoked much competition. only a few’ of the lot H offered being quitted. The highest price realised wag the 325 guineas that the “Elderslie” studmaster. Mr Tan Duncan, paid for the imported live-year-old mare Sky Dream (Skv Rocket—Little Thought). The apparent bargain of the sale was the nine-year-old brood mare Liskanar (Nassau—Polly Prim), in foal to Arrowsmith. reported' as bought bv Mr N. A. Rattray, of Waimate. for six guineas, probably about a fifth of the covering fee.

Among the two-year-olds at Ellerslie that h a ve been working along nicely is King Vai. This Valkvrian representative is said to be built on racy lines, and it will come as a surprise if he fails to make good

The progeny of Black Ada racing last season—Pituthair, Clarinda and Novar—won £8145 in stakes. Piuthair brought in £4820. Clarinda £1685, and Novar £1640.

A Waikato report states that Wiltshire has been doing a fair measure of hill and road work round those parts, and should be found in good condition for his jumping essavs at the Pakuranga Hum Meeting on Saturday. The same authority savs that Pcndavies will command good support in his Saturday engagement. The Arehiestown chestnut shaped in attractive style at Ellerslie during rhe winter »nd has not been idle over the off period of racing Furtner .—Although Dav Guard does .iea.l,’ all his work on the roads near Nga.uawnhia, the Dav Comet- - Keep A at 'h gelding has been galloped ..t To Rapa of recent times, when he was hitt'ng out well." Guard generally runs a good race when ho

And again:—What will stand to King Lu at this stage of the season is the fact that he has been raced throughout the winter and has shown good form. When the Te Aroha candidate is sent on his first mission of the new term he will not be overlooked.

A promising Taranaki hurdler in Lady Acre, who is an acceptor for the Hunters’ Hurdles at the Pakuranga gathering, is one of the Acre tribe. Reports of her schooling credit her with bein'* a fine jumper Anchor has shown us that Acre’s progeny can jump.

Ellerslie reports state that War Officer still continues to gallop well at headquarters, and pleases bv che manner in which he handles himself when sprinted, usually over six furlongs. The Pakuranga meeting should see the son of Warplane and Lady Officer ready to make a bold bid for victory.

Fate had to work a lot of wreckage among the other contestants before Tuki could fulfil his destiny as a third day winner at Riccarton on Saturday. AU but the three placed horses came to grief of one kind or other. The final victim of the grim lady was Passin’ Through, who had a lead of 100 yards when he slipped into the last fence made a bad landing and unseated his rider. H. Burt, who made desperate efforts to recover it, and would have done so had a nearby bystander had the presence of mind to rdve him a little assistance. Harry McSweenv. who was on the winner got a oreat recept’.on from the crowd when he came back to the judge’s box.

Again, in the hack jumping event, the Aylesbury Steeplechase, the fencing was poor, and only tnree finished. The Babe, who was favourite, was first to go, falling at The Kennels double the first time round Greenstone ran off at the sr«m double Hokoioi fell at Cutts' and Jovial two fences from home This left Royal Wink out in front, and he won bv six lengths from Osterm in, lengths. The Merry Moment g?Ming Jovial, for whom better things as a steeplechaser are prophesied, looked to have the race won when lisaster overtook him.

Christchurch accounts of the August Handicap on Thursday speak of Horomea as being nearly last with only two furlongs to go,’ and then she burst home into third place. On Saturday sh e got off badly in the final event, and does not seem ever to have been in the hunt.

A similar fate awaited Whenuanui, who had disappointed badly in the-Winter Cup, but had showed up much bettei in the six-furlong sprint on the second day. Despite, his being badly left, on Saturday he was among the first five to finish, and good hopes are entertained of his redeeming his reputation when he gets onto a drier course.

A Wellington writer speaks of The Babe as possibly the best newcomer of the season of the jumping brigade. He was, so it is said, carrying his 12.12 like a tradesman when he was carried into the wing of a fence in the concluding stages of the Hunt Club Cup. A. E. Ellis,, who rode him, rather looked for trouble by coming up on the inside of the leaders, and the mishap was anticipated. The Babe w’as going particularly well at the time. Next year he should be racing amopgst the best company in jumping races. He is a seven-year-old gelding by Cronstadt —Fairlie and runs in the colours of Mr. A. G. McDonald.

Hokioi is said to have been going particularly well ’ with Passin’ Through and Zircon in the Beaufort Steeplechase when he hit the sod wall and clouted Mcßrearty out of the saddle. The jockey macle a strenuous effort to stay on and hung suspended for 25 or 30 yards, but he could not get back into the saddle. Hokioi would certainly have been in the money but for the mishap.

The Christchurch papers are all congratulating themselves on the placed horses in the Grand National Hurdle Race being owned and trained in the South Island. Tt may not, perhaps, be kind to remind them that all three were bred in the North Island, and that both Kaikahu and Dubious learned how to jump before they passed into the South.

*. * * Wharncliffe, by the way, is a gift horse, having been presented to his present trainer-owner. J. J. Lewis, of Ashburton, by the late Mr. John Grigg, who secured him in the North Island about the time that he purchased the hurdler’s sire, Thurnham. He wag an unsound horse when got him and has taken a lot of nursing into racing shape. Here is a story from the Auckland “Star,” of which our Italian friends would say, “Si non vera, ben trovata.” Perhaps some old Hawke’s Bay hands may be able to confirm it. It is stated that Mr. A. G. Quartley, the owner of Beau Cavalier, in his younger days rode Moifaa, who afterwards annexed the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. That probably set his mind in the direction of owning a horse that was capable of emulating Moifaa’s performance, and now that Beau Cavalier has shown such ability over the big country he is considering whether h e will take him across to England.

Hero is anolher by “Archer.” of the Auckland “Herald,” whosaj’s:— “h is interesting to recall that after falling in the Waikato Hunt Cup last Octobet Beau Cavalier’s prospects for such a successful career appeared

to be very remote. The gelding was in a bad way for many weeks with a badly-strained neck and many who saw him when his trainer used to bring him out on the lead for exercise little thought that in the winter he was to gain the fame that has come to him. For weeks he was unable to put his head down to pick grass, but thanks to the careful attention of his veteran mentor, 8. Toomap, who must be a very proud man over his charge’s triumphs, the horse made a slow’ but complete recovery. It was several months after the accident before Beau Cavalier could resume work, but fortunately everything then went well and never since has he felt any ill-effects.”

ft is not a bad religion to tvorship the rising sun. But, after all, has Beau Cavalier really yet proved himself a great horse:- Doubtless list. 71b. is a quite respectable weight under which to win a Riccarton Grand National, especially with the ease which the Chesterfield gelding displayed in achieving the feat. Sull, even this does not put an undisputable hall mark on him. Without going into ancient history, it has to be remembered that Coalition won first undei list. 131 b. in 1920 and then under 12st. 71b. in the following year, while Oakleigh carried a neat 12st. to victory in 1923. Even had Beau Cavalier elected to start under 12st. 101 b. on Saturday, a win for him would not have proved much, considering the poor race the actual starters made of it. Beau Cavalier may be all of the champion his enthusiastic admirers claim for him, but colder judgment will say that he has yet to establish it by some like performances carrying 12st. or over. Roisel and Clan Robert finished first and second last Saturday with 12.9 and 12.11 respectively over the stiff Caulfield course, while some of the Australian giants of old had to lift 13st., or more, over jumps quite as difficult as those at Riccarton, and yet not anything like as trying as at Aintree.

Persistent followers of Whenuanui may get some consolation and encoura ement from the following dissertation by “Speculator” in the “Manawatu Times”:—The first two days of the Grand National meeting saw the failure of the son of Acre, who early in 1927 showed promise of having a brilliant career. Many excuses will be, and have been, made for his failure, and a new one will not be out of the way. It will be remembered that his successive five wins were over a distance of six furlongs, and that was his distance during his first start in open company, but lately he has been entered in six-furlong events and mile races as well. The explanation is offered that the fault has been with the distance, and not with the horse. Then will come the retort, “But he ran unplaced in a six-furlong event on Thursday.” Admitted, but he ran in a mile event on Tuesday, and the writer does not see how a horse trained successfully for six-furlong events can be trained for a mile event to be run almost.at the same time, when the horse is of the same temperament as Whenuanui, He is not a Gloaming nor a Commendation, who can run successfully over several distances. Whenuanui ran fourth on Thursday, which was more than he could do in the Winter Cup.

Though Rafa’s name still appears in the “schooling list” published in the “Referee,” he has been entered and weighted for the Hunters’ Flat Handicap, as well as for the Hunters’ Hurdles, to be run at the Taranaki Hunt_Club’s meeting to be held on the 27th inst. Possibly it is hoped that he will get a clearance before that date.

Following are the entries for the two principal races on the first day of next month’s Marton meeting:—' Marton Handicap, miles.—Alloway, Tame Fox, Vivo, Mount Marta, Star Area, Nukumai, Te Monanui, Indian Sage, Starboard Light, Killoch, Joy Bird, Royal Mint, Mint Leaf, Tresnam, Vaccination, Royal Lineage, Eden Hail, Anchor, Imperial Spark. Railway Handicap, 6 furlongs.— Beaumont, Partaga, Grand Knight, Star Stranger, Scat, Orchid, Deluge, Kiosk, Paleta, Inner Harbour, NaaaHno Cohesion, Starboard Light, Gardant, Kilperon, Gleninnes, Hipo, Whenuanui, Phantasy, Huikai, Valkon, Penman, Royal Land, Toapaiti, Le Choueas, In the Shade, Pantagruel, Miss Hupana, Mireusonta, Degage.

RACING STATISTICS. During the 1926-27 season the progeny of Absurd have won stakes to the total amount of £23,309, which places the “Koatanui” Stud stallion again well at the head of the winning sires’ list for that period. Commendation is easily the biggest moneywinning racehorse, with a total of £6187 10/-, and Mr R. A. McKenzie, assisted mainly by the £4820 won by Piuthair,! is the most successful owner, with £7345. The following statistics are supplied by the New Zealand “Referee”:— Winning Sires. Following are the names of sires whose progeny have won over £3,000 in stake-money, the number of placegetters sired appearing in parenAbsurd (42), £23,309; Solferino (43), £17,409 10/-; Quin Abbey (41), £15,118 10/-; Paper Money (33), £14,561 5/-; Kilbroney (37), £14,132 15'-; Luculhis (30), £1'3,532; Limond (12), £13,421 10/-; Catmint (16), £12,527 10/-; Polydamon (30), £11,020 10/-; Bisogne (23), £9,537; Day Comet (36) £9,434 10/-; Martian (17), £9,168; Eylsian (18), £8,647 10/-; Archiestown (16), £8,130 10/-; Boniform (22) £7,732 10/-; Acre (15), £7,194; Nassau (15), £7,172 10/-; Clarenceaux (26), £6,359; Thurnham (12), £6.254 10/-; Hallowmas (10), £6,211 5/-; Tractor (10), £5,932 10/-; Greyspear (10). £5,606; Autumnus (9), £5,556 10/-; Sarto (12), £4.717 10/-; King John (3), £4,669; Kilboy (15), £t,613; Marble Arch (19), £1.346 10;.; Gay Lad (21), £4.189; Leighton (8), £3.935; Lord Multilid (7). £3,862; Romeo (7), £3.744; Tea Tray (13). £3,726 10'-; Merry Moment (8),

£3,699; Panmure (9), £3,665 10/-; Chesterfield (3), £3,352; Heather Mixture (19), £3,302; Potoa (6), £3,250; Roseworthy (2), £3,162 10 - • Some Boy 11. (9), £3,128. In the list of winning sires in Australia for last season the following were the amounts credited to the New Zealand-owned division; Martian. £12,863; Limond, £11,952; Absurd, £9,673; Kilbroney, £4,378; Paper Money, £3,027; Sutala £2,050 Day Comet, £1,615; Tea Tray, £l,375; Leighton, £1,362; Solferino, £991.

Leading Horses, Commendation, £6187 10 -; Piuthair, £4820; Civility, £-1070; Count Cavour, £3920; I'ootlall, £'39io; atapine, £3435; Lysander, £3412 10/-; Gascony, £3385; beau Cavalier, £3230 ; Master Doon, £2915; Centrepiece, £2905; Tanadees, £2900; 'Lians lormer, £2825; Nukumai, £2457 10/-; Agriou, £2320; Rapier, £2269; Hvnanna, £2240; First Acre. £2176; Beacon Light, £2150; Shirley, £2145; Cimabue, £2090; Reremoana, £2060; Royalform £2037 10/-; Pegaway, £1985; Te Monanui, £1900; Tuki £1885; Delightment, £1865; Seatown, £1830; Eden Had, £1815; Kawini, £1790; Day Guard, £1785; Booster, £1704 10/-; Clarinda, £1685. Peter Maxwell, £1684; Laughing Prince, £1670; Novar, £1640; John Bradbury, £1595 15/-; Sea Sail, £1595; Flying Juliet, £1580; Royal Damon, £1578; Vaward, £1570; Comic Song, £1540; Black Mint, £1509; Joy King, £1505. Successful Owners. R. A. McKenzie, £7345: W. H. Gaisford, £7237 10/-; G. M. Currie, £6807 10/-; A. B. Williams. £6113: T. H. Lowry, £5435; C. G- Dalgety, £5232 10/-; Sir Geo. Clifford, £4732 10/-; J. S. Barrett, £4619; G. D. Greenwood, £4250; W. J. Jorgensen, £4250; W. G. Stead, £4158; J- M. Samson £4118; G. F. Moore. £4085; W. T. Hazlett, £4077 10/-; H. M. Speed, £4070; R. Hannon. £4017 10/-; C. G. Macindoe, £3885; 1). P Moraghan, £3757 10/-; J. D. Ormond, £3614; John Paterson. £3412 10/-; W. R. Kejnbail, £3357; A. G. Quartley, £3280; L. C. Hazlett, £3143; P. Lindsay, £3lOl 5/-; EGeorge, £2962 10/-; G. A. Kain. £2869 10/-; G. Paul, £2855! D. Twohill, £2825; E. Riddiford, £2798; A. Trevor, £2473; V Riddford £2460; W. McA, Duncan, £2460; S. G. Davidson, £2457 10/-; C. Elgar, £2371; G. G. Holmes, £2359; L. J. Hyde, £2354; J. L. Hannon, £2282 10/-; B. Goldwater, £2250; J. A. Ainge, £2100; J. Fredric, £2075.