DIVOTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 216, 26 August 1927, Page 2

DIVOTS.

Dug by ‘‘The Driver.” Nominations for all events at the Dannevirke Racing and Hunt Club’s 'leetings, to he held on September 14 and 15, close this (Friday) evening at 9 o’clock. Tlie telegraph office doses at 8 p.m. Weights for the Wanganui spring meeting appear on Monday next. R. McTavisli will be riding' Miss Mercia and Manly at the Taranaki Hunt meeting. R. E. Thompson will pilot Rafa and Hiiirangi Girl, and W. Rennie Ladv Acre and Sea Comet. The Auckland horseman. A Driscoll, will he attending the Marton meeting next week, where he will ride Marsurd. He has also been engaged tn ride that filly at Wanganui, Duke \hhny has done well since racing at Trenlhani, and lu> should d<» good service tor his owner early in the season. He is engaged at the Marton Meeting.

Jazz Baby arirved at Ellerslie from New Plymouth last Saturday, and is to be shipped to her owner Mr. G. Clegg, in Sydney by the first available steamer. She has a lot of speed for six furlongs.

Bismoor (a brother to Banjuke) and Wilderness are two tyro jumpers trained at Awapuni. Bismoor has pleased the critics, and Wilderness is said to be showing a considerable amount oi aptitude lor the jumping game.

A cable message which appears in exchanges, though it seems to have missed us here, states that, in spite of the Ma Leno’s rough passage, Piuthair and Clarinda arrived at Sydney in good condition.

■I. T. Jamieson plans to take a team to the Wanganui meeting. If he goes, it will probably consist of In the Shade, Eden Hall, Le Choucas, and a two-year-old colt by Duke 1J umphrey—Shepherd Princess-

Monaghan performed well last season up to a mile and a-quarter, foi in ten starts he won lour races and ran second on three other occasions. He is among those accepted lor m the Stratford Handicap a. Hie Taranaki Hunt Club s meeting to-morrow.

Kcddar, the three-year-old gelding by Arrowsmith Hom Taipuiru, wilt now race in the interests of Mr. E. Trevor, owner of Catcall and Santonio. Keddar showed a bit of pace last year, but did not stay on too well, tie appears to have been doing wed receni.y over short courses at Awapuni.

Weather conditions continue bad at Trentham, and the tracks are very heavy, being ail against fast work, 'lib? unfortunate spell ot wet weathei Las hampered trainers considerably, and representation is likely to be small at the Marton Meeting in consequence. Some of the Wellington horses will thus be at a disadvantage at Wanganui.

However, the “Dominion” states that Degage and Aro de Vai are definitely booked to race at Marton, leaving Trentham the day prior to the races, and that S. Reid is sending up Panther with them. H. Telford will take Bronstell up, and D. McVauhiy will be there with Tresham, Chips and Hokioi- On the other hand, A. Goodman has decided not to race any of his team at Marton. *' * * H. Lorigan is among the Trentham trainers who are getting their teams early on the scene at Wanganui. He has taken with him Orchid, Oratrix, and the two-year-old colt Royal Duke.

Rayo, who is trained at Hawera, is said to be very well just now. He performed only very moderately last season, his solitary win being in the Hunters’ Steeplechase at the last North Taranaki Hunt meeting. He finished third in the Grandstand Steeplechase at Wanganui to Peter Maxwell and Crown Coin in May last. Rayo is accepted for at the Taranaki Hunt meeting to-morrow. Gilgai performed fairly well over country last season. He was third in the Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Cup, and second in a similar event at the Taranaki Hunt meeting. At the Egniont winter meeting he was third in the Hack Steeplechase, and won the Adamson Steeplechase, two miles. His last start was in the Wanganui Steeplechase, in which he finished third to Maunga and Bonny Rill. He will be among those fancied at the North Taranaki meeting.

Jovial, who looked a racecourse certainty four furlongs from home, but later lost his rider, at the recent Grand National meeting, is an acceptor for the Marton meeting- In the First Hack Hurdles he has been weighted at 10.2, and is in receipt of 221 b from the top weight, Peneus. That may be enough to bring them together, even with the latter in his best Riccarton form.

Pendavies is a good sort over country, his last three appearances at Ellerslie resulting in a win, a second (beaten narrowly by Zircon) and a win, says an Auckland writer. Next season the Waikato representative should do well in better company. His owner-trainer, Mr. I. Wusoii, suffered misfortune in the late autumn when he lost the services of Pendennis, another useful chaser, who broke down after chasing Beau Cavalier home.

Euphonium commenced last season by winning the Flying Handicap at the Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club's meeting. The date of this fixture this season has been altered to fit in with the Wanganui spring meeting. The North Taranaki Hunt Club’s meeting is now in front of it. and Euphonium is among those accepted lor in the Stratford Handicap, six furlongs. He is reported to be going well at Hawera.

At the Taranaki Hunt meeting at New Plymouth on Saturday, says the Auckland “Sun,” Sea Comet and Lady Faye will be competitors. The last-named was left in A. Jnlinn’s charge after the Pakuraiiga meeting With Sea Comet as a companion Lady Faye covered a round on the sand track at Ellerslie yesterday morning in 2.8. the last mile taking 1.56. A. Julian intends leaving with the pair to-morrow. Another of his learn in Royal Bnniis, who paid up foi tin l same gathering, is not. t tJ make the trip. Royal Bonus re<|iiin-s a good deal more schooling bvluie he will make a hurdler-

S. Davidson has been engaged to ride Valicare in some of her races this Spring. Probably he will pilot the Valais mare in the Warwick Stakes on September 3. « • • L. H. Watson, the former New Zealand rider, who has just returned to Sydney from a successful visit to India, does not intend to stay in Sydney. After a holiday trip to New Zealand, he will leave again for India.

P. Riddle’s change-over as a trainer from trotters to gallopers has been expected lor some time, and the last mail troui bydney bungs a definite statement that Riddie will go over to racing next Easter, Air P. Miller being his principal patron. There aid just on 500 horses in work on the Kandwick training tracks at present.

There is every prospect of 4 brilliant race for the \\ arwick Stakes, to be run over a mile on w.t.a. terms at harwicK Farm on September d. me leno wing nominations were received in Sydney:—Limerick, Vaiamita, Ronsard, Commendation, Boaster, u ujisan, Pantheon, Rionsuup, Amouius, Coin Nut, Valicare.

“H his gallops are any criterion, it is going iu taae a good one to prevent Agnon rrom adding to R. J. Alasun s list oi successes in the A.J.C. Derby," wrote ••Poseidon” belore the IJiiiond con s trouble m his neel came against, niiu. "Again tins morning, after breaklast, he siioweu that Alason has him iu splendid lett'e, as with D. Alunro in tne saiidie me Liniond colt recorded a fine trial. He jumped off with the imported horse Ronsard (ridden by a light boy) at the live iurlongs post, and alter running the first in 12, two in 24, three in 36$ and lour in 49, he was a length ahead ol his companion at the end of live in 1.2Ronsard, who had performed very well, then pulled up, out Agrion went on and completed seven in 1.31.”

V. O’Neill, the trainer of Spearfelt, recently told a Melbourne writer that ne hau great hopes oi Ins horse standing another preparation. ‘‘He looks simply grand aim is now a much better-lookmg horse than ever before,” said O’Neill, “and, although he has a doubtful suspensory, it will surprise me if he does not stand, as there is. no heat in the and he does not use it the least bit tenderly. Of course he has not done mufli work, but he has pleased me so much that 1 am going to give him a race at Flemington.”

At a recent race meeting at Capetown a wireless invention—tne automatic timekeeper — was completels sucuessiui. 11 is worked oy an invisible ray rrom a lamp in the judge s box, louussing a point 01 light one-liith oi an inch in diameter on a selenium cell fixed in the winning post. Anything crossing the invisible ray extinguishes the point of light, and the crock ceases. Hie human factor was proved three-fifths oi a second slow in a tvvo-mile race, and one-iiith of a second 111 a mile. This is an invention of the Capetown wireless expert, Air. Streeter. Aaturaliy, there are also surety devices to prevent the light being accidentally extinguished, and in cases of long races where the judge's box is passed twice. The official clock is a giant affair—9ft high, but the actual timekeeper is a pocket chronometer attached to a miniature wireless transmitter. The start of the race, etc., is controlled by a two-valve amplifier.

Saltash, whose two-year-old will be racing both in Australia and New Zealand Uiig season, is a brother to Buchan, consequently, the fact that the latter’s progeny did really wed at Ascot in June was very pleasing to Mr. P. Miller, of the Kia Ora Stud, where Saltash is located. Duke of Buckingham (4 years) won the Ascot Stakes, two miles; Book Law (3 years) the rich Coronation Stakes, one mile; Buckfast (4 years), the King Edward Stakes, one mile and a half; and Jennie Deans (3 years), the Fern Hili Stakes, five furlongs. Buchan’s stock can sprint and stay, and there is no reason why those of Saltash should not do equally well. Duke of Buckingham, who is owned by Mr. W. Cazalet, has been offered to Mr. Aliller, by cable, since his Ascot win, but nothing has come of it up to the present. At the end of June, Buchan was third in the English winning sires’ list with ten winners of sixteen races, of the value of £15,605.

Valicare is evidently going to be once more a thorn in the side ot those who have to oppose her in coming sprint events lound Sydney. Of her the “Sun” track-watcher writes as follows on Thursday ol last week: “Alter her speedy eftory ol Tuesday trainers wondered whethei Valicare would have her pace tested again this morning. She did not come out until nearly all the others had gone home to breaklast, and she quickly evinced her desire to go fast the Valais mare evidently loves her morning gallop, and no effort is made to restrain her exuberance. She ticked off her first furlong in 13, and as she ran the second in 11J and the next after that in 12 she might have been saying, “Now bring along your greyhound and I’ll show whether it can go as fast as a racehorse.” The five furlongs took 1.1, then she eased up to finish six in 1.15. ViiliTure is going to be in the pink lor her first mile race against the New Zealanders, and she will need to be a little better than she was in the autumn if she is to clip their wings. Au idea of the pace of Valicare may be gathered from the times made by other horses. For instance, the Greenstead idly i-'„i.«t, who knows rhe way to slide along, regislercd only 1.17 for her six, hui that would have lull her ten or twelve lengths behind Valicare.”

Sea Comet might have won the Greenmount Hunters’ Steeplechase at Ellerslie on Saturday had his rider shown more judgment, says the same exchange. He was beaten into second place—there was nothing else standing to challenge him for the honour. Later Sea Comet was produced tor the Hunt Cup, and once again he was in trouble, the effect of which has already been noted. However, running along the buck stretch, Sea Comet went alter the leaders as if he was indulging in a tive-lurlong sprint, and therefore it was small wonder that ho was so tired as to require the help of Hypothesis to carry him home. Sea Comet is engaged in steeplechase events at New Plymouth next Saturday, and when he makes the trip a new rider will be up, probably n . Rennie.

Manly, who is engaged at the Taranaki Hunt Club’s meeting tomorrow, has only once been out of a place in his last six starts. He was second in the Railway Handicap, seven furlongs, at Opunake, and occupied a similar position hi the farewell Handicap, six furlongs, at the same fixture. Going on to the Manawatu autumn meeting, Manly was third in the Woodhey Handicap, six furlongs, unplaced in the Lockwood Handicap, and second in the Adderstone Handicap, a mile and a distance- At Egmont winter meeting he won the Tawhiti Handicap, eight* furlongs and a-lialt, and was third in the Borough Handicap, seven furlongs, which was his last start.

Constellation and Autumn Day, who recently voyaged across irom N.Z. to ayuuey na«e “gone West, out only as far as Penn ( \\ .A.)rlieyhave ueen purcnaseu by Mr. j. J. U tiara, of Perth. Constellation is a seven-year-olu gelumg in jjay Comet, Hom langiwiy aim .luium.i Day is a six-year-oid gelding Uy Day comet from Autumn Rose, uotii having been bieu by Mis tjeiiiiaru, ol le Aroha. Neither of them has made any great mark m New Zealand. In tact, Autumn Day is a “maiden, but he does not seem to have started racing till last season.

“You will have noticed in the newspapers the announcement ol the Governor-General that the King graciously proposes to present a cup each year to be raced lor in Australia,” said the chairman at the Australian Jockey Cnib's annual meeting last week. “The GovernorGeneral submitted to the King a proposal that the principal clubs should conler and settle the conditions under which the race will be run, and presumably the order in which the various States will race. The principal clubs have been advised that this matter also wili be dealt with at the conference in Melbourne. I am sure we all very much appreciate that the King takes interest in racing, here, and 1 hope that the next King’s Cup will be raced for in Sydney next autumn.”