OVERSEA NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 3 September 1929, Page 2

OVERSEA NOTES

Ceremony’s Three-year-old Debut. The race selected for the first appearance of Mr. G. M. Currie’s Absurd—Pennon gelding Ceremony in Australia is the Canterbury Stakes to be decided next Saturday, when M. M’Carten will have the ride. The event is to be run over six furlongs, and is at weight-for-age, with a 71b. penalty for weight-for-ago winners above the value of £4OO. For horses not having won £l5O there are liberal allowances Ceremony will thus have to carry 8.7, and if anything like himself he will give the opposition something to do. Nominations closed in Sydney only last Monday, so they aie not available * * * Another Tippler. So well did tho juveniles by Tippler perforin last season, writes “hernhill” in the Melbourne “Sporting Globe,” that the present youngsters by him may be expected to carry or worthily when they are given the opportunity in public. One of the Tippler youngsters purchased in Sydney last autumn on behalf of Virtoria is ’the black gelding from Neirene in J. Scobie’s stable. He is tho property of Mr- Agar Wynne, who named him “The Doctor’s Orders.” This juvenile is shaping well in his early sprints. His dam is New Zealand bred, being got by Martian from Cuiralba, by Trenton’s three-quarter brother Cuirassier from Albatross, by Malta fiom Tho Auk, by The Marquis from Seagull, by Fisherman from Omen. No fault can be found with this pedigree * » * Against Broadcasting. Dr A. V. Benson (chairman of tin Port Adelaide R.C.) has been vehement in his criticism of the harm which he considers broadcasting is doing to racing in South Australia at least He emphasises that in refusing to pay tor the privilege of broadcasting from the course, and then (Continued on page 3.)

doing the work from the outside, the company was using material and goodwill that belonged to the club. He was referring to recent action at Cheltenham. ‘‘lt is absurd for a company to offer five guineas for the right,” he said. “In my opinion, £lOO a meeting would be little enough Depression has had something to do with the losses which the racing clubs have recently suffered, but 25 per cent, is due to the broadcasting of the results, running, and dividends. Anything up to £2OOO a day was lost to the chibs as a result. There would be ~a different effect if the broadcasting were done after the racing had finished." * * * St rephon's English Chances. “Strephon should hold his own m England,” is the opinion of Mr. Clive Inglis, who returned recently to Australia from a trip abroad. Britain is particularly weak in stayers of quality just at present, eo that Strephon’s visit is at a most opportune time. While away, Mr. Inglis secured some brood mares and yearlings, some of them on behalf of Mi. PMiller, who accompanied him on the trip, but will not return to Sydney until the middle of September. Mr. Inglis was disappointed in the thoroughbreds he saw race, particularly the three-year-olds, which are suffering from the craze for early speed. Walter Gay and Kopi (who fell in the Derby) are the two best staying three-year-olds in Mr. ■ Inglis's opinion. Invershine, Brown Jack, Archie Star, and Old Orkney are the best of the older horses, whom Strephon may meet, but they are very nearly at the end of their tether. * * * A Flying Filly. The brilliant English filly Tiffn recently scored her greatest triumph in the July Cup at Newmarket, when she was pulled out against that good horse. Royal Minstrel. The latter, a four-year-old, carried 10.3 to the filly's 9.2. The race produced a wonderful finish. These two were at it all the way up the straight, and Tiffin won amidst great excitement by half a head. Fox rode the winner and Child Royal Minstrel, and Tiffin ran the six furlongs in 1.12 1-5. This was her seventh win without a defeat. The form of the three-year-old (who is small, but beautiful), was later enhanced when Royal Minstrel defeated Fairway (regarded bv many as a sort of super-horse) in the Eclipse Stakes- Royal Minstrel and Tiffin are by the same sire, Tetratema. Tiffin is out of Dawnwind, by Sunstai. » # #

lacing in England. Up to the middle of July, H. H. Aga Khan was well ahead of other winning owners. Nine of his horses won 10 races, worth £22,222. He was also first in the breeders’ list. Six horses bred by him won eight races, returning £17,144. Among the sires. Tetratenia's stock —12 of them—had won 19 races worth £27,325. The Tetratema roan colt, Mr. Jinks, owned bv Major McCalmont, was easily at the top of the list of winning horses his three wins totalling £15.450. The St. Leger Stakes, for which the added money is £4,000, will be run over If miles and 132 yails at. Doncaster on September 11. Final forfeits will be declared to-morrow When the last mail left England H2 were left in the race. One of the latest withdrawals is Walter Gay. who was second to Trigo in the Derby. For some time prior to I'is being taken out he had ruled as facourite for the Doncaster classic. The Derby winner was then second favour ite, and the next two most fancied were Hotweed (Grand Prix and French Derby winner), and Pennycomequick. the Oaks winner. « • « Leading English Jcckeys. Up to the end of the third week in July G. Richards, among the Englisli jockeys, had been out in the most races (392) and ridden the most winners (64).) So far as the number of wins is concerned M. Beary and H. Wragg were tiers for second place with 51 each, but Beary showed ths better percentage having had only 268 mounts as against Wrag’s 290. Next to them came F. Fox, with 49 successes out of 328 tries, and then C. Ray, with 36 out of 213. The only one of the ten leading riders who would have paid to follow right through with a uniform investment at starting price was Wragg, who would have shown a profit of £l3 10/- if each investment had been limited to a £ on each of his efforts A like risk taken with Richards would have resulted in a loss of £67, with Beary, despite his best percentage, £2O, and with Fox £55, * * a Odds and Ends. Firbolg, who ran second to Perception in the mile handicap race at Warwick Farm on Saturday, is by Tippler, sire of Toper, winner of tbo Hobartville Stakes. * » * The Welsh Oaks was won by Lord Astor’s filly, Borrowed Plume, Story Teller (by Golden Myth) was second, and Alniondale (by Buchan) third. The latter was favourite at odds miThe winner is by Craig an Eran from Popinjay, by St. Frunquin, so that' she is a half-sister to Magpie, Australia’s champion sire. Tea Tray is a grandson of Popinjay. it * « That good old scapegoat the typo made Limerick out to be a filly yesterday, and also spoke of Paganelli as giving away “just over” instead of “just under” a stone in weight to Killarney. Paganelli, bv the way, was handicapped to give Killarney, a year older, 101 b. in the Epsom Handicap, but as Paganelli has been taken out of that race there is no chance of another test between them in it.