RACING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 219, 12 August 1930, Page 10

RACING NEWS.

SEASON’S FIXTURES. TILL THE END OF OCTOBER. Aug. 12, 14, 16. —Canterbury J.C. Aug. 23.—Pakuranga Hunt Club. Aug. 23. —Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. Aug. 27. —Dannevirke R.C. Aug. 28. —Dannevirke Hunt Club. Aug. 30.—Taranaki Hunt Club. Sept. 6.—Marton J.C. t Sept. 11, 13. —Wanganui J.C. Sept. 13.—Otago Hunt Club. Sent. 20.—Ashburton C’ty R.C. Sept. 20, 22. —Avondale J.C. Sept. 25. 27.—Geraldine R.C. Sept. 27. —Hawke's Bay J.C. Oct. 4. —Napier Park R.C. Oct. 4.—Kurow J.C. Oct. 4, 6.—Auckland R.C. Oct. 9, 11. —Dunedin J.C. Oct. 10, 11.—Otaki-Maori R.C. 0ct.16, 18.—South Canterbury J.C. Oct. 18. —Masterton R.C. Oct. 25, 27.—Wellington R.C. Oct. 27. —Waverloy R.C. Oct. 27.—Waikato Hunt Club. Oct. 27.—Waipawa County R.C. Oct. 27. —North Canterbury R.C. Oct. 27, 29.—Gore R.C. Oct. 30, Nov. 1. —Poverty Bay T.C. FROM STABLE AND COURSE. (By “Binocular.”) Second day at Riccarton on Thursday. Nominations for the Marton spring meeting close on Friday night at nine o’clock. The Marton Handicap—the principal event at the Marton spring meeting on September 6—will carry a stake of 200 eovs. While the Marton Jockey Club have had to curtail their stake money slightly, the Railway Handicap—the open sprint—should still prove highly attractive to owners for there is £l7O in stakes attached. The introduction by certain district clubs of a hack cup contest has proved very popular and the Spring Hack Cup race which is annually held by the Marton Jockey Club will no doubt again prove attractive to owners at next month’s fixture. Apart from the local candidates in attendance at Riccarton, there will be little racing for Awapuni horses until Dannevirke, although two in Evening Hero and Brown Abbey have been accorded nominations for the Hawke’s Bay Hunt on the 23rd. Biflex is the name registered for a three-year-old sister to Bisox that has recently linked up with J. Brown’s team at Hawera. Gay Idea, who recently resumed work under J. Chisholm’s care at Ellerslie, is being restricted to light tasks at present. This filly was only seen out twice last season. Shatter, who ran third in the Maiden Stakes at the Christchurch Hunt meeting, is by Shambles from Windshield. He is a member of F. D. Jones s team at Riccarton. Red Lion is being worked around the roads in the north and the Solferino gelding is stated to bo doing first rate. Provided all goes well in the interim, he will race at the Pakuranga Hunt fixture.

C. Eastwood, who was laid up for a long time as a result of an accident at Takapuna, has been riding work lately. He contemplates resuming race riding on the third day of ths Grand I'sa.tional meeting when the seven stone minmium will again operate.

It is reported that Mr L. C. Hazlett has leased Songbird, the sire of Meadow Lark, from Mr Couser, of Mataura Island, and will use him on his mares this season. Songbird was a brilliant racehonse and Meadow Lark is one of the best sprinters in the South Island.

Stormy was sent away for a holiday after his failure in the Newcastle Cup, but he is now back in the active ranks again across the Tasman. The Quin Abbey gelding did good work for his owner last season when ho won three races, ran second twice and third once, winning £1527 10s in stakes.

Figuring in the Pakuranga Hunt nominations are the two district htunters, Postman and Mandate. The pair both figure in the Harris Memorial, the former being weighted at 10.5 and the latter at 10.0. In addition, Postman claims an engagement in the Pakuranga Hunt Cup and Mandate in the Greenmount Steeplechase.

The one-time Awapuni representative, Lady Comet, figures in the list for the Sylvia Park Handicap at the Pakuranga Hunt fixture in which she has ben allowed in at 7.1. Now in her 10th year, Lady Comet won the July Steeplechase at Trentham away back in 1926 when in L. Knapp’s charge.

With Sargon, Bayacre and Vallar scoring at the Canterbury Park races on Saturday New Zealand mentors in Sydney had quite a profitable day. Bayacre is a three-year-old by Acre from Bayana, who is trained by A. D. Webster at Otaki and as the gelding had no Dominion form to recommend him, his connections should have secured a good price about him.

The Auckland sportsman, Mr C. M. Emanuel has by no means been lucky in his racing ventures, and he suffered a further strokl of ill-luck recently when Pure Tea, a four-year-old mare by Tea Tray from Duchess Eudorus, had to be destroyed as the result iof an accident. When raced in Australia Pure Tea notched a win a second and a third in five starts, but faded to strike form on returning to the Dominion.

Miss Albyn is reported from Te Aroha to be standing up to her work very satisfactorily and she will be one of the goodconditioned ones to take on the southern trip for the spring racing at Dannevirke and Marton. It is anticipated that, as of former years, a fairly strong team of northerners will make the trip south for the benefit of early racing in the spring.

Principia, who was recently injured by a motor car, has ben receiving veterinary treatment, but is still in a bad way, writes “Whalebone.’ F. Loomb had a very high opinion of this filly, whom he stated had shown great promise. This is veiy unfortunate lor him, for Principia had a number of early two-year-old engagements ,n which she threatened to be hard to beat.

The veteran Desert Glow is reported to be in great heart at the present time, and to be working with as much dash as he did some seasons ago. Ihis gelding has been a particularly good stake earner, winning over 8000sovs. during his racing career, and on appearances he does not seem to be finished yet. He is well forward and will be ready to race at spring meetings in Auckland.

The Wingatui trainer, F. Shaw took with him to Riccarton, two Australian bred two-

year-olds, owned by Mr R. M. Greenslade, their trip being educational, comments a Dunedin writer. They are Ossiman, by Scaliger (son of Clarissimus) from Earsome, by Positano from Gladsome, and Hula Belle, by Beau Fils (son of Son-in-Law) from Maxwellton, by Sir Dighton from Annie Laurie, by Charlemagne 11. These two juveniles are fairly forward for spring engagements.

Mr W. C. Ring, of Hinuera, has sold to Messrs J. Beattie and A. Kane, the joint-owners of Town Major, a two-year-old colt by Valkyrian from Whitianga at a figure reported to be in the vicinity of £SOO. The colt is still located at Mr Ring’s property, but it is understood that he will be sent to the South Island shortly to join Town Major. His dam, Whitianga, is an Absurd mare, who raced in Auckland some years ago.

Practically every South Auckland training centre has shown a falling off in the total stake money won by horses trained there, as compared with the figures for 1928-29. Then the aggregate was round about £61,000, but the year now closed shows an aggregate of less than £50,000. Te Awamutu won £22,960 a year ago, whereas this season the figure is £14,721. Similarly Te Rapa horses accounted for £15,668 a year ago, but this season provided their owners with only £12,975. Te Aroha horses won £7393 a year ago, but this season could provide only £6167.

The Oamaru trainer J. Ross has purchased the Songbird gelding Meadow Lark, and with a couple of maiden horses will embark on a campaign in Australia. Meadow Lark, who ranks as one of the best sprinters in New Zealand, has been trained by Ross for Mr J. Lindsay. Meadow Lark is six years old. He did not race at two years, and won £195 in stakes at three years, and £1616 at four years. The season just closed saw him score eight wins and 11 placings for £2289 in stakes. His total stake-winnings amount to £4OOO.

Racing in New- Zealand is generally considered to be under rigid control, and if it were suggested that a man could ride in a race without a jockey’s licence the story would be scorned. Yet this is alleged to have happened within the last month not once, but on several occasions. It is asserted that an application was made by the individual concerned for a jockey’s licence, but after investigation by the authorities it was refused. Yet within a few days he is reported to have ridden at two meetings, and one of his mounts secured place money. An inquiry, it is understood, is to be held.

The Ashburton owner, Mr E. B. Newton has decided to have his three-year-old colt Nightcap, by Nightraid, from Dutch Courage, trained at Riccarton, and A. E. Wormald will have charge of his preparation in future. He has been a member of J. J. Lewis’s team at Ashburton for some time, and he has the reputation of being a useful galloper, while he was greatly admired when he accompanied Limerick in a sprint at the last meeting at Ashburton. The Riccarton tracks, however, offer better facilities for training a colt who has great possibilities. Wormald is a young trainer, but he has done well, and the manner in which he has turned out Ranelagh for his races this season has brought him prominently under notice.

It will be remembered that Silver Rule, by Chief Ruler—Silver Link, who performed brilliantly as a two-year-old (she ran third to Childsplay and Silver Paper in the Welcome Stakes, second to Silver Paper on the second day, and won on the concluding day), contracted a habit of bleeding. It was decided to retire her to the stud. It has now been decided to try out Silver Rule again after a twoyears’ spell from the race tracks. She has grown into a very fine mare during her spell. Always a good-looker, Silver Rule has developed ideally, and providing she has got over her ailment that caused her early retirement she should be capable of staging a comeback.

The team of horses formerly trained by the late J. Beban at Riccarton have been handed over to H. Donovan, who has made application for a trainer’s license. He had been again engaged to accompany Nightmarch to Australia, and A. McAulay consequently had to look out for another attendant. Donovan will start off in his new post under favourable auspices, as the team, which comprises Topere, Audience, Appeal, Sapient and The Clan, are all well forward and on the verge of racing condition. None of these horses was nominated for the Christchurch Hunt meeting but Topere, Appeal and The Clan figure in the list for the Grand National gathering. £300,000. VICTORIAN STAKE MONEY. A Melbourne writer says that the metropolitan racing clubs have achieved a remarkable record in stake money during the last 12 months, the total having reached nearly £300,000. Although racing is going through a serious period, there has been little talk about any marked decrease in stakes. The V.R.C.. leads the way in distribution with £113,105. Of that amount £43,252 was given at the Melbourne Cup meeting and £32,743 at the autumn fixture. The V.A.T.C. follows with £30,850, while Moonee Valley is responsible for £46,880, the Hunt Clubs £6IOO, Victorian Club £llsO, and charity meetings £6680. Williamstown Club’s £21,280 'is £l2lß more than its total for last year. Other clubs paid: Sandown Park £9200, Mentone £7596, Epsom £7400, Aspendale £7275, Werribee £4271. GOING EAST. NEW ZEALAND-BRED FILLY FOR MELBOURNE. Mr E. Lee Steere, of West Australia, in the course of a few weeks will dispatch the four-year-old filly, Pure Blend, to Melbourne, where she is to be trained by J. Holt. As a yearling Pure Blend was bought privately in New Zealand. She is by Tea Tray from Takahau. The progeny of Tea Tray have been noted mainly tor speed. Holt won the Caulfield Cup for Mr Lee Steere with Eurythmic as a four-year-old, and with Maple as a five-year-old. At her first appearance on the West Australian turf Pure Blend annexed the Initial Stakes at Perth, and, carrying 9 stone, was successful in a Nursery Handicap. In each of four juvenile engagements she started at odds-on, but was beaten by Three Stripes (Trice—Red Stripe) in the Karrakatta Plate, and ran unplaced in the Sapling Stakes. Last season Pure Blend was vanquished in both the W.A.T.C. Derby and St. Leger, but on 22nd March was asked to carry 9.3 in Tattersall’s Plate, the impost of Three Stripes being only 7.10. Three Stripes finished second to Prince Paladin (10. U), who afterwards competed at the Adelaide Cup meeting. It did not please Mr Lee Steere to find that Pure Blend had been allotted 8.5 in the Caulfield Cup, only 21b less than Maple’s weight. He scratched her for the race. Pure Blend at present holds no important spring engagement.