RACING NEWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 251, 20 September 1934, Page 12

RACING NEWS

FROM STABLE AND COURSE.

(By “Binocular.”)

Heatherland, the three-year-old gelding by Acre from Purple Heather, who is in J. Lambess’s stable at Ellerslie, has commenced his early education. Waltzing Lily, the best mare in Victoria, who beat Hall Mark at Caulfield, was knocked down os a yearling for 40 guineas. Top Rank shaped creditably in the Longbeach Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday, but probably he will be better suited by a shorter distance. The Paladin filly Orris is stated to have shaped well enough at Ashburton to suggest that she will develop better form in the future. . Top Coat bolted once round prior to his race at Ashburton on Saturday and, under the circumstances, he did well to finish near to the placed lot. Trumpet Blast appeared to have a good chance at Ashburton (comments a southern writer), but he did not win. He is a bit of a stargazer, the critic adds. The' Gisborne-owned galloper Sporting Blood is due to open his throe-year-old campaign at- tho Taumarunui meeting. Last season he displayed distinct promise. Latest advices from Sydney state that Sir John (Limond —Jewel of Asia) has made rapid strides in his preparation recently and seemed to bo returning to something like his best. Autopay was well fancied by his connections for the Camellia Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday, but he was unable to overcome the handicap of being left at the pest in such a brilliant field. Tho abandonment of its winter meeting owing to adverse weather cost the Oamaru Jockey Club £l7O. but despite this, a profit of £25 5s 5d was made on the year s operations. . . The Wingatui trainer, C. Gieseler, is reported to have a big team in commission. It embraces Dismiss, Ventrac, Travenna, Braw Lad, Unseen, Unex, Queen Tractor, Lycidas, Lady Kate, Sungem, Sunny Gwen, Gold Boa, and News Reel. The Riccarton trainer, E. Scoullar, has taken in hand, for Mr W.. T. Hazlett, a three-year-old bay gelding by Chief Ruler from Moulin Rouge, by Kilbroncy from Directoire. This is a line from which Mr Hazlett has bred several winners. Fracas was a strong fancy for the Spring Handicap at Ashburton. An exchange mentions that 6lie was on her toes in the birdcage and looked a bit light and tucked up. While she showed speed, she failed to finish on. The five-year-old horse Rulanut, by <_.tuet Ruler from Cocoanut, and the brood mare White Wings, by Limond from Waterwings, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Wanganelia last week. White Wings is a full-sister to Agrion, and she is owned by Mr W. Scholium, who sent her to Sydney to race several years ago. The distinction of being the oldest professional jockey still riding to-day is claimed for an Australian. H. Graham, who is now in Rhodesia, South Africa. He is 53 years of age, and only two or three years a (to had his most successful season as a iockev riding 142 winners. R. Lewis, doyen of Australian jockeys, will bo 56 in November. Steve Donoghuo is 50. A RICH PRIZE. ADMIRAL DRAKE FOR U.S.A. An announcment that Admiral Drake, winner of the Grand Prix in Paris in June, may be shipped to Los Angeles to compete in tho £150,500 Santa Amta Handicap at the new Los Angeles iurl Club course on February 23, was made on August 11 at tho Californian city by Mr Gwynn Wilson, assistant club manager. Mr H A. Buck, of New York, who has been in Europe acting as emissary for the Los Angeles organisation, cabled Mr Wilson that M. Leon Volterra, owner of the famous French horse, had promised to enter Admiral Drake m the handicap. Mr Wilson said that Cavalcade, High Quest, Discovery, Gallant Sir, Riskulus, and possibly Equipoise were probable starters in the race. PEACH BRANDI. DOING STUD DUTY LOCALLY. Appearing in this issue is an adverisement drawing attention to the fact that tho English-brod Peach Brandy will do stud duty in the Manawatu district this season. Peach Brandy is a well-bred sire, being by Call of tho Wilds (Polymelus— Cooee) from Peach Blossom, a mare by Bayardo—Cornfields. Although his opportunities have been rather limited Peach Brandy is represented on tho New Zealand Turf by some very useful performers and , one, who is well-known to racing enthusiasts on this circuit is Mr F. Bristol s chestnut gelding All Spirit who won at the last meeting of the Otaki Club, incidentally giving, the Palmerston North horseman, R. Reed, his last winning ride prior to leaving for Australia, and the Bulls trainer, A. E. Neale, his last training success boforo departing across the Tasman with Diatomous! Bred as he is Peach Brandy wi demand attention by breeders. He will stand at Mr D. Buick’s property on Boundary Road at tho low fee of £6 6s.

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB, FIELDS IN CLASSIC EVENTS.

DUNEDIN, Sept. 19.

Nominations for the Dunedin spring meeting are very satisfactory. A most pleasing feature is the number of two and three-year-olds engaged in handicaps that aro also in the McLean Stakes and the Dunedin Guineas. These two races, because they are the first classics m the South Island, are the star attractions ot the fixture. The whole of the fifteen two-year-olds engaged in the Dominion Handicap on the second day of the meeting are engaged in the McLean Stakes on the onenmg day, and no fewer than 17 three-year-olds, also engaged in handicap events during the meeting, are in the Dunedm Guineas. It is some years, since such promising fields have been in sight for these two classics. VICTORIA' PARK RACES. PETER PAN BEATS CHATHAM. CUSTODIAN A SECOND. SYDNEY, Sept. 19. Tho Victoria Park races were held todav Following are the principal results: SIR HERBERT MAITLAND STAKES. Seven furlongs. PETER PAN, 9.3 (J. Munro) 1 ::: ::: R Cha C t r ham o had ar con d trol at the Lcgcr from Silver Ring, but Peter Pan, finishing ctrnnnlv won by a neck, with Duke Caledon lengths away third. Golden Wings was fourth, then Lough Neagh and g Silm- Bing, with Silver Scorn last. Time I.24s—a race record. > FLYING HANDICAP. Six furlongs. First Division. AUSTRALIA FAIR, 8.4 (Hickey) ... 1 CUSTODIAN, 6.12 (McKinnon) ... 2 rnrn DIGGER, 7-5 (Knox) ... 4 Ten started, including Upoko Ariki. Three lengths and a half; a length. lime, 1.214- ' , _. . . Second Division. # ASSAI. 8.1 (Henry) ... » TTMYRIS 8.1 (McCarten) SPRING FERN, 8.5 (Laycock) 3 ♦Dead heat for first. Fifteen started. Spring Fern wa* two lomrths away third. Time, VICTORIA PARK HANDICAP. One m iie and three furlongs. MISS NOTTAVA, 710 (Britt) 1 REGAL SON, 8.6 (D. Munro) 2 NORD, 7.4 (Parr) ... ••• ••• ° Nine started, including King March, Shatter and Martian Chief. Three lengths; two lengths. Time, 2.134—a race record. The Welter Handicap, 'of one mile, was won by Broccoli in 1.392,. also a race record. Red Rufus and Lavington were unplaced.

FOXTON RACES. RECORD ACCEPTANCES.

Per Press

Association.

. FOXTON, Sept. 19. Acceptances for the Foxton Racing Club’s meeting are a record. They are: — MAIDEN STAKES, of 50 sovs. Six furlongs.

PAIAKI HURDLES, of £BO. One mile and five furlongs. Paha 11 11 Kotaki Eka 9 0

TROTTING. ITEMS FROM THE SOUTH. Bide-aAVeo, by Peterwah from a daughter of Logan Pointer and Ivy Dean, a winner at Ashburton on Saturday, is a sister to Gang Awa', another useful performer of a year or two back. Silver Sea, an aged grey trotter, by Sonoma Harvest —Louio Drift, is in regular work at Addington, and judging by her track efforts she should not be long off the winning list. However, as she is 10 years of age, it is hardly likely that 6he will attain very great heights. Nelson Child, who waa in the also started division in the Selma Trot at Ashburton on Saturday, is a four-year-old gelding by Nelson Derby—Childwood, being thus a half-brother to Child de Oro and Great Logan, the latter having been a very speedy pacer a few years ago. Charteris Vale has a lot to learn about racing and thero is plenty of room for improvement in her barrier manners. She has proved, however, that she possesses a lot of 6peed and by running fifth on Saturday she registered a creditable effort. R. D. Kennerley, who for two years has been training in Auckland, has decided to return to Addington and he will take with him Brentlight, Rayon D’Or, Peter Junior, and the trotter Explosion, who should find more opportunities in the south for a horse of his class. CRAZE FOR EARLY SPEED. The craze for early speed is blamed by one American writer for the failure of the trotters to lower the world’s trotting record of Imin 56isec, made by Peter Manning, in 1922. “On every hand,” writes John Ilervey, in Hoof Beats, “we are constantly being told this is the era of speed—speed of every sort in every domain of action . . . But harness horsemen apparently have forgotten all about it. Instead of looking forward, they have now been looking backwards for a dozen years, in the trotting sense, and no less than 19 years in the pacing sense. . . . To alter this state of affairs it should be necessary to place less stress upon extreme colt speed, and to cease ignoring everything else. If we are going to have new champions that will eclipse such longstanding ones as those of the past, which are still held up as the fastest harness horses the world has ever seen, they cannot be burnt out as two and three-year-olds None of the great champions was burnt out early in life. And that was what enabled them later on to do what they did The supreme champion must be supreme 'in this respect—ho or she, must not only possess phenomenal speed, but must have the ability to carry it farther than any other horse. That means great strength, great courage, and great constitutional vigour and soundness.” The whole text of a long story is the inadvisability of early racing of pacers and trotters which is carried on to a great extent in America. A survey o'f the summaries will show races for two-year-olds on practically every programme. In New Zealand the Conference has guarded against the early racing of pacers and trotters “Two-year-olds shall not trot in any race before October 1, ,nor in any race over a distance exceeding eight and a half furlongs before April 1, nor in any race exceeding one mile and five furlongs from April 1 to August 1.”

TROTTING_MEETINGS. FORBIDDEN IN SHANGHAI. According to a statement issued by Chi-'' nese authorities in the city of Shanghai, the Government definitely refuses permission to tho recently-formed trotting club to conduct racing in Shanghai. A local group recently imported 50 Australian trotters and equipment, and also brought a dozen Australian drivers here, says a Shanghai report, for the purpose of introducing trotting into China, but, with the exception of one exhibition meeting. which failed to arouse enthusiasm, the local public has seen nothing of this form of sport. The promoters approached the Chinese authorities for a permit to conduct racing, and also to operate a parimutuel machine. Permission was refused after lengthy consideration, the chief opposition being the contention of the authorities that Shanghai _ already possesses too many organised forma of gambling. The decision thus spells the doom of the trotting venture.

Saxony 8 5 Misfire 8 5 Eka Tere 8 5 Eoyal Alliance 8 5 Martian oss 8 5 Leith 8 5 Dampier 8 5 Golden Empire 8 5 Lord Moutoa 8 5 Chaste 8 5 Enif 8 5 Harvest Moon 8 5 Tannin 8 5

Ruanui 9 7 Royal Papa 9 0 Manawatu 9 3 Agrestic 9 0 Red Sun 9 1 The Storm Calydon M0TU1TI' 9 HACK 0 Wind HANDICAP, of 9 0 £70.

Pladie Six furlongs. 9 0 Hybiscus 7 7 Sanguine . Arena King 8 13 Dick 8 11 Whittington 7 1 Courteca Land Tax 8 6 Sweet Music 7 1 8 5 Royal Passion 7 1 Wasteland 7 12 Mercian Queen 7 0 Bellbroney 7 12 Gay Boy 7 0

wnetuma CARNARVON Y IU GOLD CUP, of £150 ind gold cup valued 50 guineas prc. ented by Mr J. F. McKelvie. Ono mile and a quarter. Red Manfred 9 0 Rereatu 7 11 Carfex 8 6 Lalla Quex 7 7 Gold Trail 8 5 Lady Ronald 7 6 Arikira 8 3 Ida Merling 7 3 Hazoor 8 2 Korokio 7 2 Catalogue 8 2 Spearform 7 0 Princess Headmistress 7 0 Doreen 8 0 FOXTON TWO-YEAR-ODD HANDICAP, of £60. Four furlongs and a half. Legatee 8 13 Maestro 8 0 Svmcony 8 4 Going Gay 7 ±2 Alchemic 8/3 Nightlass 7 10 Heritage 8 3 Sergia 7 10 Bumble 8 3 Pomposity 7 10 Hunting Scene 8 3 AWAHOU HACK HANDICAP, of £80. Nine furlongs. Davisloek 8 1C Purse 7 2 King Thomond 8 7 Bee Aero 7 0 Dorado 8 1 Raparahara 7 0 Boudoir 8 1 Manawatu 7 0 Leo Colossus 7 10 Flaxen 7 0 Wasteland 7 9 Invcresk 7 0 Kalmuck 7 4 King’s Lancer 7 0 ROBINSON HANDICAP, of £90. Seven - furlongs. Red Manfred 9 3 Pin Money 7 12 Good Hunting 8 10 Walton Park 7 10 Rcreatu 8 8 Korokio 7 6 Copper King 8 2 Midian 7 5 Foreign Queen 8 0 Spearform. 7 0 MOUTOA HACK HANDICAP, of £65. Five furlongs and a half. Sanguine King 9 0 Dick Pheon 8 12 Whittington 7 2 Bodylino 7 12 Lord Moatoa 7 1 Whetuma 7 12 Royal Passion 7 1 Hybiscus . 7 9 Harvest Moon 7 0 Flammarion 7 7 Acrclict 7 0 Ethiop 7 5 Mercian Queen 7 0 Gold Mission 7 4 Gay Boy 7 0