SPORTING

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 232, 2 October 1935, Page 10

SPORTING

I NAPIER PARK ACCEPTANCES '■] Acceptances for all events at the I Napier Parle Racing Club's spring I meeting next Saturday are duo to close 1 at 8 o'clock this evening. ] ORATORY’S SET BACK Oratory did not start at Otaki owing to a slight injury to tho shoulder.-'Al-though not serious, this may affect her chances for tho Great Northern Guineas at Ellerslio and unless she makes a complete recovery tho Gainscourt filly will not bo a contestant. B. H; Morris is to ride her, but if she docs not start he will bo on Lowenborg.

IRISH BRED FILLY An attractively-bred fitly, purchased in Ireland by Mr. A. J. Storey, of Te a Awamutu, reached Auckland by the a Remuera on Saturday. Tho filly is by 1 Soldennis, son of Tredennis, from I Black Spangle, by Black Gauntlet from I Twinkling Star, by Stodfast from I Evening Star, and is a member of the 1 Sunshine family, of which the success I fu"i sire Limond is also a member. Sold- | onnis is the sire of Denis Boy, winner 1 of the Caulfield Cup in 1931.

IRISH BREEDING INDUSTRY / Irish Free State Government has decided to set up a commission to inquire into the present position of the horso breeding industry, and to make I recommendations for its improvement I and development. Nino persons pro- | mincutly connected with the industry will form the commission. Shortly after the commission was held the annual sales of yearlings and other bloodstock were held in Dublin, and wero such a success that it would seem a move for a commission -was premature. The aggregate for the three days was 162,226 guineas for 438 lots, against 42,865 guineas for 300 lots a year ago. It was the best aggregate since 1930. STABLE SLIGHTLY SCARED At Newmarket (Eng.) early in August there was a coughing epidemic among the horses, and one of those affected was Bahrain. That created consternation, but ho made too rapid a recovery for his St. Leger quotations I to be affected to any extent. In fact I he -was nearly right by the timo it got 1 into the papers that he was coughing. 1 However, it caused him to be taken 1 out of a race in which it was intended 1 he should run before the St. Leger, 1 About two years ago, Mr. George I Lambton had to break up his associa- | tion with his cousin, Lord Derby, for I whom he had bred and trained horses 1 for well over 30 years. He had then 1 won for Lord Derby tho majority of 1 England's big turf events. j| Racing men shook their heads when 1 Mr. Lambton decided to make a fresh 1 start in the game, this time on his own, 1 but were forced to admit that the old I trainer had made the grade when his 1 horses galloped away with about £lO,1 000 during the present season. Mr I Lambton began his second racing carI eer at a time when most men are think- | iug of retiring. He had only two mid--1 dling horses then, but now trains a 1 stable of 50, and has shown amazingly 1 good results with horses that nobody 1 else can do much ■with. Mr. Lambton I will live in British turf history as one I of the most courageous men it has ever 1 known.

I BEACH BECOMES POPULAR I The Ngamotu beach, proved a popu--1 lar place for New Plymouth trainers 1 during the week-end when. Dulieu's, I O’Neill’s and Mantle’s teams wero 1 worked, some of the horses being given I swimming exercise. Dulieu made four I trips with his team, using his new two- | horse trailer. I Chief Marionette is dohjg partieularI Jy well with her course of bathing, and •it is to be hoped she stands up to her preparation. Who is ■ a top-class galloper when right, and she should again reward her trainer for tho patience he is showing with her (states “Moturoa” of the Herald). FERSEN’S PROGRAMME Though the Vorbius four-year-old Person figures among those weighted for the Mitchelson Gup at Ellerslie on Saturday week, no definite decision has been made whether he will make the visit, and ho can be regarded as a doubtful starter (states tho Taranaki Daily News). Ho may be reserved for the Trcntham meeting later in the H month. Lowenberg in the auinc stable 1 is likely to take his place in the Great I Northern Guineas field.

REMARKABLE TRACK | Brighton is one of England's fastest 1 tracks at various distances. When I Quai u’Orsay II won the Brighton Cup I last month he scored easily in 2min. U i 3-sscc. for tho mile and a-quarter. As 1 he carried 8.12, that sounded an cxcep- ■ vional performance, but it was not a record for the course, the best being I exactly 2min. | Last year Young Native won the I Brighton' Cup with 9.7 in 2 0 1-5, beat- | iug the second horso four lengths. I Brighton’s six furlongs record is 1.6 1-5, and mile 1.32 4-5.

DERBY WINNER DIES Pcmmern (Polymeliis—Merry Agnes) winner of the Two Thousand Guineas j and war-time Derby in 1915, died last i month. Owned by tho late Mr. Sol. j Joel, ho won £15,616 in stakes. Apple j Sammy, Polyphonies, Pondoland and I Duncan Grey wero among the good g winners ho sired. I LARGE FRENCH ENTRY

f| Owing to the increase of deduction 1 from totalisator investments in Prance jU to 15 per cent, it was stated several H prominent owners in that country inI tended strongly supporting the back|j end handicaps in England. These inH eluded the Cesarewitch and CambridgeB shire. Consequently tec number of Jr* French-bred horses in those races is

■ ■ . ■ ■■■ unusually large, thongti many are owned in England, beiug recently purchased for that country-