Topics OF THE Turf

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 8, 10 January 1936, Page 4

Topics OF THE Turf

Racing at Reefton

KNOCKFIN WINS PRESIDENT’S ’

HANDICAP.

GEEYMOUTH, Last Night,

For the second day of the Reefton races the weather was fine, excepting for one shower of rain. The attendance was fair and the track good. The totalisator handled £5107 10s, as compared with £4781 10s last year. For the two days the total w r as £IO,IOO 10s, an'increase of £lOl9 10s. Results: — COUNTY HACK, of £65; 1 mile. 1 NOCTUENUS, 8.9 (L. J. Ellis) 1 2 Zetes, 9.9 2 3 Master Eoynard, 9.1 ... 3 Also started: 6 Sisterina, 5 Quebec, 4 Gas Mask, 7 Linoleum. Won by one and a-half lengths; half a length. Time, 1.42. SECOND HIGH WEIGHT, of £7O; 7 furlongs. 4 PONTY, 8.0 (Humphries) .. ... 1 1 Cottingham, 9.13 2 2 Woe Musk, 8.1 3 Also started: 5 Appeal, 6 Wiso Choice, 4 Margaret Rose. Won by two lengths each way. Time, 1.26 4-5. Rain fell after the second race. WAIUTA TROT, of £70;.3.2 class; 1J miles. 1 MARIE LOUISE, 24yds. bha. (Withers) 1 5 Awa Dillon, 24yds 2 6 Solario, 12yds 3 Also started: 2 Alice de Oro, 3 Nancy do Oro, 7 Parallax, 6 War Sheila, 4 Welcome Stranger, 8 Glcngowric. Won by three lengths; two lengths. Times: 2.52 3-5, 2.53, 2.54 2-5. PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, of £100; 1 mile. 1 KNOCKFIN, 9.3 (L. J. Ellis) .. 1 2 Sweet Agnes, 9.9 2 5 Knocldong, 7.9 3 Also started: 6 Semper Paratus, 3 Rona Bay, 7 Silver Sight, 4 Locksley, 8 Sharpshooter. Won by two lengths; four lengths. Time, 1.43 4-5. CRONADUN HANDICAP, of £7O; 7 furlongs. 3 GOLD ARROW, 7.3 (A. Messervoy) * 1 Cheap Money, 9.0 2 1 Note Issue, 7.13 3 Second and third horses bracketed. Also started: 5 Animated, 2 Bella Rosa, 4 Latitude. Won by a nose; three lengths. Time, 1.30 2-5. Bella Rosa broke a fetlock and had to'be destroyed. ] NANGAHUA HACK, of £7O; 81 furlongs.

2 RIPOSTE, 7.10 (A. Messervey) 1 7 Baffle,'7.lo 2

5 Lord Mashain, 7.7 3 Also started: Free Rose, 1 Brevity, 4 Quebec, 6 Delium. Won by three lengths; one length. Time, 1.24 3-5.

BROADWAY TROT, of £7O; 3.43 class

1J miles,

1 ‘ LADY ANN, 36yds. bhdl (Lynch) .'. .. 2 Linklight, 24yds.' .. .. .. ... ••

4 Fairy Brooks, scr. 3 Also started: 4 Alice de Oro, o Nancy de Oro, 3 Reddie, 7 High Noon. Won by three lengths each way. Times: 3.31 1-5, 3.36, 3.37 2-5. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of £SO; 7 furlongs.

1 GOLDEN DART, 9.0 (L. J. Ellis) 1 3 Maroha, 7.3 u 2 McHcath, 9.10 .. 3 Also started: 4 Silver Sight, 5 Note Issue, 6 Locksley, 7 Starshootcr. Won by a length; two lengths. Time, 1.29 4-5.

According to a Wellington message Autopay is booked to go under the hammer at the Trentham sales .this month. The trainer J. T. Jamieson returned to the Dominion from Sydney on Monday. ’Refresher's double win and a third placed Mr. F. Calvert at tho head of the winning owners’ list at Stratford with £340, and Davistock’s win in the Stratford Cup set Mr. A. H. Trotter second with £260 (including cup valued at £50.) A Dunedin message states it is reported that the Dunedin Jockey Club has good prospects of getting Silver Ring, Kinnoull and Heritage to contest the Hazlett Gold Cup next month. These three horses should make a big attraction for tho Cup meeting.

Among tho horses sold at tho Riddiford dispersal salo two years ago was Zetes, who had earned fame for the record price of 2400gns ho brought as a yearling, and at the 50gns Mr. B. H. Winchester, of Reefton, paid for him ho has been quite a profitable purchase. In his first five races in his new colours ho was placed, and last season ho won three events and filled minor places seven times. During the recent holidays he was again a winner at Greymouth, and then scored a double at Reefton on Tuesday.

■GROUCH ON HANDICAPPERS Whenever I hear trainers growling about the treatment of their horses, it occurs to me that if it could bo arranged for each trainer to send in the weight his horse should receive in a handicap of some importance we should have interesting estimates, writes “Pilot” in the Sydney Referee. They would be amusing, if nothing else, in some instances. It would he safe to bot that each estimate. wouLd be on a low scale, and that there would bo more growling about the “other fellow’s ideas” than there is now in respect of those of the official handicapper. Some trainers do know when they are well, or badly, treated, but others are very uncertain on that point.

"I was beaten last run with such-and-such a weight. Why should I have more this time?” is as far as some can get. The fact of other horses having gone up, and the company, possibly, being weaker than when their horse previously failed, does not count with some, .

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

SUMMER MEETING:

FIRST DAY HANDICAPS.

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last. Night.

RACING DATES. Jan. 1, 11: Greymouth J.C. Jan. 10, 11: Vincent J.C. Jan. 16, 18: Thames J.C. Jan. IS: Wairio J.C. Jan. 22; ’ Ashhurst-Pohangina E.C. Jan. 22, 24, 25: Wellington E.C. Jan. 25: Clifton R.C. (at Invercargill, Jan.-25, 29: Talcapuna J.C. Jan, 30, Feb. 1: Wairoa R.C. Jan. 31, Feb. 1: Wanganui J.C. Feb. 1: Maiamata R.C. Feb. 5; Tapanui R.C. Feb. 6) 8: Taranaki J.C. . - Feb. 6,8: Poverty Bay T.C. Feb. 8: ,Canterbury J.C. Feb. 8, 10: Rotorua R.C.

In Australia Jan. II: Canterbury Park R.C. Jan. 15: Roseberry R.C.' Jan. 18: A.J.C. (Warwick Farm).' Jan. 18: V.A.T.C.' .Tan. 22: Victoria Park E.C. Jan. 25: Moonee Valley R.C. Jan. 25, 27: A.J.C. Jan. 27: Williamstown R.C. In England March 27: Grand National Steeples April 22: City and Suburban. April-29: Two Thousand Guineas May 1: One Thousand Guineas. May 6: Chester Cup. May 27: Derby Stakes. May 29: Oaks Stakes. TROTTING DATES Jan. 11: Cambridge T.C. Jan. 18: Timaru T.C. ■

Weights for the lrst day of the Weilington summer meeting; which-opens on January 22, have been declared by Mr H. Coyle, as under: — KAITOKE HIGH WEIGHT, of £200; 1 mile.: > Semper Shy 9 4 Paratus 10 13 . Contract 9 4 Cottingham 10 4 ' Sky Pilot 9 4 Ethiop 10 0 AVonderful 9 4 Manifesto 3 11 Conception , 9 0 Brown Pearl 9 9 Petrarch 9 0 Blue Tiger 9 9 Seamond '9 0 Roval Papa 9 9 Sunder 9 0 FITZHERBERT HANDICAP, of 5 furlongs. Brabant 8 10 Birthday . Kind Heart 8 6 Party 7 . 3 Laughing Missal - ' 1 ■ 3 Lass 8 3 Nux-so Studley Royal 8 0 Nightingale 7. 3 Double Gift 7 13 The Brilliancy 7 9 . Squanderer 7 3 Deficit 7 9 Wine Card 7 3 Cricket 7 7 Black Fox 7 0 Mandamus 7 G Impersonator 7 0 Chaytor 7 G Jovial Princo 7 0 Custos 7 G Sea Wrack 7 0 Toorak 7 0 WELLINGTON CUP, of £ GOO; 15 miles Cuddle 9 11 Great Star 7 5 Silver Ring 9 9 Senior 7 4 Kinnoull 8' 5 Tout le Monde 7 4 Might 8 0 Sunee 7 3 Grand Jury 7 13 Queen of Song 7 u Spiral 7 10 Lady Graceful 7 . 0 Argentic 7 9 Red.Sun ' 7 0 Davolo 7. 8 Rona Bay 7 0 Sweet Agnes 7 8 Round Score 7 0 Lowenberg 7. 7 Silk Sox 7 0 Hunting Cat 7 6 Superex 7 0 Gay Broney 7 5 AVlndsoreen 7 0 RUAPEHU HANDICAP, of £200; 6 furlongs. Song Boy 9 0 Caen 7 8 Hlno Ra S 11 Contract 7 8 Whyte The SandMelvillo S 7 wich Man 7 8 Boomerang S 6 Jewish Lad 7 6 Violenta 8 6 Shy 7 6 Erua 8 5 Roaming 7 4 Whirling 8 5 Bay Area 7 2 Colombo 8 2 Algol 7 0 Lord Moutoa S 0 Autopeen 7 0 Chief Ranger 7 13 Sansfoy 7 0 Vinco 7 10 A r alroy 7 0 Going Gay 7 9 TELEGRAPH HANDICAP., of Louo; G furlongs. Silver Ring 9 13 Queen of Song 7 7 Silver Streak 3 10 Acceptable 7 5 ICnockfin 8 8 Invoice . 7 5 Princess Dubarry 7 5 Doreen 8 7 Copyist- 7 2 Rebel Chief 8 3 Miss. Diatomous 8 2 Ilushabye 7 2 Star Artist 7 10 Cheap Money 7 0 Bon Tray 7 8 Fulojoy- 7 0 Great Star 7 8 Master V arian fc 7 7 Reynard 7 0 ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP, of £200; 1 mile. Fracas 9 13 Star Artist 8 7 Kinnoul 9 9 Round Score 8 2 Davolo 9 G Superex 8 2 Rebel Chief 9 2 Cheap Money 8 0 Kemal Pasha 9 1 Dollar Princo 8 0 After Money 8 8 Full Throttle 8 0 Plato 8 8 Knock Out 8 0 Tunneller 8 7 ’ Metal Bird 8 0