SPORTING.

Northern Advocate, 20 June 1925, Page 7

SPORTING.

NAPIER PARK RACING CLUB,

WINTER MEETING,

NAPIER, This Day. i

The remaining events on the first day of the Napier Park Racing Club's winter meeting resulted as follows. —

Stewards' Stakes Handicap, of 200 sovs; one mile. —Tari, 9.0, 1; Megan, 10.1, 2; Lady Joyce, 9.8, 3. Santiago was scratched. Won by two lengths, Time. —lmin 45 3-ssec.

Napier Steeplechase, of 400 sovs; three miles. —Eerie, 11.3, 1; San Forte, .10.3, 2; Fireblight, 9.3, 3. All started. Won by three lengths. Carawock fell. Time. —6min 30 3-ssec.

Ladies' Necklace, of 100 sovs; one mile and a quarter.—Royal Song, 10.7, 1; General Carrington, 11.9, 2; Mosthenes, 10.11, 3. All started. Won by a,length and a half. Time. —2miii 20sec.

Ahuriri Hurdles, of 250 sovs; one mile and three-quarters.—Askari, 9.3, 1; Goldpiece, 9.0, 2; Birka, 9.0, 3. Nukumai was scratched. Santiago fell on the flat. Won by a head. Time.—3min 20 4-ssec.

Settlers' Hack. Handicap, of 150 sovs; six furlongs. —Kilmere, 9.0, and Manutai, 9.0, dead heat, 1; Alabama 10.3, 3. Nine of Spades and Western

Boom were scratched. The first four horses finished almost in line. Time. —Imin 18 3-ssec.

The totalisator handled £9877. —

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NOTES. W. Donaldson has had a substantial addition to his team, Clockwork and Smoke Concert having been entrusted to his ear. Clockwork, a six-year-old gelding by Ko'oert the Bruce from . Topic, was a double winner at the Bay of Plenty meeting three months ago. Mr. J. Keightley, of Hukerenui, has placed a youngster by Glenalbyn in J. Clements' care. Messrs R. Thornton and "Tartar" Julian were in Whangarei yesterday and visited W. R. Wilson's stables, where they had a good word to say for the Depredation colt. The youngster is furnishing nicely and shows quality. It is understood that Gloaming is booked to leave for Sydney by the Ulitnaroa next week. Latest files from Sydney show that Black Art was a runner in the First Steeples at Bandwick on June 6. He | started second favourite, but could not j get closer than fifth. The one-time champion Amythas is ' still in regular work at Porirua, but he is lame off and on, and there seems little chance of him ever regaining hi? correct form. It is reported from Tarnnaki that the Maniapoto gelding Te Kawa will shortly be. quartered in a Riccarton stable, having been purchased by a Canterbury owner. Te Kawa, in addition to useful form 011 the flat, has shown considerable ability as a hurdler. Some time ago the Hon. R. F. Bollard promised to introduce a Bill to relieve the racing and trotting clubs in the matter of taxation. With this end in view, legislation may be expected during the coming session, to make the Government totalisator levy 1J per cent, instead of 2J per cent, on the first £20,000. The money thus accruing to' the clubs must be spent in improvements and not on stakes. A surprise entry in the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase is old Luke, who has not done much racing during the last few seasons. Luke will be twelve in An- j gust, and is well past his prime. Since arriving from Auckland last | week the steeplechaser Master Peter j has had a bad leg, apparently the rcI suit of a knock during the Great North - era Steeplechase, and he has done practically 110 w r ork. This, says a Wanganiii writer, will throw him back in his preparation for the Wellington and Grand National meeting. It will be a great pity if Mr. Eric Riddiford is to lose the services of Master Peter at the remaining big jumping meetings this season, for Trainer T. F. Quinlivan has the 'chaser very forward. However, there is still Dubious capable of winning over the sticks. F. Davis is now established at Wood- I ville with Mr. T. H. Lovvrv's team, i which includes Nigger Minstrel, Phoe- ; nix Park, Oreum and some rising two-year-olds A hack that is Ave 11 spoken of at Riccarton is the four-year-old Solferito. { by Solferino from Ilalina. So far his form has been nothing to enthuse over, but he is regarded as a much-improved horse. The Cambridge trainer T. Morris is considering a trip to Wellington and the National meeting with the jumper Bourn and the Ellerslie winner Wedding March. 'The first-named, who is by Wintcrbourne, is an excellent jumper, either over hurdles or country. Wedding March carries the colours of Mr. Mervvn Wells, of Cambridge. The owner named has not been at Trentham for some years. It appears that when Omahu fell hi the Great Northern Steeples he injured a knee, and though he ran in the Winter Steeplechase the trouble was affect,- : ing him. and he was not soon at his : best. A short spell will be given hin ' before lie is got ready for his Trentham * engagement*. Wnr<: from Nov.- Plymouth slate.-! thai" i the lumbers Lor-hson and Alteration are bom am and onn lie counted out oP ' early e-"-.<"renirnt-;. j n |l 1 ;, ~n so 0 f . ( the h:s owner-trainer is trv- '■ ing to 11 1 in right for the Trenthain ■' meeting, bvt the consensus oC opinion t

I amongst the track watchers is that there is little chance of the horse being right for the Wellington meeting.

D. McCauley has been laid aside with i:>tluenza for some time past, but he has resumed duty at Trentham, and

/•ill recommission Ilka and Tresliam, n*ho have been spelling, at an early date. This pair are to be given a preparation for the New Zealand Cup and Stewards' Handicap, for which they promise to be in early demand.

Mr. J. A. Taylor, the Wellington owner, did not have any the best of the deal when he exchanged the Martian mare Dominant for the maiden Otauru. He was so disgusted with the form of the latter that he gave him away after the Levin mee'ting.

A report from Dunedin states that !he Solferino gelding Rosedav has been sold by Mr. J. Richardson to Mr. J. Lindsay. The price was in the vicinity of four figures.

When Golden Price broke down or. tlie second day of the Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting early this month it was thought his case was serious. The wonderful old gelding appears to have made a great recovery, however, as his name figures among the nominations for the Winter Steeplechase at Ashburton next week.

The grey mare Rehutai, by Lucullus,

, has raced very consistently since she

struck form at the Egmont winter meeting. In her last eight starts she has won three? times, been second j twice, third once, and only once out j of a place. At Waverley she was i saddled up twice, and ran a first and a ! second. i 'The spell which was found necessary J for Royal Divorce has done the import- | ed bay a power of good, says a Well- J ington writer, and he is now one of the most commanding looking thoroughbreds in the Dominion. i

Puawliato, the four-year-old halfbrother to Hoariri, showed some form at the Waverley meeting. Puawhato is by Guianforte.

A gentleman just back from Sydney states that the A.J.C. will probably cut out the £2000 hurdles and steeplechase at the June meeting, as the re-

spouse received from owners was not considered satisfactory. It was thought to attract a number of Victorianowned animals, and also a few from the Dominion, but the big prizes did not bring the entries expected. Tl>e trouble is that at this end the Great Northern double is on at the same time, and evidently owners prefer to patronise their own meeting, especially as the stakes are bigger. Also, the handicapping of the moderates Wench and Sling Camp, who have been in Sydney for some time, was not such as would

induce other owners to make the trip.

For the overworked, brain-faggeel moneyed man, a knowledge of racing' has often been recommended by medical men. The late Sir Edward Hulton, the English newspaper magnate, is a case in point, ifor, according to Dick Wootton, who used to train for him before settling permanently in Australia, when his son Stanley took the position, twenty years ago, the doctors gave Sir Edward Hulton only a year or so to live. He got to like the excitement of racing, and always had a big team iu work. Another wellknown case in Melbourne is that of Mr. T. M. Burke, who has had wonderful success during his short career on the turf, and in Hawke's Bay some years ago there was a similar case.

A Canterbury writer gives the follow-

ing description of the Free for All at Ashburton:—The horses were despatched at the first attempt, Sheik leading off from Realm and Logan Chief. 'The slowest to move wore Ahuriri and Onyx. Realm led into the back from Man o' War, Sheik and Logan Chief. At the seven furlong peg Realm and Man o' War were in line followed by Sheik, Logan Chief and Acron. Rounding the bend Man o' War had his head in front of Logan Chief and Realm, and the trio turned for home almost together, with Acron moving up fast on the outside. In a titanic struggle down the straight Realm was disposed of with a furlong to go, leaving the other three to fight out the greatest

race over seen 011 the course. First Logan Chief, then Acron, looked a winner,-but over the last bit Man o' Y 5 / ar wore the other pair down and won by a neck, Logan Chief being a head in front of Aeron. Sheik and Realm were live lengths away, well clear of Onyx and Ahnriri. Man o' War is an Australian-bred horse, who was brought to New Zealand by Mr. W. J. Carter. Soon after his arrival he was purchased at a high figure by Mr. J. R. Corrigan and went into .T. Bryce's stable, from which he was trained for several good performances, the National Cup at Aldington and two Auckland Trotting Cups being included in his winning record. He was sold last season to Mr. G". McMillan, in whose colours he put up some fine placed performances, while he scored an appropriate win at Addington in May of last year in the Hood j Handicap, the chief event at the com- | plimentary meeting run during the j visit of the British Fleet. A few nontlis ago he was disposed of to Mr. r. H. McGirr, of Methven, Canterburvl ft is unlikely that he will do much | noro racing, but his win will benefit j ns shirt prospects, coming on top ol ! 1 he performance of his two-year-old' son, Wakalaua. who filled second place n flic S'npling Stakes the previous day. A riiristcliurch writer states that ho action of the Ashburton Trotting in including a Free for All in l ;is t was amply justified m 1 ,! ! "'-onM an incentive ° fp'-r-cr cfTc*" of a similar- nature,

while it should induce other clubs to launch oujt in the' same direction. The race attracted a high-class field, the best that could be got together in the Dominion, and the exciting finish between three of the competitors, who were locked together for the last furlong, roused the crowd to a high pitch of enthusiasm. TROTTING STATISTICS. | The Ashburton Trotting Club's winI ter meeting closed the season so far as big fixtures wore concerned, and the following are the lists of principal owners, horses and sires for the 1924-25 season.— Winning Owners. —R. M. Morton j £4729, J.' R. McKenzie £4003, G. J. Barton £4292, Duffy £3795, L. G. King £3017, Newdrick Bros. £2845, Miss N. Gunn £2585, J. A. Mitchell E2502, E. ,T. Smtih £2550, T. G. Fox I £2189, C. M. Ollivier £2078, P. Riddle £2055, F. C. Hogarth £2027, .J. J. Iven- ■ nerlev £1903, ,T. Trengrove £ISSO. Winning Horses. —Logan Chief £3770, Onyx £3017, First Carbine £2555, Locanda Ma'c £2530. Ivoliara £2425, Sh ik (Australia) £2055, Glenelg £1955, Great Bingen £1910, Great Hope £1850, Jack Potts £1811, Bessie Logan £.1782, Dalnahine £1535, Dolly Dillon £1517, Pedro Pronto £1515, Vilo £14'i5, Brutus £1422, Away £1355, Acron £1275. Winning Sires. —Logan Pointer £2-1.-952, Great Audubon £11,514, Nelson Bingen £.10,533, Poterota £10,13ti. Brent Locanda £9708, Wildwood Junior £S3SS, Harold Dillon £7712, Gold Bell £5470, Hal Zolock £1000, Four Chimes £4170, Cathedral Chimes £3954, Fl Carbine £3700, Adonis £3481, Harold RolhsehiM E2G34, Marvin Wilkes £2277..