SPORTING

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1926, Page 7

SPORTING

RACING CALENDAR. June 7, 12—Australian Winter. June 18, 19 —Napier Park B.C. Juno 23 —Hawke’s Bay Hunt June 25, 20 —Hawke’s Bay J.C. July 0,8, 10 —Wellington B.C. July 22—Waiuiato .District Hunt. July 22, 24 —Gisborne B.C. July 24 —South Canterbury Hunt. July 31—Christchurch Hunt. TROTTING CALENDAR. June 12—Ashburton Trotting Club. June 19, 23, Auckland Trotting Club. NOTES. The Southland gelding Ecuador, who won two races at Winatui last week, was in the market some little while ago at £SO. It is said that he was under offer at £l5O prior to his win in the Wai-ronga Handicap.

Mr E. Biddiford’s English-bred horse Eoyal Divorce was recently put into commission again, following upon a spell, but a recurrence of his former lameness has decided his owner not to race him again. Eoyal Divorce is to take up stud duties, and will be leased to Mr Bailey, of Palmerston North, who took over the horse this week.

F. D. Jones was due homo in. Christchurch from Auckland with Zaragoza this week. He will devote some attention to Limerick, Young Lochinvar, Battlement, a trio of rising three-year-olds, who are booked for a trip to Sydney, also to Beonui, who may accompany the other three if he shows form sufficiently promising during the next few weeks.

Dick’s win in the Great Northern Steeplechase on Saturday was a fitting reward, as he has had some exasperating experiences in that event in past years. In 1923 he was second to Mary Bruce, in 1924 third to Sir Rosebery and Omahu, and last year again second to Sir Rosebery.

About six races were given away at Wingatui last week by bad riding, writes ‘ ‘ Sentfinel. ’ ’ Some owners and trainers seem to show a great lack of judgment in selecting their riders. Apparently some of them would sooner put up a bad rider than give their horse to comparatively good riders who are without mounts.

| Brushwood Boy, who met with fatal I injuries when he fell in the Panmure Hurdle Handicap at the Auckland Racing Club's meeting on Saturday, was a four-year-old brother to Erie, by Nassau from Mountain Dream, by Mountain King from the • Trenton mare Mooroooroo. He was only a novice at the jumping game, but he had shown great aptitude for it, as he won a hurdle race at Wanganui last month, and he was also-successful on the opening day of the Auckland meeting.

Charlatan looks well after his racing at Wingatui, where he won on the second and third days (says the Christchurch “Sta,r”). A trip to Trcntham next month is practically certain, if he goes on all right, and he should be further benefited by a couple of races there.

Projector and Rapier have been nominated for the winter meeting of the Napier Park Racing Club this month. It is doubtful if they will fufil their Napier engagements, but it is probable that they will be sent to Hastings, for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's fixture, to be held a week later.

The English racing fraternity was provided with a thrill in the horse market on Saturdaw, when two game sportsmen met. One was the Aga Khan, who offered £IOO,OOO for Solario, and the other tvas Sir J, Eutherford, who refused it. Solario is a four-year-old by Gainsborough from Sun Worship. As a two-year-old he ran three times. He won a minor race, but his best performance was his second to Picaroon in the Middle Park Plate. Last season he was third to Picaroon in the Middle Park Plato, fourth in the Two Thousand Guineas (won by Manna), and fourth again in Manna’s Derby. Then his form improved. He won ! the Ascot Derby (Manna being and the Prince of Wales Stakes, winding up the season with an easy win in the St. Ledger. The opinion was then expressed that he would develop into a high-grade four-year-old, and the big offer which 'has now been refused for him suggests that he has this season commenced to realise the expectations.

Finishes were of a close and exciting order throughout at the Otaki Maori Eacing Club’s meeting, not one run-away victory being forthcoming during <tho course of the two days and, indeed, so close were they in several instances that the judge was quite unable to determine all four placings coreetly. The fact that an increase of £IO,OOO odd in the investments was forthcoming from the two days’ fixture should result in the club reaping a material benefit and will permit it to carry out further improvements.

Trainers and jockeys pay a fee of £1 per annum for their licenses at present, but it is proposed that the fee should bo increased to £1 30s, while it is also contemplated that apprentice jockeys shall be charged 10s in future.

The I'our-ycar-oid gelding Fujisan, by Valais—Lady San, has completed a very successful visit to Queensland, proving himself a veritable champion in Bananaland. , Subsequent to the Sydney Cup mooting at Easter he was disposed of by his owner to Mr J. Matthews, a well-known Sydney fielder, at 1500 guineas and his trip to Brisbane must have placed him on the right side of the ledger wih his present proprietor. This little introducion is necessary in indentifying the descendant of Valais with the new holder of the Australian and New Zealand nine furlong record, as on Saturday last, in winning the Royal Stakes at weight-for-age, he set the new figures for his disanee of Imin 494 secs, as compared with Heroic ’s previous record for nine furlongs of Imin oOisec. Thus new fame is brought to the imported English stallion, Valais, who has just been credited with an English, Australian and New Zealand record since 1900 by reason of the earning of his progeny for a season, a fact that will surprise many people who are apt to look upon sires’ figures as compiled in Great Britain as beyond compare. For the first nine months of the current season the descendants of Valais have won £52,908 in stakes, while the largest sum won in England by the progeny of one sire since 1900 was £41,475 totalled for Philaris for 1925. With only nine months’ returns made up Valais has headed the previous Australian record for twelve months by Comedy King, of £43,112, by nearly £IO,OOO, and, had Manfred behaved himsef in several races this total in favour of the stallion by Cicero —Lily of the Valley woud have been very much larger.

The veteran Bandwiek trainer J. Burton died in Sydney on Friday, 21st May. Ho was one of the old school, and had G 7 years of racing. He had trained some flrstclass horses in his day, having scored several times in the Derbies and had won the best handicaps in the Commonwealth. He trained the Melbourne Cup winner Westeourt and Tartan, winner of the Australian and Sydney Cups.

A proposal will come before the Racing Conference next month to increase the contribution for the Accident Fund from £1 to £1 10s for each horse. This is necessitated by the heavy claims on the Fimd,

Ivawini went near to the Great Northern double this year, running second in each of the two events. Kawihi is a six-year-old brown gelding by Formative—Miss Winnie, and he has good staying blood on both sides of his pedigree. A win in the Ladies’ Bracelet Handicap at the ■ Pakuranga Hunt Meeting in August, and one in a Hunters’ Steeplechase at the Auckland Spring Meeting have been his only wins this season, but he was three times in second place, and once third, prior to starting in the Great Northern Hurdles.

Mr. O. P. Nash, of Palmerston North, recently left for Australia, taking with him Imperial Spark, Imperial Purse, and Coinah. The first-mentioned, judiciously placed, is the most likely of the trio to gain stake-money.

M. McCarten, who recently went to Australia, will ride Kiosk, Limerick, and other New Zealand horses. It is said that he will stay in Sydney for several months.

The result of the Derby, decided at Epsom last week, greatly enhances the value of the Solferino line and the prospective stud value of his daughters. Coronach, who won this year's “blue ribbon on the turf," is a chestnut colt got by Hurry On from Wet Kiss, a mare by Tredennis, son of 1 Kendal from Soligena, a daughter of Solimon, the sire of Solferino. Solimon is a son of St. Simon, and Soligena's dam is St. Gautheirn, a mare by Carbine from St. Bees. iHurry On was got by Marcovil from Tout Suite, by Banfoin from Star, by Thurio. Marcovu is also the sire of Markhope, whose dam ranks as a sister to Persimmon, the sire of Comedy King. Naturally this also lifts daughters of Markhope in the estimation of breeders. A Markhope mare should nick well with Solferino, particularly if she had the Carbine or Musket strain in her pedigree, as this would be a mating on similar lines to that of the Derby winner.