RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 15

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES.

December &— Bay of Plenty Jockey Cluk December Tanmarunui Racine Club. December Waipa Racine Club. December 26. ; 28. January 1. 2—Auckland! Racing Club. December 26Alexandra Racine Club. December 26—Ngunguru Racing Club. December 26, Taranaki Jockey Club. December 26, 27—Duned'in Jockey Club. December 26. 27. —Manawatu Racing Club. January Tirau Racing Club. January 1, 2—Stratford Racine Club. January 1, 2—Marton Jockey Club.. January 12—Dargaville Racine Club. January 19—Bay of Islands Racing Club. February 9—Te Kuiti Racing Club. February 13—Rotorua Racine Club. February 23. Thames Jockey Club. February 28—Opotiki Racing Club. March 1, 3—Te Aroha Jockey Club. March 15. Ohinemuri. Jockey Club.

DATES OF COMING EVENTS. December 26—Auckland Cup. December —The King's Plate (Ellerslie). December 26—Manawatu Cup. December 27Palmerston North Stakes. January —Great Northern Derby. January IMarton Cup.

answers to CORRESPONDENTS. " Subscriber," To Aroha.The stake winnings of the two horses in question are as follow:—Gold Kip, £6867; Tama-a-roa, £5926. " Wager."— last contest for the Auckland (Summer) Steeplechase took plaee on January 2, 1906. Pharos won the raco by 20 length*. _ /'Query."At the A.B.C. Winter Meeting in 1922 King Abbey won the Maiden Hurdle Race (one mile and three-quarters'.) in 3m 38s. A.Z., Thames.The information you ask for is not available. In any case, however, we may state the publication of totalisator dividends is illegal. " Tote." Remuera.—The Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting extended over four daya in the season 'of 1900-01. The totalisator investments for the 'meeting at that period amounted to £67,516. Tho sum invested on the machine in connection with th« same meeting during the periods named was as follows:— £511.455 10»'; 102122, £439,151 10s: 1922-23. £386,920 It's.

NOTES BY PHAETON.

HARDY SURVEYOR.

When Surveyor was saddled up to contest the Alison Cup at Takapuna on Saturday la,-it the North Shore event represented the sixty-third occasion On which the chestnut horse has been, called upon to carry silk. With 381b the worst of the weights compared with Bcomerday. it was no disgrace to the son of Nassau ,to strike his colours to the Quin Abbey gelding; indeed, it could be argued that full honours were on tho side of the chestnut horse. The following is a statement of Surveyor's performances to date: —

A compilation of Surveyor's winnings in stakes since passing into the hands of Mr. John Pater'son at HOgns in the autumn of 1922 shows that the chestnut horse has £3350 to his credit.

QUEEN MARCH—WILL SHE STAT ? The position Queen March, would have occupied at the finish of the St. Andrew's Handicap, run on Saturday last at the North Shore, had she escaped the interference which came to her from Pelham two furlongs from the start, is a point that has formed the subject oi much discussion in turf circles. The black filly having been defeated ia both the Avondale Guineas and Great Northern Guineas (both of which events were run over & mile), there were plenty of pooplo to bo found arguing that she would not see out the nine furlongs attached to the St. Andrew 'it Handicap in sufficiently good style to enable her to win that event, arid tihere woro others who considered that Mr. McMacemin chanced something in letting her off with 7.0. No doubt solid grounds might be advanced for propounding the view that Queen March's bast distance is three-quarters of a mile, and that a journey extending beyond eight furlongs would not be to her liking. Maybe the • opportunity will come to the daughter of Lucullus . before the presenjt season closes of being tested over & mile and a-half course, as ehe figures in the Great Northern Oaks. A LUCKY PRINCE. H.H. the Aga Khan, who has raced horses this year in England. France, and Spain, will certainly have good reason to remember with pleasure his connection with the turf, even should no farther important victories come his way, which, however, may be regarded as a very unlikely circumstance. In JUngland. the horses carrying the colours of the Indian Prince captured stakes to the value, of £32.799 in England last season, and in France a run of successes have placed him well up on the winning owners' list in that country. The Grand Prix of San Sebastian, which holds a place with the most valuable races in the world, was run in Spain recently and was won by tho Aga Khan's colt Niceas (a descendant of the English-bred Sundridge), who was bred in France. The value of the race was 75,000 pesetas, which is an important sum to a French stable, m it represents 200,000 francs at the present rate of exchange.

LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK. Sir George Hunter has not experienced much luck in his racing operations for a considerable period, and, though the Woodvillo Handicap, which his colt Crown Star won on Wednesday last, is only of minor importance, it is, all the earn?, pleasing to find the chocolate and canary jacket being again carried to victory. ' Crown. Star, who was got by the Martagon horse Crown ImSerial 11., was privately bred by Sir George Hunter. Father's Voice, the two-year-old edit by Absurd from Shrill, leased by Viscountess Jellicoe from Mr. W, G. Stead, who wa« unfortunately seized ■ with ' a serious ailment some little time back, is stated to be making satisfactory advancement to complete health, and hopes are entertained that he will be in a position to fulfil engagements at the back end of the season. Father's Voice is credited with being a colt of impressive physique, and much is expected from him should he train on properly. The satisfactory result which attended the combine entered into last season by the oneday totalisator clubs in the Auckland district has enabled those bodies to effect many necessary improvements on their respective grounds, and also the providing of more up-to-date appointments in the matter of buildings. From a recent visitor) to Russell I learn that the new grandstand on the Bay of Islands Racing Club's course has been completed, and that the next meeting at Kawakawa. fixed for January 19, will completely eclipse any previous race gathering held in that historic spot. The death of The Welkin mare Furious, Trews of which came to hand by cable from Sydney this week remove® a very noteworth" equine from the scene. Furious, who was bred by Mr. E. E. D. Clarke, .of Victoria, and whose colours she carried throughout her. career, displayed marked brilliancy at two years old, and at that age she captured stakes to the value of £7943," and at three years old she won another £12,229. the V R.C. Derby and V.R.C. St. Leger being included among her triumphs. Arch Ami, who went very close to bringing of! a big surprise when .she ran Dancing Doll to a head in the decision of the Vauxhall Handicap at Takapiina on Saturday last, is a three-year-old daughter of Ahciestown and the Soult mare Mot Ami,, and ehe thus ranks as a half-sister to Amiforin. Arch Ami carries a racy appearance, and she may bo expected to lose her maiden status at an early date. The three-year-old Hallmark, who won the Trial Plate at Woodville on Wednesday last, it an Australian-bred colt by Tressady from the Mordi mare Silverfoil. Hallmark carried the colours of Mr. C. E. Klgnr, who bought the chestnut colt at ■Randwiok in the autumn of 1922 for 900gns. Hallmark figures among the entrants for the A.R.C, Railway Handicap, in which ho is weighted at 6.7. The English-bred colt Royal Divorce was considered to be in a good position to open his winning account at the Woodville meeting on Wednesday last, when he v/aa saddled up to contest the Trial Plate. He hod. however, to etrike his colours to the Australian-bred colt Hallmark. On the second day, however, Royal Divorce disposed of the opposition in the Ranwhata Handicap, the distance of which extended to 7 furlongs, and the English colt was credited with an ea«y victory in the good time of lm 295. ' , " Avis," in the Manawatu Daily Times, has the following:—Evidently the stipendiary stewards have started out on a belated spring cleaning and jockeys should sit up and take notice. At Feildins no fewer that three riders were stood down— apprentices W. S. Banrby and H. E. Ryder and Jockey JR. J. Mockie, the first and third for a fortnight and Ryder for a month." The withdrawal of Rapine from the Auckland Cup would appear to point to something being amiss with the son of Martian for though placed at the head ,of the handicap it can be stoutly argued that he te SKS&M2& VoMßr'»££

UnFirst. Second. Third, placed. At 2yrs . . 5 3 2 1 At 3yra . . i 3.2 4. At 4yrs . . 1 2 1 6 At oyrs . . 0 0 0 5 At 6yrs . . 3 2 1 10 At 7yrs . . 2 2 1 3 15 12 ' 7 29