RAGING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18611, 19 January 1924, Page 12

RAGING.

. '■-. ;■:.'! ■ J - SEASON'S -FIXTURES, { - _~-^-'-"'.'; ,'., f New Zealand. -•'.'• J January W-Bay of Wands. Racing Club. j - January s i!2. 23—Fpxton Raeimr Club. ;> -£. January 22," 24. 2ft— Wellington Racing Clan. „ January 26. 29—Takajjnna ; Jockey Club. 'J February 1, »— Jockey Club. : , t " : February 6. Racing Club. « February 7, 9-iDunediti Jockey Club , „ , February 7, < 9-^Gißbome; Racing Club. - c February; 9—Te Kuitj Racing Club. ;. f , February 13—RotowA Rasing Club. : rn -'. ; I • February 14. l£~Poverty Bay Turf, Club, ' * February 14. lfc-Taranaki Jockey Club. ; - February 23. 26—Thames ; Jockey-Club. g - February Opotiki Racing Club. ~. ■-, „ t March L' 8— Aroha Jockey Club..v.: 8 Marob 15. r7---Ohinemurl Jockey Club. •„; o ' April 19. 21—Auckland Racing Club. .; j> "April 26. Avondale Jockey Club. , T . ''' >' ArsmiUA. , -- 8 March 1, 4, G. Victoria Racing Club. April 19, 21, 23. 26—Australian Jockey Club, <• ■'■■'. -• •'■■■ '"•'..'''■'v'v ! - •-' ; --■''■* .:•-"*':* ;•' 8 ■ : ." DATES OF COMING' EVENTS. ; J ' ;. . • " '-..-t-'. , . -';. . - , ' f ■ , ■ New Zealand. v "; /,/-.-'...- c January Wellington Cup. '• „ J ' January 25)— Wellington Stakes. - . j January 26— Takapuna Cup. ~ ' » • v February 6—Egmont Cup. •-■ _, 1 8 February 7—Dunedin Cup. . ■ February 14Taranaki Cup. . ■-'■■'■'■. * February 16—Taranaki , Stakes. . ; J April 19—Great .Northern Oaks. ... t April Great Northern Champagne Stakes, j Anrii A.R.C. Easter Handicap. ■;'. I April 21—Great Northern St. Leser. April 26—-All-aged Stakes (Avcudalc). .".-"-'' ' ■' ■ ■ ___ ; — 1 - ■-. ; ;-:;.,;-, ■- : '.. • ' '■ . • •-- ■' i ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. J J. 8., Kerepeehi.—-A3 neither of the horses J mentioned were placed, bet should be declared off. ' .. , ; \ '. " Sport." Remuera.—The distance of the e Autumn Handicap won by Gold Light at 3 Trentham last year was a mile and three j furlongs. .-•; • t " Dead Heat.", Pukekohe.—There may be J different procedures in different places; but on the csbo as stated in Query £5 should J. be the limit. d " Wager."-- respective winnings in t stakes at two years old :by the respective c horses named were as follow:—Desert Gold. £3665; Queen March, £1700. j M K.. 'Welleslcy Street.— late F. Archer a Bteered his first winner of the English Derby v in 1877. when he had the mount' on Lord \ ■Falmouth's colt Silvic. Archer held the supremacy among English jockeys for some- , thins like eight years. He died in 18S6. j " 'J.lafonerader."—The facts are not quite d as you state. In I&S6 a mare named Friend- « ship was entered tor (he -R.C. Easter Handicap. " pedigree unknown" being attacheo { . to the nomination-paper for the mare. She fc was hftndicarrcd at 7.9 for the race in v question, but prior to the date of acceptance li the A R.C. Committee met-and ruled out £ the nomination. It subsequently transpired that Friendship was an Australian-bred mare . by Reprieve— who had been brought . across to New Zealand in secrecy. It was 8 . two years after the year named that Friendship won the A.R.C. Easter Handicap. p " _ ■ ; i: .NOTES BY PHAETON. THE WELLINGTON CUP. / The fifty-first Wellington Cup is set down for decision at Trentham. on Tuesday next, and. a good field will probably once again be on hand to contest the mile and a-half race. A feature of the contests that have eventuated for the Wellington Cup during c ~ the last five years is the, sensational 0 character of the finishes; and the fast time* j Recorded in three instances. ;- In 1919 Red D . Ribbon (8 1) and Rewi Pote ff.lo) came home level, and. the following J. year saw Kilmobn (7.11 i. and Oratress (7.10) also bracketed in a ; ; dead-heat.- 1 ' In the race of 1921 Maioha (8.7) won sby a nose from Eleus t7.7> in 2m Sis: in the succeeding year Insurrection (7.0) got boms first by a head from Egotism (7.5) in '.- -. ,2m 31s: and;- last year Rapine (7.12) beat Merry Day (7 8) by a neck in 2m 31 4-ss. Roseday (9.7) occupies the post of honour for this year's race, and, should he lead the field home, it will be the first occasion that the top-weight ..baa ,; scored since Advance registered his doughty perfc:„-ance 21 years back, when he carried 10.4 to 'victory. '-"; THE MARES* RECORD. • ", J • Though the summer season is not favour- ; able to the weaker sex. the mares have a good record in connection with the Wellington . Cup. ; : Maritana was : the first mar* _to ■win distinction in the Wellington race, which was in 1679. and since then 1 the following «o.uines of a like sex have scored: Hilda . 0883). Mischief ;(18S3). Dndu (1689). Cynisca OS9O. 1691, 1592). Retina (1893). Brooklet , : (18961. Gladsome (1904). Nightfall (1905). i: Blue Ribbon Q9C9). Crucinella (1910), Miss j Mischief (1311), Pavlova (1915). and Be© (1916) In 1919 Red Ribbon, dead-heated with Re : Poto, and in the following year." Oratress bad ' » lite record alongside Kilmoon. ' A. glance over : the accflptancos foT this year's Welling- . ton Cup rerea's' that seven mares are engaged /', viz.,' Enthusiasm (by Pannjure— 8.10. :. Palestrina (by Clarenceaux— 8.2, Gold Light (by Hymettns— Simper). 8.O." Limelight '.':'" (by Soh'erino—Stardancer) 7.13, Merry Day i (by Merry - Moment—Labour Day) 7.10. Mantua (by Solferino— Saltern*) 7.4., '■mud, Ardour (by Gay Lad Mettle) 6.7. Five of ; the half-ddsen- mentioned have shown note--thy; galloping ability, for Enthusiasm . ranks as a dual Derby winner, while Pales- : trina. Gold Light, Limelight, and Merry Day ;• '.'. -have each - something good to their credit. - :. -The. seven mare* engaged ,in next p Tues- ■'. day's race are well worthy of consideration. I . DUNEDIN CHAMPAGNE STAKES. " :■-:-■■.';Few • events of any note have fallen to horses'- carrying the colours of Sir' George Clifford : this season; indeed, I fancy that •'- Wild ' Hind's /victory in the Dunedin. Guineas ■ constitutes .' the Bole : capture made .by a ,bearer of the yellow--and-blue chequers. Sir ,; .'., George : . Clifford can : usually '■ furnish ' a -;- youngster capable of taking a hand in the ( settlement - of the . Dunedin' Champagne -...'■-. Stakes:' and this year he has three striata • to his bow for the % Wingatui race in y the shape of •■ three fillies;- viz.. Gamebag (by .-• 'AntumnasKirriemuir), Deep Drive (by '. Bezonian or • Autumnus—Countermine), and ' ■\ ■ Rag Fair :(by Bezonian—Gallantry). • All — three . fillies come within "the; category-' of t V maidens, and are to be regarded as quite '■■_'. J unknown quantities. . .." V.. . MATAMATA RACING CLUB. '•*■ Mr. P. Quinlan,, who can , very appro- ■ priately be reierred to as one of tha leading ■pints identified with the Matamata Racing Club, was in town during the present week, , and in. the course oi a chat with him -1 - 'learned' that the, committee of, the M.R.C. •.re working enthusiastically to maintain the ■ ground won. iTita that end in view, the programme' of events union it is proposed to bring oS in connection with the torth- - conung meeting "will show prize-money to the extent of about £"740, with the MaUinata Cup of £200 figuring appropriately ~as the n leading event , /, 1 also learned. trom Mr. J ?'■■'-.:■. Quinlan that arrange have been made -i for a special ' tram. and. with increased "facilities for reaching Matamata. that should ensure a record • attendance. ■ , , . I LOUGHREA AND PALESTRINA. , In a reference to Loughrea "Sentinel.' ."..v of the Otago Witness, writes us follows: — 1 V " Loughrea was attempting a bopelesß task 1 •when he tried to give Blb to Palestrina over - a mile and a distance at Invercargill, where : she won. going away from him at the finish ! An impression of the race was that tne ; ' ";, further tney went the turtber she -'would 1 .";• have beaten him, and the result very possibly . ; the same,' even the same with the going , more in the gelding's favour. Lougbrea -• , bua been handicapped to meet the mare on &lb better terms in the Wellington Cup ' but if she trains on, and is dressed in her best on the day, the difference would, not . V, bring them together. In fact, Palestrina I ■should be one of the hardest to beat in the ;-.'..-.,' race. An objection 'to Lougbraa'a cnance over a distance such as the Wellington Cup journey is the fact that be is a hard puller ' and at Invercargill it was noticed that he i : was boring out and quite a handiul to keep i : near the rails? Possibly/ the tendency to pull was developed by the fact that there • was nothing good enough to work witfh him < in the stable, and holding him back to in- ■ feriors on the training track probably made ' the hard mouth which Lougbrea' exhibits in :•;. .- his races. A ( hard-puller beets himself by V njhting with his rider, and that is why ■■.-•- they never stay, a journey," •': THE TAKAPTJNA COTJRSE. ( , As with other racecourses in the Auckland district, the Takapuna Jockey Club's ground has been greatly benefited by the recent 1 •-..- rainfalls, and it may be atid with a largo I amount of confidence that the Nortb Shore « ' race . track has never greviotisly, been wi» to 1 -•-'■ thesime h W h standard as this year prevails < -~ While rambling at Devonport on Thursday t «ij ton ' i I--'.walked over the whole course. . and the stronr head of grass was everywhere i ., .apparent. ■ The condition of the track, at i S2ss€sE& BJMS fi i S Bt e&d an to ! lav

LEAVES• FROM MY NOTEBOOK. The summer: meeting promoted by the Takapuhav; Jockey Club is i; affixture in -J. the round: •of r- the season's sport " in; Auckland that ; -? never'-;- fails ,'• ?to. arouse ' a ■ very keen interest, and, judging from ■■ the ■ character of the acceptances received for the events which. form j the -first day's programme; the North Snore • ground should be the scene of ■■ some capital |.- sport $ when S - the flags ' are ' flying at Devonport. on ; Saturday; next. ;-' \\ ,' s - The meeting: of the three-year-olds Tukia and Motley.; in -? the Wellington Stakes at Trentham on Tuesday next may be expected to ;■ result '- in Xa- -r fast five . furlongs ;in the event of ground conditions proving favourable. Both fillies have incurred the maximum 14lb . penalty for ' the race in . question. Gloaming and Rational . hold the time record i pr the Wellington Stakes, each having run the five'. furlongs when they ■. won the race in their respective year* ija 68 8-ss. ■■[ .': ■> The Bay >.- of -'' Islands ; Racing Club holds its annual meeting at Kawakawa to-day.' and matters shape well for ' the gathering proving the most successful yet held at the historic settlement in the North. The leading event of the programme, is the Kawakawa Cub (one mils and a-quarter), in :) which the following horses are engaged:—Perfect Day 9.5, Gold Plane 9.4, Narrow Neck 8.12. Cnriowindra 8.8,■■-."■ Tom' Moore 7.1. Lady Patience 7.3, Titanoss 6.12. Opaloid 6.12. Mangahewa 6.12. The New Zealand-bred filly Kilkenny Lass 'by —Pennon), who distinguished herself recently in New South Wales, is credited with being endowed with a fine dash of brilliancy. ■< She ' fieures in the Challenge Stakes, to be run »t Randwick to-day (Satur- I day) and with onlj* 7.8 . opposite her name she holds a lace with the favourite division. Kilkenny Lass is also engaged in the Adrian Knox Stakes of £1000 (a mile race for fillies), which is set down - for decision on the same ground on the 26th inst. • The new training by-lawa . tormulated by the Auckland Racing Club have now been brought ' into force,- and notification is now made that applications for permission to train racehorses on the club s ground at Ellerslie must be lodged with the secretary Mr. W. S. . Bponoe. by Wednesday next. : , An acceptance of 17 for th» Takapuna Cup, is to be regarded as one of the very pleasing incidents connected with the approaching meeting at the North Shore, and the fact that four out of the six horses handicapped from 83t 21b upwards being, paid up for is another fact that centres a deal of interest in the leading event. Nigger ;. Minetiiel, the two-year-old fullbrother to Desert Gold, is down for an engagement in the Fitzherbert Handicap at Trentham on Tuesday next, and. summed up on his bold dash for victory, in the A. 3 O. Roval Stakes, he should be capable of taking a hand in the settlement oi the juvenile race at Wellington. ( The Absurd filly Parody figures in both the Telegraph Handicap and Wellington Stakes, both of which events come up - for decision on the opening day of the. Wellington summer meeting. Probably the handicap will be the special mission or the chestnut filly. \ » The Otago sportsman. Mr. R. Acton Adams, is evidently of opinion that the bout at hurdle-racing to which General Advance was treated last year has not affected his pace, the brown gelding having been accorded a nomination for the Dunedin Cup. Father's Voice, the two-year-old son pi Absurd and Shrill, .who is to carry Lady Jeilicoe's colours, is expected to make lua debut on the turf in the Fitzherbert Hanoicap, which event is fet down for decision at Trentham on Tuesday next. Ardour, who figures at the minimum m the Wellington Cur', is owned, by the canterbury sportsman. Mr. J. Grig.g. bhe lias won a couple of mile races this season, but last year she compassed a mile and a-quarter in good style when she won the Ashburton Cup. '••'-- -,- s - The Trial Handicap, which is set down for decision at the Takapuna Summer.-Meet-ing on Saturday has attracted an acceptance of 30. The only visiting horse that has so far pat in an appearance at the North Shoro in view of the Takapuna Jockey Club's Summer Meeting is Thunderclap.