RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 6

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. NEW Zsjuuutd. .-. ;; • : 1 ; :.NeW: Zr-ALiS®.' .. ; Stay 15. 17-Wangauui Jockey Club. - May 23, 24—Sout}> Canterbury | Jockey Club . June B.' '4—Otaki Racing Club." I . June 3, s*. '7—Auckland Racing Club. ' June 3, 5. Dunedin Jockey Club. . . ; DATES OF COMING EVENTS. . :■- V':''NEW Zealand. May iS—Century Hurdle Race. * : ' May 1?— Wanganui Steeplechase. .- „ - - June'3—Great Northern Hurdle Race. - June Otaijc Steeplechase. .. . Juno s—Great Northern' Steeplechase. . ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. •" Wager."—Parisian ■ .Diamond won the Easter Handicap in 1018. - Gluetanus won the Brishtoii Hurdle Race on the same day. The following ' year Uncle Ned and AVaimai : were .the double winners. (1 i"' " Nosey; Parker."—Shaki is a bay gelding by Hvmettus— Ho was bred by the Hon. J. D. Ormond -in 1912, and as a two-year-old : won the Maiden Plate at the .Wellington winter meeting. . 'As a three-year-old he.: won - the Ladies'• Bracelet at the Hawko's Bay winter meeting. ' He had two . . winning brackets : the following season—one at tho Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Summer Meeting in / & ■ six-furlong race and one at the Waipukurau f meeting in a five-furlong race. "' The'next seagon he won tho Stewards' Heck Handicap at the Wairoa Racing Club's '' meeting. ' He won a six-furlong race at -Dannevirke in 1913 and ran third in the County Handicap at Opoiiki the . following year, and was. third in a race at the Opotiki meeting' iii 1922. NOTES BY . PHAETON. \ THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. • . The . historic • race for fillies, the One Thousand Guineas, over the Rowley mile at Newmarket, last week, resulted in the defeat of tho jbnaational Mumtaz Mahal, the winner turning in Lord Rosebery's Plack. The winner .is -by v Hurry On from • Groat, and was not entered in any of the two-year-old classics.'*, She was apparently making 'her debut on the racecourse in the One Thousand 1 Guineas. , Tlack is not engaged in the Derby, ■ her only other ' classic engagements this season being the ; Oaks and the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. , The defeat of the Aga • Khan's wonder filly, Mumtaz Mahal, will, no doubt, tako rank among the sensational happenings connected with the first fillies .' classic of the English-racing season. When Diophon von the Two Thousand Guineas it seemed -as though the Aga Khan. would also secure - the fillies' classic, but the gloriou"! : uncertainty of the turf was again exemplified ... in the result. : The victory 'of Lord ■ Rosebery's filly appears to have been, a decisive one, ..as 3he was a ler .th and a-half in front of Mumluz Mahal'at the finish. THE Wanganui ' meeting. The Wanganul Jockey Club's Winter Meeting, which opens to-morrow, promises to be a most : successful fixture. Great interest is . always ccnired in the jumping events at the meeting. :lie performances of, the candidates in the': Wanganui -Steeplechase and Century Hurdle' Race usually giving a line as to the prospects ~of , the >. competitors 'in the Great •2Corthferas. This year the ; fields in both the events. mentioned are excellent, both as regards numbers and class. There are eleven • acceptors for each race. : The top weight, Oaklei?h. still holds his ; position in the , steeplechase, but . Ngata, . who was awarded premier position in the Century Hurdle Race with" 11.12, has dropped cut. leaving. Vagabond at the head of. the list with 10.15.', There v is ample material in ; both events to create stirring contests. ' , , „THE j METHOD IOF BETTING. / There appears to be a strong feeiing in Bonthv ; Australia <■ in favour :of having the licensed bookmaker re-estabMshed . in- that State. The .latest Sydney Referee to hand had, the following article on -the , subject • " Since .the advent ,of a Labour - Ministry South : AiiiitrsJia men closely: identified- witi) racing have been anticipating an early move • in favour 'of: having bookmakers licensed. -. A significant. Ministerial . statement"; was : made : this week. Mr. ' Jelley, the 1 Chief Secretary. was an invited guest at; Tattersall's, and '/» ... there "he ipode -' the following statement:— Certainly.' when ; one sees the crushes and the inconvenience which the investing public has to suffer. ■ there is a • good deal to be said in; favour -of r licensing bookmakers in this State." : ":-"At . the present time on the racecourses thero; i.- a premium on law-breaking owing to '.he way in. which the totalisators : ore conducted. .. There is an: incentive to people;to : break' the law because of the inconvenience to; the investor and ' the obvious opportunity for somebody to go. along! and by unlawful-means offar infinitely better facilities for betting. The totalisators should offer " people every lacility available.'" If the clubs caanot do that. ■ they ; are - only courting ; what . , " they might .term disaster." ■ ; ', • v **. - - r ' . : •*.- ■:> ;..r ; •' ' LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK.: • • : v . Uncle ; Ned,has been nominated for the minor-hurdle events at the Auckland Racing Club's--Winter Meeting. Ths stout-hearted :...•: son of Marble Arch and Lady; Gladys is.not a handsome specimen -of ' the thoroughbred, but handsome is as handsome does." :He placed some fine tierformances to his credit over ail : distances on the flat, but-- certainly does not take the eye .as an- ideal type for '-.hurdling.' However, he often confounded? hi# ', 3 critics in tfco 'past *"' The turf adage that . "they run in - all shapes" is just as *rue of hurdling ;aa it is oi flat racing.; * ,* - , Gold Kij> • proved .; himself ~ such a . good ' horse under welter weights on the flat that " it would : anpear to be only a matter of taking kindly to jumping, for : the son of St. iimans to . win distinction as a hurdler. ' He has been entered in hurdle events at the • Great.-Norther) meeting and" his initial performance aver the obstacles will be watchcd with interest. . - . • . • ~' Zing, Abbey apparently: is to be tried at. v ". • the cross-country game, having been entered 1 ■ for ; . minor steeplechase . events at the Ellerslie winter- meeting." The Qtu'n Abbey : ;H gelding .is ;»V dashing juniper . and possesses j;'.V great , pace. It will be- interesting to note --""r.f.; -if,-, the steeplechase conditions improve his ," "Btaying capacity. • • Stuff : Gown;: who is owned ■ by ■' Stanley •Wootton. and h&3 easily Proved himself the best four-year-old : hurdler in : England^thi reason,' ia a ' horse; of exceptional "class.® He '.'i was fourth:. 1 at his,first start of the season, ! 'and then - won seven races in succession. ,Ho ® . was: then beaten into second place in the '• • •: Champion : Hurdle RasM,' but .at his next - start, won' the Lingfield Hurdle . Cup, " He is said :to have plenty l of speed. And is & re . xnarkabl? Quick ■ jumper. Stanley Wootton . pave -500sm=i for v Stuff Gown as a.' yearling, -' , , and he 'is- hy Junior from Porphyria, by 'San- ' toi fromC'ythera, by Cylleno from "3toner. - Love,..the; dam of Nassau. It' was" cabled - recently that the, American ; ' horse -Zev has returned .to his best form and won an important l race 1 at the Metropolitan , Jockrar i; Chili's .meeting ;nt Jamaica tracif. ■ New York. 1 !Scv is the world's greatest stake- ° , ".-inner and his ■? earnings now total over i • SOO.CCO .dollars. : t Zev met«his first defeat for : some time when the-.thi»«-year-old.:St. James downed him in a- race over six furlongs at tho-' opening ci the racing season~~in New York on Anvil ' 23. Zev was favourite, but St. James defeated him comfortably and proved ? himself: a great galloper. : There is V ■ V particular '^-interest to Australians in St. James,' as he is related on the dam's to •" Heroic, being -.by •' Ambassador;/ IV.". f from Bobolink 31., by Willonyx : from Chefandry, ' who' is,-also;.. the second - dam of Heroic. > St. ' James ' proved, himself tho greatest two-year-old in America last year, winning three races and * was second twice, and accounted for . V.r en,?Ss■ dollars, which. ; at today's rate" cf exchange, is ; oyer i"2o,oCo.'< ' There is always "r. deal i of ;interest in a dark nciae (says the : Sydney Referee), and Torn : Pinch, : the . full-brother 'to , Cap-,aix : ■■■ . : Culr!c, '* the " vriunei*'- of-."the 1922 English Derby, i« being . touted ! in England as " the " : winner of this year's classic race. Tom Pinch, who is owned by Lord -Woolavington, ban yet to start, .but .nevertheless he :id credited, with being : better than his brother. It was ever thus."* - According to .an English , writer who recently saw Tom Pinch, he is a ! rich : brown'.in - colour ' arid; does not resemble tho Captain.' . ' Ho is of nice size, stands • well on his nocks, possesses an excellent „ head, and generally shows more Quality than his illusJ-rioxT relative. '/ He is a good mover and'has a lighter action than Captain Cuttle. . All :ihet English backers .want to.know now is whether he can: gallop. . 7 . Domirijo • Tovterio, <• the most ■ famous and successful jockey . -in/ : the Argentine, is to rido in England this season. Tv ; Mingo, as lie 39 called. , was e-jven such : a reception when ; Ivj had, his final ride prior to his departure . ...'that his mount became panic-stricken.' ' ( .The ' Hyu ettu? gelding Karamu, ; who Li-ought off fa -aensaticnol surprise at "'Avon4;«r\■ 26th nit., .:'« 'accorded •;th& disilwf '3 n f! a «Peoi»liy-headed paragraph in I ( Referee under the impression nnrit identical with a horse of the -ihß r /ced in Australia in ; ih« \? 1 192C-?l.v'lt is a pity to spoil r = Mated iw plated, but ii.has te be a young colt -fn'ih? Southirr> , rt T ho ™n« s m* iy 16-17 u '£ The eljfeii rifcXt on thfe -Jist is «1 Monk, who canttr.red #2i3 in the season of li>22-23. P