RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19124, 16 September 1925, Page 8

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. September IG—Dannevirke Racing Club. September 17—Dannevirke Hunt. September 18, 19—Aahburton Count? Racing Club. September 19, 21—Oiaki Maori Racine Club. September 24, 25—Geraldino Racing Clutj. September 26—Napier Park Rtcing Club. September 26. 28—Avondale Jockey Club. October I—Kurow Jockey Club. October 3 —Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. October 8, 10—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 8, 10 —Whangarei Racine Club. October 9, 10—Masterton Racing Club. October 16, 17 —Oamaru Jockey Club. October 17—Carterton Racing Club. October 21, 22—Rivertcn Racing Club. October 24—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt. October 24, 26—-Wellington Racing Club. October 26 —Waikato Hunt. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Wager. L Auckland-bred horses have won the .Melbourne Cup ou three occasions viz.. Martini-Henry (1883). Carbine (1890). and Apologue (1907). 2. Sasanof was bred in Canterbury. NOTES BY PHAETON. WINDBAG'S LATEST VICTORY. In the decision of the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick on Saturday last Windbag furnished additional encouragement to regard him aa the one that will prove the bright particular star of the weight-for-age division of the preaent season. Windbag apparently disposed of the opposition in brilliant style in last Saturday's, race, and it may bo regarded aa quite certain that tfco favouritism displayed for his Melbourne Cup chance will be continued, for there ia a consensus of opinion among the critica that the son of Magpie is a true stayer endowed with a brilliant daah of pace, and a horse of weight-carrying ability. Up to date Windbag has contested 20 races, and his record stands aa follows I'll nFirst. Second. Third, placed. At 2yra .. 2 0 0 6 At 3yrs .. 8 2 0 I At 4yrs ~1 0 0 0 11 , 2 C 7 EULOGY OP WINDBAG. ** Musket." of the Sydney Mail, is numbered among the strongest admirers o£ Windbag, and some little time back he characterised the son of Magpie aa "the next best horse since Carbine's day." which opinion, he explained, was based on tho /act that Windbag has demonstrated that ho could both sprint and stay. Writing recently in the Sydney Mail , " Musket" penned the following:—"This opinion met with considerable criticism from admirers of other great horses of the past, who argued that Windbag's opponents in the A.J.C. New Mexico Stakes (six furlongs) were of little account. , That remains to be seen, but when a genuine stayer can ■walk away from a field of sprinters he shows that he is the possessor of both brilliance *nd stamina—a rara combination these daya By the end of the A.J.C. meeting Windbag's form will be fully exposed and then a better idea of his calibre will be known 'to all of us. I have been told that if he ia as gocd aa I have made him out to/ be tho Melbourne Cup should be a gift for him, and bo H would bo if run in divisions of, asy, half-a-dozen in each heat. But in a big field there are several factors apart from speed to be,considered. Two or three bad bumps and the best hoi™ in the world can be fluked out of a race. Last year Stand By was generally regarded as a ' good thing ■beaten' after thu horses had passed the poet ill the Melbourne Cup. and Windbag matf elperienco the same ill-lock. But •fcith a dear run he will be & hard horse to beat for the beet of the jothers. '« : ' EXIT QUIESCENT. Quiescent, of whose death news came from Wanganui on Monday, was a highly-Drtd four-year-old gelding, by Kilbroney, from the Demosthenes mare Afterglow. When offered a yearling at Wellington in the summer of 1823, the then colt made a good impression; and Mr. V. Riddiford had to carry the biddhit; to 850 guineas ere he silenced the opposition. Quiescent had the record of mnning his initial engagement at two years old, but that represented his sole success as a juvenile. Last , season Quiescent was included among classic race winners, the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes going down to his credit. Some of the gilt was, however, aub■hrsently removed from hia Trentham feat, for hj« was well beaten in third placo in the Great Northern St. Leger. It can, 'hcrwever. be said for Quiescent that he -wound up at three yeaxs old with a decent winning performance when he led the field home in the Burke Memorial Stakes (1J mile), ran at Hastings, for he. carried S-.6, and beat a ttood field. Quioscenl was conniderad to have a chance in the New Zealand Cup with 7.13: but there was really nothing either about his physique ar his performances to greatly enthuse over. During the two seasons in which Quiescent raced here he won £1725 in stakes, so that his death does not quite come within the category of a total loss- ■ ' —_____ . : • ' /• t . LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK, ••■£ The local sportsman Mr. Wenzl Scholium lies received quite a number of unkind turns from Dame Fortune in his racing venture* of late, and the accident thai befel Sandstar on Saturday last at Avondale adds one mors to the list. That • Sandstar will never be abb* to race again is regarded as quite c«rtain, but hopes are entertained that he can he BAved for the stud. SandsUr won five Taeeo during last season, and a very solid opinion prevailed that he would carry his woord very much higher in the event of 12* training on jjroparly, VTh® bay horse was considered quite free of leg troubles when he went out /or exercdso at Avondale on Saturday last.. The unexpected, however, was to happen, and a seriously damaged fetlock left him in a pitiable plight. Got by Sands of the Orient from Mary Heatbn, there i« a great deal to rivet attention in ffandstar's pedigree, and he should prove valuable aa a ' atxe. .■ fact of Spanner having at one sta«e <rf his career. changed hands for <£3ooo fur* lushed material for many paragraphs in WSiOitinl 1 columns, for the sale was considi ejed well < entitled to be ranged up with 4«e sensational, and it was certainly a great price to obtain for a „ gelding that had liothing much above the ordinary to his tuedit Spanner proved a tTeat dwappcint- , ajunt to the men who planked down £3OOO for his purchase, and a story is told (with what amount of truth I cannot Bay) that • he wan fairly chased out of the stable as a no good. If the proceeding named did take place on the lines stated, such conld be termed well justified, for. Spanner developed onrush propensities that caused aim to b6 viewed with a certain amount of scorn. Spanner has had several changes of quarters in the interval, and m a, repent conversation with Mr. W. J. •Ralph the interesting little story he had j.? relate was that the Australian-bred gelding, was sold soino time back for £B. and tiiit he is now performing hack duty with 4 road camp in the Hanil-V West distnct. There . appears to} b» a difference of •Pinion, in rwrard, to the standard of merit attached to the victory registered by Father O'Flyim in connection with the Wanganui Guineas. In soma quarters the son of Money is held 'to h&v& won tiio. classic event oil hia merits, but oihera iwrrae that he wm a lucky wiannr, and the opinion is expressed • that he will probably meet with •defeat when he comas to' a further trial with one or two that finished behind him at Wanganui. Father O'Flynn's next enJ , gagement is in the Hawke's Bay Guineas, and in that race he will be called upon to meet some nfcw company, included in which is Bunnymede, a gelding by King , John, who won some good races at two years old. , According to , a Canterbury j telegram Father O'Flynn will probably be I taken south to contest Che Dunedin Guineas, and that may I suppose, bo taken to mean that the colt is more likely to race at Biccarton than at Ellerslie in Novembeh The sanguine hopes expressed in regard to Nigger Minstrel standing a preparation necessary to fit him to win high honours at four years old. it is pleasing to find, are very likely to be fulfilled. In being set to measure strides with Gold Light in a weight-for-age event at this stage it would seem safe to conclude that Nigger Minstrel w?« a bit more forward a'ter a 12 mouths* Teat than most people thought. The challenge submitted by Nigger Minstrel to Gold Light in .he race home from the distance an the New Zealand Eclipse Stakes, run at Wangamu on Saturdav wac evidently brimful of grit, and the deadheat he recorded with the duushly chestnut pare senres to place the handaome brother to Desert Gold well m tho limelight. Though.Mimetic failed!to gain a place in the decision of tho Wanganui Guineas there appears to be something like a strons impression that the son of Comedy King is likely f,o see a better day at an early date The bay colt cost Mr. A. B. William* 2000gns. when he bought him as a vearling so that it is incumbent on him to accomplish something noteworthy. Ur> to date Mimetic's winnings in stakes amount to £IO6O, so. that he has not yet succeeded in placing his name on the right side of the ledger. , Kilperon. who won the Debntante Stakeat Wanganui on Saturday last. I B a bay colt by Kilbronoy from the Achilles mare Peromlla. He was bred by Mr. I G Duncan, and at the sale of the Waikanae yearlings in January last ho was bought by Mr. W. Higgms, of Wellington, "or BOOgns. Kilperon figures in tho Stakes, and. as he won his race at Wanganui in easy .style, there is strong encouragement for his owner to allow tho colt to fulfil bis Auckland engagement. Mark Time, who was recently numbered among the defunct, was a six-year-old full brother to Marqueteur. but. though he won a' few races he was never near the stan- . dard of his well-performed relative. Mark Tims only contested on© race last year when »n unplaced performance wont down against i-iis name, and ho had a like record in the Flying Handicap (the. last race he contested), run at Wanganui on Thursday Bapine ran unplaced in both of hie: engagements at Wanganm iast week, ho is slated to have made a good impression *nd will fo Auckland in ccdW to ocrtneat the Awudale Ocji. .