RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19255, 18 February 1926, Page 6

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES.

February 18, 20-Wanganui -Jockey Club. February 18— Tolaga Bay Joel key L . February 30-Cnnterbury Jockey U« . February 2i, 25—Gore Kaoing C., • February 24, 25-Woodvjil® February 26— Waiapu Baein R U ." 'firfib February 25, 27-Marlborous; k BaclIU? , y February 27, March 1-Te Aroha, 3ocka,

Club - . u March 6—Matamata Eac-.ng C-ul). March 10—Opotiki Eacing Club. March 13, 17— Ohuiemuri Jockey Club,, March 17—Whakatane Bacms; Club. March 17—Otamatea Racing Ciub. March SO—.Bay of Plenty Bacing Club. March 27—Franklin Eacinii Club. April 3, s—Auckland Bacilli? Club. April 10, 12—Avoridale Jockey Club. May 1. 3—'Waikato Racing C?ub. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Wager."— Nelson 'won four cup events in the season of ISBS-BG, vis., Auckland Cup. Island Bay Cud. Wellington Cup. and Dunediffl Cup. NOTES BY PHAETON. The New Jlealand-bred colt Jack Point is said .to bo one of the finest-lookis« colts in training in New South Wales. A full-slater to the brilliant Artilleryman, winner of the Melbourne Cup. figures among tiui yearlings to go up for sale in Australia tJiim autumn. When the last mail to hand left Sydney the New Zealand-bred galdmar Pilliowinkie etill ruled a warm favoatfls for the Australian Cup. , Inco/iae is credited with standing wall the four Hices exacted from hiru at the Eemont and Tarsnaki meetings, and tho veteran is expected to -contest the Wanganui Cap today. The M«*srs. Eoulston have donated ft cup of the value of SOgns. to the 1* nr.Win Hating Club, which will form the trophy in connection with this year'si Franklin Cup. The money prize attached to the racis will be £3OO, A candidate for honours in the Wanganui Cup who figures at the minimum that it may not be tsafe to overlook is Op a. the five-year-old »on of Hallowmas and Oka. Last month Opa won the Foxton Cup under 7.4 and he wai» given credit for a good effort on that occasion.

Santiago, who has not won a hurdle event since he led the field homo in the Trial Hurdle Baca at Eiccarlon on August 12, 1924. figures n.'mong the acceptances for the Wastmers! Hurdles, to bo run at the Wangaiiui meeting to-day. It will therefore be recognised thi*t a win for the Sat Fran gelding is a long way overdue.

The two-yea c-old Bampion (by Rossijndale —Royal Pet), who holds an unbeaten record, has been transported to Victoria with a view to fulfilling ail,tenia engagements at Flemington., There is a consensus of opinion in regard tc Ba,;:nDion's high merit, .but it is also rocoj;'iiis«:<l that ho will Kincounter much stronger opposition in the autumn than that with which ho coped so successfully in the spring.

When Burveyor'e name wa,» missing from the list of acceptances. for the Wanganui Cup it wu3 generally concluded that all vras not well with the son of Nasuau. It transpires that the, cl:estant hors* contracted a cold at I'arar.ftld, and it was deemed advisable not to eiant anything further from hinit in a racing sense at th« present istage. Tk.fl voterim has therefore been brought back to his old quo.rtera at the Oranga Estate.

* I:i> the event of Muraahi fign:rraK among the starters for the Wangatiui Cup to-day it will be the fourth year in succession that he has contested that race. In t'la ra©» of 1923 he ran unplaced under 7.12, in the following year he. carried 810 into second place behind Cold Steel (8.10!,, and last year he carried 5.6 to victory. Muraahi is engaged in to-day's ■ 'Wanganui Cup with 7.10. ' ' VJ ' ■" ' • !

' ' - - ' , ■ ' I. I Valicare. a three-year-old daughter of • Vahtia ar.d Clourante, who has registered four successive victories in New South Wales and whiclii: ijivie her an unbeaten certiJlieate, is referred ; to as & galloping machine., So far Valicare has not been «icmired to contest a race bwond a mile, but she completed the; eight furlongs attached t<ii the Adrian Knox (Stakes as to lead to thiji irnpression that she will carry her record • beyond that diatance. T«i Moniunui reached Auckland from New . Plymouth during the present week, and he ' is to be uhipped, to Sydney to-morrow by the Marwaa. The inclusion of the son of . 1 Potoa in the list of New JJealand horses intended us - competitors at the Australian Jockey Club's autumn meeting is iio be viewed in a pleasant light, for he has won a staying certificate, and smsiy be expected to ;pky his part welt provided, of course, the handiicapfiors do not overload Hin. \ r award (by Eisogne), wlio.rankß anj* the only thret-year-old engaged in the Wtiinganui Cup. is still eligible for hack company, ana it was in races of that character that he compewi at T&ranaki Itvsfc week, In the decision of the Okato Hack Handicap ■ ■■' he carriec 8.10 and ran a dead-heat with Boyal Minit (8.1) for first ptace. On the day following he contested the Mckau Hack Handicap under 8.6. and was defeated by thrce-quariers of a length by Cui rashmore (7.10). The Bferardo mare Joyeuse, who is included in theNoorilim Stud, in Victoria, has two isons racing in JN«tw Zealand in the shape of Mimetic end Joy King, who were both got by Comedy Kins. Joyeuse is credited \irith a most, attractive youngster this year, who i 3 also by Comedy .King. Mimetic cost Kir. A, B. Williams SODOgns when he bought him as a yearling, but ILe secured Joy Kins for exactly half that sum. Up to date Mimetic has won If 1986 in stakes, wMIa Joy King has captured £l<*oo, In reanemdiae to the invitation by the New Zealand Referee to express his views as to the best horse that has raced in New Zealand Sir George Clifford expressed himself thus*—"l cannot answer the question propounded with any confidence. If obliged to do so, I should take Gloaming, Desert Gold, arid Machine Gun as short-distance runners, and probably Maxim as a stayer. It is an old and unprofitable problem to compare the best of one decade with the best of a later onei Oa what data, could one handicap Maxim and Lurline?" The steeplechaser Silvo (by Minter—Ever Tme), who was sold at auction in England last year for the large sum of 10,50Dgns, distinguished hjmself at Manchester on New Tear's Da? by carrying 12.7 to victory in the Victory Steeplechase and defeating a field of 11 in easy style. Silvo is a candidate fir Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase honours, and in paying such a price as that involved in tho purchase o! thn borne the owner, Mr. W, H. Milweed, will richly deservo to see his colours borne to victory in tlie great r.rosaccnir.try «vent set down lor deciaio.i at Ajntiee next month. a slor f e that has von success hiEh rnlint r r j UCCeedfi in transmitting nf !u Progeny:. a t the outset of his career aa a B j re> BUch Uleang fi"eii ß h e t al "otr&a-r v7cli is i t},t> o'-war, wh-j is by manv i i a I rn ? lon , M»ugrcatest laorso thnt has it 0 pe* the thei United States! is P^, ce l the ™ siring the sieatost number of high-rW horses that appeared on tVm c l aa, racsU year, Th« i marks:— Man-o -war's ? ets sensation »l American #i„ c KR I 1 ?, 0 . dollar!! to hi, credit; Maid at Arms ■ 27,655 dcliars.: Taps, ■with 20 OKQ Hnlwl Crusader. w,ti 15.400 dol&f 0 Nightingale, 14,«p0 dollars; and M B ' ra 10.725 d . oll f t v r «, onVe Vrf b ' ¥ d 15 othei representative on the iarf and none older than three 3»ars, ni « P<*ut:on us third in the list of the -0 vending American sires L J " tr.tandin« ac ; bi^|m e „t.'' is n, des*nsndant of t,l !{sv ? L a ? on of Hastings. wh? first e&v tsi e heht in England. Thfrin»* his career as a racehorse Man-o -war !wn tested 21 '/aces and he was only defeated 'to one occasion, *t£m that d« e „t he finished in second