RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19469, 27 October 1926, Page 10

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. Octpber 28, 30— Poverty Bay Turf Club. Octoljer 29. 30—Masterton Racing Club (at Trentham). October 30—Banks Peninsular Racing Club. October 30. November I—Thames Jockey Club. November 2, 3—■ Cromwell Jockey Club. November 3—Birchwood Hunt Club. November 0, S—Auckland Racing Club. November 6. 8, 10. 13—Canterbury Jockey Club. November 13, 15—Waikato Racing 'Club. November 27. December I—Takapuna Jockey Club. November 30, December I—Feilding Jockey Ciub. December 4—Taumarunui Racing Club. December 8. 9—Woodville Racing Club. December 11—Waipa Racine Club. December IG, IS—Dargaville Racing Club. December 27 29, January 1. 3 —Auckland Racine Club. December 27. 2S. 30—Manawatu Racing Club. December 27, 2.3—Tarancki Racing Club. December 27. J!B—Duncdin Jockey Club. "ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Enquirer," Cambridge.—The placed horsed in the A.R.C. Railway Handicap of 1910 were Hohungatahi (6.7), Kakama (7.10), and Wauchope (7.10). " E.M.," Herns Bay.—Surveyor's total winnings in stakes are computed at £14,454, £8260 of which he won since racing in <ho nomination of Mr. John Paterson. "Kia Ora," Ellerolie.—Ballymoy (6.7) started favourite for the A.R.C. Railway Handicap of 1924. Master Doon, who won, figured fifteenth in order of favouritism. "Sport," Remuera.—(l) Merry Jest was not included among the starters for tho Shorts Handicap, run at Trentham last Saturday. (2) No information regarding totilisator dividends can Le published. NOTES BY PHAETON. THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. The victory registered by Beacon Light in tho Champion Plate must be viewed as a decidedly pleasing incident under more than one heading, but especially as a bearing on the impending contest for the New Zealand Cup. A two mile journey will, of course, be a new experience for the Boniform gelding, but he stayed out the mile »nd a-half so wcil in the decision of the Avondalo Cup as to leave the impression that sixteen furlongs would not prove b«v yond his capacity. The next few days will probably find Beacon Light exercising at Ricoarton, and with Rapine, Star Stranger and Count Cavour also on the scene, the account of the training work on the Canterbury ground will be awaitevd with keen interest. SIMFER AND HER PRODUCE. Beacon Light's success in the Champion Plate adds another £BSO to his total, which brings the same tc £2740. When Mr. W. T. Hazlelfc bought the Symington mare Simper in 1919 he paid 1.1.00 guineas for her. The English-bred mare has made a handsome return to the Dunedin sr-ortsmnn, for her produce has won £23,162 under liis colours, the respective winners and the sums they captursd being as follow: „ C.old Light, by Hymettus - £12.217 Razzle Dazzle, by Kilbroney - £7625 Dazzling Light, by Kilbroney - £SBO Besicor. Light, by Boniform - £2740 Total £23.162 SPEARFELT, The victory registered by Spearfelt in the decision o! the' Spring Stakes at Randwick on the 2nd instant, wheu ho beat Windbag, was invested with such a fine dash of merit as to cause his five-year-old prospects to be invested with a very keen interest. Writing in the Sydney Sportsman anent Spearfelt, Mr. A. B. Patterson remarks: —" Spearfelt was bought as a foal at foot with his dam by Messrs. A. W. and A, E. Thompson, at an auction sale in Victoria. The mare and her foal were sent up to Sydney by Bea, and on the voyage it was not possible to put the foal in the same box with the mare. She got very excited, and knocked her head against a stanchion and so injured herself that she had to be shot and thrown overboard. The motherless foal continued his journey alone. On arrival at Sydney the foal waß taken in charge by Messrs. Xnglis and Son, and he was hand*eaTed in a yard attached to their extensive ■tables a(; Randwick. When old enough to fend for himself he was sent up to Widden, but ww. no far behind the other yearlings in development that the Messrs. Thompson were .slat!, to ac;ept a bid of about 120gns. for him. Stunted as a foal, he took a very long time to thicken out and come to his full development, but the iron constitution of the Musket family stood to him, and he has now grown into one of the most shapely and stou.tly-built horses on the turf. Which is another argument against stuffing and pampering yearlings in order to sell them for big prices. Hero ia a youngster that had the world against him from the start, and yet he has growri into a racehorse good enough to beat Windbag at weight-for-age." MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Bi.nker is given much credit for his game finish in the Caulfield Cup. and he has ft solid following for the Melbourne Cup. Melbourne papers now to hand show that Manfred started the shortest-priced favourite that has ever won the Caulfield Cup. It was not exactly even money, but not far removed from it. Hazclburn. who had the distinction of winning the Hunters' Hurdle and Waikato Hunt Cup at Cambridge on Monday last can lay claim to a dash of Musket, his sire Rambler being a descendant of Hotchkiss. Lord Woolavington'a colt Coronach now holds the record of winning the largest sum by a three-year-old with a total of £39,624. Up to this year Donovan held the three-year-old record with £37,415, which he put «p as far back as 1889. London papers to hand bring details of the sale of yea-lings at Doncaster last month. The feature of the sales was the competition for a bay colt by Gay Crusader from the St. Frusquin mare Love Oil. the colt realising the long price of 12,000 guineas. The Archiestown—Seasprite celding Seatown has so far failed to win a race at tbrea years old, but all the same he can be given a credit for marked consistency. In the five races he has contested this season Seatown has finished in n place on each occasion, four seconds and a thiid being the record against his name. The victory of Pouri in the Ladies' Bracelet at the Waikato Hunt Meeting wan a 1 very pleasing incident in the day's sport witnessed at Cambridge on Monday. Mr. H. D. Matthews, who had not ridden in a race for something like 14 years, Bteered hii horse home in a close finish, and tho victory was veTy popular. Pouri can boast of quite a high-class pedigree, for be was got by Spalpeen (son of Gossoon and grandton of Galopin), from Ko Iwi. who is by Demosthenes from The Boyne, a daughter of Merriwee, and the pedigree on the dam's side traces to the celebrated Mermaid. Desert Glow is Auckland's sole representative in the New Zealand Cup. Twentyeight years will have elapsed this year since an Auckland owner has furnished the winner of the big race at Riccarton, but on two occasion# in the interval horses hailing from this quarter have been, as the saying goes, fonnd knocking at the door in the contest for supremacy in the two-mile race. In the race of 1903 Mr. S. Bradley's Waiillri beat nil his rivals with the exception •f Canteen, and in last year's contest Mr. "?* Te Kara made a bold bid for Banker being the only one in " ° { "h®" the Judee'a box was ."■WW." ' ' .' •