SEASON'S FIXTURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19892, 10 March 1928, Page 15

SEASON'S FIXTURES.

March 10—Napier Park Racing Club. March 10, 12—Franklin Racing Club. • March 15, 17 —Wellington Racing Club. March 15—Waimato Racing Club. March 17—Opunake Racing Club. March 17—Whakatane Racing Club. March 17, 19—Ohinemuri Jockey Club. March 21, 22—Rangitikei Racing- Club. March 23, 24—Oamaru Racing Club. March 24—Bay of Plenty Jockey Club. March 24, 26—Westport Jockey Club. March 28, 29—Southland Racing Club, March 30, 31 —Masterton Racing Club. March 31—Paengaroa-Te Puke Racing Club. March 31—Whangarei Racing Club. April 7, 9—Auckland Racing Club. April 7. 9—Feildirig Jockey Club. April 7, 9—Wairarapa Racing Club. April 9, 10—Canterbury Jockey Club. April 14. 18 —Avondale Jockey Club. April 18, 19—Manawatu Racing Club. April 28. 30—Waikato Racing Club. - ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. C.8., Onehunga.—Royal Doulton is still owned by Messrs. Roulston Brothers. " Gasbag."—Spearfelt's time (3m olis) i 3 the Australian and New Zealand record for two mile 3 and a-quarter. Gasbag's time for the Canterbury Cup of 1922 was 3m 525. Spearfelt carried 9lb. over weight-for-age when he reduced the record for the Australian Cup of 1927. NOTES BY PHAETON. TWO-YEAR-OLD OF THE SEASON. By registering five successive victories and topping the same off with a win in the Ascot Vale Stakes under a 10lb penalty Mollison stands out with something very much akin to dazzling brilliancy as the leading two-year-old of the present season in Australia, and. having registered such outstanding successes in Victoria, great interest will be centred in his invasion of New South Wales next month, for he figures among the horses engaged in the Sires' Produce Stakes and A.J.C. Champagne Stakes, in which races he may be expected to meet the best racehorse Sydney can produce. Mollison is endowed with such marked brilliancy that it seems only a question of health and condition to enable him to retain an unbeaten certificate at two years old. The following are the leading lines in the pedigree of Mollison, from which it will be seen that on the sire's side the St. Simon line is first met with, and then comes in the Bend Or strain through Orion, while on the dam's side the Bend Or strain is on the top line:— Sire: Seremond, by Desmond (son of St. Simon and grandson of Galopin) from Serenata, by Chevenino (son of Orion) from Meldolia. by Melton (son of Master Kildare). Dam: Molly's Robe, by Syce (son of Cyllene and great-grandeon of Bend Or) from Microbe, by Warpaint (son of Chester) from Microphone, by Ncwbold (son of The Drummer). TWO GREAT MILEHS. Gothic having disposed of Ainounis at weight-forage over a mile course, the English-bred horse must be given credit for another high-class performance, for his New South Wales rival holds a place among the great equines for the distance and is bracketed with The Hawk for the Australian and New Zealand time record (lm 36 is) for the distance. That there was no loitering on the road in the contest for the C. M. Lloyd Stakes, the race in which Gothic defeated Amounis at Flemington on Thursday, pointed evidence is to be found in that the eight furlongfl were compassed in lm 37Js, the last four furlongs being cast behind in the lic'ntning-like time of 46}s. The Melbourne sportsman, Mr. S. Green, evidently secured a great prize when he bought Gothic as * yearling in England. AN INTERESTING LIST. Tfc is at all t.imc3 especially pleasing to find the breeder of a, high-class winner placed in the position of enjoying to the full the fruits of his performances, and this ia recorded in connection ■with this season's racing. Trivalve, -yrho xety worthily stands out aa the colt of the season, was bred by his owner, Mr. E. E. D. Clarke, and. whatever may happen later in regard to his prospects of dethroning Gloaming from the head of the list of the greatest winners ill these lands, it is now quile safe to conclude that Carbine's grandson will this year head the list among what can be termed the privately-bred division that have graced the turf in these lands. That interesting list at present stands aa follows:

Stakes Won. £. Poitrel, bred by Messrs. F. and W. E. Moses (New South Wales) . . 26,885 Trivalve, bred by Mr. E. E. I). Clarke (Victoria) 26,579 Limerick, bred by Mr. H. A. Knight (New Zealand) 23,813 Desert Gold, bred by Mr. T. H. Lowry (New Zealand) . . . . 23,133 Trafalgar, bred by Messrs. P. and W. Mitchell (Victoria) . . . . 22,111 Furious, bred by Mr. E. E. D. Clarke (Victoria) 20,172 Wolaroi, bred by Mr. D. U. Beaton (New South Wales) 19,505 Beanford, bred by Mr. W. H. Mackay (New South Wales) . . 17,186 Kennaquhair, bved by Mr. W. M. Borthwick (New South Wales).. 17,126 Prince Foote, bred by Mr. "J. Baron" (New South Wales) . . 16,520 Ballymena, bred by Mr. H. A. Knight (New Zealand) .. .. J4,455 Duke Foote, bred by Mr. " J.' Baron" (New South Wales) .. 14,069 With regard to Poitrel, who at present heads the list, it is interesting to relate that he was oflcred by auction when a yearling, but no one was prepared to bid the moderate reserve of 300gna placed on the chestnut colt, and a horse that was destined to win the largo sum of £26,855 and secure a place among the greatest horses that have figured on the Australian turf, wa« thus left on the hands of his breeders. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. The champion three-year-old Trivalve is engaged at Flemington to-day in the King's Plate, which event is run over two miles at standard weight-for-age. Judging from the accounts to hand trom Canterbury regarding the training work performed by Rapier at Riccarton, matters assume the bright tint for him to play a strong part when ho comes to fulfil engagements at Trentham next week. The Whangarei Racing Club has received a capital list of nominations for its autumn meeting, which is fixed to be held at Kensington Park on Saturday, March 31. The weights are to be declared on or about March 20. In the list of weights for the Ohinemuri Gold Cup tolegraphed from Wellington, the distance was incorrectly given ab one mile and a-quarter. The distance of the race is a mile and three furlongs. The English )>erby winner Lcmberg was represented by ft winner at Flemington on Thursday last, when his daughter Gallantry led the field home in the River Handicap. Gallantry ib another of the happy purchases made by the Melbourne sportsman, Mr. S. Green. Melbourne papers to hand show that a New Zealand-bred joungster was responsible for a surprise victory at the Moonee Valley meeting on the 22nd lilt. The juvenile to place himself unexpectedly in the limelight was Remarmy, a gelding by Paper Money from Peromlla, who beat a field of 17 in easy style. At the sale of yearlings held at Chriatchurch in the spring of 1926 Remarmy was purchased on account of Mr. A. J. Levin, a Melbourne sportsman, for 500gns. The Australian-bred gelding Goshawk, who is now in his fifth year, took some time to repay Mr. J. M. Cameron for his purchuse. but he is probably now on the right aide of the ledger. At the Wellington Racing Club's meeting in January he won the Summer Handicap, and with a .victory in the Napier Cup now credited to him- his w : nninss )n stakes have been increased to over 4.1000. Goshawk is a descendant of the imported Magpie and ih® Bobadil raar« ,Fadelm»,