RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19953, 23 May 1928, Page 15

RACING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. 26—Amberley Racing Club. June 2, 4, o—Auckland Racing Club. JTune 2, 4, 6—Dunedin Jockey Ciub. June 2, 4—Otaki Maori Racing Club. June 16 —Napier Park Racing Club. June 20—Hawke'a Bay Hunt Club. June 22, 23 —Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. June 30, July 2—Te Kuiti Racing Club (at Ellerslie). July 7—Ashburton County Racing Club. July 10, 12. 14—Wellington Racing Club. July 19—Waimate District Hunt Club. July 21—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 26, 28—Gisborne Racing Club. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W.W.W. —Beau Cavalier ran unplaced in the Winter Hurdle Race and New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race. " Honi," Thame#.—Wiltshire has contested 14 races this season and his record is as follows:—Four wins, twice second, ©nee third and seven times unplaced. " Wager." Waihou.—l. The Great Northern Hurdle Race was run over the same course in 1920 (Lochella's year) as previously dating from 1907. viz., 24 miles. 2. What is known as " the hill" is only included in the steeplechase course. '" Wager," Ponsonby.—The placed horsee in the Grandstand Steeplechase run at Wanganui in the years named were as follow; —1925, Puwhero (10.4) 1, Master Peter (10.13) 2. Carawock (11.1) 3; 1926. Puwhero (10.11) 1, Peter Maxwell (10.3) 2, Omahu (11.13) 3. " Subscriber."—At the Auckland Autumn Meeting in 1927 Wedding March (10.12) won the Mangere Steeplechase (21 miles), defeating Pentagram (10.1) by a length. At the Wellington Winter Meeting in the same year Wedding March (11.0) ran unplaced in the Wellington Steeplechase (about 31 miles) under 11.0. NOTES BY PHAETON. THE GREAT NORTHERNS. With 23 horses still claiming the double engagement in connection with the Great Northerns, curiosity is naturally prompted as to the prospects of any earning a place with the select number who have their eames enrolled as winners of the two 'ig jumping races. The following is a list of the horses engaged in the respective races—: „ „ _ ... G.N. G.N. Hurdles. Steeples, st. lb. st, lb. Beau Cavalier .. 9 2 12 2 Wedding March . . 11 8 11 7 Comical . . .. 11 S 10 12 Archibald -- .. 10 12 10 7 Brigadier Bill .. 10 3 10 8 Gaze 10 3 10 2 Glenotus .. ..90 9 13 Wiltshire •. .. 9 8 913 Maunga .. ..92 10 2 Perle de Leon .. 10 2 9.1 Zircon . . ..911 9 10 Royal Form .. 910 9 9 Pouri . . . . .. 912 9 7 Desert Glow .. 9 12 9 7 Dick . . .. ~90 96 Aberfeldy •• .. 911 9 6 Uralla .. .. 98 93 Panorama .. .. 9 2 9 0 Kendal « - .. 90 90 Revel 9 0 9 0 Mangani .. .. 9 0 9 0 Vexatious .. .. 90 90 Braeman . . .. 9 0 9 0 Four horses have won the Great Northern louble. and El Gallo, who scored in two ruccessive years, holds the record. The following are the particulars bearing on the respective wins of the five double winners in the two Ellerslie races: G..V. Hurdles. G.N. Steeples. Two miles. About 3i miles. 180.5. Libe:-fltor, Syrs . . H 12 .. 12 9 , 1915. 2i miles. About 3" miles. El Gallo. syrs ..9 7 .. 9 0 1916. El Gallo. 6yrs .. 11 5 .. 10 3 1920. Lochella, Syrs . . 11 0 •« 913 1925. Sir Roseberry, Byrs 10 12 .. 11 5 In ticking off the list of horses likely to tackle the double this year, it is perhaps just as well, for the time being, at least, in order to be on fairly safe ground, to limit the reference to horses who have won in both departments, and those to be cited are Wedding March. Brigadier Bill, Beau Cavalier. Maunga. Zircon, Dick, Glcnotus and Kendal. Wedding March won the Great Northern Hurdle Race last year. but the Mangere Steeplechase (which was limited to the hack class) is, so far, the only cross-country event to his credit. Brigadier Bill's best performance over the battens might be cited in connection with the Gonville Hurdle Race, run at Wanganui last spring, in which event he carried 10.12 and beat a field of 10. \ictory in the Egmont Steeplechase and Wanganui Steeplechase is the attractive feat to the credit of Brigadier Bill in his initial efforts over country. Beau Cavalier won the Frankton Hurdle Race at the Waikato meeting last month, in which race he carried 10.0. That Beau Cavalier can stay well he has very amply demonstrated in his efforta over country, and there is some encouragement for his owner to give this horse an opportunity to win the double. Maunga has won in both departments, and, though it is necessary to go back to the summer of 1925 far his i>est performance over the battens, it is junt as well to remember that he registered a good feat at that age when he carried 11.2 to victory in the Auckland Hurdles and ran the two miles in 3.44. Last year Maunga won the Wanganui Steeplechase, and in the decision of the Great Northern Steeplechase he filled second place. Zircon won the Century Hurdles at Wanganui last year, and at Ellerslie he scored a victory in the Tamaki Steeplechase. Kendal won the Kingsland Hurdles (2 miles) at Ellerslie this season, but we have to go back to 1925 to find a cross-country event to his credit. This was the Winter Steeplechase. As to Dick and Glenotus, that pair must, I think, bo passed over so far as the hurdle event is concerned. If the matter at stake had to be summed up on the question of age, Wedding March would probably obtain the ■vote, as he is only rising seven years old. But the veteran brigade not infrequently worst their more youthful rivals in jumping contests, and there is some encouragement to give Beau Cavalier preference. STUD NOTES. ENGLISH-BRED DAY COMET. BY PHAETON. Under instructions from the Waikato Racing Clubs' Breeders' Association, the imported sire Day Comet is to be submitted to auction by the Farmers' Auctioneering Company at Morrinsville next Friday and the opportunity of securing a proved horse of high lineage is thus presented. Day Comet is a descendant of St. Frusquin, cne t of the most noteworthy sons of the celebrated St. Simon, while his dam, Catkin, is by La ctantius (son of Petrarch and grand- I ■on of Lord ClifdenJ. Descendants of Day Comet have won prize-money to the amount of something like £50.000 and his stock have won all-round honours, ft most noteworthy winner credited to him being Double Chance, who won tho Liverpool _ Grand National Steeplechase in 1925, in which race he beat a field of 32. Day Comet is in the best of health, and it is notified that he ,is only being sold with a view to the association procuring a sire to mate with his daughters. Day Cornet is _ located at Morrinsville. where ho can be inspected. THE SALE OF SATRAP. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.J WELLINGTON. Tuesday. Mr. T. S. Roulston, who has negotiated the sale of Satrap, states that only now has the sale been finally confirmed by cable from Australia. He announced that Satrap had been purchased by a Queenslander at * substantial four-figure puce and leaves Wellington by the Maur.ganui on Friday la charge of M. Duggan.