SEASON'S FIXTURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20075, 12 October 1928, Page 18

SEASON'S FIXTURES.

October 13—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 13—Masterton Racing Club. October 20. 22—Wellington Racing Club. October 20, 22—Gore Racing Club. October 20, 24—Waikato Racing Club. October 22—Waikato Hunt Club. October 22—Waverley Racing Club. October 22—Waipawa County Racing Club. October 22—North Canterbury Racing Club October 25, 27—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 27—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. October 31—Birchwood Hunt Club. November 1. 3—Dargaville Racing Club <at Avondale) November 3. 5, 7. 10—Canterbury .Tockev Club. November 8, 10—Whangarei Racing Club, November 21, 2G—'To Kuiti Racing Club. November 30. December I—Takapuna Jockey Club. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. X.Y.Z.—Prince Humphrey is a colt. " Wager."—The totalisator investments at the Auckland Racing Club's Spring Meeting of 1021 amounted to £113,971. NOTES BY PHAETON. PRINCE HUMPHREY V. MOLLISON. The meeting between Prince Humphrey and Mollison in the Victoria Derby at Flemington on November 3 is invested with great interest. That Prince Humphrey outstayed Mollison in the decision of tho Australian Jocke> C'ub's Derby is generally admitted, but there are thoso who contend that Mollison might have reversed ! places with the Auckland-owned colt had ho ! been differently ridden. In electing to send [ Prince Humphrey across to Victoria in order to contest the- Derby at Ulemington Mi. C. Ct. Macindoe is evidently quite sanguine that his colt will again be equal to coping successfully with tho runner-up in the Australian Derby. In referring to the two leading nspirants for Derby honours at Flemington the Melbourne Leader remarked in a recent issue:—"Prince Humphrey seems to be a remarkably good stayer, and as he is coming to Melbourne for tho Derby at Flemington ho will have a chance of confirming the Randwick form with Mollison. Flemington is a better test for stamina than Randwick, as the stretches of straight track are longer. A non-st4yer will often get much further than his nntural distance on a course whero the turns are numerous or fihnrp, but when it comes to traversing long, straight stretches as there are at Flemington any weak spot in a horse is soon discovered. Mollison would probably have a much better chance of beating Prince Humphrey at Randwick than he would at Flemington The admirers of Mollison are not satisfied with the Randwick result, but the merits of tho two horses should be adequately tested at Flemington." MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Tho French-bred colt Tidal finished outside the placed division in the contest for the King Edward Memorial Handicap at EUerslie on Tuesday. All the same, he furnished some evidence of being on the upgrade, and maybe he will loso his maiden certificate at an early date. A three-year-old that figured among the winners at the Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting that :s expected to see a much better day is Solitas. a son of Chrysolau3 and Eulita. Solitas is credited with showing a lot of grit when ho won the Grantham Stakes at Randwick on October 1. Aspiring, winner of the McLean Stakes at the Dunedin meeting yesterday, is a filly by Some Boy ll.—Silver Peak. Aspiring is a half-sister to Silver Paper, a promising three-year-old. who is expected to piny a part in the settlement of the Dunedin Guineas to-morrow. I V/aicullus, of whose winning performance in the decision of the Groverdale Handicap at tho Geelong (Vic.) meeting last Wednesday mention was made in a recent Melbourne cablegram, is identical with the luctillus—Wniputere gelding that raced

successfully in this Dominion last season under the colours of Mr. O. Sullivan. Waicullus was sold to a Melbourne sportsman a couple of months back.

A new system for broadcasting the races has been installed at Flemington (says the Australasian). It is known as the publicaddress system, and consists of a scries of loud speakers placed at various positions on the course to enablo patrons of the grandstand and hill enclosures to hear the description of tho race as it is broadcast. Two microphones will be used, one being connected with 3LO and the other with the public-address system on the course. A test of the new system was mado at Flemington recently and it proved very successful. It will bo the first time that such a system has been used on 4 any racecourse in Australia.

The fact of Haze having been paid up for in connection with the New Zealand Cup, it may bo assumed he is training on satisfactorily, and the fact that R. J. Mason has something: to do with the preparation of the Anstralian-bred gelding has, of course, to be taken into account. At three years old, in the season of 1921-25, Haze ran no less than Kix Beconds without registering a win, and he did not lose his maiden certificate until ho had reached his five-year-old career. Haze was of! tho scene for tho whole of last, season, so that there is not much of a line to guide one as to his prospects of being up to the cup standard. Few horseß have contested tho New Zealand Cup with a less attractive winning record than Haze.

Tho Australian-bred gelding Goshawk, who scored a narrow victory in the King Edward Memorial Handicap at the recent spring meeting at Ellerslie, was of very little value in his early days and he had reached his five-year-old career before he succeeded in losing hia maiden certificate, and apparently he did not prove an easy horse to train. Considering that Goshawk had only to carry 7.6 in the race in which ho scored at Ellerslie, his winning feat was probably not invested with a largo amount of merit. Still he can be given credit in taking hold of his bit in truo Magpio style and keeping up his run with a fine dash "I gamepess. Goshawk can boast of two strains of Musket blood on (ho dam's side. J-lis dam. Fadelmn, i* hj? Bobadil (whose darn was She. by Nordnnfeldt), and (lie name of St. Clair (by Musket) figures a little further back.

| A Sydney writer remarks:-Two of those i that had nice wins over the success of ! Prince Humphrey in the A..T.C. Derby wenMr. E. Moss fownor of Vaals) and Mr. Harry Taylor, the well-known breeder. Some months ago before Prince Humphrey left New Zealand, Mr. Taylor had been negotiating through tho New Zealand agents for the purchase of Princo Humphrey, but the negotiations were broken off about tho time that Prince Humphrey set out on his trip. Mr. Moss endeavoured to purchase Prince Humphrey in partnership with Mr. R. "Milder. On his arrival from New Zeulajid Inst month Mr. C .G. Macindoe was mot by an agent of these two owners, and 4000gns. was then mentioned as tho price of the. colt. The deal could have been completed with contingencies, but after consulting his trainer (.T. T. Jamieson), Mr. Macindoc called off tho deal. Because of their unsuccessful efforts to buy Prince Humphrey, Mr. Moss and Mr. Taylor both decided to have a fair bet on the colt. NOTES FROM MELBOURNE. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received October 11, 11.35 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 11. Imitator has been sold to Mr. Cecil God hi*. Princo Humphrey i 3 expected to arrive at Melbourne on Tuesday and will train at Fleniington. nis first race hero will be the Valley Cox Plate. Mend it and Habashon are coming on Monday. .. Acceptors for tho Caulfiold Stakes Include Hynanna. Gothic. Amounia, Vaals, Tho Banker and Fourth Hand. Scratchings for tho Cnulfield Cup are:— Rionscup and Nopean. For tho Melbourne Cup: Rionscup. Byron galloped fivo furloags ia 1.5} Bt Ascot to-day.