RACES CANCELLED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20827, 20 March 1931, Page 9

RACES CANCELLED.

OBJECTION TO DATES.

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB.

EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND.

ACTION BY CONFERENCE.

The special meeting which the Auckland Trotting Club proposed to bold on !April 27 nnd 29 in aid of the earthquake relief fund hns been abandoned. The club looked forward to raising at. least £6OOO for the fund and its decision not to hold the meeting was arrived at with regret. An objection to tho dates was the caiiso of the abandonment.

If the meeting had been held it would have meant five days' racing, three trotting and two galloping, in tho Auckland Province, within the week, as tho Whangarei facing Club's Autumn Meeting is to be held on Thursday, April 30, and Saturday, May 2, anc'l tho Cambridge [Trotting Club's Meeting also on May 2. !A protest against the relief meeting being held on the Monday and Wednesday was made to the Auckland Trotting Club by the Whangarei Racing Club. Subsequently a protest was made direct to tho New Zealand Trotting Conference by the Cambridge Trotting Club and this was npheld by the conference. No other suitable dates being available for tho rest of the season the club was reluctantly forced to cancel tho meeting. The tronble over the dates forcibly illustrates the fullness of the racing and trotting calendar in Auckland. Between now and June, Anzac Day, April 25, is the only Saturday for which there is no wcing or trotting fixture. The granting of extra permits has\ linade the position yery difficult, and the clashing of dates fai likely to be a serious matter. The following is ft list of tho racing and trotting meetings in the province for the rest of the season: —

March Si.—Bay of Plenty Racing Club. March 26.— Opotiki Jockey Club. March 28.—Thamee Trotting Club. April 4 and 6.—Auckland Racing Club. April 11 and 15.—Avondale Jockey Club. 'April 18 and 20.—Waikato Racing Club. April 30 and May 2.~ Whangarci Racing Club. May 2. —Cambridge Trotting Club. May 9.—Te Aroha Trotting Club. May 9.—Franklin Racing Club (extra per mit). May 15 and 16.—Rotorua Racing Club, earthquake relief meeting (proposed dates). May 16.—Waikato Trotting Club. May 23 and 25.—Te Kuiti Racing Club, to race at To Awamutu, May 30.—Waikato Trotting Club (proposed date for extra permit). June 3, 6 and B.—Auckland Racing Club. June 20 and 22.—Auckland Trotting Club.

WAIKATO RACING OLTJB.

ADDITIONAL DAYS SECURED. [by .telegraph.—own correspondent.] WELLINGTON." Thursday. .Two permits for racing days are at present vacant owing to meetings having been abandoned. These have been offered to the Waikato Racing Club and will be used for a winter meeting at the Te Rapa racecourse.

ELLERSLIE TRAINING.

FEW GALLOPS YESTERDAY.

G9OD IDEA AND JUSTIFY,

1 With a number of hcrses on the easy list •ftcr racing at Paeroa and others away at Tauranga, there was comparatively little fast work at Ellerslie yesterday. There were levoral gallops on the course proper, where ♦he flags were out 40f1;., and a few horses also worked usefully ori the No. 3 grass. On the course rroper Good Idea and Justify covered seven furlongs in 1.33 4-5. both working soundly. Justify ;s improving in condition each week and has done well enough in his latest outings to indicate that he is likely to get on the winning list before the autumn meetings conclude. Good Idea has never been better tjian at present and should perform well next timo out. With a good weight in the saddle, Bizarro ran his first three furlongs in 41s and completed six furlongs in 1.22 1-5. Bizarro is looking bright and doinsr his work soundly. but he has not raced well for some time »nd does not look a rood prospect. The two-year-olds Hawthorn and Bonny Mumble sprinted four furlongs from the mile post in 61 l-ss. Both youngsters are showing improved condition and have been working satisfactorily without doing anything exceptional. On the No. 3 grass Katarina reeled off four furlongs in 51 4-su, and Kouranui went lix furlongs in 1.20. Kouranui's recent racihg has wrought improvement in his condition and ho should be in good trim for the late autumn and winter meetings. Brown Prince and Desert Star were associated ove; four furlongs in 52 2-ss. Brown Prince is a robust customer, and, although he is an ex'travagant mover, he is giving A. Robertson every encouragement to persevere with him.

A BRILLIANT JUVENILE

BRONZE EAGLE'S GOOD FORM

The two brilliant victories registered by Bronze Eagle at tho Wellington Racing Club's Autumn Meeting at Trentham indicate that he is a juvenile of class and great interest will bo centred in his displays at the approaching meetings. Bronzo Eagle is a handsome bay colt by Brazon. son of Phalaris and grandson of Polymelus. from Torfridu. by Eudorus from Mary L, by Bohadil.

Bron/,0 Efogle's sire, Brazen, won three rices as hj, two-year-old in England, but injured a fetlock in his first race as a threc-yenr-old and was shortly afterwards purchased for the stud in Australia. Torfrida. th* colt's dam, who was never trained, is bred on similar lines to Eurhythmic, being P.? Kudoni" from a nare by Bobtidil, so that, as far a3 breeding is concerned, everything favours Bronze Eagle being good. In Hppearunce Bronze Eagle compares tno.'rt than favourably with any of the two-jcar-olds seen out this season. Besides being endowed with good looks and brilliant • peed, he evidently possesses other good qualities, and it will not be at all surprising to' see him turn out well above the ordinary. With two wins to his credit. Bronze Eaglo has already made a good return for the 320 guineas he cost as a yearling in Sydney lost Easter.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

" Inouirrr," Epsom.—Jock Bingen'a best winning time for two miles is 4.40 3-5. regis tered at Hutt Park. His fastest placed time fot the same distance is 4.38 2-5, when ran second at Forbury Park. Over a mile and a-half Jock Bingen has a. record ®f/3.'25 2-5 for third at Addington. All Performances were registered last season.