HORSES FROM SOUTH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21885, 22 August 1934, Page 9

HORSES FROM SOUTH

WRECKER DUE TO-MORROW august handicap fancy IMPROMPTU ALSO COMING The Auckland-owned pacer Wrecker, n-hc is engaged in the August Handi- / ; cap, tho principal race at the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting at Epsom on Saturday, left Christchureh last evening and on his arrival to-morrow morning will rejoin F. J. Smith's stable at Takanini. Impromptu, the back- - marker in the Masse.v Memorial Handicap, also left Christchureh last evening on his way to Auckland. Wrecker, who won for Smith at his first start after being purchased by Mr. W. Hosking, was sent South to J. S. Shaw's stable for the recent Addington meeting, at which he ran second in the Queen Mary Handicap, register- '! ing 4.24 3-5, his fastest time at two miles. With the benefit of his southern racing, he should bo in good order for Saturday's engagement, in which ho is likely to dispute favouritism with First Flight,, who showed a return to winning form at her last start at Ep^om. The Whangarei trainer, L. McMahon, has arrived at Epsom with Red Hope and Red Eagle. Red Hope, who won a race in August last year, did not maintain his promising form, but at the June meeting,he made a much better showing and secured a second place. He looks well forward and gave a pleasing display at Epsom yesterday. Red Eagle, an aged mare, has not had a great deal of racing. She was at one time in E. C. McDermott's stable, running one second, and later, when raced by A. Corrigan, filled a similar place at Hawera She is by Travis Axworthy and is one of the few of his progeny to race as a, straight-out trotter. The Hawke's Bay visitors, Laminate nnd Mute, are finishing their, preparations at Otahuhu. They were accompanied by Le Chenault, who is not engaged on Saturday, but may remain in the province for later meetings. Several Waikato horses are expected to arrive to-morrow evening and their presence will add interest to the track doings. To-morrow's trials will be run on the grass and may shed further light on the prospect of the local horses. On the latest work, Proletarian and Cimarron appear to be in splendid order, while Wilma Dillon, Free Logan, Kewpie's Triumph and Auto Machine are all doing well in their preparations. /

WAIKATO TROTTING CLUB

. LOSS OF £777 FOR YEAR [from Ol'R own correspondent] HAMILTON, Monday A loss on 'the year's operations of £777 is disclosed in the annual report of the Waikato Trotting Club, which is to be presented at the annual meeting on August 23. A sum of £636 has been written off as depreciation. A policy of strict economy, the report states, was pursued during the year. The first meeting was held in October, and it happened that this clashed with the Avoi» dale Jockey Club's fixture. This fact, together with bad weather, resulted in a very serious financial loss. However, for th* autumfl'''teepting the club was allotted Tarariaki'a permit, and the experiment of a two-day fixture was successful from both the sporting and financial point of viev. At both meetings "win and place" betting was in operation and contributed to th» satisfactory financial result. Members' subscriptions were £124, a drop of £sl from the low figure set last year The amount paid in Government taxation was £1970, stake money distributed amounting to £2500. There &re six vacancies on the committee, for which the following nominations liuve been received:—Messrs. TV. T. C. Christiw, T. Clarkin. A. E. Manning. R. T. Reid, 1. G. Reynolds. A. Sutherland. A. E. Williams. D D. Wilson and H. Windsor. An election will take place at the annual meeting. NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP The latest addition to the active brigade at Ellerslie is the four-year-old gelding Red Hawk, by Diacquenod from Miss Alicia. Red Hawk is backward and it will be some time betore he reaches racing condition. Of the first 20 horses in the Melbourne Cup weights, only three are by Australian sires. Hall Mark and Heroic Prince, both by the leading sire Heroic, and Topical, by Windbag. Heroic was successfully represented in the race by Hall Mark last year and Windbag won the event himself in 1925. J The six-year-old mare Knocklong, owned by Mr. H. Duggan. of Greymouth, and formerly trained by C. J- Walshe at Omoto, was eold last to Mr. A. Reid, of Selwyn, ond will in future be trained at Wingatui by A. E. Didham. who rode her at Riccarton on Saturday. This mare, like her sister, Knockfin, is endowed with a marked turn of speed. , The proposed trip t.o Sydney with Synagogue will not eventuate, his trainer, T. R. George, having advised the owner, Mr. W. S. Clark, of the West Coast, that the colt's form at Riccarton last week indicated that he would not be back to winning form until later in the season, and that he would not be ready to race successfully at the forthcoming spring meetings in Sydney. The leading Melbourne trainer, J. Holt, who won the Melbourne Cup last year with Hall Mark, has no fewer than 12 horses engaged in the race this year. The candidates he is training comprise Hall Mark 9.2. Panto 8.6. Man At Arms 7.10. Picatus 7.9, Nuit d'Or 7.7. Halbadier 7.0. Hyperjon 7.4. ClieInndrie 7.2, Folk Lore 7.2. Spokesman 7.0, Equerry G. 12 and Valorie 6.9. Nothing very strenuous has been exacted from the fliree-year-old Sporting Song just lately, but he is thriving on his work and liia condition is improving each week. He his been growing a little and may continue to do so yet awhile. Sporting Song is by Hunting Song from Lionekin, hence a halfbrother to Patutahi. He ran several solid races las.t season and is by no means deficient in pace.

An interesting winner at the Grand National meeting at Riccorton last week was the four-year-old Scratchmere Scar, who ran /Unplaced when favourite on the first day. but won nicely at nine furlongs on the second day. Scratchmere Scar is a gelding by Hunting Song from Vennachar. by Mnrtiitn—Saniisen. by Birkenhead —Guitar, by Dreadnought, and his breeding is in favour of him proving a very useful performer. Luck has not favoured Solarium in his latest rcces and he did not have the best of passages at either Te Awamutu or Rotorua, He had two runs at the latter meeting and at his second start was left standing at the post. Solarium is a good hack and /lie will rot be overlooked at his next appearance. Be has been nominated at Marton, and. as he seoms to run his best races 011 left-hanced tracks, he should bo suited by that course. ' The four-year-old Nightlv has favourably Impressed Randwick trnckwatchers an .d "Pilot" writes of him as follows:- It is not difficult to subscribe to the good things eaid about Nightly by New Zealanders. He really is. a fine horse, rich bay in colour, jienrly "16.2 in height and big elsewhere, without being the least clumsy. In appearance he will outclass most of our horses or the same ace and will muke Limarch and Hall Mark look on the small side. RACING FIXTURES August 30—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club (at New Plymouth). . .' XT September I—Taranaki Hunt Club (at New Plymouth). „ . September I—Otago Hunt, Club. , September s—Marton Jockey Club. ' September 13, 15—Wanganui Jockey Club, September 15—Ashburton County Racimar September 20, 22—Geraldine Racing Club. September 22—Foxton Racing Club, September 28, 29— Marlborough Racing Club. September 29— Napier Park Racing Club. September 29, October I—Taumarunui Racing Club (at Paeroa).