AUCKLAND CLUB

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23088, 13 July 1938, Page 11

AUCKLAND CLUB

INCREASE IN STAKES SPRING AND SUMMER EVENTS TOTALS RAISED BY £I6OO NATHANS' MEMORIAL HANDICAP ! A decision was made yesterday by tho committee of the Auckland Racing Club to increase the stakes for its spring meeting by £750 from £7050 to £7BOO, and the stakes for six major events at the summer meeting by £BSO, from £7150 to £BOOO Following are details of stakes for last year, and those arranged for the coming season, together with the various increases:— SPRING MEETING 1037 11)38 Inc. Trial Hurdles £3OO £350 £SO G.N. Guineas .. 700 700 Shorts Handicap .. 400 450 50 Mitchclson Cup . . 1,050 1,050 Hunters' Steeplechase 300 350 50 Welcome Stakes .. 500 500 Gordon Handicap .. 300 350 50 Flying Handicap . . 100 450 50 Normanby Handicap . 300 350 50 Manulau Hurdles . . -100 450 50 Epsoni Handicap . . 400 450 50 Spring Handicap . 000 750 150 Onchunga Steeplechase 300 350 50 Musket Stakes .. 400 450 50 Hobson Handicap .. 300 350 50 Liverpool Handicap 400 450 50 Totals . . £7,050 £7,800 £750 SUMMER MEETING Auckland Cup .. 2,550 12,550 Railway Handicap . . 1,000 1,000 Tho King's Plate . 550 GOO 50 Summer Cup .. 750 1,000 250 A.R.C. Handicap . . 1,000 1,250 250 Nathans' Memorial Handicap (formerly Grandstand Hdcp.) 750 1,000 250 Clifford Plato . . COO 600 50 Totals . . £B,OOO £7,150 £BSO It was decided to change tho title of the Grandstand Handicap to tho Nathans' Memorial Handicap, as a recognition of tho valuable assistance rendered to the club by the late Laurence D. Nathan and his brother, the late N. Alfred Nathan, when in its early years its continued existence was in jeopardy. R. S. BAGBY'S TEAM SYDNEY TRIP DOUBTFUL STRETTO MAY GO ALONE MUSKETOON NOVICE PLEASES All work at Ellerslie yesterday morning was restricted to the sand track, the majority of horses being allotted useful tasks only. Talak (Hearno) and Tane Mahutu (Jones) were companions over half amile in 535, the first furlong being run in 13 l-ss. Talak strode tfut freely and could have done better. Tane Mahutu is working in improved style, and is bearing a more solid appearance. Alvth (Gilchrist) finished up her work by sprinting down the straight. She infused plenty of dash into her task, and continues to make pleasing progress. Bass (Jones) worked over six furlongs, averaging 15s to the furlong. Ho looks in good order after his let-up. Atta Jack (Gough) schooled over four pony hurdles, giving a much improved display on his recent efforts. Among those who did steady tasks were Stretto. Glen Abb, Boyal Abb, King Musk, Kilonsa, Armacourt, Silver Quex, Tybalt, Fleetwind, Aero Queen and Eudorace. R. S. Bagby's proposed trip to Sydney on July 21 is doubtful at the moment. The three rising two-year-olds, High Caste, Wapaugh and Konnetta, who, in company with Stretto, were to comprise the team, are not as forward as their trainer would like them to be, owing to their preparations having been interrupted due to colds. Stretto, however, has done very well, and a decision will be made in the next day or two whether she will make the trip alone. The disappointing Lovo Parade is to be sent over to Melbourne this month, where he is to join J. Fryer's team at Caulficld. Fryer also trains Elanage, who races in the same colours as Lovo Parade, those of Mr. Max Steinberg. A novice who is attracting attention at Ellerslie is the rising three-vear-old gelding by Musketoon from Croydon Lass, a daughter of Queen March by Tidal. Of very solid build, ho has shaped well during the last few weeks and is now beginning to hit out attractively in his work. Ho is owned by Messrs. 0. Nicholson and Hon. E. B. Davis, and is ono of 11. S. Bagby's team.

AUSTRALIAN TURF FLEMINGTON WINNERS NUFFIELD AND FORT REGAL [from our own correspondent] MELBOURNE. July 7 Mala's death in Brisbane, after a fall last Saturday at the finish of the Doomben Cup, is a loss to racing, but his owner, Mr. A. JO. Cooper, was fortunate, in that he had the horse insured for £(3000. Mala, with the remainder of Mr. Cooper's horses, was to have been sold at auction, the owner having decided on a temporary retireincut from racing and it is considered doubtful if Mala would have realised £2OOO at auction. He cost £7OOO. A post-mortem examination revealed that death was due to asphyxia, due to an internal rupture, no doubt caused by the fall. Mr. Cooper has had a run of ill-luck in racing and at present is nursing a shattered kneo received in a motor-car accident. He proposes to charter a yacht and spend six months round tho coast of Australia. In Melbourne on Saturday the Grand National Hurdles provided an upset when Dakwood scored narrowly in an interesting race from Wallace Drake and Giant Killer. Dakwqod had to survive a protest for there was some rolling about after crossing the last hurdle. The best performance was that of Giant Killer, a first-season hurdler, who did well to finish third. Poole.y Bridgo for a few seconds looked a possibility in the straight but just plodded along, beaten by the very heavy track and his weight of 12.1. Gnair gave a dazzling display of fencing in tho Kensington Steeplechase and leaped to hot favouritism for the Grand National but ho spoiled his record by a hollow defeat in the Steeplechasers' Flat Race last Wednesday. Gnair is a line type of steeplechaser from South Australia. The llat event was won by another gelding from that State in Grantley, who looks more like a handicap horse. Ho lias not had a great deal ox experience of the jumping business but is a horse of abundant promise. Cape Lilock, a Capo Horn gelding, ran a useful raco in the Kensington Steeplechase. Ho might be ablo to win a minor cross-country event. The season's leading two-year-olds, Nuffield and Fort Regal, are providing some anxiety. Fort Regal has had a bad attack of laryngitis, and Nuffield has developed waywardness, having already kicked one box to pieces. Ho is quiet and tractable on tho track, but is proving a great worry to his trainer, J. Holt. Already ho is moving along capably over short courses at Meiitone.