RACING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10688, 7 September 1920, Page 8

RACING.

FIXTURES. iept. B—Manawatu Hunt Club. Sept. 11—Amberley Racing Club. 3ept- 23. 24--AshbUiton County Kacinit

iept. B—Manawatu Hunt Club. Sept. 11—Amberley Racing Club. .Sept. 23. 2*-AshbUiton County Kacinit • Club ■ ■ , ,_ jept. 23, 25—Wanganui Jookey Club, -iept 25, 29—Avondale Jockey Club. Sept. 27, 28—Otaki-Maori Racing Club, iept. 30, Oct.' I—Geraldine- Racing Club. Jot. 2—Napier-Park Racing Club. Jot. 6-rHawke's Ba.v Jockey Club. 'Jet. 7—Kurow 'Jockey. Club. J NOTES AND COMMENTS. .(By "Carbine.'') The Manawatu Hunt Meeting, a figure which'is growing 'in popularity, will be field at Awapuni' to-morrow. - Insurrection, who was going well towards the end of. his two-year-old career. was entered for the , A vondale and the Wanganui meeting, but tne Crentham youngster will most likely go to Wanganui. There are many who fancy a two-yearold who winds up his. first season well, and "those- of this opinion ;nust fancy Insurrection for engagements ahead.- ■ \ - - • ..-..■■■■■ | The'well-known New Plymouth trainer R Barlow, .has entered on a new line of 'business, and last week' took oyer the Imperial Hotel in New Plymouth. Barlow has b«m''at. the. racing game many years, and is very, popular sporty men all .over the country. He has had some fair performers through his hancln at timee,' and" among the latest in .hit. stable is the Auckland Cup winner, Depredation. The entry into the hotelkeeping business will not, necessanb mean; that Barlow will give up training. -Royal Star.is regarded as a sure starter in , the New Zealand Cup, and Georg« Toung has been engaged to ride him. The good entries received for the Avon■lale .Cup, numbering twenty-seven, show what "patronage a club gets when ic offers a good state. The entries are:—Golden Bubble, Landslide, Glen Canny, Comedy Prince Uncle Ned, Windorah, "Depredation, Classification. Marqueteur, Parisian Diamond, Bo ■'- Peep, Gasbag, - Gaziqtus, Johnny Walker, Risingbam, Sir Agnes, 'Hyllus,-Woody Glen, To Ore, Sir Ralph, Isingarch, Delight, Rose. Wrearh, Blue Oross, .Gold.. Kip, "Alteration, Bedford. ; Among the" clubs: which will increase their' stakes this: season is the Taranaki Club. - The .Cup, which will be run at the-February meeting, is pretty sure, to •<o up to JBIOOO this season, end the chief sprint: to: £6OO. Other . races will be increased in value. J ' ; Bo Peep, is doing well in her prepaiation 7 for early events, and. will be takon to the Avondale meeting. She will be Accompanied by Blackmail, who has been Bbing attractively' in his work at Trentham." "" The Adelaide Guineas was won in grand styleby ; tho Sydneyrhred' colt Hesso. It was" hw first 'outing since • he carried (0.5't0 .victory in a two-year-old event at "Victoria Park, and ns • he had_ not been working well, the Victorian division were very confident that'they would beat him with'Refraction. However, the Charles magne colt, was first off-the mark, and •was practically never' headed. He won ever so "easily, and- it- took Gloaming's sister all hei- time to. beat the unready. Sari Simon. The latter has grown into .i magnlS««ut colt, and goes on to Mol->ourn«''arnibst"stfaight-away, and should :e worth keeping an eye on. Hesso will emain in South Australia for the Adelaide Derby* in- October. . 'A'.'meeting* »f the "executive of the '"'island Breeders, Owners and [ was held 'on Friday ■vening. Dr A.-McGregor Grant (chairnan) presided. The letter from the ! Vuckland Racing Club : in answer _ to I'ifyerU 'requests , from the'. Association, I ■'•asireceived, and a resolution wa* carried-; that a letter of .appreciation be'eent ■ u . the. club for the improvements made m connection with conditions in racing., : -t was. resolved that a" letter be tent to .Vlr Hunter,. M.P., in. charge of the suggested ; increased totalisaior petrmits, s i«suring him of the Association's;hearty 'ipprbval, also active .support. .It .Vasv;also'resolved that a letter, be sent ;of.'.tHe president Of the Racing Conference irging. him to '. bring forward measures compelling ■ all, racing clubs-holding two : ays' races or more per year to-' provide f.raihins tracks, the faame to be kept in irderi'--' and . other ': necessary futilities >iyen : for,the training of horses. It-was - .•oihted" out that far . too many horses Vare now . trained at Ellerslia, ana the i'eeling wae expressed that other, clubs ■hould provide facilities, eo as to relievo che congßstion. . . . S . OTAKI JOTTINGS. . : Nominations for the Otaki Maori Racing Club's spring, meeting number 334 for the two days—ls 6 for the first, day and 168 for the second.' No less'than 35 have entered for the. Maiden, 34. for the Trial, while, in the Steeples there are-25 for .the .first day and 27 for the second. Other events have fil}ed. up well. ' Dumper, who is now in Mr Higgot'? stables, is owned bv Mr C. F. Vallance, and will- be given a spin at the coming Otaki meeting. .Mr A. D. Webster' is adding Sir Fanciful,'owned by an Ashhurst sport, to his string, while -Mr - F. Higgott shortly secures Brunswick from Gisborne. Wirokinp," who ran a good race at Marton, is done for the season, and will bo spelled. , ■ ' .' Mr W.'-H. Bowden, who ha« Sprinkln Gold Crest— Splash) in ; hand, ■ has .'•he youngster'looking well. . '' It" is stated that the' Otaki Club has r to increase the size of its area by adding. another, eight-r acres of 'and to the present area. With, the addition of an. olec'trio totalisator. increased stand accommodation, etc., the club will rank as one of the foremost of country cluh^. A BRILLIANT GAE.LCPER Australian and NZ Cable Association. NEW YORK, Soptembor 5. The horse Man o' War < broke the noi Id's record for a'mile and five furlongs at Belmont Park. His time was 2min 40 4-ssee,