The Racing World

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11411, 6 January 1923, Page 9

The Racing World

Latest &(e r pDs and cNptes.

FIXTURES.

Jan 6 and B—ltoefton J.C. Midsummer. Jan. 6 and B—Vincent J.G. Annual. Jan. io—Pahiatua K.C. Annual. Jan, 13—Dargavillo K.C. Annual tat Etlaralie). Jan. 20—Wairio J.C. ... Jan 20. 22—Foxton Diamond Jubiiet. Meeting (1883-1923) _ „ lan. 20. 22. and 21— Wellington K U Summer. NOTES ANP COMMENTS. (By “Carbine.”) With any sort of luck the Wellington Racing Club will this month bring together one of the most brilliant cup fields that has ever graced Trentham. Work on the new stand at TTentham is being speeded up in the hope than same use will be got out of it at the coining meeting. There are nearly 100 men on the job, working from daylight till dark. Dainty Step should not have been beaten in the Wairarapa Cup on Monday. On Tuesday she ran badly. What a race it will be if The Hawk, Tamatete. Rational, Solfanollo, Glentruin and some of the best two-year-olds go to the post for the Waterloo Stakes, to be run at Trentham. this month! Mark Time was well backed, for the big iace on the second day of the Manawatu meeting. He ran last alt the way. " '-j Taking a line through the form of Chimera, Masterton bettors weighed in with their money to back Peneus in the open sprint on the second day of the Manawatu meeting. The tnree-vear-old was out chasing Peneus in the early stages of the race, bnt was donq with two furlongs from home. He ■ finished badly, but looked as if he needed the race. C. Pritchard has a difficult team to handle at present, and everyone was pleased to see him lead Bayana in a winner at Tauherenikau. Prior to the Wairarapa meeting Debate had been galloping well in com- < pany with Prince Hal, and those who ' had seen her at work were sore she would not get .beaten in the Trial Stakes. - She won, bnt did not have' much to spare over Treadwell at the < jniak s ' 1 FASTER TIMES. The Special Commissioner, writing in the London “Sportsman” a day or •o after the Ceaarewitch had been run, •aid: “It is difficult to explain why i the Oesarewitch nowadays is so much* . faster run than it used to be, unless we assume that the horses are really better. It is easy to explain' weight- . fog-age times by the new method of ; riding introduced by Tod Sloan, but : at no time did jockeys wait on one J another in a handicap like the Oesare- 1 witch, for the lightweights made them 1 go along. Formerly the race used 1 ahraM to be run in upwards of four J minifies, and when Sh&n.’won in 1890 1 54 3-oih sec a record vwas cs- * tablished.” Light Dragoon got over t the ,3J miles in 3.46, which is 7Jsec » better than, the Australasian record. t

WOMAN sHANDIGAPPER. In South Australia recently a woman was , appointed handicapper. and on this subject an Australian writer says: — 4< "Eo say the least of it, genuine surprise was occasioned this week-end by toe announcement that Eudunda, one Mr the country clubs iiy this State, bad appointed Miss Magdalen Gordon to undertake the duties of handicapper. in South Australia there are weight adjusters all over the State—north, south, east and west. There was a time- when Mr Henry Hughes practically had a monopoly, bnt at the present moment there are four* handies ppers in the metropolitan area alone. Miss Gordon also lives in Adelaide, so that it could hardly be said that toe Eodunda people were anxious to help along a meal sportswoman when they made the appointment. Miss Gordon is just 21 years of age- and her father, Mr Wilhaxn Gordon, hai been a racing hatulioapper for years, and so has her brother, Mr Bernard Gordon, and the trio between them conduct Gordon's Racecourse Agency. Quite a mimber of keen followers of ■ the sport are particularly anxious to know the reason of the action of the committee of • tb» Kuoijnda €3db in breaking away from oiwloin and giving its handicapping to a member of the weaker sex.” • THE ENGLISH! SEASON.

According to a. London message the list of winning owners for toe season just ended was headed by Lord Woolavmgton with £32,067. Next to him came Lord Derby (£29,828), Mr G. S Tattersall (£22,257), Sir- George 8u1#16,413), #16,413), and MrSI&B (£16,200). There were eight other Winners of over £IO,OOO, and £6289 was iron by toe horses belonging to King George. S. Donoghue was easily the most successful jockey, his 698 mounts having been productive of 102 fimta. C. Elliott scored 85 wins from 410 mounts, M. Berry 73 from 682, E Gardner 68 from 369, V. Smyth 67 from 376. A. Whalley 60 from 447, and B. Cm-stake 59 from 321. F. Bullock was tenth on the list with 50 win* from 310 rides. A. Taylor again did best of toe trainers, turning out 24 winners of 54 races valued at £51,677. H. S. Perese prepared 32 winners of 54 races and £45,637; R. Dawson, 25 winners of 48 races and £35,322; and B 28 winner * of 46 races and £•04,421.

WONDERFUL FRENCH GALLOPER.

By winning the Pnx do I»Are do Trifwnphe, just prior to the last mail leaving England, Madame Edmond Blanc’s famous racehorse, Ksar, by Brulenr— Kisil Kourgan, carried the aggregate ?f his winnings in stake money to 1,550,000 francs. This is toe highest sum won on the turf by a French racehorse, the previous record being hold bv that good horse, Bardanapale. Although Ksar won the big race, his backers had several anxious moments, *® at the start Mont Blanc threw his jockey and galloped riderless at toe head of the field. Once the field swept round into the straight, Btillock brought _ Ksar to the front, and the manner in he manoeuvred so as not to risk coming into contact with the riderless horse, was worthy of great nraise. This remarkable exploit of Mont Blanc in galloping round the circular course, with emptv saddle, constantly maintaining the lead, and, according to the jockeys, scarcely ever changing his line, supplies an interest-

ing little study on the intuition possessed by the thoroughbred. Perhaps the most remarkable part of the incident was that immediately after Mont Blanc had passed the winning post in front of Ksar,. the colt eased up with the rest of the field. ' GREAT HORSE RETIRES. That good English performer Orpheus, whom the New Zealander, Hector Gray, considered toe best horse in the world, broke down when being prepared for the Champion Stakes, and has finally said good-bye to the turf. The Special Commissioner, in commenting on Orpheus’s retirement, ‘said: “Not a few great horses have experienced unmerited disaster through making a final appearance when all was pot well with them. Orme was one of these, and he was defeated by Childwick, to assist whom Pilot was started, so that .between them they might get at the weak spot in the son of Ormonde. It is well that Orme’s grandson, Orpheus, has not been subjected to any such ordeal. He will be all the better for having been kept in work throughout this year, and the next few months will give him plenty of time to settle down and he ready* for his first Btud season. Whether he could ever have been trained for a Oup course will now never be known, just as it was never known in the case of Orme,’ but Felix Leaoh had little doubt on the subject, and it was publicly demonstrated last year that Orpheus could win over a severe mile and a half. - That is an amply sufficient credential for a stallion of the highest class, and it has attached itsffif very specially to the best of the Bend Or tribe. It is a great asset for Orpheus as a stallion that his dam was Electra .(winner of the One Thousand Guineas), by Eager out of that great mare Sirenia (sister to the even greater Hammerkop). This is a branch of No. 19 family, which has very rarely failed to produce stayers, and in conjunc- , tion with Orby and Eager it produced speed, also in Orpheus, whose only superior among his contemporaries over 1 «'a sprinting course was Tetratema. He was certainly the best horse in Eng- : land over ten furlongs, and his gallant ■ effort in last year’s Cambridgeshire, when, he carried lOst, will not readily ! be forgotten.” ; . J ' - . TO RACE AGAIN. i Racing men in all parts of toe Com- ■'] monwealth will he pleased to* hear that Eurytomic is doing splendidly, j says 1 'Touchstone’ ’ in the “AustriQa- 1 sian.” Mr Duncan Mcßae, who looks j after the racing interests of Mr E. Lee 5 Steere in Victoria, the other day id- - formed an Australian writer that J. * Holt has little doubt that Enrytomic will again strike form in the' autumn, i in which case it is Mr Lee Steere’s in- * ten tion to send toe chestnut over to j Randwick. J. Holt does not believe ] there was- -anything • —radically wrong < with Euryfchmic at Melbourne Cud f time. He thinks it was just a passing I indisposition. Mr Mcßae informed me 7 that Mr. Lee Steere wanted to send \ Eurythmic over to Randwick last Go- * Tooer fo meet Gloaming and Beauford, but Holt advised him that the chest- ‘ nut would not be fit enough to do him- - self justice. j

J HUNTING FOR DOPERS. < The • manner in which toe racing authorities in France are going after trainers who dope their horses, is still causing a considerable amount of agitation in that country (says “Pilot” in the ‘.‘Referee”). A trainers’ association has been formed, and that body has passed a resolution urging that so serious a punishment as the withdrawal of a trainer’s license should not be in- t ilicted when only one case of doping is 1 alleged. It is interesting to note tost ' . the action taken by €he authorities is < having an undoubted effect on French 1 racing, as public form is being turned topsy turvy on toe raceoourses. in the Paris district, and high Tote dividends seem to be the'order of toe day. Winners are frequently led into the pad- I dock “laboratory” tfor veterinary examination, and every other. man on the'racecourse is asking his neighbour what is going to happen next.

WHEN THE RINGMEN LOSE. There is a great to do in certain quarters, writes “Touchstone” in the “Australasian,” because the bookmakers lost heavily over the Melbourne Cup meeting. Some people, apparently, imagine that the financial welfare of the ring is the most important matter in connection with racing. , Comparatively little is said about the excellence of the sport and other features, when the bookmakers have had a bad meeting. At non-racing man would be parduied for believing, after hearing and reading so much recently about the losses of the ringmen, that the success or otherwise of an important meeting depends solely on whether bookmakers won or lost.' The people who made such a fuss over the results of the recent V.R.C. meeting forget that a bookmaker’s inoome is not determined on one meeting only, but on transactions extending over the whole season. He has his good and bad cycles, but depend upon it, if toe good did not predominate, he would not stay in the business. Turn up the newspaper files of last November, and you will find that -backers fared very badly during the Spring campaign, and probably lost more money to the bookmakers than they won from them this season. In fact, backers bad such a rough time last Spring that there was a marked falling off in the attendance at the Armadale Cup meeting at Caulfield, and money was so scarce that a leading bookmaker doffed his bag early in the afternoon: because he “ocruld not hold any money.” You eee, it was due to backers to have a turn this season, so why waste time condoling with the poor bookmakers? Their turn will come again, and perhaps quickly.

REEFTON RACES

THE ACCEPTANCES. The Reef ton Jockey Club’e acceptances ore as follow TRIAL HANDICAP, of 90 eovs: six furlongs.—Bestir 10, Barmaid 10, Demonstrate 9, Woodrow 8.8, Kukume 7.10, Grand Duchy 7.7, Rapid Fire 7, Hystic Form 7. FERNDALE HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; five furlongs.—Probnto 10.10, Paphian 10.8, Balefire 10.4, Weary Willie 9.10, Marble Bar 9.3, Demonstrate 9, Sama-

rang 8.7, I-yroo 8.6, Marauder 7.18, Headlong 7.11, -Silk Rein 7.6. E-BEFTON CUP, of 180 sots; one mile and a quarter.—Prince Ferouz 9.7, Grim ■■Joke 9.4, Kilmoon 9.1, Caverock 8.12, Cheer Up 8.6, Warlike 8.2, Tantalus 8.2, Le Forte 7.10, Missland. 7.10, Amendment 7.5. PROGRESS HANDICAP, of 90 eovs; six furlongs.—Prince Ferouz 10.4, Barmaid 10, Lord Ashlea 9.5,' Tantalus 9.2, Misrule 8.8, Missland 8.3, Woodrow 8.3, Strayshot 8, Caliburn 7.9, Matareka 7.8, Cashman 7.7, Timepiece 7.2, Liekanar 7.1, War Unit 7.1, Rapid Fire 7.1. WELTER HANDICAP, of 100 eovs; seven furlongs.—Balefire 10.10, Demonstrate 10, Lord Ashlea 9.13, Caverock 9.13, Boniform 9.9, Warlike 9.3, Steepholm 9.1, All Serene 8.10, Elixir 8.10, Redsome 8.10, Le Forte 8.10, Grand Duchy 8.7, Silk Rein 8.6, Bracket Night 8.0, Lady Pallas 8.5. SHERWOOD HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; six furlongs.—Bestir 10, Balefire 9.12, Counter Attack 9.10, Weary Willie 9.8, Marble Bar 9.4. Bonecto 8.9, Misrule 8.3, Redsome 7.10, Carnbrae 7.8, Better Luck 7.4, Wat Unit 7. JUNCTION TROT,' of 90 eovs; one mile.—Not Out sor, Armature 2seo Tydol Bsec, General Pershing 3sec, Bush King Seec, Palmdale Ssec, Golden Devon 56ec, Prince Charlie ssee, Prince Mac 6sec, Galindo Rose 6secc. SOLDIERS’ TROT, of 100 sovs; one mile and a half.—Hydaspes 9sec, Appleshow lOsec, Rainbow 12sec, Not Out 13, Lady Freda 14, Tydol 14, Silveretta 14. Golden Devon 16, • Revolia 17.

PARCAVILLE RACES

ACCEPTANCES FOR MEETING.' t ■ Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January, 5. 1 The following are the acceptances for , the Dargaville and Bay of Islands Club’s I meeting, to be held at Ellerslie race- ' course:— f RUAWAI HANDICAP, of 156 sovs; six furlongs.—Smoke Concert'9, Malatour 8.12, Wairarapa 8.12, Alburnia 8.12, Arch ► Laddie 8.10, Polini 8.5, Heisler 8.5, Smoke > 8.5, Llanelly 8.5, King Neva 8.5, Noo- , turne 8.3, Gamboola 8.3, Lady Frederick : *B.B, Dosallus 8.3, To Hiwi 8.3, Titakura , 8.8, Vaccination 8.3, Dancing Doll 8.3, Winning Lass 7.13, Daddy’s Girl 7.13, Star ot Fate 7.11, Gold 1 Buckle 7.11, Electrode 7.11, Gum Chips 7.11, Dorinda, 7.11, Owen 7.11, Spadona 7.11, Uncle Jack 7.11, Mafroeot»7.ll, Bannock 7.11, Elstow 7.11, Kilpladie 7.11. John Nod 7.11, King Pellioule 7.11, Just Quietly 7.11, Miss Winning 7.11. NORTHERN' WAIROA WELTER, of 200 eovs; . one mile. —Archie 9.2,_ Gold Plane 8.7, Gold Jacket 7.12, Scrap o' Paper 7.12, Bitholia 7.10, Pentagram 7.7,. Comedy Prince 7.7, Spirit Level 7.7, Arizona Maid 7.7, Mumble 7.7, Treesor 7.7, Peter Maxwell 7.7. TANGIHUA HANDIQAP, of 150 sovs; one mile.—Ruapapa 9.8, Marble Bell 8.6, Golden Glass 8, Flying Planet 8, Te Akitai 7.7, Narrow Neck 7.7, Sans Gene 7.7, Election 7, Potoa Queen 7, Bkie Aroha 7, Lady Kerman. 7, Tuipa 7, Boulterina 7, Kaimai 7, Kairamarama 7, Hokemai 7. ' - DARGAVILLE CUP HANDICAP, of, 600 sovs; one mile and a quarter.—Royal Present 9.5, Boomerday 8.4, Loyal Irish. 7.12, Infante 7.7, Bro,adwoo<| 7.7, Refinement 7.7, Stork 7.7, Ruapeipa 7.5. Pine' Arch. 7.8; Royal Abbey 6.13, Perfect Day 6.7, Sin Otway 6.7, Night Raider 6.7, Marble Glass 6.7, Glencanny 6.7. , HOBSON HANDICAP, of 850 sovs; six furlongs.—Royal .Blood 9.4, Golden 'Bubble 8, Broadwood 8, Namutere 7.9, Sheffield 7.5, Finelli 7.3, Bfetland 7.2, Golden Dream 6.10, Greekson 6.7, Jolly Gay 6.7, .Lord Stare 6.7, Otapawa 6.7, Shebang 6:7, Rosavella 6.7, Ben Nevis 6.7. AWAKINO STAKES HANDICAP, of 200 eovs; seven furlongs.—Amiform 8.2, pool Stimulants 8.2, Hipo 7.10, Crowhurst 7.8, Bute Sound 7.4, Emerald Hill 7.1, Mies LuouUus 6.7, Pagoda 6.7, Treeor6.7, Lady Patience 6.7. • : FINLAYSON HANDICAP, of 200sovs; ;five furlongs.—White Comet 8.5, Sleepy Sol 8.5, Muria 8.2, Pompoy 7.12, Uralla 7.13, Hipo 7.6 Niblick 7.6, Prince Papa 7.6, Archibald 7.6, Marble Cross 7.6, Sunny Roe 7.3, Turn 7.3, Monday 7. HORHHOEB HURDLES HANDICAP, of 150 sous; one mile and three-quarters. —Miss Melva 9.13, Reretoa 9.12, Totara Jaok 9.9. Polthogue 9.8, Miniwhangata -9.8. Dead Sweet 9.7. Lady Bruce 9.4, Pukehuia 9. Wish Wynne 9, Amane 9, Orange 9, Vooiferate 9. Master Peter 9.