THE SPORT OF RAGING

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11784, 21 March 1924, Page 8

THE SPORT OF RAGING

RftHGITIKEI NEETIHB OPENS TOW PALESTRINA WINS WAIMATE CUP CENERAL NOTES AN9 COMMENTS

FIXTURES Mar. 22, 24—Oamam J.C. Mar. 25, 27—Westport J.C. Mar. 27, 29—Wellington It.G Mar. 28—Franklin R.C. April 2 Otnutau R.C. April 2,3 — Manawatu R.C April s—Amberley E.C April 9, 10—Southland E.C. April 12—Hororata E.C. April 19 —Tuapeka County J.C. April 19, 21—Auckland E.C. April 19, 21—Feilding J.C. April 19, 21—Riverton R.C. April 19 21—Wairarapa E.C, April 21—Beaumont E.C. April 21—Kumara E.C. April 21—Waipukurau J.C. April 21, 22—Canterbury J.C. April 28—‘Westland R.C. April 26—Greymouth J.C. April 26, 28—Avondale J.C. April 30—Eeefton J.C. May 2, 3 —South Canterbury T.C. May 2, 3—Hawke’s Bay J.C. May 7, B—Egmont RC. May 9, 10 —Marlborough R.C. May 9, 10—Ashburton County R.C. May 15, 17—Wanganui J.C. May 16, 17—Oamaru J.C. June 3, 4 —Ot-iki-Maori RC, June 3,5, 7—Dunedin J.C June 3,5, 7—Auckland R.C. June 20, 21—Napier Purk R.C. June 21—Brackcnfield Hunt Club. June 25, 26—Hawke’s Bay J C. June 28—Haivko’G Bay Hunt Club. July 2 Dannevirke Hunt Club. July 9, 12-Wellington R.C. July 19—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 24—Waimato District Hunt Club.

THE RANCITIKEI MEETING (By "Carbinei”) The Rangitikei meeting will be commenced to-day at Bulls and will bo concluded to-morrow. The first race will start at 11.30. If Glenroes is produced fit and well in the Maiden he will carry strong support, and will be very hard to heat. The field for the Scott Memorial is very ordinary, and Civility, lrassionless and Aeriform may fee the best of those who Go to the post. Correspondent will be the favourite in the Cup, and most opposition may come from Para and Hallowroz. If Moonstruck roprxhices his Tauharnikau form ho will be hard to catch in the Clifton Welter. Orchid, Strongholt and Tinohari, if at their best, would make things merry foi the opposition in the Ngatiapa Handicap. The first-named is very smart over a short course, but ha 3 not been showing good form of late. NOTES AND COMMENTS A final reminder is given that acceptances for events to be run on the first day of tho Wellington meeting close at 9 p.m. to-day. Entries close this evening at 8 o’clock with the secretary ,of the C.J.C. for the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps. H. Gray will have the ride on Tarleton in the St. Better at Wellington next week, and among his other mounts will be Loyal Maid and Imperial Spark. Monoxide ran well into double figures when he won at Waimate yesterday. Silver Peak and Listening Post are to be brought to the Wellington meeting. King Merv' is booked for Wellington. There was a move in favour of Are? for the Thompson Haudicap yesterday. On Friday morning on the Wanganui tracks Siaoei and Civility were sent five furlongs together. Tho former hopped off with a fair break, but Civility was soon alongside, and they finished l together. Both went very well. On the same track Veil and Motlev were companions in a good working gallop, cutting out the last half mile in 51 2-ssec ©omfortably, with Motley pulling hard. She appears to be in tip-top fettle. Attractive was given half pace work, and Orchid was sent a round on the plough He looks fresh and well. Starland won both steeplechases at Paeroa nicely. On the second day he made a faulty jump which cost him some ground, but when it came to racing at the finish lie was to 6 good for the others. S. Walls rode him on each occasion, and handled him nicely. Mias Egypt made all the pace in the Ohinemuri Cup, and it was only in the laat bit that Alfort headed ..her. This is her best performance over a mile and a quarter, and the manner in which she stayed on at the finish impressed one that she will do bettor later. Town Bank ran a good raoe on tho opening day of the Ohinemuri meeting, and just failed to reich Chairman. On Monday, however, in the Waitekauri Handicap he got a couple of had bumps, and this, no doubt, accounted for him not being closer up at the finish. Town Bank is a promising sort, and his form on tho teooml day was, owing to interference, not hi 9 beet. A. J. McFlinn was to leave Auckland for Foxbon on Tuesday evening to rido Rouex in work. Subsequently he will uttend the Wellington and Manawatu nice tings It is 90me time since Tinokaha wan put over hurdles in public, hut the manner in which he won tho Second Handicap Hurdles at Paeroa on Monday with 11.2 in the saddle showed that he has lost none of his proficiency. Tinokaha has won several good flat races at country fixtures this season, and if kept to hurdling tho Century Hurdle Race winner should prove difficult to dispose of in the winter.

English, owners do not hesitate in putting high-priced purchases to hurdling if they do not come up to expectations on the flat. Tho winners at Leicester on January 22nd included the fonr-yoar-old Count Tracy (Tracery—Counfo-T? Zia), who pulled off a maiden hurdle. Count Tracy, who is a brother to ‘jJNto Panther, cost Sir H. Cunliffe-Owen 8000 guineas og a yearling, and is still owned by him. This was Count Tracy’s first win of any kind. The English-bred horse Bold and Bad (by Swynford—Good and Gay), the halfbrether to the Auckland-owned sire Tea Tray, who was bought in England recently by tho South Australian sportsman, Mr R. M. Hawker, for 3000 guineas, has been put into work at Flemington, and that points to his being given tho opportunity of earning distinction as a racer in Australia prior to being relegated to the stud. 801 l and Bad. who is only .in his fourth year, disappointed on eeveral occasions last season when carrying Lord Astoria colours. It will be interesting to note whether a change from the northern to tho southern hemisphere will bring about a change in the case of Bold and Bad and enable him to retire from racing with a record in keeping with his high breeding.

When tho f ispersal sale of the Arrowfield Stud takos pi ice in New South Wales next -.uonth there may be spirited bidding for tho imported matron Desmine, with, a filly foul by Valais (imp.), nt foot, and in. foal to the same sire. Desmiae, by Desmond (sire of Demosthenes) —Lauda, by Wildfowler, is the dam of Quintus, winner of tho Newmarket Handicap n» d Leonard Stakes (to say nothing of previous striking performances) at the recent V.R.C. autumn meeting, and as her fon.l at foot is a sister to that celebrity thoro should be keen competition for her possession. It Will bn interesting tn see if Valais is submitted at auction on the same occasion as present intentions point in that direction. In the meantime, he must be classed as ono of the most valuable sires over imported into Australia, and it is not surprising t-o learn that there are people fn England anxious that he should return to tho land of his bivth. If English - breeders should] enter the sale lists the odds aro against the son of Ciceiv>—Lily of the Valley by Martaigon, remaining in tho Commonwealth. From England comes nows of the death of the atallion John o’ Gaunt, who hail readied his 23rd 1 year. Got by Islingloss from the celebrated St. Simon mare La Fleche, there was very spirited bidding for Job l o’ Gaunt when ho went into the ring as a yearling, and Sir John Thursby had to carry tho price bo 3000 guineas ©re he silenced the opposition. John o’ Gaunt filled second placo to St. Amant in the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby, but he wfus not rated highly. As a sire he obtained - greatest prominonce as the parent of Swynford, who won tho St. Legor of 1910, and. who figured at the head of the sires’ list last season The only descendant of John o* Gaunt in New Zealand is Thumham, who stood in Auckland for several seasons, and who rrsc bought last year by Mr John Grigg, of Longbeach

WAIMATfi RAGES PALESTRINA "WINS CUP. SUNNY MAC BOLTS ROUND COURSE. Per Press Association. • WAIMATE. March 20. The Wa iron to Racing Club’s annual meeting was held in sunny weather. Tho course was gboa and there was a large attendance. The totalisator handled .£16,209, as against £17,430 10s last year. Resulted— STUDHOLME HURDLE HANDICAP, Of 135 so vs; cne mile and five furlongs. 'Frisoo Mail, 10.3 1 Le Porte, 9 t, -2 Likelihood, 10.13 3 Also started —Mandrake 10.13, Gunlayer 9.3, Ready 9. TV on easily by four lengths. Time, 3 min 4 l-ssec. TRIAL PLATE, Of 115 sovs; six furlongs. Monoxide t April Shower i 2 Cornflower 3' All started. Won by 'half a length, half a length between second and third. Time, lmin 15 2-ssec WAIMATE CUP. Of 311 sovs; one mile and a quarter. Palestrina, 813 (G. Young) ... 1 Kili'ane, 7.8 2 Ballymena, 9.2 3 Also started Polymnian 8.5, Corn Rigs 8.3, Kenmore 7.2, All British 6.12. Won by a rook, a short length between seoond and third. Time, 2min 7sec. Polymnian waa fourth. MORVEN TROT HANDICAP, Of 150 sovs; one milo and a half. Bessie Logan, scr 1 Choubra, 48yds ibhd 2 Kate Thorpe, sor 3 Also started—Sun Red, Nelson O’Neill, Master Bell’, Gwen Leigh. Generator, Great Epsom, Cup Day, Bridget Lynn, Medallion Boy scr, Fireman- 12yds bhd. An easy win, five lengths between second! and third. Time, 3min 34 2-ssec. PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, Of 170 sovs; six furlongs. Lucinette, 6.12 1 Dancing Days, 8.3 2 The Reaver, 7.7 3 All started. Time, lmin 14sec. WAITANGI WELTER HANDICAP, Of 130 sovs; seven furlongs. \ Likelihood, 7.11 3 Also started—Ban-icon 8.3, Kerry Star 8, Sunny Mac 7.7. « . Won by a length. Time, Imm 29sec. Sunny Mac bolted round the course before starting. HOOK TROT HANDICAP, Of 750 sovs; one mile. Winnie Dillon, scr 1 Lucella, scr J , Jim Dillo i, scr < 3 Also started—Liberty Loan, Kanuknot, Ventura, Muriel Bingen, Nelson O'Neill, Master 8011, Wairau, Bell Wood scr, Fireman 12yds .bhd, Sunny Vue 24. Choubra 36, Pessimist 38, Glancus 38, Irish Whispers 96, Oromstall 120. Won by a short hend, a short length between second and third 1 - Time, 2min sifroc. STEW - ARDg . WELTER, Of 150 eovs; seven furlongs, Clarena, 7.8 J Vasilkov, 7.8 " Sartolito, 7.7 •.*••••"♦ 8 All started Time, lmin 29rec. FEUDING RACES NOMINATIONS RECEIVED. The following are the nominations for the principal events at the Easter meeting at Feinting on April 19th and 21st. FIRST DAY. FEILDING CUP HANDICAP, of 500 BOVB; one mile and a quarter.—-Kilbird, Bumptious. Trespass, Scotch Mixture. Sunart, Askari, Snatcher, Euohre, Velociform, Black Cruiser, Sir Burnett, Kareao, Hallowroz, Mountain Craig, Megan, First Salute. _ _ . _ MANGAONE HANDICAP, of 250 sovs; six furlongs.—Foolish, Avonlea, Rational, Ladyfingers, Entro Nous. Rose of Athens, Awake, Attractive. Civility, Hori, Good Sport, Fleeting, Atnpo, Mireusonta, Santonin, King Quinn, Birkie, Miss Govern, Barrier. _ . _ SECOND DAY. EASTER HANDICAP, of 350 sovs; one mile and a distance.—Soliel d’Or, Kilbird, Bumptious, Trespass, Scotch Mixture, Anxious Moments, Thoic, Velociform, Black Cruiser, All Gold, Matareka, Many Colours, Fleeting, Te Kawa Sunart, Askari, Snatcher, Euchre, Sir Burnett, Ihaeotoa, Kareao, Barrier, Hallowroz, Mounlin Craig, Megan, First Salute. DENBIGH HANDICAP, of 250 sovs; six furlongs.—Foolish, Scotch Mixture, Rational, Ladyfingers, Arran, Entro Nous, Hoso of Athens, Awake, Attractive, Civility, Hori, Loyal Maid, Good Sport, Orchid, Atapo. Mireusonta, Santonio, King Qr.ion, Birkie, Miss Govern.