SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20743, 14 June 1929, Page 13

SPORTING.

RACING NEWS. FIXTURES. June 14, 15.—Napier Park RjC. June 21, 22—Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 20, 22.—South Canterbury J.C. June 29.—Waverley R.C. By Sentinel. Acceptances for the South Canterbury meeting ate due to-day. . dominations for the Wellington meeting are due on Monday. , -'• s aTI instance of - apt nomenclature, that chosen for a youngster by Tea Tray irom War Love is admirable. The name chosen was Spoon. One of the shortest priced favourites at the .South Canterbury meeting should be Bonrose. in .the Electric Stakes. The smart filly beat Great Star impressively Ashburton/and there are no Great Stars in the field she will meet on Thursday. , Gala Day has been doing well since he arrived at Riccarton from the North Island, and if Ire is taken to-the Timarn meeting his-running will.be followed with keen,, interest. The Quin Abbey gelding is a fine, cut of a horse, and his •winning' form ‘ over hurdles at Wanganui makes him look nicely placed in the hurdle event on Thursday. ■ Up to the - present Paper Boy has been restricted to sprint racing, but apparently the connections of the Paper Money gelding hold the belief that he will ruu out a middle distance, as he is in the Timarn Cup field. There was a time when the progeny of Paper Money-were considered .merely sprinters, but the success of Money Mine, Pink Note, and'other representatives of the imported horse over journeys this season seems to be, changing that belief. Town Bank showed fair form at the D.J.C. meeting, and his performances left the impression that he would soon be at his best. The Archiestown gelding has the handy weight of 9.8 in the big event at Timarn oh'Thursday. T. H. Gilbert is likely to be without the services of both Wharncliffe and Charlatan during the winter. The fencer is suffering from a wrenched fetlock, joint end Charlatan from a doubtful leg, and they are.to be treated to'a spell. Owing to Evening’s owner ■ residing in Dunedin, the Day Comet mare has been sent down to Wingatui by-F. P. Claridge. end she-will be trained .by R. C. Reed. F. P. Claridge has recently recommissioned Page Boy and Donne, both of whom are carrying a lot of condition after their lengthy spells. ■ The rising three-year-old filly Courttike. by Grandcourt from Table Talk, has entered, H. Nurse’s stable at Riccarton,- to be trained by him on behalf of her NOIUI Island owner; Mr J. T. Bridgman. Courtlike had a fair amount 61' racing. this season, being produced’on 16 occasions, for two wins, one second (to Juniper at Riccarton), and four, thirds, bringing hi a total of £340 in stake money. She is bred on solid lines, her' dam. being by Finland from War Scare;, by Martian i’rom Gossip, dam of Bobrikoff. Kauri Park, the winner of the Greenlane Steeplechase at Auckland, is a halfbrother to the Grand National Hurdles winner Kauri King, who had F. W. Ellis in the saddle when he won in 1918. The weekly meet of - the Otago Hunt Club will be held at Highcliff to-morrow, starting from the soldiers’ memorial, from which, a good view of the run can be obtained.'

The. American galloper- Reigh Count may bo a starter in the Ascot Gold Cup, which will be run pn Thursday. Paddon showed good form at the recent Auckland meeting, and he is being.spoken of as a prospective runner-in the Winter CUP. Gold Money shaped particularly well among , the sprinters at the recent Auckland meeting; She scored very easily bathe opening day, and repeated the performance in the concluding day, finishing well to get up, and beat .Leitrim ‘ after being badly placed in the first furlong.

TROTTING. , FIXTURES, ~ . June 22, 24.—Auckland T.G. ■’ - By Sentinel. - Acceptances for the Auckland meeting are due tohlay.'Mr George M'Millarij the ’ Auckland sportsman, has offered to "give a £SO cup to the''Thames Trotting Club to accompany the stake, for' the principal event on next year’s programme. ■ ' The Oamaru-trained pacer Return Voyage, who is by Happy Voyage, from Pearl Pointer, showed a , good deal of speed in the mile and a-quarter event at . Ashburton. but failed over the last furlong. He is a free-going, pacer, who may' develop into a stayer. - The Logan Pointer trotter, Tot Logan, Las been racing consistently of. late,- without getting much money. She finished third on the first day at Canterbury Park to Quickfire and Aileen Wood, and-was prominent till near the. end of her race on the second day, when she was favourite. She started favourite for the Stewards’ ;Handicap at Ashburton last Saturday, and,, was always prominent, eventually finishing in fourth place. 'Trotters usually 1 improve with age, and as Tot Logan is only a five-year-old, she -may reach a high mark next season. - Sir Author - showed brilliant form at the Canterbury Park Club’s meeting; when he finished second to Delightful in the Harewood Handicap, covering;the distance in 3min 23 3-ssec. In the Acton Handicap at Ashburton last Saturday- ■ Sit Author was handicapped at 3min r 27see. being the back-marker in the race. He went away.slowly, and did not make much impression on the leaders over the first mile, but he finished up very fast, and was not far behind the winner at the end He would have had to' go about 3min. 20sec for the distance -to :l have • beaten Lady Cello, after having to race round a big field.. Sir Author is a half-brother, by Author Dillon, to Acron, and is trained by C. S. Donald at Belfast. ’ W. J. Tomkinson is educating a risin>' two-year-old colt by Travis Axworthy flora Sadie Dillon, the dam of Great Hope. The youngster is a natural pacer and full PJ!™* 8 ®- He has been nominated faith 1930 Great Northern Derby. Young Bingen, who is trained by G. S Smith at New Brighton, is a pacer, who has been racing well in sprint events lately.. At Ashburton, last week, in the mile saddle event, he began smartly, and after being prominent throughout the race finished third. He is by Logan Pointer f * Vera K, a-mare who raced successfully when trained by J. Henderson at tmmaru.

A few months ago it wa s reported that the pacer Editor, by Author Dillon from a mare by General Lyons, had made a lot of improvement, and was expected to race m ell when next started. Editor was for some time trained by J. D. Smith at New Brighton, who won a couple of races with him on the West Coast. Editor may have i improved in speed, but his manners are : not good at the barrier. At the Ashbur- ; ton meeting last week he failed to go j aTv*ay right in the Acton Handicap, and practically took no part in the race. As a rule light harness classic events do not attract large totalizator pools, but the substantial sum of £2958 10s was invested on the New Zealand Sapling Stakes at Ashburton, with Grand Canyon (lavoiirite) carrying over £9OO. There appears to be some doubt as to the way Lady Jinks, dam of Author Jinks, John Jinks, etc., is bred, but actually she has excellent breeding credentials. Ladv Jinks is by Black Ribbon—Fanny M., by Len Rothschild from- a mare “by the thoroughbred horse Bundfcora. Black Ribbon was by Ribbonwodd—Lady Nell by General Tracey—Flora Temple, by Spot. Mr George King, of Washdyke, bred both Lady Jinks and her dam, JTannv M. " '

That the stipendiary. steward is not nhvayp invested with sufficient power to deal with certain offences against the Ruies of Trotting is generally recognised, and with the idea of ■ giving him more authority and of reducing the number of inquiries that are held by stewards of clubs ,a remit will be introduced at th« meeting of the Trotting Conference giving stipendiary stewards power to impose a fine not exceeding £lO on any horseman in a race committing any offence against the rules’ (says the Press). It is not likely that the remit will be allowed to pass without a good deal of discussion, and already it u distinctly unpopular with horsemen. In fining- a 'horseman any sum up to £lO (it is proposed), it shall not be necessary for the stipendiarjateward to hear any evidence either from

the horseman concerned or .anybody else. It is. provided, however, that, on immediately learning that he has been fined, he may state his objection to. being so fined, and on making 3 deposit of £5 the said horseman may request that the case be dealt with by the stewards of the club concerned. Unless the stewards consider that the horseman has reasonable grounds for objecting to the decision of the stipendiary stewards, the £5 deposited shall be forfeited. This-remit will'be fully considered before it is made a rule, and it certainly should be. Rather than have a Ifne of up to £lO imposed without the accused being able to say a word in selfdefence, it would be better to leave things as they, are at present, and to give an opportunity to the accused and to the stipendiary stewards to state their cases before a tribunal composed of trotting men. A stipendiary steward is just as liable to make a mistake as anyone else, and it should-not be necessary for a horseman to have to deposit the sum of £5 before being given an opportunity to prove his innocence.

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

MEETING OF COMMITTEE.

The. monthly meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Cluji was held yesterday afternoon. Those present were; Messrs A. 0. Hanlon (/ the chair), L. C. Hazlett, J. Lindsay, G. N. Draper, B. S., Irwin, W. F. Edmond, E. H. Lough, W. J. Goughian, and- Dr Hall. ‘

A financial statement of the recent winter meeting was laid on the table. It was decided to hold the animal meeting of: the club on Tuesday; July 30, at 8 pan. .

A resolution was passed requesting the Railways Department to allow horses returning from race meetings to travel free. In this connection it was resolved to interview -the Minister of Railways. The resignation of Mr R. HI Aldworth was received, and the following resolution was passed:—“ That this committee desires to place on record its sincere appreciation of the Valuable and painstaking services rendered to the dub by Mr R. H. Aldworth during his 15 years’ ’ tenure of the office of judge. It regrets the reasons which have compelled him to tender his resignation, and. now, on parting, it earnestly.wishes _ him every success and happiness in the future.” It was decided that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr Aldworth. ■

. Certificates of fitness and character were granted' to several applicants for licenses. • ,

It was resolved to call applications for the-position of judge, applicants to state the , salary Required. • ' . THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE, ,

A’ meeting, of the District Committee was held by the’Dunedin Jockey Club yesterday afternoon. Those present were: Messrs Hanlon (chair), Hazlett, Lough, Goughian, .Irwin, - Quirk, Munro, and ’Potts; . ■ •

A letter was read from the Racing Conference advising the appointment of Messrs S /. T nvin ’ T. A. Munro, N. O, Fptts, W. Quirk, A. Saunders a,s members of the District. Committee for the ensuing'two j’,ears. The. following,. licenses, were recoulmended:—' . .

Tramers.-J ,T. Cotter* A. J. Cassells, R. L, Reed, C. \V bite, T. P. Wilson, J„ R. Waite, S. G. Ware, O. R. Wise, ju„., k . Johnson,- C. Christie, J. A. White G A - folding, J . Ross, H. A. M'Donald R. R. M Donald, J. Fielder, D. P. Wilson. F. Shaw, C. Gieseler, J. Ruttledge, A. E. Didham. Provisional—J.- Ellis, jun.. A. Messent, J. J, Cursey, J. Crawford, jun Norman. H; A. Aiiderton W. H. Goughian, M. J. Cotton, J. T. Aiidrews A K , Didham, 'L. P. Hunt, E. Mackle, J. Kerr, J;, W. N. Dooley, ; 1). an d F. Voight. Three months* conditional, permanent employment—P W' Powell B. H.; Brodie, W. Cooper.; Apprentice Jockeys.—L. H. Moulin. N J. Dwyer, A. Leckie, G. W„ Brodie. d' Jamieson, D. T. Logan, J. O’Donnell, V E. Ingram. ~ Gentlemen Riders.—F. F. Farra and G. L, ivann: ■ ( ■ .