RACING NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20901, 16 December 1929, Page 16

RACING NEWS.

FIXTURES. December 18, 19.—Egmont Meeting. December 26. —Waipukurau Meeting December 26, 27.—Taranaki Meeting December 26.—"Westland Meeting December 26, 27, 28.—Manawatu Meeitng. December 26, 28.—Dunedin Summer Meeting. December 26, 30, January 1, 2.—Auckland Cup Meeting. December 28, January I.—Greymouth meeting. January I.—Waikouaiti Meeting. January I. Wyndham Meeting. January I.—Waiau Meeting. January 1, 2.—Wairarapa Meeting. January 1, 2.—Hawke's Bay Meeting. January 1, 2.—Stratford Meeting. January 1, 2.—Marton Meeting. January 2,3, Southland R.C. Meeting. January 7, B.—Reefton Meeting . January 15, 16.—Foxton Meeting. January 18, 20, 22.—Wellington Meeting. By Sentinel. The weather was mild and pleasant at Wingatui on Saturday morning, and some interesting gallops were recorded. The course proper and the plough track were in use, and the inside of the course was at the services of the two-year-olds. Royal Saxon commenced operations by striding along at a good three-quarter pace in a useful task. Full Flight and Francolin ran over halt & mile in 53sec along the back/and after easing up the latter was again sprinted a couple of furlongs between the six to the four-furlong posts. Sudden Storm cantered and then eprinted on the plough. Fun and Fancy seemed to be travelling better than High Speed when • coneludi^ g „ 8 i x fu rlc-ngs on the grass in lmin 21 3-ssec. Glenrowan and Gold Tinge were in company throughout a gallop over six furlongs in lmin 20sec. Antrim Boy did steady pacing work, and was then brushed home along the straight. Stealth and Sailing Home drew away from Some Toff when covering seven furlongs in Imm 34 l-ssec. Some Toff could not act on the hard going. Narrative and Positive' required lmin 23sec to get over six furlongs. The former moved tenderly in her slow paces prior to the gallop. _ Money Mine and Camisader (on the inside) broke away in front of the stand and ran together over a mile and aquarter. They went the first three furlongs in 41sec, four in 54 2-ssec, six in lmin 20 2-ssec, seven in lmin 34 3-ssec, and 10 in 2min 16 3-ssec. Camisader appeared to finish a shade better than Money Mine, and it was the best gallop the writer has noticed the Tractor gelding accomplish. ~ Impertinence and Solmar reeled off three furlongs on the plough in 40sec. Compensation was beating Banderilla at the end of four furlongs in 51sec on the inside of the course. Seeing nobody backing Coole on the totalizator at Haycock Park races, Mrs Unsworth, of Liverpool, ventured 2s each way She scooped the totalisator pool, receiving £351. ' Captivate and Royal Flower galloped over six furlongs in lmin 20 3-ssec, and both showed better than usual. Waving Corn and Tardy broke away at the mile post, and when concluding the last seven furlongs in lmin 34 2-ssec the former was drawing away from her companion. El Boa got through strong work on the plough. The two-year-old Chirada was allotted atrong work on the inside of the course. Court Jester led home Stringbow and Crossbow at the end of five furlongs in lmin 8 l-ssec. Tembroney and High. Bear left six furlongs on the plough behind in lmin 21sec Wmgatm strode over a circuit on the ■ame track at a good solid pace Beauty Light and Jimmy Trigger were schooled over two flights of hurdles, and the latter shaped well for a novice, but blundered when sent alone at an extra night. Pasquita and Moth took lmin 23sec to cast six furlongs behind them on the course. Metui pleased more than Wig Wan at the end of sir furlongs in lmin 20sec. «Ti„I aC K uke and was then Ui ™ t f°n run j 81 ? 1 * . down the straight. SS*E? followed fc y Assemble, who was allotted an easy task. «t C wf P + L llar v m ?7 ed quietl y whei » going at less than half pace over a couple ol circuits This class of work may euit her better than short, sharp sprinting. Royal Bluff (Chief Ruler—Subterfuge) and Genteel (Solferino-Angele) got through a useful task. They are in J. A. Whites stable. Broadfield and Battle Screen wound ?n P l P min e 7 d 2 Tec by five furl ■nt'tadS ° therS got througll ™»mport«.After J be , Dunedin summer meeting $;L^H b ! r b °2 rd - a t. Wi "&atui is to be ~ le , d ' an , d in i4 f P'"«» will be «m£n low r set frames providing ample space for a big field. This idol has been adopted so that the necessarv information will be supplied wiE obscuring a view of the field from any 2? S !h ID ,i h | enclosu r,es. The dismantling of the old frames will also do away with ouirelT„r% I i ,Ch - extend over nd r£ HZI •? e lm P r 9veraents which are being earned out on the training tracks iw Tarquroius and Dufch ments at the Dunedin summer meeting Ti-jt bhamDleß filly trained by A E Uidnam is rounding up into racing shape and loqks as if she could gallop Chide is to be trained by F.T. Cush, who holds a Randwich license. A colt by Aransic—Gold Light, will be amongst the yearlings going under the hammer at the Trentham sales. H. Gray will bo on Concentrate in the Auckland Cup an 3 on Lady Quex in the Railway Handicap. R. M'Tavish will ride Corinax in the Tc Owamutu Cup, and he will also pilot Gemlight, Praetor, and Thurnus in their respective engagements at the same meeting. The Aga Khan, who this year headed the list of winning owners in England, has spent vast sums trying to acquire good horses, and has had sharp experiences of the yearling lottery. He recently sold in France a job lot of three failures for the magnificent sum of £65. For one of them, Feridoon, he had privately given .17,000 guineas, 'and for another, Falko, 0100 guineas. Mr T. C. Trautwein has spent thousands of pounds in an endeavour to get another horse of the calibre of Quinologist, who carried his colours to wiccess in the A.J.C. Metropolitan of 1916 and he had hopes that he had made no mistake in that respect when he gave a high price for the New Zealander Runnymede (says the Sydney Sun). The latter, however, was a great disappointment, and failed altogether to reproduce his Dominion form in Sydney ; Now Mr Trautwein has relied on New Zealand again for a much more costly horse —Chide—for whom he paid 6000 guineas, with certain contingencies. Chide is the latest star, across the Tasman, having won each of his last nine races, and as we are so weak in stayers just now he should add great interest to the rich events of the autumn. New Zealand critics have been comparing him with Nightmarch, but as it was during the recent spring meetings in Sydney and Melbourne that Nightmarch rose to his greatest heights, it is difficult for anyono to express an opinion on that score. Several months ago Mr G. Murray Aynsley. who formerly owned Chide, had the gelding on the market both in New Zealand and Australia for 1000 guineas. There were some inquiries from thjs side, but owing to the dilatory nature of the negotiations, Mr Aynsley withdrew the gelding from sale. After he had won at Dunedin early in October a Christchurch sportsman offered 3000 guineas, but this was turned down, as well as an offer from Australia. Since then Chide has won £3325. For a gelding, 6000 guineas seems a very stiff price, but if Chide is all that he is claimed to be, Mr Trautwein might have the better of the bargain. _ The record price ever paid for a gelding in Australia in 3200 guineas, given by Mr L. K. S. Mackinnon for Star d'Or. A catalogue of the yearlings to be offered at the Trentham Sales is to hand. A perusal of the pedigrees and incidental information makes interesting rending. Totalisator returns in Australia arc nt ill declining. owing. according to Treasury officials, to increased race crowds (says the Sydney Sun). In 192829 tho falling off in New South Wales

through the totalisator being £2,264,366. On thia the Government received £193,875 in tax, and in anticipation of a further decline, the estimate of receipts from this course is being cut down in the newBudget. The treasurer (Mr Stevens) expressed the opinion to a deputation recently that horse-racing was declining in popularity. The falling off, he Baid, had been apparent for 10 yenrs, and even the abolition of the "tii» hare" had not appreciably benefited the racecourses. The peak year for the totalisator was 1921, when £3,207,201 was handled. In 1923, after the tax had been raised, the Governmnt took nearly £276,000 out of £3,111,000. Last year the deadlock in the coal industry affected rncing in the Newcastle district, but the decline was general. Randwicb put only £968,000 through the totalisator, compared with ita record of £1,533,000 in 1925. Dissatisfaction with the totalisator is not to blame for the falling off, according to ireasury officials, for, it is pointed out, racecourse admittance tax returns have also decreased, proving that fewer people attend race meetings. The 1928-29 returns show that 781,000 people paid for 2^ii tance to R-indwick, compared with 908,000 in 1922-23.