SPORTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21032, 22 May 1930, Page 15

SPORTING

FORTHCOMING MEETINGS,

RACING. - 24.—Ashburton Meeting. May SI-June 8, 4.—Dunedin Meeting. June 8, i.—OtaU-Maorl Meeting. June 8,5, 7. —Auckland Meeting, June 10, 21.—South Canterbury MeetJ Ing. ■’> Juno 20. 81.—Hawke’s Bay Meeting. June 23.—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club Meeting. . June 27 . 28.—Napier Park Meeting, i, June 28.—Ashburton County Meeting. RACING NEWS. By Sentinel. ■■ Although fairly heavy showers weVe - falling at Wingatui yesterday morning, :i A. large number of horses were worked on -Lthe inside grass track. The weather was during the latter part of the •j forenoon. ’•! ■ The MT/ean Stakes’ winner Satisfy is Again in work at Riccarton. 'y _■ It is reported that Lord Ranald has •; joined T, H, Gillett’s stable at Riccarton. ; 'R. Heed has returned from Australia ’ and was in attendance on the second day vof the Wanganui meeting. F. Foster, who won the Great Northern : Steeplechase on Uralla, has been retained to ride Aurora Borealis in both the Great Northerns : The Spalpeen gelding Four], who ran second in the Grand National Steeples to Wiltshire, in 1928,, is reported to ,be in Excellent condition for: his' engagements at the Aucklahd winter meeting. Mangani has been getting through good solid.work on a private track ana is re-' ported to be well forward for coming engagements. Occasionally owners and trainers miss acceptances through accidental delay in the delivery of telegrams. The best, method of guarding against trouble in that direction- is to send acceptances in two or three days ahead and, if anything goes wrong, they can be cancelled prior 'to the hour of closing. For instance, there is no reason [why acceptances for - the first day of the Dunedin meeting should not be sent in at once instead of waiting until Friday next. The death is reported from Palmerston North of W, Mould, who was Cor many years associated with J. Hi Prosser’s stable at Porirua. He had charge of Achillea,’AH Red, Ghporka, and Fortuela in _ their racing days. When All Red finished his racing career Mould brought him flown to the Redcastle Stud at Oamaru and remained there, aa stud groom until Mr St. John Buckley’s death. F. Shaw is handling ..a shapely and well-turned rising two-year-old colt that appeals both oh the score of breeding and appearance. The youngster U'owned by hia breeder, Mr A.-G. Hill, ,aud ’ was gotby Last; Dart from March Off. by Markhope from Officious, by - Finlanq—Busybody, by Apremontr—Telltale, by Traducer. There should be possibilities about such a pedigree. Last Dart represents the successful combination of Spearmint on St. Simon—Hampton, and March Off should produce well if breeding is any . (criterion in that direction, She_ was got by M ar khope, a son ,of Marcovil, t and, a sister to Persimmon, -Diamond Jubilee, and Plorizell 11. Mareovil got Hurry On, ’and Last Dart supplies a return to Barcaldine, whose i line- through. Marco, Marcovil, and Hurry On is so prominent today.,; Finland was got by the St. Simon horse Bill o’ Portland, who sired -Maltster, Bobsdil. and' Merriwee, and /was considered good enough to ;take,back to England. 'The Apremont\strain’ is.one of the most ‘ valuable' that can be found in a pedigree, and Tradueer was one of the greatest sires the world has- ever known, so .that the Last‘Dart —March Off colt at Wingatui has an “all in! the' purple” pedigree thpt should produce a racehorse. the iaiapplied to the track; atmospheric conditions, and the run of a race is seldom mentioned. Atmospheric conditions can play a moat important part in helping a horse to beat the •'•watch. For instance, some of the watchbreakers at Riccarton scored, under most favourable conditions, blown no the threefurlong straight by a gale of wind,’ or assisted by a perfect day, such /as existed when ' Winning Hit ran 2min 3 l-ssec. Gloaming holds the half-mile record at 45seo, but during the finish of < the race he, got blocked on the rails and was also * checked when endeavouring to go up between two horses. He had to be pulled

out, and he absolutely flew over the final, / ialf-furlong. Gloaming put up a real record, even though it was assisted by the downhill finish at Trentham. ■ Oflce again the question- arose at Wanganui of the desirability of A. M'Donald accepting mounts outside those of the stable' of bis wife, when she has horses engaged in the race, Mrs A. M'Donald started Air Force, ridden by Alister M’Donald, while A. M'Donald rode Calithe, trained by D. R-. Jackson. /A. M'Donald very high in his, profession, and nothing sinister is suggested (says “Vedette”), but as on'another occasion, there was a good deal of murmur-. ing and, comment. The position is_ a most unusual one, but while it obtains it is suggested there should be some provision in the rules. The Rules of Racing impose certain obligations and restrictions on the .wife of a licensed trainer, so that a reverse application is not altogether unreasonable. '', , r Racing people 1 in England.dp not‘hesitate when called on for donations toward the alleviation of distress caused by racecourse accidents or other misfortunte; This ie very marked in regard to jockeys (say an exchange), and is really surprising, for a- liberal allowance is made under the accident funds of both Jockey Club and National Hunt races. The flat race jockeys are in much the better position, for in the event of death the maximum amount fdr the widow or dependants is £2ooo,.while permanent disablement means £2OOO, and temporary disablement £l2 a week for 62 Weeks for a jockey and £6 k ■' for ..an apprentice jockey. Under National Hunt rules the major amount is i £IOOO, but for temporary disablement a jockey receives only £3 a week for 26 weeks. may account for • a subscription opened for the steeplechase jockey L, B, Rees about the time the last mail left, which in a few days .reached ‘ nearly £3OO. , Lees at Cheltenham had an elbow splintered and a’ leg badly broken. Does the public like these one-horse races? The" question is asked when a Phar Lap' so overshadowe his opponents that it makes a one-horse race whenever he runs. The answer is, that the race crowd loves to see a good horse in action, even though he may be unextended to beat his rivals. Trainer Telford is to he congratulated'(says a Sydney paper) on the plan he adopted in connection with the running of Phar Lap, He instructed his jockey in almost all the easy races to make the horse go at racing , pice, with the result that Phar Lap’s _ wins, though easily gained, gave the public the best run for its money in the history of such events. The handicapper ,often has the last laugh, -■ and we are 1 told that he who laughs last laughs best, Frank Hartigan, trainer of Shaun Goilin, did not actually complain of the weight (11.7) that his horse received in the Grand, Na-, tional, but implied a criticism very aptly.. On the eve of the big race he was asked by a reporter what he thought of his horse's chance. He replied: “Shaun Goilin is well, and he is a good jumper and stayer. He always has a chance at Liverpool The handicapper thinks he is a better horse than I do, I hope he is right." Another trainer (P. Woodland) was refreshing. He had three horses in the race. He told the press that “ They were all fit and well, and would do their best, but I do not seriously fancy any of them.” _ ■ Like the handicapper, he, too, was right. The annual meeting of menibers of the Canterbury Jockey Club will be held at i p.m. to-day. In its report -for the 1920-30 season the committee states; It is our pleasing duty to report a very successful result of the year’s operations. The stakes were increased by £6OO, , and after writing off £3984 7s as depreciation on buildings, etc., the profit and loss account shows a profit of £5320 10s Bd. In the statement of receipts and expenditure the liabilities of the club have been reduced by .over £7300. Members will join the committee in deploring the death td Sir George Clifford, Bart, who waa

RACING AND TROTTING NEWS

July s.—Oamani Meeting. July 0, io,‘ 12.—Wellington Meeting. July 10.—Walmato District Hunt Club. July 24. 26,—Gisborne Meeting. July 26.—South Canterbury Hunt Club Meeting!; . ■ July 31.—Manawatu Meeting. TROTTING. May 31-June 3.—Canterbury Park Meeting. , ■ May 13-June 3.—HAwka’a Bay Meeting. June 7.—Ashburton .Meeting. ’ June 21-22,—Auckland Meeting. a life "member of the club ,and served on the executive many years ago. Four other members have also died during the year in Messrs A. Cook and R. J. ParBons.Dr P. H.Rosa, and Mr A. L. Smith. No other nomination than Mr Gould being received for the office of honorary treasurer - he, is duly elected. Seventeen gentlemen havinb been nominated forstewards and 21 for'the ‘committee; ballot papers for vthe /election of 12 and 13 respectively have . been issued, and mustbe returned duly completed- not ■ later than 12 noon on Thursday. May 29, 1930. The balance sheet, of the Canterbury Jockey Club has the following interesting figures;—Receipts: Subscriptions £2619 15s, nominations £6660 Bs, -stands and gates £16,204 3s 6d, privileges £3914 3s 10d, totalisator £44,283 15s lid. Expenditure: Stakes £36,500. salaries £2157 16s Bd, wages £4090 5s 2d, attendance at’ meetings £3604 7s 9d, racecourse maintenance £1623 2s’lid, advertising and printing £BIB 6s 3d, Government taxes £37,059 8s lid, less recovered, : from , owners’ -apd dividends £231410 7s, sundry creditor paid £2009. rates. .taxes, and insurance £1405 19e' Bd. Liabilities: Forfeits future events £2 stand subscribers £BSOO. balance due to isons7 Jl capital 'account £89,057 7a 2d;—total, £111,292 3s 9d Assets; Railway land £5Ol 14s, new land account £857, grand stands, etc. ,£92,688 depreciatibn, £3OBO 19a) £89,607 14s 7d, furniture - and plant ac--6d (IeBB 18 53 7s ,M. water supply £460 lbs. automatic totalisator account; £10,863 jL' less ,fi e Preciation £543.4?) £10,320 las 6d, property account,, £5330 17a 3d (less depreciation £lO6 125),-. £5224. Se 3d ' tOrS f 389 12s ‘~ tota h £111,292

„ TROTTING.

M' Bt Sentinel; : Nominations for. the special, unemployBi6iit relief meeting at ITorbury Park are due on May 28,. s ' * Todd'Lonzia was to be sent against the watch at Addington yesterday, but owing to ,i , ainythe_- attempt has been postponed, .ibis remarkably good, two-year-old would probably have- got! closer -tb 2.20 at Porbury. Park ■if ■ a motor can’ had not acted as- pacemaker on the inside ■ track. The youngster got nnbal anced about three furlongs from, the post, and so dropped speed just when he would have been warming up to hie-work. ’ v Crimson Roee, who started the rank outsider in the Advance,, Handicap at Oamaru, is a well-bred two-year-old that may wm a lot more support in the future .when benefited by experience. He was got by Rey de Gro from Crimson-Rose, a half-sister to'. Mountain Rose, the dam of Taurekareka.- . 1 • . The Trotting Calendar is getting so light in fixtures that owners,wiU no doubt welcome ; the' opportunity to patronise the meeting being promoted by the.porbury Park Trotting Club in aid of the unemployment funds. The dates selected may not be deemed too suitable, as the Canterbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting is to be held "’on May-31 and' June 3, and this does mot leave much time .between a meeting starting on June 5. There is a risk attached to holding: five days racing, in 'a week, but in such a. good cause there should be'no lack of'patronage, particularly as the two branches of ®P or t are said 1 to attract different lots of,,patrons,; The difficulty of. selecting dates arises partly 1 through the invasion of the English footballers. Rose Queen, the 1 .five-year-old. half-sister to Terence did not show ,up in 'her race at Oamaru; She won in 2.21 on a dry track,; and 'looked to have a chance on a 2.23 mark; •. JJohn Jinks was one of-early leaders 'in. the President’s^-Handipap at .Oamaru, but faded out a long way from home. This speedy colt, should be much better with age. ' y ; ■!..••. ‘•-d;’:.Although 'the four-yearnbld math 'Derry Pointer, who started favourite in her race at Oamaru, .did 5 not get amongst the money, the fact may be worth noting for future guidance that horses are hot usu-. ally made first choice without good reason. . The Marvin Wilkes gelding -Tom Wilkes has pace, and led. the field for ,a' couple of furlongs at' Oamaru, . and then -broke ■ up.- Tom Wilkes .has been racing-tor years,'but so far without success, The three-year-pld, Man o’ War’ gelding Stowaway, who lost the fruits of his win at. Oamaru, should;, develop 'lnto a useful sort, as he has pace, and appears to stay well. , . >■ . TAUMARUNUI RACING CLUB. - (Pee United ; Press Association.) ,1 AUCKLAND, May , 21, Owing to the acceptors in the Maiden Hack Handicap and the Matapuna Hack Handicap; to ,be decided at Taumarunui on Saturday, exceeding the safety number, the fields have had to be divided. The divisions are as follow: . Maiden Handicap. Six furlongs.—First division:, Land Measure 9.0, Stonehenge--8.7, Whenuatonga 8.4, Royal Visitor 8.3, Wild Country 8.1, Gay Caballero, Val Simon. Kiri, War Ace, Arch Eagle, Principal Boy, Silver Division ,8.0; Second division; Sister White 8.11, New Boy 8.5, Queenstown 8.3,. Derry Belle ; 8.1, Benighted,’ Huhana, Wee Prince, Star Lupin, Ruby- Dawn, Arcadian, Shine On, Muriel -Latour, Maunga King 8.0. Matapuna -Hack Handicap. Five furlongs.—First division: Archieyal 9.0, Sir Kay 8.9, Taurimu §.3, Nprval Tea- 8.0, Rose Lupin 7.10, The Jack Jumper, Kiwinui 7.4, Valorient,. Wee Prince, Te Kamonga, Kiri, Arch Eagle, Principal Boy, Shine On, Land Measure 7.0. Second division: Mauriasna 8.9, Abbey Queen, Ruling Chief 8.3, Te.Waitai 7.12, Foreign Fahey 7.10, Vital, Gold Pennant 7.4, Huhana,. Val Simon, Ruby Dawn, Derry Belle, Maunga King, Wild Country, New Boy, Day Form 7.0. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. (Pee United Pbess Association.) AUCKLAND, May 21. Merry Mint and Primax were scratched for all engagements at the Great Northern meeting at 1.15 p.m. to-day.