SPORTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21198, 2 December 1930, Page 7

SPORTING

RACING AND TROTTING NEWS

forthcoming meetings.

7 v _ ' - BACmG * January 1. 2.—Stratford Meeting. December 5. 6.—Taumatanul Meeting. January I.—Wynclbam Meeting. , /December 6.—Ashburton Meeting. January 1. 2.—Hawke’s Bay Meeting. December 2, 10.—WoodvtUe Meeting. January 1. 2.—Marlon Meeting. / " ecem *> er 13.—Walpa Meeting. January 1. 3.—Walrarapa Meeting. -- December 26.—Walpukurau Meeting. January 2, 3.—Southland Meeting. December 28, 27.-WesUand MeeUng. trotting r: Ueetlne - »»•-««. Meeting. 7 December 2«‘ 27* MeeU “f* Decemner 20.-Hawke’s Bay Meeting. ■ h n ’ 29 — 1 Uanawatu Meeting. December 26.-Ashburton Meeting. r. ■, r. December 26. 27.—Walrarapa Meeting. - r Member 31. January 1.-Greymouth Meet- December 27. 30. Sl.-Auckland Meeting. 77 i December 30.—Wlnton Meeting. .. January 1.-WaikouaUl Meeting. December 30.-Eeerton Meeting.

RACING NEWS. By SEHTUTEn. ■ “Acceptances for the Ashburton meeting are due to-day. *The speedy Autopay found the weight he had in the Feilding Stakes beyond him in-a smart field. ■;it is reported that Hunting Cry has qtfite recovered from the injuries he received when racing at Randwick. at the Victorian race meet- ' have dropped considerably, and a big cut in stakes seems certain to follow, Jsince August 1 A. Reed has had 60 mounts in the Victorian metropolitan district, and has ridden ,16 winners, six seconds,, and three thirds. -Volimond, the winner of the Takapuna Plate, run last week is a five-year-old mare by Limond from Tivoli, by Absurd—■ Roscommon, by Common, who won the s-Triple Crown,” but whose name is rarely ■Con in a successful pedigree. rChief Jewel, who, with 241 b in her favour, downed Tea Chat in ,the Cambria Handicap, is from Spangle, , a sister to Marsa, the'dam of Nightmarch. Spangle has produced several foals, but none of them gained prominence. Chief Jewel is a .nay gelding by Chief Ruler. ‘Sir Mond, who won at Takapuna last week, is an Australian-bred horse got by Seremond from Lute String by Comedy King—Luteola by Martagon—-Scene by Springfield. With - such a pedigree Sir jalond should be able to stay, who won a division of the Trial Plate rim at Feilding7 is a three-year-old gelding by Grand Court from Oxozmo by Finland from d’Oro, a, sister to' Desert Gold. who started’the rank outsider ot .the field and won the Flying Handicap at- Feilding, is a four-year-old filly ‘by Paper Money—Pelt, by Demosthenes— Pellicule by Birkenhead—Film. _-Heads separated the placed lot in the Feuding Stakes, and the verdict went to Lady Quez, who has been responsible for sqfpe smart form over short courses. Gesthro had such a pull in the weights that she looked very dangerous if able to get away on terms with the rest of the field. JJtain’s class on the flat was sufficient •totsend him out favourite for the hurdle race at Takapuna despite the fact of him ' ranking as a novice at the business. Otairi was .got by Paper Money from Isabel, and/M a brother to Cashier. Isabel was got by Hallowmas—Crucinella by San ’ Francisco—Charente. San Francisco is a brother to St. Frusquin, the grandsire of Paper Money. {When Sargon was at Riccarton on the «ve of the Cup meeting he could not raise a,canter owing to soreness, and it looked hopeless to expect him to win a race for months to come. He must have -made a quick recovery to win the Alison Cup, run at Takapuna on Saturday last. Sargop was one of the team taken to Austra“T T. Jamieson, and was got by Catmint—Hukapapa by Snow King from Mane Odile by St. Amant. the Derby Winner, got by St. Frusquin. An exchange states .that a striking instance of the advantage of motor float transit against train travelling for racehorses was exemplified over the recent meeting of the Levin Racing Club. Fern* den and Just an Idea were accepted for by trainer M. Gardiner in hopes that the race track would be a dry one, as both geldings race best under that condition. ' A* “boh Tam had fallen at Wanganui on the day preceding, the meeting, the owner ot hernden motored to Levin oh Satur- i day morning, inspected the race track, and arriving at the conclusion that a dry track whs practically assured, telephoned the news to Wanganui. A motor float was promptly ordered at Wanganui, and Ferntit "bst and Idea were loaded and left Wanganui for Levin something like e 8 aWay ? H-15 on the morning races, duly arrived in good time, were raced, and immediately were motored bafk to Wanganui, where they arrived in tune for their 8 p.m. feed. There are no maximum weight conditions attached,, to the Auckland Cup to simplify the problem of exactly what weight Nightmarch will be called upon Last year he was weighted at but was immediately scratched It r£ e ! ? ot Beem ( fiays “ The Watcher”) that he can escape thit year with less than round about 10.0, with perhaps a l 5 margin either way. Nelson, winner ot-the Auckland Cup in three successive years, carried 9.8 when he scored his second victory in 1886, and 9.12 in the following year. -That stands as the record weight-carrying feat for the race. WaiM in 1903 ' A}l Bed with “L 190 ?* and Bapine with 9.8 in 1925. No other horse has won with 9.0 or over Apart from the probability that Nightina * rc A tave to establish another weight : carrymg record if he ia to win at Lllershe on Boxing Day, there ia the interesting fact that no horse has yet won the three cups—Mdbourne, New Zealand, and Auckland. Sasanof went very clpse ' Be won the Melbourne Cup 6 :}? o n n 191( L a ? d the New Zealand Cup with 8.9 m 1.918, while in the Auckland Cup in 1918, carrying 9.6, he ran second to Mascot, 6.13. Australian racing is passing through one “?st critical periods in its history. Attendances have fallen off to an £wJ In i n * 1 ’ / ex tent, and, to balance their bbdgets (saya ‘a Melbourne writer), -all clubs have been compelled to consider the question of making drastic reductions in their stake money.. The Victoria Racing l/lub and other principal Melbourne clubs have 'already cut their stakes, and now the suburban clubs are desirous of doing likewise. It is doubtful if these "-down the Ime clubs have suffered financially to anything like the extent of the principal city clubs, but they anticipate lean times, and have applied to the ruling £ ody for .. Permission to reduce stake money. At present suburban racing clubs are compelled to give not less than £I3OO a ? ay f°f Saturdays and public holidays and not less than £IOOO a day for other xnZf' . Ihere is “0 suggestion yet that Victorian country clubs should reduce stake money. As a jnatter of fact, they have very little room to reduce, as stake ■S?" e J j®, at a ridiculously low level. Woodend is one pf the principal country wiT’ in V l c , tor,a ’ and in size the place would resemble, say, Otaki. Yet at its meeting yesterday the total stake money 7 a ® only atri fle more than £SOO, of which £2OO was for the cup. And Woodend is extremely generous compared with some M the other country dubs in this State. .George Young, who rode Gloaming in many of his races, tells of an instance wben the ex-champion stake-earner was doped (says a writer in the Sydney Referee). Gloaming was always treated pet ,> and was given all kinds * ts ’ 4- uch . BS a PP ] es, sweets, loaf J? r Rowing his liking for sweets *,°™, m l hclo , u ? “dmdual gave him a doped chocolate. After eating it, the horse became very sick, and never kfterrflcJSS.*" 40 mu, » h * (says the Melbourne Sporting Globe) Mr Davis had the idea of sendmg Phar Lap to Mexico to com¥tm e nnn JiJJn Bahente Handicap of 100,000 dollars (approximately £20,000). ■this race has a. maximum weight- of 9.0 Agua Cahente is near San Diego, and not far from Los Angeles. Racing is conducted continuously (Sundays included) for about 60 days! Another rich race in Mexico is the Coffroth Handicap (named alter the founder of the racecourse) at Tt Juana. Run on St. Patrick’s Day it was worth 98,250 dollars (about £19,650) last year. So keen was Mr Davie to try Rhar Lap against the best horses in America that he approached J. E, Pike “8 subject of going to the State to Tide the gelding. However, before Pike came to a decision. Mr Davis abandoned the idea. -Sixteen Australian yearlings are being sent to New Zealand for the sales. The trustee. Sir Ad r i a n Knox, in the estate of ci-’ John Brown, of Newcastle, is sending I over two colta hy Air Balloon (sire of

Balloon King), and two by March Along. Mr E. A. Haley is sending two by Redfern (sire of Eernden and Korokio), and four by East Tor. Mr H. A. Taylor (breeder of Black Ronald and Gay Crest) will be represented by two colts by. Caravel, one by Gay Shield, and one by Tea iray, the latter from the New Zealandbred mare Nuit, by Absurd from Afterglow. Mr W. T. Badgery, of Scone, is forwarding a colt by Nassau, and Mr W, 1. Willsaleen a colt by the young sire Ornamentation. Another Australian-bred youngster, although reared almost since foalhood in the Dominion, is included in tlie Westmere draft. This is -a colt by Bold and Bad. a half-brother to Swynford (sire of Blandford) to Tea Tray, and bis wam. Chelae, is a sister in blood to Trivalve. The Flaxmere-bred Horoscope, by Ab-surd-—Lady Ball, and therefore halfbrother to Gay 'Ballerina, won the Kasouka Hurdle Race at the Victoria Ama"(tur _ Club’s meeting on Nocember ii U, by Paper Money—Esther, won the Rosstown Plate at the same meeting. Tea Misa won the Opening Handicap at the Bathurst Turf Club’s meeting on November 15 The two-year-old Golden Gate, by Limond—Royal Exchange, ran third to Rampion’s full sister Ranier, in the first division of the Woolahra Stakes, at the A.J.C, races on November 15. The second division of the same race was’ won by Gloriole, who clttims Heroic as her sire, and Gloaming’s sister as her dam, so , that, she is closely related to two turf c fl e ‘ J UJ'* es v Another of Heroic’ two-year-olds. Heroic Prince, ran second in a simirace at Caulfield on the same day. Golden Voice, a half-brother to Hunt the Snipper, ran second in the Flying Handicap at the A.J.C. meeting on November 15, starting at very long odds. At the ” e^vf rn Aus t r alian Turf Club’s meetin <T on November 15 the New Zealand-breS lios Ambus, by Solfenno—Ambuscade, won the Stewards Welter Handicap, and arii _ Zealander, Exceeder, Tan third in the November Handicap. The rlf'j “ ea^ Fair Exchange won the Gladstone Cup at the Gladston Cup meeting on November 15,- carrying 12.6, and later in the day, carried 13,11 into second place in the Farewell Handicap.

TROTTING.

By Sentinel.

l acin(t at the New Brighton Trotting Clubs meeting, Wrackler and Arcme^tlng re booked for the Auckland Cup Auckland mare. Mountain Dell, is e S try . for the Principal New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting this month. It is not expected 5b 4 , he tri P south, but it I s P r ? bable that her handicap will qualify Tro,& » the Auckland 0.9. Bight’s fall at Forbury Park on S? W3B f aused by his shying at a ?Piece of paer on the track. At W rnS i Pe °?i e eh ? w a lack of thought _ y „ C _ are^ess y throwing away pieces of dent ? mnt 1 8 t: u ck * ™ nd a seriou s acciaent may result. Fortunately C-mnri L A h fter f TTr- d ' d S ot take place in’a race. Fortune ' v °n the Forbury Handicap there was some talk, from an bfselon th rC f’ of ,.inconsistent running sa®!»5 a ®!» t? the form displayed in the Presidican 8 - ,* ln thc - Presid ent’a Hanmcap Erin s Fortune, in a field of 10 began, or rather tried to begin, on the her B’Si 8 ’Sit f lSf t track ’ and after she struck aer gait had to race the whole of the way on the outside of the field. On the and D thfa ay vprv ® eld waa reduced to seven, this very .important fact makes an important consideration in the chance of f^th^Forh I*lo^ 1 * 10^ the f^°t line! firfitdn J° b “ 7 Handicap Avenger, the nrst dsnrs winner, goes back 24 yards Grand Light, second, goes back 12 yards’ W^"eck ® his chance before the start l{‘ e John iNobls, IhirVdoa a ls means that vErin’a Fortune MI l2^ntd Rer °J 24 yards, Grand Light on 12 yards, and with John Noble out | I I1 a3 f , only Avenger to beat with 24 yards in the mare’s favour. Wherein, then is , inconsistency ? Furthermore, Erin’s The 1 DOfc st |PP in K a level gait on St day » and assuming that she S?o!, d ’ * s j • nat, l r£d conclusion, go better ? tead^ d h.v a race and perhaps under better^ track conditions, she wouhl a be * ter racing proposition An analyse of form removes any idea of sistency except with those who jumn to asfe 1 *»-a A difference of opinion, of an important d a ay U LVo o ver t A° rb^ y Pa rk oTsaturBrighton Handicap. The rul e nil winners of any race after the handiTh P P rif f de dared may be rehandicapped.'’ rule T+ f° qu , allficatlon attached to the - It 18 a clear-cut authority. In the HmTt U in a n Tso P nT ed was on the limit in a 3,30 class, but because handicap was sacnfled to get into the class some held that the horse could not be rehandicappcd. !f an owner elects to fice handicap to get into a class that does not dimmish the handicapper's power to rapose a rehandicap .in the event of a win ihe handicapper is merely restricted as to how far he may penalise a horse After the owner had elected to include Red nihirT «, a 330 clasfl i and the horse won race commg up for decision, the handicapper had power to impose a penalty on rehandicap. In a 3,30 class the penalty is restricted to two seconds, or y 4yarda > 80 that Red Shadow could have n e " se l ack t 0 3 v 28 in the Tainui Handicap, This is, so far as the writer can see, a logical interpretation of the rules which allow a handicapper to penalise any winner after the declaration of a handicap, irrespective of class. There is no mention of class m the rule giving power to intnct a penalty. It is a dominating rule, and the restriction of penalty is a second* ary consideration. At one time the writer stood absolutely alone in protest against the present castiron system of handicapping which attempts to balance a field or figures, but hot on form. Here we have a horse in Red Shadow stepping 2.45 3-5, which automatically pans out near a 2.12 speed. Red Shadow is handicapped in a subsequent event at a 2.20 speed and yet it is held that he cannot be rehandicapped JNo greater instance could be quoted where mere figures dominate actual form or where a misinterpretation of the rules has taken place. The rules clearly state that the handicapper has full power to refiandicap winners. He has absolute power to rehandicap within, however certain limitations. Cases such as the’ one under notice have created the opinion amongst many who go beyond superficiality in balancing form that the present system will have to be dropped. The writer has held that opinion right from its inauguration. The principal reason for holding that opinion is due to the fact that it is based wholly and solely on commercialism and not on a sporting chance based on a rebalance of form. Suppose the track, by bad weather, had been 10 or 20 .seconds slow, would the handicapper still have power, according to the rules, to rehandicap winners. Some say no, but such an idea seems opposed to comraonsense, because if a horse wins off any mark, no matter how he got there, he is, according to rules, entitled to a rehandicap. Mr J. Gee's brood mare, Kewpie, has produced a colt foal to Blue Mountain .King, and visits the Ribbonwood horse again. Kewpie, who is by Petereta from Matanki, is proving a valuable matron (says an Auckland writer), as she has already produced the well-performed Kewpie s Guy to Blue Mountain King, while her union with The Triumph resulted in Kewpie s Triumph, who showed promisin'form at Epsom recently. . The three-year-old pacer. Worthy Chief in A. J. Julian’s Auckland stable, is at