RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21531, 31 December 1931, Page 5

RACING NEWS

, By Sentinel. dominations for the Wellington Cup meeting are due on January 5. After costing his present owner thousands of pounds Glare is now -working like a possible winner. Meadow Lark looked _ big in condition when produced at Wingatui, but the race should help to smarten him up. Charmeuse may show improvement as a result of her racing at Wingatui. The nominations received for the Vincent meeting should supply the basis of a good card for each day of the fixture. Star Shooter, who is engaged in the Waikouaiti Cup with 7.8, ran third in the Otaio Plate won by.Ephialtes S.ll from Atholspeav 7.13 in 2min ssec. The speedy filly Tray Bond is amongst those engaged at the Wyndham meeting. She can go very fast and may be found gtaying better with more age. Royal Sceptre won so well at Wingatui that he will not be overlooked when next saddled up. Arrow Lad’s success in the Manawatu Cup is attributed to the slow pace set in the early stages of the race. With Royal Saxon and Meprisant 9ufc of the way the process of elimination suggests that King Balboa will start favourite for the Wyndham Cup. A good beginner has something in the way of assistance at the Waikouaiti meeting. Song Box, Lochlaggan, Tracsono, and Gold Pit are fairly smart at the rise of the barridr.

Both Tippling and Filosol may run a Jot better under a light-weight than they did when acting under a high scale oi Weights on the second day at Wingatui. On some of the form displayed at Wingatui a feAv of those .engaged at the New Year meetings hold an apparently hopeless chance of scoring a Avin. Still OAvners Avill no doubt try again and may succeed.

Aspiring, wbo ran a good second to Solmar in the Grand Staud Handicap, is engaged in the President’s Handicap at Wyndham and will no doubt be amongst those fancied for the race.

Martian Chief was staying on when he finished third to Meprisant and King Balboa, and so was Glenrowan. Both Martian Chief and Glenrowan should help to make the Waikouaiti Cup an interesting race. " Dumblane ran a mile and a-quarter at Wiugatui with 8.5 in 2min Bsec. The Otago Handicap was won by Royal Saxon with 8.8 in 2min 7 4-ssec. Dumblane has 7.11 in the Waikouaiti Cup and a repetition of his best form would make him dangerous. If anything had been capable of extending Bronze Eagle he might have broken the record for the race held by Thespian at Imin 36 3-ssec. This is also the mile record for New Zealand. Gloaming scored one of his wins in' Imin 37 l-sesc, and Desert .Gold scored in Imin 37 3-ssec, and apart from Bronze Eagle and Gloaming is the only other winner to break Train 38sec.

Several horses that did not appear at the Wingatui meeting figure amongst the acceptors at Waikouaiti. These include Royal Love, Locksley, Starshooter, and Full Feather, who are engaged in the Waikouaiti Cup. Semper Paratus, Ranelagh, Wise Choice, Night Effort, Ramo, Grecian Prince, Kerbside, Weatherly, and Red Royal. A novice in Hurlingham, a brother to Ranelagh, is ■lso engaged, and reported to be shaping well in his work. ,

At the Waikouaiti meeting Martian Chief, Royal Love, and Glenrowan may he the popular picks in the Waikouaiti Cup. Others fancies may include:— Trial Plate—Song Box. Muff, First Song; Bray Memorial Handicap, Lochlaggan, Hot Tea; High-weight Handicap, Dressy; Orbell Stakes Handicap, Meprisant, Wise Choice; Hawkesbury Handicap—Gold Pit, Grecian Prince, Academy. At the Wyndham meeting to be held on New Year’s Day the following may be amongst those fancied for their engagements;—Trial Plate—Enwood, Pink Paper, or Bellbird; Wyndham Cup—King Balboa, Charmaine, Tippling; Murihau Hack Handicap, Royal Sceptre, Merry Peel; President’s Handicap—Aspiring, Dulen, Tray Bond; High-weight Handicap, Royal Limond, Sailing Home. Among interesting items in recent American papers were the monetary results of meetings held on behalf of the unemployed. The one held at Latonia (Kentucky) was a great success, over £14,000 being realised. . The principal return was from the pari-mutuels, over £6300 coming from that source. Those figures suggest it must have been a good betting day. The result was not nearly as good at Belmont Park, New York’s principal track, but about £6OOO was netted. In Maryland the four race tracks jointly raised £16,000 for the unemployed, and Hawthorne (Chicago) contributed £12,000. Those figures show that American race clubs are doing as much as they can to alleviate distress. The unemployed also benefited from the sale of 51 of C. V. Whitney’s horses last month. The amount realised was £18,345, the highest price being £IB6O for a three-year-old. Some time prior to the sale it was announced that Mr Whitney, in memory of his father, would donate 25 per cent, of the gross proceeds of the sale to the unemployed. Consequently they received over £4500.

Meprisant, who won the chief event on the second day of the Dunedin meeting, is a five-year-old gelding, by Paladin from the Bonny Glen mare Disdainful, so he is a brother in blood to Chide and Riri, who are by Paiadin from Reproachful, a sister to Disdainful. As a three-year-old Meprisant Avon the Dunedin Guineas and then was used to help get Chide ready for his Riccarton successes. He Avas not raced much more that season, while last season he Avas very unlucky, as he avus placed five times in eight starts Avithbut a Avin. He hag shoAA'n steady improvement lately. He Avas second at the Grand National meeting and won at the Ncav Zealand Cup meeting last month, Avhile his success on Monday Avas A very attractive effort. In the meantime, he is at his best at a mile, but he may stay on further later in the season. , , . Supremacy. Avho broke a leg Avhile being worked at Ellerslie on Tuesday morning, was a five-year-old, by Chief Ruler, his dam. Lucella, being by Lucullus from Seatonella, by Seaton Deiaval from Amorelle, by Phcebus Apollo from Lady Gertrude, a Cadogan mare who founded a successful family in Otago for the late Sir George M'Lean. Supremacy opened his tAVo-year-old career by Avinning the Avondale Stakes, Avhile in his nest tAVo outings he Avas successful in the Auckland Welcome Stakes and the Great Northern Foal Stakes. He Avas unplaced in his other lavo starts that season. Then he Avent wrong and he did no racing at three years Last season he Avas Avonderfully consistent. He had only one success, but he Avas second six times and unplaced twice. This season he Avas second to Chief Jov in a mile race at the Waikato meeting and second to Karapoti at six furlongs at the Waipa fixture, prior to his success in the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie last Saturday, Avhen he beat a very strong field of sprinters.