RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21994, 1 July 1933, Page 17

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

Acceptances for. the Wellington meeting are clue on Monday, July 3. _ Nominations are due on July 3 tor the Waimate Hunt meeting. Salmo Salar has done well since the Dunedin winter meeting, and may shape well at Oaniaru.

Arden’s Beauty is fancied in some quarters for the Farewell Handicap at (Jamaim. Apparently she has improved since the Dunedin winter meeting. If the going is firm at Oaniaru backers will no doubt follow recent form, as at the end of the season it is generally the most reliable guide. ’ Thurina gave a good display on Wednesday when schooled at Riccarton over six fences. lie had the assistance of R. Beale, who later got a fall when school-ing-Speakeasy. The riding-out rule can be overdone, and for the excessive use of spurs on Mosstrooper in the Steeplechase at Caulfield recently R. Sweetnam was fined £1 by the stipendiary stewards. The Sydney hurdle jockey G. Carter was recently fined £5 for entering what the steward's termed a frivolous protest at Rosehill. Carter had the mount on Profile, who was beaten half a length by Spider King. . The injuries received by the English crack cross-country rider W. Stott in a motor accident in March were more unpleasant than anything he ever experienced through a fall in a jumping race. Stott’s face was badly smashed when the car turned over with him, and before the plastic surgeon could attempt to -remodel it several bones had to be broken and rC Silver Sight has run some good races this season, but generally had to be content with a place. With Polydora out of the way he will probably start favourite for the Winter Hack Handicap. There was very little between Ramo, Ranelagh, and Steeton at the end of the Prince Edward Handicap run at lima™Steeton will be favoured by the shorter distance at Oaniaru, but Ranelagh at lib worse terms should beat her m a solidly rU pJydora has always been there or thereabouts in her recent races, and will probably start the popular Pick for the Grange Handicap. She was handicapped at even weights with Kakara in the Farewell Handicap at Wingatui, in which she ran second to Red Boa, and etil, mee s the Paladin mare on the same terms. The accidental death.of MrS. Inder removes one who .was a well-known and popular figure in racing -and trotting circles for very many years. In bygone years the late Mr Inder raced a horse or two on the-flat and over jumps, but m more recent times he devoted himself to the handling of trotters. Mr Inder took an active part W both branches .of sport for about half a century,, and was still retaining a keen interest in them U P the time of his unfortunate death. Quinopal, who ;is topweight in the Steeplechase at Oamaru, had four wins and five places out of 13- starts last ecason. He should be able to master the brush hurdles at Oamaru, and, fit and wed, should take some beating. Q ul “°P/“ won the Port Cooper Hurdles run attbe New Zealand Cup meeting, with 10.13 in 3min 13 l-Ssec? beating Landmark 12.0 and Morena. 9.0, and finished the season bv running third to Morena 9.0 and Rameses 9.2 with 11.3 in the Tekapo Hurdles, run at the Timaru autumn meeterror in regard to Counterplay’s registration appearn to be due to neglect on'’ the part of the register of race horses. He must have known that the horses registration was not fully completed ae-, cording, to the rules, and yet Counterplay was allowed to start at, a Victoria Park meeting. At another meeting W. Stone Was ordered to scratch the horse and pay the acceptance fee, because the registration was not complete. It is interesting to note that the acceptance fees had to be .paid in connection with a horse not eligible for nomination. It seems strange that a visiting horse, although in training at Randwick for-several weeks and a well-backed chance in his first start, should subsequently be found ineligible to start in a race. Last month the English, three-year-olds Canteener, by Son and Heir from Charming Bride, and Mannering,; by Manna from Zareba, were sent to Ireland to contest the Irish Two Thousland Guineas, and finished first and second respectively. Canteener started at good double-figure odds, while Mannering was at a much shorter price. The stake was worth £1512 to the winner. It ia an interesting fact that Canteener is a gelding, the unsexed division having not yet been debarred from all the Irish classics. , ''' . . Though-. Hall Mark is the logical winter favourite for the A.J.C. Derby, and is going to be hard to beat if be can stay, he may not be the only son of Heroic to contest the Randwick classic. 4fter his two recent impressive wins (says the Globe). Australia Fair is being discussed in connection with the Derby, but he has accounted for only secondraters. . Moreover, -he is on., the small side and; weight may hamper him. Still, the Heroic colt haa a good record—two wins from three starts, and it is in hie favour that he is in the expert hands of Frank M'Grath. * Probably there is no better weightcarrier among Sydney’s two-year-olds than Mqa Lap, who won the Rosehill Juvenile Handicap under 9.13. It was only over the closing stages that he overhauled Heroic Queen (says an Australian paper!, but it was a polished performance, for the Heroic filly had a handy lead turning for homfr. At his last four runs Moa Lap has beefi heavily burdened. His victories have been achieved under 10.6, 9.10, and 9.13, while he was a close second on another occasion with 10.2. On [what we have seen of the Moabite colt I to date he' is slightly below first-class : form, but he is vastly superior to the handicap youngsters he has met in the last few months. Indications point to his : winning a good sprint face in the spring. 1 Legal proceedings have been taken in Tasmania by some people who backed Barren Corn at Elwick racecourse for a race -which tbe gelding won in Sydney. Wagers were made after the event was run, but within the starting time published in Tasmanian daily newspapers. The Bookmakers’ Board appointed by Parliament decided that bookmakers should not have to pay. A temporary telegraphist employed at the Launceston receiving end was dismissed for “ unsatisfactory work,” as the result of an inquiry based on the t complaint made by newspapers. The latest * move has come from backers of Barren Corn, and the court case should be of absorbing, interest.' - j A paragraph which appeared mentioning Mr T.' A. Duncan, of Hunterville, as a possible successor to Mr 0. S. Watkins, retiring president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, was referred by the Hunterville Express to Mr Duncan, and that paper of Tuesday’s date had the following:—“Mr Duncan stated that the question had boon mentioned to him, but he hid not taken the suggestion seriously, as he could not give the time required to carry out the duties. Mr Duncan expressed the opinion that Mr A. T. Donnelly, of Christchurch, should be the next president.” Mr Donnelly, on being approached by a representative of the Press, said he did not wish to make any statement on the subject. The name of Mr C. W. Earle, managing-editor of the Dominion, Wellington, and president for many years of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of New Zealand, has been mentioned in Wellington in connection with the presidential office. In moving the adoption of the annual report of the Gore Racing Club and balance sheet, the president (Mr G. Wliittinghnm) said that the club made a small profit of £l6B after writing off £412 of a loss for the previous year, making a profit of about £6OO. This had been made possible by reducing stake money and. he thought that the incoming committee should consider raising the stakes again. The two meetings had been well attended despite the' fact that the weather conditions had not been completely favourable. Had the weather been better the profit might have been nearer £IOOO. The sum of £3235 had been paid off the cost of the

Stewards’ Stand since its erection m 1928 and there was now only £765 owing. This was the club’s only liability. At the spring meeting the three dividend system had been introduced, but at the summer meeting the win and place system had been in vogue. Should this latter system continue the club would need to consider alterations to the totalisator house as it was not desirable to have the two lotalisatorg separate. Mr G. C. Hamilton has been appointed president for the coming season.

Mannamead (winner of five races in succession this season) is now considered the best horse on the turf in England. Recently he very easily defeated two such good horses as Orpen and Brulette, one of the best stayers in England. Mannamead is another with Musket blood, for his dam was by Trenton’s son, Torpoint. a good stayer, and sire of the great brood mare, Hamoaze. He was bred and is owned by Lord Astor, and teas unbeaten at two years, but went amiss when being trained for the Derby last year, Mannamead is by the Derby winner, Manna, from Pinprick, by Torpoint from Third Trick, by vWilliam the Third from Conjure, by Juggler, a son of Touchet (Lord Lyon—Lady Audley) and Enchantress, by the Ascot Cup winner, Scottish Chief. Manna is by Phalaria from Waffles, dam of the Leger winner, Sandwich, by Sansovino.- Waffles is by Buckwheat, son of Martagon and Sesame. Mannamead is a magnificent type of horse. He appears to have got over the trouble which put him out of action last season.

As spokesman of the Victorian Breeders, Owners, and Trainers’ Association, Mr T. M. Burke placed some trenchant arguments before the Chief Secretary (Mr Macfarlanl when a deputation dropped in on the Minister last week to discover actually what was implied by “ too much racing.” The subject under discussion was. of course, the official threat that in the coming season certain clubs within easy reach of Melbourne by motor car would be suppressed because they depended upon the support of an undesirable class of metropolitan resident, and, in fact, were,not genuine country clubs. Mr Burke contended (1) that the curtailment of small meetings was not going to reduce gambling. (2) that it was just as virtuous to run for a small stake as a large one, (3) that the “ sport of kings ” was also the sport of the commoner in Australia, (4) that it would be as logical to reduce metropolitan meetings as to eliminate country clubs, which aided the breeder and proved the capacity of a horse, and x (5) that a good deal of employment was afforded by the small meetings. Mr Macfarlan realised that in Mr Burke he had a “ foemari worthy of his steel.” ' He ’ joined issue on the employment question, and, with the skill of a trained debater, remarked that, if racing could be regarded as a solvent of unemployment, the holding of a daily race meeting at Flemington could be defended. "Every argument can be reduced to an absurdity,” pointed out Mr Burke. “We differ,” rejoined the Chief Secretary, "where the point of absurdity begins.”