RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22070, 28 September 1933, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel,

Acceptances for-the first day of the, Dunedin spring meeting are-due to-mor: row. ■.

A final payment is due for the M'Leau Stakes and Dunedin Guineas to-morrow.

A'special train will run to apd from Oaraaru in connection with the Kurow meeting, j ' : ‘ ' v Nominations are due to-day for the South’Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting. ■Dracuia has a good turn of speed, but does’ not seem robust enough in condition to’ carry it very far. . • .o'. ■ . h. Some of .the northern critics pick Palantua as one .of the -possibilities for the New Zealand Cup. . , .. . I ‘ The programme for- the New, Zealand Cup , meeting’shows an increase of £llOO irrstakesover last year. , " , Shatter was giving Polydora 141 b when he finished fourth' in the Winter Cup. This;has been reduced to 71b in the Kurow Cup. ' .■■■? v , ■■ Superior, the winner of the Debutante Stakes at'Wanganui, was got by Colossus from Rillet, by Acre, Silver Ring is now being treated for a blood disorder and . not likely to race again‘for sonie time. Gaysdnie dropped out of her engagement on the second day at Geraldine as a result of being galloped on in her race on the firgf QflV ■ /fc It.is said that June the Third has been staying well in her work. She may do so in private, but has hardly the temperament of a stayer, when the band.is play--111 Shatter was handicapped to give Polydora 91b in the Islington Handicap, won by Palantua 71b. Polydora did not start, and Shatter, finished fifth. The. Novice Plate .to be run at the Kurow meeting will be a.. m . 9F e „ i usually interesting race, as it will fi«PP*y an opportunity to; obtain a line on tne M St! Joamshlpefi promisingly atGerald: ine and gave indication of s ta mina Sh was got by Jericho from Leaven, ny Achilles—Lady Maonna, by Stepmak. It is -reported from the .north that Rebel Song is the ruling favourite for th New ZeSl&d Cup., The purely uuminel, a. It would. support an unsound horse at this stage. Arrangements-have been made to run a fpertal train to Timaiu on the Sunday following the .Dnnedm spring ™ etlu % It' will leave Dunedin at .11.00 a.m.^auu connect with, the , Timaru-Chnstchurch train and will he available lor boreea weight in, tt| New Zealand Cup, was handicapped in Great: Autumn Handicap and “a "ed 41b trem , handicapped for the same 7 5 Shatter. 8.7, Inflation 7.7, Kamovs, Jaloux 7.0. Martian Chief 7A . wpu Song 7.3,‘ Tout Te Monde 7.3, and Mount Boa and' Rocket at 7.0 _ . The side, trouble bic h been te tacking horses at Riccarton ana elsewhere seems, to be contagious, and P ahlv contracted in the sand-rolls. 1M type of sand roll in general use is boxed iw far too much . and, in addition, ao not receive sufficient, i/ any detection. The. boarding should be i ns ide sSr i “l This would lailqw the, sun to freshen sand 'arid 'frequent,, disinfection would reS f'om colS or' any contagious, comP Th?two-year-old :Peter’s Pride (Chief Ruler—Cymene),- half brother to CyhnmS Ranelagh and" Hurlingham were.both nominated for the Kurow- meeting, and it was intended to send them, south prov'ded they shapcd : well, at the Geraldine fixture. The for Kurow, however closed on Wednesday, or the nSt before the Geraldine programme started, and the owner of the pair did not feel disposed to pay;up for them at ihat stage.’. The closing of acceptances for ,a programme'lo days- off and before an . intervening meeting caused surpr t> amongstthose interested. ■■ Cottesmore, a well-performed New Zea lander, making his Sydney debut started at, an outside price and finished near! last in the- Camellia Stakes at Rosehill last .Saturday (says a Sydney writer). The stipendiary stewards questioned the connections of the gelding, including the owner, Mr H. iP. Blundell, and expressed themsfclyes 1 as satisfied with tion.. Cottesmore ran wide at-the home turn, arid his rider (L. J.-Ellis) could not control him properly, because his saddle had broken and slipped out ot ?gSt Smile, dam of Polydora and Giffgleswickjv is to be mated this season With Lord Warden. Mantua and Francolin also have arrived - at Gladstone Park - on - the same mission. Monoxide, Set Sail,-Mbiselle, and Ell Boa have all produced filly foals at Gladstone Park to Lord Warden. Set Sail’s filly belongs to -Dr- Rogers, of Gore,, while that of Ell Boa is the property of Mr A. N. Smith, of Dunedin. When Ell. Boa (sister to Mount Boa) broke down she was given by ; Mr Smith to Mr G. A. Kam on condition that the first-foal by Lord Warden, if a - filly, was.to be Mr Smith s. The mating of Sweet Smiles, the dam of Polydora,’with Lord Warden .should produce something out of the ordinary. Lord Warden’s: stock show distinct .promise, and are not lacking; in quality and conformation. Sweet,Smile was .got by San Francisco - (brother to St. Frusquinl from Winning Way, by - Cannie Chiel—Lady Wayward, by Bill o’ Portland—Elusive, by Trenton—Elensis, by Barcaldine, whose line crimes to Lord Warden through Marco, Marcovil, and Hurry On., Lord

Warden was got by Hurry On —Hythe, by Chaucher (St. Simon) from Miss panning, by Carbine —Memoir,,-, by St. Simon —Quiver, a sister to Musket. Breeding Sweet Smile to him will double up St. Simon four times and the Musket strain four times, and the resultant foal will also be inbred to Barcaldine. Polydora was produced to Polazey, a Polymelus horse, from a mare inbred to St. Simon, and also returning the double Musket strain through , Quiver. The Musket strain and St. Simon will combine with stronger infusions in a foal by Lord Warden from Sweet Smile arid 0 colt supplying individuality in conformation with the pedigree should gather classic distinction. Manawhenua, whose death is, reported from Auckland, was a six-year-old by Acre from Country Picnic,, owned and trained by H. Rama, for whom he .had won many good races. He was a versatile performer, who could hold his own at any distance. Last spring he was raced in Australia. He won two races, a mile and three furlongs and a mile and a-quarter, while at the Australian Jockey Club’s meeting he was second in two races, beaten by Havering and Historic, two other New Zealanders. A few weeks later he ran fourth in the Melbourne Cup. Ho wound up the season in the Dominion by winning a seven-furlong race at Trentham, followed by a mile and a-quarter event at Ellerslie. He was being got ready for. another visit, to Melbourne when he became affected by the complaint which ended in his death.

All of the: betting rings at Randwick on Derby Day will be well below full strength. This is because Saturday, September 30, is the Jewish Day of Atonement, one of the strictest religious days of, the year for adherents of that faith. No Jewish bookmakers will-operate on that day, and Jews form a considerable proportion of the bookmakers in Australian racing. Mr Arthur Hiskins, secretary of the Victorian Amateur Turf Club and the Moonee Valley Racing Club, once asked the veteran bookmaker “Mick” Healy what would happen if Jewish and Irish bookmakers were barred. .“Faith, racing would die out without any betting at all,” was the reply. The Gentiles among’the bookmakers have noted with sorrow on previous occasions that' favourites have a way of winning when their Jewish confreres are not there to lose.