RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22198, 27 February 1934, Page 5

RACING NEWS

\* : Bs' SEnnuni •, Acceptances for the first day of the Cromwell meeting are due on Monday, i A' full-sister to .Silent Flight. (Day Comet —Owlscombe); and a; , colt from Sash’ Act, the > half-sister to Zeebrugge and Doiran, are. the latest additions to A* arid H. Cutts’s stable. They are wellgrown ' youngsters, and the colt is •specially pleasing, to the eye. . The Dunedin-owned Custodian 19 well nominated- for Australian' classic engagements next season, the only one in which he is not eligible to run being the Rosehill Guineas.- He is very well, and ran a great half-mile on the course proper at Riccarton on, Saturday morning. He may yet make the trip. W the Commonwealth lor tlie autumn. • Among If the engagements made on be- ' half of ’Sir Charles Clifford for Final Shot lta« the Great Northern Oaks, to be run r at Ellerslie at Easter. Her present owner (Mr J. D. Siiripeon) has decided that the. ; filly shall run . in this Auckland classicFinal; Shot will' be sent north about a weeklbefore/ the-meeting, and will go into the ckre, of A. Rhodes, trainer of King March, at Tahanini.- ,After racing at Ellerslie, she will rejoin the team of Mrs Campbell’s at Riccarton. Curie had his , first racing for several weeks when he ran at.Woodyille last week., had; to : carry substantia) weights, rind,* although the first day’s gallop improved'h™, he was not quite equal tq beating' a ‘ more , seasoned horse iu Sanguine King, to whom he was conceding, two stone. Curie should be ready to •how his best form from now. on. La Moderne reappeared at Woodville after a lengthy spelh She is carrying a good deal of condition, and # never threatened' ;to; get into the money, but she 1 allowed, some pace and form, and on the second - day. .was rip with Sanguine King to the • straight. . She does not look like coming to hand very quickly, but she will improve with the racing and make steady progress.-La Moderue looks greatly benefited by her spell. ■ . A tyro-year-pld named Balbus had Ins first race at Woodville on, Thursday. As he was expected to put up a good race it,, waa unfortunate that he : goi chppped out at the start, and had t'o tail the field. Over -the concluding stages he was travelling well, though not nearer than a moderate fourth. Balbus will no doubt improve with the experience. He . is a brown gelding by Lapidary from Azecta, by Taitokp, from the Birkenhead mare ifermia. Taitoko is ( practically unknown in pedigrees; but tliere is nothing wrong with hie breeding. He belongs to a very successful line, being by Stepniak from Whirlpool, and is a brother to such ap Npya .L(4anu,rif Danube), Grand - Rapids'll New Zealand' Cup), Droski (dam

of Ravenna and Overdrawn), and Charybdis (dam of Water, Power). . . .What was described by the prosecution as "an ingenious fraud on a local bookmaker earned for a fishmonger of Brighton, England, a term of four months' imprisonment :at Quarter Sessions last month.; A son of the fishmonger and another accomplice were placed on probation. The charge was conspiring to defraud and with obtaining £24, by false pretences. Prosecuting counsel stated that the son obtained bets on commission for the bookmaker, and he arrived at the bookmaker's place of business just before the. first, race, where .he wrote out the bets -he had taken in. a. front room.-While he was, doing this, his • father obtained the name of the winning horse by telephone,, and the other defendant then went outside "the bookmaker's office and twice shouted " Charlie," which was-, ay. code w6rd giving the winning horse. . The son placed bets on it, winning £24. The accused -afterwards'.' visited Lowestoft, Brandon, and Glacton, where a police officer said there was reason to believe that similar attempts were made. . Silver Ring has got over the. slight trouble that prevented him from taking .part in the Midsummer Handicap, and he. 3s again striding along freely in useful sprinting tasks. ! He should be ready to show his'best form if it is decided to send him to Trentham next month. . The Night Raid four-year-old Star Raider, who is an acceptor for the highweight event" at Motukarara, is trained at Yaldhurst by the trotting mentor M. B. Edwards. He; has the reputation, of being a smart track galloper, but though he won at Westport early last month, his race form since then has been disappointing. He will have the benefit of a strong rider on Saturday, when it is hoped he will show something in keeping with his efforts in training. ' Waltzing Lily was the star sprinter of Victoria last autumn, when she wound up a good record by winning the Newmarket Handicap under 8.9. Then she had a temporary lapse,'but she finished-the season by taking two more six-furlongv handicaps. Her form, this season has not been «> good, but she seems to be back to her best again, judging from her success on Saturday in the Caulfield Futurity Stakes. This was a good performance, as Closing Time and Kuvera, who filled the places, represent-smart class. The veteran -racing mare Red Sea has been- in the paddock since competing at the Gore Racing Club's summer fixture, and her owner-trainer. F. W. Ellis, is debating as tq whether he will keep her ,in training (says the Southland Times). The gallant daughter ofValkyrian (imp.) from Whitia'nga, who has had a stirring and successful turf career, has not made satisfactory progress during recent week's in her training tracks essays and public ventures, and it is evident to the interested onlooker that age is beginning to tell its inevitable tale on a mare foaled away back in 1925..