RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22259, 11 May 1934, Page 13

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel. The first race at Invercargill to-day will start at 11.35 a.m. . ' Lone Raider has been shipped to bydney, and will be trained at Randwiek by 'his' owner. ' . -,'•■- ■, -i '■ Form is not likely, to be much guide to possibilites on the first day at Invercargill, as reports from the south state that-the track will be heavy. Hence form has to.be partially ignored, and those iii search of winners will follow horses able to act in heavy going rather than "indications supplied by a handicap. Lightweights will, under the circumstances, be most in favour. - The .unknown quantity is largely in evidence in connection with the Trial -Handicap, but there is a narrow margin.in the figures, and Great Weather andValiska may be fannied. Waterpower and Master Anomaly both act well in heavy- going, and .will, in consequence, be in: favour for the Flying Handicap. Pink Paper and Brown Pearl will find friends for the Roslyn Handicap, and Palmary and Signaller for the Southland Cup. The most interesting race of the day will be the Southland. Steeplechase. If West Dome saddled up sound and right he -would receive a call in the betting, but with a doubt in that direction they niay fo for Umtali, Cultivator, and Quinopal. [onest Maid and Island Linnet .may dispute favouritism for the Stewart Island Handicap, and Totoldmai and Sailing Home for the Tradesmen's Handicap. ■ Apache, a filly by Chief Ruler—lllume. a 'filly by Chief Ruler—Dazzling Light, and a filly by Night Raid—Razzle Dazzle have been shipped to Melbourne to join Mr W. T. Hazlett's Australian stable. The five-year-old gelding Shining Gold (Arausio—Gold Light), who recently won a race for his breeder, Mr W. T. Hazlett, at Pakenham (Melbourne), won again at Woodend on April 26, but this time for a new owner, Mr' Hazlett having i«„the meantime disposed of him. Shining Gold is now owned by his trainer, F. Fort, .who soon got some return of his purchase money. Shining Gold led all the way and '.won comfortably. "'" The position of racing, in England has not. gone back a. great deal, to judge by the fact that £735.577 in winning stakes was "won last year, compared with £823,770 in" 1930. In the United States of America, however, there has been a. big falling oft', the first prizes there for the respective years being £1,236,500 and £2,053,360. And vet the number of races had grown from 11,498 to 12,662. „, , ' The Manawatu Racing Club has circu-lated-particulars of the Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes for 1935 and 1936. Nominations of sires for the 1935 race have already been taken, and now the entries of the yearlings by these sires have to be made next month, while at the same time sires have to be nominated for the 1936 contest. The circular contains information bearing on' the Sires' Produce Stakes only, so that it is assumed (says " Raugatira " in the Post) that the Manawatu Racing Club ha s dropped its two Remaining classics, the 'Palmerston North Stakes, run at the summer meeting,'; and the Manawatu Stakes, run at the autumn meeting. If such is the case it is to be regretted, and, while a club cannot be comhi'ende'd for such ah action, it .must.be stated that in this connection the Manawatu Racing Club has riot received the i support from owners that it might have considered, itself entitled tp. ,A<j-.tbe game time, the general interests of racing must be given serious consideration, arid these may best be xonserved by; the maintenance of the classic races. Clubs which are. not actually' financially embarrassed should use every means' in their power to keep these races on their programmes; it isonlv a hiatter of time when the fields in these events will build up again; abandonment of the existing events in this class is simply delaying the return to normal conditions. It is regrettable that the* Manawatu Racing Club should have felt-impelled to forgo two of its classic '"raceis. but perhaps this action became im■perhtive after the experiences'of the club in the season fast--drawing to a. close.; ; Racing carnivals to be; held in -Victoria' during the six months, period _of the "centenary celebrations will offer prizes amounting in all to nearly £IOO,OOO. such is, the strength of the turf in Australia, 'for which New Zealanders are also thankful. The Melbourne Cup stake • will be increased by £2OOO to £IO,OOO, for the four days'of the V.R.C. spring meeting : in; November the stakes will aggregate £30,700. For '■' the two days of the V.A.T.C.- meeting £15,000 has been" allocated, thus sum including £6500 for the Caulfield Cup,-compared with its recent level of £SOOO. For one dajv the Moonee .Valley Racing Club will hang out £BOOO, and the Williamstown stakes will, total £5500. Between ; the Caulfield and Melbourne' Cups, the V.A.T.C. will hold a Consolatiou Cup .meeting, distributing £4500. . ; „",:,,., A £IO.OOO claim for alleged libel by Rufus Theodare 'Naylor against the committee of the A.J.C. will be heard.before a Supreme. Court judge and jury at the next civil sittings of the Supreme Courts starting on May 28. The declaration setting out the causes .of action has been filed by Mr Arch. W. Gardner, on behalf of Naylor. Mr L. S. Abrahams, K.C., and Mr B. Sugermari have-been retained on behalf of plaintiff, and.Mr W. •J.'Curtis. K.C., will lead on behalf of the A.J.C. Committee. / There is evidence, said Mr J. A. Estes, of "The' Blood Horse," in ,an address to the : American Thoroughbred Club recently, that we have nearly reached the limits of speed in . early gallopers. It seemed-to him the time'had come when a man could make a commercial success of breeding for stamina, soundness, and courage, rather than for speed, to the exj elusion of those other qualities "Speed can be developed to such an extent that it-will destroy its possessor." America, for horses as well as for people,:was the melting pot of. the world.- and out of this we could produce an alloy stronger and better than any of the original metals that went into the crucible. And with the key horses of; the whole world to pick from they .should develop a strain of' horses'superior to any other in the they already would have done so if-they had-spent less time breeding Worses who could run a quarter in 0.22 and more time in- breeding horses that could run a mile and a-half in 2min 31sec. He pointed out that in Australia practically .every stayer of class had been a big stake winner. .* ■ . Among the newcomers to racing in the Trial Stakes at Ashburton are; Theatin, a half-brother, • by Robespierre, to True Shaft. Coat of Arms is a chestnut colt, rising three vears. by Pink Coat from Madame, by Gay Lad from Mademoiselle Ixe, by Stepniak. The Arrpwsmith— Kate Kellv gelding and the ArrowsmithLouise filly are both first foals, rising four vears. of these Tractor, mares. The Night Raid filly from Sunny Brook is a half-sister to Taunton, and was bred and is owned bv Mr J. Watson. Mr H. A. Knight has disposed of Imperial £penr to a Christchurch resident. Imperial Spear, by Greyspear from Imperial Molly, by Crown Imperial; was purchased as a yearling at Treutham by Mr Knight for 125 guineas, and, although showing prominence at times of developing into a good winner, he has had oniy on? success for Mr Knight. His recent efforts have, however, indicated that he is improving, and at the 100 guineas paid for him bv his new owner (says the Press) he should turn out a payable proposition. - „, In England the Jockey Club does not consider that the breeders of the winners of the One Thousand and Two Thousand Guineas deserve any recompense. In fact, there are few races at Newmarket in which the breeders of the winners reeeiv", premiums. The breeder of the Derby winner gets £SOO and the breeder of. the Oaks £4OO. At present one of the few races in which the owner of the fourth-horse gets an allocation is the Eclipse Stakes, in which he, receives a' prize of £2OO. It is interesting to note that the breeder of the Eclipse winner

receives £SOO, the breeder of the second £2OO, and the breeder of the third £IOU. Nukumai was such'a-good horse, and a general favourite, that nobody would, begrudge his owner, the Waverley sportsman, Mr S. G. Davidson, another one like him. He may have one, too, in JJon Erma, which showed such promise at Hawera last week, and won the Grand Stand Steeplechase at. Wanganui yesterait is likely that R. Inkson wilL be able to ride in the Grand Nationals... Having schooled " Redditcli, 1 the horse .that caused his injury last year, over .hurdles, twice recently, he was examined by tnc Victoria Racing Club's surgeon. Br l'lanagan' gave Inkson anotner overhaul, and stated recently that Inkson's condition was satisfactory. If at the expiration of two weeks of schooling horses Inkson shows no iU-effet-ts from the-exertion, th-° doctor will recommend that the Victoria Racing Club restore his_license. . It is reported that two of J..T, Young s team in Cottesmore and the two-year-old Ayresleigh are being treated to a course of salt-water treatment at Porirua, with occasional exercise on the sands. Cottesmore is quite sound again and it is hoped that he strikes his best form again in the future. He is to be put into serious work shortly. The . two-year-old, who kicked himself just prior to the Wellington summer meeting, appears to have made a Rood recovery and it is possible that he will be given his first race at Otaki next month. Ayresleigh is a wellbred colt, being by Captain Bunsby (son of Captain Guttle, by Hurry On from Wet Kiss, by Tredenms) from Lady Minerva, a daughter of Martian and Lady Lilian, by Phaeton from Lady Zetland, by Perkin Warbeck 11. Lady Minerva is the dam of the last Auckland Cup winner, Minerval, so it will be seen that on the score of breeding Ayresleigh lacks nothing, while he should be able to display stamina as well as speed. ..Nominations for the Auckland winter meeting include Silver Streak,, who has been engaged on the first and third day of the meeting. There is not a suitable race for him on the second day. ' Some comment has been provoked in Australia by the naming of a yearling member of Mr W- R- Kemball s new team at' Caulfield (Melbourne) 1 his is. the chestnut colt by; Hiad. from Skydream. -He has been called. Newhayen. There- is no reciprocity between Australia and New Zealand in the naming of racehorses: The Iliad Newhayen was named in the Dominion, so. that Mr Kemball is quite within his. nght 8 in choosing the name. Some time; ago the Vico?ia Racing .Club decided that names used for geldings could after a certain lapse of time be again registered. None the less there was. a, pretty general idea that the'name of a famous .performer such as though ins name is ot New Zealand registration-would not be passed for a newcomer. The orignul Newhaven jri Australia. Was a horse of the highest class- and a.potable,performer, both in his native, land .and"» EMlaad. As a two-year-old in the 1890-96 sea son he carried the colours of Mr J. Wrtson, ,jun„ and won .five races, including the V.R.C., ; Maribyrnong P ate. and Ascot Vale-Stakes.. In the following season he was. raced by Mr W. 1\ Jones and-Mr William: Cooper, afterward Sir Wil iam Cooper. He won 10 races as a three-yew-old; including - Victoria, Derby, Melbourne Cup, V.R.C. Spring Stakes, A.J.C Spring' Stakes, Craven Plate, and fit. Lesrer* He was not a starter in the A-J.C. Derby. His Melbourne .Cup yic : tory the greatest in the history of that race. He • earned 7.13, or .71b above weight-for-age, the heaviest impost successful!* carried by ,b_ three-year.old in theMelbonrne .Cup- Practically led" from start to o nnish and. won bv six lengths in 3min 28Jsec. At the hi 8 ■ season NewhaVen .became the sole property ot Mr Cooper and was shipped to England. There, in 1899, he. ran five times.; : With 90, and ridden by Mornington. Cannon, h'fwori the. City and Epsoin. Another Australian performer, the.Lochiel horse Survivor, was second, With 9.10 on his- back Newlvayen, next woii tl e March. Stakes, one imle and a quarter, at. Newmarket. He., was. unplaced in the Kemptdn Park Great'Jubilee, but he^won the'Epsom Cup, one mile.and_a half, with 9.6. His last race wa S] an the-Goodwopd Cup, two miles and a-half,.and he finished third.- ; The. winner was the Australian horse'Merman, who was raced in England by" the "Jersey Lily" (Mrs, Langtry, afterward Lady de Bathe). .In .ordinnry circurastarices, Newhayen would have been booked for. a good at the England, but the breeding of Ins maternal ancestress Dinah could, not be traced, and so Newhaven waa ineligible for the English Stud. Book. Dinah was foaled in New South Wales in 1844, and was brought overland from Sydney to Melbourne with a mob of horses. She was purchased and taken to Muntham Station by Mr Henty. She had a> colt_fpal at foot, who subsequently raced as Buckley. Dinah was a bav mare, said to be by Gratis, but nothing was ever really known of her breeding. Mr James Wilson who first raced Newhaven, offered £IOOO for information.a ß to the breeding of Dinah, but to no avail. Newhaven was by >.ewminster,whose supposed poisoning on the eve of liis race for the Victoria Derby in the 'seventies was a big Australian sensation at the time, v Newminster was owned ky Mr Andrew Chirnside,who died in Victoria recently. This horse was the first Caulfield Cup winner. Oceana, dam of Newhaven, was by St. Albans from Idaha, by Tim Whiffler from Musidora, by The Premier from Dinah, by Gratis. In July, 1905, Newhaven was brought back to .Australia. The Newhaven of the 'nineties is not the only famous Australia; performer that will be recalled by. Mr Kemball's yearlings now in Melbourne.. Another of the batch is Whernside. One of the most noted steeplechasers of all time in Victoria was Whernside, who was a reriiarkablc weightcarrier.': i . ■