RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22268, 22 May 1934, Page 5

RACING NEWS

By Sesiiwil.

• -ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT "Breeder.". Becks;—Lady Skirl, the dam of Ladv Kate, was got by Kilbroney from Skirl, by Martian—Reel, a 'three-quarter sister to Stepaancer, the dam of Warstep. Footfall is a son of Warstep.' , Acceptances for the South. Canterbury meeting are due to-day. : . An outsider in Sir Roseland won the Adelaide [ Cup, with ;Sti Mary and Bajardo in the places. . , ' . > The winter meeting at.Timaru will include a steeplechase, with a. stake of 120sov». : 'i - . '• It- is reported that P. Burgess will have the mount on Pahu at the Great Northern meeting. .Punters shot very close to. the mark at Te Kuiti, wherevio fewer than five botbway favourites : won during the day. Makekup paid . a surprising dividend when be won the Te Kuiti Steeples. He won race last teason, and then wesfc> north- and captured the Great Northern'Hurdle*. , successes at Ashburton mske three wins and a second out of foiiiK starts. She should' have won each of her, races at Irivercargill. Waterpower hM received "a. rehandicap of 111 b for the South Canterbury Handicap. Prince Collossu«, ; the winner of the principal flat race run'at the Te Kuiti meeting, was got by.' Colossus from Lady Willoriyx, by Prince Willonyx—Ngabere, by Kilbroney from Ngaio. a sister to Tort Ulla, * New Zealand Cup winner.Mr J.'Richardson contemplates_sending the Paper Money mare Reputation on a visit to Irish Lancer,, who will commence stud work during the -'.. coming season. Reputation ; was got by Paper Money from Tbrtrix, by Martian-from .' the New Zealand Cup winner Tprtulla. ■ She belongs to the Sharkie taproot* .which produced Advance and another New Zealand Cup winner '■■■: in Rosefeldt, in addition to Tortulla.% , '• ' . Elgindale has been-slow in developing winning form, a» he started as a twor year-old, and is now rising four.' He showed speed as a two-year-old,; but started five timeawithout gaining a place. Last season he-, gained' a 'place ;in four starts. His placed performance .was ] a third.to Shsmfight and Palantua in the .'Spring-Stakee run-at Tim'aru. FJgindaile was-got by Shambles from Bachelor's Picture, and is a brother to Bachelor's luol.v ' ;-■'•■■■'; •' ■■ :■■. ■'•_;, - , ..After having been out of the saddle f or. f ptir ■ months , because 1 of an affiliction of the eyes, thei Victoria: rider, R.: Lewis, is ready to resume riding in pubjic. > Rer cently be Am done argood deal of riding on the thus Vis fit to do :bimaelf justice in .races. -:,; ',;'•'.-! iWhile returning wA a, float to Hastings , after competing at the Wanganui meeting, the jumper High Grader had hii .legs injured, and it is feared that he will be unable to race for some-time i , The committee, of the Feilding. Jockey * Club hair decided to discontinue the Feildihg Stakes (weight for age) race, and in-; tend -substituting, a two-year-old handicapi of- £l5O, in'"the" 'next spring pro- • gramme. It ia considered that this:willi to some extent help breeder*.:?. '■;:■';■'■> The six yearlings: purchased at the 1 National Sales by Australian buyers aijd which have been broken in at Trentham, by H. Telford were shipped to their yowhefs by the Monowai last week. A four-year-old by Colossus out of.Koko was also oh board, shipped' to Mr J. r O'Hara,of Western Australia. Koko is a half-sister-to Koesiah, Eleus, Koodoo, and Taho'ma. The day after his arrival in Melbourne frbrn'NewZealand Royal Visitor gave an excellent exhibition of jumping over, the big schooling 'hurdles at Flemington. Ae was ridden by P. M. Brady,'who, without even' giving; the gelding a. preliminary sight 'of: the ; hurdles,' popped him over eight,, arid he did not jput a foot wrong. The Tjucullus' gelding Royal Visitor ran third to Billy Boy and Paris in the Grand - National Hurdles of. 1932, and afterwards won the Beaufort Steeples land Lincoln Steeples. He has also' good'form over hurdles, and dead-heated with Emancipation when they rah a. close second to Makeup in the Great Northern Hurdles. In common with the practice-of nearly all other racing bodies, J the Canterbury Jockey Club issues ladies' complimentary tickets for each particular day, Mr H. B, Bridge, at the annual meeting "of club -rnembersj urged.that these tickets be made available -for-"any. day. If one wished to pay"* compliment to a woman it was ; not very mice to stipulate the day on which the ticket might be used, he urged. Former, criticism'of the proposal had been that the whole of the issue might be 'used on, say, Cup Day, but, even so, the club would benefit, as every woman guest was a potential investor, and they would pay for admission .on any other, days they, wißhed"to" attend." The 'motion did riot meet with the approval of any other member, and lapsed, ■ Brown Jack, the, most popular and- in some ways -the, most remarkable horse of hsi~tiriie in England, has gained another honour for his owner, Sir Harold Wern-, her. He rah third in the recent Chester. Cup Stakes, and.in .addition to. £l5O in the prize-money, he won a champion Cheshire cheese valued . at £5. The Chester Cup is an " institution " with a history trailing. back for 100 years and more, arid a quaint cußtom that has survived corisists of the gift of large cheeses to the owners of the first, second, and third horses. This is the second one Brown Jack has earned, for a victory, in 1931 is included among . his many triumphs. For. five successive years he has won the Queen Alexandra Stakes, two miles "and three-quarters,- at Ascot in Jrine,--a feat "without precedent in the history of the British turf. At one time thought to be only good enough for hurdling, he has how, at the age of 10, won £21,680 in stakes. It is still the custom .in England to extend Derby candidates at least.once over the distance. John. Porter tells in his book that he "mostly followed" this plan, but ; did not think it necessary in the .case of-Ormonde. This'unbeaten smasher won hif Two Thousand in such a convincing manner that Porter decided to leave it at that. He had found out all he wanted tq: know, about Ormonde, and the colt fully justified him. Last year Hyperion did not go to the post for the Derby with his stamina unknown. He was given a searching trial beforehand and came through in a most satisfactory style. Perhaps Colombo, like Ormonde, will, leave little room for question regarding nis stamina in the Two Thousand this week, but the probability is (says.an exchange) that his trainer will want.something more from him before sending him.out for the Derby, which is admittedly run over a severe 12 furlongs. , , ..There are not inany riders in Australia just now capable of. using the whip with equal force on both sides. In that respect this country (says a Melbourne paper), probably, is no worse off than other parts of the world. The art of changing hands when cornered appears to be almost a lost one. One of the cleverest exponents of this art is Brownie. Carslake. In a close finish with the horses almost touching each other it must be very useful to be able to bring the whip into play on either side. The wonder is that more of the younger jockeys do not practise the knack of doing so. The knowledge would be no load to carry but how valuable it might become on a horse that "hangs," of in a tight finish with little room to use vigour in the ordinary way, can be readily understood. Pat Kelly, now a trainer at Flemington, was an artist with the whip in either hand. He has just as much strength..in .his left arm as in his right, and often the left got him out of difficulties. Harry Foster used to have two whips, one in each hand, when he was riding Dukedom. This horse used to hang either way and with the aid of the other whip he was able to keep the.^M» -straight.- Many of oldtime riders were experts with the whip in either band, and young riders in those days were invariably taught this ait.