RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22285, 11 June 1934, Page 11

RACING NEWS

1 i ' ** •r■ Bv Sentinel.

Acceptances for the South Canterbury Jotkey Club’s winter meeting are due tomorrow. • ■ Close on 500 nominations . have - been made in -New , Zealand for Australian future events. . ' T ., r- Since 1 the -inauguration of. theinsn sweepstakes the Irish hospitals, have benefited.by £6.378,048 up to this years Grand National Steeplechase. . ■''• ■ Don . Jose,. Punchestdwn, Tea. Garden, Advance Camp, and Silver I oil were amongst the. horses. schooled at Riccarton last week. . , ' .. ; Mr; J. M. Samson has made consider-. able improvement .during the past .few days, and appears to be on the j'oad to r a < complete .restoration, of health. . . F. Holmes has added a tw'o-year^ld ■ filly by, Arrowramith from Palestrina, owned by Mr G. GoUld,tohis team, ihe voungster' has only'-recently been broken , in, and she will nob be ready to race tor a ' few ’ months. - ! ' .• ... . . 1 Southland has always been a strong supporter of the 1 Wingatui ;> winter/ meeting with horses, men, and money, and hence, it is.very pleasing to record'that-southern sports captured about two-thirds of the •takes on the programme at the recent winter meeting. .' , Fatutabi. the winner , of the principal steeplechase, at Auckland, is bred on attractive', lines,_a* he was „by-Poly-daraon •- from ; Lionskin, by _Kilbroney . Counterfeit, ■'by Treadmill-Delusive, by Trenton. With such a, pedigree, if sound and right, Fatiitahi should take additional honours over fences. _ _ _ ■ Imperial Prince, who brought off a nig surprise when he won the Remuera Hurdles oh the second day of,™ 1 ? -Auck* land meeting,'was purchased for 1/ guineas at the diepersaTof Mr T. Impeys horses in-March, Bred on great staying ; lines, Imperial Prince was got by Lucuji Ins from Queen, of the Earth, by'Genet al lia’tour—Rhodium, by - San Ffan— hairy Gold, by Gold Reef— Nymph, by Ingomar . —Wood Nymph, by Musket— Sylvia, by Fisherman. , : ’ • A l / , ... Latest reports from Brisbane state that recent discussions in political circles suggest , the possibility ,of the ■ creation "ofa betting board .in Queensland on the. lines of that Vim 1 South Australia. For some time there has considerable dissatistion among’Brisbane racegoers owing to the fact' that the facilities available on important race tracks, in, other States are not 11 provided locally.. The establishment of telegraph offices and ; public telephones is' forbidden -at Ascot; ,■ Doomben, ‘ and ‘-Albion Park. This places - country bettors at a disadvantage, -with the result thht many bet with starting-price, agents, wbpse’’.ol»etations in',this country are on the increase. ■ ■ -3V- \ - V i The length of the course for the English' Derby is officially described; as about one' mile ; and a-balf. -There, haive . been tWo -Derbv 'courses,' the firpt being used lip ;to 1847,■ while -the present one was first list'd l in 1872. The start 'is at--the New" High, Level Post, ahd;the horses ciiter the Derby course at the. mile/ post, Ahe ; first - half-mile .being i slightly on the -ascent. The nest two'-furlongs or so are levely ; . and ‘ then they descend -r to •- the famous 'turn andVTattenham Corner, still descending slightly ‘till; they -reach the distance, when the ground again rises. to the 'winning post! The .present 1 course, is -a- mile find; ,a-half, and/the/time - record •i»V'2min 34sec, established,, last,' year- by ' -Hypferion. ’ The "course. is, a -bit tricky, 'and r does not. suit‘all, horses,-but it is a /hard-test, .arid tfie Derbyv is seldom, won by a. bad horse. . Steve-,; Donoghue has ' been a'i very successful' rider at - Epsom, ; Apa ? it is' .the general, opinion ;that,a.goOd ‘pfisitioh, in essential,, when they come do Tmehham ComeiVwhile the run up from ■'.thr itbc winning :.post;imposM iAr.test '.uponVetamina.,. ... . V." ' =- : The campaign against- “ dope is .being carried' biit 'ill over- America.* _AtJLouis: ■ ville last month the Kentucky State Racing Commission decided that‘ the , egliya ' test, .should be,, used .in an, effort .to ;stamp out’ the>;use:; of ./narcotics stunulanns liofses; A veterinarian appointed'by.dhUt body is to select -;-hprsee;'.beheyed to bo doped, and;»these, on the advice-of the stewards,- will be., submitted .to.,,thp_. test. 7 The' edniniissioin .also . decided’, that - in-an "effort- to stamp'/out:/doping, tjainerf, jockeys, and ; other , stable .employees " licensed "by‘the commission ehi’buld be 'compelled. to’ give / their.; entire' lif.e lus,toiy. Those . who ■ have..been questioned ,bv other WcihgVcommissions .and i edCral authorities , regarding the. use. of narcotics dehicJ.licenses. : .i At-New-Orleans , ; jraced horsds at theVNew ' Orleans- meetings .was /convicted possessed and administered’narcotics to. pne of his horses. He was • sentenced, .to- serve a . year, and a day in- thovAtltinta f peaitentiary.,' ; In neariy'-r every.'. State - the commisBioxis have'wSrned .‘♦ doners ” what-is in 1 atdre Tforv .them/if /they fare caught. '. ■The' taste bf horses; m the matter-,of drink apparently-differs’, as much,as_among human beings, states the New Herald.' , iqppeyi winner ■ the; Great Northern j: Steeple,chase at Ellershe in 1932, had to be fed on',stout.; He .is known as “.a delicate; feeder, arid -the stout ■ was given him -to build_ up bis constitution; But Valpcen, winner ot Monday’s Great; Steeplechasc--in which race-Copey ran.third-^will.drink nothing but milk. Hah a gallon .of .milk is given to him in his mash every, night. Valpeen is .six. years old, and m. .by Valkvrian from an .unnamed mare, whicn ,i. believed by Valpcen’s owner, Mr' Gordon ..Campbell, of Okoroire, to have been sired by Spalpeen, a noted sire of jumpers; Mr Campbell bought the; mare -on that undjerstanding. V Valpeen :is^treatea as n family net.’ All Mr Campbell .expetted' was' that the horse -would* be:-,a good back, A year or two ago he .started taking Valpeen to the mrcts of the Waikato hunt at Hineuera Valley. Such excellent jumping did the horse display that, Mr Campbell thought he might try him seriously as a racehorse, Valpeen haa lived up to the highest expectations, as, ’besides his five wins, he has fallen in a race' only once.' . . During the Dunedin winter meeting ,Gustavo attracted attention; apart frorn hia -racing merit, aa a particularly fine type of horse, showing size, quality and vitality calculated to make a successful stallion. He will be at the service of breeders during the«coming season, and as a representative of the St. Simon line commands more than ordinary attention. St. Simon ranks as one of the most successful stallions the world has ever known, and his line has bred otf both through his sons and daughters; The line has faded in England, but the’fact is not surprising, as some of his sons and grandsons were sold to the Continent. America. Australia, ’and New Zealand. The line has in consequence flourished outside of ijUglnDCi. Bon Bord, the; dam of Gustavo, also produced two very good performers in Rings Trumpeter and Count Cavour, a brother to Gustavo, who won the M’Lcan Stakes, Dunedin-Guineas,,Dunedin Cup, New^Zea;land Cup, New Zealand Derby, Great Northern • Derby, and Great Northern _St. Leger. Gustavo also holds classic distinction in winning the Dunedin Guineas. Bon Bord, the dam of Gustavo, was got by .Boniform, half-brother to Martian from Ormulu, by. Orme (sire of Flying ‘ Fox and Orby, winners of" the English Derby) from Hey Presto, by Sainfoin “ (Derby) from Miss Preston, by Prestonpans, a son of Prince Charlie,the sire.of Lbchiel. A’licd-with Gustavo at the stud will be Paper! Money, also a representative of the St. Simon line. Paper Money has proved himself one of the greatest sires. of speed ever imported to New Zealand, and bis fame in that direction is too well known to require recapitulation. Paper Money also got Pink Note, * winner of the Dunedin Cup, and he also ran second to Nightraarch and Mount Boa in the same race.' Overdrawn also showed "that PAper Money’s stock is not deficient in stamina by running third to Count Cavour afid Desert Glow in the New Zealand Cup.-'Silver Paper was a particularly good hot's®/ nod Aiitopay &lso. stands out as » great advertisement for Paper Money as a iire.