RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22365, 12 September 1934, Page 13

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel. Nominations are due to-day for the Oamaru- Jockey* Club’s' meeting. A horse that can. go fast round corners is the one to fancy at Geraldine. Nominations are due on Friday of this week for the Dunedin Jockey Clubs spring meeting. Cottingham is one of. the most likely horses to note for flat racing and a. possible Grand National horse in the future. ' First View is one that should be noted when ticking ofi the possibilities in a field. /_ Friday Night may not, prove a brother power in racing merit to Phar Lap but he will be more than. useful. ■‘ Master Reynard fir one of the best young' three-year-olds' in commission. , He may prdve the opinion at the early spring meetings.' - v ’ .Tout le Monde is galloping better than usual, and it may be worthy of note that he finished on-well in his race at the Grand National meeting. : A Melbourne ; writer, baa expressed the opinion that Sir Simper ■will, be .one-of the hardest horses to'beat in one _of ; the hardest races to. win in, Australia—-the Caulfield . Cup. ; ■

The racing season ,!s yet young, and it may be worthy of - note that horses ivho go fast in gallops generally stop quickly in races. There is a wealth of wisdom, born of experience, in these few - lines. . ,Orris and Chidden proved that they are not devoid of the gift of galloping ■when they ran seven furlongs at Riccarton.in Imin 28,2-ssec last week. - They are both engaged to.appear in the near future. • . ■ • •

A fact worth considering and investigation is why ; trains run'nowhere in particular for a nominal fare and hot to race meetings, from which- the Treasurycoffers obtain a double-barrelled source of revenue through the totalisator and the Railways Department. ’ Finality is now in the minds- of those owning brood mares as to -what sires they will patronise. In their : own; interests they should patronise sires .of

winners or stallions likely, to.get •winners I and leave others to do the experimental side of ' breeding, .Which means . waiting for two or three years to. find results. .

Some -Clubs make The tremendous, business mistake of charging patrons ,as much as possible instead of as little as possible. The main pbject.consists in getting: people to a race meeting 1 at-a xninmium or cost. The -’totalisator’.wiil more Than equalise the cost of- admittance, and -yet; most clubs fail to /realise /this m6st fact. / ;>;r ".-ri-fr-'-V-'.-'-'f/? A 1 ■T';*"'

Riding engagements-have been made for tfie-Asbburton meeting as follows;-r-A, H. Eastw-opd-MReaneK/Quietly, Chidden/ and Silver'' Step;;C; E. Eastwood, Tout ;16 Monde 1 and-Orris; • A. ’ Russell—-Manetho, Control,- and 1 Foreign Star); W/ H. Jones, Fracas and; Top Goat; D. O’Connor,_ Doiran and -Sam Sriiith: A. ■ S. ; Ell?s,- Im-portance-and- Impossible; M. Kirwan, Ranelagh; A. Messervy. Argentic; G. MuT-/ fitt, Cottingham; • H. Turner, Grampian; W. J. Pascoe, Tea Garden; J. Veevers, Monastic; -A. E. Didhamp Rebel ''Chief; O. Hughes, Polygraph." /• v-v- ---/, The Iliad Two-year-olds which have been seen,-on the Riccartdn tracks have shown promise of early speed (says “ Argus ”), while in other parts of the Dominion there are youngsters by him who are credited with-being smart. Good reports also come from Australia. The Quadrilateral colt, half-brother to Quarto, a .smart two-yea r-old'in Australia last season, is said to be The best of the juveniles in GPrice’s stable, while • J., T. Jamieson is ■well pleased with his Fleeting colt, a halfbfother to Inflation.

Among the mares which arrived at Elderslie recently from- Australia, To be mated with Iliad, was Sir Hugh Denison’s Rosebrancb, who has now foaled a brown filly to Dark Fox, by* Sondn-liaw. Rose*branch is by. Rosewing from Brank, by Buckwheat from Sealed Orders, by Maltster f ram White Eyes, by Light Artillery from. Attractive, by Pilgrim’s Progress. White Eyes is a half-sister to Tuning Fork, the dam of Greenstead, who, apart from Gloaming, was probably the best, of The Welkin’s sons, and after a good racing career sired many winners in Australia. Some interesting foalings arc reported from the Elderslie Stud. Mr Harold Greenwood’s imported mare Cymene ■'(Cylgad-Hipt>ocrene), dam of the Derby winner. Cylinder, has a’’chestnut filly to Pbilamor, and will be mated with Iliad, to whom'she had a filly last-season. Mr R M. Greenslade’s Black Cat (AbsurdMascot) has a chestnut filly to Iliad, following on a similar result last year, and she goes back to the Swynford horse. again. Captain B. H. Edkin’s. Endorse (Paper Money—Epitaph) has a bay filly to Night; Raid, and will again be mated with him, while the same owner’s Lady Violet (Bomform —Vicereine) has A chestnut colt to Night Raid and goes to Iliad this season.