RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 14

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel The Bine Ribbon The English Derby will be run tomorrow. The Minimum The minimum with some owners Is less than form suggests to the weightadjusters. At Fleming ton Nominations are due to-day for the Melbourne Cup and other important events to be decided at Flemington. Padishah The Chief Ruler -gelding Padishah is being schooled over hurdles, and is reported, to-be shaping well. ;• , The Winter Scale - The winter scale of weights comes into operation on June 1 and remains in force until August 31. Peter Beckford A buyer for the Indian market asked for a price on Peter Beckford, but the Hunting Song gelding is not for sale. Single Pool ' The Geraldine Racing Club decided at its annual meeting of members to adhere to the single-pool system of betting. A Successful Trainer The veteran Victorian trainer J. Scobie has saddled up winners of about £150,000 for Mr E. E. D. Clarke. The Starting Question The Executive . Committee of the Racing Conference has a remit that will limit waiting fpt-a fractious horse at the post to three' minutes. BaJtruin <;>>• I Baltruin, who won the opening event at the Otautau meeting,, is,a three-year-old by Balboa foplji Glentrum’s Daughter, a sister to Ldchlaggan. • Great Geldings The most successful geldings ever raced in Australia are Phar Lap £66,738, Amounis £48,297 10s Gloaming £43,100, and Limerick £38.729 10s. Acceptances Acceptances for the first day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting, which starts on Wednesday of next week, are due on Friday, the 4th, at 5 p.m. Twenty-mile Limit The existing rules debar registration to any new club within 20 miles of another course. The Executive Committee has a proposed amendment to delete the restriction. At Caulfield ( • ‘Nominations are due to-day for the Caulfield Cup of £6500 and gold cup valued at £l5O and other important events to be decided under the management of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club. Two Timber-toppers The Canterbury jumpers Streamline and Burglar are regarded as likely starters at the Dunedin winter meeting. Both horses claim two engagements on the first day at Wingatui. Engagements Riding engagements already announced for the Great Northern meeting are:—R. Beale—Jolly Beggar, Emancipation, Royal Limond; F. FergusGay Broney (Penrose Hurdles), Huskie (Great Northern Hurdles); R. M’Tavish, Gay Rose. A Changeable Minimum The Executive Comtnitt.ee of the Racing Conference is in favour of a 7.7 minimum except in the case of the two principal flat race handicaps on each day of any meeting. Armbands At the Adelaide Cup meeting the attendants refused to wear numbered armbands when leading a horse in the birdcage. In most instances the trainers had to act as leaders for their horses. Sarcheyie . j The Australian marc Sarcherlc recently got a hoof under a door and was seriously injured in wrenching it free. The injured foot will take some considerable time to heal. The Favourites Jolly. Beggar is the ruling jfavourite for.-’the-Great ; ’tyorihern> Hurdles, and' Lord. VaUErfnation, and High Qua!-. ityVshatei. the honours as the,next indemapd/ -Allegretto Black Mar-1 M, are.' equal''favourites for the Great' Nprthern .£tpei?lechase. v . “ Bed Manfred Red 'Manfred was set a difficult task, at .the; Foxtpn, meeting, where, after, wiuriing; Over hurdles, he-was sent out; again to race on the flat. Red Manfred was a gdod performer-on the flat, and his. wins-.include .the Great Northern Derby,, Auckland' •> Easter Handicap, Great':*Northern 'St. Leger, Hawke’s Bay 'Cup, and Wanganui Guineas. Pha£ Lap’h; U/ ? , In /referring to’ Phar Lap’s racing career.’ “jChirdn.” of the .Australasian,. doesAhot ;place' any-credence oh the sensational tales about the poisoning of the world-famous Night Raid gelding. Phar Lai), states the writer mentioned. died from the effects of colic. Anyone with a knowledge of veterinary science knows that the symptoms of acute colic bear a resemblance to those of poisoning. The Derby Favourite Perifox, the American-owned and bred coit who is now at the head of quotations for the English Derby, started five times last season and won twice. He was successful in the Soltykoff Stakes at Newmarket, and later he -carried 9.2 : to, victory in the Rich-mond-Stakes, at ■.Gdodwopd. He was bred owner, Mr W. Woodward, in '".Maryland,; U.S.A.. and is by the Kentucky Derby-winner Gallant Fox. sire-also of OmahaLong Odds Taking the only winning double ticket sold in the. members’ enclosure at a meeting of the Rangoon Turf Club on March 6. one of its oldest members, Mr R. E. Craig, received for his 7s od investment the sum of £.1878. This was the last meeting of the Season, and Mr Craig was about to leave Burma on his retirement. This is one of the largest dividends recorded anywnerej. A Rare Occurrence • • : An unusual I 'incident happened at Gosford, New South 'Wales, recently l , when a nomination of 10 horses for (he Maiden Nursery Handicap resulted in every- candidate being withdrawn; and'the racd was abandoned. As fai* as officials/of the-club know, only one of the- nominations—tfie filly Autumn Supset—fegc&i;d, the course, but as the ownhrsibf 'the filly v/erc not prepared to lecher walk l oVer for half' the prize money A£ls,' {ind .so forfeit her maiden certificate.';, she ■ algo - was' 'scratched; There Wad 'a similar .occurrence at a meeting• afKhrhbla Grange more than a year-ago. hut bn'that occasion'the club *Md'‘divided'the race, and all but of the first division. • Kahlkaioa i ' . j According ■ : ' to" a Hastings report, Kahikatoa-has‘joined up with G. W; B. Greene’s string.'Some months back,after a four fears’ Spell, this gelding, now rising ',11 years, went into J. H. Jefford’s Ngatardwa Stable to be again tried. However, he fifed off his pilots just as fast as they could be persuaded to get on to his'ba'ck, so Jefferd had to send him herr<e, whei’e the last two

months he has been doing most of his work on the lead. Greene has a reputation with outlaws, so maybe he will yet make something of the Arausio gelding, who once won a Winter Cup, Early Retirement Palustris, who was purchased as a yearling for 170gns in New Zealand, has run her last race (says an Adelaide report). After her poor display in the S.A.J.C, St. Leger early last month, her owner, Mr J. Keith Angas, announced that she would now be retired from racing and next season would be mated with his imported sire, Duke John, at his Lindsay Park Stud, Angaston. Palustris has been most disappointing to Mr Angas and his trainer, S. Evans. Her track gallops have been brilliant, but she repeatedly failed to reproduce them in races. This daughter of Lord Warden and Palestrina always required everything her own way in a race, and the slightest inconvenience unsettled her. In the St. Leger she was slightly squeezed at the start, and after that she refused to stretch out at any stage. The Great Northern Hurdles One day recently (writes “ Phaeton ”) I found some keen followers of racing in argument discussing the_ question as to how many events carrying the title Grand National Hurdle Race were run at Ellerslie before the title was altered to Great Northern Hurdle Race, and there was quite a pronounced difference of opinion among them. The initial Grand National Hurdle Race for which the A.R.C. stood sponsor was run in 1892 and was won by Belmont, who carried the colours of his breeder, the late Mr James Roulston. Mutiny, Melinite. Liberator, Hopgarden, St. Simon, Opae, Shylock,. Cavaliero, Coeur de Lion, Royal Conqueror, and Battleaxe all won Grand, National Hurdje Race honours at Ellerslie before the Great Northern Hurdle Race was instituted, The .first contest under the latter title took place in 1904, in which year Ake' Ake sepfed. . ; .: The Totalisator in Australia In order to enhance the popularity of totalisator betting at Randwick, it has been suggested that the unit should be reduced to five shillings, and that a double totalisator be installed. The manager of the totalisator at Randwick stated that the installation of a 5s totalisator in the saddling paddock would involve heavy additional expenditure. It cost about £200.000 to install the machine at Randwick, and the one at Flemington cost more. At the principal meetings at Randwick about 400 men and women are employed, and the number is much greater at Flemington, as the 5s bet makes much more work. It has been suggested that one important improvement could be made at Randwick by dispensing with the change windows. At Flemington change is given at the selling windows and tickets are sold just as quickly as they arc at Randwick.