RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23364, 2 December 1937, Page 19

RACING NEWS

i ' Bv Sentinel Many Sires ’ No fewer than 40 sires are represented in the 170 yearlings booked to go under the hammer at the National Sales. Well Treated Wild Chase and Queen of Song are two of the most favourably handicapped horses in the Auckland Cup Oratory Oratory was beaten by a head by Adalene in the Railway Handicap when carrying 9.0- in Imin 12 l-ssec. She has a drop of 71b this year. Auckland. Cup Meeting General entries for the Auckland Cup meeting are due on Friday, December 3, and forfeits for the, Great Northern Derby, Royal Stakes and Foal Stakes must be declared on the same date. Te Hero' Te Hero ran up to his reputation when he won with 9.6 in Imin O 4-ssec at the Takapuna spring meeting. Te Hero is a half-brother to Gallic. a very high-class colt at his best. From Elderslie ’" Some yearlings from the Elderslie Stud will be on the market at the National Yearling Sales. Last year the youngsters were sent over to the Sydney sales. What is Wrong? According to reports from Christchurch, several Riccarton horses will be raced at Waikouaiti and Oamaru during the coming holiday meeting. What is wrong with Wingatui? Cherry Queen Mr G, J. Barton’s mare Cherry Queen has produced a colt foal to Captain Bunsby, the youngster rankingjis a three-quarter brother to Jack Horner, who Is half-brother, by Captain Bunsby, to the mare. 1 Bed Cat Red Cat, a winner at Feilding. is a three-year-old filly by Iliad from Black Gat. and was purchased by Mr W.-McA. Duncan for 350 guineas at Trentham. She is trained by D. Marks, and this was only her seephd race. She is described. as being small, but is very speedy. ■ Taxation The New South Wales Government fc willing to reduc\ totalisator taxation to 10 per cent,' conditionally on racing clubs lowering admission charges. The Government suggests 10s (plus 2s 6d tax) in the paddock (inside) and 3s (plus 6d tax) nthejeger (outside) at Randwick; and 9s and is «d (plus tax) at other courses. Even these fees are much higher than those ruling in New Zealand. Sold ' '' . . Sir Charles Clifford has sold the two-year-old colt Godfrey, by Magnus from Winsome Hind, to Mr A. G. Holmes, of Rakaia. He is too small to have great prospects, though he may win races witll a bit of age. as he has a fair turn of speed. Catalogue : r \ , " Catalogue had 8.13 in the Metropolitan Handicap and a drop to 7.6 m the Auckland Gup marks him down as a ' non-stayer in, the handicapper s opinion. Catalogue was handicapped at 8.1 in the New Zealand Cup. Shy ' The Valkyrian gelding Shy, who won the W.R.C. Handicap at the Trentham spring meeting, meets Cuddle in the Auckland Cup on lib worse terms. Cerae Abbas, who was third same race meets Shy on slb worse terms at Auckland. Cuddle's Chance Cuddle 9.3 beat Argentic 8.9 by a length and a-half in the last Auckland Cup and in this year s race the lastnamed comes in on 31b better- terms. It is against Cuddle’s chance tfiat she goes up from 9.3 to 9.8. Railway Handicap The first lot to pass the post in the Stewards' Handicap, were Alma 8.8, Brunhilde 7.0, Laughing l ass 7.9, Rebel Chief 7.10, Ben Braggie 9.0, Paper Slipper 9.3 and Pelmet 7.0. Bruxihilde meets Laughing Lass on jib, Ben Braggie on 101 b. and Paper Slipper on 3lb worse terms in the Railway Handicap. On the final day of the Wellington spring meeting Laughing Lass gave Brunhilde 61b and a beating and_now meets her on Sib bet^ er j£ rn f u t B beat hilde in receipt of 91b, just beat Laughing Lass in the Stewards Handicap and with 51b in her favour the latfer should be a dangerous lightweight at Auckland.

Auckland Weights The first five past the post in the tmpw Zealand Cup were Cerne Abbas 7 IoT Wild Chase 8.13. Silver Streak 79, Friesland 8.3, and Queen of Song 8.8. In the Auckland Cup Cerne Abbas meets Wild Chase on Jib, Silve* Streak on 121 b. Friesland on 101 b and Queen of Song on 131 b worse terns. Wild Chase reads well treated in meeting Cerne Abbas on 71b better terms for half a length beating and Queen of Song coming in on 151 o better terms also reads well on paper. Form and Figures

Cuddle meets Argentic on 6lb better terms in the Auckland Cup than when the latter beat her comfortably over a mile - and a-half in the Metropolitan Handicap. Cerne Abbas meeta Argentic on 91b and Cuddle on 31b better terms at Auckland than when they ran into the places in the Metropolitan Handicap. Cuddle has a formidable burden to carry over two miles and Argentle should beat her again.

The Yearling Sales One hundred and seventy yearlings will figure on the catalogue for the national sales to be held in January next. All the leading si’ids and stallions are Represented The list includes the last of Limond’s get and Beau Fere is also represented The lengthy catalogue should supply ample opportunity to select youngsters likely to race with distinction and such a wellsupplied market should contain good bargains. A Brief Visit

E. Parker, who was for. some time head man for F. D. Jones, is back at Riccarton, but only on a short visit. After the Trentham sales in January he was put in charge of 21 yearlings which were purchased for the Singapore Turf Club He broke them in at Trentham and left in September for Singapore, in charge. of the shipment. He had only a few days there and saw no racing. He will go back to Trentham in a few clays, and will be engaged there for a few months Jn connection with the next yearling ■ales. It is unlikely that any purchases will be made for Singapore m

January, but if the {lorses sent there recently do well a regular market may be available in the future.

Tjie Dollar Totalisator

The New South Wales State Treasury is inquiring into the desirability of a 5s totalisator being established in the paddock at Randwick. In conjunction with this, consideration is being given the possibility of dividends being paid to the nearest 3d. thus reducing the amount deducted from the investments of the public. When the idea of a 5s totalisator was originally submitted an objection • raised was that this would increase the, fractions retained by the A.J.C the i dividends being calculated to the nearest 6d. Now, however, all dividends are calculated on a 5s unit of investment. Permission for a 5s totalisator is a matter for the Government. The secretary of the A.J.C. (Mr Rowe) agrees that it is what the public wants. The Premier and Treasurer (Mr Stevens) admitted last session that in the existing circumstances it is possible for the fractions retained by the club to amount to Is lOd in every £1 invested. It was quite possible, he said, that in a period of 18 years the fractions retained by race clubs might have amounted to £400,000; Mr Stevens agreed that a possible deduction of Is lOd in the £1 was “an imposition that should no longer be permitted.” The question of altering the fractions may be dealt with when the Government s promised Bill to cut taxation on racing is introduced next month. A recommendation of the Cabinet sub-com-mittee on racing is that the total percentage (apart from fractions) deducted from the totalisator investments should be reduced from 12 i to 10 per cent., the Government taking 5 per cent, instead of 9, and the clubs 5 instead of 3J. With this alteration, however, the Treasury, instead of the clubs, would retain the "dividend fractions. Treasury officials estimate that in respect 'of all the metropolitan racing , clubs the fractions average from 1 1-3 to 2 per cent, of the amount invested. Ksar

The death has occurred in the United States of America of the French-bred champion racehorse and sire Ksar, aged 19 years. Ksar was a ‘ chestnut by Bruleur from Kizil Kourgan and a half-brother to the Australian sire Kenilworth. As a yearling Ksar was bought by M. E. Blanc, who died the following year, and his widow raced the colt. In three years he started 15 times and won 11 oi his races, being only once unplaced. Most of these events were the richest races in France, and his winnings were translated into English currency at £67,068, making him at that tune the world’s largest stake-earner. The real value of his winnings, however, is open to question, he having won his races before an understanding was arrived at between English and irench turf authorities concerning the values to be placed on stakes In foreign currency from time to time. As the American horse Sun Beau has amassed £78,488 in stakes, the question of supremacy does not arise. Ksar was an immediate success a the stud, being at the head, of the list in France in 1931 and well placed on five _ other occasions. He then was taken to the State of Virginia, in the United States, but did not long survive m that country, for he was bought only at the end of June. 1935. His purchasers were Messrs K. N Gilpin and A. b. Hewitt. The former, in association with Mr F. W. Armstrong, took the famous sire Teddy + from France ' to America. Among the most notable of the progeny of Ksar, who to the end of last year had won 300 races, were Tourbillon and Thor, both, like himself, winners of the French Derby. Ut Majeur. winner of the Cesarewitch, and Le Ksar.. winner of the Two Thousand Guineas" in England this year.