RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23690, 23 December 1938, Page 6

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel FIXTURES December 24, 26, 27.—Manawatu R.C. December 26.—Waipukmau J.C. December 26, 27.—Dunedin J.C. December 26. 27.—Taranaki J.C. December 26, 28.—Auckland R.C. December 28.- Westland R.C. December 31.—Wairarapa J.C. December 31.—Greymouth J.C. December 31.—Hawke's Bay J.C. 1939. January z, d.—Auckland 1 .C. January 2.—Wairarapa R.C. January 2.—Greymouth J.C. January 2.—Hawke’s Bay J.C. • January 2.—Walkoualtl R.C. January 2.—Wyndham R.C. January 2, 3.—Stratford R.C. January 2. 3.—Marton J.C. January 3.—Oamaru J.C. January 3. 4.—Southland K.w. January 4, 7.—Reef ton J.C. January 13. 14.—Vincent J.C. January 14.—Cllfdcn R.C January 19. 21, 23. -Wellington R.C. January 21.—Walrlo J.C. January 21, 23.—Thames J.C. January 23.— Ashhurst-Pohanglna R.C. January 27 28 —Pahiatua R.C

The Vincent Meeting Nominations for the Vincent Jockey Club’s meeting are due to-day at I p.m.

The Wyndham Meeting Acceptances for the Wyndham Racing Club’s meeting are due to-day at 5 p.m. Mazir

P, Burgess will have the mount on Mazir ill the Auckland Cup. War Admiral It is reported that Louis B. Mayer offered £62,500 for War Admiral. The offer was 250,000 dollars. Silver Ring Silver Ring is again in training after being treated to a spell. On latest form he should be treated to retirement. Palastyle » The ex-Wingatul gelding Palastyle may be a busy racehorse on January 2 as he figures in four races a', the Waiau Racing Club’s meeting. Solgele The Solferlno gelding Solgele, who was foaled in 1924, is booked to run in two races at the Waiau Racing Club’s non-totalisator meeting. A Mistake In the Australasian of December 17 the dispersal sale of the Elderslie Stud is advertised to take place on Tuesday, January 12, a date which falls on Thursday of that week. Precautions at Riuidwick The grass on Randwick racecourse has had such a baking during the dry spell that a notice has been posted that, until further notice, smoking is prohibited during training hours. This is to prevent fires in the dry grass and on the tan track. Sweet Myra Desu! ! Mr Hunter White, a member of the Australian Jockey Club Committee, recently lost his good mare, Sweet Myra. The mare, a four-year-old, died from severe colic. Sweet Myra, who ran at Warwick Farm on the previous Saturday, was bred by Mr White at his Havilah Stud, Mudgee, and among other races, won the Adrian Knox Stakes last season. She was by Buoyant Bachelor (imp.) from Myra’s Miss, by Tippler (imp.), from Miss Myra (imp.) by Golden Sun. An Important Position Basil Jarvis will take over the training of Lord Glanely’s horses at the end of the current season, in succession to Captain T. Hogg, who is relinquishing the post on account of ill-health. Lord Glanely probably races more horses than any other owner in England At present Basil Jarvis has a string of more than 30 horses at Green Lodge. Newmarket, his patrons including Sir Victor Sassoon, Major J. S. Courtauld, Messrs J. P. Hornung, W. R. Lysaght, and Godfrey Davis. He will move into the Grange stables, where there are about 50 of Lord Glanely’s horses in training. Bargains in Bloodstock It won’t be long before the annual sales of yearlings are round again. One of the greatest examples of luck in buying yearlings (says the Sydney Referee), and one probably without parallel, occurred in 1884, when Dunlop, Newstead, and Sedition were sold for an aggregate of 119gns on the same day. Dunlop won the Melbourne Cup in 1887, Newstead the Maribyrnong plate in 1884, and Sedition the Newmarket in 1889. There have been many other wonderful bargains, but this trio comprised one of the best “ buys ” on record. Foxmore Foxmore, which was disqualified for life by the New South Wales Southern Districts Racing Association stipendiary steward (Mr H. B. Grime) brought £ls IDs at Tattersall’s horse bazaar. Mr Grime found that l)Oxmore was identical with a horse who had raced as Pop, Rothbury Day, and Tonsgag. The bidding was fairly brisk from £2 tp £lO, the successful bid, being made by a Ballarat man. who said he would use the horse as a hack. Consigned to a Melbourne woman, the horse was left with the Railways Department, who wrote to the consignor and consignee stating that the horse would be sold if delivery was not taken. The railways commissioners are satisfied that the price obtained, after allowing lor the auctioneer s fee. will cover their expenses. Pern

Pern, who was backed down to favouritism in his first outing on the final day at Woodville, is one of the yearlings Mr W. H. Gaisford bought at the Sydney sales last Easter. He failed to fulfil the general expectation, but he is a colt who will do better with experience. Pern is closely related to The Buzzer A bay son of The Buzzer’s sire The Buzzard who was by Spion Kop, he *s out of the High Force —Culture mare Culfort, a half-sister to Eastern Belle, the dam of The Buzzer, and also to Terentia the dam of Lough Neagh. There was keen bidding for him at the sales, and Mr Gaisford did not, secure hirn till hr had called the tune to the (figure of 650gns.

A Mandate Colt An interesting entry in the yearling sales is that of the Phaleron Bay colt from the great race mare Mandane.

Mandane, who figures as one o* the top mares to have raced in New Zealand, won the New Zealand Oaks, A.R.C. Summer Cup, Wanganui Cup, Manawatu R.C. Tamatete Stakes, W.R.C. Pacific Handicap and Hutt Handicap, and C.J.C. Fendalton Handicap. She was also second, beaten a nose, in the A.R.C. Great Northern Derby, and second In the Wanganui J.C. Earle Stakfes and the C.J.C. Metropolitan and Fendalton Handicaps. She ran third in such important races as the A.R.C. Great Northern Foal Stakes, Wanganui J.C. N.Z. Derby, A.R.C. King’s Plate am Mitchelson Cup, Manawatu R.C. Tamatete Stakes, etc. * This yearling, who is very highly spoken of, should have ability to win early and figure in the best classics. More Fower

The system of paid stipendiary stewards on English courses is generally conceded to have benefited racing in that country, even though the stewards are only secretaric- or assistants to the honorary stewards. But the pony track, Northolt Park, has now adopted the Australian scheme of giving the stipendiar. - is wider powers. In future the panel will consist of three stipendiary stewards, acting with two honorary stewards (one of whom will be chairman), appointed for each meeting.

A Suggestion All kinds of suggestions are being made in England concerning the best manner by which to improve the stamina of that country’s horses—a controversy brought about by the repeated triumphs of French-bred gallopers—and a novel idea k contained in the following letter, written by Lady Beryl Iroves to -he editor of the Sporting Life:—” Might I. be allowed to put forward a suggestion—namely, that some of the leading racecourse executives consider putting on at their meetings some races, worth a good stake, for three-year-old; which have never started as two-year-olds? A great deal of the trouble arises from the over-racing of two-year-olds. No matter how they are bred, people will try to turn every yearling into a sprinter. This fact makes it very disheartening for those who have the interests of bloodstock breeding at heart, and who try to produce stayers—without which the breed will become decadent.”

Innovations for Invercargill At the New Year meeting of the Southland Racing Club hurdles patterned to the Australian design will be used for the first time. They are padded and painted and the wings are 12 feet wide and are painted white. The hurdles and wings are held in position by iron pins inserted into the ground through iron sockets on each side, and they can be erected or dismantled in a fraction of the time it takes with the old style of hurdle. The hurdles and wings were constructed by the club’s caretaker, Mr T. Marshall, and they are a first-class job. Another interesting innovation will be dividing rails at the barrier —a practice which has been in use In Australia for some time. Two will be used at the six-furlong post and one at the other barriers. The dividing rails are 16 feet long and 3ft highland the idea is to divide the fields into sections of five. The legs of the dividing rails are made of IJ-inch piping, which fit into 2-inch pipes embedded in a concrete setting. The fences can be adjusted at will, and, when they are not in use the holes for the legs are plugged and covered with green painted rubber which fits level with the turt.

Compensation Meetings When the Aspendale. Sandown. Richmond, and Fitzroy racecourses in Melbourne were compulsorily closed in 1931, the Act stipulated that £96,616 should be paid in compensation. In view of the agitation in New “South Wales for non-proprietary racing, there is interest in information about the progress of the fund established to meet the commitment (says the Australasian). and which is the result of the profits on certain special meetings conducted by the remaining clubs. Two years ago £24,841 had been paid, exclusive of interest, and at that time 44 meetings had been held, so the average profit from such meetings for the fund was £564. At that.time it seemed that the compensation meetings would go on until 1951; but in the last two vears better results have been obtained, and the average has risen to £571 a meeting over the period of eight years since the first compensation meeting was held at Epsom on September 22, 1931. Up to the beginning of last July £31.985 had been paid, exclusive of £17,513 in interest. It is'estimated that it will take ten years to pay off the balance of £64,631, exclusive of interest.

At Wingatul Yesterday morning at Wingatul broke with indications of an improvement in the weather. The sun during the early morning appeared and seemed likely to disperse the watery clouds, but soon retired. The morning, however, continued warm until after 8 a.m.. when it turned cold, and rain set in again a couple of hours later. There was an improvement during the afternoon, but after over 50 days of broken weather, with the sun only in fleeting evidence, the hope for sound going at Wingatui has become forlorn unless strong winds and .warm sunshine get busy during the next two or three days.

The outside of the course proper was open for fast work, but the best going was on the plough track, which, since being top-dressed with silt, has provided a blessing in bad weather D, J. McDonald worked Janet Gaynor and the rest of his team shortly after 5 a.m., and the next lot to appear did not arrive until over two hours later.

Song Boy and Gusto, on the course, were sent over seven furlongs and covered the distance in Imin 52 3-ssec, the last half-mile in 59 4-ssec Violenta, on the sand, concluded a circuit by leaving five furlongs behind in Imin 10 3-ssec. Adina and Pilot’s Love sprinted half a mile along the back of the course in 57sec. Straightdell and Tupai did a strong working gallop over five furlongs in Imin 17 3-ssec. Moneymore and Knight Pal sprinted half a mile on the sand in 54sec. Nightwings and Peacock strode over a circuit on the sand In company and left the last six furlongs behind w Imin 27sec, with improved pace in the run up the straight. Carnerino galloped seven furlongs on the sand in Imm 37 3-ssec, the last six ii, Imin 25sec. Valantua began at the 10-furlong post, and, travelling at a good pace, picked up Our Pa) and Atua Here near the mile post. The three continued in company and ran half a mile from the mile post in 54 2-ssec. Valantua ran nine furlongs In 2min 2 2-ssec, the last seven furlongs in Imin 35sec, the last half in 54sec, and was going better than the others at the finish without being ridden out as they crossed the line together. Withdrawal and Counterflight covered six furlongs on the course in Imin 32 2-ssec, with the former leading the way at the finish. Araboa, Slayer and Aravane began at the five-furlong post. Araboa and Aravane came on from Slayer and covered five furlongs in Imin 16 4-ssec, the Ist half-mile in Imin 3sec.

Dissemble sprinted half a mile In Imin 2 3-ssec.

Gold Don (L, Drummond) gave an improved display of schooling over three flights of hurdles. Norseman and others got through useful tasks.