RACING AND TROTTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23887, 15 August 1939, Page 15

RACING AND TROTTING

REMARKABLE RIDING FEAT ASHLEY JENKINS'S SEVEN WINNERS DICTATE STILL UNLUCKY

RACING NEWS By Sentinel FIXTURES August 19.—Pakuranga- Hunt. August 31.—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt. September 2.—Taranaki Hunt. September 2.—Otafo Hunt. September 7 9.—Wanganu) J.C. September 16.—Foxton R.C September 16.—Ashburton R.C. September 16 18.—Avondale J.C September 21 23.—Geraldine R.C. September 23.—Marton J.C. September 30.—Otaki-Maor J.C. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENI * Doubting Thomas."— According to the Rulea of Racing, winning in relation to a race includes dead-heating for first place. The betting pool is divided into equal parts between the dead-heaters, so that each of them rank as a winner. Consequently full points should be allowed to a horse participating in a diad-heat. Charade Charade cut a leg when racing in the Grand National Hurdles, and in consequence dropped out of the third day's engagement. Ah Easy Winner • Racing and trotting are two of the best friends contributing to the Treasury Department's coifers. which received £29,717 12s in taxation from the six days of the Grand National meeting. A Lucky Bracket An owner with a horse forming part of a bracket on the final day at Riccarton invested £5 on his horse's number on the totalisator. . The winner formed the other part of the bracket, and the £5 was turned into a good profit through participating in a dividend showing over one-third of a century to win and close oh a score for a place. His own horse finished outside a place. Success tn the Saddle The most successful horseman at the Grand National meeting was A Jenkins with seven wins, and A E. Ellis followed with three. J. H. Mcßae and B. H. Morris had two each and those with one success each were Mr G. G Beatson. W. Jenkins. T. Boyle G Tattersall. H. Wiggins. P. Spratt. P. Burgess, H. Callahan. W. Broughton. C. Goulsbro., A,. C. Messervy. W. F. Ellis and C. Stokes. A Long Record In connection with the subject recently opened in Christchurch of who has seen the most contests for the Grand National Steeplechase. Mr G. Murray Aynsley who recently retired from active' participation in racing affairs, holds the remarkable record of having seen 58 Grand National Steeplechases, and's7 of them consecutively The first race Mr Murray Aynsley saw was .when Agent won for the second time in 1880. and he then missed seeing Clarence and Katerfelto in 1881 and 1882 respectively. He saw Kosciusko win in 1883. and has riot missed a race since then. In his early days Mr Murray Aynsley was a well-known crosscountry rider although during his later career as an owner-trainer he did not devote much attention to jumpers Remarkable Riding Ashley Jenkins, as a result of firstclass horsemanship, put uo a remarkable riding feat at the Grand National meeting, where he steerfed seven winners, a second and three thirds He rode in three flat races and finished out of a place in two of them Jenkins won the Grand National Hurdles on CJallamart in 1931 and the Grand National Steeples on Clarion Call last .'year. He also won the Wellington Steeplechase on Omeo in 1935. Dictate Dictate continues to race In an unlucky groove. After making a late run to get second to Catalogue in the Winter Cup. he was kept in reserve for the Heathcote Handicap in which he got a rough passage when endeavouring to get through the field Dictate was cut out at the start, and in the run alone the back he could not obtain anything like a clear passage. Aussie Ha Aussie Ra's trainer, Percy Johnson, one of the best horsemen ever seen In New Zealand, was very confident that the top-weights in the Grand National Hurdles could not give his horse two stone in the Grand National Hurdles. Aussie Ra was perfectly handled In the race, but the best he could do was a second to the wonder horse Padishah on whom a perfect display of riding contributed to success. The hard race Aussie Ra had in the Grand' National Hurdles got to the bottom of him as he was stiff and cramoed on the final day. when he showed a lack of dash on the flat and made hard work of the hurdles A World's Record ~.:,.... The most remarkable dead heat that ever took place in the southern hemisphere occurred in connection with the Australian Cup of 1872 when Saladin gained the iudPe's verdict after two dead heats with Flyine Dutchman Such & most remarkable occurrence in connection with a race.run over two miles and a-quarter has never been eaualled in the histarv of racing Flying Dutchman was afterwards brought to Dunedin about 1873 He was got by Peter Wilkin* from Resistance, bv Bav Middleton Flying Dutchman did not achieve much at the stud as the Stud Book supplies no record of anv of his daughters breeding on or of anv sons making their mark at tlv» «tud or on the track Some of Flvin? Dutchman's daughters, it is understood, nroduced winners on the trotting track An Increase The money was flowing around freely during the Grand National week. Compared with last vear's figures for Addington and Riccarton are £29.015 higher than last year. This in spite of the final dav at Addington being held in most unfavourable weather and that the final card for Riccarton contained two principal events that could not be regarded as bettin* propositions The total on the Sydenham Hurdles rmounted to £2031 and that for the Lincoln Steeples to £2159 The total for the two meetings amounted to £314.634. This has only been exceeded in the boom years following the Great War. The record total is the £372.870 put through in 1920 A Notable Improvement Charges of inconsistent running arc not uncommon, and are in fact fairly common in Australia, where racing is regarded with an apparently more suspicious scrutiny than in New Zealand When on the Riccarton course on the Saturday morning prior to the Grand National meeting a big chestnut colt was noticed on the track. His size and quality at once attracted attention, but inquiry failed to identify the colt, who looked big and lusty in condition and not likely to reach winning form for some time. The colt turned out to be Gold Salute, who was more fit to race than a casual glance suggested. He was worked again on Monday, raced on Tuesday and Thursday and reached winning form on the

final day. Gold Salute was ridden by his amateur owner in the first two races at the me sting, and with A. E Ellis substituted in the saddle for the amateur came home an easy winner The form displayed shows how a horse can improve in a week—particularly when a most important change of riders takes place. When A. E. Ellis was posted as the rider of Gold Salute the Lord Warden colt at once came into favour. Frenzied Finance, the dam of Gold Salute, was got by Paper Money from Peronilla by Achilles. The" Form Horse

The form horse on figures does not always finish in front. At Wellington Bridegroom 10.7 won the Mariri Steeples with Hanover 10.13 fourth 15 lengths away from the winner Bridegroom won very comfortably and it seemed safe to assume that he was a much better horse than Hanover, who won the Enfield Steeples in fast time. In the Beaufort Steedes Slayer 10.10 was all out to beat Hanover 10.3. and the latter would have been a sure winner if his rider had not weakened after heavy wasting. On working out the form for the Lincoln Steeples it was found that Slayer 11.4 was giving 131 b to Bridegroom, who had been assumed to be a better horse than Hanover, who was unlucky to suffer defeat when in receipt of 71b from the Valkyriari gelding. Bridegroom thus appeared to have from 71b or more the best of it on collateral form with Slayer but horsemanship again turned the scales in favour of Slayer, who stayed on particularly well after Bridegroom had set a pace in order to make the weight felt on his opponent. Another factor in Bridegroom's favour consisted in the fact that A. Jenkins, who rode Slayer in his previous races, got off him to ride Bridegroom, and J. Mcßae. who failed on Hanover, displayed first-class horsemanship to win on Slayer. Those who went blindly for Slayer were on the right track, and followers of form and figures could only get a close second.

Temporary Trouble Practical racing men will not subscribe to the opinion of an English writer who recently stated that after running in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase some of the horses are cruelly distressed. If that is really the case, it does not say much for the trainers who send them to the post for such a trying ordeal A horse may show signs of distress after a severe race, but quickly recovers if the training had been competent. It v/ould take about a year's training to bring a horse into shape for the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase in order to make a horse thoroughly fit and well for the race. At one time a cross-country horse would be put out of training after racing at the Grand National meeting, and spelled until December or January. Another preparation would then commence, and the horse got ready to race again after four or five months' training. By the time the Grand National meeting came round again a horse could be made thoroughly fit and well. If a horse pulls up very distressed after a hard race it may be taken for granted that the preparation has not been as thorough as what should have been the case, or that it has met with interruption. Horses are ruined by being raced in a partially unfit state, with the result that their courage may be broken and a breakdown is apt to occur. One of the most competent trainers ever identified with racing in New Zealand once stated that it required a year's work to get a hors;e ready for the New Zealand Cup. and that the man rttending to the horse should finish as fit as his Cup candidate. It takes months of work to carry out the gradual process of getting a horse fit and well to stay a journey, and build the condition to carry on . through a season's racing without showing signs of the auitting and temper generally produced as a result of hurried preparations consisting of too much fast work:

TROTTING NOTES By Sentinel FIXTURES August 26.—Auckland T.C September 2.—New Brighton T.C. September 20 23.-Wellington T.C. September 30.—Methven T.C. October 7.—New Brighton T.C October 12. 14.—Manawatu T.C. (if further permit available) October 21 23—Greymouth T.C. October 21, 23, or 25.-Auckland T.C. October 23,-Oamaru T.C October 25, 28.-Wellington T.C. October 25. 28.—Invercargill T.C Qualified Marsceres qualified for the New Zealand Trotting Cup when he won at Addington last week. Colonel Grattan According t 0 a Melbourne paper, Mr j. Richardson intends taking Colonel Grattan over for the interdominion championship meeting Single G. Single G., the lmin 58isec pacer that was appropriately.dubbed "the horse, that time forgot," is still alive, though he is now over 29 years of age. The famous pacing stallion is said to be hale and hearty, and in addition to his own great deeds, his name, will be perpetuated through the doings of his successful, progeny He is the sire of many speedy performers, and put up his record of lmin 58Jsec in 1923 being then 13 years old. Single G. sired Bill 8.. who won at Addington recently

Spartan Sports If a most convincing proof was required to show the popularity of light-harness racing and its magnetic attraction for punters one only required to be present at Addington on the final day of the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting held on Friday last The day was bitterly cold accompanied by a drizzling rain Nevertheless the crowd stayed on to see the finish of the programme and back horses on a slippery track that was a risk for drivers and their horse. A day's trotting could not be carried out under more unfavourable conditions, and anyone who stayed from start- to finish could only be described as a spartan sport or the keenest of keen punters.

AUCKLAND TROTTING HANDICAPS

A New Rule As a result of recent incidents, the following rule has been brought into operation by the New South Wales Trotting Club: "Should a horse produced to compete in a race be withdrawn owing to unfitness, by order of the stewards, less than 30 minutes before the advertised starting time of such race, the entry of such horse shall be refused by this club for a period of six months, and the owner and/or trainer may be fined, suspended or disqualified for six months." The Little Pat Record Mr Bowman A. Brown, editor of the Harness Horse (U.S.A.) was some time ago written to by the editor of the Australian Trotting Record in regard to the actual conditions of Little Pat's record. The appended reply definitely proves that Little Pat easily holds the world's race record, and under the 12 yards to the second principle (of course absolutely wrong) will be regarded in Australia and New Zealand as doing the distance of one mile and a-half in 3min 7sec instead of nearer 3min Bsec. Mr Brown's letter is as under: " In regard to Little Pat, his 3min 12sec for the one mile and a-half was from a flat-foot start at the barrier. Little Pat was handicapped a distance of 180 feet, or 60 yards, in winning the American Pacing Derby at Syracuse, N.Y., in 1937. I note that Fine Art was handicapped 36 yards. The time of 3min 12sec was taken from the time the barrier was sprung until Little Pat finished the one mile and a-half. so that he really paced the one mile and a-half if he had been timed from wire to wire, about three seconds and a-half faster than the 3min 12sec. I trust that this is the information which you desire." Barney Doolan, however, still holds the Australian and New Zealand race record for one mile and a-half. with his net time of a slight fraction over 3min 12sec at Snowtown last February

fPER United Press Association; AUCKLAND, Aug. 14. Following are the handicaps for the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting:— INTRODUCTORY. HANDICAP. Ot £2OO. For trotters. One mile and a-half.

SYLVIA PARK HANDICAP EVERY HORSE BRACKETED (Special to Daily Times) AUCKLAND. Aug. 14. A remarkable position has arisen in connection with the Sylvia Park Handicap, to be run at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting at Ellerslie on Saturday. Forty-eight horses have been accepted for, and the event will be run in two divisions, • although it will be treated as one race so far as the totalisator is concerned. There are only 24 units on the dial of the machine, and as a result every horse in the race has had to be bracketed with another horse. Such a position has never previously occurred in the Dominion The brackets are: Val Lu and Inquisitor, The Trimmer and Spearford, High Delight and Kenneth Robert, Sebrof and Odtaa, Erlick and Brazen Bold, Our Jean and Romani. Gamos and Te Kawiti. Royal Tray and Glen Connell, Wyndora and Bronze Emerald, Beverley and Hunto Rajanya and Loyal Grant. Royal Message and Princess Val, Hunter's Night and Noisy Night. Elise and Pertinax, Chief Scout and Tellsom, Graceful and Bide-a-wee, Innovation and Dick Turpin. Crestman and Nyola. Clipper and Gay Movie, Bonnybelle and British Talent, Milanion and Bisquit, Summary and Fleetwind, Waitarua and Backblock and Imperator and Royal Fawkes. Since the reintroduction of the win-and-place system of betting at Ellerslie. win tickets have been issued by the manual system and place tickets by the electric totalisator. Now the machinery has been altered, and both win and place tickets will be issued by the electric machine at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting. This should mean a great saving of time.

Flash Bye scr Win Bingen scr Glen Bingen . scr Wrack— Golden Wattle scr Gatwick scr Ihi Ihi .. scr yds bhd Margin .. . scr Barney Bingen 48 Might Surprise scr Elliotvale 48 Riptide scr Frontier Boy 48 Sir Tony scr Gold Kip 60 Snow Cloud . scr Charteris Bay 72 Sophie Blngen scr Autumn Lou . 96 MOUNT EDEN HANDICAP. Of £400. One mile and a-quarter Belfast Jack . scr Repose .. scr Bingen's Best scr Ringstone scr Blue Crest scr Scotty Direct scr Bold Boy scr Silver Plane scr Bronze King . scr Sweet Aloes .. scr Clay Pot scr Wilbur's Exporter scr Heiress ecr Flying News . scr Wishful .. scr Gipsy Light . scr Worthy Honey Pot scr Protection .. scr Katoomba scr Young Parry scr Narbada scr yds bhd Neon Oro scr Te Roto .. .. 12 Noble Turk . scr Winhisway 12 Novikoft scr Kewpie's Parrish Queen scr Queen 48 Princess Llnett scr AUGUST HANDICAP. Of £400. One mile and a-half. Bayard .. . scr Our McKlnney scr Compass .. . scr Red Flush scr Double Great scr yds bhd Kewple's King SCI Isabel Derby 24 Kewpie's Triumph Sandusky 24 scr Kenworthy 36 GREY LYNN HANDICAP. Of £225. One mile and a-half. Amywln .. scr Tsana .. scr Double Peter scr ydsbhd Grand Dame scr Acceleration .. 12 Tosedale Llewellyn's Pet 12 Grattan scr Militia .. 12 Kewpie's Queen scr Derby Lu 36 Kitty's Choice scr ROYAL OAK HANDICAP, Of £245. For trotters. One mile and a-quarter. Autumn Lou scr Llanvabon 24 Canadian scr Rio Grande .. 24 Dick Redmond scr All Blngen 36 Gay Moko scr Within .. 36 Worthy Merit scr Reception 84 yds bhd Stalky .. . 12 ORAKEI HANDICAP. Of £235. One mile and a-quarter. Derby Lu scr Handicapper 12 Josedale Kete Kura 12 Grattan scr Lady Vasclyne 12 King Country scr Lucky Love .. 12 Post Haste . scr Silver Watch 12 yds bhd Monty Chimes 12 Bedford .. . 12 Bronze Queen 24 Chudlc .. . 12 Hillcrest 24 Contender 12 Resistance 24 Forest Jewel . 12 Tangaroa 36 Fortex .. . MASSEY M . 12 EMOI HAL HANDICAF mile and a-half Of £250. One Francisco scr Ringtrue 24 Gold Circle scr Tangatu .. 24 Munga Tangi scr Free Logan .. 36 Royal Jewel scr Great Chum .. 36 Shrewdy scr Bingen Chief 48 Tinker .. . scr Eighteen Carat 48 yds bhd Loyal Direct 48 Musketeer 12 Proletarian 48 Vanora .. . 12 Three Bells .. 48