RACING AND TROTTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24449, 7 November 1940, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING

RACING NEWS By Sentinel ■ FIXTURES November 9—Napier Park R.C. November 9, 11.—Avondale J.C. November 9, 11, 13, 16. —Canterbury J.C. November 16.—Napier Park R.C. November 16, 18.—Waikato R.C. > November 23.—Southland R.C, November 23;—Levin R.C. November 23, 23.—Auckland R.C. November 30.—Ashburton County R.C. November 30, December 2.—Fellding J.C. December 6, 7.—Whangarei R.C. December 7, 9.—Woodville District J.C. December 14.—Otaki-Maorl R.C. December 14.—Walpa R.C, December ,14.—Hororata R.C. December 21.—Manawatu R.C. December 26,—Waipukurau J.C. December 26, 28.—Manawatu R.C. December 26, 28. —Taranaki J.C. December 26. 28.—Dunedin J.C. December 26. 30 January 1. 2.—Auckland R.C. December 28.—Westland R.C Improving Track reports from Riccarton suggest that Salutation and Palfrey have both improved since racing at the Dunedin spring meeting. A Close Relation Entreaty, the dam of Phar Lap. has foaled a colt to Nightmarch, a son of Night Raid, the sire of Phar Lap. Sir Crusoe It is reported that Sir Crusoe dropped out Of the Stewards’ Handicap through the development of a leg trouble' since racing at Trentham. Final Gallops The final gallops for the New Zealand Cup meeting will take place at Riccarton to-day, and will tend to finalise opinions in connection with the principal events on the first day’s card. Yours Truly : When Yours Truly won the Homebush Handicap of £4OO. run over a mile and a-quarter, he started the rank outsider in a field of six. . Yours Truly led all the way and won In 2mln Sfsec. The Coins ' v The time put up in the Melbourne Cup, Smin ?6sec, suggests that .the going was not in favour of the top-weights. The race record by Wotan, who won in 3min T|sec In 1936. 4 The Trump won in Sminlisec in 1937. Full Licence J. Dooley has received official notice that he has been granted unconditionally a rider’s'licence until the end of the season.? £)i?He did not take part in the appeal lodged by those granted conditional licences at the,-beginning of the" season. Beau Vlte Mr R. Stewart, the owner of Beau Vlte, intends establishing a stud with the son of Beau Pere as “lord of the harem.' Beau Vlte will probably return immediately after the Melbourne Cup meeting to be raced at the Auckland summer meeting. .V ■ , V' ’• ’ 4

Deciding to Remain When A. E. Ellis left New Zealand for Australia his intentions were to return to Christchurch in time for the New Zealand Cup meeting, but word was received last week that he had decided to remain In Melbourne for the Melbourne Cup gathering, and Will arrive home on Tuesday. November 18. Unlucky / ’ ' L. J; Ellis has been rather unlucky in connection with a mount for the Stewards’ Handicap. , .He was engaged for Duncannon, and then Sir . Crusoe, and in the meantime had been offered the mount on Rebel Mate, but had to decline owing to making an engagement which afterwards lapsed. No doubt he, will get a mount in the race as his services are too valuable to allow him to be a spectator.English Mares It is noteworthy that all three; winners of Guineas, contests this seasbn—Beau Leon, Sir. Cameron, and .. Sir Beau—are closely descended from English mares. Sir Cameron’s dam is imported Mlrabelle 11, dam of the dual Derby winner Thed. Beau ; Leon's dam is the,‘imported mare Lady 'Bede; darn' of . the brilliant Galilee' and Sir Beau’s: graijd-dam-l® also an importe«^^arip.,,'.Sii^:is';alS;*J l the"'3am of the Harcbutt Cup winner Royal Chief. Messrs Wright/Stephehsoh;'and ; Co., Ltd., advise that a further shipment of English mares, som^*erve'd-'to-New Zealand tlirie, will soon arrive in the Dominion. West Wind _ / In addition to Beau Vite. Beaullvre, Wilson, and/--Xidal Wave, the field for the . Melbourne CUp included West Wind, a four-year-old filly by Posterity from Lady Zephyr, by Robespierre—Lady Minerva, by Martian—Lady Lillian, by Phaeton — Lady Zetland. West Wind was in the leading division for most of the journey, and finished tenth. Lady Minerva Is also the dam of Minerval, a winner of the Auckland Cup. and Thermidor. The Classic Races' ", There seems to be a difference of opinion concerning what constitutes, a classic race. The term has become somewhat elastic in recent years, and has been made so by some not too well versed in the history of the-turf. The classic events decided in England are the One Thousand Guineas, Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger. These ate linked In Ruffs Guide ,as “ The Great Three-year-old Races,’ and no other race is ever referred to by English authorities as a classic event. The “ Triple Crown ” consists of the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger, and the term classic cannot be applied to races for two-year-olds or third season or older horses. v ■ Tidal Wave ■. > n •*. Tidal W’ave, who finished third in the j Melbourne Cup, was sold under the hammer at the national sales at 1450gns to J. T. Jamieson, acting on behalf of Mrs C. C. Galbraith, of Sydney. Tidal Wave is a half-brother to Yours Truly, who won the New Zealand Cup last year. Tidal Wave was not Well placed In the early stages of the race; and did not show up until nearing the heme,turn. He was got by Tide Race from My Own, by Lord Quex—Tressida, by Tressady—Princess Melton, by Royal Hampton. Tide Race was got by Fairway (son of Phalarls) from Panic, by Hurry On—Volcanic, by Corcyra (son of Polymelus)—La Sonfrlere, by Robert le Dlable,, a.son of the Hampton horse Ayrshire. 1941 . National Sales

; Entries for the 15th National Sales are I a record. Of the 220 lots representing 49 sires, there is a tremendous .preponderance of colts, 141 against 79 Allies. Mr Standfast, the half-brother to the sensational sire. Beau Pere and whose only runner In Ireland was undefeated, has the largest representation in this year’s catalogue, 13 yearlings. Theo has 12. Man’s Pal 11, Lord Quex 10, Foxbrldge. SolicitorGeneral and Brcleford 9 each, Bulandshar 8, Night Raid, Ringmaster and Nightmarch 7 each, Seigfried, ,Tiderace, Phaleron Bay. Posterity, Colossus, Gynerium Captain BUnsby and St. Boswells 6 each, Defoe, Baffles. Spiral, Pink Coat, Croupier 5 each, Foxllght, Hunting Song and Hazrat 4 each, while other sires with a less number are Paper Money, Paladin, Vaals, Inflation, ( Lord Warden, Leighon, Dink (another half-brother to Beau Pere), Guarantee, Lang Bian, Salmagundi, Illumination Nightly, Vermeer The Greek, Tidal, King Lu Speardance, Musketoon (sire of Gladynev), Valkyrian, Martarma, Jay, and the Australian sire, Portofino, who is by the Derby winner, Sansovino, and himself won £5657. in first moneys. Owing to the greatly increased entries in recent years, additional accommodation is to be provided for this year’s sale. The draw for places in the catalogue will as usual be made at the offices of the Wellington Racing Club. It is intended to sell the first 130 yearlings on Monday, January 20, and the other 90 on the second day, Tuesday, January 21. when other racing and breeding stock will also be Catalogued ■for sale. A parade of the yearlings will as usual be held before the sales. The Wellington races will this year be held on Thursday. Saturday, and Wednesday. January 16, 18. and 22.

Welcome Stakes It has been seldom in recent years that the local stables have been able to find a youngster considered good enough to send up for the Welcome Stakes, and it is very many years since a Dunedin stable supplied a winner. The Wingatul stables have not yet succeeded in producing a winner of the Welcome Stakes, and the records have to be searched back to the old Forbury Park days to find a' winning representative coming from a local stable.) In 1892 Mr J. B. Reid won with the Vanguard colt Skirmisher, with P McGrath in the saddle. In his next season Skirmisher won die Derby and Canterbury Cup. but at the end of his racing proved useless as a stallion The late Mr ,H. Goodman put up a remarkable record when he trained at Forbury Park. He won the Welcome Stakes in 1885-86 and 87 with Apropos, Silvermark, and Sommeil. This was a good result from a stable sheltering only one or two youngsters in the same season. The same trainer also had Day Dream, a flying two-year-old of her day. who paid next to nothing odds when she won. Day Dream finally raced in the colours of Captain Guthrie, aide-de-camp to Lord Onslow. Day Dream sold at 1500 guineas, and was probably the first New Zealand-bred thoroughbred taken to England. This year Wdngatui will be represented by Silver Lily, who won the McLean Stakes in good style and should make a bold show at Riccarton She will again have L J. Ellis in the saddle, and the fact that he has accepted the mount suggests that he gives her a winning chance. Paper Money, the sire of Silver Lily, has sired three winners of the Welcome Stakes; and her Mermaid taproot has supplied , previous winners in Cymisca, Pygmalion, Bombshell, Romanoff, Stonyhurst, La Mode, Indian Queen, Danube, Chtldsplay, and possibly one or two others that may have been overlooked.

“ Short Pedigree ” An interesting feature of the running in the Melbourne Cup consists in the fact that Beau Vlte and Beaulivre, -in finishing close to the third horse, brfcak about even as stavers. Considerable discussion lias cropped up in Australia over the fact that Beaulivre is a short-pedigreed horse and not included. In the Australian Stud Book This is principally due to the fact that when the Racing Conference took over the control and publication of the New Zealand Stud Book the New Zealand mares were dropped out of the Australian Stud Book. ’Several very successful lines are Included in the Australian Stud Book, which cannot be traced, a»d this also ajplies to the New Zealand Stud Book, The principal short-pedigreed taproots in the New Zealand are those tracing to Slander, Sharkie, Woodstock. Spray, Princess. Yatterlna. Miss Foote, Rosebud, Vesta, Miss Rowe, Finesse, and Gipsy. Each of these taproots has enriched the turf with some very high-class winners and they have bred on so well and produced such stylish-looking horses that, although like Topsy. whose origin was " wropt.in mystery,” were undoubtedly thoroughbred. In the-,case of Miss Rowe and Finesse they trace to pure Arab mares. Beaulivre belongs to the Sharkie tribe. Sharkie was got by Riddlesworth from a mare brought from Sydney without pedigree and was one of the earliest importations to New Zealand.Sharkie was foaled about 1846, and produced several foals. Riddlesworth was bred In England in 1834 and got by Emllius. who won the English Derby in 1823. The best known foals produced by Sharkie were Golden Drop. Bay Leaf, and Laurel. Through Laurel, a daughter of Bay Leaf, we got Advance, claimed to be one of the greatest horses ever bred in New Zealand. Through, the other Laurel we got Fishhook, a winner of the Dunedin Cup, and from the Golden Drop line come the New Zealand Cup winners Tortulla and Rosefeldt. Many other notable win-, ners trace to Sharkie Including Silver Link and Guarantee, a particularly fine type of thoroughbred. . When the distaff side of, a pedigree can produce great winners with speed and stamina. It is safe to assume that the source Is thoroughbred simply because a silk purse cannot be made out of a sow’s ear. ,

TROTTING NOTES By Sentnlcl FIXTURES November 12, 14, 15.—New Zealand Metropolitan T.C. November 23, 23.—Forbury Park T.C.. November 30, December 7.—Waikato T.C. December 7.—Wairio T.C. , (non-totalisa-torl. . IDecember 7.—New Brighton T.C. December 14.—Roxburgh T.C. (non-'totali-sator).' - ■’• ■ ■ December 21.—Reefton T.C, . ■ December 26,.—Ashburton T.C. December 26.—Gore T.C. December 26, 27.—Westport T.C. December 27, 28, 31.—Auckland T.C. December 28.—Wlnton T.C. At Gore ; . - ■ 1 The Gore Trotting Club’s programme is In circulation. The Gore Trotting Cup Will be worth £350 (including trophy valued at £2O) for a 4.45 class. Horsepower J'. Walsh will drive Horsepower in the Trotting Cup. Cantata , It is reported that Cantata is a doubtful starter in' the Trotting Cup. She has developed a slight soreness, and may not start-unless the going becomes soft. Trotting Cup A Christchurch report states that the Metropolitan Trotting Club does not intend to exercise its right to reduce the field in the Trotting Cup. Penalties In the Empire Handicap, to be decided on the first day of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting, Three Tens has been penalised 36 yards, and Kilrea 36 yards in the Empire Handicap A' Workout

Several horses with engagements at the Trotting Cup meeting were joined in a workout at Addington on Tuesday, but it did not appear to be a thoroughly searching test. A strong, cold easterly wind militated against good times, and those present were disappointed that more of the Cup horses were not paraded. Those taking part in the trial were Parislenne Pot Luck, Renown’s Best, Great Jewel Colonel Grattan, Blair Athol and Horsepower. The. mile and a-quarter was completed in 2min 46sec, after Blair Athol had made most ,of the running, while Parislenne, driven by an apprentice and slow to begin, trailed the field for the greater part of the journey In the straight both Pot Luck and Great Jewel put in good work, but at no stage was any horse in the race fully extended. Colonel Grattan, who was driven by his trainer, ■V. Leeming, did not show up at any stage with the brilliance he is known to possess, and Renown’s Best and others may have benefited by the trial but showed no serious work over the conC U .?-S? . s tfS e s. Pot Luck, Great Jewel and Blair Athol made the most impressive displays. Rlccarton Stakes

The following is a corrected list of acceptors for the Riccarton Stakes, to be decided at Addington oh Tuesday:— Statuette, Ronakl, Mickey Rooney Gold Chief, Ronald Logan, My Lady Luck, Mighty, Diamond Jim, Le Comte,' Jill. Salisbury, Joan Potts, Surprise Potts, Becky Parrish, Festivity. Gallant Maid. The race is for three-year-olds that have not won a race, and since the nominations were taken both Village Maid, trained by F. J, Smith, and Ngariml, in S. A. Edwards’s stable, have been successful. Last year the race was won by Imperial Jade, who on the second day of the meeting won the New Zealand Derby. Horses engaged in this race and also eligible to start in the Derby include Mighty, by Great Bingen—Great Actress; Mickey Rooney, by Rey de Oro—Lady Effie; Gold Chief, by Rey de Oro—Dusolina; My Lady Luck, by Jack Potts—Free Advice; Diamond Jim. by Jewel Pointer —Mountain Dell; Salisbury, by Wrack— Eslella Amos; Jill, by Grattan Loyal— Betty Wrack; and Surprise Potts, by Jack Potts —Sonoma Harvester mare. Race Traffic A new scheme for the facilitated dispersal of Addington race traffic—partly the outcome of discussions by various authorities last year—will be put into operation this month by the Transport Department, It is expected that under this scheme all traffic will be cleared from the racecourse in half an hour or less Immediately after the last race a one-way car traffic system will be adopted, under which Matipo street and Wright's road will be closed to all traffic from Riccarton towards the Addington racecourse. A double stream of one-way private car traffic will be used in Wright’s road and for some distance along Matipo street, where men on point duty will supervise the distribution of the traffic as may be necessary. All private cars will come out of the racecourse Into Wright’s road, turning right only. Private cars will form a stream On the left side of the road, and cars from the members’ gate will form a separate stream in the same direction on, the right side of the road Traffic normally using Matipo street and turning left into Riccarton road will be expected as far as possible to use Blenheim road Instead. Lincoln road will be used not bv race private car traffic, but bv trams, taxis and pedestrians only

RICCARTON NOTES TRACKS VERY HARD iSpecul ro Daily I’imbsi CHRISTCHURCHj Nov. 6. A strong north-west wine, made the conditions unpleasant at Riccarton this morning. There were plenty of horses out, but useful' pace work on the plough or the sand was the general order. A number of trainers availed themselves of the opportunity to give their young horses some education at the fiveMurlong starting barrier, a few of them running along a bit down the straight. There Is urgent need ot rain, as the tracks have become very hard, as a result of high winds and sunshine. Many of the trainers are beginning to look worried, and unless there is a fall of rain soon a number of horses will not be at their best. An Interesting feature about the lifer Saturday is that some of them are not so large as might have been expected, considering the number of horses now on the ground. More than the usual proportion, including visitors, seem to be in reserve for later days of the meeting. The inclusion of Belle Cane in the .Ist of acceptors for the Stewards’ Handicap came as a- surprise, as it was thought she, might be reserved for the Spring Plate, leaving Sir Beau to represent W. H. Dwyer’s stable in the sprint. This- still may be the programme, of course, as the filly is in the Spring Plate, in which H. N. Wiggins .has been engaged to ride her, while no jockey has been secured for the Stewards’ Handicap. So far no rider has been secured for The Ring or Kilometre in the New Zealand Cup. It is possible that C. Caddv will be on one of this pair. Schoolgirl Is not a certain starter inthe Spring Plate on Saturday. She is very well, but with the prospect of having to meet Belle Cane, she may be reserved tor handicaps later In tqe meeting. Raceaway, who has been sore, Is now on the improve, but unless rain falls before Saturday his trainer is not anxious to start him in the Linwood Handicap. Leopardstown was allowed to drop out of the Spring Hurdles on Saturday on account of soreness. It is thought he may have struck himself, so It is possible he will be a runner on the third day.

Royal Chief is one New Zealand Cup horse whose prospects will be greatly improved by a fall of rain, With, the ground as hard as it is now, ne will be scratching in the early stages, Dictate was given useful pace work this morning, but he seemed to be moving scratchily.

Jolly- Time, the Novice winner at the North Canterbury meeting, gave himself a rick a few days ago. and though it does not look serious, it may prevent her from racing next week. W. J. Mudford will ride Taurangi in the New Zealand Cup. The Southlander, Wild Career, put In an appearance last night, while The Raker is expected to arrive from Oamaru tonight. • The list of horses expected from the North Island is not nearly complete, but there were no arrivals this morning.

MELBOURNE CUP WINDER RACING DAYS NEARLY OVER (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) MELBOURNE, Nov. 6. The Herald says: "A crowd of 90,000 saw the Melbourne Cup, which dn hiany ways was one of the most remarkable on record. It was won by Old Rowley, a rank outsider, who has not won a race since 1938 and whose racing days were nearly over, Old Rowley is a gift horse, seven yeSrs old, with bad joints, but he' won on his merits in one of the cleanest run races for the cup. He covered as much ground as any other horse in tile field, and he sustained a very long run to . win. He was one, of the last five at the mile, and was still only eleventh in the field of 20 at the half-mile. From there he made up ground on the outside of the field. The favourite. Beau Vite, finished a close fourth. A slight check in the last furlong kept him out of a place, but Beau Vite was not as good a stayer as his backers believed, as. even Showing for the check, he could have won if he had been good enough Beaulivre, who finished fifth, could also have won-if he had been a true stayer.” The Telegraph says: “ Munro, the rider of Maikai, claimed that his mount would have won but for meeting with a check two furlongs from home. Tidal Wave proved himself the best of the three-year-old stayers." The totallsator investments for the second day of the V.R.C, meeting, £127,376 15s, were a record. Pooley Bridge has strained a ligament and will not race again. l He was one of the greatest hurdlers of recent years. Old Rowley will be retired at the end of the, spring campaign, but is likely to be-a runner in the Williamstown Cup.