SPORTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24827, 29 January 1942, Page 2

SPORTING

RACING NEWS By Sentinel FIXTURES January 31.—Auckland R.C. February 7.—Canterbury J.C. February 7.—Winton J.C. February 7 Matamata J.C. February 7, 14.—Egmont R.C. Dunedin Cup Meeting.—A special meeting of the committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club was held yesterday afternoon, when the question of holding the Dunedin Cup meeting was discussed. After a very full discussion the meeting was adjourned until this afternoon, when the committee hopes to have information that will allow it to make a definite decision. The Gore Meeting.—Nominations for the Gore Racing Club's spring meeting are due to-morrow. Not Out.—At the Wellington Cup meeting Not Out raced well but without success. A favourable handicap should bring him back to the list of winners. Middle Park Plate.—Some of those remaining in the Middle Park Plate appear to be there through an oversight on the part of the owners. At Trentham.—A pleasing feature of the Wellington Cup meeting consists in the fact that no accidents occurred in spite of the big fields that made up each card. Oamaru Meeting.—The Oamaru Jockey Club is at present negotiating with the military authorities and is hopeful that a one-day meeting will be held on March 21. Prince Shad.—When Prince Shad learns to begin well from a flat foot start .he should get amongst the winners. He has run second twice after being slow away in each start. Passed.—A Kinnoull—Keel Row youngster was passed at 80 guineas and a Pink Coat—Donetta filly at 95 guineas when offered at the National Sales.

An Inquiry.— After the Nursery Handicap an inquiry was held into an interference suffered oy Dominate through Beau Vaals boring In and King Herod coming out. Dominate was jammed between them. The interference was held to be accidental.

In Jeopardy.—Although the future of racing Is in jeopardy a large number of owners are looking for the best by nominating several newcomers at the Winton meeting.

Only the Best.—ln Victoria strong opinions have been expressed that minor meetings should be cut out and provision should be made for only the best horses in training. This follows on the lines adopted in England. It must' be said that this idea ignored the professional side of racing, which is the principal factor in connection with racing in Australia.

Hearth.—There was a certain amount of' doubt about whether Hearth would stay beyond a middle distance. The doubt existed chiefly because she had done most of her racing over less than a mile, although ner wins included one of nine furlongs. Paladin, the sire of Hearth, got some good stayers in Palantua, Chide, Satrap and Tauramai, and Hearth traces back to Maria Theresa, an English mare foaled in 1870 and the dam of The Dauphin, a winner of the New Zealand Derby. Glenaladale, a grandson of Marie Theresa, won the Great Autumn Handicap, and other btayers in the family included Quibble, who also won the Great Autumn Handicap. The inclusion of Perkin, Warbeck II and Martian added strength to the pedigree, and Markhope, the maternal grandsire of Hearth, was a most attractively bred horse. He was got by Marcovil from a sister to Persimmon, Diamond Jubilee and Florizel 11. Marcovil sired Hurry On and there is no lack of successful strains in Hearth's pedigree.

TROTTING NOTES By Sentinel FIXTURES February 7.—Wellington T.C. February 14.—Canterbury Park T.C. February 14.—Auckland T.C. February 21.—New Brighton T.C. Versatile.—Dark Hazard has been changed from a pacer to a trotter four times since he started racing. Globe Derby.—Though dead for some years, Globe Derby still continues to be Australia's leading sire,. and this season his -individual winners total 32. Next on the list are imported Louis Direct and Sheik with 13 each. Walla Walla is next with 11. and Robert Derby and Pedro Pronto have 10 each. Royal Again and Concliff are represented by nine each, and One Step and Alfred Donald are only one behind this pair. Van Derby's successful progeny total seven, whilst imported Roy Redmond (all trotters) and Hampstead Derby have each six winning representatives. Good Work.— Figui-es supplied to the press by the South Australian Trotting Club prove the large amount of money, outside stakes, distributed by the Adelaide Club. The monthly wages bill amounts to over £ISOO, and the following amounts have been paid since the beginning of September, 1939: State Government Totalisator tax £27,354 18 10 Amusement tax 8,939 4 7 £36,294 3 5 Charities (including wartime charities now operating)— Fractions 10,698 4 6 Returned Soldiers' League 1,876 0 0 £12,574 4 6 Donations from charity meetings— Cooker Fund (England) .. 710 0 0 Cheer-up Hostel .. .. 562 18. 4 Red Cross Society .. .. 177 10 0 Fighting Forces Comforts Fund 384 0 0 £1,834 8 4 Donation for Spitfire 5,000 0 0 Sydney Fund 2,000 0 0

RICCARTON NOTES STABLE CHANGES (Special) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 28. A. E. Ellis dropped the idea of a trip to Auckland when he found that the Derby winner. Regal Fox, would not be racing on Saturday. L. J. Ellis will go north to-night. Most of the local trainers who were at the Trentham meeting have returned home, a number of horses arriving this morning, when the balance of the yearlings also put in an appearance. Wardress, who had to return home without a race at Trentham, is suffering from trouble in her near fore foot, and it is feared it may be serious. In the meantime, it looks as if Mrs J. Campbell will have to give the mare a good spell. R. Wilson brought Gladynev back when he came home from Trentham, and he will train the Musketoon gelding for Mrs D. Levin, the Wellington lady for whom he also trains the Salmagundi filly, Sally Lunn. Though he failed at Trentham, spring form entitles Gladynev to rank as one of the Dominion's outstanding performers over a distance.

R. Register has broken in a two-year-old filly by Friday Night from a Robespierre mare and will get her ready to race at the back end of this season. She is owned by Mr W. Shirtcliffe, who raced Jewish Lad. Doria is again causing T. H. Gillett a good deal of anxiety. She made good progress after her mishap in the spring, but lately she has shown- further signs of lameness. She is being kept going in steady tasks, but her chance of racing at Motukarara will depend on how she fares in the next week.

Mrs J. Campbell intends to send Myriad home to his owner. Mrs G. A. Edmonds, who resides in Wellington. He was a useful galloper, but his feet continued to give trouble, preventing him from racing up to expectations. In his place, Mrs Edmonds will race the three-year-old filly, Cheap Lodging, as she has taken over tlje lease of this half sister to Wardress.

THE TARANAKI MEETING (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 28. The Taranaki Jockey Club's autumn meeting will be held on successive Saturdays—February 28 and March 7—instead of March 7 and 9, as previously arranged. If the New Plvmouth course is not available on those" dates, the venue will be Stratford on the same dates.