RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25454, 8 February 1944, Page 4

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Metropolitan racing clubs have been granted seven permits for patriotic meetings, and trotting clubs have received th Af the Matamata meeting on Saturday the totalisator handled £44,293 10s An error occurred in the Canterbury letter in connection with Cinderella, who was referred to as a daughter of Paper Money. Cinderella was got by Paper ** The distance of the Feilding Cup has been increased from a mile and a-quarter to a mile and three-quarters and the stakes from £6OO to £BSO. Mrs A. F Roberts has expressed a desire to present to the South Canterbury Jockey Club a trophy in memory of Night E Raurimu the winner of the Matamata Cup, is a four-year-old gelding by SpiralJewel of Asia, by Grosvenor—Ayesha 11, by Ayrshire. The win marked his second success in four starts this season. Even Calm, the winner of the Halswell Handicap, is a four-year-old black gelding bv Night Raid—Miss Warbler, and is trained by F. Trilford for Mr R. J. E. Smith, who raced Lazybones and Rebel M Quick Draw’s win in the Putaruru Stakes at the Matamata meeting was preceded by two unplaced starts. She was got by Cambria Park from Lady Pavlova, by Spear Dance—Lady Val, by Valkyrian. The Taranaki District Committee will sit again to-day to consider further the Stratford Club’s report of judicial findings on incidents at its New Year meeting The suspension of L. H. Clifford for six'months in connection with the running of the High-weight Handicap will be one of the matters coming before the committee for consideration. The Beau Repaire—Vennachar colt, halfbrother to Palfrey, who was passed in at the national yearling sales at 270gns, when offered on account of Mr M. J Nash (Whangarei), was subsequently acquired privately by Mr J. R. McKenzie (Christchurch). The colt will be raced in partnership by Mr McKenzie and Mr A. Pirie, a steward of the Wellington Trotting Club. Apparently some mistake occurred in connection with the reported disqualification of Salmi. The ground for the disqualification is given as inconsitent running Salmi won the Railway Handicap, run 'at Stratford on January 1, and had not raced again until Saturday last. If the disqualification was really based on inconsistent running the time allowed to elapse between the two races must be a record so far as a comparison of form is concerned. Bonny Pay, who got among the winners at the Matamata meeting, had been unplaced in his four previous performances. He won in October at the Ohinemuri meeting and followed with a close second to prakau over seven furlongs at the Auckland spring meeting. Bonny Pay is a four-year-old gelding by Autopay— Bonny Gay, by Gay Shield—Luculia, by Lucullus.

Some particularly smart gallops have been recorded in connection with the Middle Park Plate. During midsummer in Canterbury the track and atmospheric conditions have frequently assisted horses to make smart times. When Silver Scorn won in 1933 as a three-year-old with 9.11 in lmin 9 2-ss'ec, she had a breeze behind her. She is the only winner to break lmin lOsec, but Gloaming, Glentruin, and other brilliant performers could have won in fast time if anything had been able to extend them. Silver Scorn was a remarkably brilliant filly and her list of wins as a three-year-old included the Great Northern Oaks, the Great Northern St. Leger, the New Zealand Derby, the New Zealand Oaks, the Canterbury Cup, the Middle Park Plate, the Dunedin Cup, and the James Hazlett Gold Cup. Patrons of the Wingatui meetings for the last quarter of a century or more would learn with regret of the death of Mr A. C. Hanlon, who had filled the office of president of the Dunedin Jockey Club for that period. Mr Hanlon was generally regarded as the right man in the right place, and his bright and genial nature did much to enhance the popularity of the Wingatui meetings. He was a very likeable man, esteemed by all who knew him, and he will be greatly missed by those who had the pleasure of his friendship. As chairman of the Dujedln Jockey Club Judicial Committee, he won the highest esteem from those on whom he sat in judgment for the fair and impartial manner in which he acted. In fact, he gave all possible assistance to those who came before him, and always tempered justice with mercy in a manner which won him well-deserved recognition as a sportsman and a gentleman.