RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25562, 15 June 1944, Page 7

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting are due on Monday. * Fur Coat has not raced since the opening day of the Grand National meeting, when lie ran unplaced in the Paparua Handicap. , Royal Flight has been left in A. E. Dulham’s charge, and, all going well, will accompany his team to the Soutli Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting. Jehangir, who has made a somewhat meteoric rise into notice, is a six?yearold gelding by Hunting Song—Mirjahan, by Quin Abbey—Golden Chestnut, by ltiuskapeer—Golden Tress, by Nelson— Fiesole, by Ingomar. The Otago Hunt Club has set a main of 50 per cent, less than the usual charge for an official opinion of a horse's handicap value. In other words, it has been decided to reduce the cost of nomination to 10s and to 1 per cent, of the stake for acceptances. It has also been decided to give part of the stakes to the fourth horse in each race. It is claimed by an Australian writer that Scaur Fel is one of the best, if not the best, of the Sydney two-year-olds. She was got by Felcrag—Ginaton (son of Lemberg, from Gunwheel, by Tiic Verderer (son of Greenback, ihe sire of Paper Money)—La Mosca, by Simmer— Giril, by Carbine. Felcrag was got by Felsted—Florence Dombey, by Captain Cuttle from Margarita, by Charles O’Malley.

The appearance of the handicaps for the Timaru meeting recalls the old chestnut about a horse running off weight by standing still or by others not starting. In the General Freyberg Handicap at Wingatui Gulf Stream was giving Royal Flight 81b. In the Doncaster Handicap, to be run at Timaru, Royal Flight is giving Gulf Stream 131 b, so that the latter comes in on 211 b better terms. Royal Flight followed up her success in the General Freyberg Handicap by winning the Empire Handicap. The Australasian reports that in the last four and a-half years over £200,000 has been contributed to patriotic funds by the seven metropolitan clubs in Melbourne. A recent meeting at Flemington resulted in over £IO,OOO going to the funds. For some reason or other those ■ in authority remain silent about the efforts of racir_ and trotting towards assisting in this direction. In the interests of both branches of sport, it should be a duty on the part of those in authority to publish the full extent of what has been done in New Zealand. It is understood that a fairly big staff is employed at the office of the Racing Conference. In addition to Traducer, a particularly successful sire and representative of the Herod line, another in Albany also proved a worthy member of the same tribe. Albany got good winners in Ouideis (winner of the New Zealand Derby and the Welcome Stakes), Disowned (winner of the Great Northern Derby), La Mode (winner of the Welcome Stakes), First Lord, Nonsense, Ruby, Day Dream, Whisper, Mischief, Burlington, and others .of note. Albany’s name, through his daughters, figures in the back lines of some of the best horses bred in New Zealand. Flying Dutchman, one of the best winners of the line in England, went to France, where he became a great stud success. He got Dollar, the sire of Rupee, the French-bred mare who produced Spade Guinea, Apropos, Silver Mark, Merrie England, and others that made history On the turf or at the stud.