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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25674, 24 October 1944, Page 6

HANNON MEMORIAL HANDICAP, Of £SOO. Class 2.46. One mile and a-quarter.

1/2—-Integrity, Mr V. Leeming’s ch g, • by Trevor de Oro—Cheeta, 6yrs, scr (D. C. Watts) 1 3/I—Bronze Eagle, Mr W. J. Smith’s ch h, aged, 12yds bhd, bracketed with Pacing Power (G. Noble) .. 2 6/6—Clockwork, Mr W. L. Parkinson’s b g, aged, 12, bracketed with Hardy Oak (C.S. Donald) 3

Also started: 9/9 Bayard scr, 6/6 Hardy Oak 12yds bhd' (bracketed with Clockwork), 11/11 Gold Pot scr, 1/2 Lightning Lady scr. 8/7 Stormtost scr, 7/8 Warfield scr, 3/1 Pacing Power 24 (bracketed with Bronze Eagle), 2/3 Countless 12, 10/10 Horsepower 12. 5/5 Shadow Maid 12. Half a head, half a length. Pacing Power was fourth. Times: 2min 43sec, 2min 42 l-ssec, 2min 43 3-ssec. DASH HANDICAP, Of £3OO. Class 2.49. One mile and a-quarter.

6/6—Labour Day, Mr J. W. Brosnan’s b. g, by Jack Potts —Horotane, aged, 12yds bhd (R. Donald) .. 1 3/3 —Lady Dawn, Mr D. J. MacDonald’s bm, Cyrs, 12 (J. Davidson) .. 2 7/2 —Turco, Mr A. V. Prenderville’s ch g. aged, 12, bracketed with

Southland and Oxford Scholar (G. Smith) 3

Also started: 2/5 Imperial Lady scr, 8/9 Tokalon scr, 7/2 Southland scr and Oxford Scholar 12yds bhd (bracketed with Turco), 9/8 Burnham, 1/1 Catalpa 12. 5/4 Colleen Travis 12, 4/7 Festivity 12, 10/10 Waipahi 24. Neck, a head. Oxford Scholar was fourth. Times: 2min 45 4-ssec. 2mln 46sec, 2min 46 l-ssec.

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel

The handicap for the New Zealand Cup is due to-morrow. Sister Sal was made favourite for the Stewards’ Handicap at Gore, but had her chance wrecked at the start. Kai Pai paid around a third of a century for a place in the Novice Handicap at’ Gore. St. Nattar was stopping in the final furlong of the Novice Handicap at Gore, but fought on to gain a place. Patu Po, who showed up well In the Wellington Handicap, was got by Nightly from Belcaire, by Treclare—Bhanavar, an imported mare by John o’ Gaunt. Bonny Flight was made an odds-on chance for the Walmea Hack Handicap at Gore, and won well. Invulnerable made a fair show In the Stewards’ Handicap at Gofe, in which he finished fourth. He may train back to winning form. ~ Lisheen, who was well backed in the Novice Handicap at Gore, was not sighted on the journey. He was boxed up in a straggling lot after the rise of the barrier. Listen In got all the best of the start of the Novice Handicap at Gore, which was held up by Irish Pal, who declined to line pp and was left. Good support came for San Quentin in the Novice Handicap at Gore, but he faded after being prominent up to the home turn. , , • Since the Wellington Racing Club transferred its operations to Trentham the fastest mile and a-half put up is the 2min 29sec recorded bv Compris in the Wellington Cup of 1932. Compris is the only horse to break 2min 30sec at Trentham. ' Alpine was made a good favourite in the High-weight Handicap at Gore, but after being one of the leaders out of the straight, he commenced to drop away, and was beaten a long way from home. Jack o’ Lantern also failed to run up to expectations. • , _ The Stewards’ Handicap at Gore did not give a line to future form, and Winning Flight and Sing Sing got a break on the others, and had them scratching all the way. Sing Sing stayed:on .to win by a good gap, but Winning Flight was stopping, i fee crack two-year-old filly Subdued, who was unbeaten in her first season, has fallen from her pedestal in her second season. She may yet prove capable of winning over a short course, but there appears to be some foundation for the suggestion that she is troubled in the respiratory organs. Royal Lancer gave a glimpse of form when he finished fourth in the President’s Handicap at Gore. He and Kohara were at the tail of the field ’ six furlongs from’ 'home, and j they Both did well to finish near the placed lot. Royal Lancer pulled up well; and is apparently sound. He looks in bright, healthy .condition, but once a horse breaks down there is a doubt whether he will survive the final gallops of a New Zealand Cup preparation The Indian owner, Mr F. H. Mehta, has had bad luck with Hormuz, the toppriced yearling of the 1943 sales. Hormuz was a late foal, and has been taken along quietly without much being asked of him. He’ broke down during “the running of the maiden rate at Masterton, but showed •gameness to finish second. He was very lame after the race. Hormuz is by Foxbridge from Rippling Waters, and is trained at Trentham by W. Bryce. Glenfalloch, the winner of the Wellington Handicap; prevents Kincardine from being known as the sire of only one good horse in Kindergarten, "t Memnon, the dam of Glenfalloch; was got by Colossus— Cymbeline, by Cynic—Multimore, - by Multifid—Swarthmoor, by Monacor—Glenvena, by Daniel O’Rourke —Luna. It is one of the oldest lines In the Stud Book, but mostly mediocre performers belong to it. One of the few exceptions is Hipphome'nes, the winner of the first Great Easter Handicap. An Auckland Cup winner in Nestor and Mitrailleuse, one of the first to bring Musket into notice, also belong ’ to the line, and so does Sylvia Park, who has sired some good winners.

The Wellesley Stakes was first run tn 1898, and although it may be deemed rather early in the season to race two-year-olds, several winners,have trained on well. Menschikoff. Orloß,/. and. .Treadmill, the winners of 1901, 1902, and 1903. trained, on to achieve success as three-year-olds. Menschikoff won the New Zealand Derby, the Canterbury Cup, and the Great Northern Derby. Treadmill won the Canterbury Cup, and Orloff won the Duhedin Cuo. Munjeet, the winner of the race in 1905, was afterwards a winner of the Jockey Club Handicap at Riccarton. Several winners who followed were mostly successful over a short course, but Commendation, the winner in 1925, afterwards won the New Zealand Derby and the Great Northern Derby. Beaulivre, the winner in 1938, afterwards won> the New Zealand Derby, and so did Enrich, who won in 1939. Stories are being printed regarding the magnitude of the betting operations of the late Eric Connolly. Like many of his predecessors, the Victorian punter-owner-trainer won some big sums, particularly on Rostrum and Murillo, on one occasion collecting about £30,000 over a big double Neither Connolly nor any other Australian plunger ever wagered such large sums as Michael Pitt, known as the Colossus punter. On the last day of the 1943-44 season his luck was consistently bad, and his losses must have run into five figures. Pitt evened the score last month by backing six winners in six races. In one race he invested about £I2OO on a favourite, and as a saver took £IOOO to £l4O about another runner. Challenged by a bookmaker. he took this bet three times and, although the favourite failed, he finished over £2OOO up on the race. Pitt gained the title " Colossus ” by backing the horse of that name at long odds to win £7OOO in the 1943 Melbourne Cup. Before the meeting concluded he ran his winnings up to £30,000. and since then he has put all other punters past or present, in the shade. He operates on races at suburban meetings as freely as other big bettors were wont to do on Cups and Newmarkets,

TROTTING NOTES

By Sentinel

Quite Happy was a strong order for the Otama Trot at Gore, and won from Sylvia Direct, who made the early running.

Casabianca, who won the opening event at the Auckland meeting yesterday, is building up a fine record and looks certain to reach the tightest classes. A four-year-old by Casanova from a Nelson Derby mare, he has the best of his racing days in front of him.

Volo Bond led practically from end to end in the Balfour Trot at Gore, as hesoon headed Larry Grattan, who began well Volo Bond had nothing in hand to stall off Understudy and Arion Thorpe in a close finish.

Volo Bond, a winner at Gore, is a four-year-old by Quite Sure from a Worthy Bond mare. Last season he had two starts and finished third in the Winton Juvenile Trotting Stakes to Quite Happy and Navigate, Volo Senwod has claims to be regarded as one of the most consistent pacers in the Dominion. Last season the Lusty Volo gelding collected four wins, a second, and two thirds in nine starts, and this season has won twice and run second in three starts.

When horses on the same mark exceed the safety number at Forbury Park the ballot will be used. The idea of giving an owner the option of dropping back to the next mark might be worthy of consideration, as there may be ample room behind a crowded line.