SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 8

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MODRED.

The New Zealand Cup meeting will conclude at Riccarton course this afternoon.

Nominations for the Winton Jockey Club’s Annual fixture will close on Monday. >

The Centenary Melbourne Cup fixture will close at V.R.C. headquarters to-day.

The programme for S.R.C’s. Invercargill Cup meeting (Jan. 2 and 3). has been issued.

Mr C. E. Hassall will act as galloping handicapper for the S.R.C. Summer meeting.

Several New Zealand horses will be racing at Moorefield R.C. meeting in Sydney to-day.

Nell Volo (84yds) trotted 3.16 (second) in Governor’s Handicap (11m.) at Addington yesterday.

Solarium, by Limond, is one of the early favourites for the Auckland Cup (2m.).

It will be decided this morning as to •whether Gold Trail will race at Riccarton to-day.

Cricket Bat had to jump over Manetho when the latter fell in the Jockey Club Handicap.

Nightly has won £3OOO during his Australian tour, or £6lOO during his racing career.

It is not surprising to learn the Maorilander Theo is lame, as he has had a hard season.

Two-year-old Silver Coat (reports the Press) contracted a cold after arriving at Riccarton.

Sir Simper will carry increased weight in Duke of Gloucester Cup (Ijm.J this afternoon.

At Flemington to-day Duke of Gloucester Cup (handicap) is timed to start at 2.15 p.m.

Princess Ann, dam of Trotting Derby winner, Gamble, cost about lOOOgns in U.S.A.

Duke of Gloucester Cup race this afternoon is set for 2.15, which is Australian time.

The first event on each day of the Southland R.C. Summer meeting will start at 12.20 p.m.

C.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap (11m.) at Riccarton to-day promises to provide a fascinating race.

It is reported that Gold Trail was galloped on during the race for the New Zealand Cup.

The good-looking, gay and festive Semper Paratus, is a veteran full brother to Cricket Bat.

Red Boa will race with the good ones in the Members’ Handicap (7f.) today, but may run well.

The meeting of Cricket Bat, Cranford, and Silver Streak will be interesting over seven furlongs to-day.

Sporting Blood was booked for Gisborne after the Canterbury Cup, but may race at Wellington on December 15.

Set for 3.10 p.m. to-day C. J.C. Metropolitan Handicap should be one of the best betting races of N.Z. Cup meeting.

The crack Timaru youngster Silver Coat will be solidly tried out at Riccarton to-day in the Pioneer Handicap ,(5f.).

Northern reports state that negotiations have been in train for the purchase of Mr T. H. Lowry’s Aesculus, by Night Raid.

The well-known Christchurch pacer Vesuvius appears to have won the Sprinters’ “Hack” Handicap somewhere or other on Friday.

Silver Coat (9.1) will have racehorse weight to carry to-day, but it is a known fact that two-year-olds act well under real poundage.

The Invercargill Cup (1-Jm.) this season will be worth £350, second horse £6O and third £3O from the stakes. All entries for the meeting close Dec. 14.

In the N.Z. Trotting Cup Indianapolis won in 4.15 4-5, yesterday he paced close to the Australasian race figures in Christchurch Handicap (2m.) at 4min 16 l-ssec.

The proceedings on each occasion of the Southland R.C. Summer meeting (two days) will be introduced by highweight handicaps run at one mile.

People apt to be critical of the performances of Nell Volo in trotters’ races at Addington this week may have overlooked the fact that she is now racing left-handed.

When the last mail to hand left England Gordon Richards was unlikely to approach last season’s riding record of 975 mounts for 259 winners—his record.

The maximum weight for the Duke of Gloucester Cup in Melbourne to-day •was fixed at 9.7, hence Peter Pan has that weight compared with 9.10 in Melb. Cup.

• The classes set for the four light harness events at the Southland R.C’s. Summer meeting (Jan. 2 and 3) will be interesting to followers of the light harness sport, as follows:—(First day): Myross Harness Trot, £l2O, class 3.43 (IJm.) and Oreti Hamess Trot, £l3O, class 3.36 (IJm.); (second day), Makarewa Hamess Trot, £l2O, class 3.43 '(ljm.) and Roslyn Hamess Trot, £l4O, class 4.52 (two miles).

The meeting of three mares in the C.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap (11m.) today will provide marked interest if the trio should face the barrier as Gold Trail (8.9) Polydora (8.8) and Sweet Agnus (8.2), with all solidly supported. It may be discovered that Sweet Agnes, with or without a pull in the weights, appears to be the better mare and this contention gives her a distinct chance this afternoon, despite the probability that the field will be a large and battling one of about 17 runners.

“The Watcher” states that there were many good judges who considered that Synagogue should have beaten Sporting Blood in the New Zealand Derby, and they are inclined to offer the opinion that the former will turn out the stronger of the pair later in the season. Whatever the future may bring they can lay claim to bring two solid three-year-olds and it is to be hoped that they will meet at the special fixture to be promoted by the Wellington R.C. at Trentham on December 15.

At the Melbourne Royal Show pacer Auburn Lad, who with Walla Walla holds the Australian and New Zealand trotting or pacing record of 2min 2 2-5 sec for one mile, made an attempt on the official record for the showground, which stands at 2min llsec. Paced by a galloper, Auburn Lad moved fault-

lessly throughout and, coming home strongly, cut 4 sec off the record, which was a remarkable effort considering the track was far from being at its best, owing to the heavy rain which had fallen the previous day.

The Southland square-gaited trotting stallion Teviot Downs put up a good performance in the Governor’s Handicap (IJm.) at Addington yesterday when he finished close up to New Metford, by Rey de Oro, 36yds (3.19 4-5) 1, Nell-Volo 84yds (3.16) 2. The Riversdale horse—a son of Lee Norris (imp.)—trotted 3.21 1-5. For the purposes of comparison it may be mentioned that Worthy Queen has 3.14 1-5 against her name, Worthy Chimes 3.15 3-5, Nell Volo 3.16, Huon Voyage 3.17 3_s_all the times quoted were recorded in races.

While interesting and important racing beyond the confines of the home province is at present occupying the minds of owners and the general public it may be timely to remind nominators and trainers generally that entries for the Winton Jockey Club’s Annual gathering of the current season are due on Monday evening next (Nov. 12), at 7 o’clock with Mr L. G. de la Perrelle, Winton, P.O. Box 8, Telephone 28— Telegrams “Jockey Club, Winton.” The meeting will extend over two days— Nov. 30 and December I—and present indications points to numerically strong nomination lists.

The five-year-old mare Monanui, who accounted for the Whangarei Cup, £l5O (Um.) in 2.9 3-ssec on Thursday, has been a consistent performer on Auckland provincial courses. Her sire, Te Monanui, was by Potoa (son of Monoform) from Unity, by Lupin (imp.) from Modesty, by Tasman from Sapphira, by Leolinus from Lyra (imp.), by Thormby, an old-fashioned but stout pedigree. The Cup winner of Thursday claims as her dam Lady Patience, by Marble Arch (imp.) from Miss Patience, by Soult (St. Simon) from Chiara, by Cuirassier (brother to Trenton, by Musket) from Ouida, by Yattendon (great Australian staying line) and it can thus be understood that Monanui is another successful example of the value of the blending of the Musket—St. Simon strains in New Zealand and Australia.

. In five wins this year Windsor Lad has earned £24,902 in stake money in England, the races credited him being as under:—May 8, Chester Vase, £1605; May 16, Newmarket Stakes, £1790June 6, The Derby, £9352; August 20, Gt. Yorkshire Stakes, £1754; September 12, St. Leger £10,401. The two last-mentioned races were won after Mr Benson gave £50,000 for him. A minor placing in the Sandown Park Eclipse Stakes took Windsor Lad well past £25,000 for this year. He goes to the stud at a 400gns fee in 1936, and, allowing his life is of average length, he is sure to give his new owner. a satisfactory return, even at the high nrice he paid for him. In addition to fees for outside mares, Mr Benson has several mares of his own with which Windsor Dad will be mated ,and the progeny of most will go into the sale ring.

The New Zealand Trotting Derby Stakes, won by Gamble on Thursday last, was formerly known as the New Brighton Derby Stakes and from 1914 to 1925 the contest was conducted by the New Brighton Trotting Club and decided in the autumn. In 1925 it was taken over by the N.B.M.T.C. and raced in the spring at Addington. Two reinsmen have each won the classic on three occasions, as follows:—J. Bryce, Great Hope (1923), Taurekareka (1924), Kohara (1925), and M. Holmes, Wrackler (1928), Arethusa (1930), Ciro (1931). Three drivers have guided two winners each, viz., A. Hendricksen, Prince Akwood (1915), Peter Mac (1917); J. J. Kennerley, Acron (1923), Native Chief (1925); and M. B. Edwards, War Buoy (1933), Gamble (1934). Mr H. F. Nicoll has provided four winners, Childe Pointer, Wrackler, Arethusa and Ciro. The race has been credited to a Southlander on one occasion, when the late Mr J. Duffy’s Native Chief scored in 1925.

Sporting Blood (remarks The Dominion) has had 16 races for seven wins and six minor placings, his stake winnings being£2lso, of which he has won £1740 this season. Sporting Blood carries the same colours as Hunting Cry, being owned by Mr T. Fraser, jun., who is a sheep-farmer in the Poverty Bay district. He bred both horses, who are closely related. Each of them claims Hunting Song as his sire. Their dams, who are half-sisters, are not eligible for the New Zealand Stud Book, as their breeding cannot be traced beyond a few generations. Gazi, the dam of Sporting Blood, is by Gazeley (son of Grey Leg) from Cheddite. Natalie, the dam of Hunting Cry, is by Multifid (son of Multiform) from Cheddite. This mare Cheddite is by Soult (son of St. Simon) from Lyddite. From this point the information seems to be in some doubt. Mr Mclntosh, the trainer of Sporting Blood, thinks that Lyddite is by Tasman from Katie, by Carbineer (son of Musket), while another story credits her as by Derringer (also by Musket) from Leisure Hour, a mare who is believed to have come here from Australia about fifty years ago, but there are no records in existence to prove this or her breeding. It is a pity that the origin of the line is obscure, as the performances of Hunting Cry and Sporting Blood leave little room for doubt that their ancestress was a thoroughbred.

Hard and fast followers of the time test have sustained a severe setback during the current V.R.C. Spring fixture and they will long remember that Peter Pan accounted for the Centenary Melbourne Cup (2m.) in 3min. 40Jsec., the slowest time since Glencoe won in 3min. 42sec. in 1868. But this was not all, as in the the V.R.C. Oaks Stakes on Thursday, the South Australian filly Alinura prevailed in 2min. 52Jsec., the most sluggish tussle of the juvenile fillies since The Dauphine scored in -2min. 55sec. in 1893. However, heavy _ rains appear to have soaked the Flemington course previously, although the weather was fine on the day, and this would account for the indifferent time figures of the current week. The success of Alinura would be very pleasing in South Australia where she is owned and trained by H. Jenkins, at one time a well-known horseman in that part of the world. Last season Alinura and the colt Allenby were the two best-performed youngsters in South Australia and discussions were freely entered into as to which of the pair would prove the better galloper this season—Alinura meanwhile paid a visit to Melbourne and demonstrated the fact that she was no moderate performer. As a juvenile this season she won the Port Adelaide Guineas and went on to win the South Australian Derby, in which Allenby was one of the defeated field. Alinura returned to Melbourne recently to win again and has now set the seal on her fame by accounting for the Oaks £2OOO (l|m.). She is by King of Mirth (son of Comedy King) from Hanura, by Lanius (imp.) from Clarissa (imp.), by Cicero.

The origin of the New Zealand Trotting Derby winner at Addington on Thursday, the chestnut pacing colt Gamble, is of interest at the present juncture and may become more so as the seasons pass, as he can step speedily and stay on in the straps, while he may become useful at the stud. His sire, Jack Potts; a pacer of attractive action, was imported to New Zealand

in 1923 from U.S.A, and is returned as a son of Walter Direct from Margaret Steiner, who traces back to the noted lines of Nutwood and Brown Hal. Bred in U.S.A. the Derby winner’s dam Princess Aim, was got by Allerworthy (son of Allerton) from Myrl, by Guy Princeton from Bonnie, and she was imported to Christchurch by Messrs Young and Blake to subsequently pass into the hands of Messrs M. B. Edwards and T. C. Butcher, of Yaldhurst, and produce winners in Royal Chenault, Nobleman (Native King) and Gamble, by Jack Potts. Trained and driven in his races by M. B. Edwards Gamble attracted widespread attention to his chances in the N.Z. Derby by winning the Washdyke Trot at the recent South Canterbury Jockey Club fixture from 24yds in 3.36 and this feat, coupled with the fact that he had previously been placed second on several occasions caused him to be sent out as first selection for his classic success. In his earlier efforts the Jack Pott colt exhibited waywardness, but at Timaru he behaved soberly and came away to win comfortably and straight to the point, hence his favouritism for the N.Z. Derby, which he won by six lengths in the good time for twelve fin-longs of 3.19 4-5, as compared with the race record of 3.16 1-5 established by War Buoy (M. B. Edwards) last season— Gamble’s time is the second best on the list of a race initiated in 1914.

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-DAY. The following are the acceptances for the fourth day of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting:— 12.20 p.m. SUBURBAN HANDICAP, £2OO. One mile.

HAWKES BAY JOCKEY CLUB. ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-DAY. Following are the acceptances for the Hawkes Bay Spring meeting:— 1.0 p.m. TOMOANA HURDLES, £7O. One mile and a-half.

1.40 pan. TRIAL STAKES, £6O. Weight 8.0. Five furlongs and a-half. Potent Silage Whaddon New Bliss Chase Mercian Lady Miss Simplicity . Kentucky Song Thane Sarah Grand Silver Song Gay Dog Black Magic The Grasper 2.20 p.m. NURSERY HANDICAP, £7O. Four furlongs.

GULi! NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. MEETING OF COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of the council of the New Zealand Golf Association was held at Wellington when there were present: Sir Alexander Roberts (chairman), Messrs A. D. S. Duncan, W. E. A. Gill, E. Page, J. H. Drake and G. O. Sutton (secretary). The annual general meeting of delegates having left to the council the matter of making a grant to the funds of the New Zealand Ladies’ Golf Union, it was decided that the association offer a grant of £lOO for the current year. Correspondence was read from Mr E. Brown, captain of the Auckland Golf Club, reporting his interview with the Americans • upon their arrival at Auckland en route to Melbourne on November 2 and a letter was also received from Paul Runyan, manager of the team, expressing the team’s high appreciation of the treatment they received in Auckland and indicating that he would be able to reply by November 15 whether they would be able to make a tour of New Zealand upon their return from Melbourne.

It was unanimously resolved that the championship meeting for 1935 be held on the Shirley golf links, Christchurch.

Semper Paratus 11 2 Palatinate Sky Rover 9 9 0 0 Cottingham 10 3 Wino 9 0 Heather Glow 10 1 Vitaphone 9 0 Hounslow 10 1 Streamline 9 0 Revision 9 13 Hostile 9 0 Honest Maid 9 7 Chaste 9 0 1.0 p.m. SEYMOUR HANDICAP, £200. Seven . furlongs. Dollar Prince 8 9 Maroha 7 1 Haere Tonu 8 8 Silver Step 7 1 Colossian 8 7 Golden Dart 7 0 Quite Soon 8 0 Secret Paper 7 0 Tuirau 8 0 Consummation 7 0 Elbanor 7 6 Owlsgleam 7 0 Bella Rosa 7 3 Tunneller 7 0 Invoice 7 2 Knowledge 7 0 Madam First Course 7 0 Pompadour 7 1 1.50 p.m. MEMBERS HANDICAP, £300. Seven furlongs. Cricket Bat 8 13 Silver Streak 8 3 Red Boa 8 4 Mobile 8 0 Cranford 8 3 2.30 p.m. PIONEER HANDICAP, £250. For yearolds. Five furlongs. Silver Coat 9 1 Round Up/ 7 1 Kinnoull 8 8 Bun Fight 7 0 Penelope 7 9 Hororata 7 0 Honour’s Lad 7 5 3.10 p.m. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, £600. One mile and a-half. Vintage 9 0 Some Shamble 7 8 Gold Trail 8 9 Signaller 7 7 Polydora 8 8 Silver Sight 7 0 Red Manfred 8 8 Great Star 7 0 Davolo 8 5 Rebel Star 7 0 Sweet Agnes 8 2 Cough 7 0 Walton Park ' 7 11 Red Racer 7 0 Southdown 7 9 Nightform 7 0 Might 7 8 3.55 pun. OTAIO PLATE HANDICAP, £250. One mile and a quarter. Sea Fox 9 4 Quite Soon 7 11 Scratchmere Importance 7 11 Scar 9 4 Hunting Go 7 10 Tout le Monde 8 8 Sibella 7 8 Strong Light 8 3 Earthquake 7 8 Heather Glow 8 3 Pink Lapel 7 7 Sungem 8 2 4M p.m. STONYHURST HANDICAP, £200. One mile. Synagogue 9 5 Hostis 7 7 Tauramai 8 8 Knock Out 7 5 Wonderful 7 10 Trumpet Blast 7 5 Master Gas Mask 7 0 Reynard 7 10 5.25 p.m. CRESSY HANDICAP, , £225. One mile. Red Boa 9 3 Kemal Pasha 8 0 Synagogue 8 13 Cleaner 7 7 Ranelagh 8 13 Monastic 7 7 Sam Smith 8 11 Quietly 7 7 Rocket 8 6 Grecian Sea Fox 8 5 Prince 7 7 Gaysome Fairweather 8 8 4 1 Wise Choice 7 7

Kahunoke 10 13 Winter Sport 9 0 Anemometer 9 7 Grumpy 9 0 Heliotype Gold Ruler 9 6 9 0 Glasslough 9 0

Plato 8 5 Happy De Friend 8 Landing 8 3 Mesurina 8 5 Golden Time 8 0 Pakanul-Tortrix Blue Garter 7 10 filly 8 3 3.0 p.m. SPRING HANDICAP. £100. One mile and a quarter. Brambleton 9 0 Cuddle 7 5 Sunny Sky 8 e Chopin 7 0 Slippery 8 2 Royal Bengal 7 0 3.40 p.m. GLENARY HANDICAP, £70. One mile. Blue Boy 9 4 Arauline 7 7 Cuddle 9 1 Lady Wessex 7 7 Tres Sec 8 5 Shinanikida 7 0 Maine 8 0 Ferlea 7 0 Gold Ruler 7 12 Trackman 7 0 Hatuma 7 10 Stirred Ribbon 7 0 Sabatini 7 12 Wahine Nui 7 0 Hukemanu 7 10 Vera Lux 7 0 Flamingo 7 8 Gold Stitch 7 0 4.20 p.m. FLYING HANDICAP, £80. Six furlongs. Slippery 9 0 Stitch 7 7 Souchong 8 12 Coronilla 7 3 Cyclonic 7 11 Hest 7 0 Cawbeen 7 8 Lavina * 7 0 Cullus 7 7 5.0 p.m. LITTLE FLAXMERE HANDICAP, £70. Six furlongs. Hest 8 11 Peters Pence 7 T Dombey 8 8 Passion Lavina 8 8 Flower 7 7 Sunny Maid 8 5 Royal Hybiscus 8 2 Banquet 7 7 Maine 8 0 Flamingo 7 7 De Trop 8 0 Queens Pride 7 7 Sabatini 8 0 Royal Solo 7 5 Marsong 7 7 Black Magic 7 0