RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 22817, 17 February 1936, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

(By

Sir Modred.)

Acceptances for the first day of Winton J.C. Jubilee meeting close this evening.

Weights for the first day of Gore R.C’s. Summer fixture are published elsewhere.

Entries for the Invercargill Trotting Club’s Annual fixture are due on Wednesday.

Youngster Custos may make his next appearance in the North Island Challenge Stakes.

The Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting will be brought to a close this afternoon.

Southland-bred and owned horses won three events at- D.J.C. fixture on Saturday.

The Inter-Dominion Trotting Championships will conclude at Perth on Wednesday.

The totalisator investments at the DJ.C. Autumn meeting (two days) increased by £lO.

At Canterbury Park Trotting Club meeting on Saturday the machine returns were up £6591.

The gate receipts for the two days of the D.J.C. meeting were probably very satisfactory.

The Smuggler executed several splendid leaps in his winning essay at Wingatui.

The Grand Final of the inter-Domin-ion Trotting Championships will be over twelve furlongs.

P. T. Hogan’s youngster filly, Double Gift, raced like an improving performer on Saturday.

Several promising youngsters raced in D.J.C. Hopeful Stakes at D.J.C. fixture last week.

It may not be generally known that good pacer Ayrr.ont Chimes has blue blood.

Ayrmont Chimes is a crack pacer descending from a maternal thoroughbred blending.

Reported from the Western District that steeplechaser Quinopal is displaying soreness.

Lady Kyra, a winner at Egmont meeting, is’by Lord Warden (imp.) from Blonde.

Egmont scorer. Lady Kyra, 4yrs, was one of the first of Lord Warden’s progeny to win a race.

It will be interesting to see how steeplechaser Dunmure shapes at Winton this week.

Black Duke has now started in 212 races, a record for any horse campaigned in New Zealand.

Purchased cheaply in Gore early in his career. Black Duke is one of the enduring Balboa tribe.

His connections may not be astray in anticipating that Custos will be a successful racehorse.

Ocean Singer was defeats?, but not disgraced at Wingatui on Saturday. He may win shortly.

Lynwood’s win was not popular at Addington on Saturday—beaten to Saddle he won in harness.

Mr M. H. Dawson, originally a light harness enthusiast, now races the smart galloper Violent?.

Wild Chase dodged the whip in D.J.C. Champagne Stakes, but this may be a passing phase in his career.

Despite his defeats at D.J.C. meeting, Royal Pal may become a very useful hurdle racer.

Reported that a Southlander tried to buy Senior at the D.J.C. meeting, but there was nothing doing.

Juvenile gelding Wild Career, is by Balboa—Full Fling, by Some Boy II— Joan, by Charlemagne 11. )71 .

When he forgets to be wayward, Wild Career should prove to be a valuable racehorse.

Paper Money mare, Queen Dorothy, saw out ten furlongs well at Wingatui on Saturday.

Golden Lap ran two useful flat races at D.J.C. meeting tc encourage his education as a hurdler.

McHeath (9.6) ran a great race in D.J.C. Waihola Handicap, getting second after being left.

His many southern friends were pleased to see veteran trainer R. McKay win with Wild Career.

Plato is a smart juvenile son of Iliad —Kilteel, by Kilbroney—Cyre, by Cyrenian.

Final Bell is well at present and may win races in Southland in the near future.

Black Duke won five hurdle races at Wingatui last season and has three wins there this season.

To win eight hurdle races on one course in less than two seasons is Black Duke’s record.

Surge was unlucky at the D.J.C. meeting last week and the Tractor mare may score shortly.

Tizzy, by Silverado—Helen, is bred to stay and acted up to her pedigree last week.

Lochlaggan races for Mr A. Chisholm, a son of the breeder of a brilliant galloper.

Queen of Song was not prominent at Wingatui on Saturday, but her race was run in record time, then 9.2 had to be borne.

Mr C. E. Robertson, of Wellington, manager of Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd’s, blood stock department, was an interested onlqpker at D.J.C. Autumn meeting last week.

Starting as a 6—6 selection on Saturday, Invercargill-owned pacer Lynwood won Harewood Handicap, of £l5O, class 3.28 (ljm.) easily in the good time of 3min 19sec.

For a few strides in the run home in James Hazlett Gold Cup contest, on Saturday, Greek Shepherd held Silver Ring, then the older performer asserted his superiority.

Golden King kicked a number of his opponents at the barrier for the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap on Saturday and generally upset the harmony of the occasion.

Had it not been for limited hurdle racing support and small fields in D.J.C.

News —Prospects—Results

Champagne Stakes and James Hazlett Gold Cup, the wagering returns at Wingatui last week would have been large.

Aged gelding Blue Metal, by Paper Money, from Bo Peep, who has not been raced a great deal, is reported to be training on well as a novice steeplechaser at Dunedin J.C. headquarters.

Gore lightweight horseman, H. Phillips, was present at the D.J.C. Autumn meeting last week nursing a broken shoulder blade and other injuries. He was hurt in a training track mishap on Gore R.C. property. T, G. Pollock’s leading jockey was decidedly unfortunate in his accident, as he will be out of court for the Winton J.C. and Gore R.C. fixtures, in addition to last week’s gathering at Wingatui.

Many people present at Wingatui last week became mixed as to the ownership of Wild Career. They failed to realize that the Balboa juvenile races for his breeders, the Messrs Price, of Invercargill, who have no connection with the Messrs Price Brothers, of Waikiwi, who bred and have raced The Smuggler, Signaller, and other good horses in their family for some years past.

An Eastern District correspondent who is interested in the pedigree of the .pacer Ayrmont Chimes, a horse who has stepped faster than any other son of Four Chimes for two miles, will be interested to learn that the pupil of J. Bryce sen., is descended on the maternal side from a well-known thoroughbred strain. The dam of Ayrmont Chimes was got by Harold Rothschild, a mare tracing back to the successful Central Otago racehorse, Amulet, by Trump Card, by Traducer from Revoke.

Winner of D.J.C. Hopeful Stakes on Saturday, youngster gelding Epic, by Iliad (imp.) from Eulalie, by Absurd (imp.) from Eulogy (imp.) is a smart galloper from the stable of F. Christmas, of Riccarton. He races in the same colours as Fair Weather, a livery registered by Mr A. N. Smith, and will probably win again prior to reaching the juvenile stage. His dam is a full sister to Humbug, Epitaph and Homage, and half-sister to Pennon, Yarraldool, Commendation (fine son of Limond), Pedestal, Praise and Esteem, and it can thus be understood that he is possessed of rare galloping credentials.

Prepared by E. J. Ellis, at Washdyke, for Mi- M. McDougall, the two-year-old filly, Patricia Holm, displayed galloping ability in D.J.C. Hopeful Stakes, on Saturday, and should presently win races. Bred by Mr F. Ormond, of Hawkes Bay, she is by the Southland sire Nigger Minstrel from Conchita, by Boniform from Merry Margaret, by Bezonian (imp., and a good horse) from Margarethe, by Birkenhead (imp.) from Chant, by The Officer from Lullaby, by Apremont (imp.) from Hammock (imp.) Not yet fully developed, the daughter of Nigger Minstrel galloped fast over the early stages of her race in pursuit of the seasoned and alert gelding Epic, who got away well and was kept up to the collar all the way by C. T. Wilson to score by a wide margin.

There would have been joy in Otago, particularly in South Dunedin, had Latitude succeeded in winning the Waihola Handicap (Um.) at Wingatui on Saturday, instead of finishing close up third, as he is owned by his breeder one of the veteran and most enthusiastic sportsmen of the south in Mr W. Crossan. A six-year-old gelding, who has been very lightly raced, and now trained by H. Nurse, of Riccarton, Latitude is by Polazel (imp. son of Polymelus) from Similitude, by Kilbroney from Parable (winner of Dunedin Cup in 1912 for Mr Crossan), by Merriwee (Bill of Portland—Trenton mare) from Palaver, by Apremont from Flatter, by St. George from Flattery, by Traducer from Miss Flat (good matron). Latitude, who is very stoutly bred, was a sluggish galloper during his early career and by many critics pronounced a failure, but patience and perseverance at Wingatui brought about improvement, and eventually he was handed over to H. Nurse to prepare. The son of Polazel may yet make good as a stayer. ON WINTON TRACKS SATURDAY MORNING’S WORK. DUNMURE IN FORWARD ORDER. (Special to the Times.) Winton, February 15. Some useful trials were witnessed at training headquarters at Winton on Saturday morning, when several candidates for the local club’s forthcoming Jubilee meeting were worked. The main course was in use. Gay Boa (T. Pemberton), Miss Winston (B. Shand) and Pandine (J. Morton), a trio of novice ’chasers, were sent over four fences of the steeplechase course, and although all jumped high, their display was a pleasing one. The trio appeared to raise the dust at the sod wall, but the remaining fences were negotiated in good style, Miss Winston doing particularly well. Colon (Pemberton) and Pandine (R. McCann) jumped off at the five furlong peg, and after running the first two in 26 1-5 Pandine was first to the wire in 1.5 4-5. A good gallop was witnessed when Trisox (Pemberton) and Henry Dawson (McCann) were sent over a mile. Henry Dawson tore away to put up a big break on the Panmure gelding, and carve out the first two in 25 3-5 and just breaking 51sec for the half. Henry Dawson stayed on much better than many thought he was capable of, and although Trisox finished with a great run, Henry Dawson prevailed by half a length, in 1.45 3-5. Trisox looks particularly well while Henry Dawson has been galloping very resolutely. Ngahue did strong work on the plough, while Money Mine was not sent out at all. The latter is a doubtful starter next week. Cracked heels have troubled the Paper Money gelding, and H. Morton considers it will not be wise to send him to the post.

The Stalker is reported to be training on satisfactorily at Heddon Bush. He will be ridden on the second day of the meeting by T. Boyle. It was stated at the track this morning that Rotowai was an unlikely starter, while Quinopal had been sore in his work.

Dunmure and Shilleleagh Wood put in an appearance later in the morning. Last year’s Western winner is in great order and appears to have done a good deal of work. Shilleleagh Wood is also in great heart. Each, with V. Langford up, were sent over four fences of the steeplechase course on their own. Shilleleagh Wood gave a very finished display, not making the semblance of a mistake at any stage. Dunmure needed no introduction to the fences, and he also jumped well, if high at times. The pair later worked over a mile on the plough, and accomplished this in a pleasing manner, being under a strong hold all the way. It is likely that Dunmure will line up on the opening day, while Shilleleagh Wood will more than likely be the stable representative oh the Saturday, but nothing has 1 yet been definitely decided in this direction.