RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 22992, 11 September 1936, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News —Prospects—Results

Elacing. September 12—Wanganui J.C. September 19—Ashburton County B.C. September 19—Foxton R.C. , September 19. 21—Avondale J.C. September 24. 26—Geraldine R.C. September 26—Marton J.C. . . September 26—Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. » „ _ September 26—Napier Park R.C. Trotting. . September 12—Wellington T.C. October 3—Methven T.C. October 19—New Brighton T.C. October 17—Waikato T.C. October 17. 19—Westport T.C. October 24. 26—Auckland T.C. October 24, 26—Greymouth T.C. October 26— Manawatu T.C. October 26—Oamaru T.C. October 31—Wellington T.C. November 10. 12. 13- N.Z. Metropolitan T.C (By The Curragh.) Mayam has done well for R. McLellan since being brought in from his spell. F. Voight has Patriot looking well and in good order to stand up to hard work. The Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting will be held at Hutt Park to-mor-row. When Fersen won last week he gave H. Gray his first winner as a trainer since being re-licensed. Expedition is suggested by “Sentinal” as a suitable name for the Balboa— Celerity II two-year-old. The pacer Bonnie Azure is sure to have a large following at Wellington to-morrow as she is well forward. At latest advice the track at Hutt Park is in good order foi' the Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting. It is reported that Wild Chase has gone sore in a knee and may not run in the Wanganui Guineas. Stormy weather has given the tracks at Riccarton a further setback and the sand circuit is in great demand. The death is announced of Mr H. A. Hollamby, secretary for many years to the Beaumont Racing Club. Brevity was schooled over the hurdles at Riccarton during the week and gave a good display. Golden King is the only Wingatuitrained horse engaged in this year’s New Zealand Cup. Lucy Locket recently slipped twin foals to the Mataura sire Philamor. She will visit him again this season. The two-year-old filly by Balboa— Glentruin’s daughter, has been named Balbriggan. Vitaphone and Redolent were schooled over the hurdles at Riccarton on Tuesday. Both went well and are in good order for immediate engagements. The Wanganui Guineas candidate, Gallio, galloped a good six furlongs with Jonathan at Te Awamutu on Saturday morning. The Buzzer, who won the maiden race at Wanganui yesterday, claims an engagement in the Guineas on Saturday. He is a colt by The Buzzard from Eastern Belle. Mr J. McCarton, the Hawke’s Bay owner, has had the bad luck to lose the services of Shu, who broke down badly a few days ago. The trouble is stated to be in the suspensoi-y ligament, so the horse is unlikely to race again.’ Mr E. Montgomery, of Auckland, has decided to scratch Silver Jubilee for his engagements at the Australian Jockey Club’s spring meeting following advice from F. McGrath of the horse’s recent condition. Bold Blood, who survived the final forfeit for the Wanganui Guineas, is a brother to Sporting Blood. He was not paid up for in the Maiden Race, so may not be on hand for the Guineas on Saturday. After showing useful form on the West Coast, Solario was sent to Addington to be trained by V. Leeming, but last week he showed signs of lameness, and was returned to his owner. Feldspar, one of the best three-year-olds in Australia last season, has again failed to stand a preparation, and will not run in any races during the spring. He has been withdrawn from all spring engagements, and will be spelled until placed in work for autumn racing. Philario, the promising three-year-old in M. B. Edwards’s stable, and owned by the Hon G. R. Hunter, was operated on recently for splint trouble, and is having a spell from training. Philario is a fine stamp of pacer, and is likely to prove a good winner for the Yaldhurst stable. Great Chenault has been put back into work again at New Brighton under G. Caddy after a spell, during which he was blistered, and it is hoped that he will survive a preparation. He has not raced for a long time, and he has gone amiss too often to be supported with confidence. Very satisfactory entries were received for the Foxton Racing Club’s spring meeting to be held on Saturday week. The field in the Carnarvon Gold Cup contains several New Zealand Cup horses and Hazoor is another Riccarton candidate engaged over seven furlongs. Willow Wave is set to give away 60 yards in the Bollard Memorial Handicap at Hutt Park, and if he could be depended upon to begin correctly he would take a lot of beating. Any dwelling on the mark, however, will obliterate his chances against such speedy performers as Grace McElwyn, Bonny Azure, and Francis Lincoln. D. Cotton has recently received two additions to his team. One is a two-year-old half-brother by Philamor to Grey Honour and Honour’s Lass, and, like them, was bred and is owned by Mr J. Munro. The youngster will race as Chit Chat. The other is a two-year-old by Robespierre, owned by Messrs Nelson, of Christchurch. One of the fancied horses for the Hutt Park Trial Handicap may be Reno, who is on a 3.40 mark. Lart season he won at Hawera in 3min 29 3-ssec, and was second in 3min 26 2-5 sec. Reno is a five-year-old mare by Jack Potts from Film Star, by Pedro Pronto —Alone, by Wildwood Junior— Navaho, by Rothschild from a mare by the thoroughbred horse Perkin Warbeck. Alone is also the dam of Lone Derby, Blondie and Pedro Pronto. The six-year-old gelding Village Guy has improved considerably in stamina during the past year. He was successful in a two mile race in soft ground at Addington in August and was superior to his opponents under similar conditions on Saturday. He was a high-class two-year-old. He ran second to War Buoy in the New Zealand Sap-

ling Stakes in 1933, and the patient policy adopted with him since then is going to richly reward his owner, Mr B. Grice.

Cyrillian, runner-up in the Park Stakes at the Canterbury meeting in Sydney on Saturday, is Mr H. D. Greenwood’s three-ycar-old filly by Iliad from Cymene, the dam of Cylinder and Cypress. Stalin, who beat her, is a brown colt by Chief Ruler from Rosellate, thus a brother to Tenterden. Stalin was bred at Westmere and is raced by Mr Ezra Norton, of Sydney, who secured him for 300gns. at the National sales.

It is stated that the committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club offered the Otago Hunt Club a guarantee up to £lOO against loss not to race at Wingatui on September 5. The Otago Hunt Club, however, decided to carry on, with the result that the track received considerable chopping up. It is understood that a profit of over £lOO was made over the meeting, but the Dunedin Jockey Club will be put to considerable expense and trouble to get the course back into good order for the spring meeting. The track will probably require the holes to be filled and tamped by manual labour, as it would be impossible to level the surface by rolling. Fortunately, sufficient time exists before the spring meeting to do the necessary work and bring the going into good order again.—“ Sentinel.”

A remarkable effort was witnessed during training operations at Ellerslie on Saturday morning. Versant, ridden by his trainer, G. Holland, went out to work over six furlongs on the No. 3 grass track. However, on reaching this track Versant swerved and ran into one of the poles that mark the distance which horses have to keep from the rails, so that the same ground will not be continually used. His rider was unseated, and Versant went away from the six-furlong post and completed the gallop in 1.28 1-5. He did his work just as though a rider was aboard him, increasing his speed at the three furlong post to run home from that disc in 41 3-5. On completion he steadily slowed down, pulled up, and trotted back to the pathway that gives access to the track. His trainer, who had walked back to that point, called out to Versant, who trotted right back to him. He was remounted, and did pace work over a round of the sand track. It'was a great example of equine intelligence. In Melbourne discussions on spring events On August 3.1 the frequent mention of Sithon made him a clear favourite for the Caulfield Cup. Sithon was coupled with the Caledon colt, Plutus, for more than £30,000 in the two cups double, while Desert Chief-Plutus was written to the extent of £lO,OOO. Desert Chief advanced considerably in Caulfield Cup request. Following his Warwick Farm victory, Gold Rod is once more on the top line on Melbourne Cup quotations, but Talking, another winner at the Farm, is not far behind him. Following is the main order of Cup preference:— Caulfield Cup. Sithon. Donaster, Pamelus. Desert Chief, Regular Bachelor. Allunga, Cuddle, Golden Promise, Oratory, Sporting Blood. Young Idea, Balkan Pince, Kinnoull, Petit Fils, The Wizard. Spear Prince, Conandale, Egmond, One Whetu, Peerage, Panax. Melbourne Cup. Gold Rod. Sylvandale, Allendale, Allunga, Silver Ring. Contact, Marabou, Sarcherie, Tonga, Sithon, Plutus. Shakespeare, Amalia, Apollo, Peerage, Sporting Blood, Wykeham. WINTON T.C. z Annual Meeting Of Members At the annual meeting of the Winton Trotting Club the retiring president (Mr Adam Baird) presided over an attendance of about 40 members. The chairman referred to the deaths of Mr P. A. de la Perrelle and Mr M. Kean. Mr Baird said that another successful year had been experienced, the finances showing an improvement. The racing at the annual fixture had been of a high standard. Returns from various sources had shown an improvement. The gate returns showed an increase of £3B 17/6, nomination and acceptance fees £2O 10/-, and the totalisator turnover £424. A profit of £240 had been shown on the year’s activities and this was most satisfactory. During the past season the rebate had been increased to two and a-half per cent, and this practically represented the profit of the year. It took a large amount to run a one day meeting, but at the present time the club, with a credit balance of £926, was in a sound financial position. Mr Baird said that the Gore, Wyndham and Winton trotting clubs gave the best stakes for one-day meetings in New Zealand. It looked as though in the dying hours of Parliament a Gaming Bill might be brought down, and if this happened it was hoped that each of these clubs would receive an extra permit for a further’s day’s racing. The taxation paid by these clubs justified an additional permit. “At the present time Southland is recognized as second only to Canterbury in the breeding of light harness horses,” he said, “but it is a question, if in time, we cannot breed horses with more stamina than those from Canterbury. Although the club has a good credit balance at the present time, I think it would be unwise to increase the stakes to more than £llOO for the new year. The view has been expressed, and it is a very commendable one, that we should give all we can afford back to the owners. In view, however, of a further day’s racing, we want to have a reasonable balance to begin with.” Mr Baird did not seek re-election. The motion was seconded by Mr F. Legat and carried. The election of office-bearers for the ensuing year- resulted as follows: President, Mr J. O’Shannessy; vice presidents, Messrs F. Legat and W. G. Clark; committee, Messrs J. F. Hamilton, R. Norman, M. Forde, H. Earl, F. Malcolm, C. Hughes and J. Ryan; auditors, Messrs O. A. B. Smith and D. Wildey. Mr O’Shannessy said that for the past two or three years Mr F. Legat had acted as starter to the club in an honorary capacity, and all had realized the efficiency of his work. He presented Mr Legat with a gold watch chain with an inscribed medal. Seventeen new members were proposed. Reference was made to the lengthy service given by three members, Messrs A. Baird, T. Cosgrove and W. Norman, and it was unanimously decided that they should be elected life members.