RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23128, 19 February 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News—Prospects—Results

Racing February 19, 20—Winton J.C February 20—Tolaga Bay J.C. February 20. 22—Waikato R.C February 20, 22.—Woodville J.C. February 26. 27—Gore R.C. February 27—Waiapu R.C. February 27—Opunake R.C. February 27. March I—Te Aroha J.C. March 4, 6—Napier Park R.C. - March 6—Hanks Peninsula R.C. March 6—Franklin R.C. March 6—Rangltlkel R.C. March 12. 13—Crorrwell J.C March 11. 13— Wellington R.C... March 13—Birchwood Hunt Club. March 13. 17—Ohlnemuri J.C. March 19. 20—Pahictua R.C. March 20—Stratford R.C. March 20—Otautau R.C. March 20. 22—Westport J.C. March 20, 22—Bay of Plenty J.C. March 27—Greymouth J.C. March 27—Tuapega County J.C. March 27, 29—Auckland R.C. March 27. 29—Feiiding J.C. March 27, 29—Walrarapa R.C. March 27. 29. 30—Riverton R.C. March 29—Beaumont R.C. March 29—Walpukurau J.C. March 29 —Kumara R.C. March 29, 30—Canterbury J.C. Trotting February 20—New Brighton T.C. February 26—Marlborough T.C. February 27—Kaikoura T.C. February 27—Roxburgh T.C. March 5. 6—lnvercargill T.C. March 6—Wellington T.C. March 13—Wanganui T.C. March 13—Timaru T.C. March 17—Wyndham T.C. March 20—Cheviot T.C. March- 20—Wanganui T.C. March 27. 29—Hawera T.C March 27. 31— NZ Metropolitan T.C. (By The Curragh) TTie Winton Jockey Club’s meeting will open at 12.30 p.m. today. Handicaps for the second day of the Winton meeting will be declared at 8 p.m. today. Acceptances close at 9 p.m. Nominations for the Birchwood Hunt Club’s annual meeting will close on Tuesday. Acceptances for the first day of the Gore Racing Club’s summer meeting will close at 5 p.m. on Monday. Nominations for the Invercargill Trotting Club’s annual meeting are due on Tuesday.

A special train will leave Invercargill at 11 a.m. today for the Winton races.

Because of the Gore Racing Club’s meeting on Friday, February 26, the Wyndham Trotting Club has decided to extend the date for the closing of nominations to March 1 at 5 p.m.

Training operations at Invercargill yesterday were hampered by heavy showers. The outside of the course proper was open for fast work, but die going was so heavy that little use was made of it.

Cottingham is to be taken in hand again by H. Nurse at an early date. He has not raced for over 12 months.

Southland-trained horses have won the last four hurdle races at Wingatui—namely, Blazon (2), Royal Saxon and Golden Lap.

The Timaru Herald says: “It is understood that the owners of Davolo and Willie Win agreed not to raise the question whether these horses were liable to a rehandicap for the first day of the Dunedin meeting.”

The New Zealand TVotting Association last week removed the life dis-

Qualification imposed in 1924 on Walter ■ Cameron. Hie. applicant was one of those alleged to be involved'in the ring-ing-in of the pacer “Kingsdale” (The Dingo) in Southland.

Writing in The Sydney Referee, C. J. Graves says: “Queen of Song’s 8.11 in the Australian Cup is an invitation to visit Victoria for the autumn carnival. This good New Zealand mare was beaten only a neck for third in the Melbourne Cup with 8.6 in record time, and won the Fisher Plate, w.f.a., at Flemington.

Nobody was more impressed with the quality of Australian pacers than the New Zealanders, Messrs J. R. McKenzie and D. F. Glanville, who represented New Zealand on the Australian Trotting Conference, held in conjunction with the championships, says an Australian paper. Mr McKenzie said that the best horses in New Zealand would find it hard to compete ' with the horses that won their way into the final of the championships, and he doubted whether many would succeed under the conditions that exist at Wayville.

At a meeting of the Riverton centenary directors held last week a letter was received from the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) advising that the loss incurred in the Clifden Racing Club’s meeting at Riverton had been noted and would receive consideration in due course (writes “St. Clair” in The Evening Star). In reply to a question why the race meeting had been held when all the other centenary functions had been held over, Mr E. B. Patrick replied that an agreement had been made with the Clifden Racing Club to hold a race meeting on January 13. 1937, but no reference had been made to holding the function during the Riverton centenary celebrations- The date only had been fixed.

Monastic had his first schooling since being recommissioned when he jumped the two brush hurdles twice on Tuesday morning (says The Press). He was ridden by R. K. Smith, who is now attached to C. C. McMcCarthy’s stable, and he acquitted himself well. Monastic is to contest the brush hurdle races at Easter, after which he will return to steeplechasing.

Thurina, who has just concluded a spell of two months, has resumed work in Mrs J. Campbell’s team at Riccarton (says The Press). He is carrying plenty of condition and looks remarkably well as the result of the hacking about and the easy time he has had generally since the National meeting. Silver Step has also rejoined the same team after an absence of about two years. He has filled out considerably since he was previously at Riccarton, and is much more robustlooking than formerly. Now a six-year-old, Silver Step has done practically only one season’s racing and has finished fourth on nine occasions in 13 starts.

Jolly Beggar has completed plenty of solid work lately and he will be in forward order for important engagements toward the end of the season (says The Press). R. Beale, who won the Grand National Hurdle Race on him last August, will ride him throughout his approaching campaign.

The success of Dan’s Son in the inter-Dominion trotting championships at Adelaide was a triumph for Mr Ben Coram, a dairy man at Moorabbin, Victoria. Without any intention of buying a horse, Mr Coram walked into a sale ring in Melbourne, when only 10

guineas was bid for Dan’s Son, advanced the bid one guinea and secured him. A professional trainer rejected Dan’s Son and Coram has succeeded beyond all his expectations with the horse, who has won more than £2OOO in four years. Coram admits that he has a lot to learn about trotting. He actually experimented with his champion, shortening his hopples two holes and changing his shoes the day before the race.

Palady has resumed work at Riccarton after a short spell, which became necessary when he was galloped on m the Midsummer Handicap. He is all right again, and he will be got ready for autumn racing.

Horsepower, winner of the North Island Trotting Challenge Cup, is a sturdy chestnut gelding by Jack Potts from Free Advice, a great pacer by Blue Mountain King from Intaglio, by Logan Pointer —Cameos (dam of Onyx), by Galindo —Thelma. Horsepower is owned by Mr G. Rosenbaum, who bought Free Advice at the conclusion of her racing career from Mr G. J. Barton. It is rumoured that £lOOO was offered for Horsepower.

Three brood mares—Showland, Chief Star, and Money Mart—were bought at the January sales on behalf of Mr C. A Haigh, Balcrest Stud, . Victoria. Snowland, by Kilbroney, produced two useful performers in Arctic Star and Arctic King. Chief. Star is by Chief Ruler and a half-sister to Star Stranger and Star God. Money Mart is by Paper Money from Martia, and, therefore, half-sister to Enthusiasm, Joculator and Cherry Mart.

Great Hope showed on the Taranaki circuit, where he won three races, that he is an improved galloper (writes “The Watcher”) in The Dominion. He did not have anything in hand to beat Maestro at the finish of his race at Hawera on Saturday, but he was badly hampered by the greasy track, otherwise he would probably have won much more comfortably. After this race it was decided to keep The Bigot in his box, as he is no good except on top of the ground.

Wotan did not run at Hawera, but there is nothing wrong with him, and he made a public appearance in a trial gallop each day. His scratching from the Australian Cup means that he is not going to Melbourne, but all going well he will be raced in Sydney. His stable-mate Le Grand would have gone to Melbourne had space been available. This well-bred gelding is racing solidly now and was very unlucky on the Taranaki circuit, especially on Saturday.

Because of a slight rick received while competing at the Takapuna fixture, Mazir was an absentee from the Te Aroha tracks for a week or two. He has rejoined the workers, when it was seen that he had freshened up nicely and since then he has registered gallops which show he has not been detrimentally affected by the respite.

Though Entail has not been on the tracks since the Wanganui meeting he has been given plenty of work on the roads and sandhills. This course of treatment might benefit the son of Posterity, as he does not stand up to much galloping. If he shapes well on the tracks this week he will be taken to Te Aroha in company with Spiral Spiral failed to run into a place in the Taranaki and Egmont Cups, but the son of Limond thrives on racing, and he should be in great order for the trip to Te Aroha, where he is to contest the Herries Memorial Cup.

The “rule under which P. T. Hogan was called‘ upon to make a declaration at Dunedin about Queen of Song, sets out that the person entering a horse for any race may be called upon by the stewards or committee of the club to declare the name of the owner or the names of all persons interested, directly or indirectly, in the horse or the horse’s stake earnings, and if such person fails to prove to the satisfaction of the stewards or committee that the declaration is true in every particular they may declare the entry or entries of such horse to be invalid, the money paid for such entry to be forfeited to the club, and the sweepstake (if any) to be forfeited to the race or races in which the horse is entered.

Every previous Australian trotting attendance record was shattered at Wayville Oval, Adelaide, last Saturday night, when 45,000 people saw Dan’s Son, the Victorian pacer, win the Grand Final of the Inter-Dominion Cham-

pionship by half a head, after a thrilling last lap battle with the South Australian idol, Wrinkle, writes “Direct” in The Melbourne Globe of February 10. Joy’s John, who made a sensational bid for victory in the straight, was a head away third. Better horses than competed at the first series of the championships in Perth the year before and first-class driving and racing indicated a prosperous future for trotting in Australia and New Zealand. Next year New Zealand will stage the championships, and it is likely that the stakes will be at least £6OOO. The prize money in Adelaide was £4250, an advance of £250 on Perth. The Adelaide carnival showed clearly how far Victoria and New South Wales, formerly the home of trotting in Australia, are lagging behind Western Australia and South Australia, because the law debars night racing. But such grand spectacles as were provided in Perth and Adelaide will eventually force public opinion to demand night trotting in those States that now forbid it.

THE ASHBURTON COUNTY R.C.

JOHN GRIGG STAKES Eighteen entries have been received for the John Grigg Stakes, the two-year-old classic event, of four furlongs, for £3OO, to be run at the Ashburton County Racing Club’s spring meeting on September 18. The entries are as follows: — . _ . „ O. F. Watson’s ch c. by Colossus—Shuffler. J. Beattie’s br c, by Selgfrled—Arbitration. Dr M. G. Loulsson’s ch c, by Defoe—Misgovern. Dr M. G. Loulsson’s ch f, by Hoylake— Royal Baby. F. Holmes’s b f, by Nightmarch—Matty, Carling. R. Ellis's ch f. by Winning Hit—Flnora. T. E. Pankhurst’s br-f, by Pink Coat—Tray Bond. Sir Charles CUfford's b c Godfrey, by Mag-nus-Winsome Hind. Sir Charles Clifford’s b f Wild Talk, by Winning Hit—Babel. Sir Charles Clifford’s b g Scuffle, by Winning Hit—Scrimmage. Sir Charles Clifford’s ch f, Great Flight, by Magnus—Swoopalong. Sir Charles Clifford’s b f Good Passage, by Winning Hit—Fast Passage. H. Rigby’s b f. by Nightmarch—Sky Lass. C. J. Walsh’s br g Gallant Prince, by Dolomite—Fairy Tidings. G. R. Macdonald’s b c, by Lord Warden— Eulalie. D. M. Tweedie’s ch f, by Lord Warden— Francolin. E. D. Robinson’s ch c Gay Lover, by Philamor—Bon Rose. —. Saxon’s by British Empire— Melleray.

WINTON J.C.

FIELDS FOR TODAY PROSPECTS REVIEWED The Winton Jockey Club’s annual meeting will open today and conclude tomorrow. The fields are strong ana the racing should be keen. The track is certain to be on the soft side, but it has not been used for galloping on the rails recently. , , The win and place system of betting will be in operation. Special arrangements have been made by the Railway Department The acceptances are as follows:—

There are 14 acceptors for the Novice Stakes, but Western Song is not a likely runner. Ardmayle has a private reputation and Golden Song, Jollyanna, King Willow, Mona’s Song, Soliad and Tautau Maid will have a following. Betting will probably be widespread. The fancies may be:— King Willow Golden Song Jollyanna

1.10 p.m. OTAPIRI TROT HANDICAP (Hamess). £ll5. Class 3.43. One mile and a-half.

A big field is engaged in the Otapiri Trot, and here again a favourite may be hard to find. There are several promising maiden performers engaged, and among them may be mentioned, Coherto, Sunny Drive, Gold Streak, Bonny Brydone, Prince Charles and Capricorn. Dolores Silk has to give the field a start, but a repetition of her form in the Tapanui Trot would find her troublesome. The fancies may be:— Sunny Drive—Bonny Brydone bracket Coherto Dolores Silk

1.50 p.m. _ WINTON CUP HANDICAP. £lB5 10/-. One

The Winton Cup has attracted an excellent field, and it should be a fine race. Trivet won this event last year, but he does not handle a heavy track too well Golden Dart was running on strongly when he won at Wingatui, and should race well here. Grand Finale is rather spasmodic, but Amy Johnson ran well at Wingatui. Ocean Singer may not be quite at his best, and of the others Ashaway may. be the best The main fancies may be:—

Golden Dart Any Johnson Ashaway

The Flying Handicap has drawn the smallest field of the day, but it should be a good race. Recent form points to Silk Paper being a warm fancy. Rebel Chief, apparently does not handle the heavy going too well, but All Humbug should give a good account of himself. Beam is not without prospects and neither.is Moneyless, but the fancies may be:— Silk Paper Beam All Humbug

3.10 pjn. WINTON STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, £l2O. Two miles and a-half.

Eight entrants are likely to parade for the Steeplechase, and, as usual, this type of event is likely to attract a good deal of interest Rea Lance may need a race, but Trisox should give a good account of himself, provided he can handle the going. Blazon is well and Faculties should be improved by his Wairio outing. Gay Boa is an improving sort and the fancies may be:— Faculties Trisox Blazon

Some smart hacks have accepted for the' Barkly Handicap and the favourite is likely to be Rodeur. Island Linnet is well, and so are Golden Vision and Red Treasure. Corban has been galloping well on the tracks, and the public may declare for:—

Rodeur Corban Island Linnet

4.30 p.m. HOKONUI TIME TROT (Hamess), £ll5.

The acceptors for the Hokonui Trot are a good lot, and there may be an upset. The favourite is difficult to select, but fancied runners may be:— Mountain Lad—Grand Meteor bracket Walter Gay Embark

5.10 p.m. TRADESMEN’S HANDICAP, £l2O. One

The racing concludes with the Tradesmen’s Handicap and there is little doubt that Linguist will be the favourite, having won at his last four starts. Wall Street is not far from his best, and Half Note will have a following. Grand Finale may do best of the others, and the fancies may be:— Linguist Wall Street Grand Finale VISITORS ON SCENE STATE OF THE TRACKS (By Stopwatch) WINTON, February 18. Although the sun broke through at times, boisterous weather, as has been the case for the past week prevailed at Winton yesterday, rain falling at intervals throughout the day. The Winton J.C. committee was hopeful however, of the weather taking up, as it promised at different times.

The tracks naturally are heavy. The

rails of the main course have not been in use for a week, practically all work being carried out on the extreme outside. In spite of the amount of rain which has fallen, the course proper is not as heavy as many may consider it. The heavy sole of grass it is carrying will prevent it cutting up really badly. A great deal will depend on the weather this evening and Friday morning to ascertain the actual state of the course. During the week several horses have been given barrier practice when this week’s starter Mr F. Legat was present. The barrier in use will be a single strand which flies across the track, and the manner in which it has acted in recent trials, indicates that it is likely to work very satisfactorily. Mr Legat is well known as a trotting starter, but this will be the first occasion he has officiated at a galloping fixture. R. McCann will ride The Jeweller and Tautau Maid; J. Taylor, Jollyanna; B. Shand, Possum and W. Shand, Calamure.

V. Langford will ride Trisox in the Winton steeplechase tomorrow and if the Panmure ’chaser starts on -Saturday he will also be on top. It is more than likely that Trisox will be produced only once at the meeting. Faculties and Black Banner

It was stated yesterday that R. Beale would ride Faculties and A. J. Peart would be on Black Banner. Neither of P. Boyle’s ’chasers were brought in to be schooled during the week and it is probable that the pair were schooled at Heddon Bush. Judging by his Wairio display Faculties is going to make his presence felt, but whether he will handle the going may be another question. However, a number of Panmure’s stock have raced well under similar conditions, Dunmure being one who appreciated such a track. The extreme outside of the main course was opened yesterday morning and a number of horses were galloped. It was difficult, however, to get a line on the actual merit of their efforts. The Jeweller (M. Caddy) and Jollyanna (R. McCann) jumped off together from about the four and a-half furlong peg, to cover four furlongs in 54 3-ssec. Jollyanna just shaded her mate at the finish and neither appeared to be greatly troubled by the going. Jollyanna has done well of late. The Woodend —Kilmeedy mare (J. Morton) had a break on Tautau Maid (McCann) when they ran half a-mile in 57sec. Tautau Maid came home on her own and considering she was a couple of lengths to the bad at the start it was a useful effort The manner in which she revelled in the going pleased most of all, however. Gay Boa (B. Langford) and Obligement (N. Kitto) were at top in passing the three-quarter peg in a six furlong bout in Imin 28 4-ssec, three in 43sec and five in lmin 15sec. The pair finished on terms but Gay Boa was doing the better. A number of horses arrived on Wednesday. Ilythia, Golden Vision, Silver Lark and Song Boy were in charge of J. Ross. Ilythia is not engaged the first day and if not produced on the second day will probably appear at Gore. Others to arrive were Rebel Chief, Trivet, Red Lance, Grand Finale, Golden Dart, Fairway and Toreador. A Likely Novice

It is more than likely that in Trisox, F. Langford will provide the favourite for the Winton steeplechase on Friday, but there are other Richmonds in the probable field of eight starters to mention Gay Boa, Faculties and Pandine. Not the least of this number may prove to be Gay Boa, who races in the livery of the trainer of Trisox on lease. Gay Boa may not be favoured to the same extent of his more experienced stablemate, but a difference of almost two stone in favour of the novice ’chaser may result in him showing out to advantage. Last winter Gay Boa won a hunters’ flat in a light season’s racing, and is not likely to be troubled by the going. He has done more schooling than most novices and has shown himself to be endowed with all the jumping ability of the Balboas while as a good stayer he follows the majority of tiie stock of his sire. Gay Boa schooled over the steeplechase course earlier in the week and gave a very satisfactory showing, and on the strength of this display he can be expected to be on hand at the end of a solidly run two and ahalf mile journey. Langford has been capable of producing ’cross country winners for various patrons of his stable, and a success in his own colours would be well received.

The following horses on the Winton, card will be bracketed today: Otapiri Trot, Sunny Drive and Bonnie Brydone; Hokonui Trot, Grand Meteor and Mountain Lad; Winton Steeplechase, Pandine and Gay Boa; Flying Handicap, Niggerhead and AU Humbug. Pandine and Gay Boa were schooled over the steeplechase country earlier in- the week and both performed well. Pandine was always in the van and gave a first class display of fast and clever jumping. He is an outstanding jumper for a novice, but he has yet to be tried over a long and trying two and a-half mile journey. By Panmure and Balboa respectively, Pandine and Gay Boa are half-relatives.

Owing to ricking herself earlier in the week, Miss Winston has had to be eased in her work, and it is on the cards that she will not be produced at the meeting. By Wednesday morning the Tractor mare had improved somewhat:, but when sent out to be exercised she was favouring a hind-leg still, and her trainer decided not to work her. Providing she has trown off this minor ailment and is able to be given a gallop on Friday morning, she may line up on Saturday, but she is likely to be better favoured by events later in the year. The going this week is likely to suit Miss Winston down to the ground, while she has come on nicely in her work of late. Had her preparation not been interrupted she would have had to be reckoned with on Saturday. Yesterday she was galloped under a good hold.

Calamure did strong work on the inside grass on Wednesday morning and acquitted herself well under the heavy conditions. Trotting Section The two-year-old Worthy Bond gelding out of a Wrack mare, in F. Langford’s stable will race under the name of Royal Bond. Edith Grattan who had made good progress in her work in recent weeks developed a splint and was not paid up for, the first day of the Winton meeting. Silver Laddie under the charge of F. Johnson arrived at Winton on Wednesday evening. It is likely that a number of pacers engaged today and on Saturday will be short of work as very little fast work has been able to be attempted during the past week. The state of the going on the outside has been such that trainers have not attempted to send their horses along. The manner in which she handled the heavy track yesterday morning said a good deal for F. Langford’s Wrack filly, Fortunate. She may not be forward enough on Saturday to be given much chance, but she is a promising youngster. Pola Negri was sent over a mile and a-quarter in saddle but the Happy Voyage pony was all at sea. Picotee has done little hoppled work of late and this is certain to jeopardise his chance.

RUGBY FOOTBALL RESULTS OF COUNTY MATCHES LONDON, February 17. Rugby Union County matches resulted:—Devonshire v. Middlesex, 7—9; Berkshire v. Surrey, o—9.

12.30 D.m. NOVICE STAKES, £100. Six furlongs Ardmayle 8 0 King Willow 8 0 Black Earl 8 0 Mona’s Song 8 0 Bow Street 8 0 Solaid 8 0 British Star 8 0 Tautau Maid 8 0 Calamure 8 0 The Jeweller 8 0 Golden Song 8 0 Verdure 8 0 Jollyanna 8 0 Western Song 8 0

Coherto It Abel It Gracious It Prince Charles It Lady Ita It Braemar Queen It Labour Chimes It Capricorn It Blue Spot Sunny Drive It It Waltemata Sinara It It Gold Streak It yds Dna Bonny Brydone Dazzling Sun It It Dolores Slue

mile and a-quarter. Trivet 8 8 Toreador 7 10 Golden Dart 8 5 Wild Career 7 8 Grand Finale 8 3 Ashaway 7 8 Amy Johnson 8 2 Cleaner 7 7 Fairway 8 0 Song Boy . 7 7 Ocean Singer 7 13

2.33 nan. £120. Six FLYING HANDICAP. furlongs. Rebel Chief 8 13 Beam 7 10 Silk Paper 8 1 Song Boy 7 8 Silver Lark 8 1 Moneyless 7 7 AU Humbug 7 12 Niggerhead 7 7

Red Lance 11 1 Mayam 9 5 Trisox 10 13 Possum 9 2 Blazon 10 6 Gay Boa 9 0 Black Banner 9 7 Pandine 9 0 Faculties 9 5

3.50 p.m. BARKLY HANDICAP. £115. Six furlongs. Island Linnet 9 2 Coat of Arms 7 13 Jack Ahoy 8 9 Roseman 7 10 Rodeur 8 8 Corban 7 9 Golden Vision 8 8 Paia Melba 7 7 Bay Biddy 8 7 The Jeweller 7 7 Red Treasure 8 0

Class 3.39. One mile and a-half. Vinola It Guywin 12 Grand Meteor It Silver Laddie 12 Chevalier It Peter Mitchell 24 Ruru It Mishap 24 Happiness yds It bhd Bright Voyage Embark 24 48 Walter Gay Mountain Lad 12 12 Eddie Tolan 48

mile. Trivet Linguist 8 8 9 8 Fairway Enwooa 8 1 8 0 Wall Street 8 4 Wild Career 7 11 Grand Finale 8 4 Milford 7 10 Half Note 8 3 Silver Lark 7 10