RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23334, 19 October 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

| News—Prospects — Results

RACING October 16, 18—Avondale J.C. October 21, 23. 25—Wellington R.C. October 23, 25—Gore R.C. October 25—North Canterbury R C. October 25—Waverley R.C. October 25—Waipawa County R C. October 25—Waikato Hunt Club. , October 29, 30—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 30—Banks Peninsula R.C. October 30—Rangitikei R.C. November 5, 6—Whangarei R.C. November 6,8, 10, 13—Canterbury J.C. November 13—Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. November 13 —Napier Park R.C.b November 20—Levin R.C. November 20—Southland R.C. November 20, 22—Waikato R.C. November 27—Ashburton County R.C. November 27, 29—Takapuna J.C. November 27, 30 —Feilding J.C. TROTTING October 16, 18—Westport T.C. October 23, 25—Auckland T.C. October 23, 25—Greymouth T.C. October 25—Oamaru T.C. October 30—Wellington T.C. October'3o—lnvercargill T.C. October 30—Thames T.C. November 9, 11, 12—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C.

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The Wellington Racing Club’s meeting opens on Thursday. The Gore Racing Club’s fixture will be held on Saturday and Monday. The two-year-old filly by Paper Money-Lady Blissful has been named 1 Blissful Lady. Nominations for the Invercargill Trotting Club’s spring meeting close at 5 ■ p.m. today. Miracle ran a mile at Riccarton on Saturday in 1.42, the last six furlongs in 1.16. He moved well throughout and is in good order. Great Pal and Philein and Last Link and Natty separately went at halfpace over a round, and others on the tracks were Gay Vixen, Dissemble, Pretender, Gusto and Toreador. Toorak, winner of the Champion Stakes last season and a three-year-old of great promise, is to make his debut as a four-year-old at Oamaru on Labour Day. Last year’s McLean Stakes winner, Cardplayer, who was sold to a West Coaster, is in work at Greymouth, and will be raced at the Christchurch meetings. Top Row was a speedy two-year-old last season and judging by the way in which he won at Washdyke on Saturday should do well as a three-year-old over sprint distances. The son of Colossus-Hunt’s Up, is trained at Washdyke by P. T. Hogan. The Riccarton-trained two-year-old Godfrey, by Magnus, finished well in front of Guinea Fowl in 0.36 on Saturday. Though small, he is solidly-built and is reported to have been galloping well for some time. He is to start in the Taita Handicap at Trentham on Thursday. Galleon has been withdrawn from his engagement on the first day of the Gore meeting but will be given a run on the. second day. The chestnut has not been pleasing his trainer for the past few days and is very unlikely to survive the next payment for the New Zealand Cup. The two Gisborne horses, Black Thread and Raana, were transferred to J. H. Jefferd’s stable after racing at the Hawke’s,Bay meeting. They are both engaged at Trentham, where Jefferd will also have Ben Braggie, Amoroso, and Rakahanga. From this lot he should have a useful team for Riccarton. Winner of the main event at Masterton on Saturday, Sunee is owned and prepared at Trentham by the veteran J. W. Lowe. The seven-year-old Aus-tralian-bred gelding, by Australian Sun-Bunee, by Earston-Birida, by Wallace, beat a strong field which included Cuddle, Hunting Cat, Padishah, Might, Shy and Hazoor. , At Riccarton on Saturday Wild Chase, looking in splendid order, reeled off a mile in 1.42 on the plough Great Memory accompanied him for five furlongs done in 1.4 4-5, and then dropped out. According to The Christchurch Star-Sun, the trial was a good one and j Sir Charles Clifford’s horse is likely to j race well at Trentham. D. Hall, who left Riccarton some months ago to join F. Pratt’s stable at Orari, has returned to Riccarton, and is at present linked up with J B Pearson’s stable. Hall was out of action for j most of the winter, as a result of breaking two collarbones in a fall while schooling shortly after he arrived at Orari. Great Divide recorded his second sue- < cess when he won the Hadlow Trot on the opening day of the South Canterbury meeting. When Great Divide won his first race, the Geraldine Trot last month, he registered 3.16 for the mile and a-half from a 3.43 mark, improving on his handicap mark by 0.27. It was surprising to see him not better fancied < on Thursday. He is trained by M. C. McTigue and was bred by Mr A. Pulley by Great Bingen from a Blue Mountain King mare. Te Hero, winner of the two-year-old event at Masterton on Saturday has , shown great speed on the training tracks j and his win was not unexpected. He is ] by the Australian sire Heroic from ] Prodice, by Catmint-Hyades, a half- j sister to Ammon Ra and Prolyxo. Pro- j dice was the dam of Gallio who met ) with a fatal accident at the Avondale j meeting on Saturday. Te Hero comes ( from a family with great credentials and ( his career will be followed with some j interest. j F. A. Roberts has another addition to his team at Riccarton. Mrs W. Rich- < mond, who has Lofty in the stable, and f coming on exceptionally well, has sent Shirred Ribbon from Hawke’s Bay to join the Honour horse. Shirred Ribbon E is a six-year-old mare by Garter Blue t from Aphrodisia, by Martian from Paphia. She showed some useful form t prior to having a Jong spell and though j not ready when raced early this season »] at Wanganui, should do well later on, with prospects of running a distance. ’ r It rarely happens that a horse con- ( tests a long-distance weight-for-age c race six years in succession, which is E the record of Lough Neagh, the nine- ( year-old son of Bachelor’s Persse in c connection with the Randwick Plate, j two miles, at the Australian Jockey ] Club’s spring meeting. Lough Neagh’s ] record is made up as follows:—l932, ( won; 1933, second; 1934, third; 1935, ( won; 1936, third; 1937, third. Up to ] the present he has contested 116 races, j and, according to Sydney critics, can be ] expected to play his part attractively , for some time to come. < 1 It has been stated in the North Is- ' land that Royal Chief’s slow beginning i in the Great Northern Guineas last t week was due to his turning sideways, J but according to his rider, L. J. Ellis, C he stood still next to a trestle, and <

HIGHER STAKE INVERCARGILL CUP The decision of the Southland Racing Club to increase the stake for the Invercargill Cup this season to £5OO • will meet with general approval. It is only by offering big stakes that the best horses can be attracted and it is to be hoped that the club’s enterprise will be rewarded and a race worthy of the stake result. The Invercargill Cup has been won by some good horses in the past 25 years and among them may be mentioned Warsaw, Soldier’s Chorus, Golden King, Marsa, Amythas, Eleus, Sunny Loch, Mantua, Red Wink, Ravenna, Set Sail, Red Sea and Queen of Song. The fortunes of the club have nuctuated a good deal as a glance at the table below will show. In 1911 the stake was £l5O. It grew gradually to £lOOO in 1919 and then to £lO5O in 1921 and 1922. From 1923 to 1927 it was £lOOO, in 1928 £lO5O ahd £lOOO in 1929 and 1930. The amount drifted down to £350 in 1933 and remained there until 1936. Last season it was £4OO and now the club has made a further I’ise to £5OO. A list of the winners for the past 25 seasons and the amount of the stake is as follows:

GORE RACING CLUB ACCEPTANCES FOR FIRST DAY The following are the acceptances for the first day of the Gore Racing Club’s meeting on October 23 and 25:— MANDEVILLE HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP,

'' ' 1 c when the barrier went up, Royal J Bachelor jumped sideways and pushed ( Royal Chief on to the trestle, and the / latter had to wait until Royal Bache- ( lor got away from him before he could r move off. By that time, the field had a < big break on him, and, in Ellis’s opin- J ion, Royal Chief was the unluckiest c competitor at the meeting. Ellis fur- c ther stated that Protector has gone on r improving. The colt drew the outside ■> position in the Welcome Stakes at El- j lerslie, but at the end of a furlong he }• was in front on the rails, owing to his r outstanding ability to begin and to E find his feet. | In view of the large number of Win- j gatui-trained horses to make the trip j to the Gore Racing Club’s Labour week-end meeting, the activities on the tracks on Saturday morning were fairly interesting (erports The Otago Daily Times). The grass and sand tracks were used. On the grass Grand Finale ran six furlongs in 1.20 3-5. He has sharpened up. Lord Nuffield and Janet Gaynor were not out to do their best over five furlongs in 1.11 2-5 on the sand track. Lumiere was waiting on Gambler’s Luck while covering the same ground and on the same track in 1.7 3-5. Daring Deed went seven fur- S longs on the sand, the last six taking t 1.19 2-5. The McLean Stakes winner Compensate ran three on the sand in £ 0.44. This was his first run since the Dunedin meeting. Linguist and Counterflight travelled well over five furlongs on the sand in 1.8 1-5. High Glee was in front of Nightwings over a similar distance on the same track in 1.7. High Glee is not going south. Stromboli was sent along when covering four furlongs in 0.52 3-5 on the tan. The British Empire—Kakara three-year-old in work by C. Harris for Mr G. J. Barton shaped quite promisingly over three furlongs on the sand in 0.38.

Winner. Stake. £ 1911 Warsaw 150 1912 Soldier’s Chorus 250 1913 Soldier’s Chorus 500 1914 Specialform 650 1915 Honesty 650 1916 Down 650 1917 Golden King 650 1918 Ascalaphus 650 1919 Marsa 1000 1920 Amythas 1000 1921 Eleus 1050 1922 Silent King 1050 1923 Sunny Loch 1000 1924 Mantua 1000 1925 Red Wink 1000 1926 Ravenna 1000 1927 Set Sail 1000 1928 Set Sail 1050 1929 Royal Saxon 1000 1930 Glare 1000 1931 Glenrowan 650 1932 Red Sea 400 1933 Red Sea 350 1934 Chhota 350 1935 Hunting Go 350 1936 Queen of Song 350 1937 Guarantee 400

£125. Eight and a-half furlongs. The Surgeon Ardchoille Last Link Pink Robe Pink Del 10 12 Pride o’ 9 9 9 0 0 0 10 11 10 7 9 11 Central Burwood Glenore 9 0 GORDON HACK HANDICAP, £125. Six furlongs. Ballad 9 8 Lumiere 7 9 Barley Almond 8 13 Fog Peak 7 8 Peacock 8 7 Baitruin 7 8 Smoko 8 3 Gipsy Fair 7 8 Great Empire 8 0 Forecast 7 8 Irish BirdNightwings 7 8 catcher 7 13 Janet Gaynor 7 7 Sailing Lady 7 12 Lord Nuffield 7 7 Counterflight 7 11 Soliad 7 7 BALFOUR TROT, £125. Class 3.43. One mile and a-half. Aqua Bond It Sydney Grand It Benjamin It Waitemata It Charles Russell It yds bhd Dora Lindsay It Drumbunnif 36 Queen Ghandi 36 Christina It Peter Wrack 36 Seascape It Jesse Owens 48 Sun Gauge it — WAIKAKA HANDICAP, £165. Eight urlongs and a-half. Queen Dorothy 9 11 Trebleack 7 3 Tauramai 8 11 Amelita 7 2 Milford 8 5 Ardchoille 7 2 Grand Finale 7 8 Ocean Singer 7 1 Island Linnet 7 6 Daring Deed 7 0 McHeath 7 6 Stolen March 7 0 NOVICE HANDICAP. £120. Six furlongs. Pink Del 9 0 Last Post 8 8 Bow Street 8 11 Pesetas 8 8 Boswell 8 8 Tuaraki 8 8 Philein 8 8 Triple Cone 8 8 Gusto 8 8 Vanity Queen 8 8, Flamenco 8 8 Waitoru 8 8 Free Service 8 8 Grey Seal 8 8 Gusterina 8 8 FLYING HANDICAP. £130. Six furlongs. Alma 9 7 Fairweather 7 3 Grand Finale 7 11 Silver Lark 7 3 All Humbug 7 5 Dissemble 7 0 Stolen March 7 4 OTAMA TROT, £125. Class 3.39. One mile and a-half. Golden Miller It yds bhd Gold Valley it Direct Thorpe 12 Grand Meteor It Happy King 12 Happy Morn It Prince Charles 12 Jesse Owens it Tritoma 12 Peter Wrack It War Betty 48 Royal Drive It Moko Child 84 CHARLTON HANDICAP, £130. One mile. Ardchoille 9 8 Natty 8 3 Thermidor 8 11 Gambler’s Luck 7 12 Johnny 8 11 Baitruin 7 8 Hanlon 8 10 Wonderful 7 8 Pink Robe 8 4 Coxcomb 7 7