RACING AND TROTTING

Southland Times, Issue 23346, 2 November 1937, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

News—Prospects—Results

RACING 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. 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 November 9. 11. 12—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. (By THE CURRAGH) The Melbourne Cup will be run at Flemington this afternoon. The New Zealand Cup will be decided at Riccarton on Saturday. Nominations for the Southland Racing Club’s spring meeting close tomorrow at 5 o’clock. On Wednesday at 5 p.m. nominations close for the spring meeting of the Forbury Park Trotting Club. Great Pal, who was blistered for shoulder trouble, is getting through useful tasks again at Wingatui. Subject to a veterinary examination, the Lord Warden gelding Viking has been purchased by a patron of A. S. McKay’s Wingatui stable. Sydney Grand is. a novice pacer of whom more is likely to be heard. Trained by W. A. Thomas at Gore he is a four-year-old by Worthy BondRoselight. The half sister to Gold Trail and Desert Chief is in steady work at Wingatui, but has not yet been speeded up. She is reported to be one of the biggest two-year-olds in training. A two-year-old filly by Paper Money-Claremar, the dam of Great Pal, has joined J. Cotter’s stable at Wingatui. She is reported to be small and ponified, but likely to develop into a nippy sort. Suncup, who has not raced since the Wyndham Trotting Club’s meeting last season, went an excellent race in the Thomson Handicap on Saturday but failed in the final dash. The outing should bring her on to be in excellent shape for the Christmas meetings. Seascape has been pacing consistently ■well in her races of late and her win in the Takatimu Handicap on Saturday was well deserved. She had previously run second in the Maiden Handicap. She is a six-year-old mare by Adioo Guy from Seaward Spot. Guy View was one runner in the Maiden Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday which did not get a good run. He covered a good deal of extra ground and even then was a good fourth. P. P. McKay’s pupil has a good turn of speed. - The Invercargill horseman C. Humphries has been engaged to ride Tauramai in the New Zealand Cup. The Riverton-trained representative who will go north today in charge of J. A. Rowland has 8.4 in the big two-mile event The two-year-old colt by Colonel Cygnus-Moulin Rouge who has done well under Mr W. E. Hazlett will be railed north this morning to join E. Scoullar’s team at Riccarton. _He lias shown a fair amount of promise in his educational work. Ortyx had three hard races at the Wellington spring meeting, and a report went round that she was sore after working on Friday last. She was walking sound on Saturday and apparently all right, so the trouble may only have been one of a temporary nature (says “Sentinel”). Since winning the McLean Stakes and giving 71b and a beating to Ortyx in the Dominion Handicap, when they finished behind Pink Bond, Compensate is stated to have gone on the right way. He is growing and furnishing, and will be an improved colt during the New Zealand Cup meeting. Guywin is not very big, but she is a smart pacer and rarely runs a bad race. She finished fifth in the Thomson Handicap on Saturday and came out later in. the day to be narrowly beaten by Silver Laddie in the mile and a-quar-ter. She appears to relish a shorter distance than two miles.

High Glee and Norseman, who are both engaged at the New Zealand Cup meeting, have come along in their preparation, but still look a bit light and backward in condition (writes “Sentinel.”). They may, however, be more forward than appearance suggests. Dusky Sound was asked to make his run far too soon in the Thomson Handicap on Saturday. Giving away 48yards, he had taken charge with over a mile to go and had to contend with a strong wind all down the back straight. He finished a close third and it was a good performance. R. Townley’s pacer should add to his record before long. Edith Grattan paced a good race to win at Invercargill on Saturday and register 3min 34 1-5 sec from a 3min 43sec mark. This six-year-old mare is by Grattan Loyal from Fortune Chimes which was bred by Mr Alexander McKenzie of Lochiel, not Mt' G. McKenzie of Invercargill, as stated some time ago. Jenny’s Guy was brought south by R. Townley to compete at the Invercargill Trotting Club’s meeting and returned with a first and a second to her credit. She is a steady trotter by Adioo Guy-Jenny’s Maid, by Wallace L-Jenny Bell, by Bellman-Weary. There is good trotting blood here. Jenny’s Maid was bred by Mr H. Hunter, of Wyndham. Silver Laddie does not always go away correctly, but once on the journey he is a speedy pacer as he demonstrated in the final event at Invercargill on Saturday. He did not have a great deal to spare, but finished full of running after being prominent throughout. He is always likely to be hard to beat when he leaves on terms with the field. The Thames Jockey Club has decided to raise the stakes for its annual meeting, to be held in January, to £2910, an increase of £9lO over last year. The club has made considerable advancement since 1934, when the stake money was £1175. The principal race, the Goldfields Cup, has been increased to £4OO and the President’s Handicap, on the second day, to £250. Frisco Silk looks like playing a prominent part in the cup events in the south this season. He has always had a good deal of speed but had spills last season which did him no good. He paced with plenty of confidence on Saturday, however, and beat all bar Blue Spark in the main event. He was not well placed on the rails over the final stages and had he got clear would have made the winner’s task much harder. As it was Blue Spark won

comfortably. The Gore-trained pacer is decidedly useful. Happiness was responsible for an outstanding effort in the Invercargill Trotting Cup. Losing a fair amount of ground early the son of Happy VoyageWaverly mare went his middle mile very fast to be on terms with the leaders. He finished in third place less than two lengths away from the leaders and can be accounted very unlucky. He is not likely to be at such long odds next time he races. / Aqua Bond tangled early in the Maiden Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday, but after passing the mile post showed a great turn of speed and was in second place at the far turn. The run took all the steel out of her and she was in sixth place at the finish. E. Mitchell’s pupil is a likely early stake-winner and being only a four-year-old, has plenty of time to make good. She is by Aqua Bond from First Water, by Harold Rothschild from Red Diamond, by Prince Imperial. First Water is the dam of Rocks Ahead. There was good support for Dunalister in the maiden race on Saturday, but E. Todd’s pupil lost his chance very early. He is a four-year-old gelding by Sungod from Golden Light and evidently has been showing good form on the training tracks. The most successful owner at the Wellington spring meeting was Mr A. K. Firth, Christchurch, who won the Trentham Stakes and the Harcourt Stakes with Royal Chief. The next best two were Mr L. G. Paul, Wanganui, the owner of Amigo, another double winner in the juvenile class, and R. W. A. Lewis, the owner-trainer of Shy, winner of the Wellington Handicap on the opening day. The distribution of stakes was as follows: A. K. Firth £7OO, L. G. Paul £560, R. W. A. Lewis £525, C. N. Draper £495, T. A. Duncan £435, C. Haldane £420, G. C. Loisel £420, A. R. Kay £420, F. M. Symes £420, J. Bull £420. D. Grant £365, F. J. Newman £345, R. J. Murphy £330, G. M. Currie £330, D. J. Barry £315, R. T. Reid £3OO, G. Gunn £2BO, C. W. Boyd £260, B. Burgess £240, W. McA. Duncan £2lO, W. Devon £165, H. H. Pharazyn £l2O, R. Grace £lOO, T. H. Lowry £lOO, A. Southey £9O, J. Munro £BO, D. M. Tweedie £BO, E. L. Barnes £7O, W. Higgins £6O, A. E. Neale £6O, W. Henderson £6O, J. D. Todd £6O, P. J. Hogan £6O, H. D. Caro £6O, H. P. F. Blundell £6O, J. W. Lowe £6O, R. W. H. Holden £6O, M. O’Brien £6O, W. M. Bennett £6O, F. Kettlewell £6O, J. Munro £45, C. Ryan £45, F. J. Hall £4O, D. Donald £35, D. P. Clark £3O, T. Coltman £3O, F. E. Elbe £3O, Akers and Hughes £3O. Total, £9600.