GLOBE DERBY’S SUCCESS

Southland Times, Issue 23922, 14 September 1939, Page 10

GLOBE DERBY’S SUCCESS

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR NORMAN FOX BANTAM IS A LIKELY IMPROVER Handicaps for the Wellington meeting close on Monday. All Depends “It all depends how things are,” said Mr J. Richardson in reply to a question whether he would take Colonel Grattan over to Perth for the InterDominion Championship meeting. Mr Richardson intends to return to Australia in the course of a few weeks. Well Bred Bantam, a three-year-old filly, is trained by J. Bell, jun., and on breeding she should develop info something above the average. She is by Jack Potts from Summit, a smart pacer by Wrack from Lady Superior, who is also the dam of Cardinal Logan, Quality, and other good performers. Norman Fox Norman Fox, long overdue for a win, was spelled after the August meeting, but he is to be given another chance to reproduce his old form. At one stage Norman Fox showed really good form and he looked like developing into a first-class trotter. He appears to have reached the end of his tether and does not appeal as a winning proposition in the company he is now set to meet. Globe Derby Statistics show that the defunct Globe Derby was easily the most successful sire for the trotting season just closed in Australia, with 85 individual winners of 250 races. His lead was very marked, as the second sire, Lulu Boy, sired 22 winners, and Dalia Derby, a son of Globe Derby, was third with 21 winners. In addition to his large Australian total, Globe Derby was represented in New Zealand by Logan Derby, Van Derby and Icevus, who between them won 14 races Wellington Stakes Considerable interest is being taken in the Wellington Stakes, to be decided at Hutt Park on Saturday, September 23, for it will be the first classic race of the season, and will mark the first appearance this year of the crack two-year-olds of last season, Those still engaged include: Ordnance, by Nelson Derby-Wrackaway (M. C. McTigue); Gallant Chief, by Gallant Knight-Takachance, and Highland Scott, by U Scott-Rustic Maid (F. C. Dunlevy); Durability, by Jack PottsEndurance (M. B. Edwards); Three Tens, by Jack Potts-Lady Effie (E. F. C. Hinds); Responsive, by Jack PottsDusolina (A. Holmes); Latest Edition, by Grattan Loyal-Daphne de Oro (L. Davidson); Imperial Jade, by WrackEstella Amos (M. Holmes); Josette, by David McElwyn-Cyone (F. J. Smith); | and Shady Glen, by David McElwynBlue Glen, and Credence, by David McElwyn-Truman Direct mare (R. B. Berry). This race looks like providing a really good trial, and with the New Brighton Stakes to be decided a week later trainers will have every chance fully to test their three-year-olds before the New Zealand Derby is decided. Sir Julien, the crack two-year-old of last year, and winner of the Sapling Stakes, is not engaged, and public form points to Three Tens, who finished second to Sir Julien in both the Riccarton Stakes at Addington and the Sapling Stakes at Ashburton. Since these races, however, there has been ample time for a big improvement in the form of all horses, and two-year-aid racing may not prove-a very refable guide. It is pleasing to note that the engagement of Highland Scott has oeen continued, for he is a very brilliant sprinter, although perhaps not a ’ood stayer. His stablemate, Gallant Shief, looks like developing into a solid little horse and his form has been consistently good.

A Formidable Trio It appears that the Methven trainer, M. C. McTigue, will have a big say in the decision of this year’s New Zealand Cup, for he has three horses eligible in King’s Play, MOrello and Fine Art, who last season between them won 14 races and £6898 in stake money. King’s Play, with two wins, and Fine Art, with a single victory, have already made a good start this year. Fine Art’s rise to Cup class was meteoric, for at the start of last season he was handicapped on 3min 30sec for a mile and a-half, and his first two-mile race was won at the last November meeting when, from a 4min 40sec mark, he recorded 4min 21 l-ssec. He is now one of the prime fancies for this year’s race. King’s Play’s recent fine displays are fresh in the memories of racegoers (says an exchange) but last year’s Cup winner, Morello, who has been periodically troubled by unsoundness, has not faced the barriers since he finished second to Parisienne and Lucky Jack in the Metropolitan Handicap at the Forbury Park meeting in January last. On that occasion Parisienne registered 4min 15 3-ssec—a world’s race record for a mare—while Morello did 4min 18 1-5 sec. When he won the New Zealand Cup, Morello registered 4min 19 l-ssec, time that has been beaten in this race only by Peter Bingen, 4min 18 2-ssec, Harold Logan, 4min 16 2-ssec, and Indianapolis 4min 15 2-ssec. Morello’s owner, Mr A. J. Lawrence, is one of the oldest and keenest supporters of the light-harness sport, and has visions of winning his second New Zealand Cup with his chestnut pacer.

Our Globe A letter was received in Christchurch recently from J. A. Stanford, the trainer and driver of Logan Derby, the Australian pacer that raced so well at Addington last November, his performances including a win in the Free-for-All. It is unlikely, according to the letter, that Logan Derby will come to New Zealand this year as Mr Barnes, his owner, is very ill. There is a possibility, however, that Stanford will make a trip to the Dominion. Recently he had placed in his charge the very promising pacer Our Globe, the winner of two heats at the Inter-Dominion Championships, held in Tasmania early this year. This horse was considered superior to Springfield Globe, winner of the championship final, but he met with the displeasure of the stewards on the third day, and was unable to compete in the final. Stanford considers that-Our Globe is capable of holding his own in New Zealand, and if satisfactory arrangements can be made he will bring the horse here for the November meeting at Addington.