GOOD WORK BY DICTATE

Southland Times, Issue 23948, 14 October 1939, Page 8

GOOD WORK BY DICTATE

Density Well Placed Today FLAGMAN WITHDRAWN AT WASHDYKE Acceptances for the Gore meeting close at 5 p.m. on Monday. Nominations for the Otautau meeting close next Friday. In Form On Dunedin form Silver Streak can be expected to race prominently at Washdyke today. A Winning Hit Filly Francolin, the dam of Nightwjngs, Dark Flight and Gold Flight, has produced a filly by Winning Hit at the Otautau Stud. Working Well Dictate has been getting through good work at Riccarton and the Chief Ruler gelding is one whose chances must be highly rated at Washdyke today. Flagman Withdrawn His trainer has announced that Flagman was withdrawn from the Flying Handicap at the South Canterbury meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Looks Well

Heidelburg has been taken along quietly at Invercargill and he is standing up to work in good style. ine Lord Warden gelding looks really well and he may be a good proposition this season. Promising Filly

The Irish Lancer—Brightmark filly in R. E. McLellan’s stable is a good type of three-year-old. She has inherited all the ability of other members of this family which include Beam, Cintilla and Verdure. A Difference

In the New Zealand Cup, Siegmund is on the same line as Peerless and is 21b above Sly Fox. In the Wellington Handicap (11 furlongs), Sly Fox has to give Siegmund 81b and Peerless has to give him 51b. Noble Fox

One of the most consistent hacks seen out this spring is Noble Fox, the three-year-old son of Foxbridge and Lady Lu. In the last five weeks he has recorded two firsts and a similarnumber of second placings and that form will ensure Noble Fox getting plenty of support in the second division of the Gordon Handicap at Ellerslie today. The Two Cups

Last week the order of favouritism for the Melbourne Cup was Mosaic, Bourbon, Reading, Beau Vite, Wilson, and Feminist. For the Caulfield Cup Bourbon, Geebung, Respirator, Reading and Rivette were equal favourites, with Feminist and Fearless in the second line. x Back Again

Clarion Call, who has not raced since the Grand National meeting of 1938, appears to have recovered from the foot trouble which kept him off the scene during the winter. He is engaged in the Glen Hurdles at Trentham and if at the top of his form would make light of 11.7.

May Show Up The race that Aero King had at Avondale did him good and he now looks an improved horse. He has also been infusing plenty of dash into his work and was responsible for a good trial over a sprint distance last week. Although Aero King will be meeting strong opposition in the Shorts Handicap at Ellerslie today he can be relied on to put up a creditable showing. Nicely Handicapped Density, who is likely to start favourite for the Flying Handicap at Wa-hdyke, has not started this season, but last year she went to the post a dozen times for two wins, three seconds and two thirds. In her last start she carried 8.6, and was beaten nearly two lengths by Lord Nuffield, to whom she conceded 201 b, and Nightcalm, giving Density 51b, was two lengths away third. In that race Lady Leigh, fourth, was in receipt of 14Jlb from Density. They have not met since, but Lady Leigh, who has won twice in the interval, has now to meet Density on 21-Jlb worse terms. Difference of Opinion All but four of the horses paid up for the Wellington Handicap, to be run over a mile and three, furlongs next Thursday, are engaged in the New Zealand Cup. They are Quadroon, Trebor, Entail, and Cuisinier. A comparison of the weights in two leading races compiled by different handicappers is always interesting, and in the adjustments of the two races under notice, without Royal Chief, Beaupartir, Arctic King, and Willie Win, Mr Coyle had to start his handicap for the shorter race at a higher scale for the New Zealand Cup candidates than adopted by Mr Russell. Sly Fox, who started favourite for the cup last year, has been given 121 b more at Trentham than at Riccarton, and is evidently considered a much better horse oyer the shorter journey, states The Evening Star, Dunedin. He will meet the cup horses on from 41b to 121 b worse terms at Trentham, and the next best favoured are Centrepoise and Yours Truly. Of the cup candidates engaged in the Wellington Handicap, none has won a race since the handicaps for the Riccarton race were declared. The following is the comparison of the weights:

Wellesley Stakes The seven juvenile winners to date this season have been Indore (Wanganui), Gold Flight (Ashburton), Lovaals and Payette (Avondale), Taitama (Marton), Kindergarten (Hastings), and Doria (Wingatui). Only two of these, Taitama and Indore, in the Wellesley Stakes field. The solitary South Islander to hold .his place is Kinsman, who will carry the Defaulter colours, so that the Wellington race will provide no line on the compara-

tive merits of North and South Island two-year-olds. Kinsman is a big brown colt by Beau Fere, and is very closely related to the Trentham record-holder Amigo, as his dam is the Chief Ruler— Adorable mare Amante, a half-sister to Amigo. For this youngster Mr Greenwood paid 875 guineas at the last National sales. Kinsman is likely to make the Trentham trip, as he is entered for other races later at the meeting.

The Long Delay The long delay between horses entering the birdcage, generally 25 minutes before starting time, the preliminary and then a wait of 15 minutes or more at the post does not help a horse naturally inclined to be a bit slow in the early stages of a race (says “Sentinel”). The Rules of Racing provide for such a most unsatisfactory state of affairs, which considers the totalizator and not the horse, and hence not the real interests of investors. A horse of a sluggish nature may stiffen up in the muscles during a long wait

at the post and walking around may not be nearly sufficient to keep a horse limbered up to go with a field in the early stages of a race. In ordinary circumstances on the training track, if a trainer galloped a horse and then kept him walking about minus a rug, for about 20 minutes, the risk of a chill would be odds on, but on race days the rules force them to do it even in bad weather. Some day a trainer will create a sensation by arranging for a quarter sheet to be thrown over his horse during the long delay at the post. In fact, it is most remarkable that such a procedure has not been adopted years ago.

Wellington N.Z. Cup lm3f 2m Sly Fox 9.0 8.2 —121b Peerless 8.11 8.4 — 71b Siegmund 8.6 8.4 — 21b Lady Furst 8.3 7.10 — 71b Centrepoise 7.12 7.4 — 81b Dictate 7.12 7.5 — 71b Lowenberg 7.12 7.9 — 31b Dainty Sue 7.9 7.4 — 51b Tooley Street 7.9 7.6 — 31b Yours Truly 7.9 7.1 — 81b Rabble 7.4 7.2 — 21b Wagner 7.4 7.2 — 21b Might 7.0 7.0 Parquet 7.0 7.0 Auto Sweep 7.0 7.0