DISDAIN WILL DO BETTER

Southland Times, Issue 24132, 22 May 1940, Page 11

DISDAIN WILL DO BETTER

Patriotic Meeting Abandoned HUNT AT LIMEHILLS TODAY The Birchwood Hunt will hold a qualifying run at Invercargill on Saturday. Now A Bargain The Wrecker cost his present owners 150 guineas when purchased last season.

Hunt At Limehills Today The Birchwood Hunt will hold a meet at Mr W. Swale’s property at Limehills today.

May Not Race Again Sunny Comet has been sent to Albury, and it is possible that he may not race again. Black Bard Returns Black Bard returned from Washdyke under the charge of his trainer, R. E. McLellan during the week-end. The other members of the team, Waitoru and Wild Coon will remain at.Wingatui until after the Dunedin meeting. Destroyed Aurora’s Love broke a fetlock when running in the Rangitira Hurdles at Awapuni and had to be destroyed. She was a daughter of the Grand National winner Aurora Borealis. Unhoppled Probably the youngest pacer to race unhoppled in the Dominion is the two-year-old Gay Spark, who at Cambridge and Claudelands gave creditable displays for one of her age. Gay Spark is by Nelson Parrish from Cogent. None The Worse Disdain is none the worse for her two races at Washdyke last week, and on this form she looks like doing well ne / :t season up to a mile and a-quarter. She will be kept going through the winter, and she may have a trip to Trentham in July.

Trotting Permit The trotting permit available through the lapse of the Marlborough Club’s meeting has been applied for by the Methven Trotting Club, which proposes to hold a meeting on June 1. Twelve months ago the same club received an extra permit through the default of another club and staged a very successful meeting, the sum of £14,035 being handled by the totalizator. Aptly Named

The Raker, the three-year-old gelding by Croupier, has proved to be aptly named as his record reads six wins ana a third out of 12 starts. He has raked in the stakes attached to five consecutive wins. A croupier is the man with the rake who controls the bank at Rouge et Noir, and rakes in the stakes lost. Unusual Protest

An unusual protest was entered after the hack steeplechase at Awapuni, A. Jenkins (rider of Begorrah) alleging that Harbour Bar had jumped a hurdle at the entrance to the straight in the first circuit, instead of going round it. The stewards dismissed the protest, deciding that although Harbour Bar had jumped one more fence than was required this did not take him off the specified course. A Big Difference

When he won the Elloughton Handicap, The Wrecker benefited by a 71b allowance, which reduced his 8.0 to 7.7. In the South Canterbury Handicap he carried A. E. Diciham ana his full allotment of 8.8. It was probably due to this difference of 151 b that he was again allowed to pay a double-figure dividend. More Consideration The Southland team to be sent to the Dunedin winter meeting next week will be one of the strongest to represent the province for some years. Southland horses dominate the fields at Wingatui and but for the support from this quarter the winter fixture of the Dunedin Club would be a poor affair. Considering this fact it would appear reasonable that the protests of traindrs about extending the meeting over a week would be given more consideration. Useful ’Chaser Baldric, who defeated Clarion Call in the Te Rapa Steeplechase, had been selected as the most promising of the 9.0 division in the Great Northern. Last season he won two hurdle races at Ellerslie, and in two starts during the current term he had recorded a win and a second. Baldric is by the Martian horse Martarma, from Life (Gay Lad-Flower of the West).

Meeting Abandoned Because of the heavy state of the tracks the committee of the Southland Racing Club decided yesterday to abandon the Patriotic meeting to have been held at Invercargill on Saturday. On Monday members of the committee inspected the course and were of the opinion that it would be unwise to carry on with the fixture. As there is no other suitable date the club has decided to forgo the permit. The decision to abandon the fixture appears the only one in the circumstances. The track has not recovered from the chopping up it received at the Southland winter meeting The majority of horses have done very little work during the last fortnight and owners would not be anxious to start them on a heavy track, especially with the Dunedin winter meeting following next week. Not For Pleasure Some importance was attached to the remarks of Mr J. L. Hazlett, president of the Birchwood Hunt, at Drummond on Saturday when he emphasized that hunting was being continued this season solely for the purpose of qualifying horses and not for the special pleasure of it. Racing clubs in Southland are dependent on the Birchwood Hunt to qualify horses for jumping events and as steeplechasers are strongly represented in these parts, it is imperative that the Birchwood Hunt carry on. It is not only for Southland meetings that horses are qualified but for important fixtures at Wingatui, Trentham and Riccarton Southland jumpers are eligible. Racing is a valuable source of revenue to the Government, and in war time it is important that it be maintained.

Nighf'ound Nightbound, who won both the cross-country events at Timaru last week, was foaled in 1932 and got by Night Raid from En Parole, by Finland

from Gossip. En Parole is a sister to Bobrikoff. Nightbound had not been seen out since the early part of last season, when he was third in the Enfield Steeples and second in the Hunt Cup. He fell when running in the Aylesbury Steeplechase. Nightbound now seems a better horse than ever, and in both races last week gave a good display of fencing and stayed on well. It may be taken for granted that with ordinary luck Nightbound will improve as the season advances.

May Retire

Although the owner of Lucky Jack has definitely decided to retire him to the stud, it is understood that there is a possibility that Parisienne will be asked to race again in the coming season. Parisienne is only a six-year-old but her tight marks over all distances, combined with the policy of the leading clubs in dropping the bestclass two-mile races for the time being, have made her hard to place. A short time ago her retirement appeared almost certain. However, the assessments of all horses are reviewed at the end of each season, and, if clubs show some indication of returning to tightlimit racing, Parisienne will be given further opportunities. In Excellent Order

No two pacers in work at Addington at the moment look brighter or in better order than do Horsepower and Harold Guy, and they will not require a great deal more work to bring them back to their best. A short time ago it was intended to rest these two until the beginning of the new season, but these plans have now been altered and it is probable that they will race at the Canterbury Park and Ashburton Trotting Clubs’ meetings. Horsepower and Harold Guy were kept in light work following the last meeting held at Addington, and neither has lost his racing condition.

Trainer’s Plans The Randwick trainer J. T. Jamieson, who has been visiting the Dominion for some weeks, is returning to Sydney by the Tasman Empire Airways’ fly-ing-boat on Monday. Jamieson will have about 18 to 20 horses to prepare for the new season, including the colt by Beau Pere from Banita, who was purchased at the Sydney yearling sales by Mr A. Cooper for 3500 guineas. In addition he is also to train the New Zealand-bred Gold Salute, who was added to the list recently and has been enjoying a spell.

The Rater The Raker’s performance in winning the Temuka Handicap established him as the best horse seen in a hack race at Washdyke for many years, comments • The Timaru Herald. He was less fortunate at the start than on the first day of the meeting, and when he was no nearer than ninth as the field raced up the back a win looked almost impossible. Finishing like a real horse the three-year-old swept along the straight and succeeded after a bitter struggle. He will now have to race in better class, but /there are plenty of “open” grade horses which could not have achieved what he accomplished on Saturday. This was his sixth win since midsummer.