EVENTS ON RACE TRACKS

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1928, Page 4

EVENTS ON RACE TRACKS

DUNEDIN MEETING TO-DAY REVIEW OF FIELDS EXGAGED. EXCELLENT RACING PROMISED. Tsie Dunedin Jockey (Hub's spring meeting opens at Wingatui to-day and concludes on Saturday. Excellent acceptances have been received and patrons are assured of an excellent day's racing. The programme opens with the SPRING HURDLES. One mile and three-quarters. —Red Heather 10.8, Carinthia 10.3, Jovial 9.13, Diana’s Lad 8.12, Antrim Boy 9.5, Amorist 9.0. Red Heather beat Carinthia decisively at Geraldine, and with only two pounds the worse of the weights may be a warm favourite. Opposition will come from Diana’s Lad, who performed well at the National meeting. Then comes the MAUNGATUA HANDICAP. Seven furlongs.—Camisader 9.3, Marjoram 9.2, Amor 8.4, First Raid 8.3, Royal Flower 7.10, All Comment 7.10, Amourette 7.9, Phaster 7.7, Whiffler 7.7. Camisader ran Royal Tractor to a neck at Geraldine and ■ was well clear of First Raid. Marjoram won the Avonhead Handicap at Christchurch and with Camisader may do well. Twenty-one figure in the TRIAL STAKES. Six furlongs—All Comment 8.5, Battle Screen 8.5, Busy Land 8.5, Membo 8.5, Stringbow 8.5, Broadfield 8.2, Proud Knight 8.2, Pound Note 8.2, Rotorex 8.2, Starshooter 8.2, Wine Trav 8.2, Amourette 7.11, Catchela 7.11, Full Flight 7.11, Joybridge 7.11, Night Maid 7.11, On Watch 7.11, Rosewood 7.H, Royal Flower 7.11, Rozaere 7.11, Wavi_g Corn 7.11. Starshooter, Waving Corn and Royal Flower have shown the best form to recommend them. The “babies” will take their places in the MeLEAN STAKES. Five furlongs.— Blue Metal 8.5, Captivate 8.5, Jaleux 8.5, Royal Limond 8.5, Solmuri 8.5, Stealth 8.5, Aspiring 8.0, Franeolin 8.0, Stately 8.0, The Graphic 8.0. Franeolin is the only entry with any racing experience, and, unless the southerners ran produce a dark horse, may see a short price. Jaleux (Sutala— Egotism) may surprise. The big race of the day is the MOSGIDL HANDICAP. One mile and • quarter. —Count Cavour 9.13, Footfall 9.0, Set Sail 9.1, Pink Note 8.5, Taboo 8.0, Hoylake 7.10, Town Bank 7.10, Vaward 7A, Priceless 7.0, Lucy Lockett 7.0, Overdrawn 7.0. Count Cavour is hardly in racing trim and the same can be said of Footfall. Pink Note ran consistently last season, including in his triumphs the Otago Handicap and the Dunedin Cup. His probable pilot will be T. Green, and the Paper Money gelding would only have to produce last season’s form to take a power of beating. He was narrowly defeated in the Geraldine Cup by Set Sail, and the race would do him the world of good. Set Sail and Hoylake, with recent winning form to recommend them, will claim respect, but, summed up, the chances of Pink Nott, Set Sail and Hoylake may be favoured. The next on the card is the ELECTRIC HANDICAP. Six furlongs. *■—Money Order 9.10, Booster 9.10, Paperchase 9.6, Royal Saxon 8.5, Silver Paper 8.2, Goblin Market 8.0, Silver Coot 7.10, Money Aline 7.10, Tripaway 7.10, Spean Bridge 7.0, Erne 7.0. Money Order and Booster will be making their first appearance of the Beason, and the speedy Paperchase is •Iso a newcomer. Both Silver Paper •nd Silver Coot have earned winning brackets this season, and when the machine closes Silver Paper might be better supported than Silver Coot and Booster. The hack sprinters will have their say in the TAIOMA STAKES. Six furlongs.— Coomassie 9.7, Royal Tractor 9.5, Noteworthy 9.2, Battle Maid 8.9, Red Jazz 8.6, Impertinence 8.5, Valves 8.4, Tardy 8.3, Some Signal 8J), Wine Tray 8.0, Colonel Crawford 8.0, Full Flight 8.0, Jimmy Trigger 8.0, Salmo Salar 8.0. Royal Tractor has the best credentials with two wins and a second to his credit this season, and Noteworthy’s lone effort resulted in a first placing. These two will be opposed by less seasoned opponents. The last race of the day is the OCTOBER HANDICAP. One mile Taboo 9.13, Vaward 9.0, Front Rank 8.13, Lucy Lockett 8.10, Miss Winkie 8.7, Antrim Boy 8.6, Quarterdeck 8.0. Taboo is engaged in the big race, but may prefer the shorter distance. He has had the necessary racing to fit him for his engagement, and may be capable of conceding Lucy Lockett 171 b. The reminder have not shown anything to recommend them. After the declaration of first forfeits, the following remain in the DUNEDIN GUINEAS. One mile.— Goblin Market 8.10, Noteworthy 8.10, Phastar 8.10, Pound Note 8.10, Silver Paper 8.10, Starshooter 8.10, Childsplay 8.5, Priceless 8.5. PROSPECTS AT DUNEDIN. (Bv Wire —Special from “Hurry On.”) Dunedin, Last Night. The weather is fine and the going is sure to be very fast for the opening day of the Dunedin races to-morrow. Diana’s Lad is sure to be well backe-l in the Hurdles, but Carinthia and Amorist might keep him busy. • • « e Camisader is well liked in the Manngatua Handicap, but Marjoram and First Raid will have friends. Amourette is fast on the tracks. Riccarton visitors are very keen on Starshooter, but Pound Note might go well. Stately and Franeolin may be favourites for the McLean Stakes, but Stealth is reported to be very smart. The Mosgiel Handicap may find Pink Note and Hoylake in strong demand, but Count Cavour is going well. Royal Saxon may be a favourite candidate in the Electric Handicap, but Paperchase and Silver Paper should go well. * * Noteworthy will have plenty of back-

ers in the Tacoma Handicap. Royal Tractor and Impertinence may be prominent at the finish. • • • • Front Rank and Quarterdeck will appeal in the final event. RANDOM SHOTS.i (By "Moturoa.”) I The Auckland course is correctly named “Yellerslie.” • • • • Supremacy in the Welcome Stakes was a thing to be desired. • • • • Charlie O’Connor reckons he gave them a proper start in the Mitchelson Cup. • • • • Even though Auckland punters lose their money, they seem to have plenty of “hoot” left. * * « • Everything was free at Ellerslie on Monday. On the previous Saturday only the fights were free. • • • • Punters complain that they received a small return for Supremacy in Monday’s race at Auckland; • * * • A friend who bought a piano on terms, grumbles about paying for the instrument note by note. In Wanganui the other day the Infantry defeated the Cavalry at Rugby. Took them off their high horse, practicaUy’ • • • • There is a horse named Pound Note running at Dunedin. He ought to be worth a quid at any time. # # # • The reason that the Southern Cross is still at Blenheim is because the Government meteorologist has got the wind UP ‘ . . • . An eye-witness assures us that when Importer fell at Ellerslie on Saturday he hit the earth so hard that a large mountain immediately rose in Alaska. • • # • Having backed the winner, a punter hastened to his bookie’s stand to collect. But the penciller had flown. “Well, I didn’t think he would do a thing like that,” he groaned, “for he was standing on a kerosene box labelled, “Guaranteed not to smoke.’ ” Chatting with an. old sport in Waitara the other day, the conversation got back to happenings of 45 years ago, and “Jock” Stevens’ name cropped up. Of this well known sportsman the tale is told that, at York Farm, near Marton, he onee had two horses, Diomedes and Rata, running in a race, and had declared to win with the former. Diomedes, however, baulked at every fence, but Rata waited for him, and the “race” took half an hour. Diomedes refused again at the last obstacle, and there seemed no chance of getting him over until the owner got down off the stand, took his seat in the saddle, and finished amid eheers. Mention of unwilling jumpers brought back memories of Captain Bosun, a horse owned by a Sir. Cress some thirty years ago. Nobody could get him to complete the course until Harry Lynch (known as “Mad Harry”) rode him at Blenheim. Lynch made the trip from Greymouth for the express purpose of trying the horse out, and, applying the whip and “hooks” for all he was worth, landed Captain Bosun an easy winner, paying a divvy of over £3O. Lynch won on him again the second day, but the pair never met again, and Captain Bosun never won another race. Then there was “Harry” Phillips, the well-known whisky traveller. (The “Bells” ring out when Harry comes to town). Harry was a keen coursing enthusiast, but his dogs could never win a course. A pal of his named “Tim” Troy had some great dogs, and one, Panama, could clean up the best on the Coast. One evening, before a courting meeting at Palmerston, Harry came to Tim and said: “Sell me Panama for twenty pounds, Tim, and I’ll let you have him back at the same figure after the meeting.” Tim was agreeable, and the sale was made, and a receipt duly made out. Harry nominated two dogs for the Bracelet, no names being given, as it was unnecessary. Knowing Phillips’ poor dogs, the bookmakers gladly bet him 10 to 1 that he could not win, and Harry took all the wagers offering. When Harry appeared on the coursing grounds with Panama there was great consternation. “He’s not your dog!” the bookies and others wailed. “Too right he is,” replied Harry, flashing the receipt, “and I took no risk when I bought him, for my trainer took him to bed with him last night!” Panama won the Bracelet easily; Harry collected; and the town was merry for a whole week afterwards. • • • • This is a true bill. Joe Kwong Sing did not turn up with the vegetable cart on Wednesday, but came on Thursday. “What was wrong with you yesterday?” I asked him, “did the prad go lame, or were you out too late at the pakapoo joint.the night before?” But these surmises were quite wrong. Joe explained it like this: “You leadem in the paper ’bout the war in China. Well, him war finish. Me gettem tellyglam. Say ’em war finish. Makem holleyday Wensday. Allee same British. Makem holleyday. Allee same Anzae Day!” And that explains Joe’s absence on Wednesday.

“Old Bill” was expounding on football in the olden days. According to his reckoning Rugby is only a parlour pastime nowadays. “The game isn’t ’arf as rough as it uster be twenty years ago,” he said, as he blew the froth off a long ’un. “Why, when Tom Smith and all those chaps played for Star, they’d think nothing of tearing off your waistcoat, whether you ’ad the blanky ball or not!”

With £920 as his share of the prize for the Spring Stakes at Randwick, Limerick's winnings on the trip amounted approximately to £3292, making his grand total £34,957, which is £8143 short of Gloaming’s record. • * • • According to present arrangements Martarma will be sent to Kinloch this week, where he will be taken in charge by S. Higgs. It is intended to give the Martian horse a light season at the 'stud. As a racehorse Martarma was one [of the best three-year-olds of his age. Though backward early in his career he came into his own when he beat a brilliant field in the Great Northern Derby. After his victory at Ellerslie his owner decided to give him a chance to earn distinction on the Australian Turf, and a programme was mapped out for him, including the A.J.C. St. Leger, in which he was to have met Winalot and Trivalve. Unfortunately for his party he allowed signs of lameness subsequently, and he has been none too sound since. Martarma is bred in the purple.

The success of Laughing' Prince in the Mitchelson Cup and a third registered by Cashier in the Guineas placed owner T. A. Duncan at the top of the winning owners’ list at the recent Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting. A total of £ll5O and the Mitchelson Gold Cup, valued at £lOO, goes to the popular Hunterville sportsman. F. E. Loomb is next on the list with £lO5O, being the result of Prodiee’s effort in the Great Northern Guineas and Lady Cintra’s third in the Manakau Hurdles. Following is a list of other prize money distributed: A. J. McGovern £7OO, J. M. Cameron £675, W. M. Taylor £485, Crawford and Roberts £450, Davis and Bennett £450, H. L. Russell £4OO, E. George £350, W. J. Jorgensen £350, C. G. Macindoe £350, A. B. Williams £312 10s, W. J. Brooks £3OO, R. Hannon £3OO, H. A. Swaffield £3OO, Geo. Tutt £3OO, F. Ormond £250, D. R. Walker £250, Mrs. Bee and P. Neagle £215, G. M. Currie £l5O, C. J. Preston £l5O, A. J. Toxward £ll2 10s, S. H. Crawford junr. £lOO, F. Earl £lOO, R. Hall £lOO, J. M. Buchanan £7O, Cunningham and Thompson £7O, W. H. M. Johnston £7O, Jas. Paterson £7O, Jones and Draffin £5O, Mrs. M. G. Mclntosh £5O, Porter and Todd £5O, W. Scholium £5O, R. W. A. Lewis £3O, J. Manuel £3O, R. H. L. Simmons £3O, Jno. Williamson £3O, Dr. E. H. B. Milsom, breeder of winner of Great Northern Guineas, £100; total, £10,150.