TURF TOPICS TERSELY TOLD

Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1930, Page 4

TURF TOPICS TERSELY TOLD

A triumphal march: Nightmarch. *■# » * Earthquake appears to run shocking races. # « * * Don Jose has returned six dividends in seven starts. Some good. * * * * The daily question: How much did the tote drop yesterday? # # # # Masher nowjoins the gift horses, andy will be used as a hunter in future. / Clarendon is now a stable-mate of Aemil and Mon Roi, under W. J. King's care. « * * * Admiral Drake has been an unlucky runner at Riccarton but he may make amends on Saturday. # * # * Kaha is expected to pay expenses at Te Rapa on Saturday. He ran a first and a second there last year. • • • * What will Nightmarch get in the Auckland Cup? There will be no maximum weight to save him in this event. « « * • Air King has not raced since he won over the sticks at' Avondale, but that victory was impressive and will make him favourite at the Waikato meeting. « « w * Paratoo has been withdrawn from hisengagements on the concluding day of the C.J.C. meeting. He won £475 in stakes and has so paid the expenses of his trip. # * * # K. Voitre and H. Wiggins were seen in their worst form when they rode In The Shade and Count Palatine respectively in the New'Zealand Cup. * *' * # La Poupee was beaten in the Welcome Stakes on Saturday, but the Tea Tray filly had all the bad luck possible, “Larry” Wiggins taking the longest way home for a head defeat. # # * * True Blood won the Waikato Cup last year and also the big race the second day. His race at Whangarei should improve him and at Te Rapa on Saturday he will go mighty close to repeating Ust year’s performance. •*# ’ # * The best has not been seen of the Welcome,Stakes winner Royal Ruler, but the first time he gets a dry track he will take all sorts of beating. « • » a Kohara won the New Zealand Trotting Cup in 1927 in heavy going, the two miles taking 4.46 3-5. He ran 4.21 in his heat on Tuesday, and a repetition of that form would make him very difficult to beat. "*# * * Autopay has proved himself the best three-year-old sprinter of the season and has not been outside of a place in his six starts, which have resulted in three wine, two seconds and a third. « # * * The New Zealand Trotting Cup justified the qualification restrictions placed on it when Peter Bingen put up a, world’s two-mile record of 4min. 18 4-5 sec. to beat Logan Park last year. « *.. Gustavo failed to run out the full distance in the New Zealand Derby, but he can be expected to make a better showing over a distance next time out. # # * * The winner's portion in the Canterbury Cup yesterday was £350. Thia • brings Nightmarch’s total up to £28,418. He won £22,316 in Australia and £6102 in New Zealand. # * * * The Swell is back on the New Plymouth tracks and looks none the worse for his unsuccessful trip to Australia. He may pick up a race at the holiday meetings where the class is weak. • • • • Mendip is being schooled at Hawera and is stated to be shaping well. He is the stamp to make a fair hurdler and stays on well enough to suggest that he will win good races at this game. • * * * Simba, who went wrong on the eve of the New Zealand Cup meeting. Js reported to have made a splendid recovery, but will not be able to race at the gathering. # * # * Grecian has been showing improving form in the last few weeks and his win yesterday was not altogegether unexpected. He promises to be a good handicapper this season. A High-Priced Bargain. After Carbine's defeat in the V.R.C. Derby he did not lose a race at that meeting in I'BBB. He was not in the Cup. He won the Flying Stakes (7 furlongs), and the Foal Stakes (1J miles). At' the close of this meeting, his owner, Mr. Dan O’Brien, su omitted him to auction on the same day that Tradition (second in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups) was offered. Tradition brought 3050 guineas, and Carbine was bought by Mr. D. S. Wallace for 3000 guineas. Tradition turned out a “dud,” whereas Carbine won some £20,000 in stakes, and was sold to the Duke of Portland for 13,500 guineas, to become a world famous sire just as he was a world-famous racehorse.

Becoming A Habit., Rangitikei punters to a man were on Habit on Monday, and the failure of the daughter of Thespian to return a dividend caused a mild surprise. She ran a race in the Epsom Handicap, and was just beaten for second place in a close finish. D. O’Connor, who took the mount through H. Gray being engaged for Love Song, handled the mare well, but her backers are sure to ‘'double up” when the premier horseman’s services are available. Former Jockey Returns. Mr. R. Johnson, in conversation with “Sentinel” while passing through Dunedin on his Way back from Melbourne, stated that Charles Rudings, one of the best riders of his day, is now a resident of New Plymouth. Rudings was recognised as one of the most capable horsemen of his day, when R. Derrett, Walter Clifford, and others could not be taught anything when in the saddle. Rudings -was associated with R. J. Mason, H. Goodman and other leading trainers. He won the Welcome Stakes on Liverpool in 1883, the Canterbury Cup on Betrayer in 187’9 and the same race on Welcome Jack in 1883, the Great Autumn on Welcome Jack in 1883, and the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Birthday Handicap on Sir Modred in 1883, but these are only a few instances in which he proved that the leading trainers were fully justified in placing confidence in his horsemanship. Rudings went to Australia, and after many years’ residence in Victoria has come back to New Zealand,

In the Shade; then in the limelight. # # * >* Grecian will be in order very soon. He's slippery. . # # * * Hurdle races have been tough at Riecarton. Well, “make up” on Saturday. Jack Cameron has Hunting Cry back in work at Hastings. « # * * The New Zealand Trotting Cup final will be run at Addington to-day. « * * * D. Kemp, the well-known Woodville trainer, now has charge of Mount Shannon and Jadarino. # # ,* * Walter Rayner is tuning up Pomp, Pedestal, Solange and Impetuous for the Feilding meeting. ,*# * * The Catmint two-year-old Simint will have his first race at Te Rapa and, if he is as good as he looks, he should not be long off the winning list. Acceptances for all events at the (Levin meeting on November 22 close with the secretary, Mr. F. Nicholson, at 9 o’clock to-morrow night. * * * * Don Jose, whose form this season has been remarkably consistent, is ' a son of Michaela, a brilliant in her day. He has not finished winning yet. • • © Gesture showed a glimpse of her real form when she contested the Stewards’ Handicap, and she should soon be found on the winning list again. # * # ♦ Only seven unsexed horses have won the Melbourne Cup since 1900. They are Revenue, The Parisian, Posinatus, 'Sasanof, Night Watch, Bitalli and Phar Lap. * * * * Nightmarch paid a ridiculous price in the New Zealand Cup considering the class of ( field he was pitted against. One has to go back to 1905 for a shorter price, when Nociuiform won. * & * * The last mile in the New Zealand Cup was run. in Imin. 40 3-ssec., and it is estimated that Nightmarch ran that stage of the journey in Imin.. 38Jsec. ■lt is the type of finish that suits him best. # # * * The ex-Taranaki mare Llanore had been working exceptionally well prior to the Whangarei meeting and her (win the second day was expected. However, she is one of the “squibby’’ sorts and does not retain her form for long. » « • « The fields at the Banks Peninsula meeting went away from the barrier like so many cows. Amateur starters may save a club some initial expense, but they are expensive in the long run, aha. the. public and owners alike ■will not be caught twice. # * * * Nightmarch’s time in the Canterbury Cup- yesterday is only one-fifth of a second off the New Zealand record for 18 furlongs jointly held by Gasbag and Gold Light. « # * * Laughing Prince produced such a great finishing run in the Stewards Handicap that he looked to have the mile yace at his mercy yesterday. He duly brought home the bacon. #•# # * Nightmarch has won a valuable array of cups for his owner, Mr. A. Louisson. Trophies were attached to his victories in the Marton, Dunedin, James Hazlett Memorial, Melbourne and New Zealand

Cups and the W. S- Cox Plate. These trophies are valued at £650. There is no trophy attached to the Canterbury Cup.

Mr. A. B. Williams had to pay 2250 guineas to secure Cymene and her foal Cylinder at the Kinloch dispersal sale, but he has been well rewarded for his gameness. Cylinder has so far won £4065 in prize-money and stands a wonderful chance of doubling his tally before the end of the season.

Mr. A. W. McDonald was unlucky with La Poupee in the Welcome Stakes and Chief Cook met two good ones in Solvent and Tea Chat on Monday. However, the Chief Ruler—Cherry Pie gelding made amends yesterday.

Different Methods. The failure of In The Shade to go the pace in the early stages of the New Zealand Cup caused surprise in most racing circles, and the son of Australian Sun was never going comfortably for K. Voitre. With Gray substi tuted in the Fendalton Handicap (this time run on the second day instead of on the last) In The Shade not only began smartest, but was near the leaders all the way, and had the race in safe keeping a long way from home. Possibly the want of a gallop through missing the Wellington meeting may have had something to do with the remark-, able improvement shown on Monday, •but different riding methods had a great deal to do with-’the vastly different result. Cylinder Sparks Well.

“Wait until he strikes a dry track,” was what Cylinder & party said after the crack three-year-old’s defeat at Ellerslie, and judging by his greatly improved performances at Riccarton there was something in the cry. After making light of 9.3 in the Riccarton Welter, he looked the best of good things for Monday’s Derby, and proved it by waiting on hie opponents until Gray thought it time to give him his head, when he drew away and won comfortably. Had he been pushed, the time might have been considerably reduced, so comparison with time records of previous years is vain and useless. The fact remains that Cylinder is a great three-year-old, and that he won well.