FROM TRACK AND STABLE

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1932, Page 10

FROM TRACK AND STABLE

A PREMISING YEARLING EURYTHMIC’S HALE-BROTHER. COPEY TO REMAIN; IN MELBOURNE. (By “Hurry On.”) ■ The services of IL Voitre have been lecuxei for Mrs. W. D. Graham’s horses *t the Taranaki Hunt meeting at New Plymouth' next month. _ Two Winter Cup candidates, Gay Court and Nonnandy, were responsible for a smart seven furlong gallop at fDreptham on Saturday. The steeplechaser Town 'Beauty pleased by beating Tobaceoland over a mile. Ranelagh failed to produce his , real form in his. races at Trentham,' but he was at his best again'in the Racecourse Hill Handicap at the' Combined Clubs’ meeting at' Riccarton. 1 He put in a characteristic run over' the last two furlongs, but'he arrived a stride too late to win Hq is so well at present that another stake may come his way any jtime. • The yearling by Night Raid from that brilliant mare Valicare is reported to be one of the finest of his age seen for some time. Good judges are of the opinion that if Night Raid is to give the' turf another champion this youngster is the one. Four candidates for the Grand National Steeplechase contested the Homeby'Steeplechase at Riccarton on Saturday, but their form was not impressive. Deportment filled third place, but failed in the last hundred yards, while Royal Reign was beaten a little earier. Calham’s effort was very poor, as he commenced to drift back after, a mile. Lancer ran off at the fourth fence- He did not have much room and he jumped the first three brilliantly, so he need not be condemned.

Mr. R. McLean, who purchased Pillow Fight recently, has had his colours carried by Brazanna, Captain Dollar, Amber Link and Impudent. The first three are in the charge of C. Morse at Takanini, while Impudent is with J. T. Jamieson in Sydney. Consono, the sole representative of a Southland stable in the Winter Cup, is a Songbird gelding from Obedio, whose sire, the Obligado horse Obsono, was a Handicap winner. Consono won * mile raco at the Dunedin meeting last month, so he . has some credentials. The last Southland horse to win the Winter Cup was Killowen, by Songbird's sire Kilbroney. , He was successful in 1920, being ridden by J. Olsen, Who i»' at Riccarton again this year, looking after another Winter Cup candidate, Semper Paratus. Three horses booked to leave shortly for Australia were given a sprint be- ' tween races at Riccarton on Saturday, reports the Times. Nightmarch and True Shaft broke away together at the half mile post and after going a furlong they were joined by Silver Ring, the trio running home at a sound -pace. The three horses look in excellent health to go on with the serious part of their preparation when they arrive at Randwick. Nightmarch bruised a foot recently, but he showed no evidence of trouble in Saturday’s sprint, hitting out ta free style. In view" of' the fact that a woman trainer won the recent V.R.O. Grand National Steeplechase,' it will come as a surprise to many to learn that in all probability women ,will not be licensed to' train horses by the V.R.C. at the beginning of' the new season in August, ■ays a Melbourne paper. It is known that for some time the V.R.C. committee has looked askance on women conducting ■the weighing out of jockeys and the saddling of horses. In fact, action was taken to prevent women frequently the Weighing enclosures on the principal courses. Now it is almost certain that tiia ruling body will go further and refuse licenses to women. -J ■ Remaining in Melbourne. After he has fulfilled hiq Australian Steeplechase .engagement, Copey is to remain in Melbourne-to compete in the steeplechases at the cup meetings, states the Sporting Globe.. I. Tucker, the New Zealand jockey who rides Copey in his races, intends to, remain for some i months, and if opportunities warrant it 1 he will settle in Melbourne. Tucker is a. skilful horseman,as he • displayed when he won on Appjedore, at Flemington and on Sarocto at ; Caulfield. Tucker ia a horseman of the, patient type, and rides with great judgment. He should do well here. The army of New • Zealanders settled in Melbourne is likely to be added to by the addition of T. R. George, trainer of Landmark, Make Up and Appledore. He has under serious consideration the idea of bringing a big team of horses to Melbourne ‘ and remaining here. If he decides upon that plan he will turn out his three horses here and return to New Zealand to settle his affairs. George is the leading trainer in the Dominion. An Extraordinary Incident. Early in his career as a .jumper Polygonum, winner of this year’s V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles, was the chief actor in an extraordinary incident that involved the Moonee Valley Racing Club in a substantial sum, says a Melbourne writer. With 9.l2<in the saddle, he was second topweight for tho Yering Hurdles at a hunt club meeting at Moonee Valley on August 28, 1929. At his previous start, he had been beateu by a. head by Romeo in a hurdle race at Bendigo. In the Yering Hurdles he fell at the stand hurdle the first time round, but he continued to gallop in the field, and was second to pass the winning post.. After passing the post he did not continue to go round the course, but went straight ahead until he came to the picket fence, surmounted by an African boxthorn hedge, which divides the south hill enclosure from the running track. Without hesitation the little gelding rose at the obstacle, which was nearly seven feet in height' from the take-off side, cleared it, but came to grief among some spectators who had not had time to get out of the way. A man was knocked down and severely injured, He made a elaim against the Moonee Valley Club, and the club compensated him. According to a decision recently given, in England regarding a somewhat similar mishap a club is not liable for damages ineurred in such accidents. Polygonum did not suffer any injury wheii he fell. Takes Some Believing. So consistently has a patient in a mental home near Melbourne backed Winners tliat the local starting price x bookmaker is said to be feeling the pinch, reports a Melbourne paper, the totient has had only one or two bets » day, and his • percentage of winners has been remarkable.' Tho winners have been quoted at long odds. Envious warders began to wonder how the patient secured such good information. Thev dared not ask'hint because he was bo secretive about the business. They noticed that ho secured all the newspapers available on race days and that he 1 carefully clipped the turf sections from them, apparently not being interested in the other news they contained. A, watch was kept, and one Saturday morning recently tho patient was seen to write the names of all the horses in one race on slips of paper. These were carefully embcddcl in pieces of

bread, rolled hard, and placed in a dish pf. water. Watching the water intently, the patient did not realise that he was being observed. As soon as the first piece of bread broke and released the slip of paper he seized it eagerly. That was his winner! The onlookers sought out the bookmaker, curious to learn the name of the horse the patient had backed. They had their little bit on, too, and it won—at 10 to 1! Now the warders are afraid the patient will find out that they know of his “system.” If he does, they will have to go to the trouble of working it out for themselves, for these afflicted people are loth to let outsiders into their secrets. A Half-Brother to Eurythmic.

Judging, by the ease of his victory in the Rosehill Handicap, Salvador, halfbrother to the great Eurythmic, is at last coming into his own. His win was achieved in striking style. Salvador is probably the best track galloper over a middle distance in Australia, says a Melbourne writer. He has put up really scorching times in training, but has so often failed to do his best in races that there were grave doubts as to his genuineness. Pei’haps Salvador needed age to develop confidence. No man has more often asserted that Salvador would have won several good handicaps ere this had he run up to track form than the gelding’s owner, I, H. Andrews. Salvador led track watchers bo often astray that he earned the sobriquet of “Morn-ing-glory Salvador.” One good Sydney judge advanced a theory that, with age, Salvador might perform honestly. He put the horse’s inability to do his best tn races down to blood pressure. Perhaps there is something in this. On several occasions it has been distinctly noticeable that the half-brother to Eurythmic has galloped freely in public outings for half the journey, only to stop suddenly, as if taken by seizure. He might gallop in this style for a .furlong or two, but, after recovering, finished on again when the race was all over. Salvador galloped with dash throughout at Rosehill. He could have run to the front from the outset, but it was not till nearing the half-mile that Hickey took him to the head of the field. l ? rom then on there was only one in it. Salvador beat the warm favourite, King March, with Cylanta a close third.. Ho is engaged in the A.J.C. Metropolitan with 7.2. A five-year-old, ho will have a tremendous pull over others of his own age. It merely eeems a matter of his developing further and running honestly for Salvador to take a lot of beating. ■ ...... RACING IN ENGLAND. STEWARDS’ CUP TO SOLENOID. By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright. . — ' London, July 26. The Stewards’ Cup resulted: Solenoid 1, Slipper 2, Polar Bear .3. Twenty-one started. Won by a short head, threequarters of a length between second and third.