TRACK AND STABLE

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1934, Page 11

TRACK AND STABLE

THE DEATH OF. EULOGY GOOD GALLOP BY SOLARIUM. TARANAKI HORSES FOR LEVIN.

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There are only four Taranaki horses engaged at the Levin meeting on Saturday week. H. Dulieu has Bay Sand and Ythan, T. H. Fryer Colossal and B. G. La Pouple Gold Gleam. Lightly Weighted. In the MacDonald Memorial Handicap at Levin Cottesmore figures among those weighted on the minimum. If this son of Hunting Song were anywhere near his best what an exhibition he would make of the opposition! It was only just over a year ago that he won two races at Riccarton and was taken to Sydney to have a tilt at the Epsom Handicap. Certainly he has come down in the weights , with a run. May Return to Form. Last autumn Diagano was one of th# best hack sprinters in commission, but his form this season has not come up to expectations. However, since his return from Avondale he has shown a big im- * provement in his track at Hawera and should not be without prospects in the Hautapu Hack Handicap at Te Rapa on Saturday. The big course should suit this long strider. Ready for the Fray. Reports from Te Awamutu indicate that Solarium will take his place in the field for the Waikato Cup on Saturday. Ridden by his usual pilot, H. N. Wiggins, he galloped a mile on Tuesday morning in Im 425, running the last half mile in under 50s. He is in good order. Star Artist Fit. ■ Though Star Artist did not start at Avondale there is nothing amiss with the Leighton filly. She pleased in a gallop with Royal Artist over six furlongs at Te Rapa on Tuesday morning and promises to be a well supported runner in the Cambridge Handicap at the Waikato meeting on Saturday. Leading Jockey Retires. W. Duncan, who was the leading jockey in Victoria for several years, has retired from race riding as a result of injuries suffered in a fall off Ross Valais last year. After that accident Duncan was in a serious condition for months, and, although he has recovered, he has announced his intention of retiring as * jockey. His left arm was so seriously injured that for some time it was feared it would be permanently affected. After special treatment, however, it now is practically normal. , Duncan has not yet decided whether he will set up as a trainer. There is a possibility that he will do so latter. In the Veteran Class. Red Boa, who won a race at Riccarton last week, is now in his tenth year. He has started in 112 races and has won < 20, collecting £2860 in stakes. He began racing as a three-year-old, but had only, one start, and in the next season he won ’ three races in 19 starts. From then on- • ward he has not failed to get on the winning list each season, his best term being at six years old, when he won six races in 24 starts. He has had no fewer than five owners since he commenced his career for Mrs. R- B. Stiven, who bred him and also his brother Baldowa, who included in his good record a meritorious. ; win in the Thompson Handicap. Noted Brood Mare. The death occurred at the Koatanui Stud, Wanganui, on Tuesday of the noted brood mare Eulogy, who gave >irth to a filly foal to Posterity • i the previous day, Bred in England in 1911 and imported to New Zealand in 1915 by Mr. G. M. Currie, Eulogy (22) was by Cicero from Kelibia, by Upas—Goletta, by Galopin— Biserta, by Lord Lyon, and she has been one of the most successful mares in th® New Zealand Stvd Book. Eulogy had a remarkable career at the stud and th® winnings of her descendants must amount to a very large sum. Pennon, bred to English time and foaled in 1914, was her first foal, and her other progeny include Yarraldool, Humbug, Fulsome, Epitaph, Homage, Commendation, Eulalie, Pedestal, Praise, Esteem and Adulator. Humbug, Epitaph and Commendation vere brilliant gallopers, winning many valuable races. Eulogy’s daughters and grand-daughters have also proved very successful at the stud. Pennon has produced Kilkenny Lass, Motley, Lysander, Damaris, Ceremony and Arisus. Homage is the dam of Episode, Honour and Courtesy, and Epitaph is the dam of the brilliant sprinter Tea Trader, who is now in America. Motley is the dam of Al Jolson, Mjdinette, Variant and Legatee, and Episode has produced Epigram and Burnish. On the English turf Eulogy was quite a good performer as a two-year-old, but that was The Tetrarch’s year, when the famous “spotted wonder” made' the opposition look very cheap. Eulogy once filled third place behind The Tetrarch when the grey ran the six furlongs in Im 7Js, Rich American Race. The world’s richest race, the Santa Anita Handicap, of 100,000 dollars (about £20,000), will be run at the inaugural meeting of the Los Angeles Turf' Club on February 23, and a cablegram has been received at Melbourne inviting Australian owners to send their best ; horses to compete. For many years racing enthusiasts in California have been endeav- ’• ouring to bring racing back to its forme! glory. The formation of the Turf Club ’ at Los Angeles, and the building of a ; magnificent track at Santa Anita, just outside the city limits, have inspired the committee to launch out-and give huge prize-money for the .first meeting,, whicii ’ opens on Christmas Day and ends on ' February 23, the date of the 100,000 dollars race. Already representatives of th® . club have visited England and France, , and it has been announced that M. Leon j Volterra will send Admiral Drake to 1 America to run in the big race. Admiral, i Drake is English-bred, but is owned and j trained in France and won the. last Grana t Prix de Paris. ‘ He will be ridden in t California by Steve Donoghue. The Aga Khan intends to send his three-year-old , Badruddin, and it is expected that the - best American horses, Cavalcade and 3 Equipoise, will also run. It will thus / be seen from the class of»horses engaged that if an Australian owner does decide ; to make the trip, it is no use taking a - moderate horse. L. Haigh, who holds 1 Rogilla on lease, stated recently that i£ I he owned the gelding he would give sens ous consideration'to the question of taxing him to Los Angeles. Under the terms ■ of the usual racehorse lease it is not possible for the lessee to take a horse out t of the country without the permission of s the owner.