HUNT CLUBS’ MEETINGS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 4

HUNT CLUBS’ MEETINGS

HASTINGS MEETING FAIR FIELDS ENGAGED . CLASS OF HORSES GOOD , THE RANGER’S PROSPECTS' (By. “Hurry On.”) ■ The Hawkes Bay Hunt Club has re-, ceived go.od acceptances for its annual: totalisator • meeting at Hastings - to-day.. \ The claSs'of horses is good and the rac- ■ ing should prove interesting. ■ The following" horses-may be fancied:—; • Otane HAck'and Hunters • Hurdles: Lady .' Spy, .Santoft. ■ „ , ' Okawa. Maidbn: Hard Times, Track- . man, Shu. . ■ Hawkes Bay Hunt Cup: The Ranger,. The Drone, Cotsfleld. ' ■Riverlea Handicap: Tres Sec, Unexpect-; ed, Maine. „ ■"Soutra Hunters’ Flat: Miss Rango, Cometra, Santoft. ■ • i ■ Waitangi Handicap: Royal Feast, Thane,, , Silver ‘ Song. 1 -1 Tikbkirio Handicap:. Slippery, Cawbeen. The following are the acceptors:— 1 ' ' OTANE HACK AND HUNTERS’ HURDLES. Of, £5O. About one mile and a-half. Lady Spy 10 6 War Parade 9. 0 Cotsfleld 9 9 Sabatini 9 0 Santoft 9 2 Jazz King 9 0 OKAWA MAIDEN HANDICAP. Of £4O. Five and a-half furlongs. Kukumea Black Magic Trackman ■ , Morning Quest Crown Imperial- Second Gear Irish Keel g. Shu Royal Garter " Hunting Tartan Hard Times \ Mona Lisa Granvale Version MahOra Grand HAWKE’S BAY HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE. Of £5O; About two miles and a-half. Cotsfleld IL 5 Prosy Boy 9 0 The' Ranger •' 911 I Anpadalr 9 The Drone 9►£• * Golden Area Miss Pa-ngo -97 ■ • RIVERSLEA HANDICAP. Of £.50. One mile and a-quarter. Maine.-.,. 9.5', Peggy Dfefoe ' 8 8Unexpected "" 9 S" Joy btick_ o n '■■■Trfes S.ec -9 0 -.Shinanikldd ■ 8 0 ■ / The Grasper • .8 V. 4. Lady Wessex' 8- 0 t Rfiyal" hash -, , 8 3 , . ■ * SOUTRA HUNTERS’ FLAT HANDICAP. • Of £4O. One. mile-and a-quarter. Hukentanu-' 'll 12' • Miss-.Pango •• 11 0 . Standfast'* ;.*ll'. 2 .Cometra 11 <» Santoft 11 6 Vera Lux 10 ‘ . Thp Dron’e 'll* '2' Salon " < . WAITANGI HANDICAP Of x £so._ -Six furlongs, i. Rest ' ' ' 9 9 Father's Showball ~ . 8 11. ,ChoJe? '* * Royal Shift 8 9 KalphyUm « 4 Royal Feaat' ST' Blygaln 8 3 Silver Song -♦* 8. .5 TUano -.- '»•> TIKOKINO HANDICAP. ' : Of £5O/ Six. furlongs- and a-half. 'Siinnery- -9 6 .Hest . -5 ? CaXen 813 ' False Scent ..8 0 Royal Bebgal •8 H Celenimus 8 0 _ . ; VALUE OF TIME TEST SIR T. WILFORD’S VIEWS ;THE TRAINING OF HORSES - —) ■ j' Conversant with racing in most counitries,' ’ aiitT./clpsely ■ associated' with the great development of the in New Zealand and Australia,; Sir Thomas Wiliford, late'. High Commissioner for' the Dominion at Lqndbn,; has recently been, acting as a champion for racing in that part of the world with a seites of sketches given full-page prominence in the Sporting Life,' London’s Ifadr ing sporting journal. Praise for British blood and criticism <3f the “cotton-wool racehorse are. some of the features- of--e delightfully-written article by Sir Thomas in the Derby jssufi of Sporting Life., '; __ \ ./. . ! Larry Markey made his name immortal "in the memory of' racing -men •in New Zealand- when he • instructed his jockey, who was riding Aquarius in a five-furldpg ■ race,- “to start at-top and keep increasing all the way ’ (writes Sir Thomas). The moral of that story is that any horse of the greatest 'possible stamina can be - “run. into the ground,, and fail,‘in consequence, to stay the,distance of the race. In fact, there is no easier way to damn a hSrse s chance in a race than to “run him to nothing” in the first six furlongs of any distance beyond that journey. I am of opinion that a horse that can stay seven furlongs well under a fair Weight can stay a mile and a-half. In . a mile race,'or in any race beyond that distance, it is possible for the '• jockey to give his mount a “breather ’ or an “ease up,” but in a seven-furlong race a horse must gallop all the way. If trainers have horses that will carry, say, 8.5 in a- seven-furlong race in good avefage time, then they are justified in starting for a mile-and-a-half race, and perhaps a two-mile race. When I write of “time” in connection with a race, I realise that in Englandjust as, at first, you refused to tolerate the tote—you generally ridicule the time test. Let me say that there is a day coming when all trainers will realise that the timing of a horse in his trials is the certain and sure evidence of his fitness. I do not mean that a trainer should, as we say in the Dominion, try .to “break the watch,” but I have proved conclusively in my thirty years experience as an owner and breeder that the use of the watch is a reliable method of ascertaining whether a horse is well in him-, self and ready for any effort he may be called upon to make. I do not advocate the use of the watch in his daily work. That is fatal. But I am satisfied that if a horse is going to race, say, on a Wednesday, and on the Saturday morning before that date you find he can i-un within himself a/rial of five furlongs in Im 2s or Im 3s, six furlongs in Im 14s, or seven furlongs in Im 28s, he is ready for business. If. on the contrary, you find he fails to come up to reasonable time test, then you can b£ sure that on that day at least he is ndt up to the mark. I admit that with some horses such a test is useless, for they never gallop without the colours up, and, again, un-. fortunately, there are some who never will 'gallop with the colours up. Carbine, born in New Zealand—“ Old Jack” as he was called—was a sleepy and lazy horse till the barrier went up, and then he got to work. Phar Lap, on the other hand, though with the disposition of Windsor Lad, w-ho, luckily for his owner, has Carbine in ,us pedigree, galloped to the watch. His trial could be ticked off with the certainty that he would- run to , form a few days later unless something special intervened.

We had one jockey in New Zealand, Wally Clifford, who could tell you within a second or two the time of a trial in which he had been the rider. He was a judge of pace and time, but that is a very rare qualification, and I doubt whether many of the boys who ride a four or five-furlong trial today could tell you whether a four fur-

longs effort had taken forty-eight or .sixty seconds. " . While I advocate the use of the watch, I realise that in the hands of a trainer without a balanced judgment it is a danger and will lead to the breakdown of many a youngster/ Now for a few words regarding the Blue Riband of the turf—the Derby—as it appears to those of us who have been born overseas. It is The Race of the world to us; it means everything to us that racing can convey. The horse that wins the Derby becomes the leader for the year in our racing orbit. The breeding of sire and dam and the running strains that are brought to the fore in the Epsom race will affect the prices of our yearlings at the annual sales and the prices obtained for certain of our brood ' . It is beyond-us to expect that a Derby winner will ever be a sire at the stud in New Zealand, but it is not beyond us to hope for a son or daughter of the winner, or perhaps we may see the runner-up, because his stud value through his finishing second instead of first is not necessarily out of reach. When Blenheim won the Derby, one of our studs purchased the runner-up of .that ; year, Iliad, and thus we seized that year your second best and may, perhaps, be glad that he never won, for in that case we shouldn’t have been able to afford to buy him. . I have been much surprised in this country, where you have the greatest racehorses in the world, that when a race has been won by a great horse he is, metaphorically speaking, put away in cotton-wool for a long while before he appears again. Are your great horses delicate? Certainly many of them are very temperamental and intractable. The necessity for blinkers on so many is also a surprise to me, while the number of tubed horses is legion. In New Zealand, where Australian mares at times come to spend a year after foaling, so as to benefit from our rich pastures, we find that our horses in training can race and race again without injury to themselves. I remember Euroclydon, by Gorton—Lady Gertrude, by Thunderbolt—Lyra (all your breeding), winning the New Zealand Cup of two miles, the Derby of a mile and a-half, and the Canterbury Cup of over two miles in a period of eight days. Of course I realise that very many of your horses are reared on rich pasture lands, which are soft and yielding always. Such lands do not make for bone in the thoroughbred, nor do such lands make for the iron feet which are such a vital and important part of the thoroughbred. Limestone country clearly makes for good bone and good feet. Few horses with cup-shaped feet are seen with us. Korses bred on limbstone country have the frogs down flat and not curved upwards, and the pads become a part of the strength of the foot, and conseC” ".y of the whole ~> ? stem. Lift the foot of a thoroughbred here and in Ireland, and the difference is most marked in many cases. The cup-shaped hoof is ; nirnori unknown n horses reared on the , limestone countries.

POPULAR GATHERING EGMONT-WANGANUI HUNT POINT-TO-POINT MEETING i FLOWER BAG REAPPEARS (By "Hurry On.”) ' The annual point-to-point meeting of : the Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club on Mr. J. Lupton’s property at' Waverley to-day is sure to attract the' attention of sportsmen ' throughout the' province. It is al-. ■ ways a popular gathering and additional' : interest will be' given to to-day s fixture ' by the appearance of many hunters who ■ will compete at the' combined hunt ■ meeting at New Plymouth at the end of . August. The fields have been augmented i by the presence of a contingent of hunt- ' ers from North Taranaki. ' The principal event, the Tally Ho Steeplechase, has drawn a splendid field j headed by Flower Bag, tne Pakuranga ; and’Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Cups Winner of last year. An accomplished fencer ■ with plenty of pace, Flower Bag is going j to keep the. opposition very busy despite his 12.7. Royal Lineage 12 months ago ' was one of the best hurdlers in the Dominion. He has taken kindly to the hunting field and may provide stiff opposition for the top weight. Both Ngareta and Sleepy are in good nick and Sleepy’s form at the Waitoitoi Beach meeting suggests that he is a better horse than he was last year. Coma has not a great deal of pace but he knows What to do when he comes to a fence. Vienna is an unknown quantity. Flower Bag, Royal Lineage and. Sleepy should be handy at the finish. Dracula, who is a fine cut of a hunter, should keep the opposition busy in the lightweight event, though both Bimbo and Gay Maid should run good races. Wilkins scored a runaway win in the heavyweight race last year, and should be handy at' the finish this time. Most trouble may come'from the good looking Sir Daniell, who has plenty of pace. The following is the card for the day: LADIES’ HUNTING COMPETITION. LIVELY FIRE, Mr. D.. Lance’s. SHAMEN, Miss A. .Graham’s. ■ ' BLUE PETER, Mrs.'Curie’s., KEMAL, Miss- M. Elmslie’s.' DANZOFF, Mr. R. H. .Quayle’s. ~ ‘ WILKINS, Mr.' D. Lupton’s. ' DINKUM; Miss' J- Davidson’s. NIMBLEFOOT, Miss Hazel" Cole’s. DICKENS, Miss P. Sinimoh’s. ' PRIDE, Mr. T. Baker’s. ' FROSTY, Mr. J. B. Davis’. ' LIGHTWEIGHT STEEPLECHASE.. . RAWHITI, Mr. I. D. Parson’s. ' BIMBO.' Miss' Tracy Cole’s. GOLD TOR, Mr. Allan Lupton’s. GAY MAID, Mr. N. Lupton’s. DRACULA, Mr. S. F. Besley’s. TALLY HO STEEPLECHASE. ' , FLOWER Bag, Gas Bag-Sweet Flower, Mr. R. A. Wilkin’s,. 12.7.. .' ROYAL LINEAGE, Limond-Royal Exchange, Mr. A. McNab's, 12.0. NGARETA, Chaminade-Campfire, Miss E. Hicks’, 11.0. " ‘ ' - SLEEPY, Chaminade-Unknown, Mr. .lan Cole's, 11.0. COMA, Day Comet-The Boyen, Mr. T. Lupton’s, 10.10, VIENNA, Sultan-Roden, Mr. E. Lupton's,- 10.7. ' HEAVYWEIGHT STEEPLECHASE. . ENVOY, Miss J. McGregor’s, limit. STILTS, Mr. a; McNab's/ limit. PRIDE, Mr. T. ; Baker’s, limit. PIERROT, Mb. N. Parson’s, 250yds bhd. . SIR. DANIELL, Miss-C. Walkin ton’s, 250yds bhd. ' . ...WILKINS, Mr. D. Lupton’s, 300 yds bhd. < There will also be two pony events;

RANGITIKEI HUNT CLUB

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACCEPTANCES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. Acceptances for the Rangitikei Hunt Club meeting on July 24 are:— 12.0— RIDDIFORD STEEPLECHASE. Of £25. Two miles and a distance.

Gisborne Jack 12 a Tub I ta rata 12 0 GlenSeven 13 0 War Eagle 12 0 Old Remus 12 0 lllawara 12 0 Taneka 12 0 The Storm ■ Wind ■ 12 0 12.35— GLENMORE MAIDEN.,. Of £50. : Five furlongs. Donegal 8 in Manulcle • S 10 Trouvaille X 10 Royal King8 10 Ring) po to 8 10 Lady/ Hoarirl 8 10 Middle 8 10 Golden Song 8 10 Genial X' 10 Tidal Song ' 8 u Delysia 8 10 Ihapera 8 5 Blue Tiger 8 10 Pylon 8 J) Celeritas S 10 Chalice 8 n Popette 8 10 Frugal 8. . 5 1.10— ROSEBANK HACK HURDLES. Of £55. One and a-half miles. Brigadore 10 8 Kaola 9 0 Lady. Spy 10 n Ngita 9 0 Karaugapai 0 0 Minoa 9 0 Headland fl 9 Tambo 9 0 Gallivauter * 9 4 1.45CLOSEBURN HACK FLYING. Of £60. Seven furlongs. Arouse 8 13 Pukepapa 7 12 Dampier 8 5 Spender 7 12 Brigadore 8 5 Gisborne Jack 12 Wyndale 8 0 Tambo B 12 Treasure Hunt 8 0 2.20— RANGITIKEI HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE. Of £50. Two and a-half miles. Conference 10 13 The Drone 10 7 The Ranger 10 9 High Society 10 ;> Waitaunaha 10 9 Croydon 10 0 Miss. Pango 10 7 Red Bray 10 0 2.55OTAIRI EADIES’ BRACELET. Of £30; One and a-quarter miles. Conference 12 5 Lady' Arikitoa 11 0 Santoft ' 11'13 The Storm Cometra 11 7 Wind 11 0 'Miss Pango 11 . 7 Clarion Call 11 o ■ 'Benedictine ii r. In the Air 11 0 High Society 11 5 Ruenzorl 11 0 Even Money H 2 Sapless 11 0 PetrarCh 11 0 Gainsay 11 0 Pekerau 11 0 Otaki . II 0 Air Forde 11 0 Gallant Maid 11 0 3.30— - SPRINGROVE FAREWELL HANDICAP . . - .Of £50. Six furlongs. Arouse 8 13 . '.Spender' 7 12 ' COJen so 8 13 Touvaille 7 12 Revival 8 6 Ring!po to 7 12 Dahipier 8 S Pukepapa 7 12 'Popette 8 0