TRIALS FOR WANGANUI

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1935, Page 9

TRIALS FOR WANGANUI

NEW PLYMOUTH TRACK WANGANUI FINAL TRIALS YESTERDAY’S GALLOPING The rain on Monday night left the New Plymouth tracks in a rather heavy state for the work yesterday morning, when the horses for Wanganui were given their final trials. All the galloping took place on the trial grass, which was in fair order. Gold Mission was going slightly better •than Mustang at the conclusion of five furlongs in Im-ss,- though ■ both finished strongly. Chikara did better titan Sporting Song over the final stages of a five furtbng gallop, running the distance in Im ss. Chikara worked attractively and his failure at the hunt meeting is hard to understand. Sporting Song’s effort was satisfactory and he appears in good order for Wanganui, where he will again be ridden by R. W. McTavish. Chief Marionette and Grateful did easy tasks. Both appear in good order to commence their preparations. Hinky Pinky and Nuget were associated over three furlongs in 4(Hs, with the former a length in front at the finish. This filly is a good mover. Davistock and Aussie Ra ran five furlongs, the last half taking 545. Both hit out in -good style, with Davistock shading his companion at the finish. The pair were not accepted for at Wanganui ■but figure among the nominations for. Foxton. Red Fox, who came through his three races at the hunt meeting in good style, was trotted and cantered on the inside. Bonny Glow, whose leg filled just before the hunt meeting, was exercised on the inner. She is now well on the road to recovery, though the interruption in her preparation was unfortunate. Lady Kyra was allotted an easy task on the inside. She looks bright and healthy. Glenvane covered two rounds on the inside at half pace. ' Tahurangi was going better than Refresher at the conclusion of five furlongs in Im ss. He had a big pull in ■the weights and hit out freely all the way. Refresher did not appear to be at home on the heavy track. W. Dulieu with Sporting Song, Mustang and Gold Mission will leave for Wanganui this morning. R. Barlow with Refresher and Tahurangi. will go this afternoon. J. O’Neill with Chikara will

also probably make the. trip. There is a possibility that Tahurangi will be reserved for Saturday. 1 Riding Engagements. R. W. Savage: Carfex, Mustang, Wahine Nui, Mid Acre and Waiongona the second day. R. J. Flower: Gold Mission, Gold , Gleam. ' R. W. McTavish: Sporting Song. S. Wilson: Tahurangi. P. S. Atkins: Probably Refresher. C. Sheild: Ruri, Supreme Court, Ingenuity, Alchemic. W. E. Pine: Lowenberg, Fersen. C. Cole: Arouse. A. Jenkips: Bay Sand. K. Chote: Gay Chief. REGISTRATION OF HORSES ’ IMPORTANCE EMPHASISED The necessity of registering horses now | before they are accepted for races is still not generally realised by owners, and it is possible that some trouble may arise on this score before the next few months are past. The claiming of a name : recently on the eve of acceptance raises the question whether this is a sufficient compliance with the new rule. It is stated by officials of the New Zealand Racing Conference that it is not. Rule 106 ■ states that no horse shall be registered until the proposed name thereof has been approved by the president. The mere claiming of a name is not registering the : horse, which is not actually effected till ’ the name has been officially allowed. Therefore owners who leave their nam- ; ing till the eve of acceptance day may , shortly be finding themselves prevented t from starting their horses, or at least i being fined for the dilatorincss. ' RACING TAXATION HIGHEST IN THE WORLD High taxation on racing in New Zealand and the consequent restriction of : stakes were referred to by the presi- ■ dent of the Oamaru Jockey Club (Mr. : Ken Austin) in his address to members ’ a' the annual meeting of the club. Mr. Austin said that although there i seemed to be a general improvement in 1 totalisator turnover at recent meetings : held throughout the Dominion he per- :

scnally could not see that racing was in a very healthy or solvent state. One had only to consider the high cost associated with breeding, training and racing in comparison with the prize-money offered by racing clubs to realise that racing clubs and the racing public generally were suffering from a burdensome taxation, which was being levied on them by an unsympathetic Government. In paying nearly 17 per cent, to the Govenunent they were contributing 5 per cent, more than any other racing country in the world, and practically all of this money extracted from racing went into general revenue funds. The poorness of the stakes given by racing clubs throughout the Dominion was eloquent to the state of racing at present, and small prizes must continue to be the order so long as the present rates of taxation continued. ■ Referring to the question of bookmakers Mr. Austin said that this surely was a matter which should be gone into thoroughly by the racing authorities and not shelved from year to year. He did not agree with the statement made recently that illegal betting could be controlled. Up to a certain point he also did not hold with the opinion that it was not necessary to keep the best performers to compete in New Zealand. The revenueearning capacity of a high-class horse | was hard to estimate, but under the existing conditions the Dominion was losing practically every one of its firstclass performers, who were the drawcards at any race meeting at which they might compete. Many fine horses had been forced out of New Zealand to Australia, with its rich prizes, due in a large measure to its greater racing public, but also to its more moderate taxation and cheaper transport. Practically none of the top class yearlings bred in New Zealand was bought by New Zealand owners. It was easily realised they were to retain the best horses, it was a fundamental necessity that this prize-money should be established on a satisfactory level. It was also a noticeable and regrettable fact that in recent stud dispersal sales the most valuable marcs had been bought ty Australian breeders. TRUE STAYING BLOOD THE HAMPTON LINE One of the outstanding features of the racing in England this year has been the success of horses sired by Son-in-Law or his sons (who include Foxlaw, Winalot, the defunct Son and Heir, Bosworth, Apron, Knight of the Garter, etc.). While this branch of the Hampton line, through Dark Ronald, liyes there should be no fear of any waning in the staying qualities of the English thor-

oughbred. Many of the stallions recently imported to the Dominion, including Leighon, are representatives of the Hampton male line, and another stallion standing in this district, Mullaboden, brings in this valuable blood through his dam. In referring to the success of the Dark Ronald branch of the Hampton line, the English critic “Ithuriel” writes:—“l think our breeders may truly utter a fervent prayer of thankfulness that the Prussian Government did not acquire Dark Ronald before he had left us the immortal Son-in-Law. English breeders received the news of the sale of Dark Ronald with the keenest regret. Our loss was to be accentuated. After the Armistice Dark Ronald ought to have been brought back to this country! It is interesting to. think how different our breeding and even our racing might have been if Dark Ronald had never left England.” . Dark Ronald retired to the stud in 1910. It was in April, 1913, that the announcement came that the horse had been sold to Germany. He left England at the end -of June, 1913, and he was destroyed in 1928, when 23 years oldHe had four seasons at the stud in England. In that period he was responsible for Son-in-Law, Dark Legend, Vaucluse. Magpie (who has been one of the leading sires in Australia for many years). Brown Prince and Ambassador, among others. VERITABLE GOLD MINE ST. SIMON’S STUD FEES Discussing St. Simon, who cost the Duke of Portland 1600 guineas, an English writer says that he was at the slud for 22 years. The fees paid on behalf of mares that were mated with him during that time exceeded £160.000, and if allowance is made for his owner’s mares who were mated to him, St. Simon earned at the stud approximately a quarter of a million pounds. His progeny won about 550 races, worth £532,500. He has been one of the most potent forces ever known in thoroughbred horse breeding. BIG WAGER LOST AN INCIDENT OF 1931 English racing lost a notable personage by the death on July 26 of Mr. Alfred Heathorn, head of the old-established Piccadilly firm of commission agents. One of the most spectacular bets he ever booked was with the late Mr. H. F. Clayton in 1931. He laid £lOO,OOO to £lOO against the owner landing the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire double. Mr.

Clayton ran two horses in each race. Six Wheeler ran second in the Cesarewitch and Disarmament won the Cambridgeshire. A £lOO,OOO bet was thus lost by the length and a half by which Noble Star beat Sir Wheeler. JOHN GRIGG’S STAKES FIRST SOUTHERN CLASSIC The following remain in the Ashburton Racing Club’s John Grigg Stakes of £250, four furlongs for two-year-olds, after the payment of the final forfeit:— A. L. Pratt’s b. c. Amount, by Paper Money—Chivalry. G. Brown’s ch. f. by Pink Coat—Happy Queen. P. T. Hogan’s b. f. Double Gift, by Polazel—Bella Lake. D. Preston’s b. g. Asset, by Paper Money—Lucinda. E. Hay’s b. f. Pelmet, by Limond— Curtain. J. Earl’s b. f., by Pink Coat—Saxette. W. A. White’s b. c., by Siegfried—Sungift. B. F. Spiers’ b. f. Impact, by Rapier —Kilada. W. J. Doyle’s br. g., by Roydon—First Class. M. O’Brien’s b. g. Dictate, by Chief Ruler—Kirima. H. D. Greenwood’s b. f. Pelian, by Iliad—Goldspear. T. C. Robinson’s ch. f. Golden Emblem, by Philamor —Bonrose. Sir Charles Clifford’s b. c. Wild Chase, by Paper Money—Wild Hind. C. Holdsworth’s b. g. Studley Royal, by Paper, Money—Red Queen. , HAWERA TRACK WORK COURSE AGAIN VERY WET GALLOPING ON THE SAND (By “Limited.”) After heavy rain through Monday night the tracks on tire Hawera racecourse yesterday morning were again saturated and anything in the nature of fast work was impossible. Luckily the sand track was usable and practically all tire horses engaged at Wanganui were given useful pace exercise. Horses worked on the sand were Ruri, Alchemic, Supreme Court, Soloist, Golden Hair, Fersen, Lowenberg, Ruaform, Ingenuity and Bay Sand, all engaged at Wanganui, while Bantry was galloped on the outside of the course proper over half a mile, going from the seven furlongs to the three. If not too highly assessed by the handicapper Bantry will

, be taken to Wanganui for Saturday’s • racing. R. Brough was disappointed in not bei ing able to try his two-year-old Waiongona at Marton, there being no other entries for the parade. He was, however, enabled to give the youngster a couple of fast gallops on the good going, in both of which she went satisfactorily. She will be taken to Wanganui for the Debutante Stakes. By Colossus from Just So, the latter a half-sister to those good sprinters Kiosk and Mireusonta, Waiongona has claims on breeding lines and may prove useful. Waiongona was , given strong pace work on the two-year-old track yesterday. Brilliancy was exercised on the inside. The Hawera horses are to leave by train to-day for Wanganui.