RACING & TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 11 June 1924, Page 13

RACING & TROTTING

On and On the Track.

A BUDGET OF NEWS AND VIEWS.

FIXTURES. Racing. June 11—-Auckland Racing Club. June 9 0 21—Ashburton Racing C üb. June 20, 21—Napier Park Racing Club. June 21— Brackenfield Hunt. June 25, 26—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club July 9, 12 —Wellington Racing Club. Julv 19—South Canterbury Hunt. ; Julv 24—Waimate Hunt. Julv 24, 26—Gisborne Racing Club, August ,t 12, 14, 16-C.J.C. Grand National.

' ' The Auckland winter meeting will be concluded to-day. Steeplechases on baturday. ’ ~ , Xiie Methven Trotting Club s meetuig (non-totuhsator), is scheduled ioi ! Saturday next. ~ ' ' ’ ' Sea De’d, who won the Great Noi thorn Steeplechase two years ago, a lit. the Great Nortiierii Murules last; week, cost Ins present owner, i\lr Nicholson, At Jvunedin S. Trilford had the unusual experience of going through a tnree-duvs’ meeting wunout notciimg u Win, minor places oemg all that .tell to the stable. . ~. . Punters were a trifle' slow in striking a gait at,Ashburton on Saturday last, oni v about C9BO being invested on the opening event, although tlicit) ueio. twenty-live starters. The postponed tim'd day ol the Auckland meeting is the only fixture this week, and there will be no turtner racing until the Ashburton and Napiei Park meetings at the end of next Steeplechasing nowadays is. rather dilierent to ilie cross-country racing oi thirty vears ago. in the Cleat tNoitliei'ii- in the early nineties, Despised fell twice on the journey and still was able to win. , , ~ , . Despised, who broke a fetlock m the hurdle race at Kandwick on Saturday, was looked upon'.as the most promising performer over trie small obstacles in New South Wales. Me yum;. an Australian-bred son or All-.. Black. The Dunedin District Committee- dismissed the appeal of Mr \V. i. Hazlott against tue action oi the Riverton steams m depriving Boughleen Dhoun of hrst place in the \Y aliace Handicap, and awarding the race to Murdy Gurdy. Cathedral Chimes and Nelson Bin s gin ..each had three representatives in the Sapling Stakes fic-Jd. ihe South-land-bred sire claimed the winner, Kohara, but Nelson Bmgen was responsible for second, thud, and fourth place getters. . ~ -' r . . .\t the Otaki meeting on the King s Birthday, Hipo finished ■ unplaced when supported on the totalisator to the extent of only £67. On the following day £6BO was. invested, on Jinn, but the expected improvement did hot ma * Kohara was not the' best looker bt £ the Sapling: Stakes field,- but,, like iau rekareka a year earlier, the Bryce- £ trained colt appeared to be better, tjuned for his task than any of the others, * and this no doubt had a good deal to . . do with the very heavy support forth-.

uoming for him. ' ' , ~ « Excluding the Sapling Stakes tho smallest field at the-' -Asfcburto»rMj.‘Otr £ ting Club’s meeting numbered 19—:tar too many for harness events, there were 21 starters in the big handicap, and it is a pity that the Club did not tighten thg-dpuit up another couple Of seconds or’iiidfe, and make a high-class race of it. . The South Canterbury trainer 1. Logan went very close to pulling oft a double : at. Ashburton, - last, Satuihay with Bruce and Kate Thorpe. Ihe first named, who demonstrated that he - was a speedy youngster at the beginning of- the season, .now shows. courage and stamina, and he looks just the soit who might, develop into a. first fhghter. Prinee Pointer was declared by many to be unbeatable in, the Ashburton County Haiidieap, and when he was bowling along in the lead five fmlongs from home, his aripy of . supporters were on the: best possible terms with .themselves, but The favourite beat a quick retreat when his driver asked lam a question after the straight was reached-.-- 1 ' Only a few trotting races at gallop ing meetings remain to be decided this season, and there is no possibility of J. Bryce being defeated for either the trainers’ or tne drivers’ premiership, lioliara’s win in the t Sapling Stakes raised vlie Scot’s total to 213 in the firstnamed section, and to 28 in the other.. J. «], Kennevley 16J, and A. Butterheld 17, are ut present runneis up. Until a few weeks ago Sir Roseberry, winner of the Great Northern Steeplechase, was owned by the veteran Opaki trainer, It. Knox. After running oil in the steeplechase at the bleet meeting a'; Trenthaiu, he was sold to another Opaki mentor, W. Garrett, who already lias won two cross-country events, with lum, including the most valuable stake for jumpers in the Dominion calendar. , r rp „ n • The Oamaru owner, Mr 1. Russell is having a nice innings with lus team. Happy Warrior has not been much in evidence, lately, but some of J. Ross s other charges are thriving on the racing they are getting. Dancing Days appears to be’.gaining stamina, and Paddy’s Hope is developing into a pretty useful sort. 1 lie two-yeai-oJd !sun 'Up is another who promises to perform good service for the isoith Otago stable next season. The Christchurch patrons ol Ash. burton fixtures are provided with an excellent train service so good that it takes tho average person only a few minutes longer to re&ch Ohristchuich from the Ashburton course than it does to get back from Riccarton. liniaiu visitors to the mid-Canterbury meetings are not so well served, and liave to consider themselves fortunate it they reach home within a couple of hours of the time their northern friends do. Sea Pearl, a two-year-old filly by Iselson Bingen-—Pearlchikl, carried Mr H. P. Nicoll’s colours in the Trial Handicap at Ashburton, but her prospects evidently were not considered in a very favourable light, only £8 being entrusted to her on the totalisator. Tho youngster would have to have been fairly smart to have won any of the s tako money, as the winner registered .1.33, in a howling gale, time which would have been good enough to win the Sapling Stakes., Some long prices were on offer to totalisator betters in the Trial Handicap at Ashburton. Miss Denver was fancied to the extent of only £2 in a pool amounting to just on four figures, and in tho same race £4 10s was all that the public, had to say that cither Meddler or Don Locaiula might win. In the trotters’ harness race, Miss Chudleigh’s admirers were not prepared to back their hopes to a greater extent than a fiver, and as the “kitty’’ was a very substantial one, a Karamu dividend would have been posted had tho maro led the field home. A great contest is in sight for the jockey’s premiership. C. Emerson’s fivo wins and two dead heats at Dunedin raised his total to 46, and a brace of victories to M. McCarten on the second dav at Otaki, gave him an equal number. J. Barry is third with 41 wins, then come H. Gray and A. Reed with .38 each. Some North Is landers expect McCarten to ropeat his last vear’s performance and finish op top Wing this idea on tho fact that with tho 9.0 minimum in force for tho rest of the season, the Fordoll horseman will got more opportunities than earlier in the year. It should not Ire m-orloked, however, that Ballymena, Glcnti'uin, Tamatote, and other cracks übich havo given him many winning rules, are now resting.

Muster l’eter was not produced at Wingatui owing to the heavy going. The Ashburton Trotting Club s win ter meeting completed the calendar 101 the current season: . . , Nukumai. was priced at (Jtaki, out the tigure quoted, 1500 guineas, stopped any business. ; The Otaki treble winner \Y assail is said to have changed hands, Mi IEaston paving lOOUgns lor him. Golden ' Devon ran two good at .Ashburton, and the Hcefton gelding is one ol the 'best pacers' the Coast has produced.. . .. ~ It is reported froniHawera that the Wanganui double .winner and promising steeplechaser, Sail . forte, has Dioken down. , ~ , The Harold Dillon—'Vivid- Carlo stallion John Dillon will be at the seiyujo. of breeders in South Canterbury duimg the approaching'season. ; Farceur's run at lUukiwick on Mojidav marked his third success within pi pionth, and lie must now be a cheap iior.se to his Sydney owueiv ; ) The Ashburton Kacing Club has vpceived very encouraging entries tor winter meeting, and there arc. ©xcello%t> prospects lor a successlul fixture. _ At Dunedin last week, Mr \\. I 1 • Janies, who is leaving ion a holiday tup to.the United States, was presented by his totuUsator stati witn a travelling Mandrake was expected to run pretty : well m the big htirule race at Duneiiin, blit,, unfortunately lor lus owner anti tranter the cnesuiut became sote in front. , ~ Marqueteur, who has won upw at us of £IU,uUU in stakes during his career, is to have a tong spell. national has also been sent home ior a wellearned rest. . The Wellington Pacing Club has delayed issuing their programme for the winter fixture owing to the tact that they are in hopes 01 getting a permit torn third day. , /. , The Darmevuka Hunt Club has notified the Pacing Coinereuce mat it docs’ not intend to hold a meeting this season. Does- this.-.mean auotner permit tor Wellington? . Three 01 me winners at the Ashouiton trotting meeting returned dividends of over £2O; another rail well into double figures, and a filth got within a lew pence of ten pounds. minting changed hands at FoUU just before winning me tiacii Steeplechase at Dunedin last Saturday, Mr J. MSamson being the, purchaser, but the half brother to BoDnkolt did not leave Pr Hatch’s care. . , Apparently vigilance is to be the watchword of the Trotting Association. Two stipendiary stewards were m evidence at Ashburton last Satuiday, Mi A G. Mabec travelling all the way from Auckland to' assist Mr H. Davey. firstborn was just making ins run in the Great Northern Hurdle/Pace on Tuesday when ho came to grief. Ho did hot take the first obstacle too cleanly, but until lie came down never made another mistake, and it appeared as though, when being bustled up to the leaders, Ivo took oft too soon. Omahu won the £IOOO W ml®*' Steeplechase at Ellerslio last yeuij ~ lie can claim to have been dreadfully unlucky at the Auckland course In 1921 lie finished socond in the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase; he filled a similar position in last year s Steeplechase, and completed an undesired hat trick by recording anothei second on Thursday last. The Sapling Stakes is not directly profitable to the Ashburton 1 rotting 'Club —the percentage from the totalisator investments would not exceed £l3O last week, and the receipts from rorfeits and acceptances would not f early’ make up the balance of the stake, £7so—but the race invariably arouses the greatest- and, "gives eclat to theGwhole inleeting;///’"- 1 The name of the Taranaki hurdler, Captain Sarto, was omitted from-the list of acceptances published by some papers for the Otago Hurdles. It is .reported that prior to. the race he was -offered/.to -a- Duiiediir mam for £BCK),- ' but, fortunately for his owner, no business was dono. Later in the week he was secured by Mr D. Kilkelly, a patron of P. T. Hogan's stable, for £SOO, and ran in the Southlander’s name on the final day of the meeting. The Auckland liandicapper seems to have thrown out a tip for a hurdle race at the Great Northern meeting. In the big hurdle race on the first day Fisrtborn fell, and in framing the adjustments for the second day, Mr McManemin raised him a pound more than lie lifted Lochson, who finished second. Firstborn did not start on Thursday’, but Lochson won, and if the official’s view was sound, Firstborn should start favourite if he is saddled up to-day. ' . Both Onyx and Clnlde Pointer, who occupied the leading places in the Ashburton Handicap on Saturday’, have a liking for the course, and both have a partiality for grass tracks. Onyx’s performance, front a time point of view, was one of the best oi the season, and was particularly meritprious when-it is considered bow much ground she covered. Her driver usually' keeps her on the outside, and the mare finished alongside the outside vails right under the judge’s box. . Begarding the visit of Epinard to the United States this year, complete agreement has been reached between M. Wertheimer and the representatives of the three courses, over which the 1 French colt will be engaged, as to the conditions of the races. All three events in which Epinard will run will be for three-year-olds and upwards at weight-for-age. The first, at Belmont Park, and the second at Aqueduct, both in the New York district, in Septemher, will each carry an added valuo of 25,01)0 dollars. The Belmont Parkrace will be a six-furlong one, and the one at Aqueduct a mile. The final race at Latona (Kentucky), will be a mile and a quarter, and will have an added value of 50,000 dollars. Chrysostom, who’ has won three steeplechases recently at Kandwick, including the two thousand pounder, has been ridden by the ex-Picearton jockey, F. Gray, owing to Stan Reid having been incapacitated by a fall at Easter. Chrysostom is a Hawke’s Bay bred gehling by Demosthenes—Golden Ball, and has won good races on the flat, over hurdles, and across country. It has become usual for the winner ot the steeplechase on the first flay of the A.J.C. winter meeting, to carry off the big steeplechase two days later. New Zealand horses usually do well in jumping events at Jtandwick, and Monday s race had a real Dominion flavour, both first and second horses—Chrysostom and Carawock —being bred in this country and trained and ridden by New Zealanders.

Onlv one or two trotting events at galloping fixtures remain to be decided before the end of the season, and these will not materially afreet the winnings of the principal horses, or the leading owners and sires. Mr 'lt. M. Morten l owlier of Taraire and 'J aurekareka), heads the list with £5930, then come Mr J. R. McKenzie £5780, Miss N. Gunn £5032, Mr J. It. Corrigan £2935, Mr J Trengrovo £2602, McKondnck Bros. £9335. Mr J. Duffy £2331, Mr L. G. King £2300, Mr H. F. Nicoll £2117 10s, and Mr E. J. Smith £2093. Don M ild tops the tree among the winning horses, with £3202 to his credit; other big amounts being Great Bingen £2705. Blue Mountain King £2335, Logan Chief £2334, Onyx £2300, Great Hope £0177 and Tnurekaroka (the champion thVee-vear-old) £1925. Logan Pointer (now 'defunct) dominates the position among the sires, his stock having compiled a total of £22,709, Wildwood ■Tunr. £9815, Nelson Bingen £BOI4, Pefciretn £7550 10s, Groat Audubon £7360 10s, Harold Dillon £7141). and Brent Looandn £6OOO. aro the others who secured, the best, figures.