RACING & TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 25 June 1924, Page 3

RACING & TROTTING

On and 0.7 the Track. A BUDGET OF NEWS AND' VIEWS. FIXTURES. Racing. June 25, 26 —Hawke’s Buy Jockey Club June. 2e —Hawke’s Bay Hunt, julv y, 12 —\\ eliuigtoii Racing Club. July iy—South Canterbury Hunt. July 21, 26 —Gisborne Racing Club. July 2o —Waimatc Hunt. August 2— Cnnstcnurcii Huut. August 12, 14, 16—canterbury Jockey Club Grand National.

Waimatc point-to-point meeting tomorrow. iNominations for tho South Cancelbury Huut meeting close at 'J pan. on juesclay next. The Hawke’s Bay winter meeting will be held to-clav and to-morrow, anil the tiawke’s Bay Hunt hxtufe on SaturUJ Rebcl’s double success at Ashburton increased defunct Logan Pointer’s score for the season to la, easily a recoicl xor a trotting sire in Australasia. C. Emerson s win on raucty s Hope at Ashburton gives him a lead of one over McUarten lor the jockey’s prennersinp. S. 1 rilrord scored anotner win with Gunease, and is not likely to be overtaken among the traineis. The racing lokomainro lias liad late ;v has sharpened lum up considerably, ! ail’d the W annate ’chaser ran well i onoagn at Asnourton to indicate that : t e snould be among the prize-money ..a the approaching hunt meetings. The Southland writer “Sir Modred, ; ~-rites:— 1 “Tho writing is on the wall to indicate that there is going to bo continued trouDle next season from owners and trainers as to the desnability of handicapping changes m Otago and Southland.’’ ~ , Carpenter made a creditable shovring under a big weignt at Ashburton, ana although he was beaten into third place, it is probable tnat if the raeo liad been re-run on hrm going, the Sunny Lake three-year-old would again have been installed favourite. On tho dav on which Geramul gavo her connections a nice win at a reuuerative price, The Cheat finished third At Rosehili last Saturday the toubteriuge gelding had ins turn, and it is safe to say that J. McOombe is at tut) present stage a lianasome winner on ms Australian trip. , Horses and riders who faired or weie prevented from beginning smartly on me opening day at Ashburton were ,>iven such a mud-bath that they could not possiblv give a true indication of their ability, and some of the form displayed at the meeting is liable to bo reversed under different conditions. Direct Tod, an American-bred pacer, who let the public down at Ashburton, forfeited the good opinion of a great inariv people as the result ot his failure. ‘The "imported gelding, however, met with some interference at the start, and as he is a smart looking individual, it will be surprising if he tails to linprove considerably on tho form he chsplayed last week. Tainui 11. went well lor a mile and a half before he stopped rather suddenly in the hack steeplechase at Ashburton, and the Perambulator gelding should not be Jong in pushing his way home in an event of this class. He is inclined to stand off some of his fences, and this was responsible for a fail on the second day, « but -the big raking Australian looks the sort to develop into a good cross-country horse. Queen Balboa, the three-year-old filly owned and trained at Washdyke, shows a considerable amount of pro misc. Following on her good showing at Washdyke, slio dead-heated at Wingatui with Paddy’s Hope, and at Ashburton was narrowly beaten after losing ground in the early part of the race. Usually she does best when out in front from barrier-rise but on Saturday she came from the rear and

finished on resolutely. Clirvsostom has won four steeplechases' on end in Australia —three at Randwick and one, at Caulfield, and the big Demosthenes gelding now looks to be about the best horse over country in the Commonwealth. When he won at the A.J.C. course at the beginning of this month, his rider, F. Gray, was fined £2 for using sharpened spurs. As Chrysostom’s trainer, Stan Reid, rode a winner in Melbourne recently, he has probably fully recovered from the fall which hospitalled him at Easter, and will be able to steer Chrysostom in Gio Victorian Nationals. Sherlock was going very boldly in the lead when Blue Streak ran him of! in the first steeplechase at Ashburton, and it'would have been interesting to see how he would have fared had lie remained on the course. Possibly ho would not have defeated Galway, whose second to Pamplona in the Otago Steeplechase justified an even shorter price than his backers had to accept at Ashburton, but the manner in which the Kentlock gelding accounted for his field on Saturday suggested that ho would have given Friday’s winner a very severe task. Royal Star was going well on tho opening day at Ashburton when ho came io grief, owing, it was alleged, to Likelihood running down tho obstacle and upsetting the Martian gelding. It was tho second fall the old fellow had sustained within a week, as ho had a tumble a few days earlier at Riecarton, as a result of treading on a - bandage which bail worked loose. On

the second day Royal Star fenced very carefully after lie had been squeezed at the'first hurdle, and his backers heaved a sigh of relief when he escaped trouble at the final fence, where Likelihood again carried him to the outside of the course. Adopted, the longest-priced winnoi at Ashburton, earlier in the season returned an even bigger dividend for second place at Geraldine. Adopted, who originally carried the Greenwood colours, received his name because he was reared by a foster-mother, after his dam had cither died or deserted him. His present owner is a farmer in the Lismore district, who frequently picks up well-bred juveniles which go begging at thei yeariing sales. Ho was the first, purchaser of Rosedav, and turned him over at a good profit, and

unless he lias disposed of him recently, he has a half-brother to Cupidon running on iiis property. Thortidale apparently had the money in his pocket when he hit the straight in the Novice Plate at Ashburton, but did not seem to gallop with resolution after Adopted shot past him and took bis ground. Again on the second day, the Chokeborc gelding looked a prospective winner a hundred yards from the box, arid then appeared to weaken. The Wellington Racing Club, which has had things pretty well its own way during the last couple of seasons in ro gard to permits, has at last received a rebuff, and has been notified that it will not get the lapsed Dannevirke Hunt permit, for which if, to all intonts and purposes, offered a premium of LSOO. A good many people who remembered that Guncase is a wet-day horse allowed him to run against them when they saw A. Trilford’s name displayed on the jockey’s board. Their confidence in their judgment was disturbed when they saw the Timaru gelding nicely handled, run homo a decisive winner, Possibly the shaking Ins rider received in the hurdle raco on the second day affected Guncaso’s prospects, but the Calibre gelding seems to do best when he is one of the leading division from the word go. On figures he should have been able to dispose of Radial and Will Oakland rather easily, as ho was asked to concede them only 61bs for a most decisive beatinen

Radial was very sore on returning to scale alter his 'gallant win at Ashburton. . , . . Wild Thyme is spelling at Ins owners place at Saltwater Creek, his place m J. N. Clarke’s stable having been taken by Moongiow. Paddy’s Hope, in Ins last thirteen starts, has won five times (including a dead heat), been second four times, and third twice. Should Killoehra be sent to Sydney to fulfil three-year-old engagements, it is understood that R. S. Rugby will go across to ride him. OakJeigh is to fulfil engagements at Wellington and Christchurch, and probably one or two others of C. Coleman s tea in will accompany him. Master Peter is now a member of J. Thistlcton’s team at Oran, but there is said to be considerable doubt as to his capacity to stand a preparation. A yearling brother to Queen .Balboa (Balboa—Golden Queen) has been nominated by Mr G. Paul lor the principal two-year-old events in the Soutti island next spring. ' , _ C. Reed will be among the .New Zealand jockeys who will visit Syuiiey during tho winter season. H. Goldfinch and S. Walls will go with J. Williamson’s team from Etierslie. Marine did not appear to offer very stout resistance when tackled on the first day at Ashburton, but he was running oil strongly at the end of a longer journev when lie won on Saturday. Sir G. Clifford, started three horses on each day at Ashburton, but the stable luck continues to be indifferent, and a third and a second to Thorndaie were the best the team proved capable of. Sir George Clifford is likely to be represented by some new blood next season, as some yearlings by his imported horse. The Ace, figure among the entries taken last week for two-year-old races. Sartist appeared to have the Longbeach Handicap on Triday m fairly saio keeping a furlong from home', and had not the horse or ms rider relaxed a oit, the finish would not Rave been nearly so close. The Geraldine Racing Club has decided to increase Cue stakes for the harness trotting events at its meeting in September, and the Apprentices Plate is to be superseded by the Ruakapuka Handicap. The 20UU-gumea Comedy King—Joyeuse yearling purchased at the Randwile yearling sales on behalf of Mr A. .B. \V iliiams, has been nominated for next season’s two-year-old races, under the name of Mimetic. Dancing Days is either losing a shade of her brilliancy or is finding it more difficult to begin smartly under the poundage she is now receiving, but the Oainaru mare is staying better and displaying more ability to handle weight. Songbird is repot ted. to be doing well at Washdyke, but he is not likely' to be seen with the colours up for some time yet. Captain Sarto .and Scion, othei recent additions to P. T. Hogan’s team, have been given a comparatively easy time lately. Guy Parish, full brother to' Arion Guy (1.594), champion colt trotter ot the world, is being jogged at. Christchurch, prior to doing a light season. He is a clean-gaited trotter, and should be a decided acquisition to the stock ol this country. \ J. Bryce is educating a yearling pacer by Man-o'-War from Bright Alice, who will, in all probability, be the stable' candidate for next year’s' Sapling Stakes. Bryce is also handling two of last year’s foals, one by Man-o’-War from (jur Aggie, and the other by. Man-o’-War from Mountain Rose, dam of Taurekareka. F. D. Jones lias booked space for BalJvmena, Glentruin and Murihaupo for Australia on the Uhmaroa, leaving Wellington on June 27. Gloaming, Parody and two rising two-year-olds ol Mr Greenwood’s team are also booked, so the freight will bo just about as valuable as has been sent across in one boat for some time. Some aptly-named juveniles have been engaged in the two-year-okl races to be run next season. Windshield (Tractor —Ivi I breeze), Forgery (Papei Money Subterfuge), Runnymede (King John—Tresseda), and Black Cat (Absurd —Mascot), should bo smart performers if good nomenclature could make them gallop.

A brace of two-year-old pacers car ried Air H. F. Nieoll’s colours at Ashburton. Sea' Pejirl, who contested the first day’s race, was prominent at the end of a mile’ and a quarter, and is likely to turn out pretty useful. Dumas, who ran on the following day, is a solid-looking youngster, who should stay jvssing well. The Ashburton track was at least six seconds to the mile slower than usual on Saturday, and tho fact that Rebel improved a couple of seconds on his handicap time, leads co the conclusion that W. J. Tomkinson has got hold ot a good prospective stake winner. To go round a field of twenty horses and to will in such comfortable fashion, was a smart performance. Likelihood is a safe jumper, but the trick he has contracted of running down his fences, not only loses him lengths at most of the hurdles, but makes him a nuisance to riders of othei horses. The Methven gelding was blamed for Royal Star’s mistake on the first day at Ashburton, and oil the sue ceeding day Likelihood carried the ■ Martian gelding oft the l line at the top of the straight.

AVill Oakland is a real mudlark, and lie made such a bold showing in the mile handicap at Ashburton as to .suggest that he would have been one ot the hardest to beat had he been kept in the six furlong race on the same day the distance of which would havo suited him better. The Finland gelding, however, seems to have scon his best day, and cannot muster up tho great speed lie once possessed. The arrangements for publishing the jockey’s names on the first day at Ash burton meeting were rather, primitive, a great many of the plates being decor ated with common chalk. This was obliterated by the rain almost as fast as it was put on, and in the Ihorndon Handicap, F. E. Jones’s name (painted in the ordinary way), was the only one distinguishable at a distance of forty yards in a field of fifteen. Whipcord’s admirers saved most o) their money at Ashburton because the Fan Francisco gelding was coupled with figerland. but they did not get a good run for it otherwise. At Dunedin, Whipcord easily defeated Galway on Tibs worse terms Ilian tho Ashburton

weights, but did not get near him lasi Saturdnv. T. Humphris, who steered him at Wingatui, is a much bettei horseman than the lad who had tho mount, last week, but giving this in, Whipcord did not run as well as ho should have done*. Paddv’s Hope and Sherlock, winners of the 'main events at Ashburton on Saturday, ire re very humble members of the equime community a vear ot two ago, when owned in the Waimate district. Paddy’s Hope, at one stago of his career, was unable to carry on for more than three or four furlongs, but now can run a good mile. When he won the County Handicap, he no doubt, had had enough when the win ning post was reached, but lie was doing better than any of the horses near to him. Sherlock was pushed oft the course on tho opening day, but the manner in which lie broke up the field on Saturday suggested that he would havo taken' a lot of catching had ho remained on.