Notes On Track and Stud

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19626, 21 October 1933, Page 22

Notes On Track and Stud

FIXTURES. Racing:: Oct 21, 23—Wellington R.C. Oct. 21, 23—Gore R.C. Oct. 23—Waverley R.C. Oct. 23—Waikato Hunt. Oct. 23—Waipawa J.C. Oct. 23—North Canterbury R.C. Oct. 26, 28—Poverty Bay J.C. Oct. 26, 28—Taumarunui R.C. Oct. 28—Banks Peninsula R.C. Trotting: Oct. 21, 23—Auckland T.C. Oct. 23—Oamaru T.C. Oct. 21, 23 —Greymouth T.C. Caulifield Cup to-day. Harold Logan will do his Labour Oay racing at Greymouth. The first race at Oamaru on Monday is timed to start at 12.15. Chrysology has been nominated for the Auckland Cup. Silver Streak is in the Railway Handicap. A surprise entry for the Auckland Cup is that of Star Stranger, who has been off the scene for a long time. Indianapolis will be a warm favourite for the mile and a quarter race at Oamaru on Monday.

The Derby Trial at Oamaru looks to be a case of appearance money for War Buoy. Most of the Cup horses engaged in the Weston Handicap at Oamaru can win without incurring a penalty for a two-mile race. Croupier's owner states that there is no truth in a report emanating from Riccarton that the Surveyor gelding is to be operated on for wind trouble. While cantering on Coldstream to the post for the Melrose Selling Sweepstakes at York on August 29, Gordon Richards was stung on the lip by a wasp. He won the race, but had to receive medical atention before riding in the next race. Meteor and Indianapolis were entered for the Metropolitan meeting for races with limits faster than their line marks in anticipation of wins at Labour Day week-end. They were, however, transferred to slower classes, in which they will have to start oH the back line instead of the front. How horses may rise and fall in the ■weights was illustrated by Polydora and Salmo Salar, two of the non-ac-ceptors for the Timaru Cup. At Oamaru in July, Salmo Salar 9.0 finished second to Polydora 8.0. In the Timaru Cup, Polydora was awarded 9.6 and Salmo Solar 7.3—a reversal of 451 b. Satin King will be the cynosure of many eyes at Oamaru on Monday, as his display is expected to indicate whether he can be tuned up for the Trotting Cup. Owners and trainers of other Cup horses will be no less interested than the public. So far Satin King has been going well in his work. Race meetings scheduled for to-day-are Wellington and Gore; with trots at Auckland and Greymouth. On Monday, there will be races at Wellington, Gore. Waverley, Waipawa, and Waikato; and trots at Oamaru, Auckland, and Greymouth. At a recent meeting a jockey who had not appeared to the best advantage in a fkirly close finish informed the trainer of his mount that he had won "by a good head.” The trainer accepted the story—until he met his wife, who watched the race from as near the finishing line as she could get. After Visage (Limond—Veill had been purchased in New Zealand for Mr. E. J. Watt last January, she was left at Trentham to be broken in by Sid Reid. When Visage came to Randwick to be trained by George Price, her owner had left for England, so that he has never yet seen the Gimcrack Stakes winner. Tire news of the victory was cabled to Mr. Watt, who is not expected back in Sydney before December. The present allocation of dividends on the place totalisator does not grow in favour, and it is time the regulations were made elastic to give provincial clubs power to vary the distribution of the pool. At least half the amount now allotted to third horses should be transferred to the winners, and a 60-25-15 pay-out would probably restore the new system to favour.

Clubs can never tell just how to frame programmes to attract good entries. With a supposed shortage of middle-distance performers in sight, the Gore Club applied for but was refused permission to delete a mile and a quarter race from its spring meeting. Rather strangely, it received fifteen entries for the Gore Cup (11 miles) and only seven for the open six furlongs event! Fortunately all seven were paid up for. The New Zealand trainer A. D. Webster was a worried man at Randwick. The stewards inquired into Movie Star's running in the Suburban Handicap and one of them asked why Webster put Webster, jun., up on some horses, R. Reed on others and J. Barryon others again. Barry rode Movie Star. It is understood that Webster took exception to this question and after a lengthy hearing the explanations were accepted. Ammon Ra is on his way back to New Zealand for another spell and it is fairly safe to assume that the best has been seen of the brilliant Limond gelding. He proved a great moneyearner for Mr. C. C. Sheath, who paid 3500gns for him after he had developed top-class form as a two-year-old. Ammon Ra more than paid for himself in his first race in Sydney, winning the Sires Produce Stakes worth £5650. 4s a three-vear-old he collected just on £17,000. and his total for 18 wins during his career is close to the £26,000

mark. As he won over £2500 for Dr. Melsorn before being sold for 3500 gns, it can be claimed that he has been a good horse for everybody connected with him. including J. T. Jamieson, who trained him for most of his wins, and H. Gray and M McCarten. who rode him. McCarten's percentages on Ammon Ra were distinctly worth hav-

I Mr. E. M. Emanuel, of Auckland, will receive another £SOO if Chief Ruler happens to win the V.R.C. Derby. The Waikouaiti Racing Club will operate only one totalisator—on a 75 and 25 basis —at its New Year meeting. The Masquerader slewed his rider out of the saddle at the start of the Shorts Handicap at Wellington, and his backers did not get a run. Coronilla. who ran away with the two-year-old handicap at Trentham on Thursday, is by Chief Ruler from Orofino, a sister to Desert Gold. Southdown was last into the straight in the October Handicap at Trentham, but finished fifth or sixth in a field of eighteen. The £4O stake won by Zetes at Masterton was his first return towards the 2400 guineas he cost as a yearling 41 years ago, not to mention his keep and other expenses since. Captain's Gift took over a tremendous distance away from the first hurdle at Washdyke and landed on top of it. His rider realised as soon as he rose that he had no chance of clearing it. Silver Streak has started four times this season for two wins and two seconds. On each occasion he has missed a win he has been unlucky at the start, but he could not have beaten Kerbside at Washdyke. As a result of recent wins Epigram and Bettsw-yscoed have become ineligible for the trial events on the second and third days of the Wellington Meeting. Hazoor is still within the "100 sovs to the winner” limit. The daily Winooka bulletin does not show- any sign of a profit for Rule Naylor, who must have lost a lot of money on the venture. When he persuaded the owners of Winooka to take the horse to America, he had to pay £2OOO for a third share in him. and he paid all fares for the party of eight and the two horses. Already he must be out nearly £SOOO. The place system of betting seems destined to a fleeting popularity, comments "Sentinel.” Except at such meetings as Trentham, Eller.-tic, and Riccarton, punters find that they can use a lot of pedestrianism in pursuit of profitless punting. Chatham apparently is a case of a horse being thrown out of work as a result of wrong diagnosis. It was supposed when he failed in the autumn that his wind was affected, anl that his racing career was ended. A Randwick vet. declared that it was heavy blood that was the trouble, and that his heart could not pump a sufficient supply to the lungs. Chatham was “bled” and blood-thinning medicine administered, with the result that he appears to be better than ever. Silver Peak is the name given to the New Zealand filly by Grandcourt (imp) from Parley, who arrived here to be trained by W. Stone for the New Zealand sportsman, Mr. E. Middleton. Stone retains happy memories of a mare named Silver Peak, who won several races for him in the Dominion, but she died without going to the stud, so that her name was available for the Parley filly, (says a Sydney paper). Silver Peak did not die without going to the stud, as she is the dam of a high-class sprinter in Silver Paper and another speedy galloper In Aspiring. For some time the Committee of the Dannevirke Racing Club, which did not hold any meetings last season, have been discussing the advisability of renewing operations next year, with the result that they have made an application to race on the Woodville course some time in March. The application has been endorsed by the Hawke's Bay district committee. The last fixture held by the Dannevirke Racing Club was a two-day meeting. The passage of the Gaming Bill is said to depend on whether the Government affords the necessary facilities in the House. A majority is believed to be assured if the Bill is allowed to go to a vote. It is doubtful if the legalising of telegraphing investments to the machine will divert much money from other channels, as it is asserted that there is not much money going through such channels nowadays, though the position may alter later. The removal of the ban on the publication of dividends is another matter, as it would end the crazy interference with the rights of the Press and the public. Nothing could be more farcical than a law which suppresses the publication of dividends, but which insists on the advertising of the results of art unions with prizes ranging up to £2OOO. It is safe to assert that the art unions—a euphemism for lotteries —have done more in five years to foster the gambling spirit than the totalisator has done in fifty. ___________