Turf Notes

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19759, 28 March 1934, Page 13

Turf Notes

On and Off the Track

A BUDGET OP NEWS AND VIEWS FIXTURES Racing: March 31—Hawke’s Bay J.C. March 31—Tuapeka C.J.C. March 31, April 2—Wairarapa R.C. April 19—W aim ate R.C. April 19, 21—Whangarei R.C. April 21—South Canterbury J.C. March 31, April 2—Feilding J.C. March 31, April 2—Auckland R.C. March 31, April 2, 3—Riverton R.C. April 2—Beaumont R.C. April 2—Waipukurau J.C. April 2—Kumara R.C. April 2, 3—Canterbury J.C. April 4—Westland R.C. April 6, 7—Greymouth J.C. April 7—Hawke’s Bay J.C. April 7, 11—Avondale J.C. April 11—Reef ton J.C. April 14—Masterton R.C. April 18—Marton J.C.

Trotting: March 31, April 2—Hawera T.C. March 31, April 4 —N.Z. Metropolitan

T.C. April 7—Taranaki T.C. April 11— Manawatu T.C. April 14—Thames T.C. April 14—Ashburton T.C.

The Australian Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will commence on Saturday.

Six race meetings are calendared for Saturday, and eight for Monday. If Silver Ring is a starter in the Great Easter, D. O’Connor will ride him.

G. Humphries has been offered the mount on The Smuggler in the Great Autumn.

Entries for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting (April 21), are due on Thursday, April 5.

Denise is believed to be in foal to Pink Coat, and she is unlikely to race again.

Walla Walla will wear hopples on Saturday, but otherwise he will carry less leather than is usual for a pacer in this country.

L. J. Ellis will be at Ellerslie on Saturday and Monday, and may travel by air part of the way in order to return to Riccarton on Tuesday.

A. H. Eastwood will ride Great Shot in the Riverton Cup, and W. H. Jones will be on Toreador. Both riders will return to Riccarton for Monday and Tuesday.

Ranelagh has been raised from 7.0 to 7.7 in the Great Autumn, the total of his wins at Trentham and Oamaru having brought him within the scope of the handicapper’s powers.

Race fixtures for Saturday are:— Auckland, Riverton, Feilding, Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay and Tuapeka. Trotting meetings will be held at Addington and Hawera.

Rogilla and Chatham were absentees from the field that Silver Scorn beat, at Warwick Farm, but Peter Pan, Lough Neagh, and Limarch made it a class race. Chatham is not a great mile and a quarter horse, and the only really important defection was that of Rogilla, who won a handicap on the same day.

M. Holmes had never driven Harold Logan until he sat behind him in a mile spin with Red Shadow last week. His admiration for the little champion was increased as a result of the experience, and he is pleased with the engagement.

There were no investments on Sea Peter on the win machine in the Redcastle Trot at Oamaru on Saturday. Had the Washdyke pacer won, the straight-out dividend would have been declared on the second horse.

Volenta, the Tea Tray-Lady Violet two-year-old owned by J. Henderson, possesses a lot of speed. After losing many lengths and starting from the outside in the Novice Stakes at Oamaru, she was up in third place at the half-way stage, and finished second to Air Pocket, who got a run on the rails and covered much less ground.

Ranelagh is not looked upon generally as a sound mile and a quarter horse, but he has won twice over that distance this season—in the Geraldine Cup and the Gardiner Memorial at. Oamaru. He has been a good proposition for his new lessee, being second at Motukarara and winning at Trentham and Oamaru.

The Oamaru truck is a mile one, a good deal on the turn, and its lay-out does not make for fast times. The surface is fast, however, as was indicated by the three mile races on the .card last Saturday. Drumfire won the Highweight in 1.40, Some Shamble the main event in 1.39, and Cleaner the hack mile in 1.39 3-5.

Eupator put up 111 b overweight on Friday and 121 b on Saturday to secure the services of L. J. Ellis. The crack middle-weight is riding in great form just now, but a win on such terms would have been expensive. A rise of eight pounds or so on top of the overweight would have entailed a jump of nearly a stone and a half for one stake.

When Silver Streak was galloped on. at Oamaru, a long strip of skin was torn away, exposing the tendons. The Wound was stitched up by a doctor, and next day the horse was galloping round his paddock. It is now hoped that the injury will prove less severe than was at first anticipated. Friday was not T. Hobbs’s lucky day, as Mount Boa was lame again after his run in the Gardiner Handicap.

A well-known Dunedin follower of racing created a stir at the Oamaru meeting on Friday by remarks addressed loudly to two fellow townsmen against whom he appeared to nurse a grievance. Ultimately he was removed from the enclosure, but continued his speech-making from the fence rail. Next he climbed a hill at the back of the racecourse, but returned to the enclosure in time to make a nice bet on Denise. He was summoned on a charge, of allegedly creating a disturbance, and was remanded to appear again on Tuesday. On the second day of the meeting, the man appeared again in the vicinity of the course, and this time was removed in custody to be subjected to an examination by medical men.

It is understood that Silver Ring will be a starter in the Great Easter.

No fast work was done at Addington yesterday, the tracks being closed owing to rain.

Hynanna, now ten years old, has been entered for the Waipukurau Cup. He is being trained at Woodville with a view to hurdle racing.

Friday Night, the two-year-old brother to Phar Lap, is pleasing in his track work at Riccarton. He is to make his debut at next week’s meeting.

“Scratched—Pallar-tin-ortee” came over the air last Saturday night from a YA station. What the announcer was trying to say was Pal-at-inate.

L. J. Ellis was riding in great form at Oamaru. He displayed great confidence on Ranelagh, but this was justified. and his finish on Denise on the first day was a fine effort.

On his second to Hula Belle at Dunedin, Guarantee looked well treated in the sprint races at Oamaru. but he raced indifferently at each start, and seems to have no heart for the business.

Following is the draw for the invitation match race at Addington on Saturday: Walla Walla 1, Red Shadow 2, Jewel Pointer 3, Harold Logan 4, and Roi l’Or 5.

The tipsters regarded Peter Pan as unbeatable in the Chipping Norton Stakes, handing out this information gratis—alleging that it would be a shame to take subscribers’ money for such an obvious winning tip. The Otautau Racing Club has applied for permission to take over the Clifden Club’s permit and hold the meeting at Otautau on April 21st. This will clash with the South Canterbury meeting, but it is unlikely to affect the Washdyke fixture.

Rogilla is apparently Australia’s champion horse at the moment. Hall Mark has not measured up to the highest standard during the autumn, Chatham does not reach top class beyond a mile; < and apparently Peter Pan has not come back yet.

If Silver Scorn’s connections backed her in the Chipping Norton Stakes, they must have obtained a nice price, as the New Zealand mare’s starting quote was sevens, and any commission from the stable would be placed at longer odds than that.

Prior to departing from Otahuhu for Addington (where he arrived yesterday) the pony pacer Jewel Pointer put up a great trial of 3.11 2-5 for a mile and a half, stepping his first mile in 2.3 2-5. He will be driven in the invitation races by his trainer, S. M. August.

People interested in Australian racing can hear sporting results through 2FC Sydney, at 8.45 p.rn. New Zealand time. The station comes in well at that hour on most nights. 2UE usually broadcasts interesting sidelights on race nights, at 8.45 or 9.15, by one of the professional tipsters.

In the quest for points for the jockeys’ premiership, K. Voitre tripped to Westport, where he rode four winners, bringing him nearly level again with L. J. Ellis, who notched only one win at Oamaru on the second day. W. J. Broughton, the Taranaki lightweight, is hard on the heels of the two leaders, and the finish promises to be a keen one.

It is reported from Auckland that the Auckland Trotting Club is arranging two invitation races over a mile and a quarter, one of £3OO and one of £2OO, and that Red Shadow, Harold Logan, Roi l’Or. Kingcraft, Jewel Pointer and the Victorian Auburn Lad will compete. Aucklanders must be optimistic if they believe they can entice that lot north for a £2OO stake. The Australian bookmakers have been right regarding Silver Scorn. Their prices all along have been shorter than her running in Sydney warranted, but the leaders of the ring are pretty sound judges. In addition they have the advantage of knowing whether beaten horses have been supported from the right quarter. When Silver Scorn won her first race in Australia, at Rosehill, her victory was received in silence by the crowd. A cablegram from Sydney states that the A.J.C. stewards regard a loaded shoe picked up at Moorefield as something new in racecourse rascality. About as new as dope or the battery. Twenty years ago a well-known New Zealand trainer was disqualified in Melbourne, and Loch Maben and owner went out for life, for using silver shoes instead of aluminium plates. There is reason to believe that loaded plates are used in most parts of the world, but the examination of horses’ feet at Warwick Farm last week savoured of locking the stable door after the horse had gone.

Australia appears to have a number of good horses just now, in Rogilla, Chatham, Peter Pan, Lough Neagh, Hall Mark, Limarch, Heroic Prince, Silver Scorn, Closing Time and others. With all these available the Randwick carnival will be full of interest. The times these horses run and the weights they carry lead one to think this must be a vintage year for the Commonwealth, but many hard-heads are always to be found ready to assert that when there are half-a-dozen champions about none are really first-class. If Silver Scorn could be got back to her best New Zealand form, and her party put their money down, we would soon know where the Australians stand. The Silver Scorn we knew in this country would be an odds-on bet in the King’s Cup with 8.9, Peter Pan on 9.5 notwithstanding.

Commenting on Silver Scorn’s win at Rosehill early in the month, one Sydney writer made some pungent remarks: “It did not take the habitual racegoer long to realise that Saturday was a day of days, for intimate friends of strong supporters of the stable eagerly accepted the odds offered immediately discussions began, for substantial amounts. Bookmakers also sensed the atmosphere, for, after three big wagers had been written by leading operators, the price dropped suddenly all over the ‘ring,’ notwithstanding that some of the bagmen had not incurred a liability. The confidence of bettors and the caution of the bookmakers was warranted; Silver Scorn simply made an exhibition of her opponents.” The mare’s Rosehill win was received in chilly silence, but there seems to have been nothing silent about her reception at Warwick Farm.