RACING & TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20056, 13 March 1935, Page 6

RACING & TROTTING

On And Off The Track. A BUDGET OP NEWS AND VIEWS FIXTURES Racing: Mar. 16—Cilfden R.O. Mar. 16, 18—Ohinemuri J-C. Mar. 16, 18—Wellington R.C. Mar, 20—Opotiki J.C. Mar. 21, 23—Oamaru J.C. Mar. 23, 23 Manawatu R.C. Trotting: Mar. 13—Wyndham T.C. Mar. 16 —Cheviot T.C. Mar. 23—Wairarapa T.C. Mar. 23—Roxburgh T.C. Mar. 23—Auckland T.C. Wyndham Trotting Club’s meeting to-day. Acceptances for the Oamaru Jockey Club’s meeting (first day) will close at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

Black Jester was rather unlucky at Washdyke. He paced 2.112 off 2.19, and 2.45 3-5 off 2.55, and could not win on either occasion. He will not always meet a Marie Celeste. Marie Celeste cut lOsec off her handicap time when she won the Wai-iti Handicap on Saturday in 2.45. The pinner of the corresponding race at the January meeting took 2.53.

There has been a fairly consistent increase in totalisator turnover lately. This may be due to new betting systems, or to the prospect of increased pay-out for butter-fat, but it is making the outlook more cheerful for racingclub executives.

John Noble appears to have lost his dash, and off his present line does not possess much chance on hard courses with the brilliant young horses on looser marks. It is possible that the racecourse has seen the last of him.

The chief sprint race at Trentham in January went to Wheriko, who had been brought back from Victoria supposedly to take up stud duty, and got in much lighter than he would have done in Melbourne. History may be repeated this week, by Rulanut, who is in the Thompson with 7.5.

Notable absentees from the Trotting Club's meeting last Saturday were C. S. Donald and M. Holmes, who seldom miss a fixture at Washdyke. Another of the regulars who was missed was M. B. Edwards, who has been advised to take a rest from training and driving, but his stable was represented. Membo was given a couple of races at Cromwell, the first he has had since last August. In the meantime Membo has been enjoying a spell on his owner’s farm at Waipiata, and he is now in excellent order to start a preparation for the approaching jumping season.

Cuddle, with 9.1 in the Thompson, appears to be held safely by Guarantee on 7.8, as she meets the Wingatui horse on only 21b better terms than when he beat her a long way in the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap. It was at Trentham, however, that Cuddle revealed her best form, and she was made undue use of at Wingatui.

There does not appear to be any immediate prospect of a meeting between Harold Logan and Indianapolis on any terms. If the owner of the little champion is not prepared to take Indianapolis on at a mile on level terms from a flying start, he is not likely to favour the prospect of conceding 36 yards in a mile and a quarter handicap even from a flat-footed start.

Count Ito, who supplemented his Newmarket victory by a wip at weight-for-age in the Lloyd Stakes, was sold some weeks ago to an Indian buyer, with a proviso that delivery was not to be given until after the V.R.C. meeting. He was owned by a Victorian trainer P. B. Quinlan, but, subject to passing a veterinary test, will now change hands.

The lever appeared to be pulled at an inopportune moment for Harold Wrack at Washdyke on Saturday, but otherwise the work of Mr A. J. Hastings was of a high order. This official is the McNab Of the trotting starters, and is probably the best in this branch of the sport we have seen in the Dominion. If there has been a better, it must have been in the early days, before barriers were adopted.

Golden Hair carried 8.7 to victory in last year’s Thompson Handicap, and established a weight-corrying three-year-old record for the race. This year another Ally, Gay Blonde, has been awarded 8.12. in what looks to be a rather better field. Gay Blonde won the Auckland Railway with 7.13, and she beat Synagogue in the Derby, but in that race Synagogue was behind Kelly also, and over a mile in the King’s Plate Synagogue beat the Ally. It is not unlikely that Synagogue’s Victorian form has put a pound or two extra on Gay Blonde. Grace McElwyn’s 2.11 appears to be a mile record for Washdyke, but, except that it was recorded by a three-year-old, there was nothing really distinctive about the performance. Not many mile races in harness 4iave been run there—for a long period the mile was a saddle event—and the best horses are not catered for over this journey. In the saddle era, the best mile was Waitaki Girl’s 2.13 2-5. When John Jinks finished in 2.42 2-5 in the Washdyke Handicap he almost equalled the best for the course, 2.41 1-5, put up by Harold Logan in the match race.

Many people appear to be under the impression that the Wyndham trainer E. Todd, who trained seven (and drove six) winners at the Invercargill meeting, is something of a newcomer to the business. That is a long way from being correct. Todd has had plenty of experience with pacers, and with good pacers too. Among those he has handled are Satin King, Blue Mountain, Sunny Morn, Nelson’s Victory, Morning Sun, Mocast, Donside—all well known in Canterbury—Chimer, Slump, and other good ones, prior to the appearance of All Sunshine, Lynwood, Rocks Ahead, Ready Money, and others at present in his stable. Two years ago at Invercargill he won the two principal events each day with Blue Mountain and Mocast, and repeated the performance this season with All Sunshine and Lynwood.

Just as Young Idea appeared to be Australia’s two-year-old champion, he has been deposed ,by Bimilla, the best of the Allies, who'won the Maribynong Plate in the spring. Bimilla unluckily was not eligible for the Sires Produce Stakes won by Young Idea, but she put up the maximum penalty and won the Ascot Vale Stakes, in which Young Idea was unplaced with a similar penalty. Bimilla won a division of the Alma Stakes at Caulfield a fortnight earlier, so that she has been a rich bargain at the 300gns she realised as a yearling.

Private advices suggest that Vintage’s trouble is in a suspensory ligament. If that is correct, his racing days are likely to be short.

Southdown was operated on last week, and will race as a gelding next season.

Bimella, Australia’s best two-year-old filly, is pigeontoed. Pigeontoed horses are like men—few of them can stay, but many of them can go very fast over short instances.

Three wins to W. J. Broughton on the first day at Te Rapa gave him a lead of three points over L. J. Ellis, but the South islander regained two on Monday, and their scores now are Broughton 61, Ellis 60.

It is reported from Otautau that the well-known steeplechaser Quinopal has built up of late and has got through an encouraging amount of work. He has been entered for a flat race at Clifden.

The pacer Blue Mountain, who is now in J. Bell’s stable at Ashburton, has resumed work. Bell is training two other horses for the Auckland owner, Mrs Sweetapple, these being Linella and the trotter Modern Lady.

Starting off £IOO in debt, the Cromwell Club secured 200 members as a result of a canvassing campaign, and donations totalling £SO were made by four business men towards the prize fund. It is expected that the season will end with a credit balance of £IOO, making the position £2OO better for the year.

Blue Metal, who was purchased by L. Smith last month for 42igns., promptly returned his purchase price with a high rate of interest. He won £IOO in cash and a cup valued at £l2 12s at Cromwell last week, and has now been placed under offer to a South Canterbury sportsman at 200gns. The latter wants Blue Metal for a jumper.

Chhota disappointed her trainer at Cromwell. She had been doing gooff work on the tracks prior to going to the meeting. On the first day she raced in tips, but a sharp kick on the point of the stifle from Membo did not help her chance. On the second day F. Shaw had her shod with usual plates, and expected her to show up much better, but she finished last in a four-horse field.

Only two prosecutions will be made as the result of the raid which took place two weeks ago at Te Aroha, when the police surprised a large gathering in the Masonic Hall during the progress of a Calcutta sweepstake aild took the names of approximately 200 men. According to a decision made by the Commissioner of Police, two men will be charged with conducting a common gaming house. There will be many sighs of relief at this decision, as many prominent racing men were implicated, including, it is said, a well-known radio man.

A champion on whom spurs or a whip cannot be used in races —that in Synagogue, the New Zealand three-year-old, who at his first Australian start, dead-heated in the V.R.C. Futurity Stakes and won the Elms Handicap in his next effort (says a Sydney writer). Synagogue’s new owner, Mr J. A. Phillips, who gave 1500gns for the colt in New Zealand, stated recently that Synagogue’s aversion to spurs was discovered there, but the whip trouble was undisclosed until the Futurity. “I don’t think it will be possible to use a whip on him again,” he said. “His rider, Pratt, told me after the race that when he hit Synagogue in the straight he hung away from the whip and then tried to savage Heros, who was alongside. I did not enter Synagogue for the Doncaster Handicap because he was so poor when he came from New Zealand that I thought he would have to be given an immediate spell. And even if I do give him a trip to Sydney I will stick to my intention not to overrace him before he is a four-year-old. Even with added age I do not believe Synagogue Will ever prove a true stayer, for he seems to hold his head a little too high, and that is the sign of a sprinter. But he will run a great mile, and Sydney racegoers might see him as a Doncaster winner next season." WYNDHAM T.C. TO-DAY’S PROGRAMME FERRY HANDICAP, of 100 sovs (3.49); 11 miles—Highfield scr, Rita Rothschild scr, Fair Voyage scr, Clipped Wings scr, Annie Moko scr, Waikiwi scr, Trafalgar Boy scr, Blue Logan scr, Paul Bingen 12yds bhd, Fernlee 36, Imperial Wave 48, Lady Sonoma 48, Sylvia Moko 48, Bell Norris 84, Cathedral Rose 96. NOVICE HANDICAP, of 105 sovs (3.43); 11 miles—Happy Star scr, FireCrest scr, Mishap scr, Queenie Lee scr, Grand Mogul scr, Winnie Lee scr, Picotee scr, Mountain Lad scr, Blue Spark scr, Captain Sun scr, Vacation scr, Edith Grattan scr, Gold Valley scr. Autogo scr, Pacha scr, Worthy Claire Scr, Bill Drusus scr, Seamark scr, Master Garry scr, Silver Guy scr, Chief Drusus scr, Storm Chimes, junr. scr. Desert Cloud 24yds bhd, Lee Voyage 36, Carillon Chimes 48, Chevalier 48. TOI TOIS HANDICAP, of 115 sovs (2.22); 1 mile—Anthum scr, Weary Voyage scr, Dusky scr, Lord Antrim scr, Sergeant Dallas 24yds bhd, Mountain Jewel 24, Scotfree 24. WYNDHAM TROTTING CLUB HANDICAP of 250 sovs (4.46); 2 miles —Wrackette scr, Lindrum scr, Moko Child scr, Rocks Ahead 12yds bhd, Erin’s Fair 24, Teviot Downs 24, Lynwood 24. Margaret Bell 60, Kibo 60. EDENDALE HANDICAP, of 135 sovs (3.56) 1 mile and 5 furlongs.—Ready Money scr, Erin’s Star scr, Vologda scr, Dusky scr, Royal Drive scr, Fairhaven 12yds bhd. Dame Fortune 12, Lord Antrim 12, Real Gold 12, Bronze Wave 24. Royal Guy 36. MENZIES HANDICAP, of 125 sovs (5.4); 2 miles—Highfield scr, Molly King scr, Sandy Drusus scr, Coreopsis scr, Paul Bingen scr, Fair Voyage scr, Annie Moko scr, Alister Oag scr, Anna's Voyage scr, Fernlee 12yds bhd, Imperial Wave 24, Lady Sonoma 24, Sylvia Moko 36, Lee Boy 60, Leeway 60, Kippagh 72, Golden Bingen 84, Helen’s Bay 84, Journey’s End 84, Cathedral Rose 96. PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, of 115 sovs (3.39); 11 miles —Money Chimes scr, Hard Times scr, Grand Mogul scr. Carillon Chimes scr, Stalwart scr, Happiness scr, Lucky Lee Scr, Sir Gowan scr, Sunny Southland 12yds bhd, Red King 12, Master Lee 12, Vologda 24, Erin’s Chief 24, Fairhaven 36, Dame Fortune 36. FINAL HANDICAP, of 155 sovs (2.56) ; 11 mines—Bingen Wrack scr, Wrackette scr, Sergeant Dallas scr. Mountain Jewel scr, Scotfree scr, Frank Mac scr, Erin’s Boy 12yds bhd, Rocks Ahead 12, Imperial Bingen 12, Erin’s Fair 24, Lynwood 24, Margaret Bell 48. THAMES TROTTING CLUB By Telegraph—Press Association THAMES, March 12. The Thames Trotting Club this week j decided to apply to the Conference to change the date of its annual race

meeting from March 30 to April 4, rnd the extra day granted through the vacant Northland permit from May 6 to April 6 in order to enable a two-day fixture to be held. The secretary, Mr E. O. Brownlie, this afternoon received advice that the application had been approved. The club's programme on March 30 has been cancelled, and it is issuing a two-day programme for April 4 and 6 involving £1420 in stakes and 'troplfies of £35.