RACING & TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20284, 6 December 1935, Page 8

RACING & TROTTING

On and Off the Track 4 BUDGET OF NEWS AND I/JEWS FIXTURES Racing: Dec. 2—Takapuna J.C.' Dec. 2—Feilding J.C. Dec. 7—Dargaville R.C. Dec. 6, 7 Woodville District J.C. Dec. 14—Waipa R.C. Dec. 14—Hororata R.C Dec. 14—Otaki Maori R. C. Dec. 26—Waipukurau J.C. Dec. 26, 28—Taranaki J.C. Dec. 26, 28, 30—Westland R.C. Dec. 26, 28—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26, 27, 28— Manawatu R.C. Trotting: Dec. 7—Te Aroha T.C. Dec. 7—New Brighton T.C. Dec. 26 —Ashburton T.C. Dec. 26—Gore T.C. Dec. 26, 28—Wairarapa T.C. Dec. 26, 27—Westport T.C. Dec. 27, 28, 31—Auckland T.C. Dec. 28— Winton T.C. New Brighton meeting to-morrow. The single-pool system of betting will operate at Woodville to-day and Saturday. L. J. Ellis will ride Cuddle in the Auckland Cup, Silver Streak in the Railway, and either Wild Chase or Paper Slipper in the local stakes. The Canterbury Park Trotting Club has decided to delay the declaration of handicaps for the first days of its summer meeting till December 27. E. Scoullar will follow his usual plan during the holidays and will be present at the Dunedin, Wyndham and Invercargill meetings. The committee of the Hororata Racing Club has elected Mr G. H. Grigg president, in succession to the late Mr H. A. Knight. Mr G. A. Kain has entered seven yearlings for the Trentham sales. Mr D. Grant and Mr T. E. Hide will send up two apiece. At the request of the committee, Mr A D. Mclvor has consented to act as starter at the Riverton meeting at Easter. The Riverton Racing Club, having erected a new totalisator house, will use the win and place system of betting at its next meeting. The Reefton Trotting Club has been granted permission to change its date from January 10 to January 8, the day between the Reefton Jockey Club’s dates. The Riverton Racing Club will give £4845 in stakes at its Easter fixture. The Riverton Cup will be worth £SOO, the Great Western Steeplechase £450, and the Champion Hack Race £350. Although Knockfin has been nominated for the principal events at Hokitika, it is not definite that she will be sent to the West Coast, where she will receive a lot of weight. H. Nurse contemplates nominating her for Oamaru. The hurdler Arctic Star has been sold by his Trentham owner-trainer W. J. Wood to a patron of D. O’Connor’s stable at Riccarton. O’Connor has had enough of Hunting Bag, and has sent tim to his owner at Greymouth. It is reported that there is a likelihood of Sporting Blood being brought back from Australia to run in the Auckland Cup. With 8.10 in that race he is better treated than he has been in the Summer Cup at Randwick. After the Consolation Stakes, £2500, run at Caulfield recently K. Voitre was reprimanded by the stewards for not having prevented his mount, the colt Valient Chief, interfering with Nalda at the start. Auburn Lad, well known in New Zealand, was credited with pacing 1.54 in an attack on the Australian record of 2.2 2-5, on a Victorian track. The world’s record for a pacer is Dan Patch’s 1.551' on a big track, and it looks as if a mistake of ten seconds was made in Auburn Lad’s case. Silver Jubilee was scratched at 10 a.m. on Tuesday for all engagements at the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting. He is to remain in Australia, and will race at the A.J.C. meeting at Christmas time, and later go to Melbourne for the V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap, Oakleigh Plate and Caulfield Futurity Stakes. The gate receipts at last week’s meeting at Forbury Park were down £ll3 2s as compared with the same meeting last year, £sl r 6d on the first day and £62 13s 6d on Saturday. This was due, of course, to no charge being made for the admission of ladies this year. But against this decrease in revenue must be set the increase in the totalisator turnover, which works out at slightly over 12 per cent. The New Zealand Derby winner Lowenberg has been nominated for the Te Awamutu Cup and the open mile at the Waipa Meeting on Saturday week next, so it is probable that he will be at Ellerslie for the Christmas and New Year racing, the fixture next week being seized upon as the one to give him his final outing prior to appearing at Ellerslie. The Te Awamutu track may not suit this big-striding gelding, for it is very much on the turn.

The facility with which the stock of Hunting Song take to jumping is familiar with racing people, and another instance was offered by the win of Hunting Queen at Feilding. Her win on the second day was easily accomplished, and, although the opposition was not formidable, it looks the forerunner of further successes. Hunting Queen is out of the Derby winner Enthusiasms, so she has breeding recommendations to back up her form.

Spiral’s win at Feilding in the Flying Handicap emphasised the opinion formed by his earlier win at Wanganui that it was as a sprinter rather than a stayer that he would do best in the future. He is an Auckland Cup candidate, and has been weighted at 8.1, but it is unlikely that he will be asked to run the two miles. W. Rayner stated that Spiral would go to Auckland, but the present intention was to confine him to shorter journeys at the meeting like the Christmas Handicap and the Summer Cup.

One of the most promising two-year-olds seen at Feilding was Wagner, a brown colt bred by and racing in the interests cf Mr R. H. W. Holden. Wagner, who is trained by Luke Wilson at Awapunl, had not previously raced, but he had shown sufficient on the tracks for him to be fairly confidently supported. His backers lost their money, but were unlucky, and Wagner has only got to go on the right way to reach good class. Wagner was one of the yearlings at the last sales,

but he got hurt and was not offered. He could have been sold privately at a substantial price afterward, but Mr Holden finally decided to keep him.

A Woodville correspondent says: “Heritage, whose defeats at Riccarton will not be forgotten by the wise punters, trotted contentedly round past the seven furlongs’ disc, and when the boy gave him the signal he swung straight into his stride, and, moving like a machine, he put the furlongs behind in double-quick time to break lmin 14see for the six. He finished like a train and was going so smoothly at the post that he looked as if he could have gone on with it for a week. He pulled up well, his condition suggesting that he is a much better colt now than when he raced at Riccarton.” In spite of this, there did not appear to be any special excuse for Heritage’s defeats at Riccarton.

J. T. Jamieson is arranging the disposal of his big team. For the time being they are Hinder the charge of H. B. Lorigan, who himself is leaving for New Zealand this week. Jamieson has arranged most of the transfers, but the majority of his horses will go to New Zealand to spell during the period. Closing Time, who was raced on lease by Jamieson is to go to Melbourne. The smart Myra Tip has reverted to Mr Hunter White, and in future will be trained by J. King. It is probable that Jamieson will lease his stables at Randwick and leave within the next few weeks for his old home In Auckland. Some of the horses will be spelled until he receives his licence again, and other patrons will return their horses to him when he returns to the fold. Country Party, the cause of the trouble, is one of the horses who will come to New Zealand for a long holiday.