RACING AND TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20512, 2 September 1936, Page 9

RACING AND TROTTING

On and Off the Track A BUDGET OF NEWS AND VIEWS FIXTURES Racing Sept. 3—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club Sept. s—Taranaki Hunt Club. Sept 6—Otago Hunt Club. Sept. 10, 12—Wanganui J.C. Sept. 19—Ashburton County R.C. Sept. 19 —Foxton R.C. Sept. 19, 21—Avondale J.C. Sept. 24, 26—Geraldine R.C. Sept. 26—Marton J.C. Sept. 26—Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club. Sept. 26—Napier Park R.C. Oct. 3—Kurow J.C. Trotting Sept. s—New Brighton T.C. Sent 12—Wellington T.C. Oct. 3 —Methven T.C. Oct. 10—New Brighton T.C. Oct. 17—Waikato T.C. Oct. 17, 19—Westport T.C. Oct. 24, 26—Auckland T.C. Oct. 24, 26—Greymouth T.C. Oct. 26 —Manawatu T.C. Oct. 26—Oamaru T.C. Entries for the New Zealand Cup will close on Friday. • • • ♦ * The first race at the Otago Hunt meeting on Saturday will start at 12.66. .... Nominations for the Geraldine Racing Club’s meeting are due on Monday next. • • • • The acceptances for the Otago Hunt races total 118, compared with 88 last year. < P. T Hogan will leave Washdyke today with Queen of Song, en route for Sydney. Fersen Is unlikely to start at New Plymouth to-morrow, as it is intended to reserve him for Saturday’s race. It has been decided to adopt the win and place system of betting at next month's meeting at Ashburton. A southern writer usually well informed on club finance describes the Riverton Racing Club as the wealthiest In the Dominion. • . » Autumn Wind has had a cold since returning from Riccarton, and has not been required to do much work at Wingatui A fortnight ago at a sale in Melbourne Epigram (Pombal-Episode) changed hands for 50 guineas. His new owner is Vin. O’Neill, the former New Zealander, who won the Melbourne Cup With Spearfelt. 4 4 4 4 A Dunedin message states that Royal Grattan scr was omitted from the Brockvllle and Wingatul Trots; Call Money 7.11 from the President’s Handicap; and CaU Money 7.10 from the VauXhail Handicap, at the Otago Hunt races. At the English yearling sales of 1934, twenty yearlings realised 3500gns or more, ten making SOOOgns or over, and the highest 9100gns. The aggregate amount paid for the twenty was over £102,000, but as two-year-olds they won only two races worth £1590. • • w ■ Coming Star, an aged but younger half-sister to Great Star, has been in light work at Riccarton for some time. J. H. Prosser had previously tried her, but she was then turned out and later was mated with Lord Buchan without proving in foal. The disqualification imposed on W. Jenkins by the Victoria Racing Club in connection with the Gold Fox case has been reduced to suspension for the balance of the term. He will be able to work in a stable and ride on the training tracks, and he will not have any difficulty in securing employment. Te Aroha reports state that Vai Watch has distinctly benefited from her southern trip. She appears to have quite recovered from the effects of the cold which prevented her showing her best form at Riccarton, and it should not be long before she makes amends for recent failures. The five furlongs trip in the President’s Handicap at the Otago Hunt meeting will suit the speedy mare Violenta, but she is flighty at the barrier and is not partial to a long straight. Although she won him a double at Winton last February, Violenta has been very expensive to Mr M. Dawson. Entail has been a bit sore for several days, but the seat of the trouble has not so far been located. Hopes are entertained that the trouble will soon work off and that the son of Posterity will be fit to take his place in the field for the sprint event the first day of the Wanganui meeting. Negotiations which were commenced in National Week, have concluded in the purchase by Mr H. Elworthy, from Mr J. Clothier, of Matamata, of the five-year-old gelding Spearmarch (Speardance-Lady March). Spearmarch is related to Te Kara, Limarch and King March, and will be trained by D. O’Connor.

Ascot is looked upon as setting the world standard, and at its meeting this year a sum of £78,820 was distributed among the lucky owners who won events over the four days' racing. An analysis of the prize fund shows that the Ascot executive gave £44,450 in added money, and the balance of £34,370 was subscribed by the owners themselves in forfeits and sweepstakes. Burglar and Cock o’ the North, two Otago Hunt Cup candidates, were schooled at Riccarton yesterday. Cock o’ the North stumbled going to the first brush, but made a good recovery. Both horses then jumped well till they got to the double. Cock o’ the North again blundered slightly at the first leg and though he recovered, he ran off at the second leg, taking Burglar with him. Both horses were taken back and jumped the last fence safely. At the last Te Aroha meeting King Brierly had a bone broken in one of his fetlock joints. He made a slow recovery from the effects of the injury, and the joint still bears an enlarged appearance. There is a decided doubt as to whether he Will become sound enough for racing purposes, and as Miss Davies, of Springside, expressed the wish to get the horse for use as a lady’s hack, Mr Hines made her a present of him. One of the most promising jumpers seen out for some time is Master Norval, who finished fourth in the Hack Hurdles at Ellerslie last Wednesday. On the flat he had done well up to a point, especially on wet tracks, but during the past eighteen months he ha. been disappointing, hence the decision to try him out over the battens. Hfs owner-trainer, W. J. McLean, of Cambridge, was the right man to undertake the job, for he produced a Great Northern Hurdles winner a few years ago in Prince Lu. The Panmure gelding Redolent, who is expected to do well as a hurdler, is a six-year-old gelding by Panmure from Redowa, by All Red from Bealey, by Apremont from Queen Bee, the dam of Slow Tom, who won the Grand National Steeplechase in 1904 and ran third in the same race in 1906. Bealey was only a pony and won 23 races. All Red won the Auckland Cup in 1908-9 and sired good performers over jumps. Redowa is also the dam of Baldowa, who won the Thompson Handicap and ran third in the Great Easter Handicap. Feldspar, whose withdrawal from spring engagements in Australia is reported by cable from Melbourne, went amiss after running in last year’s Mel- I bourne Cup, and has not started since. Garrio, another who has gone amiss, was prominent in three-year-old races in Victoria last spring, being one of K. Voitre’s mounts, but was a costly failure in the autumn. Palfresco, winner of the Caulfield Cup, is not to be put into work for some time owing to risk of a breakdown, and Carnarvon had to be destroyed recently. Thus four of Victoria’s best three-year-olds of last season are out of action. At the annual meeting of the Te Aroha Jockey Club, in presenting the report, the president, Mr R. L. Somers, said it was gratifying to know that the club had been able to maintain the popularity of its annual race meeting. No other two-day meeting in the Dominion could equal Te Aroha’s figures in regard to totalisator turnover or stakes, yet for some unknown reason the club’s persistent applications for an extra, permit were consistently turned down. Although four extra permits had been granted by the Racing Conference last year, three of them had been granted to clubs whose figures for turnover and stakes were considerably below Te Aroha’s aggregate. It was difficult to know just what lay behind the persistent refusals, but it was now felt that with a new Government in office some adjustment of the position could be hoped for. RACECOURSE BETTING By Telegraph—Pres# Association WHANGAREI, September ?. At a meeting of owners, trainers and breeders last night, Mr E. G. Sutherland, organiser, said he knew nothing regarding the wiring of money through the telegraph office to racecourses being a possibility of the near future. He was confident that if it was the intention to divert .some of the huge off course turnover to the machine, it should prove a great revenue producer both for the State and racing. He advocated legal depots in preference to the telegraph office method. That was definitely the opinion expressed by most owners, breeders, trainers, club officials and enthusiasts with whom he came in contact. The illegal bookmaker would treat the telegraph office method as the best way out for himself. Mr Sutherland expressed the opinion that the racing community would be behind the Government if it tackled the question seriously. ADDITIONAL ACCEPTANCES By releeraph pres# association DUNEDIN, September 1. In the Otago Hunt Club acceptances the following were omitted:— Brockvllle Trot: Royal Grattan scr. Wingatui Trot: Royal Grattan c?r. President’s Handicap: Call Monev 7.11. Vauxhall Handicap: Call Money 7.10. FELDSPAR WITHDRAWN United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, September 1. Felspar, the winner of the Victoria Derby last year, has been withdrawn from all spring engagements, owing to a leg injury. Feldspar is the second important spring candidate owned by Mr A. Creswick tnd trained by Lou Robertson, to break down during preparation. Garrio broke down last week.