RACING AND TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20680, 19 March 1937, Page 6

RACING AND TROTTING

On and Off the Track i BUDGET OF NEWS AND VIEWS FIXTURES Racing: March 19, 20—Pahiatua R.C. March 20—Stratford R.C. March 20—Otautau R.C. March 20, 22—Westport J.C. March 20, 22—Bay of Plenty J.C. March. 27—Greymouth J.C. March 27—Tuapeka County J.C March 27, 29—Auckland R.C. March 27, 29—Feilding J.C. March IJ7, 29—Wairarapa R.C. March 27, 29, 30—Riverton R.C March 29, 30—Canterbury J.C. Trotting: larch 18 or 20—Wyndham TO. March 27, 29, 31—Metropolitan T.O Chief Ranger is reported to be the North Island favourite for the Great Easter, but prepost backers in the South Island are voting for Gold Boa. The cold to which Francis Drake's collapse at Trentham was attributed could not have been severe. He is reported to have recovered, and is booked for a trip to Auckland. With so many meetings in the calendar there will be small fields at some Easter meetings, and in addition many owners in the north are experiencing difficulty in securing riders. The Otautau meeting, a rehearsal for Riverton, will be held to-morrow. Wotan did not do well after his arrival in Sydney, and J. Fryer will have to keep him busy to get him at his peak for the Sydney Cup.

When Girl Pat ran second to Airam at Paeroa on Saturday and won on Wednesday, she carried the colours of Mr S. Bassion, of Wellington, who purchased her from Mr C. E. Robinson a week or two ago.

Lowenberg was not started at Trentham owing to a slight injury received while playing in the paddock, but appears to have recovered and will not lack friends for the chief handicap at Stratford.

Lynch Law, the brilliant Limond colt who went amiss in Victoria, is back at J. T. Jamieson's in Sydney. Veterinarians report that he should stand training this season, but he has lost the opportunity of wln.vng the valuable stakes for two-year-old s.

M. McCarten is to ride Silver Standard in the Sydney Cup. Previously he was booked for Talking, who has gone out for the season. McCarten is in wonderful form now, and may break Silver Standard’s run of seconds in big races.

F. Davis’s Woodville team will be scattered for Easter racing. The brilliant colt Courtcraft is to come to Roccarton for the Champagne and Challenge Stakes. He is the only one from the stable for the south. Karl and Gelra will race at the Feilding Meeting, and Mandamus, Haul Monde, and Francis Drake are to go to Ellerslie.

After he had been retired for the season Talking was bled by Roy Stewart (veterinary surgeon), who had been attending the colt during the previous few days. Mr Stewart explained that the bleeding would create a shock to various internal glands, and they in turn would produce a reaction which would generate renewed vigour. He likened the process to the pruning of a tree, which, after the operation, invariably blossoms forth with more foliage than ever.

Gold Boa did not incur a penalty in the Great Easter for her win at Trentham. The only rehandicapping conditions in connection with the C.J.C. meeting apply to the Great Easter and Great Autumn:—“The winner after declaration of weights of any race or races of the value of £3OO to the winner may be rehandicapped.” The stake won by Gold Boa, and that won by Chief Ranger, was below £3OO. The rehandicap in the Great Autumn is limited to 71b so far as the winner of the Easter is concerned.

The Australian “Trotting Record" records a visit to Melbourne of the Hon. G. R. Hunter, and remarks:— “Mr Hunter is a real trotting enthusiast, and races both trotters and gallopers. He has been both president and secretary of the Canterbury Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, which, by the way, is greatly against the introduction of bookmakers in New Zealand, as also is Mr Hunter." That is illuminating, as not many months ago Mr Hunter was being quoted, evidently without authority, as an advocate for licensing.

The Arrowsmith gelding Trueshaft. who was trained at Riccarton by A. McAulay, figures in the acceptances for the Ballance High weight Handicap at Pahlatua. He has been off the scene for twelve months, and it is just two years since he showed any lorn:. Trueshaft, who is now nine years old, was sold when in good form as a six-year-old for 225 guineas, but Mr L. E. B. Wallace, who paid that sum for him, won only one race, a hurdles at Napier Park, and disposed of him to his present owner, Mr A. G. Havill, of Ashhurst, for whom he won at Palilatua two years ago.

In commenting on the difference In entries at the Auckland and Riccarton meeting at Easter, a Wellington paper says:—"The two Easters now carry the identical prize of £BOO, but the Nolan Handicap Is worth £l5O less than the Great Autumn, also on the £BOO mark. Considering all factors it is rather surprising that the strength of the C.J.C. double fields should have shown a decline in most recent years, but this may be explained by the rather lean time that South Island horses have had for some years past when compared with horses trained in North Island centres.” The claim for greater success of the northern trained horses can hardly be substantiated. The reason that Auckland secures bigger entries is that it has no near-at-hand opposition at Easter. Riverton absorbs most of the southerners at this season, while West Coast meetings attract many of the hacks. Then there are good stakes at Fielding and Wairarapa, districts which contribute largely to C.J C. fields in the spring.

Final payments for the C.J.C. meeting are due on Wednesday next.

Usually the Ashburton Trotting Club’s autumn meeting is held on the Saturday after Easter, but this year there will be an extra week between it and the Metropolitan fixture at Addington. For the A.R.C. Easter Handicap last year’s winner Royal Appellant, is not harshly handicapped at 8.4. Twelve months ago he scored with 121 b above the minimum, but although he has shown form since, he is now rated at only 111 b above the minimum. Practically all of Royal Appellant’s best performances have been over a mile. • • • • An unusual situation cropped up when Bronzette and Malagigi deadheated for first in a division of the Awaiti Handicap at Paeroa, and some controversy was occasioned over the pay-out of the “win” pool. An announcement added to the conditions of the contest in the race book stated that the win dividends would be paid in the proportion of 50 p.er cent, to the winner of each division, and from that it could be inferred that Bronzette and Malagigi would share one-half of the amount available and Llangollen, winner of the second division, the other half. However, each horse received one-third of the pool, by which Llangollen received less than had there been a straight-out win in the first division. The distribution of the dividends in the circumstances which arose is governed by the special totalisator regulations, which set out that the winner of or horses dead-heating for first place in any division shall, for the purposes of the win pool, be deemed to have dead-heated for first place with the winners of or the horses dead-heating for first place in the other divisions.

RAWER A T.C,

HANDICAPS By TeleerAnh - Prpß* *.Rsn~t&rjon WANGANUI, March 18. Handicaps for the first day (March 27) of the Hawera Trotting Club’s Easter meeting are:— AUROA HANDICAP. Of £lOO (3.43); 11 miles

Winhisway scr Little Acron scr Lady Slipper scr Loch Leven scr Cash Down scr Guide Peter scr Tangaroa scr Worthy Connenora scr Member scr Tapanui Lady scr Mavis Logan scr Roman Chief scr Truman 24 Isabella Relax 36 Pointer scr Travisque 36 MATAPU HANDICAP. Of £125 (3.47); U miles Glen Bingen scr Bingen Sun 24 Hard Lad scr Native Bird 36 Waingake 12 Reception 60 Biworthy 12 Wrackless 72 Baby Triumph 12 Tan John 108 Unworthy 12 STRATFORD HANDICAP, Of £125 (3.36); H miles Mountain Dandy Flight scr Locanda 12 Bismuth scr Baron Grand 24 Handicapper scr King Country 24 Kewpie’s Crest scr Great Chum 36 First Aid scr Juggler 36 Waving Corn scr Silver Black 36 Dusky Chum scr Decoy Bird 36 Roadster 12 Electric- Bell 36 Orleigh Mills 12 Native Cole 48 Effie Parrish 12 Kenworthy 96 De La Paix 12 HAWERA CUP. Of £40C (4.40); 2 miles Aide de Camp scr Glorietta scr Proletarian scr U Scott scr Levity scr Red Flush 12 Kenworthy scr Ironside 24 Full Hand scr Kewpie’s King 24 Broughshane scr Winaway 24 ELTHAM HANDICAP, Of £125 (3.39); IS miles Ann Pointer scr Queenie Accel scr Direct 12 Hearsay scr Mountain Ropata scr Flight 24 Savoldi scr Wrackless 24 MANAIA HANDICAP, Of £150 (5.2); 2 miles Glen Bingen scr Bingen Sun 12 Biworthy scr Native Bird 24 Hard Lad scr Dollar Maid 36 Waingake scr Reception 48 Baby Triumph scr Native Tree 60 Unworthy scr Tan John 120 NORMANBY HANDICAP. Of £12£ (3.5); 11 miles Worthy Song scr Isabella Kia Kaha scr Pointer scr Lady Slipper scr Worthy Accel scr Member scr Tangaroa King Aussie scr Connenora scr Pampas scr Tapanui Lady scr Mavis Logan scr Loyal Betty scr Relax 36 Terraplane scr Transfer 36 PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, Of £125 (2.59); 14 miles Ann Pointer scr Roadster 12 Mountain Orleigh Mills 12 Flight scr Effie Parrish 12 Tennessee’s Dandy Child scr Locanda 12 Bismuth scr Great Chum 36 Handicapper scr Native Cole 36 Kewpie’s Crest scr Silver Black 36 Waving Corn scr # Decoy Bird 36 Northern Guy scr Electric Bell 36 Savoldi scr