RACING AND TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20932, 11 January 1938, Page 10

RACING AND TROTTING

On and Off the Track A BUDGET OF NEWS AND VIEWS FIXTURES: Racing Jan. 14, 15—Vincent J.C. Jan. 18, 20, 22—Wellington R.C. Jan. 22—Ashhurst R.C. Jan. 22—Wuirio J.C. Jan. 22, 24—Thames J.C. Jan. 28, 29—Pahiatua R.C. Trotting Jan. 15—Cambridge T.C. Jan. 15—Timaru T.C. Jan. 27, 29—Forbury Park T.C. Jan. 29, 31—Nelson T.C. Feb. 3, s—Wellington T.C. Feb. 12—Canterbury Park T.C. Feb. 12, 16—Auckland T.C. Feb. 19—New Brighton T.C. Feb. 26—Kaikoura T.C. Feb. 26—Wairarapa T.C. Mar. s—lnvercargill T.C. Mar. s—Wellington T.C.

The Auckland gelding Mungatoon now in F. Roberts’s stable at Riccartoi

Lawn Derby has broker in two of his three appearances in New Zealand.

The ancient pacer Rollo has been sold and is to be shpiped to Perth.

Trench Fight is an unlikely starter at the Wellington meeting.

C. T. Wilson. J. W. Jennings, H. W. Hibberd, and M. Caddy will travel from Rlccarton for the Vincent meeting.

Acceptances for the Timaru Trotting Club's meeting are due at 9 o'clock tonight.

Nominations for the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s summer meeting will close at 5 p.m. to-day.

It is suggested that the crack filly Peerless will accompany Cuddle to Randwick in the autumn.

Salient Knight has been nominated for the Douro Cup, the big hack race at Trentham.

Wild Chase was a disappointment at Auckland, but the track was hard, and in addit|pn be has never raced as well there as at Trentham or Riccarton.

It was supposed that the limit had been reached when a gelding was named Sebrof (Forbes reversed) but now the title of Royevrus has been claimed for a youngster by Surveyor.

Since the season opened on August 1. R. B. Berry’s team has accumulated over £6lOO in stakes, the main contributor of course being the Trotting Cup winner Lucky Jack.

In the Royal Stakes at Ellerslie, Peerless ran about a good deal. She did the same in her races at Riccarton, and until she is cured of this habit the brilliant filly will be at a disadvantage.

C. T. Wilson did a fair amount of travelling last week. He won the last race on Top Coat at Oamaru on Monday, was riding at Invercargill on Wednesday, and won on Delium at Reefton on Friday.

The two-year-old Arvakur, who has thickened considerably during his enforced holiday, will take his place in F. Smith’s team for Wellington, which will include Inver, Valamito and Round Up.

Glenora Boy has won three races in Sydney during the last few weeks, and as Normal annexed two races in Victoria in the spring, it will be surprising if J. T. Jamieson, who trains both, does not put in some bids for Lord Warden youngsters at the Trentham sales.

.The death occurred in Wellington of Mr Robert Allan, a member of a family well-known in the trotting sport. Among the good pacers he owned were Don Caesar and Will o’ the Wisp. Mr Allan was employed as a youth in the stables of M. and C. Hobbs at Timaru, and while with them he won the Great Autumn Handicap on Prince Warden.

Something new in companies has been registered under the name of Morris (L.G.) Ltd. The objects are stated to be "to buy, take or lease or otherwise acquire, hold, deal in, let on hire, import, export, and breed from racehorses or horses of any description, and incidental.” L. G. Morris 990 £1 shares and B. H. Morris 10 shares are the subscribers. i

The opinion that some insurance scheme to cover damage to sulkies in a race, was desirable, was expressed by members of the executive of the Auckland Trotting Owners, Trainers and Breeders' Association, and it was decided to confer with the Auckland Trotting Club on the matter, with a view to devising a scheme to place before the New Zealand Trotting Association.

The question of assessing the marks of horses for mile and a-half races below line 28 was discussed by the Auckland Owners and Trainers’ Association and it was decided to recommend the Trotting Association to have this done when the next reassessments are being framed. At present horses below line 28, are assessed only for a mile, mile and a-quarter and two miles.

Hot Box. who won two juvenile handicaps at Ellerslie, did not beat any of the stars, but he looks a possibility for better class races. A very plain type, and possessing lopped ears, what he lacks in appearance is offset by his courage. Hot Box has plenty of size and his breeding suggests that he might stay when he is more matured. He is by Cape Hom from Iceball, by Valkyrian from Pebble 11, by Rock Flint.

A surprise entry for the inter-domin-ion meeting at Addington is the New South Wales pacer Wilveranj. Two years ago ‘ there was talk of a match between Wilveranj. Tennessee Wood and either Graham Direct or Gamble, champions of their age in N.S.W., Victoria and New Zealand respectfully, but nothing came of it, and then Wilveranj was rubbed out for two years for allegedly running a bye. The term has

not expired, but it is reported that a portion of the sentence has been remitted to enable him to be nominated for Addington. At the time of his elimination Wilveranj was described as another Walla Walla.

Te Hero, at present rated as New Zealand’s best two-year-old, is by i Heroic, who has headed the winning sires list for the last five seasons in Australia. He is out of Prodice (dam of Gallio), a half-sister to Ammon Ra. Prodice herself was ji fine performer, her successes including wins in the Avondale Stakes, Avondale Guineas, Auckland Guineas, Auckland Oaks, Avondale Cup and Takapuna Cup. Heroic (by Valais) was one of the best i horses Australia has produced, and I 16000gns were paid for him as a sire I after he had won over £38.000 in stakes. I This season he is represented in Australia by the star three-year-olds Ajax and Hua, and the premier two-year-old I Nuffield, and looks certain to top the ' sires’ list for the sixth successive year. ' Unfortunately Heroic is now impotent, and by now may have been destroyed. I Although Lord Derby did not take such a high place as usual on the list of winning owners during the English season on the flat, he looks like having an excellent time with his stud horses. This owner has no fewer than eight high-class stallions, and at a rough estimate their earnings will amount to about £60,000. All are in England with the exception of Plassy, who is in France at a fee of 10.000 francs. The foremost of Lord Derby’s stud horses are Fairway and Hyperion. The former was champion stallion in 1936 and was second on the list to Solario during the past season. The first of the stack of Hyperion will appear on the racecourse next year. Both horses stand at 400gns and there is never any difficulty in filling their subscriptions. Bosworth is full in 1938 at 250gns, and it is the same with Caerleon at a smaller fee. Sansovino’s subscription has still to fill at £l4B, but all nominations have been secured for Bobsleigh, the youngest of Lord Derby’s stallions. It is not easy to follow the reasoning of a Sydney “Referee” writer on one aspect of the handicapping problem. He states that “at one time New Zealand penalised Australian horses, although Dominion tracks are four to five seconds faster than those in the Commonwealth. This arbitrary rule was ridiculous because it was unfair.” No indication is given whether the four or five seconds refers to one mile or two. If it is four seconds to the mile, Lawn Derby’s 3.13 in Melbourne would be equivalent to 3.7 here. There will never be anything approximating satisfaction until Australia and New Zealand agree on a uniform system of handicapping, and that this will ever be achieved is unlikely, as in Sydney different clubs have different methods. But if a horse is expected to step four seconds per mile faster here than it has done in Australia, there is nothing ridiculous or unfair in making allowance for the difference in its assessments.