RACING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16585, 18 November 1921, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING.

(By -

ARGUS

srixTOTEa. Novetnber 18, 19— Win ton Jockey Club. November * , 9. 2.3—Otahubu Trotting Club, November ‘23— Astahuret Pohangina. Racing Club. November 25, 28— Sonlh Canterbury Jockey dub. November 2*3. *0 —Takapuna Jockey Club. November 30, December I—Feilrling Jockey Club. December 3—For bury Dark Trottjng Club. December 3 Methveri Racing Club. December 7. P TFood\Ule Jockey Club, December !,Q —OtautaiT, Racing Club. i *ccember it Dannevirfie Raciug Club. December )6. 17—New Brighton Trotting Club. December 16, 17—Nortb Otago Jockey Club. NOMINATIONS. November 18- Woodville Jockey Club. November 22- Nortb Otago Jockey Club. November 23—New Brighton Trotting Club. November 24—Ota titan "Racing Club. November 21 Westport, Trotting Club. November 25—Mauawatu Racing Club. November 25—Dannevirke Racing Club. HANDICAPS. November IS—South Canterbury Jockey < 1 üb. November lb- Porbury Park Trotting Club. November 21-Met liven Racing Club. November 28- Otautau Racing Club. December 2 Danuovivke Racing Club. December r>- North Otago Jockey Club. December R Westport, Trotting Club. December 7- New Brighton Trotting Club. ACCEPTANCES. November IR—Takapuna Jockey Club. November 21 -South Canterbury Jockey Clnb. November 21 —Feilding Jockey Club. November 24 Met liven Racing Club. December 2- Woodville Jockey Club. December 'A Otautau Racing Club, hecctnbcr t» Dannevirke Racing Club. December 10—Nortb Otago Jockey Club. ENCOURAGING TROTTERS. "Whilst the New Zealand Trotting Cup rightly retains its position as the most important rare in Australasia and the chief attraction of the Metropoli--lun Trotting Club's No veil (be r meeting, the Dominion Trotting Handicap is fast growing in favour. This race is a tjvo mile event, in harness, for trotters onh , and as the class is light >i brings the best trotters together for the best stake of the year. The popularity of the trotters’ races is evidenced. by the solid support accorded Client, and the keen interest taken by p largo majority of the spectators Since tho adoption of the rule, providing for the compul.ory inclusion *>f races for trotters on all trotting r-lubis* programm v tb.es' races have gradually brought about keen contests, (ind one season in particular a tew years ago was noteworthy for the number of trotters’ races throughout the Dominion that proi idecl splendid contests and. closo finishes. That there lias been a decided forward movement in general speed shown by trotters is acknowledged;, and as special attention is teing devoted to their development still further improvement can be ex- i peeled. As the chief -event ol the year )ur trotters, the Dominion Trotting Handicap should be endowed with an even larger stake and the class will have to be considerably tightened. The race at present is for horses that can do train 45ec or better but this year's winner was handicapped at 4min Usee and went nearly ts-ec faster, winning with ridiculous ease. Unfortunately, the race last week v, as some--what spoilt through an accident, which interfered with several of the back markers at a critical stage of the con test. At the same time, it is doubtful if this affected the placing) of the first mul second horses, who at the time of the trouble had a commanding load. The committee of the club should realise that this .race is one of the most important of the season, and to further popularise the trotter, and in- - the club' meeting, the stake might easily be made the second best on lho programme, with a restriction on I rhe time limit that would coniine the race to the very best of the free-logged division. Acceptances for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting- will close ai eight o'clock on Monday night. Nominations for the North Otago Jnokey Club's meeting are. due ai -even o'clock on Tuesday night. Kiccarton stables arc strongly represented in the nominations for the South < an ter bury meeting, and there will ho :■ big exodus of horses for Washdvke tally next week. U. J. Mason treated most of his team to a. dose of physic after Ibe recent meeting at Tliecaifon. but they will soon be in full commission imaiu. with a to important engagements further ahead. It is unlikely that Sasanof will do much more racing. His turf record is a particularly brilliant one, and he has well earned .an easy life. The three-year-old filly Cieasania. ■w ho ran second in the Oaks at TticcarTon. should win lots of good handicaps in the North Island this season. She stays well enough to be more than useful up to a mile and a, quarter. If. is reported that the owner of TarjowaJ valued bis three-year-old ar, £4OOO when asked to put a price on him recently. This seems a big sum to ask for a gelding, especially one whoso money earning efforts are never likely, to extend beyond sprint courses Thespian, the winner of the Great Northern Guineas, is now undergoing r:. preparation for the Great Northern Derby, in which ho will provide fresh opposition to Winning Hit In the meantime, however most jjeopie will be prepared to wait for some, proof that the Absurd colt can stay a mile and a ] half. The three-year-old colt Heir Apparent had not won a race prior to his v access in the Batman Stakes at the Victoria Racing Club's meeting this month • He is by Comedy King from Our Queen, by Wallace from imported Yard ley. by Sterling. It k il slaying pedigree and the prediction is offered that he may turn out tho best colt of the season- That he was rated highly w as shown at tho close of the meeting, when he realised 3300 gs at auction, a. rim that i said to be a record price for a three-year-old in Victoria.

Hector Gray is on his way back to tho Dominion, mid is expected to arrive in about four weeks. It is unlikely, that he will do any riding, his intention being to transact some private business, and then to return to Engla.udj where he wlll ride again next season. } Though Eurytlimic is on the. retired list at present, it is hoped that tlio Australian champion, will be lit to raco again in the autumn. Sir Ibex, winner of the Linlithgow Stakes, the mile weight-for-age race at the ictor.ia Racing Club’s meeting, had not previously scored for a year and a. hall. He is eleven i cal's old, and bis success was a poor advertieemen t for the weight-for-age class. There was a great deal of interference ia some of- the races at the Victoria Racing Club’s mooting this month. The general opinion, appeared to bo that most of it was accidental, but owners derive Aery little satisfaction from this excuse after the it: chances in a good race have been ruined by the unwelcome attentions of mother competitor. The sensational American two-year-old Morvieh won his tenth successive • ace at. Havre de Grace (Maryland) in September; and thereby increased bis oarnings to 71,4.84 dollars, or about £17,300, at ruling rates. In America, as in. Australia-, an owner of a. good two-year-old can put together quit*© n. decent sized fortune in a few- months’ racing. Miss Joy. tho best two-year-old filly in America, had won nine races up to September 24. Up to the end of August Star Shoot who died some time ago-—w r as an easy’, first in. America’s successful stallions for tho current year. He had forty performers, whose starts totalled 408. lor GO firsts, 57 secouds, 60 thirds, and 133.359 dollars in prize money. As I the dollar now runs somewhere about lour 1© the pound sterling, that would be approximately £33.300. The ' Special Commissioner” of ill© London ' Sportsman ” wrote as follows, after the Doncaster St Leger : • I suppose we must rank Crag an JUraii with, many other good Derby horses, such as Bend Or. who found the distance their limit, and were at their best over ten furlongs, but Sky .Rocket, brother to Craig an Fran, even when tubed, could get two miles. Polemarch. being so young, will continue to make greater improvement than the others, and should' maintain his superiority next year, except, perhaps, over ''Vestward Ho. I have always held that there is no reason, why The Tetinrcb should not sire stayers when, suitable marcs arc mated Avit-h him. Poleniarcb’s dam is an own sister to Corey ra, who was oue of the best of ris year, and stayed well. It is a. long time since a member of the No. 6 family w on a, classic race, though in i-lig old days it Avas one of the most successful of all.*’ It, wn:- considered likely that the Australian .jockey, Frank Bullock, who has won such marked prominence in England, would make another visit to the land of his birth this year, but, according to a Melbourne paper, this is not to eventuate for some considerable time. ft is stated that Bullock will ride next year as fiyst jockey to Mr .1. 13. Joel’s stable. ft may bo a filmed that Mr .Joel bad to pay a big retaining fee to have first call of Bullock's errices. This season Mr Joel has second claim on S. Douoghue, but, as Lord Derbv has the prior call on the champion jockey’s service, Air Joel has frequently to seek other riders for In-, horses. It was only by the act n a fine sportsman like Lord Dcrbj that Donogbue was released from GIor:o.'0 to ride Humorist for Mr Joel in the Derby, which event lie. duly won. Tho t wo jockeys mentioned will, without doubt, finish first and second in the list of winning jockeys at the end ENGLISH NOTES. (Special to the *GStar.”> IDADO.N, September 22. Sera tellings and gallops lor the Cesarowitch arc the only things that mattcr in tho world of racing at the moment. In the former category the most, important is the departure of Periosteum, the Ascojb Gold Gup winner, and Bracket, who was successful a year ago. Both these fine horses could not bo trained owing to tlicir having foil, (lie effects of racing on . the hard ground during the summer, and with then- exit goes a good deal of the class' that was attached to the long distance event, which takes place ai Newmarket, on October 12. Ji i s only coo evident now that Kegsy's Daws trump card is to lie tho filK- Tisliy. who is nhvjjiiy ;i L ;i. remarkably short price, r.i- Mill has Bucks in tiio race, ajso, but l h,s o ” c ' Iv ould nor. be likely to compel o it pickms up a penalty in the Newbury Gup. Bracket, by the way, is to zu to the stud almost immediate- ... and having regard to her breeding- ] ,‘ K » Cantilever, winner of the Jo f kp ' < lul « Stakes in 1913—and her aelnei cinents on the course', she is almost sure to bo a success there. Other welt known horses about whom a simiT decision has been arrived within tho last ten days are Spearwort and com me do Terre. The last named, no"ever, will have one more race in trance ere retiring finally. Revert- , Lo . Cesarewitch, Sir William Cooke » Devizes, who has also been exceneiveiy backed, met with a. slight mishap which necessitated an interruption in his preparation, but he is reported to be sound again _ while of the other iancied ones. Lord Derby’s Harrier gave the northern trained Money Glass a severe trouncing in the rare - bounty Cup at the Ayr meet-! mg—this victory entails no pen alt.v f or ! t!ie more important event—and Front i Bmc. second last year, is being giA-cu strong gallops daily by bis trainer, Griggs. Several Cesarewitch candidates AA-er© seen out at. the recent Windsor fixture. In the Royal Borough Handicap, over ono mile and a half, for instance, Fred Darling’s Villonva, a three-year-old filly, about whose prowess fall stories have been in circulation for some time, failed dismally against several moderate horses of her own age She moved to the post as if she dis'Zikcd the THea of racing, and v'hen it came to actual business she steadily lost ground from the moment the tapes were raised. At one time she must have been a hundred or more yards behind, grid it only towards the end that she cam© through some beaten horses t» finish a modest third to Air Percy "Whittaker's Chivalrous and Captain Tom Hogg’s Bristol Channel. This certainly Avns fur from, being Cesarewitch form. 7t was intended to run Tisliy for tliis event, but the plans were changed, gs it was thought the "Windsor mile and a half was altogether too sharp for one ;

in serious two mile training. There wore more aspirants to Gesarewitcb. ! honours iu the race for tho J£soo handicap over a xuTle and.a five furlongs on tho following clay, and those included tho erontual winner, North Wajtiiam, a big bay lour-year-old, whom Harry Cottrill, Leighton’s trainer, purchased for himself a short while ago. Though still requiring to muscle up and develop to his big frame, North "Waltham, nevertheless, wos fancied to puli through. Ho had always won the race in the last quarter of a mile, though he may have edged across the course shout a furlong from homo, and in that respect he did not assist the- second. London Pride. Those connected with the latter felt that the horse had been unlucky in. running, hut 1 believe North Walton would always account for him at. tho weights. The Hon Aubrey Hastings, how over, has done extremely well by London Pride, who. but a month or so ago,/was competing in selling plates- Brahce plodded on intc third place, but the hot favourite, First Wheat, got; most indifferently away, and may be said to have had no chance from that moment. There is much room for improvement in North tham, and at Newmarket he may prove to bo one of the best of tho outsiderß : the running of Brance and First "Wheat, on the other hand, would eeem to eliminate their chances altogether. .Donoghue rode three, winners on this second day at Windsor and so reached tho century mark once again Ho is now about, a. dozen ahead of his great rival, Frank Bullock. One of his successes was obtained on the notorious grey horse Milesius, one of the tragedies of In's generation, for it is perfectly true that his breeder-owner, Mr K. Kennedy, could at one time have obtained £20,000 for him. Milesius was going to win classic races but instead he has performed as a heart and pocket breaker in public, showing the same dislike of racing no matter what distance he was asked to run over. The last desperate measure was to start him for the SI Leger and he came in.a pitiful last, beaten a good quarter of a mile from Pole march. At AViudsor be was. in a race for three-year-olds and upwards who had not won an event of a. mile or over and, of course, the company ivas humble in the extreme. However, it afforded him the opportunity of winning for the second time in his career—the first, wos when ho won the Coventry Stakes at Ascot and promised great things. The most encourag ing part about the affair was tho smooth and fluent way he went fot Donoghue, who was riding him for the first time, and it is quite likely that the easy race will do him a great deal of good in tho sense that il will restore his confidence. Milesius is a good horse as regards physique and bis action is excellent. It is. impossible, i herefore. to conceive of his being hopelessly bad. Perhaps ho had failed to the past because no jockey had been able, to get him to race smoothly and with confidence. He may still redeem his lost reputation. An extraordinary incident occurred m_ connection with the Frogmen At elter Handicap, a sprint race won by Sir Carl Meyers Young Visiter from the top weight. Lucky Prince,- who handicaps himself by .racing with hi?, head high—no jockey can ride a finish on 1111 animal galloping in that fashion. As ho was cantering to the post Ihe grey horse. Jloi IVEte collided with a man who was crossing from one side of the course to the other. The man went down like a shot rabbit and had to be treated by the ambulance men. the horse continued on his way and on arriving at the starting post his .loekcy. .1. Leach, who is a very sensiblT boy, thought his mount was lame. However, it was decided to let the horse start, but fie had not gone a. hundred yards when lie came to a -standstill, hopelessly broken down. It wes then discovered that the knee had been shattered; by the impact with (.he man and there was nothing for it but o put the hors* out Of his misery. } i, Lte batl au adventure at tho Hriguton meeting a month previously when he bolted ,and threw his rider,' a M.ur K brother of J. Leach. Tho horse on that occasion went on his mad mission for miles and it was getting dusk before he was finally captured. HANDICAPS, SOUTH OiNTEBBUBY JOCKEY C'Luß. ctared: f ° 11 "" rins ' handica P<* bare been deOTAIO HUEDLE HANDICAP, of 150 sow • ?.V. e . mid a half— Dylans l‘2«f vnh* Vlupcjord list slb, -Mandrake lost lOlh* n?fV na J' JBt °! b ’ 'tebiliedes lost 61b, .Stall’ ,l ust . 6lb - Jock lost bib, Sonnv fast l.iuio Doctor 9st 131 b. BeJlrock Ost 31b bro st s, 3lb ; h A ar 9 »' 3> b. b ";; Ost ®? v £ b * Sst 21b. CUontamier SS: Lu oe 9B , 3s, Pau“"“ 28t> clivviot STAKES, of 130 'sovs; five furJock B*l bib, Janus * Sst 81b? Kilbrtn ‘‘Let Laio s?t n -lb 8 n 81b - T eird Sst Slb "“'la 2Z k“5o 8 ?„ 5^7st oib. ' Ardour ' gl 61b - Pickaninny . TEBOHEIIAKEB HANDICAP, of 300 sovs -HtTsm s VI Huj : al Mao i3ib Mub.iL; B 1^ lb * Barlove 7st 13lb, Miss Muriel 7 G * o ’,' B i°r ,e Maid ‘ st 71b. Sunny Cb 4st ..;V"'rr U Almoner 7st til, Spur 'tl In b 2 lont , - Kine 731 Alb, Purple - 1 ,' st . 1 ,b - Songrbird 7st. Cave rock ijm J3lh, Jock 6st Hlb, Sembric 6st 101 b Dutch Courage list lolb. ’ • Uutcll TYCHO HACK HANDICAP, of no sm- K J u £ ’longs—Battle Scene I0«t 21b iw.i,,,' bead Sst 111 b, The Beaver Sst mb' v, V St G ?n’ & t m UBUStUS Bst 6!b ’ Madam CWtoS rerebni tt , 31b -, Te ™ 131 b" cere dub /at 131 b, Cattach 7st L3lb Seaabi^ S?£ I^,-„ n Y art - o rJ5 t } Hlh - 7« bsterman 7st. Slb, Kerr r"Star l? h PRESIDENT'S WELTER HANDICAP. „f Sunny Loch"ast"olb,' ‘ot Slb. Humboldt Ost 31b. Palatnooii Oal silt Bengeroop Ost ->lb. Sembric Sst lib ai Fsli list 11b Caverock Sst. Silent Mns fal lolb Miss Camouflage Sst nib. Jock Sst Bonny Mao Sst, alb. Htero 7*l vvb uik Mb MirlL 7st X -’lb iC w, 7Bt , 7lb - Stkrlike 7st nL? AltrL, 7s't Lib U,PPlnfe ' Boy ™ Tlbr . P a ATE ’ of 330 sovsi sis f ur . Haifa. Lake” Sst lmb? zST Brt°? Z'°' ' Sst 10lb, Boadicea, Sst lolb Brave DmiM I.olb, Oonurus Sst lolb, Corsica s.T inis. Ouirasse Sst lolb, Hillock B *t IMb, Incurs"; Bst 101 b, Liqueur Sst lolb. Kilbronor Diviniail Sst 101 b, Maymyo Set lolb, VuZv. < foot Bflt 101 b, Raconteur <Sst lolb Sant'iia I 10lb, Shandy Bet 101 b, Te Kori Set foth j Weird gat lolb l , KERRYTOWN HACK WELTER, of 14a sots; seven furlongs—Counter stroke lost Slb. Bothnia 9sb Slb. The Reaver 9st 51b. I Filigree Sat 12Tb. Headlong Sst nib. Bed C»own Sst 3lb. Seaside Sst 7Tb, Roniforxn gat I 61b. Grim Joke Bst 61b. Ostermau Bst 41b. ! Ruddy Gold Sst 3lb. Kerry Star Sst 31b. } San Salvador 7st iHlb, Gunla ver 7st lllb ’ ■Loch Afiladi Vet lllb. KTiYTNG HANDICWV. of ‘250 sovs; six ’ furlongs- Radxa l Ost 81b, Miss Mimic »st ' 'lb. ATicbaela fist 13lb. Bon Spec ost 91b. \ Will Oakland fist, 51b. Brackenficld Sst. Slb, . ■fTumboldt Bst 2lb, Castellau Bsf 21b, Ta tall j Tatau Sbl. lib. Songbird Tat, 101 b. Meteorite ’ 7sl 101 b, Pyjama 7st 7lb. Kilbrogan Gst | 131 b, Miss Camouflage 6st 12Tb. Lima 6st 121 b. Bonny Mac 6sf 9lb. Bothnia. Gst 71b. i Madam Chiron 6st 7 lb, TUestius Gst Tib, i