RACING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16694, 28 March 1922, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING.

(By

ARGUS).

FIXTURES. Sf.rrh SC, April 1_ Wellington Baci-n. Club. April l. s—Auckland Trotting Cinb. ApT-il 1 -Amberley Rncim? Clnb. •\oril 6. 8-—ManawatM Racing: Club. April B—Rororafca Kanin* Chib April 15, 19—Metropolitan Trotting Clpb. April 17. 18—Canterbury Jockey Club. April 19 Westland Racing Club. April 2-2—Grevmouth Jockey Club. A pril 22, 24 Arondai© Jockey Club. April 28. 29—Acuth Canterbury Jockey Club. NOMINATIONS. March 29—Metropolitan Trotting Club. March Sl—Avondale Jockey Club. April 7 Wcatln.nd Racing Club. April B,—Greymouth Jockey Club April 11—South Canterbury Jockey Club. HANDICAPS April .I—Rororaia Racing Club. April IT Wetland Racing Clnb. April 18—Avondale Jockey Club. April 20--Greymouth Jockey Club. April 20—South Jockey Club. ACCEPTANCES March 28—Amberley Racing Club. March :il--Manawatu Racing Club. April s—Hor-rata Racing Club. April 18—Westland Racing Club. A pril 19—Avon iale Jockey Club. April 20—Greyiuouth Jockey Club. April 21 —South Canterbury Jockey Club. Acceptances for the Amberley .Racing Club's meeting to be held on Saturday. tv ill close at five o'clock this evening. Xomi nation s for the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Olub’s Easter meeting will close at noon to-morrow. The ploughed track at ’ Riooarton heavy for use this morning and all the work was done on the number six grass track. Proceedings were very uninteresting, most of the horses who raced last Saturday being treated to easy tasks. Gloaming and Pluto were companionin a five furlong pprint this morning, running home from the half mile post in 49 2-osec. and Moorland was also sent along at a, sound pace over a few fuvlongs. The remainder of the horses booked for Trentham to-night were not worked.

The two-year-olds. Farceur and Tressayr, sprinted five furlongs in company this morning, both going attractively. With these two colts to re present him*. Mr G I). Gr eon wood holds a strong hand in the Canterbury ( hampagne Stakes ; in fact, in the absence of Epitaph, who is to race at Auckland at Easter, there is not much serfous opposition in sight. R. J. Mason will leave to-night for Trentham with Gloaming and Pluto, both of whom are in great fettle Gloaming trill be a competitor in the Challenge Stakes on Thursday and provided the ground is hard Vhe race looks pretty good for him. He is ,in the Trentham Gold Cup on the second day but the popular opinion is that he will not take his place in the field. He has never started over two miles vet. and it seeroe at least doubtful if this r?ce will be chosen for Gloaming’s first meeting with Amythas It is more probable that Pluto will be Mr Greenwood’s representative in the Gold Chip, provided be makes a decent show in the St. T/eger on Thursday. Pluto has been working over longer journeys lately and has been shaping very well. H. C’utts is booked for a trip north to-mght, in charge of Winning Hit. Fed FTind and Angelo, who are to race at Trentham this week. AYirming Hit, may be set to chase Gloaming in the C Kalleuge Stakes, while on Saturday be will take on the Trentham GoU Cup. He is in good fettle but hi' form this season suggests that a two mile journey is beyond him. Though ip has two Derby successes to hicredit, be has. collapsed like a non stayer each time he has taken on mile and a hall handicap. Hod Hind and Angelo will contest hack events. Angelo being only engaged on the second day at Trentham- The three horses will go on to Awapuni next week, for the Mannvatu Racing Club’s meeting, where AA inning Hit should be seen to advantage in the Awapuni Gold Cup, run over a mile and a rjuartef • F. p. .Tones is taking Amytlias and Mustard Pot to AVellington to-night anrl at the close of the Trentham fixture, he will continue on to Awapuni for next week's meeting. A raythar bas had an interrupted preparation but Jones j s confident that be will race well in th« Trentham Gold Cup. Alus,:d Pot bears a bright appearanceK. Seoul!ar will take the two-year-old Moorland north to-night to fulfil handicap engagements at Trentham. The Finland colt may go on to Awa- • >nni next week, for the Sires I roduco Stakes and the Manawatn Stakes. Grim Joke will he -sent north tonight, to compote in the h'gh-ivoight events at Trentham. His opponents consist chiefly of jumpers am! m Tiew of his improve.! form lately the Martian gelding should race prominently. .T M'Comhe contemplated taking a couple of his team to Trentham for the second day’s racing, hut he has now abandoned the hi on. Hon Spec is now at Trentham, where |,e will Vie a competitor in the sprint events this week ,T. B. Pearson has cancelled his proposed trip to Trentham with Clean SweoD and Sungleam. The former Ims resumed light exercise, though the fetlock joint which he injured about a week ago is still enlarged. Sungleam. who broke a blood vessel when racing last Saturday, ail 1 Endure, aho was lame after his race, are being spelled. R. Emerson has made a start on the two-year-old sister to Boadirea. by ( lareneeau— Pcronjlla■ The filly met with an injury to one of her legs .when s he, was a foal, and Emerson is anxious now to find out. if she wiU stand framing. failing which she will he retired at once to the stud. J. Bryce has gone north with Man n’ War. Wild Briar and Tradesman, to fulfil engagements at the meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club, which opens on Saturday. Epitaph is to race at the Auckland Racing Club’s Easter meeting. The Croat" Northern Champagne Stakes looks a good thing for her. provided -he has come back to her spring form, rm which point her running at Awapuni next week should furnish evidence.

The funeral of the jockey Ten Hagerty, who died at Westport last i week, took place yesterday, the procession to the Riccarton Church Cewctery being o very lengthy one. In addition to personal friends of the deceased horseman, there was a representative attendance from the racing community at Rice art on. The five-year-old mare AY a f love, by Martian has been off the scene for more than a week, rr a result of bursting a foot. Her owner had decided to retire her to the stud after ! this season and in vietV of the mishap I she will not he trained again. Warlore, ; who is a sister to Wars ten, as well as to the less distinguished Stardancer i and AVardancer. opened her raring car- j eer as a three-year-old by winning the I Trie! Plate at the Dunedin spring \ ■'meeting, and a few weeks later she j scored in the New Zealand Oaks. Those were her only successes at three years, though she was third to Amvthas and Royal Star in the Otago Handicap. At four years she won the Raugiora. Cup and the Otago Handicap, while she was placed in four other races, finishing peeond to Royal Stag in thn j Midsummer Handicap and also in the! Dunedin Chip. She commenced this j season by running second to Winning ; Hit in the Timvald Handicap at Ash- ; burton and a few weeks later she won ! the Mosgiel Handicap, but since then her oniv money-earning effort was third in the Otaio Plate. The Awapuni trainer. G. Price, has been out. of luck for some time past and he came in for hearty congratulations when he won with Pam at the Rangitikei meeting. At its next meeting the Foxton Racing Club intends celebrating its diamond jubilee. Secretary L. RFreeman is at present busy compiling records in connection with the earlier meetings of the club. The three-vcar-obl filly Deft, a sister to Nones and Menelaus, ha« been showing fair form in the North Island j lately and she may win a race before long. The Wellington sportsman. Mr Eric Rickliford, will hold a clearing sale of his thoroughbred stock on Friday, the Jots to be sold comprising brood mares, foals, yearlings and horses in training. The brood mares are Chakwana (Hier-arch-Peace). with a Boniform filly foal at foot and stinted to Catmint; Cooing (Boniform---Ringdove), stinted to Catmint; Talitha (Martian Hebrew Maid), stinted to Absurd ; Madame Butterfly (.Martian—Grand Opera), stinted to Absurd : and Happiness (Hierarch- Peace), with an Absurd filly foal at foot, and stinted to Catmint. The horses in training include the three-year-old gelding Nym (Bardolph—Ringrose) and Scion Boniform —Lady Jean II.), and yearling fillies by Eiibroney from Chakwana and Nassau from Talitha.