GAGING AND TROTTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16750, 3 June 1922, Page 11

GAGING AND TROTTING.

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FIXTURES. Jan# B—Otaki Maori Racing Club. Jun© 5. 7—Auckland Racing Club. •Tun© 10—Ashburton Trotting Club. June 16, 17—Napier Park Racing Club. j ■Tun© 21, 22—Havrke's Bay Jockey Club. June 24—Hawke’s Bay Hunt. NOMINATIONS. June 6—Australian classic races. Juno9—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. June 9—Hawke’s Bay Hunt. Jline 9—Taranaki Stakes. June 9 —Manawata Racir-J Club classic June 9—Hawke’s Bay Jcckey C!-b classic races. June 9—Dunedin Jockey Club classic races June 16—Canterbury Jockey Club classic HANDICAPS. .Tune S —Ashburtou Trotting Club. June 9—Napier Park Racing: Club. June 19—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. June 22—Hawke s Day Hunt. ACCEPTANCES. June 7—Ashburton Trotting Club. June 13—Napier Park Racing Club. June 19—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. June 23—Hawke’s Bay HuntOpiate, who broke down on the eve of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting, was shipped back to Wellington by last night’s ferrv steamer. If Kolvu shows decent form at the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting, he will be shipped to Melbourne for the Victoria Racing Club’s Grand National i fixture. North Island reports state that King’s Trumpeter is being got ready , for the Australian Jockey Club's j Derby. His stable mate, Rapine, is i not engaged in that event, but he will i be prepared for the Derby at Riccarton. It is stated that 2000 guineas could have been secured from an Australian sportsman for the two-year-old Epitaph, but the Absurd filly was not for sale. The four-year-old Humbug, by Ab- ! surd—Eulogy, has been sold and he will probably epo to the stud in traliaThe Woodvill© trainer. F. Davis, contemplates a trip to Sydney in the spring with the Lucnilus two-year-old Lucius, whose engagements include the Australian Jockey Club’s Derby. The Egmont Racing Club cut out complimentary tickets in connection with the recent winter meeting, which showed a handsome profit. It is stated that the Hawke’s Bav Club has decided to adopt a similar policy. Rawerewere and Tornea, who have performed well in hack steeplechases at the Dunedin meeting this week, did their early racing in the North Island. At the West Australian Turf Club's meeting last month Killiecrankie (Ki 1broney—Flowery Speech) won the Carnac Handicap, for two-year-olds. H. Telford, who has been serious!' ill in a hospital in Wellington, has suf ficiently recovered to return to his homo at Trentham. H. M* Sweeney in booked to ride Coalition in the Great Northern Steeplechase. M’Sweeney has good reason to remember Coalition with af feetion, for the Patronus gelding wor th© following important events in hihands:—Wanganui Steeplechase (1919 V New Zealand Grand National Steeple (1921'i and New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase (1921). b* R. J. Mason has arranged to leave for Sydney with four horses on th< next trip of the Ulimaroa, some time this month. His team will include Gloaming. Farceur and Tressayr, while Oupidon may be the fourth member if he goes on all right in th© meantime. Though the Payments at the post are disconcerting to those who deal in u futures,” are a very fine thing for owners, as they mean that if their horse cannot start there is no liability. The lead of the Auckland Racing Club in this direction wil probably be followed by other clubs, as every possible endeavour must be made to lighten the tasks of owners if the sport is to come through the rocky times ahead of it. The New Zealand bred Last Word (Demosthenes—Savannah) won the 14 1 Handicap at the Ascot meeting, Sydney, last month. Sixteen events were decided between 10.31 a.m. and 4.27 j p.m.—an average of 22$ minutes per ] race. . Hie veteran ex-Trentham trainer W. Davies led in a winner at Warwick Farm on May 20. This was the im ported horse Cymric (Cylgad—Trepida), owned bv another ex-New Zealander, P. Keith. A motion to be brought before the Racing Conference is a new rule to Part XXI, and reads ns follows:—“ It shall be the dutv of every jockey or 1 apprentice jockov intending to be pro j sent and to rid© at any race meet in r j of a metropolitan club or totalizator ' club to give notice in writing or bv j telegram of such his intention to thi j secretary of the club not less than ten ; days prior to to the advertised date of j the first day of the meeting, and stat ing in such notice his postal and telegraphic address and lowest riding weight. Any breach of this duty shall, in default of adequate explanation, be 1 reported to the Licensing Committee." This is sure to meet with a lot of opposition, and it is doubtful if it V workable, more especially in the case of the apprentice. Ten days is a long rime to give notice before a meeting, for oftentimes an owner is undecided as to his mov-eemnts, and that to a large extent has a l>earing on the movements of riders. However, it will be interesting to see how it is received. The Auckland Racing Club is giving notice of motion to the New Zealand Racing Conference on several important amendments to the rules. At present the rule relating to joint interests often creates hardship, and they propose to add:—“ Provided always i that in the case of the bona fide cre- [ ation of a joint interest within fourteen days of the advertised date for • closing entries for any race or races in which it is intended the horse affected shall compete, or after entry and within fourteen days of the advertized date of the running of such race or races it shall He a sufficient compliance with this rule so far as such race or races are concerned if the full . particulars and statement of facts, prei scribed bv this rule duly signed, ac- | comoanLed bv a statutory declaration i verifying same, and the prescribed fee. be respectively lodged without any unf necesza.rv delav with the secretary of • the racing club controlling such race t or races, and so as to be in his hands j not less than twenty-four hours before i the time of closing entries or the ad- ! verbified time of the starting of the race (or the first of the races if more than ■ mo.V ns the ease mav be Tt shall L*» the duty of the secretary of the club to

? , forthwith dispatch by mail to the secretary of tbo Conference the whole of the papers bo lodged under penalty not exceeding £20.” Another amendment proposed ia an alteration to Rule 4, i Part 18, providing for both jockej's and apprentices carrying 101 b penab i ties, instead of th© somewhat ridiculI <nis position as now obtains, where an apprentice is liable to 141 b and a jocj key to only 101 b. It is also proposed | to make penalties for winning a hurdle I race apply to a steeplechase, and vice versa. Other proposals deal with the i bracketing of horses on the iotalisa- ; tor, to prevent a recurrence of the in- ) cidenfc that cropped up in connection with the last Groat Northern Ghampagn© Stakes. An amendment is sought to Part XXI, Rule 6, by adding th© words :—The not amount payable to the owner shall, for tho purpose of this rule, be deemed to be the advertised amount of prize money, less any tax by law and payable by the owner.” *•* In connection with the approaching visit of R. J. Mason to Sydney, a Sydney writer says : —Never in the history of the Commonwealth turf has there been more widespread or more enthusiastic interest in the meeting of two horses than that aroused by the battle for twelve-furlong supremacy between Beauford and Eurythmio in the Autumn Stakes at Rand wick last month. Apparently, however, the record thus created is not to be of long standing, for there is promise for the coming spring meeting ten-furlong and twelve- ! furlong contests between the flying New Zealander, Gloaming, and Mr \V. i EL Mack-ay’s conqueror of Eurythmio. i That R.. J. Mason intends bringing a ! toani from the Dominion is certain for Mr K. Austin, of H. Chisholm and j Co., states that stabling aooommodai tion in Sydney has already been orderI ed. Four boxes have been asked for, • a*id, all going well, they will bo taken over by th© visiting team some time next month.

An ex-New Zealander, who wjw .present nt the recent meeting at Auteuil, and witnessed th© President’s Steeplechase, in a letter to the Auckland writer, 4< "Whalebone.” states that the Irish horse Eamon Beag carried a lot of English money, both straight out and for a place. He had every ohanoe and, jumping beautifully, was with the leaders nearly all the way evenutally finishing third. The French horses made the pace verv fast and a horse has to <io all the way to win. The race, says the New Zealander, was th© finest he has every sen. Auteuil, he continues, like Ixmgcliamps. is a beautiful course. Hut nowhere in England of Franc© he declares, is there a course that would even remotely approach Ellerslio for beauty or ideal racing. Mr W. J. Bryan, who brought Don Wild to the Dominion is not enamoured of the prospects of light, harness racing in New South Wales. Recently he stated to a representative of the £/ Sportsman “ Unless something is don© in New South Wales to stimulate the. trotting business, I am afraid it will go to the wall. It does not matter how proud of his position or of hi-s membership a member of the New South Wales Trotting Club may he, when he sees the progress that trotting has made from time to tim© in New Zealand he will not feel very proud r the sport in New South Wales.” In •waking of the handicapping, he stat’d: - lt Handicapping a hors© on what he has done is one tiling, and handicapping him on what you think he might do is another matter.”

AUCKLAND NOTES.

(Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, June 2. Owing to continuous rain, the EllersHe course is sure to be extremely soft for the opening day’s racing. Present indications are most unpromising and a postponement of the fixture may have to be considered unless the weather improve". Of the candidates for the Great Northern Hurd!© Handicap, Alteration is still greatly fancied. He looks extremely well and his tiairier makes no secret of the fact that he expects him to produce his best form. The same can he said regarding Oniahu. There is also a- fairly widespread opinion that Killard will be hard to beat. A maiden candidate over hurdles, Royal Abbey, is expected to run well. He lias the handy impost of 9st 91b and he has shown a eoupl eof fine efforts over the battens since arriving at Ellerslie. There is : «>nic* reason to believe that he ; nswered a good test for his well versed owner before leaving the Waikato. The- CornwaP Handicap promises to ft tract a strong ric l . .1 It is understood that Ngata will be among the starters. Glen Canny, who lias given evidence of being back to form, still retains a large circle of admirers, and with Bst 101 b and the going to Lis liking. he js sure to run well. Stork, at only 71b above the minimum, is another for whom a good word can be said. He has been working satisfactorily. It is a fine field, however, • snd th© state of the going will probably have a good deal to do with the result. A lightly weighted candidate with plenty of pace is Doveiet. who is built on lines suitable for heavy going. There is sure to be a strong field for the big steeplechase. At present twenty-one remain in tho race but the result of the hurdle race may have some ©fleet on the steeplechase field There is no doubt about tlio condition ;f the top weight. Coalition. The fact t-liat ho won over the,course last year and in addition has two Grand Nationals to his credit will ensure him a big following, but he will meet very strong opposition. Tho mishap to l-ochella m&y have interfered with that horse’s preparation blit if ho were At concert pitch ho would have much to say in the finish with list 31b. The fact of Ngata not having yet contested a cross country event makes him something of" an unknown quantity, but certain operations on the part of his connections suggest that he can satisfactorily negotiate th© big country. Coroglon, being trained at Avondale, little is known of his work but lie is reported to bo well and on last year’s showing he should perform well. Waimai lias been going so well in his training efforts that many are inclined to favour his chance, notwithstanding his age. Sea. De’il is another veteran who is acquitting himself well. He won a steeplechase at tho Avondale autumn meeting in attractive style and he is said to have im ©roved in th© intervalSome people fanev him for the double He was placed in the Great Northern Hurdle Handicap last year and subsequently scored in the Campbell Hurdle Handicap, though Glndful passed the post first. Incidentally, the latter has been doing roallv good work at Ellerslie and it. will bo no surprise to see him perform well in the hurdle raoe.