Racing and Trotting

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18380, 4 February 1928, Page 9

Racing and Trotting

NOTES BY

“ARGUS.”

RACING NOTES. The Canterbury Jockey Club has received an excellent list of nominations for the summer meeting, to be held on Saturday, February 18. With two exceptions there is an increase compared with last year, the total increase being twenty, while a drop of three in the Halswel! Handicap still leaves nineteen horses for that event, while the Craven Plate has fourteen, or one less than last year. The following are the figures, those for last year being shown in parentheses:—llornby Handicap 17 (7), Trial Stakes 17 (1;>). Midsummer Handicap 13 (11), Lvttelton Plate IS (14). Craven Plate 14 (15). Halswell Handicap 19 (22). Post Handicap 20 (14); total, 118 (9S). Apart from the increase in numbers, the nomination list is highly satisfactory on account of the number of visiting horses who claim engagements. Wild Pigeon and the two-year-old Wet Paint, from Trentham. with the Southland two-year-old, Rin Tin Tin, and about a dozen liorsei from South Canterbury and North Otago, give an assurance of very interesting sport, at a meeting which usually is confined almost entirely to representatives of Riccarton stables. Although only four horses remain ill the Middle Park Plate, there is materia! for a good contest. Goblin Market and Full Feather are the best two-year-olds in training here at present, and a meeting between the pair down the straight six-furlong course should provide a lot of interest. Sir George Clifford will be represented at the Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting by Sudden Storm. Sky Quest, Quarterdeck. Front Rank and the two year-olds Full Feather and Impertinence. They are all in excellent order. H. Cutts will take them south on Monday. E. Scouilar will leave for Wingatui on Monday with Countersign and Rotor. They have not raced up to expectations lately, but they are in good order, judged from their recent track work. T. H. Gillett will take Money Order and Satrap to Wingatui on Monday. They are a likely pair to win races on the trip, as they are both in their best form at present. W. G. Hobbs will be represented at the Dunedin meeting by Luminant and he will go south on Monday. This filly has improved a lot lately and she may pay her way on the trip. F. D. Jones will have five horses at the Dunedin meeting, and the team will go south on Tuesday. Eimerick is the star member, and the Hazlett Memorial Plate looks easy for him. He will be accompanied by Arikiwai, First Sight. Stormy and Zaragoza. With the exception of Zaragoza, they all appear to have excellent prospects.

P. V. Mason will go south on Tuesday with Goblin Market and Shalimar, who should net some money at the Uunedrti meeting. G. J. Pine is going to Wingatui with Silver Coot. The Paper Money three-year-old has been galloping exceptionally well in his work lately. F. P. Claridge has Thorndale in the best of order at present. He has improved a lot with his recent racing and he should be hard to beat in his engagements at the Dunedin meeting. J. Boyd will take Nincompoop south for the Dunedin meeting. He has raced well this season, but the Dunedin Cup journey may prove too far for him. W. M Donald has the hurdler Koauau looking in capital order, and he may show up among the jumpers at. the Dunedin meeting. He will leave for the south on Monday night. Commencing on Monday, the gates at the Riccarton racecourse will be open each morning at six o'clock. This arrangement will continue until winter conditions are put in force. Satrap has been responsible for some good track work lately and it looks as if the three-vear-old was coming back to his best form. He showed in the spring that he could stay a mile and a half and he may be hard to beat in the Dunedin Cup. ' Nincompoop is in excellent fettle at prese'nt and he may win another race shortly. I-Ie will make his next appearance in the Dunedin Cup. but the final stages of the mile and a half race will find him out. s<c y ><« Sir Roy has been allowed to forfeit his engagements at the Dunedin meeting. lie is being kept going, however, and as soon as rain falls, to soften the tracks a little, he will be worth keeping in mind, as he looks well. * * >:< * The two-year-old Silver Coot is still causing his connections a lot of anxiety. The trouble which prevented him from racing at Trentham has not disappeared. It looks, in fact, as if it is due to a splint, and it-is doubtful if he will be seen in public for some time. Possibly he has made his last appearance for this season. Rascal had a few da3 r s’ rest after his return from Trentham, but he has resumed work, looking bright and well. R. Longley has recommissioned Solfello. who has been off the scene for more than a year. Although Footfall was not considered sufficiently forward to fulfil his Dunedin Cup engagement, he has been nominated for the Midsummer Handicap, a race he won last year. He has got through useful tasks lately, without being seriously tried out. but he is not at his best yet. The acceptances for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting are very satisfactory for some of the events, but decidedly disappointing so far as other races are concerned. The best feature of the first day is that the Dunedin Cup and Publicans’ Handicap have attracted good fields. According to a Melbourne writer trainers in \ ictoria have been in grave apprehension for some time regarding me safety of their horses, owing to the number of persons of doubtful eharacter who are allowed admission to the platforms of the railway station when norses are being entrained for race meetings. Representations Avere made to the committee of the Victoria Racing Club for assistance, and the club accorded the association its cordial s upport. The Railway Department will also co-operate, and none but the persoa named in the form issued will be admitted to the platform. The writer states that trainers are worried over the presence of these pests, because of the possibility of some of their horses at some time receiving a dose of dope.

The success of horses trained by J T Jamieson at the meetings at Takapuna in the past few seasons has been remarkable Until the spring meeting in 1924 Jamieson had never raced a horse on that course, and his introduction to racing there was very successful, as he trained the winners of four races and captured £1250 in stakes at that meeting. It happened that this was only to be the opening of a great run of luck on the course, as at only one meeting held there in the meantime has he failed to provide at least one winner. That was at the spring meeting last year, when a second and a third were all that went the way of his representatives. This season' the Papakura trainer has done extraordinarily well at Takapuna, and the stable record on the course is wonderful. Inside a period of a little over three years Jamieson has secured 2ii •wins. 10| seconds and 10 thirds at the meetings held at Takapuna, and his horses have earned £9770 in stake money and a gold cup. Apart from his success elsewhere, this is a record of which the Papakura trainer may justifiably be proud. Although he turned out a good many winners in previous years, Jamieson has no reason to regret his decision to settle in Auckland a few years ago. as success was instantaneous, and has continued. At present he controls the largest team in Auckland, and is second on the list of winning trainers in the Dominion for the season with 16£ wins.

TROTTING NOTES. The summer meeting of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club will be held at Addington next Saturday. In addition to a good programme of handicaps, in which most of the cracks are engaged, the mile match between Great Bingen and Native Chief will be a big attraction, as the horses represent the best form in the Dominion. Native Chief has been responsible for some brilliant efforts iateiy, while Great Bingen worked a high-class mile and a quarter this week. The match is arousing a great amount of interest, and opinions are divided as to the probable result. Sfc sje * sje The following horses arrived by the ferry steamer this morning:—Direct Wave, Neerson. Tommy Dillon, Kyana, Direct Todd. liomelight, Repute, Trespass, Mac Dillon, Rosie Nelson, Vikota, Naldera, Florrie Pointer, Great Amazon, and Molly Audubon. ❖ .# sje sfc G. Wilson is now -working Nancy M Kinney at the pacing gait. Nancv M’Kinney is a good trotter once she gets settled to her work. When first she was put into training, however, she was paced and later she was worked as a trotter. In races for trotters she frequently goes away at the pacing gait and will not trot at all. The trotter W ild Hebe has been responsible for some even performances this season without being successful. The angular trotter is working well at New Brighton. A recent addition to A G. Wilsftn's stable is a two-vear-old fillv by Rev de Oro from Dollar Princess. She looks like coming to hand very early. ❖ ’ sje Jj: Nelson Bell looks bright and well, but he has not done a great deal of fast work. It is very doubtful if he will stand a preparation. Tiny Moon is back again at her old quarters, under the charge of G. F. Robinson, at New Brighton. ❖ * * * Avenger looks bright and well, and in a workout on Thursday morning he paced with plenty of dash. He should race in improved form in his next effort. The Lee Norris—Maori Princess trotter is now coming along in good style, and G. S. Smith should not be long before he has the youngster racing. J. Lorgelly is still persevering with Brigand. The American stallion is so unsound that it is very doubtful if he will ever go to the races again. Brigand was a brilliant trotter, and equally good with the hopples on, until unsoundness came. sis * * sjc Loganwood met with a slight mishap recently and he will require a short spell. The consistent pacer comes back again each time from the paddock with renewed vigour. a*c sjs * i[t Audience, who is a half-brother to Loganwood, by Great Audubon, has not so far fulfilled his two-year-old pro mise. He may do better when next seen with the colours up, as he is going well in his training work. -i- *s® -I® ; 5® Taurekareka does not look at his best at present, nor have his recent efforts in work-outs been impressive. The pacer, however, may quickly return to form. The trotter Red Oak is now in work at New Brighton. He is on a tight mark, however, and he will require to show some improvement to have any chance of success. * * sjc * R. E. Mills is now established at Yaldhurst, where he has a team of young horses in work, several of whom show a good deal of promise. LadyFan is also under Mills’s charge and the trotter has been racing well in her recent efforts. * =l® * * The promising pacer Genuine met with a slight mishap recently' which will necessitate him being given a spell. * *s® * Avon Wood is one of the most recent additions to Nelson Price’s stable. He is well forward in condition. The three-year-old trotter by r Nelson Bingen from Bonny' Jenny, in G. F. Robinson’s stable, is having another spell. There is nothing wrong with the young trotter. * * *i® * A writer in the Sydney “Sprotsman,” one of the very few papers which devote space to doings in the trotting sport in Australia, is very keen in advocating that the New South Wales Trotting Club should initiate a trotting and pacing Derby'. Recently' the New South Wales Trotting Club refused to stage a Derby and the writer in the “Sportsman’’ points out the experience of the Goulburn Club. Gordon Millsom, a leading light in the trotting sport, undertook to make a success of a Derby- for the Goulburn Tattersall’s Trotting Club, and as the result of his efforts upwards of 140 colts and fillies have been nominated for the Derby, to be run in February of next year. It is the opinion that if a Derby with. 1000 sovs stake money became an attraction at Epping on Melbourne Cup Day each year entries would be received from New Zealand, Tasmania, and all the Australian Stakes. RICCARTON NOTES Saturday-. The weather was mild and warm for training operations this morning. The outside of the course proper was open, but most of the work was done on the plough. It had been watered over night and was heavy- for the early' workers, but it improved gradually', with the result that the later times were much faster than those recorded Goblin Market easily defeated Rigmarole over six furlongs in Imin 20sec. Moorland did useful work over six furlongs. Shalimar took lmin 19scc to run six furlongs, and looked as if she couid have done much better. Agrion finished a long way in front of Lucinette over five furlongs, which he ran in lmin 4 3-ssec.

Limerick was going better than Zaragoza throughout a six furlong spin, run in lmin 17sec. The pace was solid in the early stages, the first half mile being reeled off in 50sec.

Footfall and Starflight were associated over seven furlongs, which they covered in lmin 32 2-ssec. Eulalie ran six furlongs nicelv in lmin 18 4-ssec. Stormy and First Sight took lmin 49 4-ssec to run a mile, First Sight moving in good style. Full Feather sprinted half a mile brilliantly in 49sec. He looks a better horse as a result of his racing at Trcntham. Amourette was going comfortably alongside Fair Exchange over five furlongs, which she ran in lmin 3 l-ssec. Rapier was restricted to easy work over six furlongs. Scoff sprinted five furlongs in lmin 2 2-ssec, a smart performance. Silver Coot went out to do six furlongs alone. lie jumped off four lengths behind .Sky Quest and Quarterdeck and gathered them up in fine style. He finished his task in lmin 16sec, beating Sky Quest, with Quarterdeck several lengths away. Silver Coot went very well. Money Order showed great brilliancy in the early parts of a six furlong gallop, doing the first half mile in 49sec, and the full journey in lmin 15 3-ssec. He is in -his best form. Arikiwai and Assurance set out for a gallop over nine furlongs. They ran the first six in lmin 17 3-ssec. Arikiwai then drew away and after having a very long lead a furlong from the post, he won easing up in lmin 57 4-ssec. It was a good performance, considering the way in which Arikiwai accomplished his task. Prickles beat Swoopalong in a three furlong sprint. Front Rank took lmin 20sec to run the last six of seven furlongs. Countersign and Satrap covered nine furlongs in lmin 58sec, after doing the first six in lmin IS l-ssec. Satrap had a slight advantage at the finish, but both were going on well. Satrap looks to be on the improve and he is due for an early win. Amor and Luminant ran six furlongs in lmin 19sec. Luminant was in front till a hundred yards from the post, but Amor then wore her down. Rotor sprinted half a mile attractively in 49 4-ssec. Chide and Starshooter covered six furlongs in lmin 18sec, both finishing well. Nincompoop easily defeated Thorndale over seven furlongs in lmin 32 l-ssec. Nincompoop went well, but Thorndale's effort was not so attractive. He is, however, a better horse in a Hoylake. Kilbox and Hollywood sprinted half a mile up the back on the course proper, while Spode and Arrowmir were associated in a similar task. AUCKLAND NOTES. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, February 3. Nola Night was given a schooling task over four pony hurdles at headquarters on Thursday morning. Ridden by R. Olive, she completed the task safely. Transformer has been sent to New Plymouth to fulfil engagements at the Taranaki meeting. He is in the Cup with 8.2 and should run prominently, judging bv his efforts at Takapuna. By finishing third in the Whareroa Handicap at the Egmont meeting yesterday, Sleepy Sol gives promise of paying his way during the Taranaki tour. The Ellerslie-trained gelding is a useful performer up to a mile, when the track conditions are favourable to him.

Parfait Amour is getting through a lot of serviceable work under his owner’s supervision at Ellerslie. The Romeo gelding has done very little racing, although he is now beginning to carry an improved appearance and is hitting out freely in his training tasks.

A three-year-old filly by Romeo from a Marble Arch mare has been added to B. Cowan's team. She is a fine big filly, but is only in the rough stages at the present time. There was little doing at Ellerslie on Thursday morning, as most of the horses at headquarters have had plenty of racing recently and are now doing very light tasks in consequence.

Scaramouche was given a run over five furlongs on the No. 2 grass track at Ellerslie yesterday morning and hit out in good style. He is one of the few locally-trained horses that have engagements at the Matamata meeting. One of the latest additions to B. Cowan's stable is the brown gelding Prince Papa, who has not raced for some considerable time. He is an aged gelding bv Prince Merriwee from Te Papapa. and is a brother to Hard Prince, a winner of hurdle races in the south.

Miss Myrtle and Nulci Boy were given a run along over four furlongs at headquarters yesterday morning, and both shaped nicely. Nulci Boy has only been in commission a short time, after a lengthy spell, and he will take plenty of work to fit him for racing in the future. Master Clements is now one of the regular workers at Ellerslie, under owner J. Farnworth’s charge. The Depredation gelding has furnished into a good-looking three-year-old, although he has not raced to any great extent, having started on two occasions only during the present season. R. Conway has worked a good deal of improvement in Maia since he first took her in hand, and the Chesterfield mare has built up nice and solid. She was sprinted a few furlongs on the No. 2 grass at Ellerslie yesterday morning and shaped in good style, considering she has done very little galloping to date.

Nucleus was not long in paying her way over hurdles. At a sale at Ellerslie at Christmas time Nucleus was disposed of for lOOgns to Mr P. Ehrhorn, and previous to that event she had not started over hurdles. She contested both hurdle races at Fox ton but ran unplaced, and yesterday was her next outing. It will be recollected that Mr Ehrhorn brought Anchor to Ellerslic for the summer meeting and he broke a leg in the Grafton Hurdle Handicap and had to be destroyed. He then purchased Nucleus, apparently to take the place of Anchor, and it looks as though he has made a good investment.

Paul Lucerne, the winner of the Tokaora Handicap at the Egmont meeting, is a five-vear-old gelding by Tree Lucerne from Lady Paula. He recently showed good form at the Stratford meeting during the holidays, when he ran second to Marble King in the Trial Stakes on the opening day and won the Cardiff Handicap on the second day of that meeting. Lady Paula, his dam, won a number of races around the Auckland country circuit some seasons back.

Taitaiata, who raced at Ellerslie during the spring meetings, is being hacked about at the present time by 13. Cowan. The Lucullus gelding, who won a hack steeplechase at the Wellington winter meeting in July last, will shortly resume work again under B. Cowan’s charge, with a view of contesting jumping events later on in the season.

Day Guard has only won two races during the present season and appears to have lost the dash that he infused into his racing in previous years. The Day Comet gelding has been one of the hardest worked horses in commission, having started in seventy-four races during the two past seasons, so it is not to be wondered at that the hard racing is beginning to tell on him,

TROTTING CLUB GIVES BROADCAST REMIT. (Special to the “ Star ”) AUCKLAND. February 4. Despite the decision of the New Zealand Trotting Conference at Wellington recently not to allow the broadcasting of future trotting meetings, the Otahuhu Club has granted permission to the Radio Company to broadcast the summer meeting on February 18 and 22. This is in keeping with a promise given prior to the conference. The Trotting Conference has communicated with the Racing Conference requesting that body to work in conjunction with the trotting control and refuse permits unless payment is made by the Radio Company. NOMINATIONS. CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. The following: nominations have been received for the summer meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club:— HORNBY HANDICAP, of 200 sovs; nine furlongs.—Luminant. Carnot. The Harp, Arpent, Quartedeek, Hoylake, Heather Lad, Moorland, Bonatic, Lancer, Kenmore, Saxette, Meteorite, Lady M'Kenna, Last Thought, Moratorium. Koauau. TRIAL STAKES, of 200 sovs: seven furlongs.—Some Abbey, Honey Comb, Ramescs, Rhondda, Quarterdeck, Princess Mafalda, Phillipie, Golden Armour, Pair Exchange, Rina Mangu. Amor, Gveyfinch, Saxette, Scrambler, Te Awhina, Scoff, Cynelli. MIDSUMMER HANDICAP, of .150 sovs: one mile and a quarter.—Arikiwai, Tliorndale, Luminant, Wild Pigeon, Sir Roy, Wayward, From Rank, Footfall, Assurance, Heather Lad, Nincompoop, Satrap, Countersign. LYTTELTON PLATE, of 200 sovs: for two-year-olds, five furlongs.—Synonym, ch g Shill inglee—Hoopoe, Proud Night, Rin Tin Tin, Wet Paint, Merivale. Miss Thespian, Impertinence, Prickles, Starshooter, First Raid, Pound Note, Rigmarole, Amourette, Great Star, b f Paladin—Cymene, Star Raid, Weather Raid. CRAVEN PLATE, of 250 sovs; seven furlongs.—Stormy, Zaragoza, Mime, Gold Brick, Money Mine, Sudden Storm, Paperchase, Solrose, Moorland. Magna Charta, Money Order, Economist, Rascal, Finora. HALSWELL HANDICAP. of 200 sovs; six furlongs Jarrietiere, Rameses, Money Mine, Rhondda, Skyquest, Wild Work, Starfliglit, Shalimar. Fair Exchange, Golden Armour. Rina Maungu, Amor, Sea Gay, Scrambler, Motor Smash, Nanette (late First Lady), Lytup, Te Awhina, Rotor. POST HANDICAP, of 200 sovs; one mile.—First Sight, Sir Roy, Mime. Carnot. Wayward, Gold Brick. The Harp. Skyquest, Money Peer, Hovlake, Kilbox, Solrose, Nincompoop, Margaret Birney. Magna Charta, Kenmore, Ophir, Finora. Countersign, Moratorium. After declaration of first forfeits, the following horses remain in the— MIDDLE PARK PLATE, of 400 sovs. For two and three-year-olds. Six furlongs. Sir G. Clifford’s b c Full Feather, by Autumnus—Equipment, 2yrs. Mr G. D. Greenwood’s b g Goblin Market, by Absurd—Cherry Mart, 2yrs. Mr G. D. Greenwood’s b f Rigmarole, by Absurd—Makepeace, 2yrs. Mr G. Murray Aynsley’s ch g Chide, by Paladin—Reproachful, 2yrs. ACCEPTANCES. DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

Per Press Association. The following acceptances have been received for the Dunedin Jockev Club's autumn meeting:— AUTUMN HURDLE HANDICAP, of 2}') sovs. One mile and three-quar-ters. si lb vVharncliiTe 11 11 Knikahu 11 5 Dubious 1L 5 Jack o’ Lantern 10 9 Atapo 9 9 Cartoon 10 9 Whitlrang-i 9 0 PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of 225 sovs One mile and a quarter. st lb Hirst .Sight 9 3 King Balboa 8 12 Quickform 7 11 Money Peer 8 6 Luminant S 4 M’Kenna 7 7 PUBLICANS’ HANDICAP, of 425 sovs. Six furlongs. st lb Set Sail 9 12 Money Order 9 9 Booster 9 3 SoJrose 8 7 Receipt S 6 Qood as Marti s 7 * Bright Mark 7 0 Gold « .=» DUNEDIN CUP. of 975 sovs. One. mile half. st lb Set Sail 9 8 Pink Note 8 5 Satrap 7 11 Thorndale 8 3 Nincompoop 8 0 Queen Bilbo 7 0 Balboa 8 0 Wingatui 7 0 Countersign 7 12 Ariktwai 7 0 BERWICK HANDICAP, of 195 sovs. Seven furlongs. st lb st lb Wayward JO 0 Spearmaid 9 • 0 Shalimar 8 7 Rotor 8 11 Tripaway S 3 Sky Quest S S Yalves 8 0 STEWARDS’ HANDICAP, of 210 sovs. One mile. st lb Heather Lad 9 2 Overdrawn 9 o Gay Sonnet 8 7 Zaragoza S 5 Lucy Black Duke 8 3 Schottisehe 8 0 Brightling 8 0 TRIAL STAKES, o furlongs. st lb Rhondda. 8 4 Clarenson 8 4 Felony 8 2 Karitane 8 1 Grenfell 8 1 Quarterdeck 7 12 Green Cloth S 0 CHAMPAGNE STAKES, of 600 sovs Six furlongs. st lb Full Feather S 13 Market 8 13 Red Sea S 7 TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, February 3. The following acceptances have been received:— WAITARA HURDLE HANDICAP, of 200 sovs. One mile and a half and J 00yds. st. lb. Ned Kelly io 9 Powhiri 10 7 Ely ala nor 9 9 Mounta in Bell 10 5 Bowl 9 o Just John 9 12 Royal Flight 9 0 NGAMOTU JUVENILE HANDICAP, of 200 sovs. For two and three-year-olds. Five furlongs. . st. lb. Gold Dawn 8 t i Tea Miss 8 2 Eger in 7 0 Agreeable 7 0 Fermanagh 7 8 Lady Quex 7 o FLYING HANDICAP, of S50 sovs. Six furlongs. st. lb. The Hawk 9 7 Kiosk 9 3 High Finance 7 6 Lady Melissa 7 3 Cavendish 8 * Orcades 7 0 T« Monanui 8 3 Oration 7 10 Town Bird 7 9 Quillfire 7 0 MOTUROA ELECTRIC RACE. of 150 sovs: six Mendip. Cadenza. Aropeta, Apathy, Yawl, Resinous, Niazone, Fortalice. TARANAKI CUP, of 750 sovs. One mile and a half. st. lb. Bright Glow 8 i ‘ Eden Hall 8 7 Yoma 8 4 Uipo 7 0 Manly 7 n Mint Leaf 8 2 Vivo 7 o

OKATO HACK HANDICAP, of 175 s Eight furlongs and a half. ?;;rk A ,n e Baby Bun Kawhakina 9 s 8 7 >2 Lady Killer 7 Sovena 7 Restaurant 7 Flyinp Shot 7 f s Miss Mercia MIMI HIGH- ? ? Silent WEir, HT HA N DICAP, 0 of 225 so St 9 9 Seven furlongs, lb. st 5 Orazone 8 4 The Lamb X lb. « ¥i £ miB , a . 9 0 Ka r u J j Vivo Monaghan I 9 5 0 Par tag j Sleepy So! TI.MARU HA 8 OK G H Sovena 8 AXDICAP, of 75 Royal Acre Melissa Ned Kelly t 8 lb. 5 Marble King X & ? lb. 1 2 Gold Da'wn Onward 8 9 l SCSF* ? Fatrolet 7 s