RACING & TROTTING

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19197, 10 October 1930, Page 12

RACING & TROTTING

By

“ARGUS.”

RACING NOTES. Acceptances for the South Canter* bury Jockey Club’s meeting will close to-night. * * * * Nominations for the principal events at the Auckland Racing Club's summer meeting will close to-night. The Australian Jockey Club’s meeting will be concluded to-morrow. The Randwick Plate will give Phar bap another opportunity to get some money. The Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s meeting will be commenced to-morrow. This is the first of the important spring fixtures in Melbourne, but the clash with the Randwick carnival will keep many of the cracks away, though they will Ipe on hand later for the Victoria Racing Club’s meeting. Amounis will be the star attraction in the Caulfield Stakes, and special interest will attach to him on account of his near approach to Gloaming’s record total. There is a big field for the Caulfield Guineas. The Doctor’s Orders hurried back from Syd- ■ ney after his Derby failure last Saturday, and he will be strongly fancied, while two of his dangerous opponents will be Waterline's stablemate Axinus, winner of the Adelaide Guineas, and Rigadoon. a Silverado colt trained by the ex-New Zealander D. J. Price. * * 4= lie As the two-year-olds who have raced in the North Island this season have beaten one another in turn, the opinion is offered that no juvenile of high class has appeared, yet the form at Ellerslie -was better than at Avondale. Some of the youngsters are improving all the time, so it is too early yet to say definitely that there was not a really good one in the lot. Da Poupee is exceptionally brilliant, while Korokio is another'smart filly. Royal Artist has speed and looks like being useful without being quite top class. He is by Leighton from Oddity, by All Black from Conceit. The two Weathervanes, Baroscope and Lady Vane, are also smart gallopers. ✓ Star Sttanger and Cylinder returned home without waiting for the second day’s racing at Auckland. The heavy course did not suit Star Stranger, while there was no race for Cylinder to Most of the New Zealand trainers who have teams in Sydney are making preparations for returning home after the conclusion of the Australian Jockey QJub’s meeting. The Dominion horses have won some races since the spring campaign opened, but the results have not been nearly so favourable was hoped, and more than one stable must have found the trip expensive. V -1- ••* --- The New Zealand-bred two-year-old Movie Star, who won the Breeders’ Plate at Randwick, this week, is trained by A. D. Webster, who is credited with a very big win over the race. The Lord Quex youngster _ was the medium of a heavy commission just before the start, and he finished favourite. His easy win made him look very good. * * * * Paquito and Gay Crest were both well placed in the first half-mile of the Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick last Monday, but neither of the Riccar ton pair showed up in the concluding stages. Hi ajc * Recent reports from England state that the Australian horse Strephon hac his last run for the season in the middle of August, after which he was sent ou' for a spell. S. Darling hopes to have him thoroughly acclimatised for Cuj engagements next year. * * * The Wingatui gelding. Pink Paper a brother to Pink Note, has been easec up owing to striking himself in a gal lop. He was coming on nicely and : brief spell should soon see him righ again. * * * * Sydney reports credit Concentrati with a good performance in the Metro politan Handicap, and as he has ira proved with each race latelj", his prc spects look bright. His turn may conn soon after he returns home. * Hi Hi . * H. Gray was not riding in his bes form at the Auckland meeting, say a northern writer. While not rnakin excuses for Cylinder, Gray did no handle him in his usual masterly fast ion, while on Monday he missed th jump away with Supremacy and Korc . kio, which undoubtedly cost them thei races. On Vandyke, too, Gray got bac ly away, but with this gelding that i always liable to happen. All good rider have their off periods and Gray is i: the doldrums at present. 4c 4c * * , The Arrow-smith gelding Smithereens though still owned on the West Coas is now a member of F. Trilford’s W 7 asl dvkq team. It is understood that h is to be tried as a jumper, and if tha is the programme decided on for hir •he has gone into a good stable for edt cation.

The injury sustained by T. Metcalf at New Plymouth about six weeks ago is proving more troublesome than was anticipated. His leg is in a splint yet, but the seat of the trouble appears to lie in the ligament of the He is attending the Palmerston North Hospital daily for treatment, and some weeks will elapse before he is able to ride work on the tracks. * * * * The Southland brood mare Silver Peak, the dam of Silver Paper and Aspiring, has been mated with Paladin. She was rested last season, while her progeny of the two preceding seasons, by Wooden d and Paper Money respectively, died as a result of accidents. :Jc The light-weight jockey A. IT. Eastwood arrived home this week from Canada, where he acted as coxswain of the New Zealand Eight at the Empire Games. The popular rider enjoyed every minute of his holiday. He did no race riding during his absence, but he was a frequent visitor to the Hamilton track while training work was in progress, and frequently rode horses in their training gallops. He looks in excellent health after his trip. Questioned , about his weight, he admitted to put- ; ting on about six pounds, adding, in reply to a further query, that his weight now was 6.13. Under the circumstances he lias nothing to fear on this score, and as he looks- very fit lie should soon I be riding winners. * * * * It is hard to know what to do with a horse like Historic, says the Wellington writer, “The Watcher.” He ran two solid honest races at Auckland, being handled to perfection each time by B. H. Morris, but the weight just beat him, while he ran just well enough to get a few more pounds on his back. Historic is not up to weight-for-age, so the outlook for him is not bright. Mr Riddiford's luck is also out with Lineage who would have been hard to beat in the sprint on Monday had fortune favoured her. This promising filly had an attack of bleeding, and she is to be turned out for a spell. TROTTING NOTES. Nominations for the Auckland Trotting Club’s spring meeting, to be held on October 25 and 27, will close tonight. $ v *r~ Nominations for the Greymouth Trotting Club’s meeting, to be held on October 25 and 27, close at 9 p.m. om Monday next. * * # * A. Bryce, who has been so successful in the past with Gold Jacket, will drive the Auckland-owned pacer in the New Zealand Cup. sfs Hit fc * The Australian trotter Surprise Journey* looks in good order and is getting through plenty of solid training work at Addington. * * * * The pacer Double Event is now trained by R. Humphreys. He started the outsider in the mile saddle event at Methven, and was never near the leaders. *** * . The South Canterbury-trained pacer Nor’-wester was well backed for the mile saddle event at Methven last week. He made a good beginning, and led into the straight, but failed badly in the run home. * a * The recently imported Holly Bank raced badly at Methven last week. He ‘ did not -seem to handle the grass track 5 at all well. He had been showing some ' speed in his training work at Adding : ton and will probably race better on s ) dirt track. * * # * Tannhauser won the mile saddle • event last season in 2min 16 2-ssec. lie was in the field for the same evenl ' last week, handicapped at 2min 19sec 1 but did not race at all prominently : Tannhauser showed a lot of promise as a young pacer, but he broke dowr early in his racing career, and ha: been unsound since. ■*- Royal Comrade is in fine order a - present. He was in his best form earh - last season and at the Greymoutl Trotting Club’s spring meeting held it October won the chief event on th< second day and finished up by win s ning the Whirlwind Handicap of tei = furlongs and a half in 3min 3 3-ssec t Royal Comrade may be raced at the ' Greymouth Club’s meeting at the end s of the monfh. >- sfc »§c sie * r Gold Chips, who finished second to Arethusa in the Sapling Stakes last s year, was made favourite for the s Avonmore Handicap at Methven last i week; but the three-year-old filly did not go away right and was quickly out of the race. In the Sapling Stakes 5 > she covered the mile, and a half in 3min 25 4-ssec, and at Methven she l_ was on 3min 3Ssec for the same dise tance. Gold Chips will do a lot bett ter with some more race experience, n She is trained by O. E. Hooper at i- Uauriston and is by Rey de Oro from * Prospect.