RACING & TROTTING

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19238, 27 November 1930, Page 12

RACING & TROTTING

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RACING FIXTURES.

November 29, December I—Takapuna Jockey Club November 29, December I—Feilding Jockey Club. December 5, 6—Taumarunui Racing Club. ' December 6—-Ashburton County Racing Club December 9, 10—Woodville Jockey Club. December 13—Waipa Racing Club. Handicaps. December 2—Woodvjlle Jockey Club December 3—Auckland Racing Club. Acceptances. December s—Woodville Jockey Club trotting fixtures. December 13—New Brighton Trotting Club. Decembei iO—Hawke's Bay Trotting Club. Handicaps. December c —New Brighton Trotting Club. Acceptances. December 9—New Brighton Trotting Club. RACING NOTES. At the request of Canterbury owners, the closing date of nominations for the Westland Racing Club’s meeting, to be held on Decembei 26 and 27, has been extended until Monday, December 8. This will enable owners to see their horses race at Ashburton before deeding on their holiday programmes. $ * * * An unnamed three-year-old filly, by Hunting Song from Granuale, is among the novices engaged at Ashburton next week. She is a member of H. Nurse’s team and though she has not been in work very long, she shows some promise. Granuale, by Sunny Lake from Anitea, is a half-sister to Rapier, so that the filly, who is a first foal, is v »red on stout lines. jf; # The steeplechaser, Kaikahu, 1 has found a new owner and next winter he will join A. E. Wormald’s stable, to be -trained for Mr 11. A. Rhind, the owner of Pangolin. In the meantime, Kaikahu has been sent to Ashburton, where he will be used as a hack for a few months, and it is hoped that this treatment, will result in his coming back sound for next winter’s jumping campaign. * * * * Charmeuse was given a short rest after her racing at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting, but she is in , work again She may be raced at Ashburton next week, after which she will be got ready for holiday engagements. The best has not been seen of this mare, whe may win good races in the autumn. :Jc * * * E. Scoullar has not done a great deal with the two-year-olds, Irish Chieftain and Chief Light, since the recent meeting at Riccarton. The former may do some more racing in the autumn, but it is probable that Chief Light will be allowed to take things easily in the meantime, as he is growing yet. They are a good-looking pair, who possess speed, and as a result of a patient policy they may carry Mr W. T. Haz lett’s colours with considerable credit as three-year-olds.

Haze has resumed work, after a short spell, and he may make his next' appearance at the Dunedin summer meeting, where he is likely to figure in the hurdle races. -sjc * * Thorndale was coming on nicely on the eve of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting, but his experience in bolting prior to the Suburban Handicap, in which he subsequently registered a good performance to finish third, was a little too much for him in his backward condition. He is now being kept to useful tasks, but he should be seen to advantage in the autumn, provided he trains on. * * sjs >|£ The three-year-old colt Sleipner has rejoined H. Nurse’s active team and he will be ready for racing again during the approaching holiday period. He has shown brilliant speed in his races and on the training tracks, and he should be equal to winning good races at six furlongs in the autumn, while he may run out seven without any trouble when he becomes seasoned. * * * * A special meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club will be held next Thursday, to consider the question of winter dates, also other matters affecting: the welfare of the club. * * * * The veteran South Canterbury trainer, S. Trilford, is getting a team together again. He is at present educating a four-year-old mare named Miss Anomaly, by Anomaly from an Adjudge mare. * * * * ' The New Zealand-bred gelding, Papatu, who has been racing in Sydney for a couple of seasons, broke down in a race at Randwick this month and he will require a long spell. *l* H- 4Night Maid, who won the principal event on the second day at Winton, after acting as runner-up to Celerity 11. in the Cup, is a sister to Night Lad. She has been a pretty consistent performer during the last few months. At Wingatui in June she won a mile and a quarter hack race. She won an j open race at Gore, and her next ap- i pearance w T as at Winton. Night Maid s dam and granddam were non-stayers, | but she finds no difficulty in running j out a mile and a quarter. She is the j best mare so far sired'by Nightraid. | A sister to Night Lad and Night Maid j recently appeared at Mr G. A. Kain s Gladstone Park stud, Geraldine. * * * * Mister Gamp, Novar and Lady Mid were responsible for a high-class exhibition in a school over four hurdles at Awapuni this week. Otairi is showing good form over hurdles at Awapuni, and he may take high honours in this department. * * * * Good reports are to hand from Cambridge of the work being done by Chromadyne. He has shown good sprint form this season, and he is a likely sort to win honours in the best company. -J- 'i- -i" The Trentham jockey, R. J. Mackie, will be riding at the Takapuna meeting on Saturday and Monday, and among his mounts on the first day will be Baroscope (Cambria Handicap), and probably Sea Song (Takapuna Plate), and Tui Mint (Maiden Stakes). 3* * * * if. Gray will ride Shrewd. Supremacy, Tenacre, King Acre and Beverage at Feilding, while H. Goldfinch will pilot Mr J. S. M’Leod’s team, including My Own in the Feilding Cup. * * * * The North Island two-year-old King Colossus, who showed promising form early in the season, is having an easy time at present, and it is not intended ! o a Trent deal with him until n :c * V- * H. Gray F at ih h d ot the ning jockevs' list with 28 wins, followed by H. N. Wiggins 19, A. E. Ellis 15, T. Green 13, 11. Goldfinch 12 and B. H. Morris 12.

Roi de Val is schooling over hurdles at Trentham, and will be taken t< Woodville for the jumping events. , * * * * ! Make Up was allowed to drop out of the Waituna Hurdles at Feilding, bui T. George will be represented by Lad;. Mid, a six-year-old mare by Thurnhan —Lady Middleton. While she ha never won a race, she is showing dF tinct promise as a jumper at Awapun High Finance, who was a speed sprinter, is to be mated with Diacqtie nod this season. High Finance i owned by Mr F. Earl, K.C., and he ha. at present got a very fast horse by thi sire in Hard Words. . Unfortunately Hard Words went amiss in Sydne and will be off the scene for a time. * * * * The four-j'ear-old Vali, who was on of J. T. Jamieson’s spring team in Sycl ney, where he was injured, has sufT cicntly recovered to be sent home. Ij is to leave Sydney next week, and wi be spelled for the rest of the season. m * * » The Trentham trainer, H. Brown, ha. taken over new quarters at Otaki, ani Auckland Gas, Dignified March, Li mosin and the two-year-old colt by \ a kyrian from Fraisette will in future 1 trained there. , The Australian jockey H. Benn' who brought Conjuror 11. to New Zealand last year, and looked after him (« Mr C. while at Trentham, also riding him in the only race he ran ir New Zealand, returned from Australia this week with E. J. Murtagh. He ha* gone to Levin, where he will again look after Conjuror 11., and will also school Panther, who was purchased by Mr Boyle a couple of months ago. * * * * Record entries have been received for the yearling sales at Trentham in January, the total being 204, as against 119 last year. >This will be the fifth national sale, and an idea of how it has grown can be gained from the fact that the entries for the first sale were 91. The entries include sixteen colts from Australian studs. rfc * * The two-year-old filly Hoihoma ran a good race at the Waikato spring meeting, when she was narrowly beaten by Persham. Hoihoma is by Legionnaire from White Bird and was previously credited with having a good deal of speed. She is engaged in the Cambria Handicap, five furlongs, at the Takapuna meeting, and if the going is more brm than it was at Te Rapa she should again give a good account of herself. * sje sje * Racegoers in Adelaide on Saturday must have had a very thin time. The “Ocean News,” published on the Ulimaroa, shows that five of the winners at Adelaide Tattersall’s meeting came home at the following tremendous odds:—100 to 1, 66 to 1, 62 to 1, 60 to 1, and 300 to 1. U P F*l ©@RS®®EDaID® Hi ®HIS ®® F

TROTTING NOTES. The summer meeting of the New Brighton Trotting Club will be held on Saturday, December 13, and the nominations suggest that it will be more than usually successful. The . club caters liberally for young and improving horses, and its policy in this direction finds great favour with owners and trainers, judging from the strong support which is regularly forthcoming for its meetings. The approaching fixture has attracted very big lists and among the horses engaged are some highly promising youngsters, whose form will arouse great interest. * h? * * The pacing mare, Arachne, who has been in training in Auckland for some time, was shipped south this week, consigned to her breeder, Mr J. Monk, of K&ikoura. * * * * Logan’s Pride, who won three races at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting last week, has been sent back to Wellington. There was some talk of leaving him in Auckland, to be got ready for the Christmas meeting, but it was decided to send him home to Hutt Park, where E. Maidment will give him a preparation for the Auckland Cup. * * * * Warplane and Warspite, two wellknown Auckland performers, have been transferred to the stable of C. Fairbairn. ❖ * * * The Hawera-owned mare, Queen Elizabeth, who competed at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting last week, is to remain in Auckland and has gone ‘nto F. J. Smith’s stable, to be prepared for Christmas racing. She will fill the box formerly occupied by the disappointing Australian gelding, Stoney, who has been thrown out of work. ❖ * sj* * J. S. Shaw has arrived here from I Auckland and he will set up as a I trainer at Addington. He was the guest at a representative gathering of owners and trainers at Alexandra Park jon Monday. Mr G. M*Kendrick, who presided, said there was a general feel>mg of regret that Shaw was leaving I Auckland. During the decade he had been associated with the sport he had won the esteem of all sections of the trotting public, who would join with those present in wishing him every success in his new sphere. On behalf ’ of well-wishers. Mr M’Kendrick presented the trainer with a travelling • rug. Shaw, in reply, said his term : at Epsom had been rendered pleasant through the happy relations which existed between the various owners and trainers. * * * * [ It is reported that Lady Jinks, the , dam of Author Tinks, Lady ’Cello and ; John Jinks, died a few days ago while foaling to Peter Moko. She had lost one or two foals since she produced , John Jinks, but a filly by Peter Moko : is running on Mr D. O’Keefe s farm : in South Canterbury. . * * * * l It was reported some time ago that Peterwah would not stand another preparation, but this is apparently incorrect. His owner, Mr R. O , Fisken. is stated to be prepared to race t the American trotter against . any t square-gaited performer in Australia or r New Zealand, over any distance . tor any side-wager, provided he is given three months in which to prepare his s champion. 1