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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 368, 9 March 1932, Page 10

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WHEN HE SCORED on Malahat at Pukekohe on Saturday, H. N Wiggins rode his fiftieth winner for the season. The total of H. Gray is 54 * * * sje An Irish sweepstake on the English Derby has been sanctioned. The closing date will be May 9. The race is run on the first Wednesday in June. * * * While J. M. Cameron is in Australia, W. Griffiths will have charge of Hunting Cry. * afe J|e afc Acceptances for the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting will close at nine o’clock to-night. * jje * * General entries for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting will close at eight o’clock on Friday night. * * * * Chrysology, winner of the Napier Park Cup, is to run in the Thompson Handicap at Trentham. He is a good beginner and is nicely placed at 7.12. MONOPOLISING A CUP. R. M’Tavish, who won the Franklin Cup on Royal Doulton again on Saturday, thus scored his fourth successive win in the event. He rode The Lover in 1929, Hyde Park in 1930, and Royal Doulton in 1931. He was also on Transformer in a dead-heat for first with* Gold Jacket in 1927. * .* * * P. V. Mason will make another trip to Trentham next week with Jaloux and Azalia. THE TRAINER’S TIP. Tom Coulthwaite, trainer of Grakle, winner of the 1931 Grand National at Aintree. speaking at a dinner at Chester at the end of January, said:— “ Grakle is a wonderful horse. I cannot give you a tip, because you cannot expect a man over seventy to break records, but I am going to do my best. If hard work means anything, you can rest assured Grakle will win the National again ” Coulthwaite has trained three Grand National winners—Eremon in 1907, Jenkinstown in 1910, and Grakle last vear. * * * * Although the retirement of Barbacan (Top Gallant —Columbia) has been reported, Mr J. Donald’s filly survived the first forfeits for the Great Northern Oaks and St Leger. ABOUT STAR STRANGER. The Wellington writer “ The W r atcher,” states that the showing of Star Stranger in the Napier Park Cup indicates that if he stands he has a chance of picking up another stake or two. W T hile he had a long spell, Star Stranger, who was foaled in 1922, did not put on the usual condition, so that the task of J. H. Jefferd in getting him into racing order has been made easier. In the Napier race, Star Stranger was with his field all the way. He is engaged at Trentham on the second day and may make the trip. :je -jje * * The Marton Jockey Club has put a steeplechase on the programme for its autumn meeting, to be held on Saturday, April 30. It carries a stake of 80 sovs, and the distance is two miles and a half. Charmeuse and Ringing Cheer, who hold engagements at both the Wellington and Westport fixtures, will be taken to the West Coast by H. Nurse. * * * * Retract quickly repaid some at least of the expenses of his trip to Australia. A Press Association message states that Retract won the Steward’s Mile at Gosford yesterday. Roy Reed was in the saddle. * * * * Monastic and Taku Tama, who both won on their present trip to Christ church, are booked to return to the West Coast for the Westport meeting on March 19 and 21. C. C. M’Carthy will bring them back for the Riccarton meeting at Easter.

: Acceptances for the Great Easter anc? . Great Autumn Handicaps, forfeits for ■ the Champagne Stakes and Challenge . Stakes, also nominations for minor events at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting, are due at eight o’clock on Friday night. * * * * The Chokebore Lodge team for Trent-i ham will number four, namely, Cricket Bat, Winsome Hind, Fast Passage and Sailor’s Love. If Fast Passage comes through her race in the New Zealand St Leger all right, she is likely to go on to Auckland for the Great Northern. SOUTH AFRICAN AND N.Z. Sir Joseph Robinson sailed by the Makura from Wellington to Sydney en route to South Africa on Tuesday. His visit to the Dominion was made brief as he w-ished fo see some of his Irish bred horses racing in South Africa. He hopes to return to New Zealand in October. He made another yearling purchase last week, securing the filly by Chief Ruler from Pebble 11. She will be named Eureka 11., after a mare he raced successfully a few years ago. Earlier he purchased the Paper Money —Philomella colt and the Lord Quex — Dominant colt. They -will be given Maori names, probably Rotorua and Wakatipu. The two colts -were shipped from Wellington last week and the filly will go from Auckland this week, joining her mates in Melbourne for the voyage to Cape Town. Sir Joseph looked for sprinters in New Zealand, as he has plenty of staying blood in his team, having acquired some of the finest blood from the National Stud in Ireland. * * * * The Limond—Cowl yearling for whom Dr M. G. Louisson paid 310 guineas at the National Sales in January has been gelded and is now spelling. HER TRENTHAM TEAM. Mrs A. M’Donald, who is the leading trainer with 20 wins, will take a large team to the Wellington meeting. It will include Blacksmith, Chief Cook, Chief Marionette, In Vain, Inflation, La Moderne and Chief Clerk. In Vain was entered at Napier, but hurt herself and could not run. Mrs M’Donald recently received from the south the well-known Catmint gelding Royal Mint, who will be prepared for winter racing over hurdles. * ♦ * * Messrs M’Leod and Slater, owners of Araunah, have made arrangements to ship the grey and Lady Alert to Australia on March IS, in the charge ? of W. J. Greene. W. J. Broughton will go across to do the riding. FELL BUT WON. “He could fall down and yet win ” is an expression of super-confidence sometimes heard on a racecourse. A steeplechaser named Yearly actually performed the feat at Windsor (England) on January 23. He had a long lead at the last fence when he blundered in landing and fell. The gelding, who had shown signs of growing . weary, seemed content to lie w’here he i had fallen, but his amateur rider (Mr Fred. Thackeray) held different ideas. He persuaded Yearly to rise, then vaulted into the saddle and, without waiting to place his feet in the stirrups, set off for the winning post. He reached the judge lengths ahead of the second horse. * * * * J. 11. Jefferd has turned out Bush Song, the Magpie colt which he is training for Mr L. K. S. Mackinnon, chairman of the Victoria Racing Club. The box has been filled by the Chief Ruler—Baylock yearling colt purchased , by Mr E. J. Watt in January.* ; RETURNS TO FORM. It is some months since Juggle won a race, and her success in the Bailey Handicap at Rangitikei on Thursday was well overdue. However, now she ■ has struck form again she is likely to win more races, for she is a useful performer at her best. This galloper can handle any sort of going, having previously won on heavy tracks. With the w’inter season approaching, Juggle will have plenty of opportunities to add to her record, more so, as she is now well down in the weights. * * * * Jaloux, Great Star, Autopay, Golden Wings, Arrow Lad and Chrysology, who are among the horses nominated for the Great Easter Handicap, seven furlongs, figure also in the Auckland Easter Handicap, one mile. FORFEITED TRIPS Mr J. M’Cartin’s steeplechaser Royal Elm was to have gone to Sydney on Friday wfith J. M. Cameron, who went over with Gold Trail and Lotus Lily, but he injured himself on the eve of the trip. Cameron left instructions that the hurdler Gay Lass was also to go over if she showed sufficient form in the hurdle races at Napier. Gay Lass, however, hit the second hurdle on the first day so hard that she was unable to start on the second day, and she will not see Randwick. * * * sifc W. M’Kinnon had intended to take a small team to the Trentham meeting, but if the lameness of Toxeuma be as serious as it seemed at Napier Park, the trip will be abandoned. M’Kinnon, who recently took over Mr J. S. M'Leod’s team, is bringing My Own into work again almost immediately. He has also in hand a couple of yearlings, one a gelding half-brother by Arausio to Toxeuma, and the other a colt, also by Arausio, out of a halfsiste- to Toxeuma. This mare never raced GIVEN HIS CHANCE. L. G. Morris took Dakar to Rangitikei with Fiji and Arena, although he did not claim any engagements, and gave him a run down the straight the first day. It has been decided to put this two-year-old half-brother to Cadland away for the rest of the season, and he has gone up to his owner. Dakar has had only two races, and has shown such promise that he is being given every chance to develop. IACING FIXTURES. March 9. 10—Dannevirke R.C. March 11/12—Cromwell J.C. March 12—Bay of Plenty J.C. March 17—Opunake R.C. March 17 —Waimate R.C. March 17. 19—Wellington R.C. March 3 7. 19—Ohinemuri J.C. March 19—Otautau R.C. March 19, 21—Westport J.C. March 23—Opotiki J.C.