GREYMOUTH RACES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 743, 22 April 1933, Page 13

GREYMOUTH RACES.

Programme for First Day. The autumn meeting of the Greymouth. Jockey Club, postponed from to-day, will be opened on Monday. Some good fields are engaged, with Riccarton stables well represented. The following horses may be fancied: Novice Stakes.—Silver Sight and Sir Leighton. Mawhera Trot.—Glengowrie and Queen Author. Stewards’ Handicap.—Knocklong and Verden. Hannan Memorial Handicap.—Fleeting Glance and Riri. Flying Handicap.—Royal Sceptre and Hampden. Kaiata Trot.—Glengowrie and Royal Wrack. Metropolitan Handicap.—Gold Arrow and Silver Sight. Otira Handicap.—Polydora and Pakitere. The following is the programme:

THREATS TO JOCKEY.

Must Supply Winners or be Shot.

R. Morley, one of Western Australia’s most successful jockeys, recently receiv. ed an anonymous letter from a man, threatening to shoot him, and disfigure with acid his wife, child, brother, and sister-in-law if he‘does not advertise in a specified code, information about horses “ that have to win races." The writer, whose communication was in block letters, stated that he was down to his last £SO, and was getting desperate, and that when he won £IOOO he would release Morley, as he wanted to return to Melbourne. The man said he had backed Morley's mounts when they were “ crook," and that if Morley ignored his request, his career as a jockey would be ended with a noiseless and smokeless revolver, which would also fire a shell containing acid. He added that he was a skilled revolver shot, and might shoot Morley when on a horse or in a motorcar. Detectives are investigating the matter.

RECORD PRODUCERS.

Beautiful Bells Had 17 Foals..

Beautiful Bells, dam of Abbey Bells’s sine Bow Bells" has always been quoted in American trotting history as the greatest of all producing dams of her da);, with 11 between 2.121 and 2.264, the latter trotted by Bellbird, a yearling. Beautiful Bells produced 17 foals in IST consecutive years, which was claimed as a world’s record. However, Australia, had one to beat this in Miss Fitz, cfvned by A. R. Fuller, of Wellington, .N.S.W. Her first foal was Nan, foaled in. 1909, her next Maoriland, and she went on until she had twenty foals, states the “Australian Record.” Three of Bells’s progeny lowered the . world’s champion record for yearling trotters five times. Hinda Rose lowered it twice, and also twice lowered the champion record for three-year-old trottens. Bell Bird - lowered the 3 r earling record from 2.292 to 2.275, and a few weeks later to 2.261. Adbell placed the record for yearling trotters at 2.23 in 1894. Beautiful dam, Minnehaha, in turn, is describecf ,in American trotting history as one of greatest of brood mares, dam of eighfc trotters that made records in standard time. She produced Beautiful Bella when four years old. Miss Russell, the second dam of Abbey Bells, is described as the champion brood mare of .extreme (2.10) speed of her day, she befrig the dam of Maud S. (2.51), Slavonic (2.95). That was in the days of the old-fashioned high-wheeled sulky. Miss Russell's dam, Sally Kussell, was dam of Golddust, who sired five between 2.162 and 2.25, a greatr record in those days. Another famous brood mare fn Abbey Bells’s pedigree is Green MJpmntain Maid, whp was the most famous of her day. Abbey Bells thus carrieid the blood of the four most famous ,brood mares in early American history—beautiful Bells, Miss Russell, Green Mountain Mand and Minnehaha.

Noon. NOVICE STAKES, of 60 sovs. F furlongs and a half. Lady Valkyrie S 10 Marmoration 8 5 Knockany 8 10 Xocturnus 8 5 Gold we 11 8 10 Sir Leighton 5 Silver Sight S 5 Arrowrose 7 5 12.45 p.m. MAW HERA TROT HANDICAP, f 70 sovs. Class 3.21. One mile and three furlongs. Admiral Wrack scr Major 1 Brent 1 "Jineffla Plain Pearl Dawn Sonoma scr Queen Author Ezywurk scr Royal Tini<* scr Lorelei Shawingan 24 Levanter Glengowrie Myrtle Dillon 1.30 Rey Spec p.m. 60 STE WARDS HANDICAP, of 70 vs. Six furlongs and a half. Knocklong Fortalice 7. 13 Solves r S 12 Verden 7 12 A rrowmaid 8 11 Buoyant 7 7 Hampden 8 7 Joel 7 5 Shootist 8 3 2.10 p.m. HANNAN MEMORIAL HANDICAP, of 120 sovs. One mile and a quarter. Riri 0 11 Eaton Hall 8 4 Ravine 9 2 Don Jose 8 Rational II 8 12 Coll 7 8 Polydora S 4 Coomassie 7 7 Fleeting Flower 7 Glance 8 4 Goldbag 7 0 2.55 p.ftx. FLYING HANDICAP, of 70 sovs. F furlongs and a half. Royal Sceptre 8 13 Subdivision 7 11 Fullcrop 8 13 Imasurvey 7 11 Awamutu 8 9 Arrowmid 7 9 Hampden 8 8 Cinders 7 0 Purse 8 4 Atone 7 0 3.35 p.m. KAIATA TROT HANDICAP, of 70 sovs. Class 2.26. One mile. Town Crier Levanter La Rinkie Royal Time 1 2 Myrtle Dillon Glengowrie 24 Ezywurk Mary de Oro 24 Marvin Bingen scr Queen Author 24 Matcliglow Admiral Wrack 24 Royal Wrack scr Dawn Sonoma 24 4.20 p.m. METROPOLITAN HACK HANDICAP, of 70 sovs. Seven furlongs. Gold Arrow 9 5 Shamata S 0 Animated 8 30 Silver Sight 7 12 Imasurvey 8 7 Nocturnus 7 10 Verden 8 3 Fallow 7 10 Reserve Fund 8 1 Lady Valkyrie 7 10 S p.m. OTIRA HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, of 70 sovs. Seven furlongs. Pakitere 9 13 Little Wonder y 1 Don J ose y y Fortalice 8 11 Eaton Hall Lady Rene 8 10 Coll Noteworthy 8 5 Polydora 9 3 Jael 8 4