Topics of mthye Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 818, 19 July 1933, Page 10

Topics of mthye Turf

n.EXERAL entries for the C.J.C. Grand National meeting will close on Friday at 8 p.m. * * * * Nominations will close at 5 p.m. on Friday for the M'Lean Stakes, 1933, Dunedin Champagne Stakes, 1934, and Dunedin Guineas, 1934, First acceptances for the Grand National Hurdle Race and Steeplechase, also for the Winter Cup, are due before S p.m. on Friday. * * * * Curie has been rehandicaped at 10. S, a rise of 51b, in the Abbotsford Handicap at the Hawke s Bay Hunt Club s meeting to be held on Saturday. * * * & Mr F. J. M’Manemin has decided not to re-handicap Paddon and Manawhenua for their engagements at Ellerslie on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred gelding Tenterden (Chief Ruler—Rosellate) won the Welter Handicap on Saturday in Adelaide, where he is now owned. CYLINDER. According to the “ Dominion, Cviinder wil probably make the trip to the Grand National meeting, but is an unlikely starter in the Winter Cup That was written before J. H. Jefferd had had a chance to see the weights. * * * -I: The correct weight of Thurina in the South Canterbury Steeplechase at Washdyke on Saturday is lOst 131 b. CAN FALL AND SURVIVE. High Pitch may not be cat-like in his 'lepping, but he apparently has a few lives to spare. In the last Grand National Steeplechase he came a real ■ purler” at the first fence. In the Tulv Steeplechase at Trentham on Saturday. High Pitch was responsible for a most spectacular crash at the sod wall the first time round. At that stage he was leading the field by some lengths, but in setting himself for the take-off his hind legs slipped under him, and he sat right on his tail to skid some yards into the fence, and then topple over sideways through the wing. LI KELT VISITOR. Wellington advices are that Cottesmore will probably make the trip to ('hristchurch. He failed to show up in his races at Trentham. while on the second -av he got left, but this is far from his true form, and under firmer track conditions he is likely to run well. He won twice at Riccarton at Easter. Rational IT. will not run at Waimate to-morrow, but will make his debut over hurdles at Washdyke on Saturday, lie will be ridden bv J. Yeevers, who j has been schooling him. ACC K LAX P’S TALLY, The Auckland contingent to Trent- j ham did fairly well. Paddon winning the most important hurdle event, while j Sir Musk, Valueless. Manawhenua, j Grand Score and Woodful also won. ■ Emancipation. Tavern Knieht, Chang | and Woodful also earned place money. The Aucklanders in all won only £5 j short of four figures, which was a good j result. The stake-winners were: Pad- , don £350. Manawhenua £l4O. Woodful £l2O. Grand Score £lO5. Valueless £lO5. Sir Musk £lO5. Tavern Knight £3O. Chang £25 and Emancipation £ls. The disappointments of the party were Billy Boy and Emancipation. The active list at Riccarton has been increased bv the arrival from Grevmouth of Tent Call, Projection and Mullaboden. in the charge of the West j Coast trainer M. Conza. BARGAIN MISSED. Amyril has quickly come into the i limelight. She finished third in the j Shorts Hack Handicap at Egmont last May, and in her next start, at Foxton, won the Maiden Handicap, six furlongs, easily. Going on to Trentham, she accounted for the Woburn Handicap on Tuesday from Pladie by a narrow margin, but beat Pladie much more decisively in the Petone Handicap on Thursday, winning by four lengths. Amvril. who is a three-year-old filly by Psychology from Amyrin. comes from a speedy family. Amyrin having previously produced Grotesque. Bathos, Melissa and Perception. Amyril was raced by her breeder. Mr J. Gleeson. after she had failed to elicit a bid as a yearling at Trentham, and after the Egmont meeting, where she ran second, the New Plymouth trainer. R. Barlow, acquired her, and he should have no cause now to regret the deal, for the end of Amyril’s winning tether is not by any means reached yet.

• WORLDS RECORD. At Epsom on the day that Chatelaine won the Oaks, Devineress won the Belmont Handicap, five furlongs, in 54 i 3-ssec. That represents a speed of over , forty-one miles an hour, and is a l world’s record for the distance. The previous best was oosec, by Monastery Garden, also at Epsom, in May, 1927, . The American record is 55 3-ssec, by Penro e at Belmont in 1918. The Aus- ; tralian and New Zealand record was created at Riccarton so. long ago as November. 1904, by that very notable sprinter, Machine Gun. Paganelli at Trentham in March, 1926, registered 58] sec. Jules Jordon and Triangle, with oSisec, share the purely Australian record. They both made their time on the fast Cheltenham course of the Port Adelaide Racing Club. Devineress is a three-year-old filly by Finglas, son of the French sire Bruleur, whose daughter Brulette is one of the best stayers in England. She*is owned by M. E. de St Alary. Devineress won by only a head from Dinos, by Diomedos. The horses had a following wind to help them. PPOgpF,-TS APPEAR BRIGHT. The rising four-year-old Sinking Fund, who is a stable-mate of High ; Commissioner at Te Rapa, has wintered well and this speedy hack gives every indication of being better than . ever in the new season. Although by j no means a big horse. Sinking Fund is a very compact and solidly-built gelding. who should have excellent prospects in hack sprint events during the : spring meetings. So far Sinking Fund ; has failed to win beyond six furlongs, but his speed is undoubted, and with ! slight improvement in his staying ! ability he should be capable of winning j over longer distances. He will make | his next appearance in the Parnell j Handicap at Ellerslie on Saturday, and [ on past form he is a distinct possibility j in that event. | JUMPER S GREAT RECORD. In this column on Saturday, it was i mentioned that the veteran Australian ; jumper Mosstrooper had won £13,341 in | prize-money—all in races over obstacles. ; During that afternoon, he added anj other £4OO to his winnings by capturing the Godfrey Watson Steeplechase at j Caulfield. He is certain to have been i given a great reception by the crowd. THREE HOPES. Rising Three-Year-Olds at Te Awamutu. j No horse in A. Cook’s stable at Te ‘ Awamutu has done better during the | "inter than the two-year-old D’Artagnan, who has grown up and lengthened into a commanding type, says an fAuckland critic. D’Artagnan, who races in Cook’s | own colours, did not commence his j education as early as most others of ; his age, and he did remarkably well ito finish up his two-vear-old racing i with two wins, one second, and two j thirds in ten attempts. All his racing | to date has been done as a colt, but ! he faces the new season as a gelding. ! and the bright-looking son .of Musketoon and Gold Beauty should prove to be a very useful performer, for he has the looks and galloping ability, and gives indications of stayj ing on. j In addition to D’Artagnan, Cook has two others of the same age for whom there is every reason to entertain bright i hopes. They are Impasto and Wait j and See, both of whom are owned in Wellington. Impasto, who carries the colours of 1 Messrs C. B. O’Donnell and A. J. I M’Govern, bears a robust appearance |at present, according to a northern J critic. He has developed during the winter, and. although perhaps not showing the same marked improvement as A’Artagnan, in the same stable, he now gives the impression of solidness. This colt concluded his two-year-old career by winning the Great Northern Champagne Stakes, which effort alone points to better things to come, and his three-year-old racing will lie awaited with interest. He is by High Art from Baby Doll. M ait and See, who is owned by Mr ( • E- Robertson, is a recent addition. She is a brown fillv, and is nicely turned, but on the small side. Before joining the stable she had been spelling, and has not yet acquired much polish. She is a winner but no line asto how she compares with the other present two-year-olds in the stable has vet been obtainable, and so, while she has displayed fair form, her trainer has still to “ wait and see.” This filly is by Rose wing from Linlass.

FRENCH DERBY. English Jockey Wins on Son of Ksar. Rodosto. winner of both the English and French Two Thousand Guineas, was unable to start in the French Derby owing to the mishap which caused his absence from the English blue ribbon race. There were twelve starters for the Prix du Jockey Club (the “ Derbv ”) at Chantilly on Sunday, June 11. The result was a victory for the favourite, Thor, owned by M. Marcel Boussac, Ly a length from Baron E. de Rothschild’s Camping, with M. L. Yolterra's Casterari three-quarters of a length away third. Thor is a bay colt by Ksar from Lasarte. He was ridden by the English jockey, C. Elliott. Steve Donoghue rode Cappiello, who finished fourth. The Australian jockeys, W. R. Johnstone and \Y. Sibbritt, rode unplaced starters. Johnstone rode a second and B. Rosen a third during the afternoon, but Sibbritt won the concluding event. The mile and a half took 2min 37 l-ssec to run. The prize of 250,000 francs looks much less impressive when converted into £2500. The French Derby, by the way, is nearing its centenary. It was established in 1835 by the French Jockey Club.