TOPICS OF THE TURF

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 10

TOPICS OF THE TURF

AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHCRt

OMINATIONS for the Ashburton County Racing Club’s meeting close at 8 p.m. on Thursday. MOVIES AND RACEHORSES. Cavalcade-has been registered in Australia as the name for one of Mr W. R. Kem ball’s two-year-olds—a colt by Chief Ruler from Roselatte. Lionel A twill, one of the prirfcipals in another Christchurch picture, attraction this week, once had a racehorse named after him in Australia. Atwill, who toured Australia in 1910, subsequently married Elsie Mackay, daughter of the lata Mr S. P. Mackay, Australian pastoralist and racehorse owner, and Mr Mackay named a brother to Radnor (winner of the V.R.C. and A.J.C. St Legers) after his son-in-law. Unfortunately the racehorse Lionel Atwill, though ha won a few races, proved a big. disappointment. CARFEX PLEASING. Carfex, who is to race at the Taranaki Hunt meeting on Saturday, is reported from Hawera to be in great ordei\ and to be doing his work very attractively. On Thursday morning he went at a sound pace over a mile and a half, finishing up his task by coming home his last three furlongs in a tick under 43sec. He is a splendid-winded horse, and it will occasion no surprise to see him finishing oat a race like the Mitch el son Cup in rare style. * * *c * The two-year-old half-brother by Hunting Song to Paleta and Vandyke, has been named Hunting Cat. He belongs to Mr A. F. Symes, of Hastings, who bought his Catalani in foal to Hunting Song at the Stead dispersal sale for 300 guineas. FOR TARANAKI. Hawera stables will be well represented at the Taranaki Hunt Club’s meeting on Saturday. J. Fryer will have March Alone, Weatherzane, Haunui and the hunter Silver Band; J. Brown Little Doubt, Carfex, No Doubt and Whenuakura (two-year-old parade) } R. Brough Richfield, Le Campion and St Clara-; Conway Don Erma; and W t Pine La Crown. These horses have made steady progress, and some stake-money looks like coming their way. Of the maidens No Doubt has made marked improvement. He has come to hand quickly, and he will be hard to dispose of over short coufses. Haunui and St Clara are also well forward, and are doing good track ■work. March Alone has also made rapid recent progress,. and is again showing his old ability in his track essays. ZEALAND CUP. Weights for the New Zealand Cup are not due until September 25. There is no fixed maximum this year. The rehandicap condition is as follows: ** The winner, after declaration of heights of any race of the value of 200 sovs or of any race or races of the value of 400 sovs may be rehandicapped, provided that no horse be rehandicapped to carry over weight-for-age.” THEY DON'T SPEAK MAORI. A Melbourne writer complains of the "trouble caused to backfers and bookmakers by the Maori names borne by some of the horses from New Zealand racing there. He instances W T henuakura, W hernia and others. There will be Inore trouble if the winner of the recent C.J.C. Aylesbury Steeplechase ever 'crosses the Tasman. Kaokaoroa would tie most of the Melbourne bookmakers bp very thoroughly, SHOULD RACE WELL. V During the past month Mana pWhenua has done little fast work, •though he looks exceptionally well and is . very bright and muscular (says the M Auckland Star”). If the present intentions are adhered to he \yill be shipped Melbourne, via Sydney, the Wanganella on September 15. liana Whenua put up a solid performance when he won the July "Handicap at Ellerslie last month with 9.1 op his back. He was a winner at gajudwick last spring and finished fourth in the Melbourne Cup. He has 3U2 m that race this time. j t '■■■■—

Waikari, who finished second in the Novice Handicap at Warwick Farm on Saturday, is a brother to Agrion (Limond—Water wings). LOOKS LIKE A CURE, After Chatham had won the A.J.C. Epsom and Craven Plate and the V.R.C. Linlithgow Stakes last spring he appeared to be so badly affected in the wind that his retirement was an*[ nounced. Some new treatment was, however, tried with him. It would seem to have proved most' effective, judging from the Warwick Stakes on Saturday. Chatham scored a runaway win by five lengths in lmin 37£sec, with Kuvera and Rogilla in the places. Chatham has 9.10 in the Epsom this time, or 111 b more than he won with last spring. He meets Autopay, who finished fourth then, after having been last half-way, on 101 b worse terms. REALLY GOOD HORSE. Many a horse has been boomed for lesser deeds than those accomplished by Autopay. The gallant son of Paper | Money was responsible for an excellent performance in the Campbelltown Handicap, six furlongs, at Warwick Farm on Saturday. With a 6.7 minimum he carried 9.10 to victory in lmin 122 sec, beating a number of candidates for the Epsom, an event which Autopay won in 1931. END OF LANCER. Lancer, who broke down in his good foreleg while running in the Lawford Steeplechase at Riccarton on July 29, appeared a hopeless case, and he has been destroyed. He won the Teschemaker Memorial Hunt Cup at Washdyke on July 22, and was runner-up in the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race of 1931. YOUNGSTER NAMED. The name of Velocity has been granted for Mr C- M. Emanuel’s filly by Captain Bunsby—Volopia. She is a halfsister to Tetrarchate and Darma, both of whom race in Mr Emanuel’s colours. Volopia is by Thurnham from Duchess Eudoress, who in turn threw Royal Tea and Deputy Ruler. Royal Tea was a smart sprinter and raced successfully in Australia, while Deputy Ruler, who showed himself to be a good two-year-old last season, was shipped to Sydney last week to fulfil engagements there. Velocity is a well-developed youngster, displaying plenty of quality and looks as though she will uphold the family tradition for speed. The first stock of Captain Bunsby will only make their appearance on the turf this spring. He is a three-quarter brother to Coronach, who won the English Derby. HAS THE PACE. Diatomous showed a lot of speed as a two-year-old last season, dead-heat-ing with Princess Doreen in the Welcome Stakes at Ellerslie, while he also ran - second to that filly in the Great Northern Foal Stakes and won the Royal Stakes. He has been working for some time at Bulls and is expected to turn out a good three-year-old this season. HAVE BEGUN, WELL. Heroic and Windbag, who headed the Australian winning sires’ list last season, have commenced the new season well. Windbag was successfully represented at Warwick Farm on Saturday by Chatham and Topical. Heroic has had a number of winners this month, and his three-year-old son Hall Mark won the Underwood Stakes, weight-for-age, one mile, at Williamstown on Saturday. Hall Mark promises to be a tough proposition in the Derbies. Topical, who won the Australian Cup in March, had had a win this season prior to Warwick Farm. He is highly fancied for the Metropolitan, in which he has 8.5. The Victorian handicappers -were harder on him, as in a lighter handicap he has 8.7 in the Melbourne Cup and his Caulfield Cup impost is 8.11. AT WINGATUI. C. Gieseler is working Dismiss, a two-year-old gelding by Paladin from March Off (dam of Last March) by Markhope at Wingatui. He shows promise. Irish Lancer, looking big and lusty, has resumed work at the same centre. A. E. Didham has charge of a three-year-old filly by Paper Money from Black Cat and a two-year-old filly by Honour from Egotism. TEAM OF F. DAVIS.. Red Manfred, who last season carried the colours of Mrs M. S. Curie, will this season race in the joint ownership of Mrs Curie and the trainer, F, Davis. The latter has four two-year-olds in his team at Woodville. namely Pin Money Bezaine, Flammarion and Leith, Pin Money is a full-brother - to Gold Tinge and Rereatu, being by Paper Money from Vicereine. Bezaine is by Arausio from Conchita, Flammarion by Arausio from Lucinette and Leith by Arausio from Shirley. SILVER SCORN ALSO RAN. Silver Scorn, whose record in New Zealand comprised fourteen starts for thirteen wins and one second, finished in the ruck in the Warwick Stakes, her first Australian race on Saturday. The cable message states that she was prominent early but then faded out owing to lack of condition. If she was so far from being ready as this suggests, it seems a pity that a mare with her record was started. She was on the light side when she was doing well here last season. It is worth repeating what “ Pilot ” of the “ Sydney Referee ” had to say recently :—“Silver Scorn is improving in appearance every week, and I would not like to venture a guess how much more she weighs than on her arrival from New Zealand after several months’ continuous training. She must, however, have been well to show such good form in New Zealand, and some mares race best when they appear light. I remember the late T. Scully training Marvel Loch ‘ big ’ and we were all prophesying how much better she would be. It was the reverse, and she did not again show anything of her earlier form until she looked light.”