Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 853, 29 August 1933, Page 10

Topics of the Turf

for the Ashburton County Racing Club’s meeting close at S p.m. on Thursdav. *** * ' One man who considers that Silver Scorn will do no good while she holds the extra weight which she has acquired in Sydney is G. Murray Aynsley. * * efe * A nomination for Bay Tree for the Chelmsford Stakes, to be run at Randwick on September 9, was cabled to Sydney.

A. H. Eastwood has decided to cancel his proposed trip to Dunedin to ride at Wingatui on Saturday. BEFORE THE STEWARDS. A. D. Webster saddled up The Mirror for the hurdle race at Moorfield on August 19. The gelding finished fifth and the stewards were dissatisfied. They questioned Webster and the rider F. Dale at length before accepting their explanations. Finally they censured Dale for indifferent riding. It was his first mount in a race over jumps. THEIR NEXT RACING. Tavern Knight and Cherry King will in all probabiity make their next appearance at the Marton and Wanganui meetings, to be held next month. The former ran disappointingly at the Pakuranga meeting, but may make amends on the southern trip. Both these gallopers were physicked after racing at the Pakuranga meeting. DOUBLE FOR G. D. BEATSON. The Hawke’s Bay Hunt Cup at Hastings on Saturday was a poor contest. Only three started. Chronic, who was favourite, fell at the third fence. Toomai led for a little over a mile. Then Coonoor took charge and won by sixty yards. Coonoor, an aged gelding by King Soult, belongs to Mr G. D. Beatson. master of the Hawke’s Bay Hunt. He won the same event last year with Luna Lux. Mr Beatson wen a double on Saturday as his Acre mare Asterisca was successful in the Horonui Handicap. MATCH RACES RECALLED. Golden Glove, a famous 14.2 mare, dropped dead at Werribee (Victoria) recently. She was in foal to the imported horse Albanian. Golden Glove was a champion in her day. She won an Ascot Thousand and many other races. Under novelty pony race conditions conceding a start she was defeated in a match for £SOO a side at Ascot (Melbourne) by Gold Kit, but in a match in Sydney for £IOOO a side. Golden Glove defeated the local- 14.2 champion Little Marg. THESPIS RESUMES. Thespis, who has not raced since the Great Northern meeting, has resumed work under A. Rhodes’s care at Takanini. He has been spelling in the Waikato for the last couple of months and looks bright and healthy to resume another preparation. Ammon Ra was not nominated for Sydney Tattersall’s meeting on September 9, so evidently the plan to race him in Melbourne early in the spring is to be gone on with. COTTESMORE’S ENGAGEMENTS. Cottesmore was scratched on Monday for the Cantala Stakes, to be run at Flemington on Derby Day, but his other Australian engagements were continued. He had 8.7 in the Cantala, as compared with 7JJ in thfe Epsom. BRANDING. An official notice has been issued with reference to the branding of horses. With the object of saving owners the trouble of fire-branding horses which are intended to remain in Australia only for a short period, the New Zealand Racing Conference has entered into a new arrangement with the Australian authorities. Before any horse is now shipped to Australia application must be made to the secretary of the New Zealand Racing Conference for a number, which must be branded on the near fore-hoof. In the event of the horse remaining in Australia longer than three months, it must be firebranded in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing. If it returns within three months of its arrival in the Commonwealth, nothing further than the hoof brand is required. GOLDFINCH RESUMES. The Hiker and Diversion leave Taranaki for New Plymouth to-morrow to fulfil their engagements at the Taranaki Hunt meeting. The Hiker has plenty of speed and he should give a good account of himself in the Hunters’ Flat. Diversion has always shown a lot of pace in her races, but is inclined to £ade at the finish. However, with age, she may stay on better this season. H. Goldfinch will have his first ride on Diversion since being relicensed.

AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE

| The well-known jockey, T. Green, is I now living at Awapuni. * * Milnrow, an entrant for the New Zealand Cup, is included in the nominations for the Maiden race to be run at Marton on September 13. DERBY AND ST LEGER. The St Leger will be run at Doncaster to-morrow fortnight. When the last mail left London, there was an element of doubt about Hyperion, but if' the Derby victor be all right, he should add his name to the select band of Derby and St Leger winners. He will have at least one new opponent in the French Derby winner, the Ksar colt Thor. Scarlet Tiger, a stablemate of Hyperion, but in different ownership, is expected by some good English judges to prove much harder to beat than he did at Epsom, where he finished fourth. The Derby and St Leger have been won by the same horse only seven times since 1899. The horses to perform the feat were Diamond Jubilee (1900), Rock Sand (1903). Pommern (1915), Gay Crusader (1917), Gainsborough (1918), Coronach (1926) and Trigo (1929). In fifteen of the thirty-three years, the Derby winner did not start N in the St Leger. Thirteen of the winners at Doncaster in this period did not run in the Derby.

FOR ASHBURTON T. Lloyd expects to have a couple, of runners at Ashburton on September 16. Tout le Mond will be nominated for the mile and a quarter Ashburton Handicap, while the three-year-old The Masquerader will be entered for one of the hack events. The Masquerader has had two races. He was unplaced in the Juvenile Stakes at Motukarara on March 4, and won the Autumn Nursery at Riccarton on April 18. Fie is by Limond from Cowl, dam of The Monk, Rational, Mask, Phrosa and Habit. At present, The Masquerader is over-eager, but with experience he may settle down. * 4c sfc 3k. L. J. Ellis will leave Christchurch to-morrow for Wellington, en route to Sydney. SMALL BUT GOOD. Though unlikely to race for some time yet, Gay Marigold is doing plenty of useful work at Ellerslie and will be well forward for the spring meetings. The daughter of Grand Knight is a bit undersized, but there is no doubt regarding her galloping ability, and when she strikes her true form again she is likely to win plenty of money. * & * $t Rasouli was not an acceptor for the Otago Hunt meeting because of lameness. The trouble is believed to be only temporary. BROTHER TO HIGH FALUTIN, Round Table, a brother to Fligh Falutin, who will be a runner in the Opunake Scurry at the Taranaki Hunt meeting on Saturday, is stated to be shaping well under R. Brough’s care at Hawera. He has done a lot of strong pace work and showed promising speed with Golden Hair before the latter left for Sydney. OUT IN THE PADDOCK. Welcome Lu, the four-year-old halfsister to Tradesman, has been turned out for a long spell in the paddock. Her owner was very disappointed with the filly’s performance at Rotorua last month and she may eventually be used for breeding purposes. Welcome Lu won a couple of races during her two-year-old career, but her subsequent form has been below expectations. RACE FOR GOOD HORSES. The principal Australian race meeting on Saturday will be the September fixture of the Victorian Amateur Turf Club at Caulfield. In the past, form at this fixture has proved very valuable. The principal event is the Memsie Stakes, nine furlongs, weight-for-age. This race was established in 1899, and that year, as this, the date was September 2. It was won by Veneda, owned by Mr J. 11. Davis, now the Melbourne Cup handicapper. Kobold was second and Merriwee third. Later that spring Merriwee won the Victoria Derby and the Melbourne Cup. He afterwards came to New Zealand as a sire. The list of winners of the Memsie is a catalogue of good horses. It includes Uncle Sam (twice winner of the Caulfield Cup), The Flying Traquette, Abconner (A.J.C. Epsom), Prince Bardolph (Sydney Cup), Eusebius (Victoria Derby), Harriet Graham (Australian Cup), Artilleryman (Melbourne Cup), Gothic (twice winner of the Newmarket)? and the mighty Phar Lap. Heroic won the Memsie twice, and Eurvthmic was thrice successful in it. The feature of the race in recent years has been the success of trainer J. Holt in it. In 1919 he saddled up Sir Ibex, who ran second to Artilleryman. In the thirteen years that have elapsed since, Holt has provided the winner nine times and the runner-up twice. Among the horses in his present team are High Brae, the 1932 winner, and the Derby colt Hall Mark, winner of the Underwood Stakes last Saturday.

RACING FIXTURES. September 2—Taranaki H.C. September 2—Otago H.C. September 13—Marton .T.C. September 16—Ashburton C.R.C. September 21, 23—Geraldine R.C. September 21, 23—Wanganui J.C. September 30—Foxton R.C. September 30—Kurow J.C. September 30—Napier Park R.C. October 5, 7—Dunedin J.C. October 6, 7—Otaki-Maori R.C. October 7. 9—Avondale J.C. October 1 4—S. Canterbury J.C. October 19, 21, 23—Wellington R.C. October 21, 23—Gore R C. October 23—N. Canterbury R.C. October 23—Waverley R.C. October 23—Waikato; H.C. October 23—Waipawa C.R.C. N.Z. HORSES IN U.S.A. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SEATTLE, August 27. In half-mile work-outs, in preparation for races, possibly later in the week. Pillow Fight and Tea Trader ran four furlongs in 47 3-ssec on Sunday, finishing together.