Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 931, 29 November 1933, Page 10

Topics of the Turf

■yy Votes and news from everywhere

for the Hororata Racing Club’s meeting at Riccarton on Saturday, December 16, close at 8 p.m. on Friday, either at the C.J.C. offices or with the secretarv, Mr A. E. Byrne, P.O. Box 1018, Christchurch. * * af: a|e General entries for the Auckland summer meeting close at 5 p.m. on Friday. By the same hour, first forfeits are due for the Royal Stakes, Great Northern Foal Stakes and Derby. ASHBURTON FIELDS. Acceptances for the Ashburton County Club’s meeting on Saturday are highly satisfactory. The total is 93 for seven events. The smallest field numbers eight and the largest nineteen. Shatter, Hurlingham, True Shaft, Cranford, Argentic, Minerval, Sweet Agnes and Ranelagh are among the horses engaged. RED MANFRED. Red Manfred has been enjoying a spell since racing at Riccarton and he is stated to be looking particularly well at present. The gelding’s feet have been causing his trainer. F. Davis, some concern, but he is said to be quietly confident about future engagements. AMMON RA. The Waipa Racing Club has accepted an offer by the Takanini trainer, W. Jarvis, to take Ammon Ra to the meeting at Te Awamutu on December 16 and give an exhibition gallop. Ammon Ra is in active training at Takanini, though he has not been sent on timemaking missions in his track efforts. * * * * Since her success in the Hamilton Handicap at Te Rapa, Gay Marigold has continued to please in her work. She is evidently in great heart, and should repay following. PETER JACKSON. According to Australian advices, Peter Jackson will not race again in Australia in the colours of Mr J. A. Phillips, who has decided not to exercise his option of a further lease of a year. Peter Jackson will be returned to New Zealand this week. The Moonee Valley Gold Cup was the only race Peter Jackson won in Australia. He is engaged in the Auckland Cup. ASHBURTON RIDERS. The following riding engagements have been made for the Ashburton meeting on Saturday: A. E. Ellis, Shatter and Hurlingham; A. H. Eastwood, Metal Bird. Rebel Star, Spoon and Silly Owl; M. Kir wan, Delice, True Shaft and Night Flyer; A. Russell, Royal Sceptre, Starshooter, Importance and Final Shot; G. H. Humphries, Manetho, Cheap Money and Some Shamble; D. o!Connor, Grand Review; E. Ludlow. Red Dance; H. Turner, Vintage; C. M'Carthy, Argentic; G. Salt, Sibella; H. MacKinnon, Eupator; G. Murfitt, Cleaner. TROUBLE OVER DATE Auckland advices state that racing men there were astounded to read that the Wellington Racing Club had lodged an objection to the Bay of Islands Racing Club’s holding its annual race meeting at Pukekohe on Saturday, January 20. The Franklin Racing Club is conducting the fixture on behalf of the Bay of Islands Racing Club, and the programme has been drawn up ready for submission to the Auckland District Committee at its meeting next week. This programme suggests that only hacks and moderate handicap performers will be racing at Pukekohe on January 20, and in this respect it will not prevent owners of horses good enough to compete at Trentham from going to the Wellington meeting, nor will it prevent prospective purchasers at the yearling sales from being on hand. It is a pity that such an objection should have been made at all, especially in view of the fact that for long there has been a feeling that racing in Auckland, being selfcontained so to speak, should be administered Auckland and not from the Racing Conference headquarters in Wellington. COMING BACK. Count Palatine is not by any means too old to come back to form' having been foaled in 1926, and at Levin he displayed every sign that he would yet I win a good handicap. Since he has been owned by Mr T. A. Duncan he has been allowed to come along very steadily, with very little racing, and there appears every hope that he will shortly repay this patient policy. WARDING THEM OFFNaturally the successful jockey, Gordon Richards, has many feminine admirers among his followers. An English exchange says that, owing to the arrival of so many letters from these, Mrs Richards has written in a kindly but firm strain, reminding some of the lay correspondents that Gordon is a married man with a family. WORSE THAN SWINE FEVER. The following rather amusing letter reached the Sydney writer “ Pilot ” from a country town in another State a few days ago:—“Dear Mr Pilot, — Will you please tell the people who sent YuTtewirra over to Melbourne from Adelaide to take him home before I lose all my pigs. In his first race, a farmer here laid me two pigs to one against him; in the Melbourne Derby four pigs to one; in the Carnival Handicap on Thursday six pigs to one, and he ran last. I have only xro pigs left, and I cannot let him fun against me now. If he starts in two more races I will lose the lot.” TEAM FOR AUCKLAND. It is now' not unlikely that A. M’Aulay will miss the Manawatu meeting and will instead concentrate on the Auckland summer fixture with Variant and True Shaft in addition to Southdown. SMART GALLOP. The Alison Cup candidate, Mungatoon, beat King Mestor easily over six furlongs in lmin 14 2-seec at Te Aroha on Saturday. This good effort will make him a horse to be considered in forthcoming events.

That disappointing horse Jaloux has developed trouble in one of his hind joints and will probably require a good spell. PUNCTUALITY WANTED. A deputation from Te Awamutu retailers waited on the Waipa Racing Club and asked that the races should be run to schedule time at the meeting on December 16, the last race at 5 p.m., so that country shoppers could call at business premises to pick up their parcels before the shops closed for the week-end at 6 p.m. It was explained that shops voluntarily closed from 12 to 5 p.m. on race-day. An endeavour will be made to comply with the request. * * * * Friday Night, the two-year-old •brother to Phar Lap, has joined the active brigade at Riccarton. He moved attractively in a short sprint and his appearance is in his favour. PROMISING. Grand Jury last Saturday was making his first appearance since March. In the interval he has gone into L. G. Morris’s stable, and on the. way he ran into fourth place behind Slippery he should soon get a stake. Morris put up his apprentice, J. A. M’Farlane, on both Count Palatine and Grand Jury, and he handled them well. He has not had a great deal of experience, but he shapes like a very promising lad. He is in the right hands to learn the business. WEBSTER RETURNING. Melbourne reports state that A. D. Webster will return to New Zealand with his horses next week. Webster has not had any luck with his team i in Melbourne this spring, but usually he is able to place his horses to advantage, and he should experience a change of fortune before long. INKSON RECOVERING. R. Inkson, the Victorian crosscountry jockey who was so seriously injured some months ago that his life was despaired of, continues to make good progress. His medical advisers consider that if he maintains the present rate of recovery the New Year will see him a comparatively fit man again. DISGRACED HIMSELF. raced in the hurdle event at Williamstown on November 18. and the following is a record of his performance: “ Bavacre gave an inglorious display. He played up badly at the barrier, and upset the whole field several times. He, however, got away well, and dashed to the front, cutting out a merry pace until he hit the first hurdle. That steadied him a bit, but he had so much pace that he soon caught the leaders again. Each jump was a repetition of the first, until he came to the six furlong hurdle, which he went right through and dropped out of the race for the time being. He came again, however, but •was hopelessly out of it when he fell heavily at the last and gave A McDonald a nasty fall.” CAINE IS ABLE. While doing his preliminary fur the last race at Ipswich Amateur Turf Club’s meeting on Wednesday of last week Ted Cane threw his rider, and jumped a five-foot fence into the school grounds adjoining. The horse had to be walked half a mile back to the course, the race being delayed for 15 minutes. As a consequence, Ted Caine eased in the betting, but in the race he cleared away from the field winning by 12 lengths. ACCEPTANCES. Ashburton County Racing Club’s Meeting. Per Press Association. ASHBURTON, November 28.

1 p.m. WINCHMORT3 HACK HANDICAP. of JU sovs. Six furlongs. errantry 10 3 Davolo Monastic Royal 10 0 First Song Sam Smith 10 0 Miss 9 9 0 0 Grand Review Vintage Effozel Sibella 0 9 Nightraid 9 9 Glandovey 9 7 Wild Sky » 7 Bell Hill 9 9 9 0 0 0 1.40 p.m. MELROSE TROT HANDICAP, of 90 half' class 3is - One mile and Attorney Chudic Colleen Chenau scr Real Burton scr Red Gold Rewai It srr Satin Lass lev Golden Dollai Happy Bird r Vanity P'air scr Waving Corn «;r Irish Peach Modern Lady Peter Parrish scr Young Travis scr Eiffelton Lass scr Elvo 36 9 0 Playwright scr El Merit (T.) 2.20 p.m. TIXWALD HANDICAP, of 110 .Shatter One mile. 9 0 Manetho - 7 !*> Ranelagh 8 11 Metal Bird Argentic - Minerva1 Sweet Agnes 8 8 Starshooter 8 2 Wise Choice 7 13 7 7 7 0 2.55 p.m. LAGMHOR PLATE, of 70 sov, F ve furlongs. Bright Red 8 10 •«;j|ve r Brier Silver Foil Song Bqx 8 10 Moonbeam 8 10 Highbrow 8 4 . Hgdy .Zephyr Delice .Rowlands 8 JO Cheap Money 8 10 Final Shot 8 10 Silly Owl 8 8 7 4 4 Red Dance 8 4 Wonderful 7 5 3.35 p.m. MORETON HACK HANDICAP, of 110 sovs. One mile and a quarter Some Galli vanter 7 Shamble 9 0 Rebel Star 7 Elude 8 11 Eupator N'ight Flyer 8 9 Cleaner I mportance 8 4 star Raider Xightguard Fleeting 8 1 Double Shot 7 0 Glance 8 1 4.10 p.m. WAKANUI Hurlingham HANDICAP, of 90 Six furlongs. so 9 9 Manetho 8 True Shaft 9 0 Spoon 7 Cranford 8 12 Royal Sceptre 7 11 The Quorn 8 2 Wise Choice 4.50 p.m. 7 6 MAYFIELD TROT HANDICAP, of 90 sovs. Class 4.59. Two miles Athelne.v Las s scr Young Travis Colene Parri h scr Tollgate scr El vo ••scr Grand Author 24 Garry Thorpe scr Jimmy de Oro 24 Mabel Chime scr Preface 24 Paul Drusus r Recess 48 Red Gold scr White Stranger Royal Audo Silver scr El Merit (T.) 96 Axworthy scr