Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20222, 5 February 1934, Page 10

Topics of the Turf

/wTES AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE

for the Marlborough [ meeting close at nine o’clock this j evening. • * ♦ * * A decision to adhere to the win and I place betting svstfm for the annual’! race meeting on March 21 and 2G has been made by the committee of the !' Bay of Plenty Jocfcv Club. STQNVI-lURST BLOOD. Ingenuity, who paid a large dividend | when she won the Juvenile Handicap on the first dav of the Egmont meet- ! ing, showed a lot of pace and led all j the way. She is a three-vear-old filly who did no racing at two years. At j the Sydney yearling sales of 1932 she I was knocked down at 30 guineas. In- I genuitv. though Australian-bred, soon \ gets back to the Stonyhurst Stud. She | is by High Art (son of Gainsborough) | from Intelligence by Paddington (son j of Martagon) frcm Merrv Trick, sister to Counterfeit, by Treadmill from De- | lusive. sister to Elusive and granddam of Winning Way by Trenton from Eleusis by Barcaldine. ELLIS CATCHING VOTTRK. On December 14, Keith Voitre, with 33 wins, was 22 ahead of L. J. Ellis. Now the difference is only nine. Voitre has struck a very dull patch and he failed to ride a winner at Hawera on Saturday. L. J. Ellis scored on Arvada and his total is now 33 to Yoitre’s 42. WIXGATUI TRACKS. The course proper at Wingatui is at present in excellent order. The inside half shows an excellent sole of grass, which has been catching and holding the dew and also helping to protect the ground from wind. The result is that the going could not be improved upon—firm but devoid of sting—and under favourable circumstances will remain so for the Dunedin Cup meeting. RICHARDS GOES HOME Gordon Richards's native town is Oakengates, Shropshire, and after an absence of fourteen years, he paid it a visit in December. He was given a civic reception, and presentations were made to him in recognition of breaking F. Archer’s record. Steve Donoghue, on behalf of Oakengates Council and district sportsmen, presented Richards with an address of welcome inscribed on vellum, and contained in a silver casket. At night Richards was entertained at a banquet at Wellington, and presented with a silver replica of himself mounted on Golden King, the horse on which; he beat the record. SYDNEY CUP. An' linfdftunafe omission frorn the Press Association cable giving some of the weights for the A.J.C. double, at Randwick, including the imposts allotted to New Zealand entrants, is any reference to Minerval or Nightly. Peter Pan is top-weight in the Sydney Cup with 9.10. He concedes 21b to Rogilla and oltr to Gaine Carrington. The three-year-old Hall Mark has 8.12. It is a heavy impost, but Carbine as a three-year-old won this event with 9.0 and his son Wallace scored with 8.12. ’ Lord Cardigan at three years won the Sydney Cup with 8.7. Seeing that Artilleryman was allotted 9.2 as a three-year-old in the Sydney Cup of 1920, Mr C. B. Kellow cannot allege unduly harsh treatment of Hall Mark. Artilleryman ran in the race but was not himself and was unplaced. GONE TO WINGATUI. A number of horses from Riccarton .stables went south last night to compete at the Dunedin meeting. P. M’Grath went with Guarantee, Cleaner, Red Dance, Bell Hill and Cup Bearer; C. Emerson, with Croupier and Marcus Cicero; H. Nurse, with Rational II.; and D. O'Connor, with D.oiran. H. Cutts will go to-day with four horses. Some of the trainers will delay their departure till to-morrow, a few going in the morning and others by the night train. BIG TOTE INCREASE. The Egmont Racing Club at its twoday meeting last showed an increase of £S3O6 in the totalisator turnover. The totals were: —1933. '£9247 10s; 1934, £17,553 10s. Win and place , operated this time and the old system last year. LATE G. A. BAKER. Mr G. Paul withdrew Kanapa and Trishna from their Matamata engagements on account of the death of his apprentice, G. A. Baker, who was fatally injured in a race at Takapuna. NORTH ISLANDERS GO SOUTH. A. Rhodes, who has been in Christchurch with King March since the Wellington, meeting, left for Wingatui with the horse last night. J. W. Lowe passed through Christchurch vesterday en route from Trentham to Wingatui with Red Sun. Fie had intended to nominate Red Sun for Riccarton on February 17, but overlooked t.he time for the closing of the nominations. ANOTHER FOR BARR. Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., report the purchase from Mr W. R. Kemball of the three-year-old filly Quietly, by Chief Ruler from Timid. Her new owner is Mr H. L. Bowker, for whom S Barr will train her.

CROUPIER'S SYDNEY IMPOST. In the Publicans’ Handicap at Wingatui. Golden Wings was allotted 10.4, Autopay 9.9 and Croupier 9.8. In the j Doncaster Handicap, one mile, to be] run at Randwick at Easter, the tcp weight is Chatham .9.10. Golden Wingshas 9.G, Autopay 9.5 and Croupier 9.0. J TOTALISATOR SYSTEMS. Following on the success of the win , and place totalisators in Melbourne, j Randwick altered its system to fall i into line. A factor in the marked j success of machine-betting in Mel- j bourne, where it was inaugurated only j in August. 1931. has been the use of 1 the huge indicators which show the j price each horse is paying as every j wager is made. It is now proposed J to have similar contrivances installed at Randwick for the win machine only. There is a marked difference between the way in which the Melbourne and Sydney public patronise the two machines. At Randick, the place totalisator carries the bulk of the investments. but in Melbourne, while 1 the place has the larger turnover, the difference is not very pronounced. SILVER SCORN. A Victorian owner, who was in Christchurch recently, remarked that the keenest racing men in Australia still held a high opinion of Silver Scorn. These men, said the visitor, were not disposed to attach too much importance to the defeats which the Silverado mare had suffered so far in Australia. The Epsom in the spring and the Doncaster at Easter are both mile events at Randwick, and the cable receive today giving some of the weights for the Doncaster and Sydney Cup shows that Silver Scorn has had an appreciable drop. In the Epsom, Chatham and Bronze Eagle headed the list with 9.10 apiece. Silver Scorn had 9.8, Autopay 9.7, Kuvera 9.5, Closing Time 9.1 and Gaine Carrington 9.0. In the Doncaster, Chatham has been given 10.4. Closing Time, whose recent form has been good, has 9.10. Gaine Carrington 9.7, Autopav 9.5, Kuvera 9.3 and Silver Scorn 9.1. In the Metropolitan in the spring, Rogilla 9.8 and Bronze Eagle 9.8 were on top, followed by Veilmond 9.7, Silver Scorn and Chatham 9.6 each. In the Sydney Cup, Rogilla has 9.8 again, receiving 21b from Peter Pan. Silver Scorn has 9.0. STUD BOOK. Owners of. thoroughbred mares and stallions are required to send particulars of foalings and matings to the keeper of the New Zealand Stud Book -1 by the end of this month, otherwise such information will not be included in Volume XII of the Stud Book, which ,is due for early publication. The furnishing of such particulars is obliga tory under the Rules bf Racing, and if not furnished the offspring concerned may be refused registration when it is sought to name them for the purposes of racing. Also under a new rule of the Australian Jockey Club and the Victoria Racing Club the entry of any horse not entered in the Australian, New Zealand, or other recognised stud book will not . now be accepted for classic races in New South Wales or Victoria. MINERVAL FOR SYDNEY. '* It is extremely likely that F. Holmes will take Minerval to Sydnev for the autumn racing. In that case, Sam Smith may also be taken as a working companion for the Auckland Cup winne*\ A utopay is another Dominion performer likely to cross the Tasman shortly. BRED TN THE PURPLE La Scala, who, a cable froft Melbourne states, won the Ascot Five Hundred on Saturday, is a three-year-old filly that can boast that* both her parents won the Victoria Derby. Her £;re. Manifred, won the Flemington classic in 1925, w’hile her dam, Frances Tressady, captured the event in 1923. ONE LICENSE ENOUGH. The Auckland jockey H. N. Wiggins, who some months ago took out a trainer’s license in order to prepare Lord Val, has now handed in this license. He has found that the travelling entailed when the rush of meetI ings is on does not fit in with the nature of training. RACTXfr FIXTURES. February 8, 10—Dunedin J.C. February 8, 10—Taranaki J.C. February 9. 10—Marlborough R.C. February 10, 12—Rotorua R.C, February 15—Tologa Bay J.C. February 15, 17—Dargaville R.C. February 15. 17—Wanganui J.C. February 17—Canterbury J.C. February 17—Clifden R.C. February 21. 22—Woodville D.J.C. February 21, 22—Gore R C February 22—Waiapu R.C. February 24. 26—Te Aroha J.C.