Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20359, 17 July 1934, Page 12

Topics of the Turf

O /wTES AND NEWS EVERYWHERE

'V'OMIXATIOXS for the Christchurch "*■ Hunt Club's race meeting at Riccarton on August 4 close at the C.J.C. offices at 8 p.m. on Friday.

Handicaps lor the South Canterbury and Waimate Hunt Club meetings are due to-morrow.

Nominations for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s classic events close at 5 p.m. on Friday. These races are the M’Lean Stakes of 1934, Champagne Stakes and Guineas of 1935.

Weights for the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle race and Steeplechase, ! also for the Winter Cup, are due to- j day week. General entries for the C.J.C. meeting close on July 27. INTRODUCING JEAN BATTEN. It was inevitable. New Zealand racing possesses a Flying Amy and an Amy Johnson, Jean Batten has been registered for a three-year-old black filly by Colossus from Great Effort. ; The Australian -owners who com- [ memorated the flight of Miss Johnson j (as she then was) fared better than j their New Zealand confreres. They named a colt by Treclare from Sweet j Rosaleen Johnnie Jason after her machine. Johnnie Jason’s successes in- j elude the Victoria Derby of 1931 and the Sydney Cup of 1932.' ENGLISH WINNING SIRES. N Thanks to Windsor Lad’s Derby triumph Blandford (by Swynford) had a big lead on June ll on the English winning list for the season. His jyogeny had then won £23,169. Manna (by Phalaris) was second with £10,459, and Galloper Light (by Sunstar) third j with £9926. Next followed Gains- ' borough (by Bayardo) £5965; Solario (by Gainsborough) £4836; Tetratema (by The Tetrarch) £4207; Phalaris (by Polymelus) £4001; Stratford (by Swynford) £3831 ; Apple Sammy (by Pommem) £3771; Son-in-Law (by Dark Ronald) £3714; Sansovino (by Swynford) £3356 and Winalot (by Son-in- | Law) £3246. IN GREAT HEART. Versant is working in great style on the heavy tracks at Ellerslie. He is engaged in the President’s and Paerata Handicaps, to be run at the Franklin Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday. ECLIPSE STAKES ON FRIDAY. An important English race is set down for decision on Friday. This is the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. It is to be the only public appearance of Windsor Lad between the Derby and the St Leger. The Eclipse, which is run over a mile and a quarter, is for three and four-year-old entire colts and fillies. Three-year-olds carry Bst 21b and four-vear-olds 9st, fillies being allowed 31b. The conditions also provide for penalties and Windsor Lad will have 101 b extra to carry. •It is a sweepstakes with £ISOO added, and last year it was worth £9122 to the winner. Among the famous horses who have won the Eclipse have been Ayrshire, Orme Uwice), Isinglass, St Frusquin. Persimmon, Flying Fox, Diamond Jubilee Ard Patrick, Lallv, Bayardo, Swynford, Prince Palatine. Tracery, Buchan (twice), Craig an Eran, Coronach and Colorado. Lemberg and Neil Gow ran a dead-heat in 1910. JONATHAN A “ PICTURE ” A. Cook will have quite a useful team at Te Awamutu to commence the new season, comprising Jonathan, Namakia, Knight of Australia, Wait and See, Spearwin, King’s Knave and a Lapidary mare. All have been in work about a month and so far have wintered well, especially Jonathan, who looks a picture, says the Auckland “ Star.” This mentor also has seven yearlings undergoing education, among them being Galilee, a colt by Iliad— Philomela, a colt by General Latour — Le Ngeru, a filly by General Latour— Prodice and a filly by Chief Ruler. MADE GOOD QUICKLY. Ruling King has done no schooling recently, though he has got through plenty of serviceable work on the flat at Ellerslie and is thriving on it. This hurdler is due to make his next appearance in the Bombay Hurdle race at Pukekohe, and if he runs up to his latest form should be in the money. Ruling King made good quicker than most novice hurdlers, and a bright future looks assured for him. WILL NEED TIME. Quin Sabe, the big Night Raid gelding in Geo. Holland’s stable at Ellerslie, has made noticeable improvement of late and is now beginning to show a bit of speed in his work. So far he has not been seriously tested, but on the few occasions that he has been sprinted he has acquitted himself very satisfactorily for a beginner. Quin Sabe is one of the biggest of his age in work at Ellerslie, and will take time to mature. TWO ROYAL FEASTS. Mercian Prince by Mercian King won the Kia Ora H *ndicap and Royal Feast also by Mercian King ran second in the Novice Handicap at Trentham on Saturday. Mercian King, an Australian-bred horse, was imported to New Zealand in#l929, but died a year later. He had a younger brother in Australia who was named Royal Feast. In the 1926-27 season this Australian Royal Feast, then a two-year-old, in seven starts had four wins and three seconds and won £13,119 in stakes. He had one unplaced run in the following August and then died. Royal Feast (N.Z.) is a three-year-old gelding who has started only thrice. He was second in the Trial Plate at Napier Park on June 23, and unplaced in the similar event at Trentham last Thursday. His dam is Morning Gift by Boniform from Morganatic by King’s Guest from Dear Heart by Coeur de Lion from Katie Ferguson by Musket.

I TOPPED THE CENTURA. Water Power had three races at , Trentham last week and with the first !of these, she reached the century, this , being her one hundredth start in a race. She did not celebrate t.ie occasion in fitting style, running without distinction. On the second day she finished ; second in the Parliamentary Handicap, ; while on Saturday she won t.ie Ons- , low Handicap. Her 102 races have ! produced 17 wins, 15 seconds, 13 thirds, 157 times unplaced, and £2296 in prize j money. Water Power has concluded i each of the two last seasons by winning the Claremont Handicap at Washdyke, and she is again a candidate for that event this year. RICHARDS WELL AHEAD. Up to June 11, Gordon Richards headed the English winning jockeys’ list. lie had then from 313 mounts ridden 59 winners, 56 seconds, and 36 thirds. G. Nevett was second with 40 | wins and F. Cox third with 32. Steve ’ Donoghue was eighth with 20 wins, ! and Brownie Carslake eleventh with il4 wins. Equal with him is C. Rich- ! ards, brother of the champion. L. KNAPPS TEAM. Whether Tudor, who developed side j trouble recently, will be recovered in ! time to race at the New Zealand Grand National meeting is uncertain j vet. 11 is trainer, L. Knapp, is a likely visitor in any case with Callamart, Riotous and Square Acre. VISITORS FROM BLENHEIM. T. R. Georg© will bring a team to j Riccarton which will include Revision and Pawky. Make Up developed trouble in'•the suspensory ligament of a hitherto sound leg, and George is not hopeful at present of being able to produce him at the Grand National meeting. £IO.OOO MATCH SUGGESTED. I Time was when Robert S. Sievier was constantly in the limelight on the English sporting world, but little is nowadays heard of this striking figure of the turf. He “ reappeared ” in London “ Sporting Life ” on June 11, when the following letter from his pen was published;—‘‘To the . editor of ‘‘The Sporting Life.” Sir, —When Sceptre did not finish in the first three for the Derby of 1902, subsequently I issued a challenge through your columns to match her against any three-year-old over a mile or a mile and a half for £IO,OOO a side p.p. Neither the owner of the winner, Ard Patrick, nor any other accepted. I feel it would be the sporting event of the year if Lord Glanely threw down a similar challenge and the Maharaja of Rajpipla picked up the cestus. So much comment has followed the running and riding which took place in the Derby that a match between the first and third would make turf history and frank the owners as great sportsmen.— Robert S. Sievier. ENGLISH STATISTICS.

Leading winning owners in England this season up to June 11 were:—H. li. Maharaja of Rajpipla, £12,599; Lord Glanely, £10,495 10s; Lord Durham, £8042 10s; Sir George Bulluugh, £7433; Sir Victor Sassoon,. £3937; Lord. Derby, £3001; and H.H. Aga Khan, £2962. The last named got a big lift at Royal Ascot shortly after this list was published. The teams of four English trainers had won five figures up to June 11. They were:—Frank Butters, £14,026 10s; M. Marsh, £13,099; J. L. Jarvis, £11,514 10s; and Captain T. Hogg, £10,286 10s. Next came J. Lawson, £8699 10s; M. D. Peacock. £BI2B 10s; F. Hartigan, £7481; F. Darling. £5648; and R. C. Dawson, £5469. MRS M’DONALD’S QUARTET. Mrs A. W. M’Donald expects to bring a team of four from Awapuni for the Grand National meeting. These horses are Calydon. Boudoir, and the jumpers Henry of Navarre and Blacksmith. WELL-BRED TUMPER. 3 L. G. Morris is likely to bring Con/ stant Sun south for the C.J.C. Grand National meeting. A five-year-old gelding, Constant Sun is Australianbred, being by Australian Sun irom Booralie by Roseworthy from Burletta by Wallace from La Tosca by Robinson Crusoe from Nightmare by Panic. Many notable performers belonged to this family. To name a few of these, there have been Wakeful, Noctuiform, F.J.A., Radnor, Mountain Knight, Night Watch, Midnight Sun, Nightfall, Bon Ton, The Toff and Tanadees. Constant Sun won the Whakatu Hurdle Race at Hastings on June 14, but was only fourth on the second day of that meeting. CRACK U.S.A. COLT.

Cavalcade, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby and American Derby (run at Chicago), is regarded as probably the greatest of his age that Americans have seen since Man-o’-War. He added the Detroit Derby, worth 25.000 dollars, to his record on Saturday, June 16. He came from behind to defeat two outsiders, and ran the mile and three-sixteenths in lmin 58 l-6sec. Cavalcade is one of Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane’s team, which is housed at Bookmeade stables. He has already won more this season, and his total earnings are in the region of 200,000 dollars. He was got in England and foaled in America, and was purchased as a yearling at Saratoga for 1200 dollars. His sire is Lancegaye, who is a son of Swynford, and ran second to Coronach in the English Derby in 1928. Horses from the stables of Mrs Sloane last vear wen 234,000 dollars in stakes, and if Cavalcade continues his winning habits, this sum may easily be surpassed this year. Mrs Sloane first became a racehorse owner in 1927, w r hen she was left millions of dollars by her eccentric father, Mr Dodge, the motorcar manufacturer. Cavalcade, by the way, is the first horse to win both the Kentucky and American Derbies since 1888.

William Burke, a leading Flemington trainer, is an adept at winning races with patched up cripples and other seeming hopeless cases. After one such success at Moonee Valley last month a well-known bookmaker was overheard remarking: ‘‘That trainer Bill Burke could get Phar Lap out of the museum and win another Cup with him.”