Topics of the Turf.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20454, 6 November 1934, Page 12

Topics of the Turf.

AND NEWS FROM FVERYtVHFRI

VV 7 EIGHTS for the final day of the C.J.C. meeting will be published in the “ Christchurch Times ” on Thursday. Acceptances close at noon the same day. NORTHERN ENTRIES CLOSING. North Island visitors are reminded that nominations for the Levin Racing Club’s meeting on November 24 close i«t B'"p.m. on Friday. General nominations for the Takapuna Jockey Club’s meeting at Ellerslie on November 24 • and 26 also close on Friday, but at 5 p.m. r Nominations for the Feildmg Jockey Club's meeting on November 31) and December 1, close at 8 p.m. on Monday. SPEEDING UP. It is not so many years ago that the running of a mile and a quarter in 2min 4sec t which was done by Vintage yesterday, would have created a sensation. The first occasion on which 2min osec was broken in either Australia or New Zealand was in one of the most memorable races ever run at Randwick and one also notable because it was the first time that Desert Gold ever finished out of a place. That 1 race was the Craven Plate, run on ; October 9. 1918. Cetigne won by a head from Wolaroi with Estland half a length away, just ahead of Desert ! Gold. Cagou and Prince Viridis also started. The time was 2min 4*sec. , Three weeks later Magpie won the Mel- j bourne Stakes in 2min 4 jisec, beating 1 Desert. Gold by a neck, with Wolaroi third and Cetigne fourth. Cetigne's Craven Plate time, which was equalled by Greenstead in the same event two years later, remained the record for Australia and New Zealand until Winning Hit registered 2min 3 l-ssec at Riccarton in November, 1921. Nine years later. Bawn-na-Glas equalled Winning Hit’s time at Wagga (N.S.W.). In the Craven Plate at Randwick in October, 1931, Phar Lap caused a sensation by winning easily in 2min 2dsec. Bronze Eagle got very close to this and created a New Zealand record when at Riccarton on November 14, 1931, he won the G. G. Stead Cup in 2min 2 4-ssec. A. E. ELLIS BREAKS IT. A. E. Ellis resumed riding after two months’ absence from the saddle at Trentham on October 20, but his luck took a longer vacation and it was not until the last race at Riccarton yesterday that he returned to the winning list. Rebel Star, a hot favourite for the Epsom Handicap, attempted to lead all the way and did not go far from succeeding. Kemal Pasha kept at him, however, and that helped to his undoing. Red Racer and Red Boa lay in behind the two leaders. Red Racer was the first to give it best. A. E. Ellis brought Red Boa along in the straight and when he headed Rebel Star he momentarily looked like drawing away, but the favourite fought on courageously and lost by only half a length. Kemal Pasha, who ran a really good race, was a similar margin away third, with the improving Quietly a length away. Tout le Mondtf again shaped fairly, and Cleaner showed improvement on recent efforts. FINISHED WELL. If there had been much further to go in the Irwell Handicap at Riccarton yesterday. Round Up would have been first instead of third. His finishing effort was a good one, though its appearance was probably enhanced by the manner in which Symeonv and Silver Sail were stopping. Round Up is trained by Mrs A. W. M’Donald for his breeder. Mr A. F. M. Svmes. and is a brown colt by Lord Ouex from Nukerakau by Wormwood (son of Maltster) from Kooya by Signalman (son of Clanranald) from Koiano by The Possible (son of Nordenfeldt) from Leonie by Leolinus (son of Caterer) | from Amohia by Towton (son of Melbourne). Round Up is fully relate'! | to Bodvline. WELL NAMED. West Coast racing folk will doubtless recall the shocks Earthquake gave them on the Christmas-New* Year circuit nearly three years ago. She won races at Hokitika and Reefton, and was a rank outsider on each occasion. Earthquake, when she finished third in the Middleton Handicap yesterday, paid a healthy place dividend. This six-year-old daughter of Acre is now trained at Riccarton by W. Bryce for Mr J. Rothwell. FIVE WINS IN SIX STARTS. The form of Rebel Chief before and since Labour Day makes for wonder how he came to run unplaced over seven and a half furlongs at Rangiora. He won at his two preceding outings at Orari, while since Rangiora. he has won thrice in succession—at Motukarara and Riccarton (twice). Fie made light of his 9st 31b in the Randolph Handicap yesterday. As on Saturdav. he dashed to the front in the first furlong. and led for the remainder of the race, winning by three lengths from Top Rank, with Colossian a neck away. Three improvers in Silver Step. Wino, and Bella Rosa finished next in that order. Rebel Chief occupied lmin 26see in running the seven furlongs. Cranford, with 261 b less on his back, won the Criterion in lmin 24 2-ssec. J S- SHAW’S TEAM The four-year-old gelding, M’Heatli, by Lord Quex from Polly Peachum. was sold yesterday by Mr J. S. M'Leod to Mr R. E. Hall, a patron of J. S. Shaw’s stable, and raced in his new owner’s interest in the Randolph Handicap. E. J. ELLIS AND RED BOA. The Ellis family is doing very nicely. L. J. heads the winning jockeys’ list and E. J. Ellis is on top of the trainers’ list with eleven wins. C. Gieseler is next with ten wins. Mr J. C. Paget, of Invercargill, certainly has no cause to regret having sent Red Boa to Ellis at the beginning of this Since being an inmate of the W ashdyke stable Red Boa has had eight races, of which he has won four. He has been thrice second, once unplaced, and has earned £420 10s. The complete record of Red Boa. who is ten years old. is twenty wins from 111 starts. In prize money he has earned £2859 10s. Red Boa is fully related to a good performer in Baldowa, whose many wins included the Thompson Handicap at Trentham.

Semper Paratus, Vintage and Red Boa, three of yesterday’s winners at Riccarton, were making their first appearances at the meeting. RIDING RECORDS L. J. Ellis had three successes yesterday, and has ridden five winners at the C.J.C. meeting. His total is now 27, or four more than K. Yoitre and W. J. Broughton, his nearest rivals. Up to December last year he had ridden only 11 winners, but he finished the season with a total of S 3. Ellis must be given a chance of topping the century this season at the rate he is scoring, but as he remarked after the races yesterday, it is a feat that requires a lot of doing and plenty of luck. H. Gray and K. Yoitre are the only New Zealand riders to ride over 100 winners in a season in the Dominion. Yoitre rode I 123 in the 1932-33 season and Gray 116 !in the 1930-31 season. During his : career, L. J. Ellis has ridden 451 winj JOCKEY SUSPENDED. ' After hearing evidence regarding the j mishap in the Henderson Handicap on the first day, when Chief Cook broke ! a leg and had to be destroyed, the > Juricial Committee decided that the | cause was Chief Cook’s* being crossed |by Hushing, ridden by L. Clifford, j Clifford was suspended for one month. The first mile of the New Zealand ! Derby occupied lmin 45sec. The last 1 half mile was run in 48 2-ssec. 1 FAST SEYEX FURLONGS. . Copyist, although only fifth in the Criterion Handicap, yesterday, was far from disgraced. He and Gaysome were the slowest to get going, and when they had gone a little way, he was absolutely last. He was in the middle of the field crossing the top, and was in the picture at the false rail, but could not manage the necessary extra effort. The seven furlongs was run in lmin 24 2-osec. The New Zealand record is i lmin 24sec by Finora at Riccarton, and ■ the Australian and New Zealand record , lmin 23^sec, by Turbine at Randwick. ! Gaysome, with 171 b less on her back : than Copyist, ran her best race of the season, her third being a meritorious : effort. Mobile put in a sterling finish, j Cranford, however, thoroughly deserved his win. He was largely responsible ‘ for the fast time, and he saw it right TO WHOM TFIE SPOILS. So far the Canterbury Jockey Club has distributed £5825 in stakes at the present meeting. Of this total. South ' Island horses have secured £3llO, and North Island horses have obtained £2375, with £l4O to the Aucklander H. Rama, whose horses have been at Riccarton for some time. Again excluding Rama, nine races have been won by southern horses and five by northerners. Riccarton has won £1690; Gisborne. £1215; Invercargill. £1015; Trentham, £480; Awapuni, £480: Oamaru, £260; Hastings, £200; Washdyke, £165; Riverton, £IOO, and Wingatui, £BO. ' WELCOME CHANT,E OF LUCK. With a record of nine minor placings and no wins this season, the luck of the stable presided over by Mrs J. Campbell was much in need of a change. Yintage broke the spell in the Fendalton Handicap. Last Thursday he and Cricket Bat, each, going alone, ran a , mile on the outside of the course proper jin lmin 41sec. Cricket Bat just lost | the Riccarton Handicap on Saturday, while Yintage, making his first appear- : ance at the meeting, won the Fendal- ! ton Handicap very attractively yesterdav. Yintage made his debut at Motuj ka’rara just over a year ago, running j third in the Okains Trial. At his next start he won the C.J.C. Seymour Han- | dicap. His most important success last ; season was gained in the Dunedin Cup. j To date he has run in 15 races for 7 ! wins, 2 seconds. 2 thirds. 3 times uni placed and £1232 in stakes. Steeton again led. but she was never much in • front of her nearest rivals, and closed up very abruptly when the straight was reached. She finished last. That un- ; lucky performer Silver Sight ran an unexpectedly good race, and Polvdora recovered her final run. but was too late. Passion Fruit shaped well. Davolo did fairly, but tired, and Signaller was running on. AWAITING SILYER COAT. Racegoers who were at Riccarton j yesterday but were not at the Dunedin spring meeting will be keen to see Silver Coat in action. Silver Sail, I who downed the hot favourite Symconv in the Irwell Handicap, could make no impression on Silver Coat in either the M’Lean Stakes or the Dominion Handicap. The going at Wingatui ! was very heavy. Whether a change to good going will help Silver Sail against the son of Pink Coat remains to be seen. Silver Sail ran the half-mile in 47 4-ssec yesterday—a really smart effort. Silver Coat is likely to be produced on Saturday. He is raced by his trainer, E. J. Ellis-. Reverting to the Irwell Handicap, it is worthy of note that 47 2-ssec is the Australian record for half a mile. Gloaming in 1921 recorded 45sec at Trentham, while Surveyor registered 45 3-ssec at Riccarton in 1918. Silver Sail cost, her owner-trainer, T. Hobbs, 140 guineas as a yearling. BOUGHT FOR AUSTRALIA. j The English stayer Within The Law, a five-year-old horse by Son-in-Law and winner of the Yorkshire Cup, has been sold for export to Australia. GORDON RICHARDS. Gordon Richards on September 24 had ridden 152 winners, 137 seconds ! and 88 thirds from 720 mounts this year. His percentage of winners was 21.12. F. Fox 90 wins, and W. Nevett 88 were the nearest to him on the list. On the same date, the total prize money won by horses trained by Frank Butters this year had reached £62,726 10s. RACIXO FIXTURES. November C, 5,7, 10—C.J.C. November 8, 10—Whangarei R.C. November 10—Hawke’s Bay J.C. November 17—Carterton R.C. November 17. 19—Waikato R.C. November 2 4—Levin R.C. November 24, 26—Takapuna J.C. Nov. SO, Dec. I—Feildinc J.C. Nov. 30, Dec. I—Winton J.C. December I—Ashburton C.R.C. December 6, B —Dargaville R.C. December 8, 10—Woodville D.J.C. December 15—Waioa R.C December 15—Hororata R.C.

HURRY ON BLOOD.

Successes Here and in Melbourne. SPORTING BLOOD'S PEDIGREE. Hurry On blood is much in evidence this week. Hunting Song, one of his sons, had four starters at Riccarton on Cup day and they were responsible for three wins and a second. YesterdaySporting Blood, by Hunting Song, won the Derby. At Flemington last Saturday, Bimella. by- the new sire Excitement, a son of Hurry On, won the Maribyrnong Plate. Hurry- On raced only as a three-year-old and was never beaten. He won the Beacon Maiden Plate at Lingfield, Statchworth Plate at Newmarket, Newbury Stakes, September Stakes (wartime St Leger), Newmarket St Leger, and the Jockey Club Cup, run at New- 1 market. He is by Marcovil (son of the Barcaldine horse Marco from Toute Suite by Sainfoin (son of Springfield). At the stud his progeny have included Coronach (Derby and £43,871), Captain Cuttle (Derby and £15,037), Call Boy (Derby), Town Guard, Roger Busli (sire of Rogilla), and The Wooden Horse (sire of Tom Pinch). HurryOn is standing this year at Lavington Park Stud, Petworth, Sussex, at 148 j guineas, with one guinea for the groom. He is limited to twentymares. Hunting Song has headed the New Zealand winning sires’ list in each of the last two seasons, but he has not been responsible for many- three-vear-old classic winners. Hunting Cry won the Great Northern Derby- in 1930. Biew Halloo the Avondale Guineas in 1931, and Sporting Blood has now added the New Zealand Derby- to the record. Bred by Owner. Sporting Blood carries the same colours as Hunting Cry, being owned by ’ Mr T. Fraser, jun., who is a sheepfarmer in the Bay district. He ; bred both horses, who are closely- re- | lated. Each of them claims Hunting Song as his sire. Their dams, who are f half-sisters, are not eligible for the New Zealand Stud Book, as their breeding j cannot be traced beyond a few- genera- ■ tions. Gazi, the dam of Sporting Blood, 1 is by Gazeley (son of Grey Leg) from | Cheddite. Natalite, the dam of Hunt- j ing Cry* is by’ Multifid (son of Multi- ; form) from Cheddite. This mare, Ched- ; dite, is by- Soult (son of St Simon) from Lyddite. From this point, the information seems to be in some doubt Mr M’lntosh, the trainer of Sporting Blood, thinks that Lyddite is by Tasman from Katie, by- Carbineer (son of Musket), while another story- credits her as by Derringer (also by- Musket) from Leisure Hour, a mare who is be- j lieved to have come here from Australia about fifty y-ears ago, but there are no records in existence to prove this or her breeding. It is a pity that the origin of the line is obscure, as the performances of Hunting Cry- and Sporting Blood leave little room for doubt that their ancestress was a thoroughbred. LATE RESULTS. Avondale Second Day. AVONDALE GUINEAS, of 300 sovs. , One mile. 1— Gay Blonde, 5.5 (Tinker) 1 I 2 Rerepai, S.lO (M’Kenzie) 2 j 3 Namakia, 5.5 (Kesing) « The only starters. Won by two lengths, with two and a half lengths between second and third. Time—lmin 41see. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of 200 soys. Six furlongs. • 2- Sinking Fund, 5.5 (M’Tavish) I 4 British Columbia, 8.3 (Goldfinch) 2 3- —Lady Kyra, 7.1 (Pine) 3 1-1 Rereatu 9.9 and 5-5 Tradesman 5.2 also started. NEW LYNN HANDICAP, of 120 sovs. One mile. 1- —Kelly, 7.13 (M’Tavish) ........ 1 3- —King Brierly, 8.0 (Wiggins) 2 2- —Nun Nicer, 7.11 (Pine) 6- First Lap $.13. 4-4 Bonny Gay 8.1, 10- Safari 8.1, 9-9 Ruling Kmg 7 10, 8-7 On Approval 7.9. 5-5 Aubretia 7.3, 11- Gold Musk 7.3 and 7-S Iving iut 7.2 also started. NTHOTAPU HANDICAP, of 175 sovs. Seven furlongs. 1- i—Gay Marigold, 8.5 (Goldfinch) .. 1 2- —King Mestor, 7.7 (Wiggins) .. 2 4- Arch Ruler, 7.3 (11. Gilmer) .. 3 7- Gay Broney 8.4.- 6-7 Whakapara 7.3, 3-2 Jalldy Karo 7.5 and 5-5 Isyciiologist 7.1 also started. C.J.C. Second Day. FENDALTON HANDICAP, one mOe and a quarter—4-4 Vintage, 8.6 (A. H. Eastwood) 1: 11-16 Silver Sight, 7.0, 2, o_2 Polydora, 8.11, 3. Scratched: Hazoor, Locksley. Half a length, neck. Time—2min 4sec. RANDOLPH HANDICAP, seven fur-longs—l-1 Rebel Chief, !>.3 (L. J. Ellis) t- 2-2 Top Rank, 5.3, 2; 3-4 Colossian, 8.5, 3. All started. Three lengths, neck. Time—lmin 26sec. EPSOM HANDICAP, one mile—4-4 . Red Boa, 8.12 (A. E. Ellis). 1: 1-1 Rebel Star. 8.11, 2; 3-3 Kemal Pasha, 7.13, o. Scratched: Emotion, Fair Weather. Half a length, same. Time—lmin 39sec. CENTENARY TROTTING CUP. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, November 5. The Ascot Centenary Trotting Cup resulted: Lord Raven 1, David Belmont 2, Joy’s John 3.

TROT RING-IN.

Sensational Case Occurs in France. DRIVER ALSO RUNG-IN. French racing circles were stirred recently by a sensational “ ringing-in ” j case in a trotting race. The Paris j newspapers made much of it and gave j it the heading, “ Mystery of Hallen- ; court.” A Paris correspondent of the Mel- i bourne “Circle” writes:—“Trotting ini this country holds as high a place in the sporting world as it should in Aus- I tralia and big money can be won with a good horse. By the way, we have no pacers here and all the horses are square-gaited. “At Enghien on August 16, a horse named ‘ Hallencourt ’ was entered in the name of Monsieur Andre Mary for the prix de Palais-Bourbon. It had no performances, but to the amazement of the spectators it won ‘ in an armchair’ as the French say. “ The horse was very heavily backed and gave the stewards such a surprise that they called for the winner only to find that it had left the course. Then they sought Monsieur Mary, who was supposed to have driven it. They discovered to their stirprise that Mary was a very fair man whereas the actual driver had been a man of dark complexion. Owner Confesses. 44 Mary broke down under crossexamination and this was his story. He had got a license a few days before the meeting, having bought 4 Hallencourt, ’ so he said, shortly before for 15,000 francs. The stewards apparently gave him the license under the impression that he was a well-known man of the same name. Mary donned the colours and went into the box where the horse was. There he handed them over to a man named Ramella, who drove the horse in the race. After the race the horse was taken back to its box, where Ramella handed back the colours to Mary, who admitted that during the race he had kept running around the box so as to present a breathless appearance in keeping with his notion of how a driver should look after a stirring contest. Police Activity. “ Then the fun started. Half the police force of Paris knocked oft' work on the Stavisky case to find out where ' Hallencourt ’ was, and what horse he really was. They soon got a tip as to where the horse could be found. Delighted at their easy success they were somewhat amazed when they later discovered that the horse they had been put on to was the real 4 Hallencourt ’ and not the ring-in. Further inquiries in the South of France led to the discovery of the latter down on the Riviera. The true name of the ring-in was Ecureuil the Fifth, and it now transpires that he has done duty not only for 4 Hallencourt.’ but on another occasion for a horse called 4 Hanoi.’ ” Satirical Comment. 44 Five men are already in gaol, but the man behind the scenes has not been found. The French newspapers have written the matter up with that complete disregard for the law of libel which makes Continental papers so interesting. The photograph of the horse is published, over the caption, 4 The most famous horse in France, whose renown has eclipsed that of Epinard or Flying Fox.’ “ The attention of the police has not failed to excite some satirical comment. For example, the papers point out that it has taken them considerably less time to find the ring-in than to discover the murderer of Monsieur Prince of Stavisky fame. Another journal points out that a 4 crook’ trotting driver is very much preferable to a 4 crook ’ financier.” TROTTING FIXTURES. November 6,8, 9—N.Z.M.T.C. November 22, 24—Forbury Park T.C. Nov. 30, Dec. I—Winton J.C. December I—Northland T.C. December I—Ashburton C.R.C. ; December 3, 3—Nelson T.C. December S—New Brighton T.C. December S —Te Aroha T.C.