Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 16

Topics of the Turf

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Ashburton County Racing Club will take yearling nominations on Monday for the John Grigg Stakes, to be run in September. *■ * * * Cuddle mav be sent to Australia for • her autumn racing. * ..i * 4c An Australian trip is in view by S. G. Ware, who has several two-vear-olds in his stable liable to be useful * * * * L. Clifford, who was suspended for two months at the Thames meeting, is taking the opportunity to visit his relations in Australia Clifford, whose term of apprenticeship has expired, is to return to the Dominion. * * * * Theatin is again in active work, after a spell. He showed some promising form in the spring, but A. M’Aulay considers it advisable not to overtax him. He may have a few races in the late autumn, and he should make a useful horse next season. WILL WIN AGATN. Lap Up, who scored his first win in a high-weight at Rotorua, has now confirmed the good opinion held of him by his trainer. W If; Patterson. The stable has been having a lean time , during the last few months, and the ; success was well received. Lap Up is of the robust- type and can be expected to improve and win in better company again soon. MAKING GOOD HEADWAY. Mungacre. who was recently operated on in Auckland lor respiratory trouble, is making good headway, and it will not be long before he is ready ; to commence work again. Mungacre displayed a fair amount of promise as a three-year-old last season, and if the operation proves successful Mr A. Swney should win further races with the Acre gelding. =>= * * * Gilpit, a five-vear-old gelding by Cockpit from a Sylvia Park mare, is the latest addition to the team of A. S. Ellis at Riccarton. He had three races early last season, when trained at Washdyke, by E. J. Ellis. A SMART HACK Since his double win among the hacks at the Ellerslie Christmas meeting. Matorni has had a fairlv easy time, i but has not been allowed to lose any condition, and will be in good order when produced at the Te Aroha meeting. The Paper Money gelding is not a good worker on the tracks unless kept right up to it His impressive performances at Ellerslie stamped him as one above the average, and better things can be expected of him. * * * * Negotiations have been in progress for the sale of Scratchmere Scar. If i the deal is completed, it is probable that he will do his future racing in Australia. ON THE IMPROVE. By registering a win in the Hot Springs Handicap and finishing second in the Electric Handicap at Rotorua. , Astarth gave ample evidence that she is on the improve. She won the first event very easily and was a shade unlucky on the second day, when she went under by a narrow margin. The halfsister to Ammon Ra has taken some time to become solid, and now that she has reached the winning list, more victories are likely to come her wav before the country meetings are over. ENGAGED IN HERRIES CUP. Latest reports from Te Awamutu state that Knight of Australia is training on satisfactorily at that centre and is showing plenty of speed in his work. This gelding claims an engagement in the Herries Memorial Cup. an event he ran third in at the corresponding meeting last He also dead-heated for first with King March in the President’s Handicap, one mile and a quarter, at the same meeting. If produced at his best for the Te Aroha meeting, the prospects of Knight of Australia cannot be overlooked, despite the fact that he has not had a race for some months. * * * * Pink Abbey, who has a nomination in the Motukarara Juvenile Stakes, is a two-year-old filly by Pink Coat from Some Abbey, the dam of Some Shamble. She is trained for Mr J. D. Bundy by J. B. Pearson. LEGAL ACTION. In a writ issued out of the Supreme Court. Sydney. Alexander Byers is claiming £2200 damages from the Queensland Turf Club on the grounds of alleged assault and defamation, following his alleged exclusion from the Ascot (Brisbane) racecourse. In the Supreme Court Mr Justice Webb granted an application to have C. A. Morris, barrister-at-law and chairman of the Queensland Turf Club, appointed to be sued on behalf of himself and other members of the Queensland Turf Club. A HARDY VETERAN. Black Duke started in his 190th race on Thursday, when he won the Warrington Hurdles. His record now stands at 42 wins, 24 seconds, 21 thirds and unplaced 103 times. His stake winnings total £7976. CHATHAM’S FINE RECORD. When Chatham displayed unsoundness after contesting the Melbourne Stakes last November, fears were expressed that he w’ould not again grace the turf, and it is now definitely stated that he is not to be further raced. He will be offered for sale as a stallion at Easter. Chatham’s record is studded with many brilliant exploits, his victories in the Epsom Handicap at four and five years old. carrying 9.10 on the second occasion, giving him a place among the greatest milers that have raced in Australia. He was something more than a miler. for he won the Craven Plate, one and a quarter miles, in three successive years, and. as he defeated Rogilla and Peter Pan in that race last year, his performance carried the full stamp of excellence. During his career he contested forty five races and his placed record stands as follows: Twenty-four wins, seven seconds and one third. Chatham was included among the first batch of yearlings sired by Windbag, and he was bought by Mr A. E. Blair, of Sydney. for 650 guineas. His winnings in prize money amount to £18,245 15s.

The Peninsula Cup will be the first race Variant has had beyond a sprint course since she won the New Zealand Oaks. MOTUKARARA. The Banks Peninsula Racing Club has received an excellent list of nominations for the meeting to be held at ■ Motukarara in a fortnight. The total for eight races is 154, compared with : 152 last year. All the events have filled well, giving promise of a succession of good fields. The class is very satisfactory, the fifteen horses in the Peninsula Cup including excellent material. Motukarara is very popular with the public, and the meeting should be a success. BY A NEW SIRE. Afte~ Buzzard King had won two races at Brisbane recently, his owner, Mr P. J. O’Shea, refused a four-figure offer for him, and it is now learned that I Mr O’Shea contemplates tackling SydI n y company with the colt later on, probably in the spring. Buzzard King is the first of the The Buzzard stock to win in Australia. He is out of Molly’s Robe, dam of Mollison, which probably explains why he has come to hand more quickly than the other young- ! sters by The Buzzard. He cost 450 guineas as a yearling, and topped the Brisbane sal s in 1934. In both the juvenile events he won he finished with plenty of determination. He is in the Australian Jockey Club’s Derby, and, all going well, may tackle that classic next spring. £67 000 ronp THAT MTSSED, Mr William Keogh, who died in Sydney recently, raced a good many horses in his time. He owned Erasmus in partnership with Mr Ned Moss." The partners backed this horse, then a three-year-old, for £27,000 early in the i betting on the Melbourne Cup of 1920 'at very long prices. Erasmus was a stable-mate of Poitrel both being trained by H. Robinson at Randwick ihe Messrs W. and F. Moses owned Poitrel. Erasmus had 7.0 in the cup and Poitrel 10.0. Three days before the cup Erasmus failed to finish in the , first eight in the Victorian Derby, but j his trainer was still convinced that under the lighter weight in the cup > would prove a thorough who might 1 and the great prize. He report|ed that on the track he and Poitrel ! were so nearly equal that he could not divide them. Poitrel then was favourite for the cup, while Erasmus stood at a very long odds. The owners of Erasmus backed up for another £40,000. Erasmus looked to have the race won when he entered the straight but that mighty stayer Poitrel wore j him down and beat him by half a I length. ■ MEMORIES OF MERMAN. i In the course of some memories of French raids on the Ascot Gold Cup the London writer, Warren Hill, I says;—“A tremendous amount of j money came across the water, and was i left here, when the late M. Caillault’s Perth, winner of their Derby and Grand Prix, challenged for the Ascot • Cup of 1900. i “ Perth stood towards French racing 1 of that period as does Brantome to that of the present, and long odds were laid on him at Ascot, yet he was ’ handsomely beaten by the veteren ’ Merman.” Merman was an Australian horse who was raced in England by Lady de j Bathe (Lillie Langtry, the “Jersey Lily”). In Australia, he won five races including the Williamstown Cup In England he was successful in the Ascot Gold Cup, the Goodwood Stakes, i Goodwood Cup, Cesarewitch Stakes, • and the Jockey Club Cup. a great rel cord for a horse who did not reach England until he was nearly a fivei year-old. He was a son of the unbeat- : en Grand Flaneur.

ACCEPTANCES. Tolaga Bay Jockey Club. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, February 15. Following are acceptances for the Tolaga Bay Jockey Club’s meeting:— WAIHAUI HACK HANDICAP, of 40

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sovs. Seven furlongs. Purse 10 0 Fortene 8 13 Gold Stitch 9 10 Bothwell 8 13 Foreign Collision 8 7 Money 9 8 Wolsey 8 3 Memmon 9 6 Prince Henry 8 0 HAUITI DISTRICT HANDICAP, of 25 sovs. Five furlongs. Summerhill 9 0 The Brusher 8 7 Malapert 8 12 Peggy Defoe 8 7 Cynic—Heav- Okawa 8 7 enly Dream g 8 10 Audica 8 7 Patient' Ballyculane 8 7 Prince 8 10 Wharua 8 7 Red Gold 8 10 Takurua 8 7 MAIDEN SCURRY, of 35 sovs; w eight 8.0; six furlongs—Victor Colima, -lunting Lass. Whimper, Bonnie Song, Double Ace, Unexpected, Lockfast. UAWA STAKES, of 50 sovs. One m ile and a quarter. Sunny Sky 9 0 Big Dook Sunny Song 8 10 Gold Stitch 8 3 7 12 Kahunoke 8 9 Bothwell 7 6 WHAREKAKA HACK HANDICAP, of 35 sovs. Six furlongs. Purse 9 0 Prince Henry 7 0 Quake 8 10 Valadore 7 0 Fortene 8 2 Flying Unexpected 7 7 Mimic 7 0 Wolsey 7 4 DISTRICT HANDICAP, of 35 ’S. Seven furlongs. Summerhill 9 0 The Brusher 8 7 Malapert 8 12 Takurua 8 7 Cynic—Heav- Peggy Defoe 8 7 enly Dream g 8 10 Okawa 8 7 Patient Ballyculane 8 7 Prince 8 10 Wharua 8 7 Red Gold 8 10 Audica 8 7 FAREWELL HANDICAP, of 40 vs. Six furlongs. Good Foreign Hunting 9 5 Money 8 3 Sunny Sky 9 4 Hunting Day 8 3 Big Dook 8 10 Quake 7 0 Flying Mimic 7 0