Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20556, 6 March 1935, Page 12

Topics of the Turf

AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE

for the Manawatu Racing Club’s meeting on March 22 and 23 close on Friday, at 8 p.m. * * * * Acceptances for the first day of the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting close at 8 p.m. on Monday. Forfeit for the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes is due before 8 p.m. on Friday. * 4e * * Copey has resumed track work at Hawera and is reported to be looking in great fettle. MAIDEN WINNER. __ Contact, surprise winner of the Maiden Scurry at Napier Park on Saturday. had raced only once previously. That was an unplaced run at Hastings last winter. In reports of the meeting, his name appeared erroneously as Contract, who is a different horse. Contract is a three-year-old son of Tea Tray and the Boniform mare Gardenia. Contact is a four-year-old chestnut gelding bv Cockpit from Tractrix by Tractor. The latter is trained by his owner. Mr K. Gillies, of Waimarama, on the East Coast. GAME FILLY. Whatever doubt there was about the of Limyris (Limond—Pomyris) to run a middle distance was dispelled by her fine effort in the February Handicap, says a writer in the “ Australasian.” Stay-at-homes and time-believers may be led astray by the time, 2min losec, that it took Love Song to defeat the Limond filly by half a length. It was a heavy cut-up track that made the race a trying one to the three-year-old filly, who was giving away a year and 21b to the eventual winner. In addition, Limyris made all the running and had fairly settled Regal Son at the distance. Then Love- Song, who had been ridden a clever race by Hickey, came with a great run. It was a tough battle, which, although ending in defeat, proved Limyris to be a good and game filly. PASSION FRUIT’S SISTER. _____ Passion Flower, winner of the Sapling Stakes at Napier Park last Saturday, is a three-year-old full-sister to Passion Fruit, and she carries the same colours, those of Mr O. Nelson. The race was for two and three-year-olds, not for two-year-olds only, and the winner was one of the older section. Last season she was once successful in her four starts, scoring at Napier Park in the spring, when she was also ridden by P. Atkins, who handled her on Saturday. Previously this season she had started four more times, her best effort being a second to Quake at Hastings at the New Year. Her dam, Los Vegas, was one of the Flaxmere mares, and at the dispersal of that stud, when with foal at foot to Lord Ouex (subsequently named Passion Fruit) and served by Lord Quex, she was offered for sale, but was withdrawn at 210 guineas, afterwards being acquired privately by Mr Nelson. FIRST WINNER BY VAALS. Tonnerre. winner of the Tuakau Stakes at Pukekohe on Saturday, is the first of the stock of the Valais horse Yaals to win. A two-year-old gelding, he is trained by his owner, A. Rowan, of Tj. Awamutu, and is a half-brother to Lia Fail. NEW SIRE FOR N.Z. Another English sire is on his way to New Zealand, the five-year-old horse Foxbridge having been purchased by Mr L. S. Otway for his Trelawney stud at Cambridge. He will reach the Dominion next month. Foxbridge is by the Son-in-Law horse Foxlaw from Bridgemount by Bridge of Earn from Mountain Mint by Spearmint from Adula, sister of Pretty Polly and half-sister to Vene.ation IT, dam of Craganour. Cresta Run, a halfsister by Hurry On to Foxbridge, won the One Thousand Guineas in 1927. Foxbridge. himself, won the Atlantic Cup, of £2500. one mile and a half, at Liverpool and finished third in the Eclipse Stakes. * * * * Mr J. A. Phillips has placed Gaine Carrington in the hands of the Melbourne firm. Mackinnon and Cox Pty., Ltd., for private sale. LEADING SIRES. The “Australasian Turf Register” statistics for the first half of the current racing season show that the leading sires are Limond £16.591. Pantheon £15.773. Heroic £12.318, Treclare £9089 ■ and Windbag £SO44. CHERRY KTNO INU RED The Wanganui “Chronicle” states:— j “ While being ridden to the Marton racecourse on Friday morning. Mr M. Shaw’s Cherry King fell on the metalled road, seriously injuring both knees. The injuries received will probablv end his racing career. A trip to Australia had been contemplated. Cherry King being booked for a passage on the Wanganella on March 5. STILL IN THE MONEY. That hardy veteran. Second Wind, finished second with 9.0 to Peter Perry 7.7 in the Riverdale Handicap, one mile and a quarter, at Goodwood (W.A.) on February 23., He is rising ten years. ABOUT SYNAGOGUE. Synagogue’s programme for the rrst of the autumn carnival is indefinite, said the horse’s owner, Mr J. A. Phillips, in Melbourne on February 24. He did not wish to race the colt too much this season, and intends to give him no more than two runs before he begins his winter spell. In discussing the Futurity Stakes. Mr Phillips paid a tribute to his trainer. C. T. Godbv. for the manner in which Synagogue has improved since he came to Victoria. He said that when Synagogue first arrived in Australia he was very light and drawn, but that in recent weeks, despite his work, he has filled out to a remarkable extent. Mr Phillips considers that Synagogue as a four-year-old may be a really great horse, so he does not wish to take any risks with him. Synagogue has peculiarities all his own, and he has to be humoured. For instance, he cannot be riddin with spurs, and his owner and trainer consider now that they will not be able to allow any jockey to carry a whip an him, for when his rider (J. Pratt) applied the whip on Saturday Synagogue swerved away from it and attempted to savage Heros.

At a meeting of the Canterbury District Committee, which was held yesterday, the following programmes were adopted: Waimate Racing Club, April 4; South Canterbury Jockey Club, April 6; Canterbury Jockey Club, April 22 and 23. * * * * Licenses were recommended as follows: Trainers, H. Turner and F. M. Mahoney; jockeys, M. J. Wadley (on expiration of apprenticeship) and T. P. Mackey. * AMBERLEY DATE. The Amberley Racing Club has been granted a permit to race on Saturday, May 11. The committee of the club has under consideration the advisability of racing on May 6, which i.-J a public holiday and the New Zealand Racing Conference will be asked to sanction the change of date. HAVE TUMPED AINTREE. Of the sixty entries for the Grand National Steeplechase to be run at Aintree on March 30, only four have won over the full course and distance. There are Golden Miller and Forbra, previous winners of the race, and Moorland and Ballybrack. Forbra has been fatally injured since the entries were taken. Eleven others have been successful over part of the course—Coup de Chapeau, Thrumster, Noiseau, Prince Madoc and Kakushin (over two miles seven and a half furlongs), Ballybrack and Alpine Hut (two mi l es. six furlongs), and Thomond II (thrice), Kakushin (twice). Southern Hue, Double Crossed and Castle Irwell over lesser distances. Kakushin has also been four times placed in ’chases at Aintree. His only fall there was in the 1931 Grand National. Kiltoi, Delaneige and Uncle Batt have also done well over the course. It is in their favour that they have never fallen there. This has not been a lucky course for De* laneige. He ran second to Destiny Bay in the 1932 Grand Sefton, and was runner-up to Prince Madoc for that race last year. A “ National ” second to Golden Miller and fourth to Kellsboro’ Jack completes his Aintree experiences. Those who have completed the full course include Near East, Uncle Batt, Southern Hero, Master Grange and Trocadero. The National course is 4 miles 856 yards, and is used only twice in twelve months, the Liverpool Foxhunters’ Steeplechase being the only race run over the two circuits. RACING FIXTURES. March 8, 9—Cromwell J.C. March 9—Napier Park R.C. March 9, 11—Waikato R.C. March 16—Clifden R.C. March 16, 18—Ohinemuri J.C. March 3 6, 18—Wellington R.C. March 20—Opotiki J.C. March 21, 23—Oamaru J.C. March 22, 23 Manawatu R.C, March 23, 25—Bay of Plenty J.C. March 30—Hawke’s Bay J.C. March 30—Birchwood H.C. TROTTING FIXTURES. March 8, 9—Cromwell J.C. March 9—Timaru T.C. March 13—Wyndham T.C. March 16—Cheviot T.C. March 23—Wairarapa T.C. March 23—Roxburgh T.C. March 23—Auckland T.C. March 16—Clifden R.C. March 21, 23—Oamaru J.C.

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Changes in Riccarton Programme. The committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club, at its meeting yesterday, considered the programme for the autumn meeting. The report of the Programme Committee was adopted as follows:—-

The Kildare and Peerswick Brush Steeplechase Handicaps to be named the Kildare and Peerswick Brush Hurdles Handicaps. Transpose the Papanui and the Courtenay Handicaps. Increase the distance of the Papanui and Gimcrack Handicaps from six to seven furlongs. Reduce the distance of the Courtenay Handicap from seven to six furlongs, and add “ for horses that, at time of ! starting, have never won a race of 50 j sovs to the winner.” Reduce the distance of the Yald- : hurst Handicap from one mile to six | furlongs, and add “ for horses that, at ; time of starting, have never won a | race of 50 sovs to the winner.” Increase the distance of the Addingj ton Handicap from one mile to nine furlongs. Reduce the distance of the Templeton Handicap from seven to six furlongs. Special Conditions. In accordance with the resolution already passed by the committee, all hack races on the programme, with the exception of the Addington Handicap, will be deleted, and the races .will be run under the following special conditions: “ For horses that at time of nomination have never won a flat race of the value of 200 sovs to the winner, or flat races of the aggregate value of 400 sovs to the winner.” EASY TOBACCO CURING METHOD. Grow your own tobacco leaf and cure it to perfection with Cameron Smith’s Special Curing Mixture—2s 6d bottle, 8d extra when posted. Makes a mellow, cool, sweet blend, either for pipe or cigarette. Each bottle sold with instructions and is sufficient to cure from 4 to 51b of leaf. E. Cameron Smith. Ltd., Chemists, Cathedral Square. X

First Day. 1934. 1935 £ f Kildare Brush Hurdles 160 160 C hampagne Stakes 300 400 Autumn Plate 200 200 Russley Plate 160 160 Great Easter Handicap 600 600 Courtenay Handicap ... 200 160 Sockburn Handicap 250 250 Papanui Handicap 160 160 Total 2030 2090 Second Day. Peerswick Brush Hurdles 160 160 Autumn Nursery ....... 200 200 Yaldhurst Handicap 200 160 Addington Handicap 160 200 Great Autumn Handicap 600 600 Gimcrack Handicap .... 160 160 Challenge Stakes 300 400 Templeton Handicap ... 250 2.50 Total 2030 2130 Alterations.