THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19033, 10 June 1924, Page 6

THE TURF

TURF FIXTURES June 7, 9.—Australian J.C. June 25, 26—Hawke’s Bay J.C. June 20. 21—Napier Park R.C. June 21—Brackenfield Hunt Club. June 28—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 2—Dannevirke Hunt Club. July 9, 12—Wellington R.C. July 19—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 24—Waimate District Hunt Club. July 24, 26—Gisborne R.C.

THE AUCKLAND MEETING SCRATCHINGS FOR WEDNESDAY. (Per Press Assrciation.) AUCKLAND, June 9. Savoury was scratched for the Orakei Hurdles at 10.15 a.m. Cold Steel, Savoury, Rehutai and Lochson proceed by steamer to New Plymouth to-day. Alaric and Santonio were sent home by express last night. AUSTRALIAN RACING A.J.C. WINTER MEETING. STEEPLES TO CHRYSOSTOM. Received June 9, 8.50 p.m. SYDNEY, June 9. There was dull, cold weather for the Rand wick races to-day. The going good. Results; — Second Hurdle Race. —Quiniro 1, Poulaphonca 2, Yandarla 3. Eight start ed. Quiniro led all the way and won by four lengths. Time, 3.41. A.J.C. Steeplechase—Chrysostom, 11.9 (Gray), 1; Carawock, 10.12 (Wormaid), 2; Palbi, 11.5 (Moon), 3. Ten started. Chrysostom and Carawock led over the first jump, where Les Paddington lost his rider. Chrysostom soon established a good lead from Carawock and Grand Urchin. Later Carawock again joined the leader and Palbi displaced Grand Urchin. A faulty jump by Carawock gave Chrysostom a two lengths’ lead over the last hurdle, and, going on, Chrysostom won easily by four lengths. The time (6.241) is a course record. Exeter Handicap.—Farceur 1, Wild Goose 2, Elkin 3. Fourteen starters. Won by a head. Time, 1.385.

NOTES AND COMMENTS Somme Kiss, sire of Mr. V. Riddiford’s filly Piquant, is a half-brother to the Oaks winners, Straitlace, being by Sunstar out of Stolen Kiss. R. Hatch had a very successful trip to Dunedin with Kipling. He dead heated in his engagement the first day and won each of the other two days. The class may not have been overstrong, says a sporting writer, but he had a fair sort in Palencia behind him on Saturday. Kipling, who is an eight-year-old by Demosthenes out of Gossip, is closely related to Bobrikoff and Tete-a-Tete, and appears to be improving.

The dates for the winter meeting of the Wellington Racing Club are July 9 and 12, but there is a reasonable prospect of a third day. Negotiations are in progress which may result in the extension, and in the meantime the programme is being held in abeyance. The permit for the extra day will most likely be that of the Dannevirke Hunt Club, which the Dannevirke Racing Club were unable to accept under the condition attached.

No hurdle company will be too good for Le Forte as soon as he learns to jump cleanly and fast at every obstacle, is an opinion expressed by a southern writer. Pror to Captain Sarto’s win in the leading hurdle event of the season in Otago, he was priced by a wouldbe Dunedin owner at something like £BOO, says a southern writer. The prospective buyer hesitated to take the plunge, although strongly ad vised to do so, and thus lost a bright opportunity of getting a promising jumper practically for nothing as matters eventuated.

The following are the entries for the Napier Steeplechase Handicap, about three miles. —Buckeye, First Line, Zeus, Passin’ Through, Ranui, Hahura, Dick, Kiping, Te Mairq Guanaco, Gang Awa, Birka, San Forte, Polthogue, Peneton.

The nomination of San Forte for the Napier Steeplechase would make it appear as if reported breakdown is not of a very serious nature, remarks a Wellington scribe.

Some smart work was recorded in connection with securing a film of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, and the result is said to be the best thing of its kind that has yet been thrown on the screen. In order to obtain a complete record of the race the services of forty-five camera-men were utilised, stationed at different parts of the course, with the result that 5000 ft. of film was used. The picture, after being edited, runs to 1500 ft. of film, and occupies twenty-five rtinutes in showing. Although the race did not start till 3.8 p.m., Pathe’s organisation is so complete that with the assistance of motor-cars and an aeroplane the negative was in their London studio by 6.10 p.m. Here the efforts of a staff of twenty who were engaged in developing, editing and printing, enabled the film to be exhibited at noon at the Tivoli Theatre on the following day. The result is a real history of the race, and the various scenes depicted enable those who were not present to experience some of the thrills. Particularly good are the pictures of Becher’s and Valentine’s Brooks and the Canal Turn. So many conflicting reports of what happened to the favourite have been circulated that this film is of real value, if only for the fact that it removes all doubt. Conjuror 11. was not struck into or even hampered by a loose horse, there being none in his vicinity. He clears the fence, but seems to over-reach, and

on landing turns completely over and rolls on his jockey, and the slow picture demonstrates how narrowly Mr. H. A. Brown escapes serious injury. No English owner has secured so many classic racing successes as the Earl of Rosebery, whose filly Plack won the One Thousand Guineas at Newmarket. As far back as 1897 Lord Rosebery won the One Thousand with Chelandry, who is the great-dam of Australia’s great colt Heroic, and great-dam of Affectation, Gold Light and Razzle Dazzle. Lord Rosebery also captured the One Thousand with Vandalise. He has won the English Derby on three occasions, with Ladas, Sir Visto, and Cicero. When Ladas was successful Lord Rosebery was Prime Minister of Great Britain. He won the Two Thousand Guineas with Ladas and Neil Gow, and the Oaks with Binnie Jean (in 1883). In the nineties Lord Rosebery won £70,000 in stakes in four seasons. He is now 77 years of age. Richard Cecil Dawson, who trained the Aga Khan’s colt Diophon for his victory in the Two Thousand Guineas, is one of the best known English trainers. Now 58 years old, he has owned and trained horses for 42 years* Last season horses from Dawson’s stable won 36 races and £48,239 in stakes. In 1922 his representatives appropriated £36,043. As far back as 1898 he trained Mr. C. G. Adam’s gelding Drogheda for his celebrated victory in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. He won the Derby and Oaks in 1916 with Mr. E. Hulton’s filly Filfinella, and also won the Oaks in 1923 with Brownhyda. Dawson trains a team of 51 horses at Whatcombe. His patrons include His Highness the Aga Khan, Vicomte G. de Tontarce, Lord Carnarvon and Lord Furness. Dawson trains Mumtaz Mahal.

Through racing at Trentham the Levin Club set its financial house m order. Speaking at the annual meeting of the club Mr. C. V. Day endorsed the wisdom of the policy of going to Trentham. The club now had in hand £lOOO from the Trentham meeting and £5OO of Mardi Gras funds. Of this £750 had been allocated for improvements to the course and a further sum of £750 had been set aside for the redemption of debentures. To this latter amount the A. and P. Association had added £250, and the debenture holders had been circularised offering 50 per cent, of the face value in cash for the debentures. Up to date £450 worth of debentures had been redeemed, so that there still was a lot of money to be disposed of in this way. It was the intention to shortly start a personal canvass of debenture hoi ders, which should produce good results. As had been stated by the president, taxation was a big thing, and on top of this the club was carrying a heavy load in its liability on its property. Although they did not race in Levin last year they still had to pay £250 in interest, and until the course was free the drain on the club’s finances was a serious problem. This was the first charge on the club’s finances, and only after this should they make any attempt to attend to anything else.