THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19346, 27 June 1925, Page 6

THE TURF

FIXTURES June 26. 27—Ashburton County R.C. June 27—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 7. 9. 11—Wellington R.C. July 18 South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 23—Waimatc District Hunt Club. July 23. 25--Gisborne R.C. Aux. I—Christchurch Hunt . Aug. 1 --Poverty Bay Hunt. Aug. 11. 13, 15—Canterbury J.C. Aug. 15—Pakuranga Hunt. Aug. 29—North Taranaki Hunt. Sept. 2, 3—Marton J.C. Sept. Otago Hunt. Sept. s—Manawatu Hunt. Sept. 10, 12—Wanganui J.C. Sept. 16—Dannevirke R.C . Sept. 17.—Dannevirke Hunt. Sept. 18, 19—Ashburton County R.C. Sept. 24, 25 -Geraldine R.C. Sept. 25, 26 Otaki Maori R.C. Sept. 26—Napier Park R.C. Sept. 26, 28—Avondale J.C. OTHER WANGANUI DISTRICT MEETINGS Oct 24—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt. Oct. 26—Waverley R.C. Nov. 18 —Ashhurst. Nov. 28, 30—Xcilding J.C. Dec. 26. 28, 29— Manawatu R.C. Jan. 1 2—Marton J.C. Feb. 3. 4—Egmont R.C. Feb. 11, 13—Taranaki J.C. Feb. 18. 20—Wanganui J.C. March 24, 2.s—Manawatu R.C. March 24, 25—Rangitikei R.C. March 27—-Waverley R.C. April 3, s—Feilding J.C. May 13, 15-—Egmont R.C. May 20, 22—Wanganui J.C. THE ASHBURTON MEETING (Per Press Association. 1 ASHBURTON. J tl m l'6. The Ashburton County Racing ('lnb’s Winter meeting opened to-day in ideal weather. There was a good attenffTTnco and the track svas in excellent order. The tote handled £9,948, against £lO,071 last year. Results: First Hurdles. —1 En Route 1. 3 Tonterfield 2,2 Paddy’s Hope 3. Also. —I Nautical. 5 North Inch. AVon easily bv two lengths: three lengths. Time 2.53. Novice Plate.—l Chickwheat 1,2 Solway 2, 4 A’olant -1. Also.—3 Solfello, 8 Bebeform, 11 Guy. 6 Bonnie Waif. 9 Wharncliffe. 5 Fairy Tidings. 7 Grow bird, 10 Jarreture. Length: three lengths. Time 1.16 4-5. Hack Steeplechase.— 1 Windermere 1, 5 Swimiassa 2, 4 Blue Streak 3. Also; 6 Lord Ashlea, 3 Red Sol, 2 Cashman, 7 Mainspring, 7 Apex. The race was a chapter of accidents, only the placed horses finishing. No one was hurt. Three lengths; six lengths. Time 4.13. Selma Trot.—2 Cardinal Logan 1, 15 Honour Bright 2. 1 Four Bells. Length and a-half: length. Time 3.35 2-5. Ashburton Handicap.—3 The Cheat 1. Jubilant 2. 5 Kilbirnio 3. Also: 2 Los Ambus, 4 Perino. Short length; two lengths. Time 1.44. Longbeach Handicap.—3 Kukume 1. 1 Kaikahu 2, 4 Ophir 3. Also: 7 Captain Sarto, 5 Adopted, 6 AVinkie’s Rebel, 2 His Majesty. Length; short: head. Time 2.13.

Th or ml on Handicap.—2 Lava 1, 6 Dancing Days 2, 1 Clontarf 3. Also: 9 ATythology, 10 Clareina, 3 Solferitc. 4 Gold Brick, 5 Goldtown, 7 Quality, 8 Flaming-Ray. Three lengths; Ono and a-half lengths. Time .1.1 3-5.

ACCEPTANCES FOB TO-DAY (Pur Press Association.) ASHBURTON, June 26. Second Hurdles. —Red Kriss 10.6. Tenterfield 10.4, Nautical 9.10, Kaikahu 9.5. Winchmore Hack. —Olympia. 9.7, Solfe.llo 9.6. Sarty 9.4. Fairy Tidings 9.3, Gay Bobbie 9.0, AVaif 9.6. Elba 9.0. Winter Steeples.—Kipling 11.12. Charlatan 11.4. Windermere 10.11, Cashman 9.9, Aurore 9.5, Red Sol 9.5, Mainspring 9.0. County Handicap.—Castellan 9.7, Ferine 9.5. Solferite 9.4, Kilbirnio 9.4. Coch-v-Bondhu 9.2, Quality 9.0, Ophir 9.0. Aforeton Hack Handicap.—Uleaborg 10.8, Gold Brick 10.7, Gay Life 9.11, Solway 9.9, Flaming Ray 9.7. Adopted 9.2, His Majesty 9.0, Loch Weir 9.0. Wakaui Handicap.—Clontarf 10.8. Los Ambus 10.6, Dancing Days 9.12. Mythology 9.12, Clareina 9.11. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By “Early Bird.’’) The .Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club meet ing is to be held at Hastings to-day. Lady C’oniet ami Woden may be the best of those engaged in the Hunters’ Hurdles. General Carrington from all reports should have beaten Alany Colours at Napier last week, and on that showing will account for Good Mark in the Aplcy Hurdles. Master Beckwith has apparently been kept in reserve for the Hack Scurry, and w-ith Olympic (a very easy winner on Thursday) will carry most of the money. Tari meets Tuahine and Koodoo on very much better terms in the Kawera Handicap, and may reverse positions with this pair. Of the twelve left in the Hunt Cup, the topweight, Kovno, has only to stand up to be hard to dispose of, although the fact must not be lost sight

of that he has fallen at his last three starts. Luke, on his second on Thursday, and Kaika (A. McDonald) may be the best of them all.

Alabama is at the top of the handicaps in the Horonui Hack, which bears a rather open appearance. Jubilee and Martona will probably be in close attendance on Alabama throughout the race.

The Soutra Hunters’ Flat is for the amateur riders, and there will surely be some rough riding with fourteen left in. Lady Comet has perhaps the best credentials, but if Mr J. Morris has the leg-up on Projector he may finish in front of her ladyship. The Ashburton meeting is to con elude to-day. Yesterday the winners were mostly at short prices. En Route, Windermere, and Chickwheat being at odils-on. The surprise was rhe price returned by 'The Cheat in a five-horse field, and his stable companion, Lava, won the second leg.

I After the Hastings Hack Handicap on Wednesday Polyphemus was sold for 400 guineas to Mr A. McDonald. Heavy rain fell at Hastings all night on Wednesday, and the track for Thursday’s racing was decidedly on the heavy side. As neither Trespass nor Vagabond can act in mud, W. Hawthorne took them back to Masterton, and did not wait for the second day’s racing at Hastings. They are to be taken to Trentham, but will not be started unless the going is firm. Gloaming was to sail from WellingI Ton for Sydney by the Ulimaroa yes--1 terday. When Gloaming completes this trip to Sydney he will have the unique record of having made the voyage best ween Wellington and Sydney on eight occasions, and as he also made tin* journey bark to New Zealand from Australia a like number of times he can be appropriately referred to as the most extensive sea traveller that has been associated with the turf in the Southern Hemisphere. Her trainer has decided that Eerie has had enough racing for the present, and she was railed back to Hawera on Thursday. She is to be a runner at Trentham, and if she keeps right will be sent south for the National in August. Eerie has more pace than the average steeplechaser, ami jumps well, but she has an unsightly looking hock, and her i trainer has had a lot of trouble in endeavouring to keep her sound. Other than the three races she has had she has done no galloping, and very little work of any other kind.

In this country a postponement of a football match so that it will not <dash with races is never heard of, but the Rugby authorities in Sydney decided to put the third Test forward a day so as not to clash with the pony races.

Avonlea, a. four-year-old mare by Absurd —Holyrood, has been sold by Mr W. R. Kcinball and she will go into G. Price’s stable at Randwick. Her (dder brother, Absurduin, is racing in Sydney, whore he has done well as a sprinter.

The Finland gelding. Moorland, who has finished his racing until the spring, has well earned his short spell. He haa been racing since the beginning of the season and has been in the money fifteen times —seven firsts, five seconds and three thirds, earning £1453 10s in stakes. P. V. Mason has a number of horses in work at present, including the two-year-olds, Chignon, Nincompoop, Dormez (Sutala —Yawn), Goldspear (Greyspear—Sunglow) and Coupon (Paper Money—Ambuscade), but they are being confined to light tasks, as they will not be required for racing until the spring. The Australian-bred hurdler, Lord Nagar. by Lochnagar—Gladys May, who has been out of action for some time past, is now trained by J. Malone at Timaru. He has been qualified as a hunter, and is reported to be a good jumper over big country. Should the well-performed Aussie batten-racer reproduce anything like his best form, there will be some breathless hunters behind him when he competes in public, comments “Sir Modred” in the Southland Times.

Some curiosity w'as expressed in the south when it was announced some time ago that Stewart Waddell had purchased a yearling in Sydney on behalf of Mr. W. T. Hazlett. Ail doubts have been set at rest, as the list of entries for the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes shows that the rising two-year-old geld ing is to race in the joint interests of Messrs H. Hassall and S. Waddell las a son of that good horse, Cetin go, from Dolaura.

Commendation, the coming two-year-old half-brother by Limond to Humbug and EpiUaph, who. a short time back, was purchased from his breeder, Mr. G. Al. Currie, of Wanganui, by Air. W. H Gaisford, was giv.en a spin over the track at Napier Park during the meeting held there. He is one of the pupils of J. O. E. Jones, 'and is a stylish looking gelding of good size and conformation, and moved pleasingly. Another juvenile who was given a spurt and who came out of the try out in good style, was Inner Harbour, the rising two-year-old son of Absurd land Birkelot, bred and owned by Air. Frank Ormond.

It is decidedly interesting to hoar from the Victorian jockey, Frank Dempsey, after he has ridden in 70 races in England expressing the opinion that English horses are more ungenerous land, therefore, harder to ride than Australian (comments a Sydney writer) Perhaps his experience has been an unusually Ikird one, because, as he quickly gained some successes - in England on outsiders, it is quite likely that he has been pressed into service to try his skill on notoriously ungenerous anima|s. The disinclination of so many English horses to try has often been discussed, and good judges have expressed the opinion that one reason is that the large number of rtices down the straight puts a strain on the horses that gives'them a disinclination for the game. Australians have hhd many bitter experiences with Worses that have been imported from England and raced. They have given evidences of their ability to go fast, but with the colours up have resolutely refused to try, land even if they would try one day would decline to do so the next. Two notorious cases in point which have arisen recently are Golden Knight and Friarsdale. Only three months since the latter wlas strongly fancied in the Futurity Stakes, but he failed in that and several events since. Then on Saturday last he actually won a maiden plate in Adelaide; but, started again in the last l rta.ee of the afternoon, lie decided to

take not interest in it and finished nearly last; then on Monday he won again. How can the public follow a horse like that ? Golden Knight has been a Fare puzzle to punters. One day in 71 arch he unexpectedly boat Mountain Song at Rosehill, apparently without an effort, but though ho has displayed plenty of pace since early in his rtices he has dropped the bit. stuck in his toes and declined to trouble in the run home. Such horses as these suggest that English dealers have disposed of some “gold bricks” to Australian buyers who are hired by the blood lines of horses combined with low prices. Cnrawock (9.9) was omitted from the telegraphed list of handicaps for the Winter Hurdles at the Trentham meeting.- Press Assn.

HAWKE’S BAY HUNT CLUB TO-DAY'S ACCEPTANCES. (Per Press Association.) HASTINGS, June 26. HUNTERS’ HURDLES. (Of 125 sovs; 1 miles.) Woden ..11 1 Damon . . . . 9 0 Lady Comet 10 11 Mountain Gun 9 0 Gay Bobbie .. 10 5 Mats Off .. 9 0 Projector .. 10 2 (’hatham.. .. 9 0 Silta .. .. 9 12 Hillation .. 9 0 Rebuff .... 9 9 Pilot .. . . 9 0 My Hobby . . 9 7 Birkenose 9 0 APLEY HACK HURDLES. <Of 125 sovs; miles.) Gen. Carr'gton 10 13 Haligan .. .. 9 10 Molyneux .. 10 10 Mixed Heather 9 0 Good Mark .. 9 11 Admiration .. 9 U Birka .. .. 9 11 HACK SCURRY. (Of 100 sovs; five furlongs.) Mstr. Beckwith 10 7 Lady Waterlow 9 0 Olympic . . . . 10 6 Western Boom 9 0 Kenyon .. ..10 1 Vetopme .. .. 9 0 Nine of Spades 9 5 Waitaunaha 9 0 Serenade . . 9 2 KAWERA HANDICAP. (Of 150 sovs; 6’Xj furlongs.) Koodoo .. ..11 6 Huikai .. .. 9 5 Tuahine .. ..11 2 Lady Joyce .. 9 4 Battle Knight 10 4 Jubilee .. .. 9 3 Tari 10 4 Malatour .. 9 0 Strategy .... 9 8 HAWKE’S BAY HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE. (Of 150 sovs; 2Vi miles.) Kovno .. .. 11 10 Ethiopian -.9 0 Luke 10 13 Curve .. 9 0 Kaika .. ..10 6 Khyber Pass 9 0 Birkenella .. 9 11 Hats Off .... 9 0 Silta .. .. 9 11 Mstr. Oriflammc 9 0 Aotea Roa .. 9 8 Tamumu ... 9 0 HORONUI HACK. (Of 100 sovs; 6% furlongs.) Alabama ... 10 9 Killoch _ 9 4 Jubilee .. ..10 3 Whariti .. 94 Gauntlet .. 9 13 The Strand .. 9 3 Kilmere .. .. 9 11 Shake Hands 9 0 Martona .... 9 9 Stymie .. 9 0 Royal Song .. 9 7 Betty Binns 9 0 SOUTRA HUNTERS’ FLAT. (Of 100 sovs; nine furlongs.) Kendal .. .. 11 13 Tikima .. ..10 7 Lady Comet 11 8 Padroigh ..10 7 Projector ..11 3 Sunlike .. ..10 7 Tawehi .... 11 3 High Time ..10 7 Gay Bobbie 11 2 Blue Star ..10 7 Rebuff .. .. 10 10 Aotea Roa ..10 7 Damon .. .. 10 7 Pilot .. ... 10 7 “GRAND NATIONAL” NOMINATIONS (Bv Telegraph—Special to Chronicle). CHRISTCHURCH, June 26. Following are the nominations for the principal events at. the C.J.C. Grand National meeting:— N.Z. Grand National Steeples, of 2000 sovs.; three miles and a-half.—Ma<-hera, Cassels, Kipling, Frenchman, Master Peter. Passin’ 'Through, Black Art, Tuki, Sir Wai. Bonibrook, Sanforte, Cnrawock, Eerie, Charlatan, Sir Rosebery, Waikawa, Peter Amans, Silverfish, Fireblight, Tigerland, First Line, Golden Prince, En Route, Uncle Bob, Windermere, Aurora, Luke, Red Cent.

Winter Cup, of 1000 sovs.; one mile. —Kuhio, Hall Mark, Beaumont, Warhaven, Apache, Irish, Killocra, R-owley, Strategy. L ’Amour, Rich Prize, Rivalry, Moorland. Winkie’s Best. Deucalion, Serene, Clarcina, Kilfane, Regal, Sartist. Chickwheat, Anticipate, Waterlea, Imperial Spark, Sun Up, Tarleton, The Cheat. Sunny Loch, Count Cavour, Rchutai, Cfontarf, Zircon, Starshell. Cymbeline, Sanctuary, Kuia, White Comet, Kilfaire, Boadicea, Pompey, Bret In nd. Bezau, Lucius, Mountain Lion, Ecuador. Crosslire, Guncase, Ayrburn, The Harp, Kaikahu, Duo. Beaufort Steeples, of 600 sovs.; about 2A- miles.—Maghera, Cassels, Kipling, Frenchman, Master Peter, Passin’ Through, Black Art, Tuki, Sir Wai, Kaika, Sanforte. Carawock, Eerie, Charlatan. Blue Hall, Sir Rosebery, Waikawa, Peter Amans, Silverfish, Fireblight, Tigerland, Tokomairiro, Puwhero. All Talk, First Line, Golden Prince, Uncle Bob. Windermere, Aurore, Jovial, Rod Cent. N.Z. Grand National Hurdles, of 1500 sovs.; about 24 miles.—Loughrea, Maunga, Wench, Penury Rose, All Wind, Dubious, Passin’ Through, Boomerdny, Many Colours, To Kawa. Omahu, Leforte, Bonecto, Tenterfield, Tinokaha. Bonibrook, Lochson, Santiago, Otauru Kid, Carawock, 'Vagabond, Trespass, Sir Rosebery, Lucullent, Molyncaux. Rational, Peter Amans, Eon mark, En Route, Askari, Comical, Nukumai, Goldpiece, Highway, Adjutor, Captain Sarto, Frisco Mail. Sydenham Hurdles, of 500 sovs.; two miles.—Maunga, Wench, Penury Rose, Dubious. Boomerday, Many Colours, To Kawa, Omahu. Leforte, Bonecto, Tenterfield, Tinokaha. Bonibrook, Lochson, Santiago, Otauru Kid, Carawock, Vagabond, Trespass, Sir Rosebery, Lucullent, Molyncaux, Rational. Eonmark, En Route, Bonomcl, Askari, Bestir, Comical, Nukumai. Goldpiece, Highway, Adjut or, Captain Sarto, Frisco Mail, Rippling. Lincoln Steeples, of 700 sovs.; about three miles.—Maghera, Cassels, Kipling, Frenchman, Master Peter, Passin ’ Through, Black Art, Tuki, Grim Joke, Sir Wai, Bonibrook, Sanforte, Carawock, Eerie. Charlatan. Blue Hall, Sir Rosebery, Waikawa, Peter Amans, Silverfish, Fireblight. Tigcrland, Tokomariro, Puwhero, All Talk, First Line, Golden Prince, Hats Off, Uncle Bob, Windermere, Aurore. Jovial, Luke, Red Cent.

RACING CONTROL BUSINESS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. IM POKTANT AMEN DM ENTB PROPOSED (By “Early Bird.”) The order paper for the nnnnaJ Racing Conference, to bo hold at Wcl- , lington on July 8, is to hand. Ono of the proposals to be considered is the extension of the Taranaki District so as to take in Waverlcy, bringing the Wavcrlcy Racing Club and EgmontWangnnui Hunt Club under the Taranaki District control. At present both these clubs are in the Wanganui District, but under the proposed new boundary all that portion of the Patea County goes into Taranaki. In a general reshuffling for administrative purposes. .Manaw::tn Racing Club are to bo given direct representation on the Conference with one delegate, and a new ;district. Southland, is to bo formed. These at present are in the Dunedin District. The president is to move the following interesting resolution, at the request of the Conference committee: ‘ ‘ The stewards may appoint deputy ■ stewards. and may also appoint . patrols, who need not necessarily be members of tho club, and such patrols shall watch the races from different parts of the course and report to the I stewards or judicial committee at the I end of each race tho result of their observations. Patrol stewards cannot I adjudicate on any matter upon which they have tendered evidence.’ Division of races is also provided, for, but in the case of an eight raceprogramme, the. dividends will be paid out on tho winner only of each divi-- ! sion, but in cases where the pro-, i grammo does not comprise eight races, i divisions may be counted as separate races up to eight races and dividends ■ paid on tho first and second horses of! etich division. Tho idea apparently is to permit clubs to run more than eight I races per day when the fields are be-: yond the safety number, but the total—isator is not to open more than eight’ times per day. At present it is (HcgaT to run more than eight races in one day. DISTANCES OF TTANDTCKRTOkT!m.j Feilding J.C., through Wangamri Dis. trict Club’s delegate, will move a new, rule, as follows: “No horse three years', old and upwards shall start in any hhndi cap of a less distance than six furlongs. ’’ This is an interesting pro-: ‘ posal, in that Feilding J.C. include on: their Easter programme a hack handi- ■ cap run over five and a half furlongs. Canterbury Jockey Club is moving to make tho amount of stakes £4OO to; be A>n by a horse to place it out of the hack class. At present the aznounf is £5OO. Auckland R-C. again pro-* poses that no jockey shall carry nrorti than 71bs dead weight about his body during a race. At tho request of the Ifcensing Committee, the president is to move to: delete certain words empowering stewards to fine a jockey for erasing, tM. amended clause reading: “The jockey! of such horse shall be punished by tbej stewards by suspension of riding.* 1 This means in effect that a jockey ad-i judged guilty of crossing must be suspended. Tho fine is done hway with. Hawke’s Bay District are also moving in the same direction. STABLE BRACKETS PROPOSED. Canterbury J.C. and Taranaki Dn» trict are to move in the direetSoß oi bracketing on the totalisator homes i* a race trained by one trainer. ’Hrtu has been debated before, and it win b( interesting to see how the new elauM fares when put to the vote. Raoe. goers themselves would be nnsnimoto. ly in fhvour of the proposal. Several months ago the writer advocated in these columns the adopfinst of the American system in regard unruly horses, and evidently this been taken up by the Conference committee, on whose behalf the president is to move to the effect that upon a re-! port of a steward or club that a hors© is habitually unruly whether at tho start on during the course of a race o»J by reason of wtmt of schooling at th®' starting gate the president} may cause the name of such horse tot be placed on a list to be termed the» “schooling list,” and upon a further report from a stipendiary steward the horse may be removed from suclt schooling list. While on the list tha horse is not eligible to start, and g placed on the list for a third time shall be permanently ineligible to be entered for or to start in a flat fiace in Newt Zealand. EXTRA DAYS APIJf.TED FUR. 1 Tn the list of extra days-’ racing .applied for next season, Wellington (August 20, 22, Fleet meeting). Manawtitn rend Wanganui (December 17, 19) are eact applying for two days additional. In the ease of the Wanganui dates, it i? noted that they are objected to by Marton J.C., whose meeting does not eventuate until January 1 and 2. From the list of racing statistics W is observed that Auckland R.C. paid away the largest amount in stakes, vix. £66,350. with the following clnbs in order: Canterbury J.C., £41,125; Wellington R.C., £38,650; Dunedin £23,075; Wanganni J.C.. £l4 650; Taka-

puna J.C.. £14,195; Manawatu R.C, £12,770. These arc the only clubs whose stake money runs into five figures. The totalisator turnover for the year by the loading clubs is a follows: Auckland R.C., £991,837; Canterbury J.C.. £548,8974; Wellington R.C, £426,0244; Dunedin R.C. £252,297; Takapnna J.C., £227,500; Avondale J.C., £213,6004; Wanganui J.C., £193 066. From which it will be seen that TakapunU and Avondale handled far more on the totalisator than the Wanganui Jockey Club, although the local club paid away more in stakes than either of these Auckland Clubs. As between the three clubs, the proportion of stakes to gross totalisator investments arc as follows: Wanganui 77 per cent, Avondale, 65. Takapuna 63. The local club have certainly done well to keep the pei« centage so high. (Sports continued on Page 7.)