THURSDAY’S RACING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 219, 15 September 1928, Page 4

THURSDAY’S RACING

FIELDS WERE LARGE, AND DIVIDENDS TOO NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM COURSE AND SADDLING PADDOCK By “KESTREL.” It was certainly pleasing to be able to record an increase in the totalisator turnover at the opening day of the Wangajui Jockey Club’s spring meeting on Thursday. Indications are that the club has turned the corner at last, and it is hoped that the improvement shown, both in the revenue obtained for the purpose of increasing the stakes for owners and the appointments for patrons and also in the matter ofthe running of the meeting, will be the beginning of a big improvement in the not distant future.

Backers of the favourite had a disastrous day on Thursday, and of the £5OBl that wag invested on the eight favourites only £989 was returned to punters. The favourites carried between them nearly 25 per cent, of the total investments. Big Dividends.

As an investment of £1 on each of the eight winners, if one could have been so fortunate as to strike all <xf them, would have netted a return of over £5B, it may be gathered that some of the pr-ces paid were large, but Catkin and Hclotis between them accounted for nearly £33 of the total. Two favourites finished in second place and made some return to backers, but f hat did not make up for the many reverses suffered. Four of the winners were s« ccnd in request, so it will be seen that some of the ‘information” was useful. Episode’s Fall. The disappointment of th e day wa» the failure of Episode to win the Guineas, for which the Limond filly was backed down to a very short price, being entrusted with nearly hall the total invested on the race. Episode was taken out to make the pace, and over six furlongs of the journey Lucky Light kept her going. Thus when Consent challenged when they straightened up for tne run home the filly had nothing in reserve and, thougn struggling on bravely, went under by a narrow margin. She will be improved by the race and there should be a different story when th© Avondalo and Great Northern Guineas i'otih l up for decision. Consent’s It was racing condition iuul v... .. 4v Consent to put in that fine linishil o run that accounted for Episode in the final stages of th© Guineas contest. At the Wellington Racing Club's winter meeting in July, Consent was started twice, being beaten into third place on the opening day by Toxeuma and Roscrea, and going under by a head to His toric in the Novice Stakes on the concluding'day. Perhaps Episode might have been benefited by a race at Mar ton if it were possible to have an event suitably lor three-year-olds included on the programme. Consent is a gelding by Acre out of Lucky, owned by his breeder, Mr T. A. Duncan, and trained by F. Tilley at Fordell. This was Mr Duncan’s first win in the Wanganui Guineas, and it was very popular. Incidentally it was the first “classic” race won by one of Acre’s progeny. Fordell Success.

The win of the Fordeli-traincd Consent in \h© Guineas, coming as it did on top of the success of Cashier in the Maiden Race at a remunerative price, draws attention to the strength of F. Tilley’s establishment, which also snelten. Laughing prince, Limited, High Falutin’ and Avro, in addition to others that will be seen out later in the season.

High Falutin’ finished third in the Guineas, and the other three from the Fordell stable did not have any success. but an investment of one pound on each of the Fordell candidates would have yielded a profit of £4 on th© £6 outlav.

Cashier Pays Out. When Cashier won the opening evenu for Mr 1 A. Duncan, who later won the Guineas with Consent, it marked the first success of the Paper Money— Isabel gelding. He won nicely and may go on with it. I'he Warden, who ran second, is '« three-year-old gelding by Th© Verderer from Sara Allgood. When ho is more seasoned he will do better. As a yearling he was purchased in Sydney by Mr J. Donald and was subsequentlysold at auction at Trentham to Mr F. Bristol, for 375 guineas. Lost Eiders. When Balt Petrel whipped round at the start of the Maiden Race he dislodged his rider, and backers of the Saltash gelding lost financial interest in the race. Incidentally, the amount invested on Salt Petrel’s chances was just £l3, which is rather illuminating in view of th© fact that he cost over a thousand guineas when purchased in Australia at the Easter sales of 1927. Another rider to part company with his mount was A. McDonald, who was on Brigadier Bill for about half a mile of the journey attached to the race for she Okehu Hurdles, his conveyance coming to grief at the second obstacle. Nukumai lost his rider in the Marangai Handicap through getting on the heels of another horse as the field was running out of the straight. Fortunately Proctor, who was on the Manchineel gelding, was not injured, nor were the riders of Salt Petrel and Brigadier Fill. Gaze’s Hurdles. Gaze is rather partial to the Wanganui course, and the All Black gelding’s victory was a popular one. Gaze has been carefully nursed by his ownertrainer, Mr W. J. Craig, and has been u good stake-earner during the last few months. With any luck at all Gaze would have been returned the winner of the National Hudles, or ome other big race over the battens. Th© combination of W. J. Bowden

and Gaze has been fairly successful since the pair became associated, and they were seen to advantage in the Okehu Hurdles, for Bowden timed his run to a nicety. At one stage, four furlongs from home, it appeared as if Gaz© would be out of the picture, bur Bowden brought him along to laud the spoils. Metcalf’s Double.

it is not often that a jockey has the good fortune to have the winning rides in the principal handicap events at one meeting, but luck smiled on T. Metcalf© on Thursday, for he steered both Catkia and Hclotis to victory in the Marangai Handicap and the Flying Handicap respectively, la each event Metcalfe’s mount returned a substantial dividend, both being tenth favourites. The profit from £1 invested on each would have exceeded £3O. Other winning jockeys on Thursday were R. Marsh (Cashier), W. J. Bowden (Gaze), B. C. Brown (Vigilance), B. 11. Morris (Partaga), L. G. Morns (Consent) and O. McAnally (Te Atiawa). Outclassed. One of the starters in the Guineas field, in the light of the running, should never hav© been started. This was Uy rille, the half-brother, by Humbug, to the flying Valicare, who won several good races in Australia before being retired to the stud. Befor© the field had traversed kali the distance Cyrille was in the rear, and the further they went the further back he dropped. As the Humbug geld’•'g had only been up a short time, it ,‘eared a had move to attempt to i> f>v«r , mite at ;iiis stage. -a. .. v An ambitious pian proposes to make Doncaster, th© scene of the Bt. Leger, the world’s wonder racecourse, states a cablegram from London. The scheme, costing £250,000, has the support of Lord Lascelles and Lord Lonsdale and many other notable racing men. It involves the utter changing of the town and moor and the erection of the world’s largest grandstand, with u totalisator in the middle, the banishment of bookmakers to special offices and various parts of the course, and an aeroplane landing field. WiU They Go North?

F. Davis has Mr T. H. Lowry’s two-year-olds Clever and Syniballo at Wanganui, and on their showing hero depends a trip to Avondale. Clever. who is a black filly by Psychology irom the English mare Miss Cute, by Charles O’Malley, has pleased. her trainer with the w y ork she has been doing and will run in the Debutante Stakes to-day. Sympallo is a bay filly by Psychology from Symbolism, the dam of Killashandra. Great Charter and Doree are in work again after a spell but they have been taken up only about a couple of weeks. End of Hathor Two weeks ago Mr McCarten’s mare Hathor was dispatched to Gis j borne on a visit to Hunting Song. Word has now been received that the Egypt mare died on the boat between Napier and G •••borne. When Fairway won the St. Leger at Doncaster on Wednesday th© event was worth about £15,000. Last year its value was £13,280, of which the winner took £12,180. Fairway was the favourite for the Derby, but gave a very disappointing display, the critics putting his failure down to the colt being upset by the excitement of the occasion, and seeing that Lord Derby’s representative subsequently won the valuable Eclipse Stakes (£13,306), and now the St. Leger, that explanation appears to have been justified. These two wins netted about £25.000 for Lord Derby. Fairway is trained at Newmarket by Frank Butters and Palais Royal 11 (the second horse) is trained for his French owner in France. Cyclonic is also prepared at Newmarket, by Basil Jarvis. By Chief Ruler

It was pleasing to see Te Atiawa running on at the finish of the Durie Hack Handicap, for the winner wus sired by Chief Ruler, who was imported by the Westmere studmaster, Mr John Donald, and; is was re-assur-ing to see the gameness displayed by the son of Wake Up when he was tack’ed in the run home. Te Atiawa has now won twice in succession this season and looks likely to earn more in stake money before the season has been much further advanced. Horses Zor Courses When Catkin won the Marangai Handicap on Saturday he justified the use of the old adage about “horses for courses,” for the Catmint gelding won the Moutoa Hack Handicap at the spring meeting here twelve months ago. He is a very smart beginner and this enabled him to gain a good position early, and from that he worked his way into third place at the turn, coming away 1 win nicely at the

finish. In the Spring Hack Cup al Marton last week there was £96 invested on Catkin, while on Thursday there was only £l6l, so the improvement was not anticipated by many others than his immediate connections. For Investors For the convenience of investors five windows of the totalisator house •were available to lawn patrons desirous of obtaining tcn-shiiling tickets. There was, however, considerable congestion at these windows owing to their popularity. Arrangements have been made by the club to issue passes between the lawn and the “outside” this afternoon so that lawn patrons may bo able to make their way out when wishing to invest a modest ten shillings. It is a popular move that the pub ic can show their appreciation of by investing early—and often! Off to Avondale Star Stranger left for Avondale yesterday to fulfil his engagement in the Avondale Cup next Saturday. The Martian gelding appears to have satisfied his connections by his outings at Marton and Wanganui, the amount invested on him on Thursday being as illuminating as was the Marton figure. In the Fly' g Handicap, Star Stranger carried £59 against his number on the totalisator, while at Marton the amount was £42. The public will follow his future engagements with interest. Two other members of J. H. Jcfferd’s team returned to Hawke’s Bay yesterday, those being Knight'ike and the two-year-old Hunting Day. They may be seen out at the Napier Park and Hastings meetings. A Night Raid Filly. The Night Raid-Grafton Water two-year-old filly in W. H. Dwyer’s stable will race as Praeda. She is owned by Air J. A. Todd, who purchased her at the Trentham sales last January for £lOO. The filly is engaged in the Debutante Stakes to-day and on both days at Avondale. Exit Del Sarto When Del Sarto crashed at the first fence in the Hunt Cup Steeplechase at Marton last week he suffered injuries that necessitated his destruction. The rider, A. Hobson appeared to have been injured also but he was soon quite al] right. The obstacle in question is not placed to the best advantage for the start of a race and it is likely a change may be made in its situation next time. Visiting Limond Mr G. Gerrard’s mares. Paper Rose and Lucinette, arc at Koatanui on a visit to Limond. Knightlike’s Dam. The dam of Knightlike (Paladin — Sweet Charity) has added another to the family, according to a Christchurch paper, in a filly by Limond. She will now visit Shambles. Sweet Charity is an imported mare, bred in England in .1920, her sire being Diadumenos, who also sired Diacqucnod, now standing at Air J. Donald’s Westmere Stud, while her dam was the Symington mare

Maundy Thursday. Tn addition to Knightlike Sweet Charity has given the turf Netlcy, a promising two-year-aid filly by Martian, being got ready by G. Murray Aynslcy to carry Mr C. G. Dalgcty’s colours.