RACING AT DANNEVIRKE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 58, 10 March 1931, Page 4

RACING AT DANNEVIRKE

RELIEF MEETING FIELDS. PROSPECTS FOR TO-MORROW. (By “Kestrel.”) Just what benefit will be reaped through the action of the Dannevirke Racing Club in making this week’s fixture an Earthquake Relief Fund meeting remains to be seen. Not even such a worthy cause as the relief of the sufferers in Hawke’s Bay, within a hundred miles or so of Dannevirke, can affect the economic conditions which will have the effect of bringing down still lower the totalisator turnover. Still, the committee has made arrangements to popularise the meeting, and a ten-shilling totalisator iyi'l aid modest bettors. There has been a poor response for Ihe opening event, the Highweight Handicap, and Mountain Heath looks likely to account for Air 1 addie. The next is the Maiden Plate, in which Nimble, Manuiri and Nightspeaker may do as well as any other trio. Eleven are down to contest the Dannevirke Cup, and they are headed by Star Stranger, who is undergoing his preparation for Trantham. My Own and Mount Shannon should do well, though it would not be surprising to find the veteran, The Hawk, close up at the finish. The Tahoraite Hack Handicap has attracted a dozen acceptors and a trio that should be supported are Golden Shadow, Valueless and False Scent. Of nine youngsters i.i the Rakaiat.u Nursery Lotus Lily and Chief Cook read well. The Oringi Hack Handicap, run over seven furlongs, should sec Mahora and Desert Lad. carrying support. Ten sprinters are engaged in the President’s Handicap, with Blue Pap«*r rather outstanding, while Cuticle and Hunting Day should alec carry money. With only half a dozen engaged *ti the Makirikiri Hack Handicap it looks as if backers will declare for Brambletorn and Jayson. NOTES AND COMMENTS By “Kestrel.” There will be racing at Dannevirke fo-morrow and Thursday, while at Gisborne a combined fixture will be held on Thursday and Saturday. The Wellington meeting will commence on Saturday and will be concluded on Tuesday next, the Opunake meeting being also set down for Tuesday of next, week. The Ohinemuri meeting is to be L.’ld the same day as the Trantham gathering. R rminders. Nominations for all events at the ? lick land Racing Club’s autumn meeti close at 5 o’clock next Friday even-i.-ry Forfeits for classic events are due : l the same time. Nominations for all events at the F ■ l.ng Jockey Club’s autumn meetuse at 9 o’clock next Friday evenii .-.eceptauccs for first-day events at ♦ lie Manawatu Racing Club’s autumn meeting close at 5 o’clock next Friday Motley’s Daughter. Midinette is the name claimed for the chestnut filly by Limond from Motley. 1 f this filly can produce anything like the pace shown by her dam she should soon make a name for herself. Webster in Sydney. Taking with him a trio of good performers in First Acre, Hunt the Slipper and MovP* Star, A. D. Webster has undertaken another Sydney campaign and was expected to reach the New South Wales capital to-day. His sojourn there will not be so long as some anticipated, for he will be back in the Dominion before the end of April. He will, however, return to spend the winter on the other side of the Tasman. From the Back? Blue Paper has shown plenty of early speed in a good many of her races, and at times when she has been squeezed cut at the beginning of her races she has finished on strongly. It has been generally accepted that this mare must win her races from the tapes, but perhaps this is not the best way to gel the best results with the Paper Money mare. Judging by the way she finished frqm the back at Bulls last Thursday it would not be surprising to find her extending her winning account in races extending beyond the six furlongs which supporters have hitherto accepted as her limit. v Rich Harvest. Rich Harvest changed hands at Woodville and the Autumnus gelding has joined E. Yuille’s stable at Ashhurst. Yuillc has had a good innings with Warfille in the last couple of weeks.

Names Claimed. The following names have been claimed for New Plymouth rising two-year-olds: < ,’h c Marchalong—Cathay, March Alone; ch f by Tea -ray—Rebekah, Kaimiro; b f by Silverado—Limelight, Glow Light; and br f by Arausio—Merry Jest, Merry Way. Will Improve. Mountain Heath was having his first rar? for six weeks when he went out to contest the Highweight Handicap at Bulls on Thursday, and it was only in the final strides that he lost the race, after making all of the running. Ho is engaged at Dannevirke this week, and Im will be very hard to beat, even though the opposition he will be meeting promises to be stronger. Different Tactics Moutoa Treasury has so often finished strongly in a race that her connections have expected her .to win on several occasions recently. However, since a success at Awapuni during the holidays. she had consistently failed until last at Bulls, when the idea of racing her out in front, was tried, and it came off trumps. The journey was a mile and a distance and it was nearly far enough for her. but in a similar race .she may well pull the trick through again, for she is possessed of a lot of speed. However, in stronger company the tactics will probably not succeed. Chopin’s Good Form Chopin, who won the Rangitikei Cup last Wednesday, has developed very useful middle-distance form over the past few weeks, and he has now finally stilled the belief that some of his wins may have been rather luckily obtained. He is the five year-old son of Lord

Quex and the Hymcttus mare Tuneful, and he is the first of the Hue to achieve much success. He began racing as a three-year-old, when he was only three times unplaced in a dozen starts, winning twice. Last season he was started ion 32 occasions for five wins, and this season he has had 16 starts for four wins. He has already collected together £2049 in stakes for his owner. Mr W. J. Woods, of Waipawa. £715 being his earnings so far this season. His success-in the Rangitikei Cup was his first at a mile and a-quarter. Veteran Reappears Fujisan will soon make his reappearance in public. The old gelding has been taken in hand again by M. Polson at Randwick after a few months' spell. A few years ago Fujisan was an idol of Sydney racegoers, but wins for him these Jays are few and far between. The gelding’s last victory was at Randwick in June, and, although ho ran several times subsequently, he failed to catch the eye of a judge. After competing unsuccessfully at the last spring meeting, it was decided to give the old follow a rest. Fujisan thrived during his holiday, and. although he may not be quite equal to winning in first-class company, he should pick up a race if the hnndieappers do not treat him too severely. A Day at Ricarton The Minister of Internal Affairs ha< granted permission for the Hoiora’a Racing Club and the Amberley Racing Club to hold, a rn rt e meeting at Ricca r ton on Saturday. May 2. subject to the approval of the Racing Conference and the Canterbury District Committee The Canterbur. Jockey Club agreed •*) give the two clubs the use of theU cours,. and Mr P. D. McNab will officiate as starter. Big Events at Easter Nominations for the Grc.it Laster and Great Autumn Handicaps were received on Friday night. The r< spon-m

in the former event is quite -atisfac tory, there being thirty-seven in th-' field, an increase of si ; compared with last year. The Great. Autumn list is not so good, the mile and a-lialf iuee having attracted only eighteen nominations, con pared with twenty-five lasi year. Then* are elevon North Island horses in the Gnat Faster and six in the Groat Autumn. Nightmarch and Limerick .*rc among those engaged in both races, while iistoric will assist the class in the Great Autumn, like wise Silver Paper in the Great Easter. World Champion’s Sister Phar Lap’s five-year-old sister. Fortune’s Wheel, was seen in action at Motukarara on Saturday. S.he was raced three times as a twu-year-old, and showed a lot of promise, but shortly after her third engagement, she was badly injured by colliding with q post, and joined her owner’s stud. She was mated with Polazel as a throe-year-old, and a yearling filly from her is now running out at Kaitulia. Fortune’s Wheel has been showing gradual improvement since resuming work in Mrs J. Campbell 4 ’s stable, but she can hardly be expected as yet to show much prominence amongst more seasoned opponents. Effect of Doping A general after-effect of horses doped appears to be loss of hair. Polydorus, who was one of the victims of the dopers at the last Meruya (N.S.W.) meeting, is losing his coat in patches. Paleta, after a trip to Sydney, developed the same symptoms, and Commendation was in a similar plight. Neither Paleta nor Commendation showed any real form after apparently recovering from the effects of the drug administered on their visits to Sydney. It would be interesting to learn some o f the after-effects of horses so treated in Melbourne last spring. Nedda’s Trainer J. Fielder, formerly a trainer at Flemington, recently underwent a serious operation in Sydney. He is now well on the road to recovery, but it will be some time before he .fully recovers his health. Once a noted jockey. Fielder trained many winners while located at Flemington. A few years ago he went to New Zealand, where he got together a good team of horses at Wingatui. With one. of them. Nedda. he won the V.R.C. Sires’ Produce Stakes in 1929.

Beauford’s New Role Bcauford, the hero of many exciting races on Sydney metropolitan racecourses several years ago, was seen in a new role last month. One of the competitors in the hack classes at the Maitland Show, the one-time idol of the racing public looked well, but found the opposition “too strong.” Who would have dared such a prediction in 1922? (says the Sydney Morning Herald). Gloaming, champion of New Zealand, was here to measure strides with our best gallopers. His meetings with Beauford in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick under equal conditions, and again in the Spring Stakes, were discussed with the utmost enthusiasm and thousands were at-

tracted to the battle-ground. Beauford had his colours flying at the finish of each race. Starting an odds-on favourite—tangible proof of the greatest confidence in his prowess—in the Chelmsford Stakes, he beat the visitor by a length. A week later he was defeated by the New Zealander in th<Hill Stakes. The conditions, however, were in favour of Gloaming, who had not incurred a penalty. In the Spring Stakes neither had an advantage in weight. Beauford again showed his superiority, after one of the most thrill ing races seen at Randwick. Arid now the show hack classes arc too strong!

Waterline in Australia That the Victorian sportsman who races under the assumed name of 1 ‘Mr S. A. Rawdon” would be extremely pleased with the result of the C. M. Lloyd Stakes on Saturday goes without saying, for he owns Waterline, who d • feated the mighty Phar Lap by a n;-k. When “Air S. A. Rawdon” purchased the New Zealand gelding Waterline last year for £2OOO much curiosity was evinced as to which side had the best of the deal. In the closing stages of his thrc<-year-old career in New Zealand Waterline developed improving form, ami he was considered likely to make •advancement at four years old. Winning his first two engagements in Victoria, Waterline clearly demonstrated that ho was on the upgrade, and. though called upon to carry 9.2 in the Newmarket Handicap, he was well fancied. Ho made a bold bid for victory, and, as he ran the winner. Parkwood, 8.13, to half a head, it. would seem that the honours of the race wore on his side. In the Bourkc Handicap on Wednesday last Waterline placed himself well in the limelight, for under the

steadier of 10.7 he beat a field of 11 in the second division, running the seven furlongs in the fast time of Imin. 26isec. At the Australian Jockey Club’s meeting next month Waterline is engaged in the Doncaster Handicap, one mile, with 9.2, and in the Sydney Cup, two miles, with 8.11. Waterline, who was bred by the late Sir George Clifford, is by The Ace, son of Bayardo, from Sailor’s Hope, a daughter of Treadmill, and the lines of his pedigree are such as to expect him to win a stayer’s certificate. Veilmond’s Classic Victory The New Zealand-bred Veilmond having scored a victory over Balloon King in the V.R.C. St. Leger, the defeat he suffered in the Victoria Derby was avenged, and hi. chances of having the leading posiiton among the three-year-olds in Australia this season appear bright. To make the position quite secure. le will have to defeat Tregilla in the A.J.C. St. Leger, for that flpD finished in front of him in the A.TaJ. Derby. The next race to be selected for Veilmond may therefore be the A.J.C. St. Leger, to be run at Randwick on Apri] 4. “Pilot,” of the Sydney Referee, has always been a staunch admirer o. Veilmond, and in a recent referi nee to him after his victory in the Three-year-old Handicap at Rosehill last month he remarked that the col* had thickened and generally improved since he raced in Victoria in the spring. He concluded with the following:—“I have rarelv seen a horse got down to his work in the same manner as Veilmond, and that ‘yellow streak’ alleged against him I.; many racing mon was absent on this occasion. ” Night Raid on Tcp Figures prepared for the “Australasian Turf Register” show that for the first half of the current racing season Night Raid (imp.) is at the head of the winning sires’ list with three representatives. winners of 15 races and '*.22 249 in stakes. Night Raid was nt the head of the list last season, and ins ho is nearly £6OOO ahead of his near

'st rival. Magpie (imp.), and his chief opresontative. Phar Lap. is in great heart. th n re is every prospect of him -’•niuing the coveted honour again. The 'enders on the list, all ■ t them imported - ires, rr. as under:—Night Raid "22 2'9 Magpie £16.889. Rossendale "12 ' *9. Tree’r.r<* £999;:. Spearhead 85 Eastern Monarch £9062, High For e (dead) £7464 Seremond £7375. L’i-hfie.'d £69TB Great Star £6536, Air Balloon £6487. Tippier £6252. A UjZx'lL Cgsbcmor Home .uauc, who won the Autumn ’HuidiCs at Flemington on Wednesday last, is proving a profitable horse for his successive puicausers. He was bred in the Dominion by the Hon. E. \V. Ali.-on, M.L.C.. . i when two years •Id was sent up for auction, falling to the bid of Mr J. Williamson at 125 guineas. Later he was pm chased by Mr W. H Gaisford. for whom he won several hurdles iiiccs. He was sold to the Sydney sportsman, Mr A. B. Cowell, eighteen months ago, for £6OO, and for him. besides other races, won the las't A.J.C. Steeplechase, worth £1352. In December last he again changed hands, being purchased by the Victorian, Air E. T. Daw, in whose colours he probably raced on Wednesday. At present he is trained by the former New Zealander, L. McCann. Home Made is now ten years old. He has a pedigree that would have entitled him to enter the most select classic events, for he is by Thurnham (son of John o’ Gaunt) from Housewife, by Kenilworth (son of Childwick and grandson of St. Simon) from Busy Bee, by Gozo (son of Wild Oats.) Correct Weight Courtlike, winner of the Brookby Handicap at Blenheim last week, was disqualified for the 'event, owing to having won with a 51b. apprentice allowance. The handicap was a 9st. minimum and last July the Racing Conference altered the rule excluding races of over 8 stone minimum from the operation of the apprentice allowance. The error was discovered when Courtlike was claiming a similar allowance on the second day .the stipendiary steward. Air B. N. Sandilands. questioning the claim. Fortunately for the backers of Courtlike, they received their dividend, but the ownertrainer, A. Goodman, lost the stake, which went to Peep and Cessation, who dead-heated for second place- The rules of racing place, the onus on owners to see that their horses carry the correct weight. Slump in Sydney Writing from Sydney under date of February 26, “Vedette,” formerly of the Evening Post, said:—“The disastrous economic conditions are being felt more and more in racing circles

in Sydney. In many parts of the enclosures at Warwick Farm on SaturHay a machine-gun could have sprayed its bullets without damage to anything but the landscape. The betting ring was depleted and condensed, but even then the movement about was easy with daylight predominating where once were surging crowds. Strangely enough, a prominent bookmaker summed up the position. The real low water mark is now being reached, he said. Unemployment, and the restriction of any further credit by the butcher and baker is now having its real effect. Many people who continued to come to the races had no right to be there. On Saturday the weather was delightful, a cool, crisp day after one of extreme heat. There were eight races of interesting appearances. There was a clash meeting at the* Kensington unregistered course, but that, too. was but sparsely attended. It is considered that the writing is on the wall for the curtailment of racing and the '•bolition of clash meetings for the time being.’ ’