THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 144, 20 June 1931, Page 4

THE TURF

NAPIER PARK RACING CUB THE WINTER MEETING. HANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAI. For the opening day of the Napier Park Racing Club’s winter meeting, to be held next Thursday and Saturday. the following handicaps have been declared: — MOTEO HACK HURDLES. (O£ £100; I 1 j miles.)

RACING IN BRITAIN ‘ BOYAL” ASCOT CONCLUDES WINNER OF GOLD CUP LONDON. June 18. The Ascot Gold Cup resulted: TRIM. DON I SINGAPORE 2 SALMON LEAP 3 Ten started. Won by a slort head, ■with five lengths between second and third. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By ‘‘Kestrel.”) With the appearance this morning of the handicaps for the opening day of the Napier Park Racing Club s winter meeting interest will be quickened in the Hawke’s Bay fixture, which will be the first race meeting since the New Year held in the area affected by the sarthquake disaster. When th.* accept- • uces close next Tuesday night some Idea may be formed of the amount of •upport to be expected at this meeting which will have considerable bearing »n the Hastings meeting the f oilowing week. Wellington Nominations. Nominations for all events at the winter meeting of the Wellington Racing Club, to be held on July ]], 15 and IS, will close on Monday at 9 p.m. rrentham Trainer Moves. E. J. Murtagh, who has been training at Trent ham some time past, was expected to move to Marton this week, and will train Mr McManaway's horses there, Dates For Racing. This full list of dates applied foi by New Zealand racing clubs for the 1931-32 season appears in the official organ. One looks in vain, writes “The Watcher,” for the elimination of the unnecessary waste ot the day in between two-day meetings. The cost <>f acing has increased considerably’, with very little hope of relief, stakes are 'ailing all round, and totalisator re turns are down everywhere, but th» cost to the owner shows little or n< decline. Why add to it by an unueces nary waste of a day! Insurance Against Weather. The idea of insuring a race meet in’, against loss on account of nnfavourablt weather is novel in this country. Tin first occasion that it has been done arises to day. the South Canterbury Jockey Club having taken out a policy It is a regular practice in England an Australia, and has a lot to commem it. Had the club had its last two win ter meetings insured it would have ie couped very serious Josses. The “Phi vius” policy is based on 2<i point: of rain tailing during a period of sij hours. Other clubs have dates anc weather which would appear to com mend similar action. Saving Time. At the conference of delegates fr<»u racing clubs held at Marton last yea ihe question of curtailing the interval: between races was discussed, it bcinj the opinion that too much time wa: wasted. Tn an endeavour to meet < similar objection, the South (’anterbuf' Jockey Club has cut down the interval between races to-day from 40 minute to 35 minutes. This, if assistance i given by’ trainers and the public, wil shorten the programme by •••”> minutes The success of the innovation will de per or the publie making their invest jnents promptly after th • horses ha', paraded and completed their prelihii’i aries.

• Progeny of Heroic. 1 The progeny of Heroic, he wondf ■ | horse of his day. continue D) win iarie , for him as a sire in Australia. I h.‘ i latest success coming their way was that gained bv Illustrious in the Twov ear-old Handicap, six furlongs, nt Aspendale Park (Victoria), in which, starting favourite, he won “running away” from a big field. This youngster has a special n’crest for New Zealand. as he is from the Dominion bred mare Potpourri, by Bezoniau l‘n> i I'riiuson Rose, the latter a product of Mr T. H. Lowry ’s “Okaw?” Stu 1. >■< ing by Royal Fusilier —Rose Madac*. The Amateurs. j Riders in the .iverpool Gia id Na J tional invariably include a t’a'r spnnk ' ling of amateurs. This year twel*. , had mounts, and two were «oi horses ■ that finished, though a long way I'om » the place-getters. Mr Urquhart was tenth on Harbox (100 to I) and Mr J\. Goode twelfth on Harewuud (50 to I >, rhe last of those which tin Tried. Ci the amateurs five were Army captains, „ and three rode their own horses. Drir i' tyre, owned and ridden bv Captu’.ii ' Brown, was well backed, but stopp'd , from sheer exhaustion two lences from q home, up tv which point he was always one of the leading division. j Fate of Flute. j Elute, a four-war old bay mare by ' | Lackhani-Puterino, who was held mi j lease bv Mrs A. Gilmore, of Dauuc- ' j virke, was killed on Wednesday' of 1 i-t week by' the train which leaves .Dannevirke at 9.10 for Palmerston North, being struck by the engine at The junction of Stanley and Rawhili - Streets. Elute was being taken to the q racecourse by’ L. Gilmore. son of the u lessee, when the marc took fright at a passing motor-car, just as the train from Dannevirke to Palmerston North | was approaching, and got out of eonI trol. The horse leapt across the line 2 just as the engine reached the crossing, and made another dash over the cattle - stop on the racecourse side of the line, when she was struck by the locomotive, i death being almost instantaneous. During the seven months Flute had been running in the colours of Mis Gilmore she had started nine times and :: had only been twice out of the money. ; She won at the last Dannevirke meeting, secured a first and a third at ihe <i Waipukurau Easter meeting, obtained 0 two seconds, at the last Woodville 0 meeting, a third at Pahiatua and a second at Masterton a fortnight ago. Aga Khan in Luck. The best two-year-olds seen out in England up to the beginning of May were Dastur, a colt, and Tarte Maison, a filly. The former is by Solario from Friar’s Daughter, and the filly is a daughter of Tetra tern a and Blanc -Mange, by” Hainault. Both were bred by the owner. The dams of both youngsters were purchased for 25Ugns. each by R. U. Dawson for the Aga Khan. At her last appearance Tarte Maison won this year’s fSandowu Park j Stud Produce Stakes, of £2058, and as she started a good favourite in a field oi 17 her easy win was anticipated by those who knew most about her. Not For Melbourne Cup. J It would seem as if the respective 'owners and trainers of Ammon Ra and Bronze Eagle are doubtful whether they will make stayers. Neither has ' been entered for the Melbourne Cup, which is rather remarkable, seeing both 1 arc in the Victoria (Derby. If either should win that race there will probably be lamentation because of nou-en- ‘ gagemen t in the Melbourne Cup. In ' the case of Bronze Eagle it is surprising nomination for that race was ' missed, seeing he is in the Caulfield Cup. New Zealand three-year-olds in r Hunt the Slipper, Movie * star, and ’ Cypress (brother to Cylinder), are New ’ Zealand three-year-olds entered for ‘both cups. . A Company Stud. The Cloghran Stud Farm Ltd. has I been registered as a private company in the Irish Free State with £50,000 capital. Mr R. Dawson, the Whatcombe trainer, is governing director. - The Cloghran property has been the , home of the Dawson family for several > generations. The sires there are Bland ' °' TUp d by the company’, and I rigo, who was sired by Blandford. Trigo was bred at Cloghran. The fee for the service of each stallion is 400 1 guineas. 1 An Apprentice Injured. e B. Stewart, an apprentice attached e to .1. T. Jamieson’s stable at Takauini, y was thrown from Pateena, while exer--1 cising that filly. He got a severe kick h on the head which required medical e attention, but is reported to be pro ■■ gressing favourably.

Mnt’n Heath 11 9 King’s Foil* 9 2 Goshawk . 10 1 • P. Elizabeth 9 2 Tunbridge 10 11 Bennaaee . . 9 < Panther in 9 Day Lass . . 9 t Call Again . in t» Pat s Bov .. 9 t White hang 111 g Leyland ..91 Warzone . . 9 1 1 Okapua .. 9 ( Battlement Q 1 1 C ook 9 ( The Warden 9 Soviet . . .. 9 u Masher y 3 PETANE HACK S rEEPLECHASE. (Of £115; tv o miles.) Pangolin . . 10 7 Dapper Bey . 9 (1 Woden . 10 I Modestrian . 9 t Call Again . . Kigoletto ..90 Winter Dav . 9 11 Bon Aryan . 9 0 Sir Moment . 9 8 Black Flyer . 9 ( Kaokaoroa 9 4 Cloyne . 9 o fleasant Beau Regal . 9 0 Surprise 9 0 MEEANEE HACK HANDICAP. (Of £100; eLx furlongs.) False Scent 10 « Beverage ..97 1 m Alone .. 9 11 Night Speaker 9 Navaho . .. 9 11 Rapallo ...92 Repay M . 9 10 Lady Ronald 9 0 Motoa — .. 9 8 NAPIER STEEPLECHASE. • Of £175; 2 2 miles.) Red Fuchsia 11 8 M 7 oden .. .. 9 2 Fine Acre . 10 0 Kaokaoroa . 9 l Disrank . . . 9 11 Bon Aryan . 9 f Pangolin . . 9 9 Dapper Bdy . 9 0 Mandy . 9 5 STEWARDS STAKES. (Of £125; one mile.) Great Charter 10 10 Arikira ..95 Kahikatoa . . 9 13 Head Sera ng 9 Merry Mint . 9 9 Rory Mor .. 9 ; T’ewa . ., . . 9 7 Hopwood ..92 Vahier .. .. Q Manifesto . . 9 ( Cuticle . . ■ ( Songster 9 5 Gaze 9 0 SETTLERS’ HAG K HANDICAP. (Of £100; seven furlongs.) Raakier . 10 n Arrow Zone 9 Rasouli . Blacksmith 9 1 m Alone . 9 11 Rapallo ..92 Adventus . . 9 7 Silver Fern . 9 ( Beverage . . 9 7 M'aiforte . . 9 ( Masher . 9 4 Autumn Dawn 9 < Chief Savage 9 4 Manuiri ..90