THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 4

THE TURF

NAPIER PARK MEETING WINTER FIXTURE OPENS DISKANK’S STEEPLECHASE. STAKES TO KAHIKATOA COLLAPSE OF WODEN. I Per Press Association. J HASTINGS, June 25. The Napier Park Racing Club’s winter meeting opened to-day in fine weather before a fair attendance. The totalisator handled £5435. against £9060 on the first day last year. Results:— MOTBO HACK HURDLES. (Of £100; miles.) 1 — Warzone, 9.11. Blanche 1 3 The Warden, 9.5. Burgess .... 2 9—Okapua, 9.0, Skipper 3 Also: 5 Goshawk, 2 White Fang, 11 Battlement, 10 Masher, 4 Princess Elizabeth, 6 Cook (fell), 7 Bennanee. 8 Par Lass. Half a length; two lengths. Time: 2.51 2-5. PETANE HACK STEEPLECHASE. (Of £115; two miles.) 2 Winter Day. 9J], Mathieson .. 1 s—Bon Ayran, 9.0, McDonald .... 2 4 Kaokaoroa, 9.4, Griffiths 3 Also: 6 Call Again, 3 Sir Moment, 9 Modestrian, 8 Beau Regal. 1 Rigoletto, 7 Clyone. Two lengths; fifteen lengths. Time: 4.22 3-5. MEEANEE HACK HANDICAP. (Of £100; six furlongs.) 2 Navaho, 9.11, Robinson 1 3 Night Speaker, 9.5, Morris .... 2 7—Lady Ronald, 9.0, Ridgeway .... 3 Also: 9 False Scent. 8 Repay. 5 Moutoa, 7 Beverage, 6 Rapallo, 4 Hystride. Three-quarters of a length: length. Time: 1.19. NAPIER STEEPLECHASE. (Ot <175; 2% miles.) 2—DISRANK, 9.11, Jenkins 1 2 RED FUCHSIA, 11.8, McDonald 2 3 PANGOLIN, 9.9, Miles 3 Also: 4 Fine Acre (fell), 6 Handy, 5 Woden, 7 Dapper Boy. Handy led early, followed by Disrank, Pangolin, and Woden. The order was maintained till Pangolin moved to the front at the stand double, Red Fuchsia displacing Woden in fourth position. Across the back Disrank was in the van from Fine Acre, Red Fuchsia and Handv. Fine Acre fell at the brush. Disrank, Red Fuchsia, and Pangolin were -first into the straight, the first-named going on to win comfortably by ten lengths from Red Fuchsia, which beat Pangolin by fifteen lengths. Handy was fourth. Immediately after the race Woden collapsed and died in the birdcage. Time: 5.12 4-5-MAIDEN SCURRY (Of <75; five furlongs.) 1— Happy Hit, Morris * 2 Dick Whittington, Dulieu .... • 11—Bell Boy, Wiggins 3 *Dead-heat for first. Also: 6 Abason, S Piketi, 7 Mon Roi, 5 Crown Jest, 4 Valma, 3 Sweet Sue, 10 Lady Wangaehu, 9 Comeroff. The third horse was four lengths back. Time: 1.4 2-5. STEWARDS’ STAKES. (Of £125; one mile.) 3 KAHIKATOA, 9.13, Ellis .... 1 9—MANIFESTO, 9.0, Atkins .... 2 1— —PEWA, 9.7, Green 3 Also: 6 Great Charter, 8 Head Serang, 5 Royal Songster, 2 Arikira, 7 Rory Mor, 7 Cuticle, 10 Gaze. Length; half a length. Time: 1.45 1-5. SETTLERS’ HACK HANDICAP. (Of <100; seven furlongs.) 2 Rasouli, 9.12, Morris 1 3 Chief Savage, 9.4, Wilson .... 2 5 Blacksmith, 9.2, McDonald .... 3 Also: 8 Baskier, 1 Adventus, 10 Masher, 4 Arrowzone, 6 Silver Fern, 11 Autumn Dawn, 7 Manuiri, 9 Waiforte. Neck; four lengths. Time: 1.32 2-5. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By “Kestrel.”)' The Napier Park Racing Club’s meeting will be concluded to morrow. 1 The acceptances for the second day close at noon to-day. National Nominations. Entries for the C.J.C. Grand National treble and the other important events at the big August gathering at Riccarton close to-night. This is just a bit too early for those most closely concerned, and it would be a good move if owners and trainers brought pressure to bear on those responsible. Novices at Napier Park. The dividend-payers in the Maiden Seurrv at Napier Park yesterday were the pair with something like the best credentials. Happy Hit finished fourth in a novice event at Masterton and Dick Whittington notched a second at Otaki. The pair dead-heated and ihe dividends were not of the sort that the punter would “write home about.” At Trentham. 1. Pritchard is now installed at Trentham and has Autopay, Maypay, Portray, Retract, Teri and Kedtop in his stables. Rodtop is a rising two-year-old colt by Kedtop from Tulpy, bred in New South Wales and purchased at the last Trentham sales. Autopay looks well and is jumping out of his skin. His sister Maypay, is rising two. The dam Trebelli 11. is in foal to Lord Quex. To Race at Trentham, Following his double success at Tc 1 Rapa, Little Doubt was sent back to New Plymouth, and, after a brief letup, he is to be tuned up for the Wei lington winter meeting next month. Thi four-year-old son of Antagonist an i the Guianforte mare Lady Pat is one o themost improved handicap horses in commission about these parts and as he has made it very evident that he is more at home in soft going than on the firmer tracks he will be w orth keeping in mind for coming winter engagements. Death of Mollison. One of Australia’s well-known performers. Mollison, died on Friday <Jnght. As a two-year-old Mollison was unbeaten and during his racing career won £31,000 in stakes.

Full-Blown Jockey. K. \oitre\s term of apprenticeship to i the Awapuni mentor. R. E. Hatch, ex | pired on June 14. The trainer has | some younger talent of promise coming . along. Daughter of Lovelorn. Distrait, a three-year-old filly by Diacquenod from Lovelorn, dam of [ Prince Paladin, is showing marked proI miso in her work at Riccarton, and ac- ' counted for The Quern and Locksley iin gallop over five furlongs on the • pough reccntlp. She is an inmate of •I. B. Pearson’s stable, which also shelt- . -rs Manetho, a two-year-old brother to I Distrait, who also is likely to make j good later on. I Related to Manifesto. A coming two-year-old half-sister to Manifesto, by Hunting Song, is running out on Mr P. P. Neagle’s property in Hawke’s Bay. Her dam Sarah Grand, was in her time a useful performer, and who could claim an aristocratic descent, being by All Black from Heavenly Twin, by Castor—Vivandierre, by Musket. Not in Stud Book. Mount Boa, who is a very useful performer in the south, does not figure in the Stud Book, but he is nevertheless a well-bred gelding despite it. He was got by Balboa from El Sorella, by Cannie Chief from Grand Duchess, by Gipsy Grand from Viscountess, by Viscount (son of Sir Garnett) from Toi, by Diomedes from Toi Toi. Well Named. The Australian-bred chestnut gelding by Air Balloon from the Wallace Isingglass mare, Lady Webber, purchased by the Christchurch owner, Mr G. Gerard, for 50 guineas at the Trentham sales, has been appropriately named Piccard, after the Belgian scientist, who recently broke all altitude records by ascending over ten miles in a balloon. The Yearling Sales. The principal studmasters in the Dominion are reported to be preparing teams of exceptional merit for the National sales of 1932. Messrs T. H. Lowry, A. F. Roberts, G. M. Currie, Johu Donald, G. A. Kain, and the Ellerslie stud all have big drafts in hand, and this year the more successful of the mares in their studs are to be represented by colts. The sales will be remarkable for the fact that the champion sire of the season, Liinond, will be represented by a dozen youngsters, the majority of which are colts. There are full relatives to Commendation, Veilmond, Agrion and Honour. Such a representation from Koatanui alone will give zest to the sales. Night Raid will also have a record number of colts to represent him. These will be his best bred representation to date, as several studs will have colts from mares of repute by the sire of Phar Lap and Nightniarch in their drafts. The brother to the great Phar Lap will, of course, be an especial attraction. This colt is reported to be a good one. Staying Blood. The winner of the Ascot Gold Cup, Trimdon, is by Son-in-law—Trimestra, and again draws attention to the value of the Hampton blood as a staying strain. Son-in-law is by Dark Ronald, sire of one of Australia’s greatest sires, Magpie, and a grandson of Hampton, Singapore, the second horse in the Gold Cup, is by Gainsborough— Tetrabazzia, and here, too, the muchprized Hampton blood comes in, for Gainsborough is a great-grandson of Hampton. Singapore’s dam, Tetrabazzia, was a smart sprinter, but her sire, the unbeaten The Tetrarch, has sired some really good sires, as well as many high-class sprinters, and his descendants, both the male and female lines, have shown their ability to transmit both exceptional speed and good staying qualities to their progeny. Visiting Haw®ra. Mr C. Gomer is at present on a visit to his parents in Hawera. Mr Gomer holds the position of stipendiary steward to the Western Clubs’ Racing ssociation (Victoria), to which he was appointed some three years ago. Speaking of racing in Victoria, Mr Gomer says that the sport, though suffering from a slight setback on account of the general depression, is still well alive, and he confidently predicts a re-, turn to normal conditions in the near future. After attending the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting next month Mr Gomer will leave again for Victoria about the end of July. The Art of Jumping. In England racehorses are taught the art of jumping at a very early age and one finds high class hurdles showing their best at four and five years of age. On the other hand we in this Dominion, or for that matter throughout Australasia, rarely find a performer put to the jumping side of racing until its sphere I of usfulness is at an end so far as flat ' racing is concerned. A select few of New Zealand’s sportsmen that, take a pride in owning a jumper follow the English custom is to put him over jumps in his early years. Mr J. Bull is one that can be named who follows this rule and we know from the records of the jumpers he has owned in past years that success has certainly attended this school of training in all instances. I Fewer Bookmakers. Tt is reported that the bookmakers in Sydney licensed by the Australian Jockey Club have asked that body to reduce the number of men following the calling in the various enclosures. One result of the times has been a migration of paddock patrons to the cheaper enclosures. This has left the pa-ldock attendances out of proportion to the ring and the layers claim that with the totalisator proving increasingly popular they have insufficient clients to pay expenses. Not only are numbers poor, but also the machine attracts most bettors on outsiders. Since the inception of the Lang betting tax there has also been a decided increase ot starting-price betting, money lost, to circulation on the course. Radio descrip tions of races, with full details of starters and riders, aid this contravention of the law. It is expected that, the Australian Jockey Club will reduce the number of paddeck bookmakers when new licenses are issued at the end of July. The rejected will be given the option of Loger licenses, and those crowded out of the Leger reduced to the Flat. Question of Intervals. The cutting down of the intervals be tween races to 35 minutes was an experiment made by the officials of the South Canterbury Jockey Club on Saturday. and the, success of the change is certain to make the reduction an es-

tablished practice (reports The Press). Prior to the fixture, the secretary, Mr H. H. Fraser, circularised each owner and trainer interested in the day’s racing. pointing out the club’s intentions in curtailing the time generally allotted to a programme, and asking for their assistance in having horses in the birdcage promptly. The result of this appeal was manifest in the absence of any delay in getting the horses out for each event, and the last race was concluded only a few minutes after the advertised time of starting, 4.5 p.m. The innovation met with the appreciation of racegoers, many of whom have often questioned the adoption of the longer intervals by the majority of the clubs in New Zealand. In addition, Saturday’s patrons from a distance were enabled to make an early start homeward, while several passengers by rail wer n afforded the opportunity of joining the north bound mail train.