THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 209, 4 September 1934, Page 8

THE TURF

RACING AT MARTON

THE SPRING MEETING TO-MORROW'S FIXTURE. ®BIBF REVIEW OF CARD. (By “Kestrel.”) Though the combined bunt clubs’ meeting at New Plymouth last week may be held to have opened the spring racing campaign, the Marton Jockey Club’s fixture to-morrow still retains a good deal of its importance as a begin-ning-of-the-season meeting, especially as furnishing keen followers of the racing game with a line for the future. The majority of the horses engaged at Marton will come on to Wanganui for the two days’ racing here, and their displays at Marton will be watched with keen interest. Fields for to-morrow, though not of such generous proportions as the committee might have expected, should average out well, and provided the weather remains fine patronage should be on such a scale as to ensure the success of the meeting. The opening race is to start at 12 I noon, and the remainder of the events will be decided at intervals of 45 ; minutes, the last race being set down ( for 5 pjn. The totalisator will be operated on 1 the single-pool method, with two dividends where the number of starters is x more than four and less than nine. 1 With more than eight starters three } dividends will be paid, while for fields i of four or less one dividend only will (

v* jvui vi ivoa uuv uiviuena oruv wil be declared. With the Juveniles. Proceedings will be opened with thi Juvenile Plate, in which there an eight engaged. They include sonu well-bred youngsters, and of particular interest to Wanganui will be the ap pearance of some youngsters sired ai the Westmere and Koatanui studs These include two Chief Ruler fillies a Posterity colt and fillies by Pomba. and Limond. Some of the juveniles have been seen with the colours up ir one or two parades, and on this form Symcony and Severe may be preferred. Fourteen are scheduled to contest the Maiden Race, the number including the Hunting Queen —Martianess bracket. Few of the baker’s dozen have shown much promise and investors may be taking a bit more than the usual risk unless they follow the money. The bracket will have supporters, but luveresk, Count Roussillon and Gallant Knight may be prominent. The hurdlers are not a very strong brigade, and for that reason investors are not likely to go past the topweight. Invictus, who should add to his already good record on his home course. Silent Bill ran a decent race at New Plymouth on Saturday but Ruanui should again hold him safe. Kinross may spring a surprise, while War Eagle is a steady plodder. How ever, Invictus makes most appeal. The hack sprinters will be catered for with the Tutaenui Hack Handicap, with Hest and Arena sharing topweight honours. Land Tax should do well and Rerepai may be well forward. Timorous has recent racing experience, and Black Man, if started here, will also appeal. It is reported that Ethiop has been under a cloud, though if he has recovered he will be hard to beat. Porhnnu T o nil H’a-v Timr, ..r... . .1 ir...£

Perhaps Land Tax, Timorous and Hest will do best. The Principal Event. For the principal event, the Marton Handicap, run over a mile and a-quar-ter, the field consists of eight the majority of whom have no recent form to commend them to backers. Three of them, Ida Merling; Beryl Latour, and Lady Ronald, were racing during the winter, and two others, Catalogue and Blue Boy, reappeared just over a month ago. The other three are fresh after good spells. Ida Merling and Beryl Latour both raced last at the Wellington winter meeting, but neither performed prominently. In the Winter Oats Handicap on the final day both were fairly well up in the early and middle running, but did not finish on, Beryl Latour doing the better in being eighth to pass the post. Ida Merling’s last win was in the mile and a.-quarter Crofton Handicap at Marton last April, and on that day Beryl Latour wus also a starter /.nd well fancied, but ran a poor race". The difference in the weights they then carried was 161 b., Beryl Latour having 9.0 and Ida Merling 8.3, reduced to 7.12, with an apprentice allowance. Now Ida Ab rling is required to give Beryl Latour 61b. and even if this is reduced to lib. bv a similar allowance she will be meeting Beryl Latour at 171 b. worse terms. Seryl Latour's form lapsed after her summer successes (including a double «t Marton at the New Year), but she reads well in at her present, weight. Lady Ronald has not yet tackled a middle distance, but, being a daughter of the Derby winner Black Ronald, she should go further journeys than she has yet tried. [She was an open sprint winner at Hastings in June, but she is hard to place in such races now and so her connections are giving her a chance over longer trips. She will be raced in the main handicaps at Marton and Wanganui and if she fails to show any definite promise as a stayer she will be retired to the stud. Catalogue was a disappointing three-year-old after his double, win at Woodville in December (including the principal handicap on the second day) and he was spelled after the Manawatu autumn meeting. Ho was above himself when he reappeared at. Awapuni at the back end of the. season, but he was running on at the end of the seven furlongs and the race is sure to have improved him. He belongs to a breed that requires its own time, so he may redeem his promise this term. I latoau s last racing was when he failed in the Bangitikei Cup in February. Early in the season he had a run of four successes on end, but his form deteriorated when he mounted in the weights. On all past evidence he is a horse who comes to hand at once, so he may possibly go a really good race. Hazoor looks like being the best yet of Black Ronald’s few progeny. He has had a short but consistent racing career, and immediately prior to his spell he won the two principal events at the Wairarapa Easter meeting, the second day most convincingly. ’ His owner (Mr. W. Howard Booth) aspires to win the next New Zealand Cup with him, so that more than ordinary in- < terest will be taken in his early show- 1

ings. He is undoubtedly the makings of a very good horse. Blue Boy, the younger full-brother to bay Court, came back after a year’s absence to win several good races last season when he showed himself a better stayer than his brother. In the Champion Hack Cup, 11 furlongs, at the Wellington autumn meeting, he was beaten for the honours only in the last stride by Walton Park, and behind him was Hazoor, who, however, was the unlucky runner. He recently reappeared Jin a hack sprint at the Hawke’s Bay hunt meeting in July and that race should have helped him in his preparation. Flying Prince is an Auckland candidate who had been off the scene for over 12 months when he resumed racing at New Plymouth last Thursday. Two seasons ago he was a useful performer, and among his successes were the Franklin and Ohinemuri Cups He is now eight years old, and with a little racing he may recover his best form before the spring is far advanced. In a field which contains every posability of a surprise Ida Merling, Blue Boy and Hazoor may be most in request. The papular distance hack event has a dozen carded, though the absentees may include Landlubber and Black Man. Useful sorts like Solarium, Hest, King Thomond, Hark Forrard. Spear- ’ form, feamtoft and Hukemanu will * command support, and indications are 1 that Hukemau, Spearform and Hark Jorrard may be a prominent trio. Some of the sprinters hav e recent 1 winning form to commend them, i Foreign Queen having scored at Awa- > puni and Hunting Lodge at New Ply- a mouth. It is not long, either, since Good Hunting was reckoned a.mnno- fhn I i

11 ijoou Hunting was reckoned among the first flight Of sprinters. Rereatu ran an excellent race at the Manawatu Hunt Club meeting, and Pin Money e was a fairly useful two-year-old and c may come to hand early. Foreign Queen is the logical favourite, with Rereatu next best. In a field which may not be even as I strong as at first glance, owing to Col- . lodiou’s defection being reported likely '■ and Ethiop another under a cloud, ■’ Hunting Lodge and Wasteland read best in the Farewell Hack Handicap, ’ though Whyte Melville will not lack II friends. ri RUNNERS AT MARTON NEWCOMERS FOR SPRING ' NOTES AND COMMENTS By •• Kestrel.” . As term at this ►stage of the season . is such a doubtful quantity, keen fol > lowers of racing will require to scan • runners at Marton with a discerning ■ eye. Some of the likely contestants have been seen in action at recent meetings or at the back end of last season, while others have not sported silk for the best part of twelve months and are. only now commencing preparation for important spring engage- . ments. The Open Sprint The field for the Railway Handicap is seven strong, some of the acceptors having recent form and the others resuming racing alter spells. The fresh horses are Cadland, King’s Knave, and Pin Mnnnv

•t Pin Money. Cadland raced at the Auckland winter meeting without making any showing, but he is not at his best when Q tracks are heavy. He was not near the horse last season he was the previous e year, when he won the C.J-C. Stewards’, and though he was dropped in weights the best he could do was to I run a dead heat at Te Arolia in the autumn. He is really excellently in in I to-morrow's race with 9.0, but he has yet to prove that he is going to re-* r cover his old form or anything near it. King’s Knave is better known over j longer journeys, but the same course r w'as adopted last season of starting . him off in sprints* In 'this event . twelve months ago he ran a creditable fifth, and a few starts later he won the . Avondale Cup. 1 Pin Money was hardly in the first i flight of last season’s two-year-olds, ; but he w r as a good youngster nevertheless, and he is expected to do well this t season. He finished his season’s racing • with a poor third behind the dead- , heaters (Burnish and Gay Blonde) in i the G.N. Champagne Stakes at Ellers- > lie. Twelve months ago the three-year-old Diatomous (with 61b more than Pin Money has) was backed as a > good thing for this race, but was beaten by Foreign Queen. Foreign Queen, last year’s winner with 7.12, has 8.2 this year, and as she was successful in the open seven at the recent Manawatu meeting at her latest start she may be to-morrow’s favourite. This is the period of the year at w’hieh this brilliant mare has always done best* Good Hunting, though he has generally performed well under winter conditions, has raced a little disappointingly since he won his double at Otaki in June. Moreover, he went in better style at the recent Manawatu meeting and may be on the up-grade again. He meets Foreign Queen at 71b better than Awapuni terms. Rereatu was a good favourite for the open seven at Manawatu and was only narrowly beaten into second place by Foreign Queen. At 41b better terms he has a chance of turning the tables here. Hunting Lodge recently resumed at the Rangitikei Hunt Club’s meeting, and she quickly returned to the winning list by scoring amongst the hacks at New Plymouth last, Thursday. Tt is doubtful, however, if she is yet up to open class, even from off the minimum. Juveniles from Awapuni Four of the field of eight youngsters to contest the Juvenile Plate at Marton hail from Awapuni stables, and a sprint they accomplished on Tuesday morning of last week yields some line on their respective ability. Six youngsters were paraded with 1 the colours up, and they were speeded up over two furlongs from a barrier 1 start. The Marton quartette were Legaee (br c by Posterity—Motley), ! Symcony (br f by Gascony —Symballo), Severe (br f by Limond —Drastic), and Pomposity (b f by Pombal — Makepeace), and they were accom- * panied by Alchemic (b c by Lackham —Bechou) and Going Gay (b f by J Chief Ruler—Comedy Queen). . They Q were started from the barrier at the •

mile and a-quarter post, and ran down to the winning post. Symcony worked to the front and was travelling nicely when Severe challenged over the last half-furlong. Both were hard ridden over the last lew yards to pass the post on terms, 5 . , A sap ot thre leL S ths to Legatee and Alchemic, who were not ridden j out. Then came Pomposity and Going ’ Gay at intervals. Symcony and t Severe went on to run an extra furlong i the showing of the pair being particu- ! larly promising. Prospect for Hurdles. Kinross, who is engaged in l tire Open Hurdles at Marten to-morrow, createu a surprise recently when he ran second to Invictus in the Flaxbourne Hurdles at the Manawatu meeting. His chances oil that occasion were so little thought of that he wa,s allowed to go out the outsider of the field, and he led practically all the way, an error at the last fence causing him to lose his position. Among those behind him were Emotion and Brigadore, both winners at the Grand National meeting. Kinross is an aged gelding, by Psychology from \ alley Rose, by iSelferino from Ailsa. Ailsa was a very smart sprinter in her day, and won several zaces in Canterbury, as well as running second to Vladimir in the Stewards’ Handicap at Riccarton and third to Lady Annie and Golden Vein in the Auckland Railway Handicap the following Christmas. AVith his three-year olds Martianess (Diacquenod—Martiunette) and Hunting Queen (Hunting Sung—Enthusiasm) Mr. T. A. Duncan will oiler bettors a bracket in the Maiden Race tomorrow*. The Gay Shield—Lady Marie colt in the Juvenile Plate has been named Gay Sheik. He is a full-brother to Gay ■ Sheila and Gay Blonde, and he will also carry Mr. C. Courtney ’s colours. Taumau, a new name in the Maiden j

e Race, is that of the four-year-old bay n gelding by Royal Divorce from the u 1-lymettus mare Khassia. The gelding y is owned by Mr. C. Watkins, of Kongod tea, and will be raced in partnership n by Mr. Watkins and the Awapuni h trainer E* W. Watson. Maid of the Air, who appears in the s acceptances for the Maiden Race, had a run at the Te Kuiti meeting last May, but that appears to be all her j form to date. She is a four-year-old brown mare by The Ace from the Aus- \ tralian-bred Kenilworth mare Kenilworth Maid, the dam also of Orby's Choice, and she is owned in Te Awamutu by Messrs. J. Ryan and J. D. O ’SheaAccepted for in the Maiden Race, Padnos is a three-year-old chestnut gelding by Tea Tray from the Hallowmas mare Rada (a half-sister to Sasanof), and he is owned by his breeder, Mr. A. L. Monteith, of Wei lington, for whom he is being trained by M. Williams at Otaki. The Marton retailers will close their places of business at 11 o’clock to 1 morrow morning on the occasion of the Marton Jockey Club’s spring meeting. 1 The following Auckland district ’ horses have arrived at Marton for to- ' morrow’s races: Gallant Knight. Solarium, Tray Bit, Gay Sheik, King’s Knave and Lady Ruler. Most of the visiting horses have ’ bookexi accommodation and are due to ' arrive to-day (Tuesday). WIN-AND-PLACE BETTING AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB. The committee of the Auckland Trotting Club decided last Friday to ‘revert

to the win-and-place system of betting I at its next meeting in October. This y method operated at Alexandra. Park for I about a year, but last February the e club returned to the two-dividend syss tern. i ■ ANOTHER SIRE GOES e i s GENERAL LATOUR DEAD. The death of the sire General Latour, r by Soult from Merry Nif, at the age j of 26, is announced from Te Awamutu. ; General Latour’s most important sucL cess on the racecourse was scored in ; the Great Northern Guineas in 1911. ■ After being retired to the stud, he sired numerous winners, the outstanding ones ; being Tp Kara, who dead-heated in the , Auckland Cup in 1923 and won outright in the following year, and Kara- > poti, who in the 1930-31 season -won the Great Northern Guineas, Great Northern Derby, and Great Northern St. Leger. Both To Kara and Karapoti were owned by Mr. M. H. Tims, of Te Awamutu. A.J.C. MEETING METROPOLITAN SCRATCHINGS Received Sept. 3, 11.5 p.m SYDNEY, Sept. 3. Hall Mark and Rogilla, also Lavington, Reach and Johnnie Jason have been scrat'‘hed from the Metropolitan.