RACING IN ENGLAND

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 221, 18 September 1934, Page 8

RACING IN ENGLAND

DONCASTER CUE ~ WON’ BY ALCAZAR LONDON, Sept. 14. The following is the result of the principal race on the third day of the Doncaster meeting: — Doncaster Cup (Of £1200; second horse to receive £200; and third horse £lOO from the stake; two miles and a-quarter). ALCAZAR (Mr. W. Woodward) b c by Achtoi—Priscilla Carter, 3yrs., 8.1 DUPLICATE (Sir Chas. Hyde) b c, by Son and Heir—Mary Ander- " v io 9 son, oyrs., 8-12 - SOLAR BOY (Sir Frederick Eley) b e., by Solario—Najmi, 4yrs., 9.2 3 The only starters. Won by a neck, with the third horse two lengths back. REDLOCK CASE JBINCE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL ADELAIDE, Sept. 15. Charles Prince has been committed for trial on a charge of conspiracy. Walter Rowe, Government analyst, told the Court that some hair removed from the horse alleged to be Redlock yielded a dye. Charles Prince, who was arrested at Tallangatta, Victoria, was charged at Adelaide, South Australia, with obtaining £l5 from the Murray Bridge Racing Club by falsely pretending that a certain horse entered by him in the Trial Stakes was the racehorse known as Redlock. Further inquiries are being made in New Zealand. CLASSIC WINNER A 400 GUINEA FEE WINDSOR LAD FOR STUD LONDON, Sept. Hi. Windsor Lad, winner of the Derby and St. Leger, goes to the stud in 1936 at a fee of 400 guineas. His list of twenty is already full for the first year. The only present 500-guineas *ires are Solario and Tetratema. THIRTY YEARS AGO “NEW ZEALAND'S DAY’’ FAMOUS RANDWICK MEETING. The successes already achieved by New Zealand horses at the spring meetings at Sydney and Melbourne courses, and particularly the tilt being made a/.ainst the Australian bookmakers over the rich prizes to be won, bring back recollection of the remarkable record of successes to the credit of the i ew eZalanders at Randwiek just on JU years ago. It was at the Australian Jockev club meeting at Randwick in 1905 that the famous “New Zealand s Day” occurred. In that year the contingent sent over was not nearly so great in numbers as in reqent y c ®js, but in quality it was hall-marked. The meeting was staged in September and extended to four days. The New Zealanders opened quietly bv capturing the A.J.C. Derby with Noetuiform, who was one of Mr. G. G. Stead’s team.' On the same afternoon Maniapoto. a much-fancied candidate, who carried substantial support, tailed to gain a place in the Epsom Handicap. It was only a moderately .auspicious opening of the campaign, but on the second day the New Zealanders showed thev were there, and, to the consternation of Australian owners, trainers, and backers, they cleaned up the card, winning every one of the six events. Machine Gun, sold by Mr. G. G. Stead a little time previously, began that dav by taking the Shorts Handicap, and then Mr. Stead took the Spring -Maiden with Isolt. Mamapoto (ridden by F. T. Jones) made short work of the Metropolitan Handicap field and New Zealanders were three un for the afternoon. But there was more to follow. The next race was the First Steeplechase., and. though not owned in New ealand, the Dorainionbred Sultana won. Mr. Stead stepped in again, and the two remaining events, the New Stakes and Squatters’ Handicap were captured by his pair, Isolt and Nightfall. The whole six events ha.l been won by New Zealand-owned or bred horses. There were still two days to go an more plums to be picked. On the third dav Mr. Stead won the Grantham Stake's with Sungod and the Wycombe Stakes with Isolt, and the Graven Plate went to the New Zealand-bred Gladstone, then owned by Mr. Sol Green. , , Just in case anything had been overlooked. the New Zealanders lined up again on the fourth and concluding dav. and Mr. Stead was again prominent, winning the Members Handicap with Isolt. Long before this the bookmakers had closed their bags whenever a New Zealander was produced, and a race with one of Mr. Stead’s horses in would see the ling calling. “Ten to one. bar one, but there was no business doing. A ' Isolt had led the field home m the Members’ Handicap along came the Dowling Steeplechase. The New Ze land Haydn was the favourite but this usually safe conveyance did not complete the course. However, that did not matter a great dead, because two other New Zealanders, Lp-to-IDate and Dingo, were in the race, and they carried on the good work, to finish first and second. The finale came when Nightfall, in the Randwick Plate cantered home 20 lengths in front of her opponents. Many races before the meetj amended the’New Zealand in«*‘<>” h?d been called “The Yellow Peril, o the majority of the horses bore yellow jackets, or yellow was a conspicuous colour.