RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15359, 6 October 1923, Page 16 (Supplement)

RACING.

RACING DATES.

■•w ZMImAi OcL il, 13— Whangarel R-C. Oct. 11, 13 —Dunedin J.C. Oct. 12, 13 — Masterton R.C. Oct. 20, 22 —Wellington R.C. Oct. 20, 22 —Gore R-C. Oct. 22.—Waipawa County R.C. Oct. 22. —Waverley R.G. Oct. 22 —Waikato Hunt Club. Oct. 22 —N. Canfby and Oxford J. C. Out. 23.—Levin R.C. (at Trentham). Oct. 25, 27.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. Oct. 27.—Carterton R.C. Oct. 31. —Pahiatua R.C. Oct. 31 —Birctrwood Hunt Club, Nov. 3, s.—Auckland R.C. Nov. 3,5, 7, 10.—Canterbury J.C, Nov. 10, 12.—Hamilton R-C. Nov. 14, 15. —Winton J.C. Nov. 2i. —Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. .Nov. 23, 24.—South Canterbury J.C. ! Nov. 80, Deo. I.—Takapuna J.C. Nov 30, Deo. I.—Feilding J.C.

Australia. Oct. 3—Craven Plate. Oct. 6—Rand-wick Plate. Oct. 13 —Caulfield Guineas. Oct. 20—Caulfield Cup. Nov. 3—Y.R.C. Derby. November 6—Melbourne Cup.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Finance," Hamilton.—Killocra, the Avondale Stakes winner, cost 525 guineas as a yearling. Time," Gordonton. —Maurice McCarten, the N.Z. Jockey, who rode the winner of the A.J.C. Derby, has not reached 22. “Reliable,” Te Aroha. —Voltore, a place getter at Avondale, Is by Autumn, and not by Autumnus. The latter was the sire of Autumn. “Sixes and Sevens," Te Rore. —(1) J. Bryce drove Ahuriri to victory in the last Waikato Trotting Cup. (2) M. D. O’Shea had a mount (Corregidor) in the Rotorua Cup of 1920.

JOTTINGS. There will be -racing at Whangarel on Thursday and Saturday. Dunedin claims the same dates as the northern fixture.

Masterton will conduct Its programme on Friday and Saturday. Ballymena’s winning return for the A.J.C. Derby was about £6500. Sir Burnett and The Curragh will be racing at Whangarel. Lady lona has dropped a filly foal by Archlestown. The brilliant Razzle Dazzle Is well up on the stake earning list, and the season Is yet early. Infante may face the new term from Claudelands on October 22. The ex-New Zealand Jockey, L. H. Hewitt, is doing very successfully in India. Nassau, the sire of the A.J.C. Derby winner, will be located from early in the year at the Kla Ora stud In New South Wales.

Beauford and Gloaming have both gone off the scene owing to tendon trouble.

The candidates for the Labour Day racing are being put through their preparations at Te Rapa and Claudlands. , I

Imported English horses have had a successful term at the present racing at Randwick.

Arch Opal, who has had a- fair term at flat racing, may tackle the--fences at Claudelands this month.

Etta (Martian-Linda), a southern candidate, was shipped to Sydney yesterday and will in'future race on the pony circuits. Nlcomar, the winner of the, Waikato Hunt Steeplechase last season,- is to be given the opportunity to repeat that success. *

Miss Comet, who will race at Claudelands on Labour Day, Is a Day Comet filly from Lady lona, owned locally by Mr McLean. Star Ranger, who went wrong on the trip to Sydney, is now back at Trentham.

Gloaming Is being exercised on the lead on the tracks at Riecarton. Mr J. B. Harcourt has been re-elect-ed president of the Wellington Racing Club for tbe twenty-third year In succession. < ru

Raceful and Forest Gold are familiar equine names among the nominations for the Waikato Hunt meeting. There is continued activity among the horses In work In the strings utilising the racing surface at Tc Awamutu.

Snake, who has been off the scene since his return from the Wellington fixture, has been nominated for a hack handicap at Claudelands on Labour Day.

Ballymena and Razzle Dazzle should provide a good finish to the New Zealand Derby at Riecarton next month. King Merv, one of the Sunnyslde Lodge team, will make his racing bow on Labour Day. He is a big raking sort by Quin Abbey.

King’s Trumpeter (ii2sgns) and Grotesque (TOOgns) were the figures for New Zealand horses purchased by Australians in Sydney this week. ' Bright Day is being kept up to the collar. The Day Comet—Lady Gwendoline representative looks in great heart. The others of F. Tutchen’s team are also receiving the required supervision for duty this month. Mark Time and Admiral Codrington are two horses growing in favour for the New Zealand Cup. It is quite on the cards that his Hamilton owner may give White Comet an acceptance in the Great Northern Guineas. M. McCarten’s three Derby winners on end are the N.Z. and Great Northern on Enthusiasm, and the A.J.C. Derby on Ballymena. The Archiesetown —Lady Gwendoline foal, the latest arrival at Sunnyside Lodge, is making good progress. Razzle Dazzle’s name was missing from the list of acceptors published in the north for' the Hawke’s Bay Guineas.

The Royal Calcutta Turf Club notifies that jockeys from Australia or New Zealand applying for licenses to ride under its rules must produce clearances from one of the principal racing bodies of the States or New Zealand.

The Tamahere owned jumper, Glentui, a double winner at Pakuranga appears in the list for the big crosscountry event on Labour Day. The class of steeplechasers at Randwick does not appear to be very high. The three placed horses on Monday were all on the minimum.

Sir Andrew's success in the Metropolitan Handicap at the AJ.C. meeting on Monday would be sure to take a lot of money out of the ring. Martial Dawn’s withdrawal from the N.Z. Cup was no surprise, as he had been causing his trainer considerable trouble* : ! \

Rahlri, the Grantham Stakes winner at Randwick, displays, like a great many of Tressayr’s progeny, more brilliancy than lamina. John Bunny is one of the jumpers ot the Hamilton East trainer, E. J. O’Neill’s team undergoing steady tasks at Claudelands. Spanner has not said goodbye to the race track. The .recalcitrant son of The Nut —Dudu is now trained at Horotlu. He will give six furlongs a test at the Hunt fixture. Pittsworth’s mishap, which cost the Auckland owned gelding a steeplechase at Randwick on Monday, was a financial set-back to many, but the illluck fell primarily on his owner, Mr J. Williamson. Witness Box, the full brother to Royal Box, is the latest of Mr G. L. Stead’s team to find an Australian owner. Lady Frisco, the dam of White Comet, recently foaled a filly by Nassau. The trio are owned by Mr G. Seifert.

Kidlaw (Wolawa— Culprit) won one of the heats of the two-year-old trials at Randwick for the ex-Ncw Zealander, Mr E. J. Watt. Raccful is coming on very favourably in his new quarters at Frankton and, so far, the Martian —Rose Red horse is not displaying any serious illeffccts of his old trouble. Happy Warrior, the Kilbroney gelding figuring in the N.Z. Cup, is an improving horse. : During the past thr.ee months he won four races and was placed in one other, out of six starts. Dutch Clock, one of the stock of the Cambridge located sire, Nassau, showed very attractive form in winning In her first start, whioh took place at Geraldine. Jockey R. S. Sagby had both arms wrenched through his mount, Comical, falling In a schooling task.

Scion is in steady work at Trentham in view of Important engagements ahead for the N.Z. and Auckland. Cup winner of last season.

Mr E. Riddiford, the well-known Wellington owner, intends leaving for England next Easter, and it is expected that he will purchase some bloodstock while abroad.

Contrary to most of Woorak’s progeny, Sir Andrew, the Metropolitan winner, gets a distance of ground well. In the autumn Sir Andrew was runner-up to Prince Cox in the longdistance Australian Cup and followed this up by accounting for Caserta in the St. Leger. Heroic, who defeated 26 other 2-year-olds pointlessly in the Breeders’ Plate at Randwick, was purchased for 1800 guineas in Sydney in the autumn. . Heroic, who is by the Cicero horse, Valais, is located in Melbourne. Killashandra, the 4-year-old Kilbroney—Symbolism gelding, racing with success among the ponies In Sydney, was bred by Mr T. H. Lowry, the owner of Desert Gold. In the Dominion last season he had two wins, a second and a third in nine starts.

Shoulder trouble was the reason why Star Ranger had to forego his engagements in the A.J.C. Derby and the Melbourne Cup.

Matinee, who figures in the field nominated for the principal open event at the Waikato Hunt meeting, will probably require a race or two to bring him to his best. The Day Comet —Ristori colt looks well. Kennepil, who was killed while racing at Randwick on Wednesday, was owned by Sir Samuel Hordern, who paid a high figure for the Kenilworth gelding twelve months' ago. A local owner voiced his conclusion to the writer the other day that the period between-the racing at Ellerslie and Hamilton In: November was too brief. He.:.clalmed that if they had been a fortnight;' or at least ten days apart, more .beneficial..results would have accrued. Mr H. A. Knight, the owner-breeder of Ballymena, also bred Medley, the dam of the Derby winner, while Medley’s dam, Shindy, also goes down in the same category in this respect as her successors.

A jock,ey named Hornery, who was associated with the New Zealand performer Chant Royal in some off her races in Sydney, recently brought an action against the Sportsman, claiming £IOOO damages. He was awarded one farthing. Chant Royal and her owner were disqualified for twelve months.

“Civis,” In the Otago Daily Times, tells the following story:—An old lady was very impressed by a sermon on charity that she had • read in the Church Magazine, She went upstairs, took two pound notes, went out into the street, and handed them to an honest but seedy-looking young man who was leaning against a verandah post. “What arc these for?” he asked. 1 “Charity,” she replied. “Righto, missus," he said, and disappeared without a word of thanks. Next day he called at her house and handed twenty one-pound notes. “What arc these for” she gasped “Charity, missus. Gee, you were lucky; he only won by a neck.” Gharity was a horse, and the seedylooking young man was a bookmaker’s tout.

A well-known Wanganui sportsman, Mr W. ji’oung, forwards to the Chronicle some, interesting experiences in regard to racing in Victoria (British Columbia.) One very illuminating . budget is the “daily racing news form chart,” which shows the draw at the post and the positions of the horses at various stages of the race, with the times taken over each section, to be followed by this rather cryptic description: “Standing start good; won easily, second and third same. Winner entered for 200 dollars. No claim. Winner tried to bear out on the first turn, but rider tapped him on the nose with whip and straightened him out. Took lead and won easily. Faber tried hard to make Furious Bill stop and tired himself. Play Off closed well, the same with Laggan. Little Florence was caught in a jamb at the clubhouse turn, came very close to falling.” Then again there is the tipster’s advertising circular: “My system of handicapping is by comparison, giving due consideration to all essential points, namely, value, class, speed, consistency, Voight preferred, distance, trainer and owner who know when their hhrse is placed right. And last, but most essential of all, the* jockey who rides. I ,work three hours nightly with dope book in order to discover" essential features and to make prices. I am now and have been for three years official price-maker for all Pacific Coast and adjacent cities, from Vancouver to San Diego. I give jockeys and probable straight mutual price on all selections. I also invite friendly wagers daily with any persons who think they can pick more winners or show a better daily average than I can. -1 am at track early morning to obtain jockeys, scratches, dockers’ reports and what stable information I possibly can. Don’t buy any sclcc-

tlons unless ‘Man-o’-War’s picture is above my signature at the bottom.” Fortunately New Zealand punters are not pestered with professional tipsters.