RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17750, 29 June 1929, Page 19 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK & STABLE,

(By “Martian.”)

SEASON’S FIXTURES

Juno 29—Ashburton County. June 29—Waverley. July 10, 11, 13—Wellington. July 25—Waimate Hunt. July 25, 27—Gisborne. July 27—-South. Canterbury Hunt.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

“Reader,” Hamilton. —A. E. Ellis (56) Is leading on the list of winning horsemen for the season. His brother, L. J. Ellis, comes next with 55 successful mounts. "Curious,” Matangl.—Giendowle is eligible for the minor steeplechases at Trerltham. He comes In under the heading of “qualified hunter.’ “Interested,” Kalpakl.—Shortly, who won the Final Handicap at Hastings on Saturday, is a three-year-old. He is by Hymestra from Merry Moments and is trained at Opaki by W. Hawthorne.

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

The Wellington meeting on July 10, 11 and 13 is the next for attention.

The Victoria Park (Australia) trainer, C. O’Rourke, has physicked the New Zealand filly Gay Ballerina. She will resume training in a week or so.

Supremacy and The Begum are working on the tracks at Te Awamutu. Both are looking well.

It is anticipated that Mr J. Cameron, of Hawera, .will replace Mr Aldworth as judge at Napier Park meetings.

Mr L. Gordon, of Waimate, Is now ownar of the 'two English sires, Solferlno and the Waikato horse Valkyrian.

Te Hora, the half-brother to Te Kara, is among the active brigade at Te Awamutu.

The yearling half-brother by Newmarket to Aussie, was gelded some time ago and sent out for a rest. W. T. Dwyer is putting the youngster into work at Randwick.

Glena Bay will be ridden by F. Foster In the minor hurdle events this memßer of M. J. Carroll’s Te Rapa team is to contest at the Wellington meeting.

It Is reported from Sydney that t .-Oratrlx''ixiay? be ’’ taken! to Brisbane by H. f Lorlgan to compete in the King’s Cup.

No decision has been made as to whether Bright Glow will be raced In Australia next season. Meantime she is reported to .be doing exceedingly weti’in her work at Hawera.

Statesman, who was gelded and “fired” subsequent to his Melbourne Cup victory, has been turned out for a spell.

It is reported that Perception has been sold by Mr P. J. Gore to Mr C. 8.. Ouinan. Perception is a member of F. J. Marsdan’s team at Sydney.

Radiate has been a great bargain for Mr G. L. Rutherford, who purchased him last August. Since then he has started in only three hurdle races and one steeplechase, and he has won each time.

Wiltshire and Manganl are Waikato horses who will be missing from_ the cross-country events at Trentham. The former is not himself, while the weight alloted Mangani was ■ considered excessive.

Thomdale has been turned out for a spell at Rlccarton. He is quite sound, but ow;<ng to his inability to handle winter it was thought advisable to put him aside until the late spring.

R. J. Mackie, who suffered an injury when Lady’s Boy fell with him at Ellerslie, has his arm out of the sling, but in all probability Trentham will be his first meeting following his return to the saddle.

Blsox is going along nicely in her work at Hawera, and she should be in tip-top form for her Trentham engagements./

Young Thurnham’s good showing at the Hawke’s Bay meeting will bring the Aucklander under consideration for steeplechase events of the near future.

F. Foster, who rode Uralla to victory In the Great Northern Steeplechase, will pilot the Piedmont —Perslanello mare in the jumping events she will contest at the Wellington meeting.

The leading sires and the earnings of their'stock for the season are: — Paper Money, £21,477; Lucullus, £15,802; Day Comet, £15,137; Lord Quex, £14,108; Solferino, £11,827; Bisogne, £10,646; Acre, £10,129; Chief Ruler,- £10,067.

It is now reported that R. Inkson will have the mount on the favourite, Tiki, in the Victorian Grand Hurdles. Inkson has the remarkable record of 16 victories out of 65 mounts at Melbourne meetings this season. This is easily the best winning average of any rider high up on the list.

Lady Ora, dam of Benzora, has a fine colt foal to Nigger Minstrel, and Mr C. Preston is sending her to the same horse again next season. Other likely consorts of Nigger Minstrel will be Inah, Vestalis, Isabel, Golden Grafton, Enthusiasm, Ballina, Kinsem, Drolatique and Red Helen.

The ex-New Zealand steeplechaser, Sir Roseberry, will not be a competitor in the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase next month, in which he was handicapped at 11.1, as a penalty of 71b for a minor win at Adelaide caused his connections to withdraw him.

Paganelli and Tasty, members of M. J. Carroll’s team, have been entered for the Jackson Stakes next season. The Wanganui classlo is of £SOO, six furlongs.

The success of the Irish-bred colt, Trigo, in the Epsom Derby proved a windfall to the English bookmakers, who admit that the outsider gave the ring in general one of the best wins for years.

The committee of the Victoria Racing Club has granted the application of Mr E. A. Connolly for a permit to train his own horses. An application by P. O’Hanlon, who ,was also concerned in the Broken Doll case, to ride in races was also granted. The 12 months’ disqualification imposed on the parties concerned expired early this month.

This year’s King Cup, run over a mile and a half, with the , highest weight 9st 51b, and the lowest 7st, will be decided on the third day—lst August—of the Queensland Turf Club's Exhibition meeting. The added money is £2OOO, and a gold cup valued at £IOO, the gift of His Majesty the King.

Nincompoop, who has been ont of commission for a few months, has been purchased from Mr J. McCormack by Mr P. Delargey and will in future be trained by J. B. Pearson, at Rlccarton.

A. G. Murray, the . apprentice rider attached to G. W. New’s stable, who met with injury when Wilmoreana fell with him at Hastings, is still confined to hospital. Although his injuries are fortunately light, a cracked bone in the leg will keep him inactive for a brief time at leash

Roman Abbey will come in for solid support in his jumping engagements at the Wellington meeting. The Cambridge candidate, who was second in the Great Northern Hurdles and the Great Northern Steeples, reads as nicely placed in the Wellington Steeplechase with 9.11 and the Winter Hurdles with 9.4.

Glengarlff, who is engaged in the Trentham and Winter Hurdles at •Trentham, is said to be looking very fresh and bright. He was unlucky at Wanganui, but may get into the money at the Wellington meeting.

If there is anything that arouses the wrath of Myles Connell, erstwhile leading jockey in Sydney, it is the boy who persistently has a cigarette In his mouth. "They are absolute dopes,” he says, "and I do not know how> they expect to make competent jockeys." This comment could be quite readily applied to New Zealand.

A cablegram from Capetown to Sydney Suit states that the Calcutta sweep authorities have traced the winner of the second prize, worth £62,000 in the Derby consultation, in a man named Visagil, a miner resident at Ermelo, Transvaal, who intends to share the prize equally with his brother. This brings the total of South African wins from Calcutta to £200,000.

Racing folks as a whole are born optimists, but probably the king of all resides in Tasmania, says an Australian exchange. After piloting the winner of rather an important event the rider created much amusement by acknowledging the presented trophy with a speech from a type-written sheet. "Be prepared” is evidently this lad’s motto, and as it subsequently transpired his optimism was happily justified.

The New Zealand-bred horse, Jazz Baby,, owned by Mr T. Clegg, died on June 17 as a result of eating poisonous berries, which he had picked while roaming in a paddock. By imported Tea Tray from Dixieland, Jazz Baby was a difficult horse to train, andC. P. Brown, his Sydney trainer, had no luck with him. The horse started favourite for the first division of a Highweight Handicap at Canterbury Park last month, but fifth was the best he could record.

A few seasons ago the Masterton sportsman Mr W. R. Kemball was the owner of a big team of racehorses, and was a big asset to racing in this Dominion. Of late he has raced on a limited scale. The success of Courageous and Shortly at the Hawke’s Bay meeting last Friday week would be well received by Mr Kemball’s friends.

Gala Day raced in his working shoes in the Tek’apo Hurdle Handicap at the South Canterbury meeting on Saturday. This added to the merit of his performance. He gave a good exhibition of jumping and ran a very creditable race. As he has the 'reputation of preferring firm ground, he should do even better later on. Gala Day has not been nominated for the Wellington meeting, where R. W. King’s stable will be represented by Aberfeldy. Gala Day has done well lately, and King hopes to have him at his best for. hurdle races at the Grand National meeting.

If performers have previously shown galloping ability, they usually improve under the care of Trainer T. F. Quinlivan. Royal Elm is a case in point. Certainly he has not accomplished anything first-class since going into Quinlivan’s care,, but his form as a steeplechaser has shown gradual improvement, and he may yet prove equal to winning a good class steeplechase.

According to reports, Lord Ranald, the winner of the Gladstone Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase at South Canterbury, is only a novice, but he is a very promising young horse. He is well grown and shows a lot of quality, while he is a brilliant jumper. It will be a surprise if he fails to win more important events over country, as he is a young horse who looks certain to improve.

As a performer in flat events, Aurora Borealis was not a success, but was honest, and invariably ran just well enough to miss prize money. Put to steeplechasing, this daughter of Day Comet has done well in a limited time. As Aurora Borealis Is somewhat small, she may not be equal to carrying big weights “over country,” but no doubt will do well when the company is not too select.

There was once a bookmaker who had absconded from the course and arrived at the station a good furlong ahead of his creditors. As the train moved out of the station the welsher thrust three ten-shilling notes into the hand of a startled porter, saying: “Give these to the first three home.”

P. V. Mason is handling a couple of young horses, who arrived at Riccarton recently from Mr G. D. Greenwood’s stud. They are both by Sutala. One of them, a two-year-old filly from Roden, is a sister to Precious and Rameses, while the other, a yearling colt from Egotism, is a brother to Autobiography, Wayward, Pride and Jaleux.

As far as the current season has progressed, the most important hurdle races decided are the Great Northern at 'Ellerslle, the Century at Wanganui, and the Hawke’s Bay Hurdles at Hastings, Trainer J. Coyle‘has put up a good record by supplying the winner of all three: viz., Mister Gamp the Century and Great Northern, and Novar the Hawke’s Bay race.

Mr E. S. Luttrell has purchased from Sir George 'Clifford the two-year-old filly, Moorbird, by the Ace from Moorfowl. She has shown a lot of speed on the tracks, but leg troubles prevented her from racing this season. In the hope that she wil train on to good form Mr Luttrell has nominated her for the Caulfield Futurity Stakes to be run next autumn.

E. Bartle is still at the head of the list of Sydney’s jockeys for the current season and he seems certain to hold his position at the head of affairs until July 31, the end of the season. M. McCarten is second on the list. McCarten has had rather an unusual experience this season in riding five dead-heaters for first in the Sydney suburban area. His dead-heats have been on Amusement (twice), Pentheus, Prince Verderer and Killarney.

The Southland gelding Red Boa, who won two races at the Dunedin meeting early this month, registered another good performance at South Canterbury, where he was second to Bonrose in the Electric Stakes. He is a bold galloper, who should do well over middle distances next season. His brother, Baldowa, who won a Thompson Handicap at Trentham, was a really good handicap performer, and Red Boa may emulate the best deeds of his relative.

Imported Royal Pet, by Your Majesty, will again visit Rossendale during the coming season. Royal Pet was one of the few horses that was not offered at the dispersal sale of the Kingsfleld Stud, for . apart from her success as a brood mare, a considerable amount of sentiment attaches to her, so far as Mr J. E. Brien is concerned. Rossendale and Royal Pet have provided the Australian Turf with several notable gallopers, the outstanding horses being Rampion and Ramulus, which were raced by their breeders.

Black Duke was responsible far two attractive performances at the South Canterbury meeting. He t made an exhibition of his opponents in the Smithfleld Handicap, and later in the day, with a 71b penalty, he "’filled second place in the Timaru Cup. A mile and a quarter is just too far for him, but up to a mile he represents good form, and he may gather in some more money during the winter, as he appears to act well in heavy ground. Black Duke will race at Trentham next month.

The steeplechaser Nyangav, who was killed at Caulfield on Saturday, was a groat performer over the fences. He won the \ictorian Grand National Steeplechase two years ago and finished second in the big event last season. Perhaps the best performance lie ever put up was when he was beaten by Sir Alogy in the Australian Steeplechase. The race was run in record time and Sir Alogy, really a hurdler —he had won the Australian Hurdle race the previous week —spreadeagled the field with his pace and made Nyangay carry his burden all the way. To have finished second in such circumstances stamped Nyangay as the champion he has proved himself.

Discussing three-year-olds that have raced at Randwick this season, a Svdney writer says: Prince Humphrey was an easy first with £7375. In winning the Derby he out-stayed Mollison, but he was too easily beaten by Amounis and Fourth Hand in the Craven Plate for it to be claimed he was of exceptional merit. The Derby run may have taken enough out of him to 'make his defeat by Amounis excusable, but if quite as good as his admirers believed, he should have beaten Fourth Hand, even at a mile and a-quarter. Strephon stood out as this season’s staying three-year-old, and, though opinions on that score naturally differ, I think he will acquit himself satisfactorily in England. The margin in form is not so great that a first-class horse in Australia does not possess a reasonable chance against the cracks of the Old Country. Mollison's £3804 for two runs at Randwick was a substantial return, and he is a great mller. The pity of It w-as that the heavy going caused Gothic’s withdrawal from the All-Aged Stakes. As a four-year-old Mollison should be able to see out a mile and a-quar-ter —he could have done so the day he won the All-Aged Stakes.

It is to be hoped that the Trotting Conference will disapprove of meetings being held with one, two or more days intervals, says the Invercargill writer “Sir Modred.”

The idea of an owner running a race meeting at his own private track is strange to New Zealanders and Australians, but one American is doing so. The following is from the Lexington “Thoroughbred Record”: “W. T. Waggoner owner of the Three D’s Racing Stable, announced through his trainer, C. E. (Boots) Burnell, that he will stage a 10-day race meeting -t his Arlington track next October, immediately following the 13-day meeting at the State Fair of- Texas in Dallas. This unexpected move on the part of the wealthy Texas oil magnate and turfman is taken to mean that the Waggoner interests will make a strong effort to create public sentiment in favour of the passage of a Racing Bill at the next session of the Legislature. A Bill providing for operation of parimutuel machines was barely defeated in the Legislature at Austin last March. The October meeting will be held in such a manner as to avoid violation of the Texas anti-gambling statutes.”

There is a great amount of cross purposes among English and American sportsmen in regard to the merits of equlnes bred in the respective countries and it is refreshing to read the remarks of Mr Stanley Harrison, an American, upon the subject. He writes as follows: “Friendly rivalry is the life of sport and unfriendly rivalry is the death of it. Surely too much has been written in inimical vein about the relative merits of English and American thoroughbreds. Comparisons are particularly odious when made without an accompanying smile in tone or fact. On both sides of the Atlantic there are those who, by persistent and insidious suggestion, would undermine our natural good feeling for each other and one is sorry to see it, for the spirit of the sport should unite us as can nothing else."

At the Old Surrey and Burstow point-to-point meeting, held on April 27, the official "tote” was operated for the first time in England. There were six booking offices for the placing of bets of 2s 6d and 10s. There was a lot of grumbling owing to the fact that these offices were quite Inadequate. An English paper states that there was no raucous shouting of odds no rushing about to secure the best’price on offer. A few clerks in an inner room worked out the odds on the first three horses, and after deducting 10 per cent had the dividends displayed within a minute of the finish of the particular race. The amount taken at the meting was just over £2OOO for six events. The same paper remarked that the odds returned by the totallsator were from 15 to 20 per cent better than the bookmakers’ odds.

The English Derby of 1929 will be memorable for many things. First of all, two widows, one with four children, won fortunes in the sweeps, secondlv, a young Leeds outfitter, recently married, will draw £36,000 from" the Calcutta Sweep; thirdly the favourite, Mr Jinks, was never in the hunt Mr Barnett, the owner of Trigo, in addition to receiving stakes amounting to £12,000, had a share in the Trigo . ticket in the Stock Exchange sweep, and secured £io,ooo out of the £125,000 prize. Mrs Chapman, a widow with no children, living at Bournemouth, shares half of the other Stock Exchange Trigo ticket. Mrs McGrath, a handsome voung widow of Dublin, with four children, halves the first prize in the Baltic Exchange sweep of £50,000 with a resident of London. A young Leeds outfitter, B. Brill, who was recentlv married, won £36,000 in the Calcutta Sweep. He drew Walter Gray and sold half a share for £3OOO.