RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17783, 7 August 1929, Page 3

RACING.

FROM TRACK & STABLE . (By “ Martian.’.’) 1829-30 SEASON. August 13, 15. 17— Canterbury J.C. August 24—Pakuranga J.C. August 24—Hawke’s Bay Hunt. August 28—Dannevirke R.C.' August 29—Dannevirke Hunt. August 31 —Taranaki Hunt. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Reader,” Camibridge.—(l) Entries for the New Zealand Cup are due by August 23. (2) Claremore, a winner at Gisborne last month, is by Cynic, from Waikohu. “Weights,” Hora Hora. —Kawini (11.0) 1, Wiltshire (10.6) 2, Maunga (9.5) 3, was the order of the placed horses in the Winter Steeplechase at Ellerslie in June. The weights of these horses in the Grand National Steeplechase are: Kawini (10.13), Wiltshire (10.9), Maunga (9.11). “Enquirer,” Hamilton.—ln the Temuka Hack Handicap, at the South Canterbury meeting last month, which was won by Sweet Refrain from Red Boa and Broadfleld, there were five starters. Nignt Effort and Miss Marco “also ran.”

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. The trotting season of 1929-30 will commence on Saturday at Addington with the first day of the New Zealand Metropolitan fixture.. On -Tuesday next the CanterburyJockey Club’s meeting will commence at Riccarton. The Grand National Steeplechase and the Winter Cup will be the leading events on that day. Taboo reads well handicapped in the Winter Cup, but he is a slow beginner, and under the - extra handicap lie has to work his way through a big field. . Rangiawhio, who ran .unplaced in the. Longbeach Hurdles at the Christchurch Hunt meeting, was formerly trained by-J. F. Tutchen. \ Golden Rule, a maiden galloper in H. L. Russell’s team at Te Awamutu is a four-year-old half-sister to that speedy southern sprinter Orchid. Golden Rule is by Chief Ruler from Gladiole, the latter of whom was also particularly smart over short course. The filly by Catmint—Loloma, a member of A. Tinker’s team at Te Rapa, is being got ready to race in the Avondale Stakes. Kawini’s second in the Longbeach Hurdles at Riccarton on Saturday impressed good judges, in view of the Grand National Steeple engagement of the Auckland owned jumper. Gay Comet, -who was a useful hack, races a few seasons back, is in work at Te Aroha. The Day Comet—Elnona chestnut is being prepared for hurdle racing and is shaping well.

w. Hona, an apprentice horseman attached to M. J. Carroll’s stable at Frankton shapes promisingly in the riding work he undertakes on the tracks at Te Rapa. Hona will have his opportunity later on to make a successful bow in public as a rider

An Impression seems to be abroad that Fabriano is a bad fencer. That is not the writer’s opinion, says “Sentinel” in the Otago Daily Times. Fabriano lands very heavily over his fences, and takes a lot of riding.. He is not sound in front, and gives the impression that he endeavours to land safely on all fours to save his front pins.

Value has been nominated for the sprint race, the Dunedin Handicap, at the coming meeting of the Pakuranga Hunt. Value is in work with F. E. Loomb’s team at Te Awamutu, but the daughter of Paper Money and Grey Linnet will require racing before she reaches her best.

Ned Kelly, who got on the winning list as a hurdler after his return to Te Rapa from the South Island last season, is now under the care of the local trainer, A. Jackson.

Vaucluse, who has done all his racing from headquarters further south in the Island, will parade from Te Awamutu for the latest period. Vaucluse is a six-year-old gelding by Valkyrian from a mare by Wauchope. He is in 11. L. Russell's stable.

Excella Tea, by Polycrates from Black Tea and Flying Rose, by Rosewing—Larona, are Australian bred Allies A. P. Brady is preparing at Te Rapa for two-year-old racing this season. The Australian Sun juvenile, who was taken up a few months back, has been put out for a spell.

Holly Holm is the name given to the Acre-—Great , Effort two-year-old who is to carry M. J. Carroll’s colours on the race track. He has entered on his preparation at Te Rapa and, although small, there is plenty to recommend this juvenile on the score of breeding.

Tarrapeen had limited experience in public as a steeplechaser tow-ards the close of last season. The Spalpeen mare is to be on deck again early in the new season. She is entered for both cross-country events at the Pakuranga meeting.

Flying Juliet has begun to speed up on the tracks at Te Rapa. Her trainpr, R. A. Edwards, who was very successful with this and other members of his small team last season, is getting Flying Juliet ready for the Avondale meeting next month. The' Romeo—Penella mare promises to be very useful again this season. She looks well.

Royal Game put- up rather a remarkable performance at the Christchurch Hunt Club’s meeting on Saturday. At the start of the Brabazon Welter he was not turned into the tapes; with the result that he lost several lengths. By the time they settled down he was eight to ten lengths behind the last horse of the bunch. Ills effort in getting second from that position was the feature of the race. At the same time it tends largely to discount the form shown not only by the winner Prickles, but of all the other runners. Royal Game 'could not repeat that performance against tb£ majority Di- the .Winter Gup held ■ --—— ;

Macroom is among the regular workers on the tracks at Te Bapa. The Archiestown—Lady Gwendoline mare had a lean period as a stake earner last season, in which she won only one race. In the preceding term she was particularly useful and if she can he got to reproduce that form there will be a successful period ahead.

Prodice, who is in work under F. E. Loomb’s supervision at Te Awamutu, won £3700 in stakes last season. The daughter’of Catmint and Ilyades has developed along commanding lines since last season and she can be expected to play her part well in good handicap company over the new period of racing. Prodice may be raced in the leading distance event on the flat at the Pakuranga meeting.

Temperature, who has been entered for the Greenmount Hunters’ Steeplechase at the Pakuranga meeting, has been doing some jumping at the hunts in the Waikato. The aged chestnut descendant of Day Comet and Heat Wave, is owned in the Eureka district.. The season before last he was started on two occasions, finishing third to Pouri and Mangani in the Hunters’ Hurdles at Cambridge and acting as runner up to Pouri in the Ladies’ Bracelet Handicap the same afternoon.

A New York paper mentions that C. Madden, one of that city’s most prominent bookmaker, is retiring from that business and will start as a stockbroker. lie, is a backer as well as a bookmaker,''and ttie paper quoted says lie won £30,000 last year when Petee Wrack beat Victorian and Reigh Count in the Travers. It is added that Madden gave each c' his dozen clerks a bonus of 5000 dollars (£1000) last year, and. that his winnings were not far from a million dollars. If that is correct, it is a wonder he wishes to give up bookmaking.

Gay Duke is among the horses being prepared at Te Rapa by J. llowden, who is superintending M. J. Carroll’s team during the absence of the latter in Australia with Paganelli and Tasty. If all continues well with him, Gay Duke will open his season’s programme early in the spring. The Lord Quex —Salvctte .three-year-old gelding has developed favourably over the period since racing last season. The first fast work lie lias done so far in the new season was to run along a few furlongs at Te Rapa the other morning. Gay Duke is listed for classic engagements this season.

Glena Bay is big and muscular. The manner in which he hit out at Te Rapa over six furlongs the other morning indicated that he is himself again. It is unfortunate that the Romeo —Martigues gelding has periodical set-backs physically. If J. Howden can keep him on the right track, Glena Bay should be heard from in the racing of the coming spring. He will be seen out at the Avondale meeting next month.

Rose Lupin, who recorded a surprise victory in two-year-old company at Te Rapa in the autumn, is being prepared by owner-trainer 11. L. Russell, at Te Awamutu for the racing of the new season. The King Lupin— Madam Rose Ally has done very little fast work so far but she will be increasing the measure ja_tliis-4ir£ctiou .tom this out, .

Hounslow, who scored a rare surprise in the concluding event at Riccarton on Saturday, is a well-bred four-year-old chestnut gelding by Thurnham from Heath Lass. Heath Lass is a brown mare bred in England by Lord W. de Broke and she and her dam Pitbrow Lass were imported to New Zealand by the laic Mr John Grigg, of Longbeach, Pitbrow [.ass being again in foal lo Newmarket, the sire of Heath Lass. In New Zealand Pitbrow Lass duly foaled and the colt, brother lo Heath Lass, raced under the name of Pitnrop. Pitprop was a galloper of very good class, but unfortunately he was unsound, and did not last long. Hounslow, who is raced by Mr E. Hay, who started as an owner by purchasing Magna Charta from Mr T. H. Lowry, did not race as a two-year-old, and last season had seven races, all unplaced performances. His half-brother, Royal Saxon, did not show much form until he attained a bit of age.

Paddon’s name appears in the Jellicoe Handicap (one mile and a quarter) and the Dunedin Handicap (six furlongs) at the Pakuranga Hunt fixture at Ellerslie, which will introduce the racing of 1129-30 in this province. The other morning at Te Rapa Paddon was given his first gallop since his return from the Wellington meeting at which he won the Whyte Handicap (one mile) in his only start. The Archiestown —Lady Frisco gelding ran three furlongs on the morning referred to and he did his work-in good style, without exertion. There should he useful, results from this direction in handicap company this season. The leg trouble, of which a lot was heard while Paddon was at Trcntham, lias been with him to, a greater or less extent for a long time and, while threatening, his trainer, A. Tinker, has kept him up to the needs.

The Sporting Life says that many English backers will have unpleasant memories of Monday, June .10. It was settling day for the previous week, when 'l’rigo did punters a bad turn by winning the Derby, and that colt’s brother Athford, • also bit them severely by failing in the Corona Lion Cup, which was won by the American horse, Heigh Count, at JO to J. Epsom finished on Friday, and several short-priced horses were jdowned. , at, Kempton Park the following day. The paper I quote (says “Pilot”) says it has been estimated that the Derby established a record as the biggest betting race in the history of racing in any country, and a conservative estimate was that nearly £10,000,000 changed hands.

Master Holey has been entered for the Hunter’s Hurdles and the Sylvia Park Handicap, the latter a seven furlong flat event, at the coming fixture of the Pakuranga Hunt. The Cynic—Miss lioseland gelding, who recently rejoined J. F. Tutchen’s team at Te. Rapa, has improved by his course of jumping at the Waikato Hunts. (Master'Holey showed a-lot of promise in. ills few efforts as a hurdler last season and some further progress in this department can be expected during the new term of racing.

When Royal Saxon was taken to Riccarton a year ago he ranked just above useful hack form. He started off by winning the Brabazon Handicap, in which lie carried the minimum weight, while lie had only 51b above the minimum when he captured the Selwyn Handicap, the concluding event of the Grand National meeting. Since then he has made steady improvement, while he lias a number of wins to his credit. He was not nominated for the hunt meeting this year, but G. Fielding has him early on the scene to get some good galloping ground. He is in capital condition, and though he will have much heavier weights to carry than was the case last year, he is likely to play a prominent part in some of the Hat events at the Grand National meeting. Having the local horseman, A. Tinker, in Lhc saddle will be no drawback to the Saxby gelding’s chances.

The South Canterbury trainer, E. J. Ellis, has brought the three-year-old Pink Goat to Riccarton. There arc no races in which he can compete this month and the trip has been made solely for education and to secure the advantage of good tracks for a few training gallops. The Hunting Song youngster was one of the star two-year-olds of last season. He is a big fellow who has not been seriously tested by his trainer, hut on last season’s form he looks like developing into a high class three-ycar-old. Though he has been in steady work all through the winter, he lias not done any fast galloping, hut lie looks in great order to start on the serious part of his preparation. Tiic present intention is to give him a sprint race at the Ashburton meeting next month, after which it is intended to send him to Auckland, to contest the Great Northern Guineas.