RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17786, 10 August 1929, Page 19 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK & STABLE (By “Martian”) 1929-30 SEASON. August 13, 15, 17— Canterbury J.C. August 24 —Palcuranga J.C. August 24—Hawke’s Bay Hunt. August 28—Dannevlrke R.C. August 29 —Dannevlrke Hunt. August 31—Taranaki Hunt. September 4, s—Marton. September 7—Otago Hunt. September 12, 14—Wanganui. September 21—Ashburton. September 21—Napier Park. September 21, 23—Avondale. September 26, 27 —Geraldine. September , 28—Hawke’s Bay.

ANSWERB TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Cup,” Hamilton. —Kaitl carried 9.10 when he ran second, beaten by a head, In the Winter Cup last season. H. Goldfinch, will ride Kaitl on Tuesday. “Inquirer," Gordonton. —Home Made, ■who was recently ehipped to Sydney, having been purchased there, is by Thurnham from Housewife. “Interested," Plrongia.—ln 'England and the Continent the new year in the horse world does not begin until January 1. “Constant Reader,” Tauplri.—Bjorneborg and Estland were both by Finland. They won the Wanganui Guineas of 1916 and 1918 respectively for Mr T. H. Lowry. (2) Gravitation and Provocation were both by Birkenhead. “Age,” Hamilton. —Aussie and Limerick are six-year-olds this season, while Paganelli is a five-year-old.

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. The Grand National meeting will be held at Riocarton on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of next week. The big Steeples and the Winter Cup will be leading attractions at Riccarton on Tuesday; the Grand National Hurdles will be decided on the middle day of the meeting.

WINTER CUP CANDIDATE KAITI’S PROSPECTS DISCUSSED. Kalti, who will bo ridden In the Winter Cup by the Auckland horseman, H. Goldfinch, has reached Riocarton In good order for Tuesday’s raoe. Twelve months back, with 9.10 Kaitl was beaten for the honours by the narrow margin of a head. The Luculius —Suratura gelding, who entered the ranks of the “aged” horses on August 1, has. 9.9 In the oomlng race, so that on the score of weight he has not been harshly treated, taking a line through his last year’s form In the big mile. It has to be acknowledged, however,, that Haiti s record over the latest season Is not as appealing as that of the preceding twelve months. He did some hurdling of reoent months and on his return to flat raolng at Trentham In July he won In useful sprint company. Kaitl has the ability to begin well and, all things considered, .he should be prominent In the settlement of the coming race.

Pedestal, the half-brother,, by Thespian, to Commendation, Is a , well developed Juvenile who is to be given plenty of time.

Praise, a two-year-old by Limond Eulogy, being trained ( at Riccarton, is very highly spoken of.

Perle de Leon will contest the Jumpers’ Flat at Riccarton on Tuesday, an event he won two years ago.

It is expected that several Waikato owners will give support to the Marton meeting, which is to be held next month.

Glenartney, a descendant of Hunting Song, showed a lot of promise in the few races be had as a two year old last season. This member of F Tilley’s team should do well in the new season.

If Merry Mint is sent to Australia to race in the near future he will be accompanied by Hunting Cry, the three-year-old half-brother, by Hunting Song, to White Fang. ,

C. Emerson has declined the mount on Gay Sonnet in the Winter Cup, and it is Improbable that he will do any riding at the Grand National meeting.

Mr G. D. Greenwood was represented in the Maiden Stakes at Riccarton on Saturday by the th^^’ ea g'°nSwiftray, by Arrowsmlth from Sun ?» i. Of Golden Armour. He was never far back from the leaders, and finished in sixth place.

When S. G. Ware returns to Win-gatui,-after the Grand Nationa meeting it is probable that he will tak back Mr G. J. Barton’s three-year-olds Gold Tinge and Academy, who have been wintering at Addington under the care of W. J. Tomkinson.

in the early part of his career Gay Jim suffered from unsoundness making him a difficult horse to patience of his owner, Mrs J Camp bell, has at last been rewarded, as the horse now appears to be quite sound with excellent prospects of winning hurdle races in more pretentious company. Gay Jim will race at the Grand National Carnival.

Bonhomme, the Panmure gelding in A D. Webster’s team in Australia, completely outclassed the nnnosed to him when he scored . Rnsehill recently. Bonheur, the dam of Bonhomme, was a fairly good jumper ini* her day.

\n rmpression seemed to prevail at Riccarton on Saturday that the - chase fences are not as fornrudabl ■ this year as on previous occasions, but it was stated by the caretaAer, Mr i ■ D McNab, that there has been no alteration in the size or strength of any of the obstacles.

Indolent showed fair form last season and but for ill luck in the running, supported by slow beginnings, would have increased the number of successes to his credit. The General Latour White Sox gelding has begun his new season’s activities on the tracks at Te Rapa. His trainer, R. A. Edwards, will race Indolent at the A'ondale Club’s meeting month.

In referring to the proposal favouring assumed names, which was before the New Zealand Racing Conference, a writer tin the Sydney Referee says: Assumed names really do not appear to serve much purpose. The anonymity they give does not last for long. Even the man the streets in Australia knows most of the owners who race under assumed names.

Lunette continues to frame up favourably towards racing needs as the result ol‘ the work she has been carrying out at Te Rapa under the direction of her trainer, A. Tinker. The Nassau —Lady Frisco mare showed favourable form in some of her races last season and she is likely to do further useful service as a galloper this term. Lunette will be ready for the racing of the spring.

A new owner, Mr J. Carr, of Hastings, made his appearance on the winning list at the Poverty Bay Hunt Club’s meeting on Saturday, when Essential carried his colours to victory in the Rapanui Hack Flat, after having earlier in the afternoon run second to Plimmerton in the Hexton Handicap. Essential, by Paper Money— Murihuku, is now trained by A. G. Dixon. Formerly he raced in the interests of Mr C. Haldane.

OYER THE COUNTRY. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLES. The leading cross-country event In the Dominion, the Grand National Steeplechase, will bo decided over three miles and a half at Riocarton on Tuesday. The following are the horses engaged, with their weights and riders: — Horse. Weight. Rider. Kawlni 10.13 R. Olive Wiltshire 10.9 R. Syme King’s Guard 10.3 L. Dulleu Maunga 9-11 N‘ col Matu 9.5 A. Jenkins

Fabriano 9.2 D. O.Connor Rangl Sarto 9.0 A. S. Ellis Lord Ranald 9.0 W. Scoble

Black Duke will be one of the best seasoned horses saddled up to contest the Winter Cup in which he will be ridden by A. Didham. He has a big weight in 10.3 and it is also against him that he does not begin too well. However, his condition will be an advantage over the concluding stages of eight furlongs in which the pace will be on from barrier rise. His supporters are banking on that to be the deciding factor in favour of the aged son of Balboa and Amata reaching leading honours.

Grand Song, who finished fourth in the Maiden Stakes at the Christchurch Hunt meeting, had not raced previously. He is a big three-year-old by Hunting Song, and it will be no surprise if he develops good form over a distance. He carries the colours which were prominent < a couple of years ago on Martarma, who won the Great Northern Derby, and though he has a long way to go to reach that horse’s class, he has excellent prospects of being a good winner.

Prickles, the Winner of the Brabazon Handicap at the Christchurch Hunt meeting, did her early racing in the colours of her breeder, Sir George Clifford, and was sold a few months ago to Mr W. J. - Blake, who in his earlier racing efforts had been identified with the trotting sport. This was the first win he had secured with his galloping purchase, and Incidentally the first time that his colours had been carried by a galloper.

F. W. Ellis will leave for Melbourne by the first available boat after the Grand National meeting. , His team will include King Balboa, who will race at the Victorian Spring meeting. L. J. Ellis will accompany his brother, and A. E. Ellis will leave for Sydney after next month’s racing at Riccarton.

Red Boa has raced very consistently during the last two months. He won twice at the Dunedin meeting in June, and since then he has started three times, finishing In second place on each occasion. He is a very solid customer, and though no more than a useful hack at the present time, he is likely to develop Improved form as the season advances, as he comes from a breed that does well with age. His brother, Baldowa, was a good performer in the best handicap company.

Otalri reads as a horse who is likely to play a prominent part In the decision of the Winter Cup at Riccarton on Tuesday. The Paper Money—lsabel gelding, who has 9.11 In the big mile, won the Carbine Plate at Ellerslie in June and then went on to score in the Winter Oats Handicap (one mile) at Trentham. He can begin brilliantly and is a capable galloper in soft ground.

A feature of the bloodstock sales in England last year was that a brace of yearling fillies realised respectively 13,000gns and 12,500gn5. Mr Esmond Harmsworth gave the first-named sum for a daughter of Gay Crusader and Love Oil and the Aga Khan bought the latter, a daughter of Buchan and Harpsichord. The latter filly, who is known as Quarrat-al-Aln, had won both the events in which she had competed when the last mail to hand left England and she is viewed as a probable classic winner at three years old.

Whethe,r Limerick and Paquito will be taken on to Melbourne depends on how they fare in their Sydney engagements. It is possible they will return immediately after Randwick, for the fixtures at Wellington and Christchurch. Paquito is being kept on the safe side by operators on the Epsom and Metropolitan. He is now five, but has been sparingly raced for three wins, a second, and three thirds, two of the wins being recorded at Randwick in the autumn.

The Auckland owned gelding Tidal made all the running in the Club Handicap at Rosehill on July 27, but he was caught and passed by Blather at the turn, where the latter appeared to have the race in his keeping, after trailing the pacemaker to that stage. Blather weakened towards the finish, however, and Tidal, coming again, got the better of him. Then in the last stride, Valamita vanquished both of them, beating Tidal by half a head, with Blather half a neck away. Tidal has 7.2 in the Metropolitan against his 612 in the race at Rosehill, and trainer G. Price is now getting the New Zealander into form. The class at Rosehill wasn't a wonderful recommendation In a Metropolitan connection, but further improvement can be expected in Tidal. In addition, Valamita ran the ten furlongs In 2.6 J which is only half a second outside the course record.

Pompeius has been lame owing to knocking himself while schooling at Te Rapa. The Luculius gelding was on the tracks yesterday, and his trainer, A. P. Brady, is hopeful of getting him to the post for the Ladies Bracelet Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting.

The local horseman, A. Tinker, who will leave for the south to-morrow night to pilot Royal Saxon in the W inter Cup, has been enquired for to ride the Solferino gelding, Filosol, in the Avonhead Handicap the same day. Tinker intends to ride only on the opening day of the Grand National Carnival, as he is anxious to get back to his big team at Te Rapa.

Sea Boy provided a surprise to Riccarton track watchers in the Lawford Steeplechase at the Christchurch Hunt meeting on Saturday. When schooled at Riccarton his efforts were anything but impressive, while he failed to get round in a race at South Canterbury. In the Lawford Steeplechase, however, his rider handled him vigorously, and he gave a good exhibition of jumping, while he showed speed and too much stamina for his two opponents. It was quite an attractive performance, and as he is only a young horse with very little race experience, Sea Boy may make still further improvement very soon.

B. Mitchell, the trainer of Relgh ■Count, informed a Press representative at Newbury that the Coronation Cup winner would not race any more after the Ascot Gold Cup, and would be sent forthwith to the stud in his native land. Just before Reigh Count won the Coronation Cup (1£ mile), and ran second in the Ascot Gold Cup (two and a half miles) to Invershin, one or two of the English racing critics suggested that his trainer would be able to win a minor race or two with him, if he were confined to six ■or seven furlongs events 1 And this about a horse that had won up to two miles against the best in America.

In Brisbane, apprentices’ allowances can be claimed in all races, no matter what the value, but hitherto, Sydney apprentices riding in the Northern capital, have been at a disadvantage in that respect, because of the Sydney rule, which prohibits allowances in races of over £SOO added money. Now the Queensland Turf Club has amended its rule, so that visiting apprentices can also claim allowances, the new order will prevail for the King’s Cup. However, no horse will be permitted to carry less than the 7.0 minimum weight in that race.

Mr Sydney Mercer, a racehorse trainer, of Kentford, Newmarket (Eng.), obtained £2200 damages from Mr E. G. Langford, a veterinary surgeon, of Ascot House, Epsom, for personal injury and for an alleged breach of warranty, in the King’s Bench Division, London, before Mr Justice Swift. Mr ’Mercer, who was kicked by Mr Langford’s mare, his left leg being fractured, said that he was told by Mr Langford that the mare was quiet, and not a kicker. Mr Langford said that he had not the slightest Idea that the mare was a kicker, and, so far as he knew, the occasion when Mr Mercer was injured was the only time the animal had kicked.

The Wanganui Jockey Club decided last season to have its race books printed outside of Wanganui. It was reported at the annual meeting last week that the sum of £l3l had been saved by this arrangement. The club’s policy did not find universal favour, and some unofficial race cards formed the subject of a Police Court case after a meeting at Wanganui. Commenting on the scheme at the annual meeting, Mr H. Rice stated that he did not know any firm in Wanganui which had made a fortune out of printing.' It was regrettable Indeed that the committee had seen fit to go outside Wanganui to obtain the business, and he considered they had made a great mistake. No doubt their attitude was one of the reasons for business In Wanganui being in its present position.

It’s a curious fact that an Illnamed horse seldom rises to any height on the racecourse (remarks “Poseidon.”) The Randwick trainer R. D. O’Donnell must have been thinking of that when he registered three members of his team, as the names chosen for them gave more than a suggestion of speed. A Biplane colt was called after the famous aviator Lindbergh 1 a Great Star colt was given something to live up to when he was named Segrave, after the English speed king; and a Treclare colt was registered as Rolls Royce. All three have won races, although O’Donnell did not reap the benefit of Segrave’s victory. He was sold some months before he scored at Canterbury Park on July 20.

The victory of the five-year-old imported English gelding, Carmclo, by Santair —Caramel, in the Merrumbuna Handicap, £7OO (im and Hf) at the Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s fixture at Caulfield (Melb.) on July 20, created a great deal of interest in Victoria, as he is likely to represent that State in the King’s Cup at Brisbane on August 17. Caramelo's suocess is also of interest in this part of the world, as he races in the colours of Mr J. Edmond, at one time a wellknown citizen of Inevrcargill, and who also owns another useful stayer In Balmarlno, says “Sir Modred." Both Caramelo and Balmarlno are trained at Caulfield by the ex-New Zealander D. J. Price, with whom Mr Edmond was well acquainted in the days when he raced In Otago and Southland, with the late H. Goodman as his trainer. It may be mentioned that the Imported gelding, Caramelo, has done well In Australia, and is proving a cheap horse at the 600 guineas given for him in England. It would not be surprising If Mr Edmond’s representative develops into a leading handicap performer in the spring.

NEW PROGRAMMES. MARTON SPRING MEETING. NOMINATIONS CLOSE AUGUST 16. The Marton Jockey Club’s Spring meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, September 4 and 5. Nominations for all events will close on Friday, August 16, at 9 p.m. On the second day a two-year-old parade will be held before the opening race, entries for which will close on acceptance night (Tuesday, August 27), at 9 p.m. The Marton training tracks are in exceptionally good order ,and during the whole of the winter, trainers have been able to work their charges on the grass tracks without missing a day.