RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18478, 5 November 1931, Page 11

RACING.

JHE WAIKATO MEETING. FIRST DAY ACCEPTANCES. JO CLOSE AT 5 P.M. OX FRIDAY. The Waikato Racing Club’s Spring mooting will be held at Te Rapa on Saturday, November 14, and Monday, November 16. Acceptances for the first day’s racing will closo at 6 p.m. to-mor-row (Friday) with the secretary (Mr E. H. O’Meara), at Hamilton, or with Messrs Blomfield and Co., Auckland. NOTES AND COMMENTS. NEW ZEALAND CUP MEETING. B. H. Morris will have the mount on King Colossus In the New Zealand Derby. H. Gray has been engaged to ride f Red Heckle in the C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap. . R. Reed was offered several mounts in the Derby. He will be on Nightguard, from A. McAulay's stable. After witnessing the Melbourne Cup race, J. T. Jamieson caught-the express for Sydney on Tuesday.evening. He is due lo leave the latter port to-morrow by the Ulimaroa. Ammon Ra will be on board the same boat. R. Reed has been engaged to rido Lack in the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes. As Lack won the Wellesley Stakes at Trentham he is sure to.be one of the favourites for the classic at Riccarton. It is understood that both Croupier and Kozan will contest the Stewards' Handicap. The bracket is certain to be favourite in Saturday’s big sprint at Riccarlon. In view of his unsatisfactory display In the Akaroa Handicap, Mr G. Murray-Aynsley decided that Rlrl would not keep his engagement in the New Zealand Cup. This leaves A. E. Eastwood without a mount, but he will probably have the ride on Admiral Drake. While Phar Lap was adding to his laurels In Melbourne on Saturday, his full relatives, Fortune’s Wheel and Night Guard, were racing, at. the Ranks Peninsula meeting at Motukarara, and both acquitted themselves well. Fortune’s Wheel made her best showing to date in running third In the Hlghwelght, while Night Guard finished behind the placed horses in the Akaroa Handicap.

At the Kensington pony and all ■heights meeting on Tuesday of last . -week, the second division of the ■Flying Handicap, five furlongs and a half, was won by Promissory Note (Paper Money—Robur). Promissory Note won by a head and survived a protest. The 14 Hands Handicap, five furlongs, first division, was won by Elvira (Solferino —Michaeia). Elvira won by a neck. According to a writer in . the-Daily Express, J. Jarvis, trainer' of Sandwich, winner of the St. Leger, in reply to a telegram from a friend regarding Sandwich’s prospects, answered in rhyme “The furious backers stand aghast, Awful -is their language, As o’er the Moor all Yorkshire roar, Rosebery’s won with Sandwich!’’ Two daughters of The Ace and the Treadmill mare, Sailor’s Hope, were in the picture at the Banks Peninsula meeting on Saturday. The four-year-old, Sailor’s Love, found the distance in the Halswell Hack too limited for her to reveal her best qualities, and she will be better at a mile. The other, Fast Passage, as the result of her High-weight victory, must be regarded as a dangerous contender for the New Zealand Oaks, to be run on the third day of the Cup meeting. Although Arpmon Ba failed to add his name to the list of Victoria Derby ■winners, New Zealand’s list of earlier winners includes Martini Henry (1883), Nordcnfeldt (1885). Xordenfeldt's two sons, Strathmore (1891), and Carnage (1893), and Pliar Lap (1929). Carnage was the threequarter brother to Carbine, who was beaten by a head by Ensign in his year. The 1917 Derby winner, Biplane, though bred in Australia, was owned by a New Zealander, Mr G. D. Greenwood at the time of his victory. I 1 R. Lewis, when he took the mount on Prince Dayton in the Melbourne j Cup on Tuesday, was having his thirty- | fourth ride in the race. He is I fifty-two years of age and had his I first Melbourne Cup ride on Onward i unplaced in the 1895 race. Lewis has i ridden four winners (The Victory, i Patrobas, Artilleryman and Trivalve) i of the race, while his mounts have : been second four times and third j once. |

A year ago last Saturday, Ephialtes surprised New Zealand by paying a huge dividend for his first start. Since then, he lias shown rapid improvement, and last Saturday, he was well hacked for llio Wa Irani pa County Cup, but was denied a place. Although he is endowed with the best •staying blood of Kngiand, through St. pinion. Bend Or. and .Musket, he has not been stretched beyond in furlongs. There is also the fact tint be is, or has been, a hard puller. By the manner in which !m li is been finishing in his reeenl cares, however, .this habit seems to have been less evident. perhaps, il would be wiser to measure him on Teen ham. ml her " than on Carterton form, when eonsidering Ills New Zealand Cup prospects.

RACING IN AUSTRALIA. THE FtOSEHILL MEETING. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. SYDNEY, Nov. 4. The following were the chief results'at Rosehill races to-day:— FLYING HANDICAP. A sweepstake of 30s each, with £l5O added; 0 fur. REMORA, J. E. Brien’s blk m, by Rossendale Demeter, 9.0 (Bartle) 1 FRONTIER, J. F. Munro’s b c, 8.0 (Munro) 2 BAYAGRE (N.Z.), Mrs Sleightholme’s b g, 8.12 (Webster) 3 Fifteen started, including Crown Area, Auda and Gesture. Won by 13 lengths; half a length between second and third. Time, im 13s. CHRISTCHURCH HANDICAP. A sweepstake of £1 each, with £2OO added; 1J miles. CATHMAR, J. King’s b h, by Tippler—Clair _ Obscure, 8.6 (Munro). 1 LOQUACIOUS, R. Miller’s br m, by Magpie Charleville, 8.11 (Coutls) 2 BOORCELLO, J. W. Beveridge’s ch in, by Violincello—Booralic,. 8.7 (Lightfoot) 3 Twelve started, including Vertigern. Won by three-quarters of a length; a neck between second and third. Time, 2m 6is.

PARRAMATTA MILE. A sweepstakes of 30s each, with £l5O added; 1 mile.

MINTAGE, T. A. Williams’ ch g, by Catmint—Lady Penury, ■ 8.11 (O'Keefe) J MY TALISMAN, R. Saywell’s b g, by Claro—Tributary, 8.9 (Webster) 5 ■SUNDER LEE, W. J. Le Quesne’s ch g, by Shillinglee—Sunder, 8.9 (Bartie) ii Eight started, including Grecian. Won by three-quarters of a lengthlength between second and third. Time, lm 425. NEW ZEALANDERS UNLUCKY. VERTIGERN AND LAVINGTON. INTERFERENCE IN RACES. Interference was rife at the Canterbury Park meeting on October 24 (says the Sydney Morning Herald). In two cases It militated seriously against the New Zealanders Lavington and Vertigern, each of whom would have had more to say at the finish of their respective races only for the untoward incidents. It was a coincidence also that the horses to suffer most by interference were the elect of the public. Tlie Dominion trainer 11. B. Lorigan ! has not found his present trip an altogether profitable one, the only horse under li is care to succeed so far being Concentrate, who won on the Canterbury Park course and subsequently finished second to the outsider strength in Die .Metropolitan. Lavington, another of his representatives, had run sucli promising races in minor company that Die Maiden Handicap was regarded as a “good thing’’ for him. Lorigan, who is in .Melbourne supervising the preparation of Concentrate for the Melbourne Cup, sent his money across for Lavington. A little even money was bet I about the Hunting Song gelding, but .’ for the most part Die horse was at odds on. He should not have been j beaten. Ridden by T. Webster, Lavj ington was at the rear of the main bunch for the greater part of the journey, but about tiie three furlongs he attempted a forward move between Kengo and Sweet Cyllene. Simultaneously Kengo appeared to alter his course, and Lavington had to be checked immediately. This cost him the race, as lie then manoeuvred his way through Ihe field in ihe straight and got to within a short head of Tinlcro, who bad made all the running. Official Inquiry. The siiprndiary stewards opened an inquiry iulo T. Webster's handling of Lavington. Afler taking some evidence lliey adjourned it lo the A..1.C. office. A sec,ion of the crowd made a mild demonstration against lxiving'on's parly when Hie horse returned to Hie enclosure. The adjourned inquiry into Webslcr s • j ,i..,,1.11. u: l,a\ingteu ai Cant,Thur> was . on,•iiob’d on Gi'tobe' 1 2C> . After faking Hirlber evidence the slew.inis derided lo •ac- 1 ‘ ", coster's explanation. They [

found that the horse accidentally met with interference near the three furlongs, due to being disappointed when going for an opening. Another subject ’that was gone into was the interference met with by Vertigern, also a New Zealander, between the two and the three furlongs. Some evidence on the matter, was taken on the course. Vertigern is one of W. D. Moroney’s recent arrivals from the Dominion. The gelding's form over there was good, and the public certainly had good grounds for backing him in the comparatively weak Canterbury Handicap held. It also had reason ’to be satisfied with its judgment until approaching the straight entrance, whore Vertigern was squeezed back sufficiently to put him out of the race. He was running on again at 'the finish, but in the meantime Flinders, who had found that the race had been run to his liking, came on the outside at the right moment to beat Sunlover and Bosmina.

At the adjourned inquiry, after taking further evidence, the stewards found that H. Russell, rider of Bosmina, was to blame, and they accordingly suspended him from riding in races for one month for careless riding.