RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18534, 14 January 1932, Page 11

RACING.

FROM TRACK AND STABLE. (By “Martian.") FIXTURES AHEAD. 'January 16—Bay of Islands. January 19, 21—Wairoa. January 23 —Ngaruawahla. January 20, 22, January 22 —Ashhurst-Pohanglna. January'23—Waipapakaurl. January 23 —Walrio.. Jafauary 27, 28— Pahlatua. • January 29, 30.— Takapuna. . / February 3, 4—Egmont. February 4, 6—Gisborne. ‘.February 6—Matamata. 'February 11, 13 —Taranaki. February 11, 13—Dunedin. February 11, 13-—Poverty Bay. February 12, 13— Marlborough. •February 13, 15—Rotorua. February 18 —Tologa Bay. February 18, 20— Wanganui. February 20— Canterbury. ' - February 20, 22—Waikato. .February 24, 25— Woodville. February 24, 25-—Gore. . February/ 25—Waiapu February .27, 29—To Aroha. . New South Weiee. . . , s'January 23-26—A. J;C. January 30—Mooref.eild. , I 1 l —: — 1 NOTES AND COMMENTS. THE WELLINGTON MEETING. , i ' •' v L ’ Bonny Note, winner of the Perth Gup, is New Zealand bred, as she was "foaled at the Elderslie Stud, Oamaru, i having been sired by Paper Money .from Bonny Helen, by unbeaten Boniform from Helen Portland. Others of the family are Ilallgan, True Blood and Uncle Alex. Gesture, with 7.8, can be considered well treated in the Telegraph Handicap, the pprint race on the opening day of the;, Wellington meeting. Her recent success at the' Wairarapa meeting left the impression-, that, at . last she is. coming hack to the form that ■she- displayed : .as. ..a ... two-year-old, When, out/or nine essays, she won . eight'of them in sequence.

A remarkable feature of the history of . the Wellington ..Cup is the fact that two successive dead-heats were .recorded In the big event at Trentham. »<ln 1919 Rfc’d Ribbon and' Rewl Poto paaUthe - j.udgq .in line,, while ' the following year that official was ‘unable to separate Kilmoon and Oratress. Another fact .worth. remark-y lng on is that Cynlsca won the Wellington Gup in three successive, years, scoring In 1890, 1891,land 1892.

How Mr Richard Wootton, now of Sydney, was deceived :by a gang which made large sums of money by dyeing • horseS and running them in other names, is disclosed in an article by Mr Edgar Wallace in the London Sunday Graphic. Mr Wootton is father of Stanley and Frank Wootton, former Jockeys'-and now. trainers in England. Mr Wallace says that the gang purchased one of Mr Wootton’s. horses, dyed it, and entered" it for a small selling race at Doncaster: The horse was doped on the day of the race, but on the way to the barrier it became uncontrollable, gnawed through the reins and broke them. • The jockey lost control of the horse, which bolted. Mr Wootton, by an extraordinary coin- * cidence, caught the horse, and led it back to the saddling paddock. Mr Wootton, however, did not recognise it. ■

As a Ihree-year-old'Rfl'pine won the Wellington Cup In 1923, but since then no liorse of a similar age has been successful. iPeter 'Jackson and Esteem represent the ; three-year-old division In this year’s contest, and as , they have recently been racing prominently In -middle-distance events the prospect of establishing another victory appears hopeful. Other thr'6e-yoar-olds besides Rapine to score were Castaway (1875), Korari (1876), Cynlsoa (1890), Renown (1901), and Nightfall (1905). Gladsome, a three-ycar-old, won in 1904 but was subsequently disqualified for being ridden by an unlicensed apprentice.

■Ephialtcs, viewed in the ipaddook in which he Is being spelled as the result

of his fall in the Manawatu Cup, is much improved, and in spite of being still sore at the off shoulder point, he' 1 gallops up and down the paddock with apparent freedom, , writes "Binocular" In the Manawatu Standard. It may, however, be some time before he.'can be-brought in again, as he suffered several injuries in 'the Awapuni race. Besides the bruised shoulder and forearm, he is 1 badly cut on the off hind leg. He was galloped on, and there is a big scar Just above the fetlock, and another on the coronet. ’ A more serious injury Is a deop open wound on the fetlock Itself, very obviously caused by a severe kick, for the flesh has been torn upwards. Witnesses at the barrier of the race for the Manawatu Cup declare that ho was kicked by Esteem, though the stipendiary steward in attendance stated afterwards that veterinary opinion was that the wounds were all •the result of the horse being galloped on. /

Last season 82 thoroughbred yearlings sold in England realised over 1000 guineas each. Highest prices werq made by li bay colt by Blandford (son of Swynford) from Florenn, by Orby, Sir Charles Hyde paying 7500 guineas for him. Next highest price. 7100 guineas, was paid for a (chestnut colt by Hurry On from pagan Sacrifice, by Cicero, but it, was an unlucky deal, as the youngster has since died. Eleven yearlings realised 3000 guineas or over. This season only 51 made more Ilian 1000 guineas/ Top price was paid by Miss Dorothy Paget (a wealthy American) for the bay coll by Carbine's grandson. Splon Kop, from Waffles, bv Buckwheat. The price was 6600 guineas. Only live yearlings brought :iOOO guineas or 6v6i*. Ollier highest prices wif6 paid for youngsters by Solnrlo, Phalaris, Colorado. Galnsj,rough, san&ovlno and Tetratema.

\ French-bred Ally, Brulette, won the Oaks In England this year, but the strict rules of the French Turf do not permit of England taking a like' revenge. This is 'the case also with the French races corresponding to the, ■Derbv, One Thousand Guineas and Two * Thousand Guineas, and several other valuable three-year-old' races. If a French owned and bred thoroughbred is exported from the country before June 1 in the year after it was foaled, it is ineligible to complete in any of the races mentioned. Certain stringent regulations must be obeyed if an animal Is to avoid being automatically disqualified for life from racing Jn that country, should it leave bofore it has run. The only three-year-old'race of any value open ttf English-bred horses is the Grand Prix de Paris. , s A Christchurch minister, who has been primed with, a little knowledge that is sakl .to be dangerous, has announced that the totalisator has enriched the racing clubs of New Zealand (says the Timaru Herald). Apparently he has been given the impression that clubs here are proprietary bodies. Somebody has told him that if £lO,000 is taken by 'the public to a racecourse and invested on seven races, backers will carry, home less than half of their capital, as the club would retain the remainder. That is a half,truth.- / Out of the deductions the Government collects the largest amount, which goes- to relieve taxation on opponents of racing. From the remainder the clubs pay stakes, which provide employment over a wide circle., Not one penny of the money which goes into the machine leaves the country. All that the totalisator does Is to divert, some of It to different channels. The machine provides the fairest and, least seductive form ot betting, and Is infinitely preferable to the type of wagering conducted by the organisation which prepares arguments which ultimately find their way, Into the mouths of well-meaning hut ill-informed ministers. -

The Tiger proved himself to be a hack right out .of, the ordinary and one of the best we'have seen out here for a long time, states a Taranaki 'writer, lie was a hot-order favourite the first day at Stratford, but was badly left at the barrier, and though he showed phenomenal pace in running right round the. field the task of winning was beyond him. In the Cardiff Maiilch-'flandicap on the second day he was set to carry 9.0, but this time ho jumped out well and that was the end of things. He was soon lengths in front, and though the official verdict was two lengths it'appeared, muchmore. He was saddled up again; for the last event, the County Hack Handicap, and this time made an, even greater exhibition of his opponents. He was about six lengths in front after they had gone three furlongs, and won with a lot In hand by. about ■four lengths in faster time- than Gold Dawn had taken In the open six earlier iq the day. The Tiger’s winning efforts were'.two..very Impressive performances ,and his subsequent outings wlll-be watched with-quite a lot of Interest. He.ls by Sheffield from Gazeley fronuGleam, and little extravagant y in- his action'ls a great galloper'who. should he at home on a big. course.-.

The Progress Handicap on the opening day of the Reefton -meeting was a boil-over. , Earthquake, the winner, carried only £29, in a pool of well over £IOOO. Ranelagh carried xjnost support,* and was-well-placed early, but faded over the last few yards, Noteworthy and Ranelagh were together leading into the straight, 'but Earthquake then appeared from the ruck, and lh a fine finish in ; which Tour horses crossed the line together, Earthquake got her .nose in front of Arrowmaid, who was a head ip front of Booster ,on the rails. Ranelagh and Noteworthy were next. The winner scored her first success qt Hokitika on December 27, when she 'paid a sensational dividend. The win will 'recompense her owner, F. L. Fenton, who had the misfortune to lose The Dove in the race for the Greymouth •Cup on New Year’s Day.

When Phar., Lap and W. Elliot go Into action in company In Mexico, both will be on their trial In that country. Turf followers there will be ourlous to see how the Australian performs In the saddle. Few horsemen of note from “down under" have been seen "in America, though they have proved their ability time and again in England, France, Germany, India and other places abroad. Like the great majority of other Australian riders, Elliot con.forms with the fashion of the day by aising short stirrup leathers, an idea that originated in the United States, blit he probably will find that Australians have adopted only a modified example of what is known as the “forward seal’’ as 'practised by Tod Sloan and his countrymen. Still, this should not place the Victorian at a disadvantage. It is not lively that Phar Lap would go any faster If the rider “flattened -out" on his neck.

Gay Crest, with 9.6, heads the field for the Wellington Cup. Although it is a stiff Impost to carry over 1J miles, still greater poundage has been successfully carried previously in the race, the high water mark being held by Advance, who, when piloted to victory In 1903 by C. Jenkins, had 10.4 on board, and on the second occasion upon which the event was competed for, as far back as 57. .years ago, that monarch of his lime, Tam•bourinl, carried 9.13, being ridden by Ills owner-trainer, the late “Dan” O’Brien. ' It has taken good horses In the majority of instances to succeed in the Wellington Cup, the list of" previous winners being studded with the names of real champions. Gay Crest has proved his right to be Included in the number. Taking the impost as compared with what would have been his portion had the event come under weight-for-age conditions, ■the handlcapper has allotted him two pounds in excess of the standard weight, and his is the only instance in which the weight adjuster lias apportioned an Increase In poundage over the welglit-for-age regulations. The handlcapper has justification for Ills action through the performances of Gay Crest at Ellerslle.

A report was in circulation in Wanganui to the effect that Knollnierc had broken a fetlock at Koatanui and had •to he destroyed. It transpires that Knollmcre was not the victim of Hie incident, it being the Humbug—Cotirantc gelding Cyrllle which had met an untimely end. Cyrllle was purchased at the Randwlck sales of 1927 by Mr .7. Low. stud groom at Koatanui for Mr G. M. Currie. The sum involved in his purchase was something like £6OO, so that it may be gathered, that

Mr Low’s outlay was considerably larger than is usually the case with Hie buying of yearlings on iho other siije of the Tasman. The fact that Cyrllle ranged as a half-brother to Hie speedy Vallcaro was a factor in sending Ids price so high. However, put, lo racing In New Zealand, Cyriilc did not live up lo his breeding, and his first and only win was in the Trial Slakes at the Wlnton meeting in November of 1930. lie was difficult to train and it was early apparent that, he would not achieve much distinction on the race (rack. For several months past Mr Low had been hacking him about at Koatanui, and lie had entertained hopes of getting the horse ready to undergo a preparation for a course, of hunting or stecplecliasing.