RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18850, 21 January 1933, Page 17 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

.(By “Martian.”) ; RACING FIXTURES. Jan. 23—Wellington Racing Club. Jan. 23— Ashhurst - Pohangina Racing Club. Jan. 25, 26— Pahlatua Racing Club. Jan. 27—Opotiki Jockey Club. January 28—Napier Park Racing Club Jan. 28, 30—Takapuna Jockey Club. 'February i.—Tapanul Racing Club. February 1, 2 —Egmont Racing Club. February 2, 4—Gisborne Racing Club. ■February 2. 4 —Wairoa Racing Club. February 4—Matamata Racing Club. February 9, 11—Taranaki Jockey Club. 'February 9, 11 —Dunedin Jockey Club February 9, 11—Poverty Bay Turl‘ Club. February 10, 11—Marlborough Racing Club. February 11, 13—Rotorua Racing Club ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. “Sootty,” Hamilton. —Archer won the Melbourne Cup in 1861 and 1862. Sister Olive won the classic In .1921 and Carbine in 1890. “Puzzled," Morrlnsville. —'Under the “Place" system of investment In whioh a dead-heat is recorded for third, the pool is divided into four portions and a dividend paid out on each horse.. In the event of a dead-heat for second place the pool is divided only three times (no horse being placed third) and similarly with a deadbeat for first (no horse being placed second). “Wager," Cambridge.—Cruachan won Taupirl Hack Handicap at the ’ Waikato Spring meeting of 1930, beating Miss Albyn comfortably by four lengths. WIN AND PLACE. THE SYBTEIW EXPLAINED. Some people appear to be confused over the actual operation of the win and place system of betting which will be tried at the Waikato Racing Club’s forthcoming fixture. The stumbling block to an understanding appears to be the fact that a horse pays the same dividend on the place machine whether first, second, or third. Some, through a loose explanation of the- place belting, have the idea that all the horses, that is, the first, second" and thirdhorses, pay the same dividend.' That is not so. The pool on the place machine, after deduction of taxation, is divided into three equal parts. One part goes to the backers' of the first horse, another to the baokers of the second (horse, and the third part to the backers of the third horse. This *qual distribution make* a hor** pay the same dividend for any on* of th* three piaoes, But the three dividends will not be equal, for thore Is no likelihood of the tame number of tloketa being sold on each horse. The dividends will be equal only when that oolnoldenoe ooours. GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. The Wellington Racing Club’s Summer meeting will conclude on Monday. Te Hoia, who Is not partial to hard going, has been turned out for a spell. When conditions are suitable he should he heard of again. The sum of £3150 will be distributed in prize money by the Te Aroha Jockey Club at its fixture on February 25 and 27. Mldinette was not disgraced in her Wellington Stakes engagement. She was handy to the winner throughout and was vanquished only by a neck. Dlatomous upheld his reputation as a smart beginner- in the Wellington Stakes, but failed badly over the last two furlongs. After being challenged by Mldinette and Guarantee he faded away to be hopelessly out of it in the finish. Antique was not disgraced in the Wellington Cup. He was unlucky to be beaton In the last few strides. He came from a long way baok and finishing In gallant fashion handling his 9.5 like a ohampion. Guarantee returned his supporters a generous price on the win maohinc on opening day at Trentham. He challenged the favourlto two furlongs from home and finished very solidly. (More should he heard of him. L’Allegro Is reported to have fully recovered from the effects of being galloped on at Ellerslle. He will probably bo brought In again next week. Cape Fair was finishing on well In the opening event at Trentham on Saturday, flashing through on the rails to beat Monastlo out of second money. Shatter finished on brilliantly in the Anniversary Handicap coming from a long way back to finish close up fourth. Shatter will he improved by the race. L. Everson's charge, Valpai, has been striding out freely in his work or late and should lack nothing on the score of condition in iiis Takapuna hack engagement. Although M. D. Peacock put. up a great performance in training the winners of 100 races last year, it was not an 'English record. John Pay still retains that honour, having scored 146 wins in 1867. W■ E. Elscy recalled 126 wins in 1903. Tradesman, following a brief letup, has been putting in some useful work at loral headqunrlers over I lie. past few days and will probably have I,| S next start at the Egmont mealing. Welcome I.u will probably accompany Tradesman on his Egmont triD.

Through the generosity of the New ] •Plymouth sportsman, Mr A. Lite, a silver cup to the value of ihis will Iw added to the winner’s share of the , stake in the Taranaki Cup Handicap to be run on the opening day of the j Taranaki Cup Handicap to be run on > the opening day ,of the Taranaki J.C.’s meeting on February 0. ; ■ A London paper mentions, that if! W. Cook, after the finish of his con- | tract in India in March, _ receives j sufficient inducement, he will go to , England. Up to the end of last month, j Fortune had not been particularly kind ( to Cook, but lie is such a good horseman that sonte English stable is nearly sure to give him a chance. A couple of two-year-olds' recently arrived at Riccarton from the Stonyhurst Stud, and Cutts 'Brothers have commenced to break them in. They j are the brown flily, High Rank, by Day Comet from’ Sailor’s Hope, the dam of Fast Passage, and the chestnut gelding (brother to Zeebrugge and Dorian), by Winning 'Hit from Brave Deed. Sinking Fund will have his next, start at Maiamata. The Acre — 'Peggy i Paul gelding showed up prominently | in his Waipa Plate essay .at Te Awamlitu last month. He failed, to go on, however, after accompanying the winner, Weatherwlse, over the greater part of the trip. Sinking Fund slrbuld not be long out of the money.

Spearful’s non-acceptance in the Wellington Gup makes it fairly obvious that the trouble he experienced with a leg between the Manavvatu and Wairarapa meetings Ms not cleared up satisfactorily. Spearful has •had a long run of bad luck, and it is* particularly aggravating to his connections to lose his services again just as he\ had returned to form.

It was a fairly general assumption J that the Hamilton owned and Takanini trained, Royal Artist, would not. handle the distance in the. Wellington Cup on Thursday, but the 'Leig/iluji gelding confounded the critics. KVoitre steered his charge through on the rails over the very final stages ' and flashed across the line to snatch victory from the unlucky Antique by ■ ■half a'neck. It was a great race and j Royal Artist paid a handsome return. | The following are the nominations | for the Egmont Cup, 11200 (Urn), to | be run on Ferbuary i:—Awaken, Aga Khan, Lady Spy, Fiji, Monaloff, Shrewd, Gibraltar, Richfield, Tentcall, Grand Jury and Habit. Satisfactory entries have been received for the two days. It Is plucky of Mr Davis to take Pillow Fight to America, as lie will have to depend upon handicaps to give him a return, and, despite the colt’s recent moderate form, the han- j dicappers will not at first he inclined j to take any risk with him, states i “Pilot,” in the Australian •'Referee.' The mere fact of his owner thinking j him good enough,-Jon America is likely ; to stand In the way of lenient treatment. In France the establishment of town offices for the totalisator has reduced racecourse attendances, but the additional money passing through the machines has compensated the clubs. The town offices shut up before racing starts, so as to permit of plenty of time for 'telegraphing! or telephoning to the course the full amount Invested on all events. The ourtalllng of pony raolng In Australia, a movement noticeable In several quarters, will not benefit many New Zealand breeders and owners. Hitherto a very fair market has been open In the Commonwealth for under-sized Maorlland thoroughbreds of various ages. Many small gallopers are also annually foaled In Australia itself and this fact led to the pony raolng game which was wellconducted in various centres and highly popular with lovers of racing of moderate means.

At the hearing of evidence by the Royal Commission on <Lotterles in England, Sir W. Davidson instanced what ho considered curious mentality on the part of some of those at the head of charitable institutions. (He stated that one charitable institution which had Indicated its unwillingness to benefit by the holding of a sweepstake, none the less circularised a number of those who 'had obtained prizes in a recent Irish Sweepstake, drawing their attention to the urgent needs of the charity and suggesting a method for the expenditure of their unlooked-for good fortune. Comparatively few first-class Jookeyß have been successes as horse-trainers. On the other hand, some men who have done particularly well as trainers had very little to do with horses in their youth. One of England's prominent trainers of jumping horses is T. Coulthwalte, who is affectionately known In tho Midlands as “Ulonest Tom." Referring to Coulthwalte a London writer recently remarked:— "Ulonest Tom,’ it is said, has .only been on a horse once in hi 3 life, and that horse was a pit pony. Disliking the sensation intensely, ho got off, saying: ‘Take ’un hack to t’ pits’— and has since trained hundreds of winners. He specialises in Liverpool hurdlers." Relative to horses bred at the Sandringham Stud, a London writer says tho best were Diamond Jubilee, Florizel 11., and Persimmon, sons of parents of tho same age, St. Simon and Perdita 11. Of recent years Limelight and Scuttle (Two Thousand Guineas winner) have been Sandringham's best. Last year was King George’s most successful for several seasons. lie had four winners of seven races, carrying £3828. It would be safe to bet, however, that tho amount named did not go far towards covering the King's expenses as a breeder and owner.

Considering' their limited representation in (lie. Caulfield Futurity Stakes, New Zealand bred dorses have a good record in that race. Gladstone won it in 1 t)or> and I DOG. and is I lie only runner Ilia 1. lias won it more Ilian once, I hough several oi.'Kra have made the attempt. Soultline, took the race in I 'JO'.), and Ihc Newmarket ttie same year. Alter Soultline there was a big break until The Hawk was successful in lo2i. The following year Kallier's Voire won, and while in I 1 Pliar Hap was I lie.. winner, Ammon Ha won last year, in Hie record lime for the race of 1.2.V,'. If Ammon Ha were as good now lie would he worth taking to America lo meet all-comers for seven furlong*.

The Manchester November Handicap, the last Important handicap, of the English season, attracted 18 runners, and was considered so open that 8 to 1 the held was on offer, the favourite being Lord Derby's Gulsoard. 'He ran well, but was beaten by Mrs G. Beatty’s three-year-old Ally Hypostyle, a2oto i chance. Hypo-

In Tasmania, as elsewhere, they have the battery, scare, comments “Pilot.” (Before the running of the Longford Cup at the Longford R.G. meeting on New Year’s Day, the riders of the nine runners were searched. Rumours were groundless, not one battery being found. The winner, Byama (Australian Sun—Beaupona), evidently did not need one, as with 9st he made a course record of 1.48 for eight and a half furlongs. A battery may scare an ungenerous horse into, extra effort, but it cannot ■make a slow one go fast.

At the 2000 guineas paid for Silver Scorn she did not strike me as being a bargain for Australia (writes "Pilot”.) Such horses as Peter Pan and Chatham stand in the way of her success in wcight-for-age races, and in handicaps she will be well looked after. Her win In the Auckland Derby has put a different complexion on affairs, first money in that race being £llOO. Now she is comparatively cheap. At the time of the sale it was not stated whether there were any contingencies, but that was probably the case, as she appeared almost a certainty for the Derby. One thing that said a lot for her was Past Passage’s win in the Auckland Cup with 8.11 In record time for the race. It is no wonder the latter won the New Zealand Cup with 8.0, but a week later at welght-for-age, she was comfortably beaten by Silver Scorn in the Canterbury Cup, the mile and a quarter being run In 2m!n 4scc. That performance emphasised the fact that Silver Scorn was really good, but, as I have already written, suocess for her In any way of our autumn w.f.a. races is going to be very difficult.

The story Is related of an extraordinary accident that befell R. Cann and his mount Yenda at the recent Bunyip meeting, states a Victorian writer. Yenda was tiie first horse to leave the enclosure for the last race. While awaiting the start and before any other horses had arrived at the post, lie became restive, and, rearing fell backwards into a drain which was hidden in the long grass. Cann went under the horse but did not receive the full weight on him, as the sides of the drain supported the animal, which was just as well, for the Jockey was in the bottom of the excavation and in an extremely awkward position. One of his legs was pinned. By holding Ycnda’s head down lie prevented Yenda from struggling and kicking, and then the. horse lay helpless, with his four legs in I lie air. Cann called loudly for help but it was a quarter of an hour before he was found and released by the slarler. Then the job of extricating Yenda was undertaken. Ropes had to ho secured to lift him from the drain in which lie was firmly cast. II look hair an hour lo set him free. Bill Hie most remarkable IVal lire of the story is Lliat Yenda won the race.

stylo raced and won In Egypt at two years. Mrs Beatty Is a wealthy Amerioan, who, at times, has made some high-priced purchases In England. In 1929 she gave ll,ooogns for a yearling filly by Tetratema from •Dolabella —I do not think it raoed — and ll,soogns for a brood mare In 19'27. She gave 3900gns for Hippy when that mare was carrying Hypostyle. The Betting Control Board opened a tote on the Manchester Handicap 'some days prior to its decision, and the dividends were: Straight out—iHypostyle £59, 14 s for 103. Plaoe, for 10s—Hypostyle, £l6 16s; Guisoard, £5; and Isthmus, £2 10s.

A Los Angeles message states that president Joseph M. Schenck, of the Ague. Caliente Jockey Club, who has been visiting Mexico City, recently returned to Los Angeles more sanguine than ever that the 82-day mooting of his organisation, which opened on Christmas Day and will close on Sunday, March 26, will mark the beginning of an era of prosperity in the history of the picturesque course in Baja, California. 'The prize money, spread over the period mentioned, will total over '£Bo,ooo. The added money of the principal prize, won last year by Phar Lap, is £IO,OOO. An addition to the programme for the new season Is a Phar Lap Handicap, with a prize of 2000 dollars. The promoters are hoping to see “another Phar Lap competing." It is likely to be a vain hope, for such horses appear only once in a generation.

Sans 'Ame, who Is India’s champion of this season, Is owned by the successful Frenoh sportsman, Mr Edward 'Esmond, who did well Jn his own country this season, but reckoned It worth while sending a horse to India. As a two-year-old, Sans Ame, who is by Samourai from Santol, was good, but his subsequent form in Prance was disappointing. 'Ho is now five years old, and a stallion, and arrived in India last September. His first start was at Barrackpore (Calcutta) on December 3, and, at 20 to 1 in a Held of six, he beat Tel-Asur and Costaki Pasha. When he subsequently won the 'King-Emperor’s Gup he was second favourite, the popular pick being the Aga Khan’s Costaki Pasha, who refused to budge until the other horses had gone a fufl'ong. Sans Ame won in a fashion that convinced racegoers he was something out of the ordinary, and when he later won the Viceroy’s Cup he was the hottest favourite ever known for that race.

At the close of Ills English flatracing season, Gordon Richards, who headed tlie winning jockeys’ list for the sixth year in succession, entertained leading jockeys, trainers, and ■owners at dinner. An exchange ■says it was a company of great, little men. small of stature, hut big in reputation. The paper from which I quote staled there was a “model” at the feast —that of Harry Wragg, who recently broke a leg riding at Newcastle. Harry is a great pal of Richards’, who was determined that he should not be altogether absent even if he could not join in Hie fun. On Hie chairman's left was a vacant chair, and in Hus was a caricature of Wragg. by Tom Webster. lu ra-

plying to the toast of 'his health, liiehards spoke of the help .which .100 Childs hail given him at the lieginning of his career, and said 'he would be only too pleased when he could emulate the great Steve Donoghue. The four-year-old mare, Amy Johnson, who won the leading event of the Vincent Jockey Club’s meeting on Saturday, Is a daughter of Tractor (imp.) from Ravenna, by Solferino (imp,) from Droski by Stepniak from Whirlpool, by St. George from Watersprite by Traducer from Waterwitch, by Camden from Mermaid (imp.), and she is therefore descended 011 the female side from the stoutest of lines In the Stud Book. The dam or Amy Johnson was a very useful galloper in her day for her breeder, Mr L. C. Hazlett, of Dunedin. The success of the Central Otago mare in the Clare ' Memorial . Handicap on Saturday directs attention to the fact that three daughters of Tractor have won in the South of late, viz., Amy Johnson, Assemble and Miss Winston, a trio who may breed on in 1 urn, as the make and shape is there, lo say nothing of the blood lines from different sources, although Hie Iwo first-named mares arc bred on very similar lines in their respective dams’ pedigrees slightly removed.

Night Porter, a half brother to Manfred, was found dead at the foot of an electric light pole in a street near his stables in New Farm, Brisbane, at the end of last month. The gelding had broken out of his stable, had crashed through two substantial fences, and sustained injuries which would probably have brought about his death had he not broken his neck in colliding with the post. Residents in the vicinity of where Night Porter was stabled report that the screams of the horse as he careered -round the streets after breaking through two fences .were not unlike a human being in distress. The reason for this action on the part of gelding is inexplicable. He was usually of a quiet disposition. Night Porter was a five-year-old gelding by The Nigh l Patrol from Otford. He cost iOoO guineas as a yearling, but his on y success while trained in Sydney was a minor event at -Menangle Park. Brought to Brisbane early in the year the gelding won a race at the Rockhampton Carnival in June, and he was successful in the Welter Division at Albion Park on November 2. He was being trained for Mrs M. k. Wilson by G. Towle. Night Porter had no engagements at the time or his death.