RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 18986, 1 July 1933, Page 19 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK AND STABLI (By "Martian.") RACING FIXTURES. July s—Dannevirke District H.C. July B—Walmate District H.C. July 1.1, 13, 15— 'Wellington R.C. July 22.—Auckland Racing Club. July 22—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 22—South Canterbury H.C. July 27, 29—Gisborne R.C. July 29—Christchurch Hunt Club, luly 29—Rotorua-Bay of Plenty Hui Club at Rotorua). AUSTRALIAN FIXTUREB. New Bouth WalM. July s—Aaoot. July B—Newcastle. July B—Kensington. July il—Menangle Park. VJuly 12—-Rosebery. .Vlotorla. July S—V.R.C. July B—V.R.C. July 15—V.A.T.C. July 22—Moonee Valley. July 26—V.T. and R.A. July 29—-Moonee Valley. ANSWERB TO CORRESPONDENT “Curious,” Frankton —The Pullet we ridden by K. Voitre when she wc on the second day of the Thame annual meeting in January. “Jim,” Claudelands —£4 13s; £1 16 "Hangi,” Te Rapa—Flying Print paid over a score when he won tb Cup at the Oliinemuri fixture i March. V 5.8.A.," Cambridge—No. Tremal rode him on that occasion. s • , ' :

IN THE WRONG PADDOCK JOCKEYS PLAY RUGBY ’ - ‘‘ _ . 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE RUNNING. A match was played during th< Hastings race meeting between visit lug and local jockeys on Nelson Park resulting in a win for the local lad: by 15 to 9. The following accoun of the match appears in the Hawke’ Bay Tribune; —The. weather was oi its worst behaviour and the grown like Taupo Lake, but this was all ir favour of the .old hands, who are ar. customed to dropping off at the wate: jump and sod wall. "Plugger Bill” Rennie, of Te Rapa lined the visitors up a few short ow""wng to the late arrival of gear, bu /The acceptors included a few goot < mudlarks. Old Nukumal Bowden a full-back got a good sight of his fenoes at every jump, and was finishing on when the post was reached Morrle Nicol was, like the first foal in a sale ring, all round the arena, bul wound up like his good old steec Adventus, stilled through getting a bil too close In the second time round Jaok Mcßae simply revelled in the soft going, but pulled off at the grandstand when going well. Bill Broughton, like the bride at a wedding, was a 1 wavs in the picture and his tinplate', Callamart Thompson, was always there. Ivan Tinsley, arrayed in a Fijian outfit, was out of the saddle and back again a couple of times, and took the locals on at skittling in the rough stuff, ala Sabatini. Bill Rennie baulked just before reaching the stand, bul after Don Russo put a little Paddon on his handiwork it dldn'l take much time to “Make Up” the leeway and Don remarked; "Mia Stella will be pleased." The rest of the field were a good class o* young stock who will nc doubt soon be in the limelight. Now for the local candidates. Jim King is In Wlnooka class and Teddy "Oats" Dunn is also very slippery. Sid Fanning was a High Grader. Jack Green will have a “Chopin" at all the rough stuff. Jack Pearson and Walter Gray were good, solid plugged with the field all the way. Lionel "Yorkie" Berry was going well till he lost his leathers and had trouble with his saddle-cloth. Wince Horne was prominent over part of It, and finished in a place in the mud. The “Brownlie" of the team was Rangl Marsh (7.5) with his “toes" out and 31b of mud on his Oxford bags. Bill O’Neill was referee and Len Dulieu a "Pacific" line umpire. A collection in aid of the Hastings Free Kindergarten panned out at £i 12s 6d and the lady collectors wish , to heartily thank Hie jockeys for the X effort. The local lads left the field singing “Till the Fandilands of the Desert Grow Cold" and Rennie’s hoys “Show Me the Way to Gomer Home.”

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS A Promising Sort. Errantry, who scored his initial success at South Canterbury, won' again at Ashburton on Saturday. lie is a Woburn Hack entry for Trentham and should again give a solid account of his capabilities. A Speedy Southerner. Palantua’s decisive win in the Maronan Handicap at Ashburton on Saturday showed her io be a Ally above the average. The pace was on from barrier rise and Palantun was staying on solidly at the end. She appears to improve with racing. For the Steeplechase. The Awapuni-trained Omeo, is to contest the Wellington Steeplechase this month. Following his mishap at the recent Eilerslie gathering it was intended to send him home, but it has since been decided to keep him going in view of the Wellington gathering. He is quite right again. Omeo’s ElPVjerslie showing was far from Inipres3*«lve. He threatened danger at no stage in the big steeples and was pulled up at the second to last obstacle.

Cost of Control. The stipendiary stewards’ account of the New Zealand Racing Conference for the past season amounted to £3074 4s 2d, and the racecourse inspectors’ account stands at £3417 7s. Ending Days In Ease. Pilliewinkie, the gallant son of the defunct South Island sire Winkle, is ending his days in ease at Retford Park, Bowral, on the estate of his owner, Sir Samuel Hordern. Pilliewinkie won the Australian Cup in 1923 and was third in the Melbourne Cup. Merry Peel Consistent. Merry Peel has been racing with a consistency in recent starts that draws pointed attention to his Trentham prospects. His second to True Shaft at Ashburton in May, second to Silver Streak at Tlmaru and second to Palantua at Ashburton on Saturday, show him to be in excellent racing fettle.

Drumfire Working Well. Drumfire Is reported to be working well on the tracks at Hicoarton and as he showed in his outing at Ashburton on Saturday he should be in good form for the Wellington meeting this month. Drumfire is partial to winter conditions so that his turn should not be far away.

Useful Three-year-old

Making his re-appearance after being off the scene since February, Sunny Bachelor gave a creditable but unplaced performance at Napier Park on Thursday wcok. On the concluding day (Saturday), he was always nicely placed and won comfortably at the end. Sunny Bachelor, who is a brother to Sunny Sky, is a fine type of hack of whom more should be heard later on. A Good Looking Youngster. A fine looking rising two-year-old colt Whenuakura, by Chief Ruler from Silver Link, has been purchased from his breeder, Mr A. Alexander, of New Plymouth, by Mr W. Kirkland, of Foxton, owner of Tenacre, Whenuakura, who is a full-brother to Chief i Link and a half-brother to Sllvermlne, , has a good disposition, and is conJ fldently expected to turn out well. He has been entered for two-year-old races in Australia. Dunoan Injured Again. Victoria’s leading lightweight jockey, W. Duncan, had a remarkable escape from death when Rose Valais, favourite for the Two-year-old Handicap, fell with him at Williamstown on •Tune 10. Duncan was just making his forward run after turning for homo when the filly crossed her legs and came down. Most of the field passed over the fallen rider, who received concussion of the brain and was removed to a private hospital. Duncan's condition later showed improvement, but it is not likely that he will ride again this season. On November 23, 1929, Duncan sustained a fractured vertebrae in the neck when Quick Reward fell with him at Epsom, and It was feared he would not ride again. However, he slowly recovered and has sinco ridden with marked success. At present he is heading the jockeys’ list in Melbourne with 47 A wins, 33 seconds, and 21 thirds. At Waterloo. Napoleon's famous war-horse Marengo and the Duke of Wellington’s steed, Copenhagen, both of whom participated at the historic bailie of Waterloo, were grand-sons of the greatest English thoroughbred of all time. Eclipse. Marengo came from Wexford. It I was bought in that county bv a French officer for £loo. When it later passed into fhe possession of the Little Corporal, he was so pleased wiili ils fearlessness in hat tic, that lie used it from that on till the end of his career. The horse was altogether fifteen years in the Emperor's possession. The first battle Napoleon used I lie Irish horse it was that of Marengo—hence the name—and the last lime he rode it was at the fatal battle of Waterloo. Marengo was sixteen hands high and perfectly white. The skeleton of Marengo is in the United Services Museum in London, minus a hoof.

Fine Acre Amiss. Fine Acre again went amiss at Napier Park last week; Earlier in the season he-showed distinct promise as a ’chaser but he has failed to stand up to his tasks. It appears unlikely at the present juncture that he will face the starter again this season.

Peter Pan’s Prospects. Prior to the announcement of weights for the Melbourne Cup there was much speculation as to the impost Peter Pan would be awarded. His 9.7 is 51b. less than that carried successfully by Phar Lap when he won the event as a four-year-old in 1930 and 51b. more than that carried by Nightmarch and Windbag when they won at four years.

England Soores. Last month the English three-year-olds Canteener (Son and Heir— Charming Bride—and Mannering (Manna —'Zareba) were sent to Ireland for the Irish Two Thousand Guineas, They respectively ran first and third, Canteener starting at 20 to 1, while Mannering was at 5 to 1. The Irish colt Soldier, who w-as a 5 to 4 favourite, was beaten a head. The value of the race to the owner of the winner was £1512, and it is an interesting faot that the winner is a gelding. Ireland has not yet debarred the unsexed division .from all its classics.

Long Time In Harness. According to a writer in the Manchester Sporting Chronicle, no jockey now riding in England has been longer in the game than F. Herbert, who has again been riding winners this season, and has won races In 18 countries. I Some years ago Herbert rode sucoessfully in Australia, but he has done a lot of travelling since then. The writer says that he doubts whether any rider in England gets away from the barrier quicker than Herbert. Gordon Richards is regarded as a marvel at the business, but Herbert is quite as good. A Remarkable Happening. The career of South Australia's oross-oountry rider, Jack Mooney, has been punctuated with some curious happenings, but perhaps the most remarkable of all (says “Pilot”) Is that when he won the Adelaide Grand National Steeplechase on a horse he had previously driven in a plough. This was Destructible, and to make it more remarkable, it was the only race the horse ever won. Just how Mooney came to ride him is a story In itself. Destructible was sent to Mooney’s father’s farm to be used as a hack, hut it was such a big, clumsy type that Jack decided lo put him in the plough, and a very good plough horse he proved to be. Later on lie was bought by Jack Burgess, the horse dealer, for less than a fiver, and eventually struck the eye of Jack Ryder as a likely steeplechaser. When he found out just how good Destructible was, Ryder did not waste any time on small events, but “set" Destructible for the Grand National. Mooney was In Melbourne for the Nationals in July of 1920, and owing to a misunderstanding he did not join the train with his wife, whom he had thought was left behind. He got in the same carriage as Ryder, who immediately asked him to ride Destructible in the A.R.C. National. As Mooney had his pick of the mounts, lie refused, saying that the horse was not good enough. Ryder kept on persuading, and then the conductor eamc along the train looking for Mooney, saying that his wife was in another carriage. Ryder was stilt persisting in offering Mooney the mount, and eventually, to get away, lie consented to ride the horse. As soon as Mooney landed in Adelaide he was offered a ride on two oilier horses, Ferrignlte and Sandridge, who appeared to have the best chance in the race, hut lie stuck to his bargain with Ryder. Few who witnessed that National will ever forget the rush Destructible made at (he first fence. One of the runners was Fatal Error, and It was a well-known fact that up to that time no horse had ever headed Fatal Error in the run to the first fence. Destructible headed Fatal Error off, led over the first jump, and maintained I lie lead right through the long race.

Pains for Silver Ring. Silver Ring is not Included among the nominations for the Wellington gathering. lie is reported to be moulding into nice trim at Riccarton and il' present plans are adhered to he will wait until the Grand National meeting before departing for Australia. High Grader for Trentham. High Grader, who is entered for the Vittoria Handicap on the opening day of the Wellington meeting, will probably be ridden by the Te Rapa horseman, W. Rennie. High Grader won both hurdle races at Napier Park last week and his display over the obstacles was a highly commendable one. Ammon Ra. Ammon Ra, who is back at Randwick, is being pottered about the tracks In preparation for spring engagements, but evidently Mr C. Sheath still persists in the belief that handicaps are not for Ammon Ra, comments an Australian writer. The Llmond gelding is an absentee from the Epsom and 'Caulfield Cup but he has been nominated for the Cantala Stakes -and Toorak Handioap. P./jbably he will do his early spring racing in Victoria, and if he j can be brought baok to his best three-year-old form he will add considerably to his winnings, whioh now border on the £26,000 mark.

Ammon Ra earned the unique distinction as a three-year-old of winning more Important events than any other horse In the one season, and these victories included the Hobartville Stakes, Chelmsford Stakes, A.J.C. Derby, Caulfield Guineas, St. George Stakes, Caulfield Futurity, C. M. Lloyd Stakes, Rawson Stakes and Chipping Norton Stakes. National Nominations.

The nominations received by the Canterbury Jockey Club for the principal events at the Grand National meeting make up an excellent list. There is a decrease in each race, compared with last year, the total drop being thirty-one. The following are the figures, those for this year being showm in parentheses: Grand National Steeplechase, 29 (22); Winter Cup, 60 (53); Beaufort Steeplechase, 31 (24), Grand National Hurdles, 29 (28); Sydenham Hurdles, 30 (28); Lincoln Steeplechase, 33 (26). In spite of the falling off there are plenty of horses to ensure strong fields. All the available Jumping talent Is engaged, a majority In each case being from the North Island, which also provides the best class.

Wellington Steeples

While not strong in numbers the big Wellington Steeplechase field has attracted a fine quality bunch of ’chasers. Acervate’s Eilerslie running and more recent form point to him giving a good account of himself, while last, season’s crack 'chaser, Billy Boy, w'ho won the big crosscountry event last year, should not fail to provide solid opposition. The Great Northern and Winter Steeplechase winner, Callamart, will probably he the hardest to beat, •while Copey can be relied upon to show Improved form on Eilerslie running. Such has been the consistency of Luna Lux in recent outings that his Trentham prospects would appear decidedly bright. He has now won on six consecutive occasions, five of those successes being registered over the big country. The Great Northern Hurdles winner, Make Up, will not lie without solid support. He won tho King Country Steeplechase on the opening day of the Te Kuili gathering at Te Rapa. Peterettc recently won in the South and Red Bank scored at Hawke’s Bay and Wanganui, while Valves annexed two steeplechase events at the Dunedin meting. Omeo and High Pitch complete a useful field.