RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19451, 15 December 1934, Page 19 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK AND STABLE. RACING FIXTURES. (By "Martian.’’) December 26—Waipukurau J.C. December 26, 27 —Taranaki J.C. December 26-, 27—Dunedin J.C. December 26, 27, 29 Manawatu R.G. December 26, 28, January 1,2 Auckland R.G. December 26. 29—Westland R.C. January I—Waikouaitl R.C. January I—Wyndham R.C. January 1, 2—Greymouth J.C. January 1, 2—Hawke’s Bay J.C. January 1, 2—Stratford R.C. January i, 2 —Marton J.C. January i, 2—Wairarapa R.C. January 2—Oamaru J.C. January 2, 3—Southland R.C. January 7, B—Reefton J.C. • January 10, 12—Thames J.C January 11, 12—Vincent J.C. January 19—Bay of Islands R.C. January 19—Wairio J.C. January 22, 24, 26 —Wellington R.C. January 22 —Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. January 26, 29—Takapuna J.C. January 31, February 2 —Wairoa R.C. January 31, February 2 —Wanganui J.C.

February 2—Matamata R.C. ‘February' 30 and 31—Egmont R.G. AGA KHAN’S RECORD. WINNINGS RUN INTO £429,000. GORDON RICHARDS ON TOP. BLANDFORD SUCCESSFUL SIRE.' England’s 'flat-racing season concluded a week or two back, and, as was certain early last month, the Aga Khan and his trainer, F. ‘Butters, were an easy first in their respective divisions. After the first three months there was no doubt as to ‘Gordon Richards again heading the winning .jockeys’ list, and, though the cabled news did not give his figure, Bland ford is right out from all the other successful stallions. Blandford’s sons of any note would oost a lot of money in England at the present time. When the Aga Khan flrst went in for racing he gave very High prices for yearlings, but nowadays most of those he is racing are of his own breeding. The Indian prince breeds thoroughbreds on a big scale in France as well as the Old Country, and this season he has had marked success with two and three-year-olds from his own studs. v'-TT <■; ..T cwAt last season’s autumn sales he gave 6400gns for the Fairway— Harpsichord colt, now racing at Hairan. Early in the season it was' thought Hairan was hest of the Aga Khan’s lot, but since then Theft (Tetratema —' \ Voleuse), Bahram (Blandford- —‘Frier’s Daughter), and Alykan (Dlophon— Teresina) have done so well that the critics are divided as to which is likely to make the ‘best three-year-old. It is certain that at least a couple of the Aga Khan’s colts will head the winter belting on the Derby, Blenheim is his only winner of that race,

but, on two-year-old form, he is justi- • fled in looking for bis second winner next season. However, two-year-old form has often been delusive in connection with the Derby, as shown by Colombo’s failure this year. Hugo Expenditure, There is no record available of the first year the Aga IChan commenced racing in England, but in ‘‘Ruff’s 'Guide” the first mention of him in the winning owners’ list is in 1922, when his horses returned him '£ 13,133. i His total for 13 years is £429,000, tout though that is a magnificent sum, it is questionable whether it nearly ap- ! pro'aches what he has put into racing and breeding. Some of the yearlings for which he gave sensational prices , did not prove themselves worth as many pennies as they cost guineas. The Aga 'Khan is stated to be a very mild bettor. As a breeder he is now receiving the benefit of some of his early purchases. Of the important three-year-old races he has yet to win the One Thousand Guineas. • ■Following are his winnings for the past 13 years in England:—

Total .. £429,000 M. Beary was first jockey for Iho Aga Khan for several seasons, but ibis year the latter decided not to retain anyone. He had little difficulty in getting good riders for his horses; and it will probably he the samo next yoar. In his anxiety lo secure O. Richards lie recently offered Iho latter £'7ooo a year and 10 per cent winning fees for three years, but that rider declined. Led tho Trainers. F. Butters lias had a wonderful season with a lolal of £38,843. He failed to reach the record of £93.889, made by •!. Lawson in 1931, but he will have so many good three-year-olds in his care that lie is entitled to look hopefully forward io next year for a record. R. G. Dawson trained for the Aga Khan for some years, hut there was a split a few years ago. and •Rutters took over most of the latter’s horses. He \<as fortunate in securing such a patron, , When a jockey stands out year alter vear it Is for the reason that lie is superior to his opponents. Gordon Richards gels his full share of ‘‘soft” mounts, that cannot well lose, but when a Jockey Is on top for seven successive years there is only one rca-

Richards led In 1925, did very IIHIo riding the following year owing to 111benlth, hut has been on top ever since. This year be has ridden 212 winners; his best being his 239 of last year,

WAIKATO RACING CLUB

SUMMER MEETING PROGRAMME DRAWN UP. STAKES TOTAL £2500. Stakes totalling £2500 are provided for in the programme drawn up for the Summer meeting (March 9. and 11) of the Waikato Racing 'Club. The principal event on the flrst day will be the Storey Memorial Handicap of £3OO, over a mile and a quarter, the sprint event on the card being the President’s Handicap, of £175. .The two-year-old race, the only one on the programme, will be run over 5' furlongs on opening day and will carry stake money of £l2O. The distance of the hack events, formerly seven furlongs and mile respectively had been altered to six and seven furlong distances, the allocation of '£l2s and £l5O being unchanged. Maidens will be caterfed for in the ‘Trial Stakes (6 furlongs) for which s stake of £IOO (to be augmented ‘by a sweepstake of £2) has been provided. Three-year-olds will carry 8.4 and ■four-year-olds and upwards 8.9, ■mares having an allowance of 31b. ■Jumpers are catered for in the Frank‘ton Handicap Hurdles (£130) over a mile and a half.

The Second Day. The big race on the second day is the Vercoe Handicap (£225), to be run over a mile. The Eureka Handicap, the two-year-old race, of six furlongs, has been replaced by a Hack Cup, of £2OO, over a mile and a quarter and in addition to the stake a handsome canteen of cutlery will go •to the owner of the winner. As on the flrst day the other hack events will be over six and seven furlongs. A maiden race, hurdle and highweight events and open sprint comprise the balance of the second-day programme. Throughout it Is a well-balanced programme fully deserving of the patronage of owners and trainers alike. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

■“Reader,” Clajudelands.—Epigram won the Queen’s Plate on the -first day of the Auckland Summer meeting last year. '“Constant Punter,” Hamilton.—-Pre-sent Intentions are to send the horse down. “L.5.D.," 'Frankton.—Win and Place betting was used at ‘Stratford in January of last year, “Tommy,” Hamilton 'East.—£3 16s. “Clem,” Te l/Rapa.—‘Nebulao is by Arausio from'ltamos, by Hymettus— Idee, by Birkenhead—ldeal, by 'Drea.dnought-—Mount Ida,. by Apremony—ldalia (imp), toy 'Cambuscan. , '

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS,

An Australian writer reports that >J. Fryer will return to New Zealand for the Christmas racing, hut will go back to Australia early in the New Year.

Royal Hunting. Royal Hunting was among a batch of horses to be offered at auction in Melbourne on Monday, but no news has been cabled as to whether he ■changed hands or not.

'Seldom Beaten*. It is not often that a horse engaged in a triaiat Te Rapa is beaten when piloted by the curly dark-skin-ned apprentice, 'C. Masters. He Is a vigorous little pilot, but the fact that he turns the scales In the vicinity of only six stone gives his mount a decided advantage over another. ,

Kiltowyn Working .Well. Kiltowyn continues to please traok watchers at Ellerslie by the quality of his work and while the Auckland Cup distance may find him out he should not fall to collect a stake la'ter in the meeting. He has superb condition in his favour.

Britain’s Big Quota. Nearly £4 out of every £5 subscribed to this year’s Irish 'Sweepstake on the Cambridgeshire came from Great Britain, and the prize ■fund amounted to £2,000,000, or £200,000 more than that on the last Derby sweep.

In Nice Order. The two-year-old, Goldbn Princess, lias taken no harm from her racing here.and is bearing a heaity appearance. The iLaokha'm 'filly showed speed in her two races at the Waikato meeting and as she appears to he susceptible to improvement she should win further races for her connections.

A Versatile Horse. Baanva, a recent winner on Ihe flat in Victoria, is one of llie most versatile 'horses racing in Australia, being equally at home on tlie flat or over jumps. He is a bargain, 100, for lie cost if) guineas, and, in 52 starts, lie has had 23 wins,*'3 dead-heats for first, seven seconds and six thirds for £4437 in slakes. Gay Scton Well. 'Gay Seton demonstrated in a trial over lialf-a-mile tho other morning that he will he in good nick when nexl called upon to sport silk. While he was carrying little more than 7 stone it was nevertheless a highly satisfactory effort. His preparation will lie followed with interest from now on.

Needs Experience, Gorroboree maintained the promise tie showed at his first start at Feilding by running a good race into second place behind Haul '.Hondo on Monday. 'Gorroboreu is sltll very green, as was evident when called upon for liis effort in tlie straight, but he will improve with experience.

Reiatod to Good Gallopers. Thane, who got on the winning list at Woodville, is a solid-looking three-year-old colt and ids relationship to such as Runnymode, My Own, 'Simha, etc., is siifllcienl guarantee that ho is likely to be an exceptionally good galloper. Unfortunately lie has so far proved difficult to train, hut If lie can he raced he will win in good company.

May Go Far. Tareha, who was having 'his flrst public experience over hurdles at Woodville, revealed himself as a fast, bold Jumper, and with experience he may develop into a good winner over the obstacles.

Condition of Star Artist. 'Little of a strenuous nature has been exacted of. the Railway candidate, 'Star Artist, over the past week and she has been allowed to work along 'freely. She is in great heart for her •pending engagements 'and will strip one of the fittest horses in the big •sprint on opening day at Ellerslie.

Off to England. Some American owners realise the value of an infusion of new blood, and last month four marcs were shipped from New York to England j to be mated with leading English stal- | lions. Arrangements had been made to mate s them with Blandford,,'Tetratema, Fairway, and Hyperion respecJ tively. I Dominion Bred. , | 'Bunsby 'Gaze and 'Chenars, wlni ners at Moonee Valley on " Saturday, were both 'bred In the Dominion. Bunsby Gaze is a three-year-old oolt by Captain 'Bunsby from Gazella, and 'Chenars is.'a four-year-old horse by (Hunting Song from Lalla Rookh. Lalla Rookh was' a half-sister to Bon Ton, The Toff, and 'Eligible, and It is a family which lias produced some of the best gallopers in Australasia. Tossed to Decide. 'Gordon Richards’ mount in the 'Cambridgeshire was decided by the toss of a coin. It was a question of whether he would ride Sir Wyndham (Portal’s horse, The Blue Boy, or Mr R. F. Watson’s Celestial 'City, both In the stable of CM. Hartigan. 'Sir Wyndham won the toss, but his luck ended there, as The 'Blue Toy, who was at a long price, failed to run a .place. Celestial City was also among the unplaced division.

Big Price Refused. The 'Sydney owner, Mr J. S. 'Brunton, had an offer of 2000 guineas recently for his Iliad —Quadrilateral two-year-old coll 'Homer. It came from the Queensland sportsman, «Mr A. B. Nagel, who was informed by Mr Brunlon that Lhe coll was not for ! sale. Homer’s half-brother, toy Night j Raid, will be among the yearlings at ! the Trenthain sales next month. He is j a grand-looking colt, a big, rich ' brown, with any amount, of reach and ! substance, and' lie is likely to prove I one of I lie most attractive youngsters to be offered. Koroklo Out, j _ Korokio, who was scratched for*,the ' D'uke ol’ Gloucester Handicap at Wei-; iington, was taken to Woodville, but siie was unable lo 'start owing to developing soreness. A few days ago this mare was in a had way with some internal trouble, and although it cleared up, she did not make a i satisfactory recovery, stales The j Dominion. Korokio will probably he • kept going lo see if it is possible to ■ gel a race out of her during the holidays, but it. may he decided to retire her from lhe turf.

Totalisator Grant. The English Racecourse Betting •Control Board lias announced a grant of £3OOO to the Hunters’ Improvement and National Light Horse Breeding Society, and has intimated that Ihere is good reason io hope Hint •a, grant will also he available for racing, as a result of this year’s working of the totalisator. The £SOOO grant, is for the purpose of awarding premirms to stallions in 1935, tout the racing grant is designed to provide for paid officials to assist voluntary stewards.

Novel Offer'. Mr Marcel Boussao, a prominent 'French breeder, had no need to make any special concessions when’, advertising his stallion, Astenus, for the 1‘935 season, as the services of the horse are more sought-after* than most others in Europe; but, to attract English owners, he announced that he would pay all the travelling expenses of mares to and from England. The stud fee of Asterus Is 400gns. No High Prices.

Yearling prices 'are not really high in Poland. At a dispersal sale of youngsters at Warsaw, the top price xv as 21,000 zloty (approximately £52'5) for a half-brother to this year’s Polish Derby and ‘St. Leger winner. Australian breeders would reckon times were really bad If they could not secure a better price than that for a relative of a classic winner. Likes tho Continent. •English trailers and jockeys are to be found in most countries of Europe, and one trainer who should have acquired a good experience of Continental raolng Is Frank Waugh, a member of the well-known family of trainers of that name. For several years Waugh supervised the 'preparation of the horses belonging to the Prlnoess of Wied, a daughter of the late King of Wurtemberg, but he recently left 'Germany for Sweden to train for Count Waohtmeister, most of whose horses are by Runnymede, son of 'Hurry On.

Fairly Obvious. The 'question that was asked J. M. 'Cameron concerning the running of Maine at Woodville would surprise most racegoers. Maine ran a fine race the first day, and had she not been hopelessly blocked on the rails in tho straight she would probably ‘have won. On 'Monday When W. J. •Broughton was given the ride, those who had seen her the first day did not hesitate to support her. She ran exactly the samo race, being a long way back early, tout whereas she was unable to get through on Saturday the leaders on Monday left plenty of room, and her final run was unchecked.

Queer German Rule. Sinco the Government commenced to lake a big hand in the control of racing in 'Germany, some strange rules have been introduced. The latest is that the 'German Supreme Turf Authority has ordered that in future every starter who lias not been declared as a probable competitor by noon of (he day preceding lhe race shall he oxoluded from lhe betting. It is not mentioned what is lo happen if such a horse wins a race, but pre r sumably (lie second horse will be treated as Hie winner for lhe purpose of hols. 'Some of our trainers, who never seem able to make up their minds whether their horses are going to run or not, would And themselves in all sorts of difficulties in Germany. Can Train Riders. A novel award that is made in France each year is a premium to the trainer whose apprentices win the greatest number of races. This prize is presented by the Socictc de Sport de France, which controls Le Tremblay racecourse, and towards .the end of October the Mnisons-'Laffitte trainer, Bat'iller, \yas well out in front, with 127 winners ridden by boys for whom he had taken mil licences. This is no new experience for him, as, for many years ills boys have been the most successful in France. In one Le Tremblay race, that was coil fined lo apprentices, Barlller supplied the riders of lhe first lliree horses, and the winning hoy was presented with a gold wrist waleh by llie stewards, ns well as a pair of riding bools by a , Malsons-Laflltle bootmaker.

German Derby. Entries for most of the continental classes do not reach the numerical strength of English and Australian events. The ‘German Derby of 1936 olosed with 114 nominations, and that is an increase of 10 over the entries foi’ the 193‘5 event. ‘Eleven of the entrants are by Englls'h-bred wtallions, and no fewer than aG are descended from Dark Ronald (sire of Magpie) In direct male line. Remarkable Recovery.

Many hurdle jookeys have resumed riding after suffering such severe injuries that their recovery was regarded as hopeless. Dudley Williams, an English rider who won the 'Grand National last year on Kellsboro Jack, was given little chance of ever riding again when he was 'badly smashed up in a steeplechase at Hurst 'Park in February, but on hearing of a woman who had effected some wonderful cures through manipulative surgery he decided to take advantage of her treatment. 'His 'trouble was diagnosed as spinal, and after twentyseven visits 'his spine straightened again, and he has been informed that he will soon be able to return to the saddle.

Win for Saltsprey. C. 'Boyle, who has been campaigning in Australia with moderate success, experienced a chango of luck on Wednesday of last week when Saltspray turned up at good odds over a mile at Ballarat. The Argus says: “Mr 'C. Boyle has brought a few horses from New Zealand with varying suooess, but for a while he did not appear likely "do find his visit with Saltspray very profitable. The horse had ’Unshed a dose third In a welter at the Bendigo Cup meeting, but the form was not particularly good, and Saltspray failed rather hadly when well hacked at Ascot ’the following week. 'Consequently the majority of hackers at Ballarat looked beyond him in their early calculations on the Greenfield Handicap. 'Still the connections of the horse apparently had not lost heart, for Saltspray was well backed at remunerative odds. He firmed to third favouritism. Jumping away well he soon took up a good position behind 'Gay Friar, and at the five furlongs post he was followed by Taisho, Balkan King, and Dame Ilia. Approaching the home turn, however, Saltspray rushed to the front,.and he was clear of Gay 'Friar and Taisho at I,he straight entrance. Taisho lought on woll enough, but Saltspray was not seriously troubled in the run to the post, and lie defeated Taisho by two longlhs.

Races won. £ 1922 f. . . 13 13,133 1923 22 33,409 HD 2-1 19 44,567 1 925 28 32,954 102 15 14,774 1927 21 21,918 1928 • i • 14 20,570 I'D 29 35 39,88.6 ' 1930 23 40,259 1931 27 19,484 1932 28 57,778 1933 24 19,31 1 1931 — 64,957