RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19639, 27 July 1935, Page 19 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK AND STABLE. RACING FIXTURES. Aug. 3— Poverty Bay H.C. Aug. 3—Christchurch H.C. Aug. 13, 15, I“—Canterbury J-G. Aug. 24—Pakuranga H.C. Aug. 29 —Egmont-Wanganui H.C. ( a t New Plymouth). Aug. °l—Taranaki H.C. Sept. 7—Qtago H.C. Sept. 7—Marton J.C. Sept. 12, 14—Wanganui J.C. Sept. 21 —Ashburton County H-C-Sept. 21—Foxton R.C. ». . Se.pt. 21, 23 —Avondale J.C. Sept. 2f>, 28—'Geraldine R.C; Sept. 28, 30—Taumarunui R.C. (« Paeroa.) ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT*. I "Wager,” Hamilton.—£3 3s 6d. "Snow," Frartkton. —£4. "5.J.,” Hautapu.—£3 7s and £2 7s. "8.5. C.,” To Aroha.—There was no second dividend. _ t GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. If 'Dunmure starts in ’the Grand National Steeplechase the chances are that he will have the servioes of T. A. Langford, who piloted him to victory in the Great Western Steeplechase at Riverton. Only Safe Propositions. One Trentham trainer, giyos it as his opinion that Valpeen and Billy Boy are the only pair in this year’s Grand National Steeplechase who have an odds-on chance of getting round with- , out mishap. Beau Star. Beau Star, who is making good progress under C. Carmont’s charge at Te Rapa, Is to have 'his first start under his new ownership at the Pakuranga meeting next month. He is toy Star Stream from the Advance mare Peg's Green. Veteran to Ride Agarn. * Melbourne reports , state that iR. Lewis, the veteran jockey, intends to resume race riding in the new season. Lewis has won four Melbourne Cups, and has rarely missed a mount in the race since he began riding. > Working on the Roads. Valarth and Linguist are at present located at Rlccarton and will remain there until the Grand National meeting. The Wlngatul trainer, A. E. Didham, has been confining their preparation to road exercise and they have not been near the tracks for a spell. Profitable Afternoon. ■G. Richards did not manage to even get a place In the English Derby, but the afternoon was anything hut a blank for him. He had three winning mounts, their respective starting prices being 5 to 2 on, and li to 2 and 7 to 2 against. Unseen Spoiling. According to & southern report it •has been deemed advisable to treat Unseen to a blister and spell, although ho arrived home apparently recovered from his mishap at the Levin meeting. Lycidas is being treated 'to a brief ease up, but will soon be busy again. - ’!■ Recent Additions. Recent additions to C. Gleseler’s team at Wlngatul are a couple of rising three-year-old geldings. One Is a ohestnut, by Balboa from Greenoloth, toy The Aoe from Equipment, by Martian, and the other, by the same sire, is'a torovhi• from Joybridge, by Tonbridge from Rapture, by Kilbroney.

Improvements to Course. Considerable improvement to the courso at Te Rapa is in progress at present. The main approaches to the course arc being (Hied in and in due course arc to be planted with shrubs, ■while the area utilised for the parking of' cars to the right, of the members’ stand Has been tilled in anil levelled. Expeoted to Improve. One London critic is hopeful that ■Field Trial will prove the best three-vear-old of this season in England, lie said that he was one of the bestlooking colts In the Derby field, and expeoted him to be a lot better when the St. Logor ' came t round. Field Trial, who started only once as a two-year-old, mid then towards the end of the season, Is by Fclstead from Popingaol. Profitable. A London ■writer slfttcs Hint Tor loveral years Blandford earned for •,-us owners an annual income of about £12,000 in stud fees. At the time his death he was insured approximately for what lie would have earned "for another three years. His fee had been 100 guineas, and would have been Increased to 500 guineas next rear Including the insurance money, Blandford returned h|s owners nearly £125,000. His original cost was 730 guineas. Has Never Raced. If Valmint continues io train on as (vt present lie will probably be given race at the Pakurnnga meeting next month- The scm of Vaals.and Lomint has never raced and. so far he lias „ot been seriously tested for speed. However, on the'’few occasions Hint he ns been given a workout lie has given Ivory indication that lie possesses Plenty Of space. As Valmint is just coming to his third year he will have plenty of opportunities to nv>v c good in the new season.

Colt Named. Surview is the name registered^for the rising two-year-old colt by Sue veyor ’from Cometary, by Day Come from The Boyne. ‘He is a fine stamp of colt who holds prbmise of making •a name for himself in juvenile ranks next season. ‘He is one of Reilly s recent additions. Also in the same stable is Carshalton. Odds Against Them. Prior to the English Derby some of the books were advertising odds against backers placing the first three. Against Bahram, Hairan, and Theft, in that order, the odds were 10 to i. Neither of the last-mentioned two gained a place, and as the straight-out 6dds against Robin Goodfellow, who ran second were 50 to 1, any backer who selected the place-getters was' decidedly fortunate. A Stiff Climb. The, first half-mile of the English Derby is the stiffest part. It Is a tremendous uphill climb, and, though Bahram took 2.30 in winning the race mentioned, the time for a -seven-fur-longs handicap the same afternoon was 1.22. In this, the runners join the, Derby course before going half a furlong, and It is then downhill all the way until within half-a-furlong *of the winning post. i Carmont’s Charges. ■Ford Acre and Wahine Reihi, of C. •Carmont’s string, .are moving along 'satisfactorily in their preparation at headquarters and will probably be •produced at the approaching 'Pakuranga Hunt Club’s meeting next month. The latter has filled' out -since being put aside and has returned in good heart. She Was a disappointment in the majority of -her races this season, but may make amends in the season ghead.

A Profit At Ust. 1 The annual report of the Southland Racing Club states that for the first, time since 1924 both raoe meetings showed a profit, that for the Summer meeting being £Bl2 and that for the , Winter meeting £145. This gave a total for the two meetings of £957 to , be -carried forward to revenue account, as against last year’s net return of £279, and £375 In 1933. The year’s working shows a profit of £154, as against a loss of £555 last year, and , £490 In i'933. . j Encouraging First Attempt, I According to an Auckland report It is evidently intended to give Hawthorn a chance to. make good as a jumper, - as the Lucullus gelding was given a ! trial over the pony hurdles at Eller- | slie a few days ago. It was his*first attempt over the “battens,” and he gave a first-class display fbr a novice, fencing with plenty of dash and confidence. The fact that hawthorn ranks as a brother to Neil, one of the best jumpers at Ellerslie In recent years, is a bit in his 'favour, though he is a good “deal smaller than his relative. However, he has plenty -of speed and Is quite big enough to make a successful hurdler, providing he attains the necessary-ability. j Oannot Afford More. i A -contributor who was putting -up a oase for the relicensing of bookmakers recently expressed the opinion that -prize-money at country -meetings ill Australia -could not be lower than In the Dominion. On that score he wap wide of the -mark. The A.J.C. Racing Calendar contains programmes for four country meetings to be run this month. One Is of three days, and carries £4lO for 17 races, and the •other meetings £4-90 for thirteen, £227 10s for 12, and £l2of for -a , similar . number. j Retired From Raolng. The speedy Coronllla has quit the raolng track for the stud and \ylll form one of Mr T. H. Lowry’s brood mares at Okawa (says a Hawke's Bay writer). Coronllla, on the score of breeding, should prove valuable in her new life, as she was got by -Chief Ruler from d’Oro, by All Black from Aurarius, by -Malster from Aurous, by Wallace from Aura. Dorce, dam of Princess Doreen, is a half-sister by Lucullus to Coroi nilla, and others or tho family arc ! Doraldo, Palace, and’ Moorland. As ! d’Oro is a full-sister Id' Desert Gold and Nigger Minstrel, it (can he observed that a wealth of winning blood Is in Goronilla's lines. , j Tote Revenue Up £BB,OOO. Tho annual report of the English Racecourse Betting Control Board for 1934, issued recently, states that the turnover totalled £5,135,972, an increase of more than I<> per cent over the previous year, while llie net reI venue .was £403,717, an increase of | £88,145, The operating results of > i the year, after meeting all operating j and headquarters expenses and Inter- ! I est, for the year, show a surplus of j £102,070, before providing for depre- ; -ciation, an improvement of £102,373 over 1933. Tho busiest week of the i year was Ascot week, when a total of : more than £340,000 was staked with i the lotalisator. I ! i Grand Prlx De Paris. 1 The cabled result of the Grand Prlx , de Paris, run at Lonpchnmp (France) on June 30, mentioned that a hold British coup with William of Valence just failed, Brantome’s sister Cruditc winning by a short bond, but though the I French tiles of most recent date gave j the owner as Mr Arthur Armstrong,, ! apparently an Englishman living In France, tills did not sccrh to be the • exact tenor of the message. Latest exchanges, however, clear the position, i for on June 18 Mr Arthur Salnsbury j purchased the colt, who ran in Ills colours and was ridden by Steve Donoghuo at Longehamp. William of Valence, as previously mentioned, is a French-bred colt who has done all his racing In France, though without any outstanding success. ills sire Is Hie Prince Ciiirnay horse Vatout: and his, i dam. Queen Iseult. is by Teddy, s

Would Not Like It. A notice that has appeared In the Western India Turf Club’s (Bombay) Raolng Calendar over a long period is to the effect that the stewards are opposed to horses being ra-ced when not in condition, and warning owners and trainers of the possibility of action being taken in such -cases. It is fortunate New Zealand Calendars do not'contain a similar notice, as training horses in public is a method greatly favoured by people who really shouldn’t. They and their friends are aware something has no hope, hut the small bettor in, say, the leger reserve, does not, and loses his money. Not Taken Seriously. , Speakers at the annual Press Club lunoheon in i London, -prior to the Derby, Includecl many owners of Derby candidates, -and Lord Derby was evidently of opinion that all that was said was -not taken seriously. In -humorous vein, he remarked: —"This might well be -called ‘The Ananias Stakes.’ Apparently, if a man does speak the truth, nobody believes him. This year is to me —I won’t say a memorable 'year as far as racing is going—probably a disastrous year,” went on Lord Derby. "If Bobsleigh had been running, even with Mr Frank Butters in the room, I should have told you he was -going to win. May I make a suggestion? IF, about the middle of next year the Aga Khan finds he has •got two or three horses outside those he intends to run for the Derby, would ihe think -of leasing them to other people? Then we might get a very interesting race, and, who knows, -the outsider might turn up!” ' English Derby Riders. Some time ago S. Donoghue said he hoped to add another English Derby record before retiring. In the recent Derby, he rode Mrs C. Glorney’s Assignation, bringing his total •mounts In that race at Epsom up to 19, his first being when he was third •on Charley O’Maley -In 1910. His winners were Humorist, Manna, Papyrus, and Captain Cuttle at Epsom, and Pommern and Gay Crusader when the race was run at Newmarket during the war. F. Fox, who won on Bahram, had thirteen previous rides in the Derby at Epsom, winning on Gameronlan, •and getting second on Walter Gay. H. Wragg, Theft’s rider, was having his thirteenth mount in the race, his winners being Blenheim, and Felstead, and Ids minor plack-gcUers King Salmon, Miracle, Sandwich, and Hot Night. Woslon’s mount on Robin Goodfellow was his lentil, and ho won on Hyperion and' Sansovino. G. Richards, who was unplaced on Ilairan had ridden in the Derby on nine other occasions for a'second on Easton, while thirteen mounts had returned !M. Beary a second -on Dastur, and third on Craigengower.