GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19663, 24 August 1935, Page 19 (Supplement)

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

Grand Sport’s two-year-old fullbrother has been named Great Sport. He is a bay, not a grey, like most of Rewanga’s offspring.

A Rough Trip. a , The onlv member of T. R. George s team to suffer any injury in the recent. rough trip across to Sydney was Might, who had a piece of flesh lorn off a leg. .

Friday Night. Phar Lap’s brother Friday Night, ran in improved style each race at Riccarton, and he may soon win a race, though Ihere seems little prospect of him getting anywhere near the class of his famous relative.

Injured a Tendon. Haste Away, a promising four-year-old gelding in C. Emerson’s stable, received an injury to a tendon when be fell In the Cashmere Plate last week, and it is feared that it may have serious consequences.

lmpaßto. . . „ The High Art gelding Impasto has reloined R. S. Bagby’s team at Ellerslie after a spell on his owner’s property at Te Awamutu. He Is in splendid order to start a new preparation.

May Servo at Stud. Cricket Bat, who pulled up lame ■after a gallop recently, will not be trained again. The son of Winning Hit and Equipment has been sent back to Sir Charles Clifford’s Stonyhurst Stud, where he was bred, and he may do stud duty this spring.

Free Advice. Free Advice Is the name claimed rop the three-year-old filly by Hunting Song from Golden Opportunity, and Maori Song for the two-year-old gelding by Hunting Song from Mungaldno. Both are in’ F. Foley’s charge at Ellerslic.

To Be Spelled. > It has been decided that Royal Limond has had enough racing for a time, and he is to be treated to a holiday of some months in the pastures of Mr W. T. Lowe’s farm near Hinds before D. O’Connor lakes him in hand ■again to .he prepared for the next jumping season.

Horn’s Reef Sold. Sir Charles Clifford has sold the four-year-old gelding Horn’s Reef, by Dav Comet from Brave Deed, and he will do his future racing for a Southland owner. He showed promising form when slaying on in fourth place in the Rcdcliffe’s Handicap, one mile, •at. R'iccnrton. so lie should pay his way on the flat. Probably, howovei. be will eventually be fried as a ■steeplechaser. The fact that lie is by Day Comet is in his favour, while his new 'owner has a liking for jumpers.

Lease Expired. Cellerimus. the winner of the Milson Hack Handicap at the Manawatu Winter meeting, has been returned to her owner, her lease to the Wnipukurau owner-trainer G. E. Triclclehank having expired, and Mr C. -Tones is now supervising her preparation at Awapunl. This half-sister to Arrow Lad and full-sister to Jean Ladosio won in a manner which Indicated that further successes should come her way. Jean Laddo. the dam, died recently. A few weeks hence she was due to foal to Laekham. Her daughter, Jean Ladosio, is in foal to the same sire.

Dodninq Barrod. ( Tn New Zealand the secretary of the Racing Conference has heen noliflcd by the* secretary of the "Victoria Racing Club that most, of the horses arriving in Melbourne from Ihe Dominion are. Insufficiently branded, 'Comments an Australian exchange. The hair of the horse lias been merely singed, with Ihe idea of -complying with Victorian rorriilalions. This will have lo he remedied. Ihe V.R.C. slating that, if horses are. net adequately and permanently branded registration will lm refused. Presumably it will he Ihe same in Sydney. Little Too Fast. American papers have recently contained various references to fast time trials, and if is staled that- in Ida two furlongs final dash for his match with Si> - Rarlnn. some years ago, pioel of the walrh-holders made him do 20 i-5. and onlv a few made his Hme as slow as 20 8-5. Of course Hint would he frnni a moving start, but. allowing that Man o’ War ran one mia’’!f>r in 20 1-5. it eerlainlv would pot. tin too much In evneet him lo run liie next quarter in 22 4-5. wh'fh worn! give him 4 Bsee for half-n-mile. One ran he excused for thinking Dial some of tlmse watch-holders struck late, and slopped early.

Lerno Fields in Fnnland. There are occasionally very large fields for fwo-year-old races in England. Early in liie season there were iO slirlcrs for one at Newbury, and al Windsor on June 22 there were Pi runners for another. Despite Ihe unusual number of competitors hackers found a 9 to i favourite in Thalia, hut she, was easily beaten by another heavily-barked youngster in Will of Wales (i to n who is by Singapore, and was described as the best, looking of (lie lug Held. As is the rase with practically all flve-furlong races in England, tiie race was run over a [ straight course.

Not Ours. The horse Dampier, who won a race at Rosehill recently, Is not the one •of T. ; R. George’s team of the same name. The Australian Dampier Is a six-year-old by Magpie from Foremast, by The Welkin from Foremost, a sister to Boniform and Sun God, so ho has a New Zealand interest. No Lack of Material. In Calcutta there are trainers with very large teams. In the list given in the Calcutta Racing Calendar for July, W. Hayhoe had 39 horses in his care, Capt, ,T. W. Beedham and E. S. Godfrey 30 each, M. All Asker 29. Dr. S. K. Pillay 24, and several others over 20. Germany’s Derby. There was an unusual crowd to see the German Derby run on the Horn ■course at Hamburg on June 30. It was said this was the result of strong Nazi propaganda in a desire to make the race as big a feature as the English Derby. There were specially cheap excursions by rail, road, and air from all points of Germany. Later this year there is a very valuable international race to be run at Munich. It is open to horses of all ages, and there are several nominations from England, these including some owned by the Aga Khan. Although it appeared in print that the German Derby was open to horses of all ages, it- is, of' course, confined to three-year-olds. Mr W. T. Haziett’s Team. T. P. Platt, private trainer for the New Zealand owner Mr W. T. Hazlett, has a team of twelve hors.es, including Sir Simper, at Caulfield. The stables occupied are the largest at Caulfield, and were formerly owned by Mr A. T. Greswick. Phar Lap was stabled there when an attempt was made to shoot him on Derby morning nearly five years ago. Sir Simper is one of ’the most interesting of Platt’s team. The others are Ruling Light, Dazzling Raid, Chief Light, Luminare, Yilderin, Frenchy, Flames, French Maid, Laughinff Light, Raiding Light, and Lume. The last ■four are two-year-olds, and were only recently sent from New Zealand. Related to Phar Lap. Phar Lap’s close relation, the New Zealand-bred filly Rotorua (Night Raid—Gay Round), who was sold to the South African sportsman Sir Joseph Robinson, provides New Zealand, after the lapse of a number of years, with a representative on the English turf. Rotorua, trained by G Laing Ward at Kingsbury, Hants, had her first start in the Apprentices’ Plate at Newbury recently and ran unplaced. Gay Round, whose second foal, a fullbrother to Rotorua, was sold at the last Trentham yearling sales to Mr G. L. Scott, of Melbourne, for 300gns, Is now at The Gurragh Stud and will be mated this season with the Gainsborough stallion Leighton. Gay Round Is by Gay Lad from Prayer Wheel, a full-sister to Phar Lap’s dam, Entreaty.

Ellis In Sydney. The fact that New Zealand's leading jockey L. J. Ellis, will shortly be arriving In Australia, Is attracting attention over there. “'Pilot” comments as follows in last week’s Referee:—■ . . . His efforts will come in for special attention. His record for Hie year makes It certain that Ellis is a really good horseman, but there is the possibility of difference in conditions, and the fact of riding against strangers may tell against him at the commencement. It is to be hoped not, as Sydney’s racing men include many who are prone to condemn without taking circumstances into consideration. Impossibilities are often expected of a jockey, and if he does not realise expectations, a visiting rider is always likely to come in for harsher criticism than one of our own.”

Then and Now. The Sydney trainer N. R. McKenna owner of the Australian Hurdles winner Sixteen Annas, is one of the few veterans who considers that the modern horse is much superior to -the ■champions of past_ years. Before McKenna set up at Randwick as a trainer he, was a Jockey of some distinction, and won countless races in the country districts of New South Wales. He rode on the flat and over the battens, and some of his mounts were on horses who In their day were .first class. He considers that the horses of 30 years ago would have little chance of pacing it with the gallopers of to-day. . . “Why," he said, “once a good hurdler used to take about, 2min oOsec to run two miles. Nowadays the modern horse runs two miles and a furlong in that time."

Largo For America. On some American courses they do not make provision for large fields. At Washington Park (Chicago) on June 15, there were 20 runners for (ho Washington Park. Juvenile Slakes, 5 furlongs, and it was impossible lo use the stall gale. There were insufficient comparlments. In consequence (he horses were lined up in front of ii, and Hie field is referred to in an American paper as "large and unwieldy.” In view of the fact that Ihe width of the track is only 70ft that was close-to the mark. Some of the youngsters formed a second lino, ami few of those had Hie slightest chance. Tolaiisalor helling on ilic race aggregated over £IO,OOO, and liie winner, Mrs P. A. R. Widener’s •Dnieper,, paid nearly 7 to i. He ran 11 1 0 live and a half furlongs in 1.6 3-5.

If Peter Pan Stands. When passing through Adelaide rermilly on liis way hack from Pei'lh, Frank .McCralli, trainer of Peter Pan, was greatly impressed with the running I rack at Morphcll ville, and promised Mr R. Hynes, secretary of the 5.A..1.0.. that, if Peter Pan got. through li is spring and autumn programme in Melbourne and Sydney satisfactorily lie would take the Pantheon horse to Adelaide to run in the King’s Cup. to he decided on liie final day of the next S.A.J.D. Autumn meeting. lie said Mr R. R. Hangar, owner of Peter ■Pan. was anxious lo win Dial cove leal prize, and Unit probably after this season Peter Pan would lie retired from tin’ Turf. Peter Pan’s spring engagements include Ihe Melbourne Cup. which lie has already won twice. Should lie compete in the next King's Cup his presence would he quile as great an attraction as was Piiar Lap. who won the King’s prize when it was last contested al Morpiiellville. Much, of course, depends on how the horse is after li is spring racing, and at present, tie is giving his conmuriion* «««»•» concern.

Bookmaking in Chloago. In Chicago recently- there was a campaign against illegal bookmakers, but at latest the books were triumphant. The Illinois Senate passed a bill legalising them. The mayor of Chicago. E. J. Kelly, supported the measure, which had to receive the approval of State Governor Henry Horner before it became law'. If half we read concerning the opposition to Illegal bookmakers in Chicago is correct It will be surprising If the Governor's assent was forthcoming. Illegal bookmakers in that city are very strong in numbers. One section of the bill read as follows“ All moneys received by any city, village, or incorporated town of over 500,000 population from persons engaged in the occupation of bookmaking shall, after the costs of administration are deducted therefrom, be distributed as follows: Fifty per cent shall be paid into the educational fund for the use of the board of education, and 50 per cent shall be paid into the general revenue fund of such city, village, or incorporated town.”

Won But Not Collected. When the last collectors were receiving their dividends after the final race at Ricearton on Saturday 'and the huge crowd had dwindled lo a small handful, -a plaintive figure was moving anxiously through'the small knots ot people, evidently in earnest search for someone. As the crowd dwindled (says the 'Christchurch Press) his plaintiveness increased, and finally he took his worries to a policeman. He had had a successful bet on Ihe last race, he explained, and, waiting in the stand to see the dividend go up, he had arrived at the totalisator to find that he would have to go at the end of a very long queue. An affable stranger had graciously offered to collect the dividend with his own—a saving of time and waiting that had a certain appeal. However, after collecting, the obliging man had not arrived to share the double dividend, and, complained the successful investor and unsuccessful collector, he seemed to have vanished. 9he last a reporter saw of .the.disconsolate one lie had resumed his close scrutiny of the few remaining racegoers. He may have beep successful in finding his nnarrv, hut it seemed from his appearance that he had become resigned to acquiring the experience that there were more tilings than racchoiscs unfaithful on racecourses.