RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20248, 17 July 1937, Page 22 (Supplement)

RACING.

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. j >Good progress is being made ■with ’ the terracing of-the lawn and portion of the outside enclosure at Te Rapa, although the wet weather has hampered the contractors to some extent. Nooturnue. ■Nooturnus is progressing at Rlocarton and reports credit him with look- • lng better than at any stage of his career. There is a possibility that A. E. Ellis will ride him in the Grand National Steeplechase. Out of Form. , Manawatu, in form, would enter seriously into National discussions, but it would seem, from his Trentham display, that he is nowhere near his best, and it is unlikely that he has the time to show the necessary improvement. Doing Well. / JLatest reports from Melbourne indicate that George Jones, who recently retired from the position of private trainer to Mr W. It. Kemball, and set up as a public trainer, is getting a j good team together. Cuddle’s Programme. When Cuddle returned from her trip to Australia In the autumn, her future programme was in doubt. There was some talk of her early retirement to the stud. She has done so well during her spell that she is to be raced again next season, and she may pay another visit to Australia in the spring.

Backed for £IOO,OOO. Mr A. F. Henkes entered an Eng-lish-bred horse, Dennis Blink, for the July Handicap of £6OOO, the richest race in South Africa (says a Capetown message to Australia on July 3). He backed the horse to win £IOO,OOO. Dennis Blink was beaten by the outsider, Bally James DufT, owned by Mrs Henkes, his wife. Settled Down Nicely. The rising three-year-old Saooone has settled down nicely since going to Ellerslie and bears a very healthy appearance. He is only doing light tasks at present and will not be required to race again until the spring. He is engaged in several important three-year-old races next season, including the Great Northern Derby and , 6t. Leger. 'High Commissioner. I* High 'Commissioner, who in his 'first 1 I essay in steeplechase company, in--1 Jured himself while contesting the Great (Northern Steeplechase at Eller•llo two years ago, has resumed work again and J. F. Tutchen stated the ather day that the aged son of All Bed und Little Footsteps was showing now no sign whatever of the leg Injury which caused his prolonged absence j from the active list. For Hunters’ Events. I Jolly Broney, the sister to Gay ( Broney, is being qualified for hunters’ ' events and will oompete in that class at the Pakuranga meeting. Although an aged inare. Jolly Broney did not appear in publio until last May, when she ran unplaced in a division of the Windsor Handicap at the Bay of Islands meeting. She is a good jumper, and when sho has had further experience more is likely to be heard of her. j Racing Reaps Benefit. Striking evidence of the benefits to ■ the racing game by the suppression of shop betting is contained in the annual report of the Queensland Turf Club. Although the club distributed £3700 more in stakes than in 1935-36, it was able to report a profit of £7660 j the highest for almost a decade. In 1931, the profits barely topped the £IOOO mark, and lust year they amounted to only £2399. Frofltabl© Investments. Messrs W. H. and C. L. Orbell picked up Rangitata cheaply and won seven hurdle races with him before his career was terminated. They paid 275gns for Carinthet, and in their colours the Lucullus gelding collected £2912. Now Messrs W. H. and W. P. Orbell have won over £I4OO in eleven months with Santoft, another comparatively cheap horse. To date the partnership colours have been un- i usually lucky. Valiant Chief. According to a Melbourne report there are hopes that the Brilliant Valiant Chief will recover his best. form. At Mentone a fortnight ago he had Ids first serious task since lie was ' badly injured in his fall at Mooneo \ \\ hen K. Voltre was also Injured'. and lie acquitted himself fav>urably. Valiant Chief, who is in the lame stable as Doncaster, lias shown outstanding form, and ■should he continue to progress favourably he may cut a prominent figure at the spring carnivals. Corowa Sold. Corowa was purchased at Trenthnm \ on Saturday bv Messrs J. S. and W. : K. Ha/.lett, no* doubt with a view to! lumping. Corowa was bred by Air i B. C. I.a Pouple and has done all his ! racing in the colours of his breeder, 1 who also trained him. He is rising six. by Mint Leaf from Bed Gleam, by Campfire. Corowa is good in bad ground and has now won twice in successive years at the Wellington winter meeting. There should be plenty of scope for him to do well for ; his new owners in the south. Set Back for Aga Khan. The Aga Khan and F. Butters had I a set-back at F.psom on April 22. The Blue Riband Trial Stakes, an eight and a half furlongs race, was considered Mich a certainty for the Aga Khan's rolt. Ali Pasha Telrnfema- -Tereslna) that odds nf two to one were laid on him. The second favourite. Printer ■ (Papyrus—Appleby\ a ten to one chance, bred and raced by Mr J. P. Hornung. upset calculations, ns be led throughout, easily heating All Pasha. The value "t t!ii‘ race t" the winner was £1655, so it was worth winning. Could Not Be Tempted. hast year .1. B. McKee offered S. D. Biddle something over £7OOO for War Admiral, who is now America’s crack three year-old. Mr Biddle replied: “Would you sell him. if you owned him?” “No,” replied Mr McKee and i that ended the business. Occasion- j ally an owner has reason to regret re- ! fusing a substantial offer for a young- ! sler. but it is not so with Mr Riddle. In twn wins alone tins season War Admiral returned Mr Riddle equiva- I lent to over £25.000. It was ro- 1 ported that Mrs W. 11. Furst, daughter I of Mrs Ktliel V. Mars—America’s ' keenest buyer of yearlings —offered approximately £12,500 for Wav \«l mini this year, but had no chance uf . buying him. j

Trouvaille Qualifying. Trouvaille is being qualified with the Waikato hounds with a view to contesting hunters’ events ahead. He has been showing marked aptitude for the Jumping game and it will be Interesting to note how he shapes the first time he Is produced In this department.

Oroupier’s Dam Dead. The death has occurred of the brood mare Pellet, the dam of Croupier. Pellet, who was the property of Mr N. Wade, was bred in 1921 and was by Thurnham from Pell, by Hymeteus—Pelllcule, by Birkenhead — Film, by Elrldspord—Margaret, by i Yattendon. She was not in foal at | the time of her death. 'Croupier, who was by Surveyor, won numerous good races, including the Wanganui J Guineas and the Wellington Racing ! Club’s Harcourt Cup, as a three-year-old, and was easily the best of Pellet's progeny, the others to race being Town Planner, 'Pellette, Alignment, who were also by Surveyor, and Whlrlette, by Whirlwind. Mr Wade has Just weaned a fine filly foal by Whirlwind from Pellet. | No Risks Were Taken. Every precaution was taken against anything happening to Perlfox in Ills I box during the fortnight or so prior .to the English Derby. An ex-in-spector of police went on -guard every night at 9 o’clock, and remained until work commenced the following morning. Although it was said that this was more as. against the noise not being* heard by any of the regular stable employees if Perlfox should happen to be cast in his box, i there must also have been fear of Hie | possibility of Perifox being “got at.” This idea was upheld by the fact that I the ex-inspcctor accompanied Perifox to Epsom. In Australia some trainers laugh at the idea of a night-watch-man being necessary before an Important meeting, hut others look at matters in a different light. “If you have a horse that has a good chanco of winning a goad- race,” they argue, “any money it costs for taking preI cautions against anything happening to it in any way during tho night Is well spent.” Last End’s Surprise. Last End, who was a surprise winner of the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase had good previous crosscountry form In Adelaide, and he had also successfully negotiated the stiff Morphettville obstacles, though he failed in the last Great Eastern Steeplechase, won by Lady Madge, who fell in the big Flemington event. AVhen he, Lady Madge, and Howrah left Adej laide for Melbourne last month he was much the least fancied of that State's j National aspirants. In his last race prior to his departure for Victoria, on June 5, Last End was beaten in the Victoria Park Steeplechase at Adelaide by Howrah, to whom, however, 'ho vvas conceding 291 b., whereas there was only 111 b difference in their weights for the Grand National. Howrah Incidentally was recording his first success for 20 months on that day, hut he had many times been placed, Including a third In the Great Eastern. Last End. Iliough beaten, was considered by I lie critics to have shaped quite satisfactorily in the Victoria Park Steeples. He had charge near 1 Hie finish, hut could not withstand Howrah’s challenge. It is interesting lo nolo one sentence: “A little further on East End. who. despite Hie fact that lie put iu a couple of his characteristic clumsy leaps, held a prominent position throughout, went in pursuit of the pacemaker. Pewsey.” In Saturday’s Grand National Last End gave Ills jockey a very rough ride, striking four fences, at the last of which he nearly fell. Last End. a j five-year-old gelding, 1s by the Sir j Eager horse Drake, whose stock for ' some time hack have disclosed a pen- j chant for the Jumping game, though | this Is his first. Grand- National sue- j (’pss. The third horse on Saturday, j Montnrgls, is still another of Drake’s Jumpers. Last End was bred at “Mr j S. A. Rawdon’s” Toolamba Stud, and ! as a yearling he was acquired hv his f present owner, the South Australian sportsman. Mr F. R. Mortlock, for only 50 guineas. FIXTURES AHEAD. July 94 —TUnR-ltlkrl Hunt Club. July 9 4 —South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 90. 31—Poverty Hay Turf Club. Julv 31—Christchurch Hunt Club. August 7—Poverty Bnv Hunt Club. August 10, 19, li—Canterbury Jockey Club. August 9 I —Pakuranga Hunt.