GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20951, 2 November 1939, Page 13

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

The Canterbury Jockey Club’s carnival will open on Saturday. The Whangarei Club’s fixture, which opens- to-morrow, will conclude on Saturday and racing programmes will be observed by the Stratford and Napier Park Clubs on that day. Increasing Stakes In addition to making substantial increase to stakes on the Auckland Cup meeting, the Auckland Racing Club also decided to add an extra £9OO to the mid-summer meeting. Addition to Dulieu’s Team The three-year-old Beau Pere filly Zest has joined H. Dulieu’s team at New Plymouth. Zest was previously trained at Randwick by J. T. Jamieson. Valarth in Work According to a southern exchange Valarth is to be put into work again after the New Zealand Cup meeting. It will be remembered that he was injured while racing over hurdles at Trentham over a year ago. Related To Ned Cuttle Merry Smile, a half-sister to Ned Cuttle, owned by Mr D. Gough, of Petone, has foaled a filly to Captain Bunsby, the sire of Ned Cuttle, and is to visit the English horse Foxlight at Masterton this season. Breeding of Hearth Hearth, who pulled off a lucrative win for her connections at Motukarara on Saturday, is a three-year-old filly by Paladin out of the Tea Tray mare Kerbside, a half-sister to Trivet (also by Paladin) and Fireguard. She is owned by her breeder, the Mosgiel trainer D. P. Wilson. St. Cloud St. Cloud, who won the hack sprint at a long price at Motukarara on Saturday, is a four-year-old mare by Robespierre out of the Charlemagne 11. mare Charmilla, the dam also of the Great Easter winner Charmeuse and of Verden. She is owned by her breeder, Mr G. Hall.

Unlucky The connections of Beau Vite are having an unlucky spin at present in Australia. According to advices received the Beau Pere colt had freshened up well and was expected to make a good showing at Moonee Valley, where he fell during the running of the W. S. Cox Plate on Saturday. The Moonee Valley track is a turning one throughout and the run home is little more than a furlong.

Wagner Although beaten at Trentham, Wagner was not disgraced. The going was not in his favour, and a horse was lucky to get anything like a clear run in the crowded fields. Top Form Australian racing serves to confirm the form of Royal Chief every day. He dead-heated with Mosaic at Randwick and beat him next start, and L’Aiglon was also no match for him. Both these horses were well in the picture at Moonee Valley last Saturday and Mosaic is now straight-out favourite for the Melbourne Cup. Oaks Chance? The sensational dividend payer Anita Foe went south last night, and she looks in good order. Like most of the stock of Defoe, she has plenty of size, and will carry weight well, while her performance at Trentham suggests that she will also run on. This is a very weak year for three-year-old fillies, and Anita Foe must be given an excellent chance of winning the Oaks Stakes. Brilliant Sprinter Rakahanga will be troublesome to the favourite fieaulivre in the Stewards’ Handicap at Riccarton. She is being taken along by easy stages, with one race at Hastings, and another at Trentham, where she ran third. Rakahanga is a brilliant mare, and last January at Trentham she won the Telegraph Handicap by four lengths in 1.1 Of, time which is seldom beaten on the track. Among the unplaced lot were Smoke Screen, Oratory, Paper Slipper, Black Thread and Mittie. Rakahanga actually meets Paper Slipper lib better as a result of their form in the intervening twelve months. She was a winner over six furlongs on the third day of the Cup meeting last November. Riccarton Riders Riding engagements for Riccarton include the following:—P. Atkins, Centrepoise, Beaulivre, Sternchase, Enrich, Dainty Sue; B. H. Morris, Peerless, Disdain, Sovereign Lady; W. J. Mudford, Yours Truly, Anita Foe; H. N. Wiggins, Sleeveless, Tooley Street; W. J. Broughton, Lowenberg, Globe Trotter. Absolve, Authoress: G. R. Tattersall, Raeburn, Miss Hallomet; H. Stewart, Great Legion; C. B. Goulsbro’, Verey Lights. T. Green will do the riding for J. H. JefTerd as usual when the weights suit, and he will also be on Duncannon and Classform (Oaks). S. Anderson will go to Napier and will be on Tea Lord, Singapore, Kinkajou, and Waglinde. J. Forsyth will ride on one day at Napier and then go on to Avondale. Gold Salute Mr Alan Cooper, who paid £IO,OOO for the New Zealand three-year-old, Gold Salute, was very confident that he would win the W. S. Cox Plate on Saturday. Not only that, but he backed him at long odds to win the the treble of the Cox Plate, V.R.C. Derby, and Melbourne Cup, for £IOO,000. Gold Salute failed. So his wages is out first barrel. Not only did he fail, but he did so after accident had eliminated rivals of the calibre of Beau Vite and High Caste. Mr Cooper is a godsend to racing journalists in Australia, not only for his spectacular spending, but he can also be relied upon for a story. Before Saturday’s racing he was talking about a side wager of £IOOO with the connections of High Caste. Those behind Jamieson’s stable replied: “Let them back Gold Salute in the betting ring, that will suit us.” Fine Classic Record James Scobie, who is.one of the best known trainers in Australia, is in his eightieth year, but still can train Derby winners. In Adelaide a few weeks ago he won the South Australian Derby for Mr E. E. D. Clarke with the Melfort colt Lusson, and brought his tally of Derby wins to 18. Scobie had a great time in the spring of 1900, when he won the South Australian Derby for the first time with Miltiades and saddled Maltster to win the A.J.C. and Victoria Derbies. Winning three Derbies in a season must be a unique performance for a trainer anywhere in the world. He has trained the winner of the Victoria Derby eight times and has four successes in the A.J.C. Derby to his credit. The South Australian Derby has fallen to him on five occasions, and the other Derby win was scored in Western Australia. He has also trained three winners of the V.R.C. Leger, four winners of the Caulfield Guineas, four winners of the A.J.C. Leger, and seven winners of the South Australian Leger—a a wonderful record. THE AUCKLAND CLUB MID-SPRING MEETING Nominations for all events for the Auckland Racing Club’s mid-spring meeting to be held on Saturday and Monday, November 25 and 27, will close at 5.0 p.m. to-morrow with the secretary, Mr W. S. Spence. The Takapuna Plate and Pupuke Plate will be decided at this meeting and entries for these events will also close to-morrow.