RACING FIXTURES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 12

RACING FIXTURES.

If ay 22. 21—North Gt ago Jockey Club, i May 22, 24—Takapuna Jockey Club. , May 22, 24—Wanganui Jockey Chib. Juno 3. 4—Dunedin Jockey Club. » June 3. 4—Otaki Maori Raetog Club. (June 3, 5. 9—Auckland Racing Chib. June 10. 17—Hawke‘3 Bay Jockey Club. June 16—Hawke s Bay Steeplechase. The Now Zealand horse Cockatoo accompanied Neith to India. It Is said that Waipu was hardly ready fit the Hawke’s Bay meet lag. Tn the opinion of a southern writer, downfall was above himself in the Hawke's Bay Cup. It Is stated that Mr. T. H. Ix>wry’a colours will not be seen out again until ■ext season rolls around. The Hou. J, D. Ormond appears to hold ■ strong hand for this year’s Great Northern Hurdles. Tn his schooling displays at Ellerslie, Tul Cakobuu looks as if he was taking kindly to the game. Twenty-one yearlings arc being handled tn tho different Riccartoa (t’hch.i stables thia season. Both Lyrist and Msharanui ft?e reported to be standing up well to a solid preparation at Hawera. The Boult colt Malwra put v.p a time record for the Marlborough Cup, which he w<4 the other day. At a sale of thoroughbreds in Sydney last month, a fuil-sisier to Sau Frau was sold Cor 1-50 guineas. Tina Toa. a big lump of a Conqueror ige’ding, Is apokea of as a horse that will repay watching this winter. Moscow, who cost 725ga Ra a yearling. Is among the entrants for the hack hurdle events at the Wanganui meeting. The opposition to Master Doublas in the hurdle races at Hawke's Bay does not •eem to have been particularly strenuous. Racing seems to be booming la Sydney. The au ji iH. es at the recent Saturday meeting, being lecerds for the respective dubs. ■Last > i> .»a Aborigine* winnings as ft two-yea ad amounted to £L;4O. They must e:£ eed that sum during the present season. ?dr E J. Watt, who won the Burke Memorial > takes with Aborigine, had previously w <»n H with Palaver, Float, and King Billy. Soult lias now sired two winners of the Marlborough Cup, as Sandy won that event in and Mji.ra was successful in this year's race. Pouters are said to have got some of their ©wn back nt the recent Hawke’s Bay meeting, a good percentage of well backed ones getting home. The 6. it sing at the Hawke's Ray meeting is said to have been perfect, Mr Piper’s new method of walking the horse* up to tha banier proving highly successful. In the opinion of Sutne of the visitors to the Har ke s Bay meeciug. Aborigine would beat Master Souit at even weights, up to a mile and a-quarter, just now. A Sydney writer says that Go’den Slipper may return her purrhas>?-money when she goes ta the stud. At present she does aox look like doing so on the turf. Rollin i- said to be a horse that will repay w i king for forthcoming erents. He h> a > 1 d«*ai bigger than bls full sister Woodhe_>. aud a good b- gianer and free rallarer. Mr Nett’efold, part owner t>» P*Mc Ta. b»a left f?r n holiday trip to England. Tturiag hta rt.lt Mr Nettlefolt purposes purefcadg a few racebotse. to bring back witk Mu. ?.fa»tor Dooglaa won both bis raoea at the Hawke'. Bay meeting very comfortably, •nd Slight to earn farther distinction over the flattens during the ensuing winter A« Fagllah sportaanaa has bought In America two ttna eoiia by Adam. He In-

tends to call one Cain and the other Abel, and perhaps if Cain isn’t «Ne to win Abel may be able to do so.

That it is >ot always a reliable guide when there is no money on the course for a certain candidate is said co have been strongly indicated in at least two instances at the Marlborough meeting.

A peculiar accident occurred in France late ia February. While working at Chantilly the three-year-old colt White Boy hit the three-year-old Kaia in full gallop, and the terrific shock killed both.

Their recent gathering wa< the most successful autumn meeting the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club have ever held, one that is easily a record in their history, says a local paper.

The price paid by Twinkle at Blenheim proved a bit of a staggerer in certain quarters. But for obtaining an undue advantage at the barrier, it is doubtful if the coup would have been effected.

After the first race of the second day of the Egmom meeting, the horses Montepellier and Sedgemoor were put up for sale by auction, but both failed to reach the reserve, and were passed.

Bookmakers operating nt *tbe Egmont meeting had all the best of matter* on the opening day, but on the second day backers bad revenge, aud it is doubtful if any of the pencillers added much to Yhelr banking account.

California was taken to rhe course on the second day of the Hawke's Bay meeting, and it was was his owner’s intention to have started him In the Burke Memorial, but owing to one of his legs filling his withdrawal became necessary.

The Souit horse Mania pot o is reported to be getting through a satisfactory preparation. and his owner is confident of getting a race out of the champion, and he will probably be seen out at the forthcoming Wanganui meeting.

Neither Hatch nor DeeLey, the two leading winning horsemen, were riding at Egmont Racing Club’s Winter Meeting. Hatch has now a lead of about 1-5 wins over Deeley. and can safely be said to be the premier horseman of the season.

Writing of Bobrikoff’s performance in the Burke Memorial at Hawkes Bay. for which he was one of the favourite selections, a Southern writer says:—Bobrikoff was not forward enough to see out a severe ten furlongs, and Buchanan wisely did not knock him about.

Referring to the re ent Hawke’s Bay meeting. a Wellington writer says: — Speaking xouglily, I would say that two of the leading Wellington layers must have disbursed e thousand each, and a son of Anak from the North also caught it tropical. Altogether the bookmakers seem to have had a particularly bad time.

The Hon. J. D. Ormond wag the most successful owner at the Hawke’s Bay meeting. Horses bearing his colours won five events, aud were thrice runners up. The public appeared to freely anticipate the good things of the Karams stable, and in each instance they had to be content with short prices.

A notice appears in the official card of the Esmont Racing Club to the effect that owners are cautioned that their jockeys must be clean and decently dressed, and that any jockey presenting himself at the scales in dirty or disorderly apparel will not be allowed to ride. This might be well copied to advantage by several of the Auckland clubs.

The St. Cyr gelding Claremont, which ha a been off the scene for some time, made his reappearance at Hawera, being a starter in the Tongahoe Hurdles. On the first day of the Egmont meeting Claremont looked very big, and did not make any sort of a showing in the race, eventually finishing a long way last.

I learn on g<x-d authority that Aud ax has been heavily supported to win the A R C. Great Northern Double. If Audax is the selected of the Hon. J. D. Ormond’* stable, he should run prominently in both, although the trying Ellerslie steeplechase course U a severe test to a horse that has never before negotiated it.

Goodwin Park, which accounted for a double at the Egmont meeting, is a three-year-old son of Sylvia Park and Vivat, and la likely to see a better day. In the ManaU Handicap he was probably tacky

for he was galloping over everything at the finish, and the least ©it of assistance from bis rider, (J. Price, vronld hare earueU him tae auike.

C. Jenkins has long bee a eaashiered one of the best riders of the Dominion, but it is doubtful if he has ever been seen to better advantage than on Bohepotae in <he Opeke Handicap, oo the concluding day of the Egmont meeting, and fols final effort was one of the most brilliant I have ever seen.

After the race for the ManaU Handicap on the second day of the Egmont meeting, the stewards asked the owner of Nicotine to explain the running of the daughter of St. Clements. The explanation was satisfactory. Nicotine was ridden by Roche, the Auckland horseman, who was for some time in the employ of the Waikato trainer, R. Hannon.

Ep to the Egmont meeting Rangihaeta had never been out of a place In any of the hurdle races he has competed in this season. On the first day the son of Baugipuhi finished close up, fourth, but on the second day he came a cropper, falling ciean over the rails on to the training track inside the course.

H. Eva, the New Flymouth trainer, intends, all goiug well in the meantime, to take a team to Auckland for the A.R.C. Winter Meeting, which will consist of Glenullin, Wee Trinket, and Highdea. Glenullin is standing up to his work in good style, and, with the sting out of the going, the son of Lochlel should run prominently la the welters during the season.

The Musketry gelding Overtime was solidly backed for the Telegraph Handicap on the opening day of the Egmont meeting, but, getting away badly, was never prominent. On the second day he made amends by winning a double, accounting for The Ngamutu Handicap aud the Shorts. In the latter race he was comparatively neglected, and paid a nice price.

A good sort of a hack seen out at the Egmont meeting was North-east, by Euroclydon—Mairanna, which, after running third in the Waihl Handicap on the opening day, improved on that performance by making a one-horse race of the Borough Handicap on the second day. North-east has plenty of size to recommend him. and may show to advantage at the illegitimate game.

Three novices over fences. !a Nova. Mabaranui. aud Auratus made their debut in the hurdle races at the Egmont meeting, the two former performing creditably, but the latter, which carried a lot of condition, was never prominent. On the second day. Nova, which has the reputation of being a Sunday horse, won fairly comfortably, and should be useful at the illegitimate game. Maharanul ran two good races for a beginner, aud. when properly seasoned, may win a decent race.

Lady Lucy, which won the Hawera Cup, is an Auckland-bred filly, by Seatou Delavai from Hilda. Lady Lucy, which Is throe years old. raced in the nomination of her trainer, F Tilley, and her showing was rather an attractive one, for she was badly placed in the early stages, and had to make up a lot of ground in the straight, finishing with a great burst of price. Over a distance the daughter of Seaton Delavai will probably win her best races.

A feature of the Egmont meeting was the prompt closing of the totalizators to Times stated, and on no occasion during the gathering was there any putting forward of the clock. The club had a most successful meeting financially, the machine returns being £5Ol in advance of last year, and this amount would have been considerably larger had the arrangements for selling Tickets been better. The arrangements ia this respect are a lot below the system prevailing in Auckland.

Writing of the race Mr Ormond’s colt Bollin won on the second day of the Hawke’s Bay meeting, the Wellington "Post’s” sporting scribe says: — "Oa Bollin’s form on the previous day, the odds offered were really generous. Raised only four pounds, it was really a shame to take the money. Bollin was first out of the tapes, and, finishing as strongly as a motor, he won just as decisively as on the first day.

The big disappointment of the Hawera Cup was the performance of locallytrained gelding Corone’tted. which was sent out a warm favourite. Coronetted is by the Castor horse Coronet, from Rau Rau, dam of Golden Eagle and ether*, and is a fine stamp of a gelding but with terribly bad hocks. In the race ne w-as never prominent, aud finished absolutely last, and his showing was altogether too bad to be true. Probably the going was against him, and he may do better on firmer ground.

R. Brough, who was located In Auckland for some time, is now at Hawera, where he has a good string In work. One of bis charges is the two-year-old Te Puia, a fine, well-grown daughter of San Fran, from a Quilt mare, which should be seen to advantage next season. Te Puia was given a run in the fihoru on the aecond day of the Egmont meeting, but got a lot of knocking about eventually finishing just behind the placed horses. With anything like a decent passage, Te Pula would have troubled the winner.

In the opinion of the Wellington “Poet,” the concluding day of the Hawke's Ray meeting made it abundantly evident that eight racon per day in the*e late autumn to win, for bad Research been ridden a decent race he might have reversed places,

day* fa too orach. Weven Is ample: in six would provide better sport. The Farw> well was a gfaobtljr affair, and no one had the faintest Elea of what horse was leading until the field turned into tha straight. It was like a squadron of phantoms. It to plainly the duty of the Racing Conference to lay down a dictum that there shall not be more than seven races per day, say, after Ist May.

The Moonee Valley (Vic.) R.C. and Richmond R C. recently threatened to come Into coliislon by both racing on Eight Hours Day. Mr Wren contended that he was not consulted la the allocation of dates, and claimed that he could race at Richmond when it suited Ms business instincts. A deputation of Melbourne bookmaker© waited on Mr Wren with a view to avoiding a clash, aud their proposal that Richmond should hold a forenoon gathering wns finally agreed to. The racing public therefore were in a position to attend two meetings in one day—a unique departure.

N. Nicholl, the ex-Auckland Trainer, has a useful sort of gelding in Starboard, by Daystar—Gipsy Queen, which, with any sort of luck, would have won a double at the Egmont meeting. On the opening day he was just beaten Ui 'the Ladies* Purse, a gentleman rider event, his defeat being due to inferior horsemanship, while on the second day he occupied the same unenviable position to Rohepotae, a slight stumble at the critical moment, and a brilliant effort by Jenkins on the winner, bringing about his downfall. Starboard is susceptible of considerable improvement, and no one would begrudge his trainer-owner a turn of fortune’s wheel.

An incident illustrative of the Maori’a love for a good horse comes from Wellington, and, says " Glencoe" in the "I’omiulon," should stand out as one of the picturesque passages in the history of racing. During the week Mr. VV. S. Bidwlii, owner of the crack two-year-old Provocation received the following letter from a famous Maori chief of Papawai. named Hosni Rargitakalvraho: "Dear Sir, —I am sending you a present of a Maori curio tiki on behalf of your great and successful champion two-year-old colt. Provocation." A Tiki Is one of the oldest curios in the history of the native race, and is the Maori equivalent of the order of knighthood. It is made out of R whalebone. The chief has never yet seen Provocation, aud Mr. Bidwill has therefore invited him to come down to Rototawai aud personally confer the honour.

North Head stood out from the poor lot that opposed him in the Hack Hurdles at the Hawke’s Bay meeting (says ft Southern paper). Backers freely laid odds on, and never at any stage was it in doubt. After a furlong had been traversed. North Head was yards in front, and in the run down the back be was four seconds to the good. At the five furlong post Delaney got a hold, of the big fellow, and he romped home, ia very fast time. I understand North Head has only been schooled three times, and in the race he clouted the jumps. When ho settles down, North Head will be a bummer. and the report that he is superior to Kairoira was evidently based on solid foundation. TweJve stone would not have stopped the Birkenhead gelding. There has been a bit of schooling work at Ellerslie during the week, the exhibition given by some of the beginners engaged at tlie coming Great Northern meeting not being of a very reassuring character. Gladsmuir and Lady Ellen essayed a round of the schooling hurdles, but Lady Ellen fell aud Giadamuir did not seem to like the job. Lady Ellen’s rider was uninjured. Reservoir and Midcyr were tried at the steeplechase fences on Saturday, the former giving a very sorry exhibition, repeatedly refusing, aud the attempt to get him round •was abandoned. Midcyr shaped fairly well, for a novice. Te Aral started out for a round of the steeplechase course, but fell at the first fence of the double, hla rider suffering a slight injury to his hand. The horse was afterwards remounted by another horseman, and after safely negotiating the «louble jump was not further persevered with.