TURF-TOPICS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 269, 10 February 1941, Page 8

TURF-TOPICS

ROTORUA MEETING LIST OF ACCEPTANCES FIELDS FOR TO-DAY The Rotorua Racing Club's Sum- [ mer Meeting will conclude at Arawa j Park to-day. The following horses may fnid favour in their engagements: —• Tarawera Highweight Handicap: Marchby, Bronze Emerald, Surpai. Electric Handicap: Natal. Ivadina, Hunter's Rose. Flying Stakes Handicap: Bcvace, Lady Vixen, Sporting Ace. President's Handicap: The Dozer, Black Musk, Queen City. Rennie Stakes Handicap: Tcacony, River Plate, Bronze Bird. Clarke Memorial Hack Cup Handicap: Court Favourite, Paymaster, Mendelssohn. Borough Handicap: Corato, Duvach, Merry Van Is. Kia Ora Handicap: Forest Acre, Sir Robin, Flying Acre. The acceptances are:— TARAWERA HIGHWEIGHT HDCP. One mile and 160 yards.

Acreman 10.11; War Cloud 9.11; Miss Bridge 9.10; Little Ruse 9.9; Marchby 9.4; Bronze Emerald 9.3; Cloonecn, Crestman, General Riske, Maxown, Parekura, Royal Jay, Surpai, Worthy King 9.0. ELECTRIC HANDICAP Distance furlongs. Biddy Girl, Hunter's Rose 9.0; Teaeony 8..13; Verulam 8.12; Golden Pam 8.4; Dutch Ace 8.3; Olunaha 8.1; Kadina 7.13, Natal 7.8; Bon 1 rck, Bronze Bird, Miss Valerie, Opuatia, Royal Son, Vaalsmac 7.7. FLYING STAKES HANDICAP Six furlongs.. Bevaee, Royal Jay, Starbright. Yaalsmac, Winning Tray 9.0; Sporting Ace 8.11; Mamima, Sj'lonyx 8.7; Beaucoup, Lady Vixen, Nan Vaals, Tea Lass 8.4. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP One mile and 160 yards. Greek Queen 8.5; Black Musk 8.0; The Dozer 8.0; High Delight 7.12: Duvach 7.8; Besiege 7.4; Eastern Heir, Pocket Venus, Queen City 7.0. RENNIE STAKES HANDICAP 5y 2 furlongs. Teaeony 9.7; Bronze Bird 8.10: Kadina 8.7; High Spy, Malo 7.12; Wee Sal 7.11; Mihinui, Pukahu, Regal Fox, River Plate 7.0. clarke Memorial hack cup i One mile and 160 yards. Acreman 9.1; Glen Council, Court Favourite 8.7; Paymaster 8.7; Karatoki 8.5; W r ar Cloud 8.4; Miss Bridge 8.3; Lady Acushia 8.1; Lord Ace 8.0; Mendelssohn 7.12; Fairfield, Raepata Snow White, Tea Lass 7.7. BOROUGH HANDICAP Six furlongs. Corato 9.10; Merry Vaals 8.2, i Aero King 8.1; Orate 7.9; Duvach 7.8; Biddy Girl, Noilaro, Trilliarch 7.0. KIA ORA HANDICAP One mile and 160 yards. Black Musk 9.1; Aero King, High Delight 8.13; Flying Acre 8.9; Augment, Forest Acre 8.3; Sir Robin, Very Glad 8.0; Noitaro 7.10: Eastern Heir, Jayoln, Prince Rangi 7.7.

RACING FIXTURES FEBRUARY 8, 10—Rotorua Racing Club N, 10—Poverty Bay Turf Club ■S, 10—Core Racing Club 11, !•)—-Winton' Jockey Club —Tolaga Buy Jockey Club 15—Opunake Racing Club 15, 17—Waikato Racing Club 20, 22—Dunedin Jockey Club 22—Waiapu Racing Club 23, 24—Te Aroha Jockey Club 22, 21—Woodville District J.C. 22, 21—Westland Racing Club

WHAT WILL AJAX BRING AT, AUCTION?

PRELIMINARY TO RETIREMENT TO STUD

Before lie goes to the stud next season Ajax, best Australian racehorse since Phar Lap, is to be offered at auction. This is necessary under conditions of the will of Mr E. L. Baillieu, who owned a tTiird interest in, Ajax at the time of his death. With a little luck Ajax would have Avon the A.J.C. and Victoria Derbies. After interference he was beaten a length by Avenger in the A.J.C. Derby, and by half a head by Hua in the Victoria Derby. Success in these would have brought his winnings to nearly £50.000.

Ajax Avon the NeAvmarkct as a three year old 011 the slow side of

I the course with the huge weight for his age of 9.0. He also Avon the last three Futurity Stakes, one of Australia's greatest tests of a thoroughbred sprinter, because of the high class opposition and Avelter-Aveights. In 1938 he won Avith 9G as a three year old, in 1930, hock deep in mud, Avitli 10.fi, and last year, Avith 10.5, in 1.24 for the sca'cii furlongs. Ajax held various records on Melbourne courses, but all have been beaten since. Noav he shares only in the mile record for Randwick, 1.35% Ajax is likely to command a big stud fee Avhen lie retires to the paddock.

Mr Thompson, one of the oAvners, naturally, is keen to get him for his Kerrabec Stud, at Widden.

The Welkin was advertised at the highest fee ever asked in Australia —lOOgns.

Valais stood at 250gns per service, but two had to be booked.

Heroic's fee was also 250gns,

It is probable that a substantia bid will be required to buy Ajax s<i,ys the Sydney Sun.

His sire, Heroic, brought 16,000 gns as a racehorse, and his grandsire, Valais, .i proved sire of winners in the middle of his stud career, brought 11, 400gns.

Heroic headed the sires' list fo

seven successive years, during wliicf his stock earned £225,581.

Ajax is fourth to Phar Lap. Amounis and Gloaming on Australia's list of stake-winners. He won £40,125 in stakes for 36 wins, six

seconds and two thirds

He was unplaced only once

That was when he finished a close fourth to Hua, Caesar and Nightguard in the Sires' Produce Stakes at Flemington in February, 1937.

However, he beat these horses by five lengths less than a month later in the A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes at Rand wick.

Wife's Tragic End in Battle. Hine-i-Turama';; end was tragic. She Mas onj a visit to n. daughter who lived at Orakau, in the Upper Waikato, and she went into the pa built there in the war of 1864. When the Orakau Pa was rushed by the British troops on the third day of the siege she was bayoneted to death and was one of the raany buried on the battlefield.