TURF GOSSIP.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 14 November 1930, Page 19

TURF GOSSIP.

? ; |. rf r* l for the Levin and WiuiioSf**'!* e ' ose tO'fayAltered. t&CMterbary Jockey CJub have dastart their programme to-mor-I*# tfK *8 Hour later than on the predays. This change should tba appreciation of City race■jjjtjf&inv'B fields. jfßtt£littpt>P<e> for the concluding <bS*t Bittarton are very satisfactory, flllMdl larger than usually received Srm«i4'of a fdur days' programme. J&wiWr than fifteen have been paid up "Metropolitan Handicap, so jjfflht efcaiige of this event from the £■!• the last day has evidently been Be carded for the Port including previous winpHfjpii«e*tf6tters in Membo, Antrim Paris, and Halceup. DisV|i* S«vreo»er. He waa going well tfe first day at Wellington when he |m| }• likely to be well supported. §j& seventeen In the Seymttur Han|||i great race should be staged, and m&» At Al Jolson, Compris, Meriry fcUd Wintome Hind *rill bi closely Ig Sagdlesp. m Ofttty Handicap has also attraetIjHwateen receptors, and with the of True Shaft and Discourse raced at the Meeting. With Mnr Lark, Habit, Tnw Shaft, Gre* j, StraifhteoaxMi and Lord Thomond -gtt), there fa plenty of iftaterial to Im » wMsfyiiUtributid pool.

The Juvemie Event. Thirteen two-year-olds appear in the Pioneer Handicap, and the second day surprise winner, Solvent, is likely to be favourite on this occasion. Last March, lype, Cape Gold, Irish Chieftain, Hula stake-money, and an interesting finish, should be witnessed. The Big Handicap. A satisfactory feature ot : the day's programme is the response of owners in i? -Metropolitan Handicap. Historic, who heads the list, also figures in the Stead Cup, but is a likely starter in tlio Handicap. Should the track be soft, however, he will contest the Cup. The Stead Cup. Nightmare!] has not suffered any illeffects from his race on Wednesday, and will take his place in the Stead Cup. Besides Historic, Vertigern and Lady , ain . n '' so ' iave other engagements, and f , imlication s are that, given a dry track, the champion will lm opposed by Toxeuma, Cyliuiler, and Praise. Even if the- field be confined to this quartet, an interesting race is promised. For Three-Y ear-Olds. The Stoneyhurst Handicap, for three-year-olds has been reduced to ten contestants, and as they are a fairly even lot, the opinions of investors will be well divided. The Final Problem. The Meeting will be brought to a | close with the Members' Handicap, for which a useful field of eleven will parade. There is not a winner at* the Meeting amongst them, but investors will have plenty of good form to go on. A Disappointment. The good-looking three-year-old King Musket, trained at Tyentham by H. B. Lorlgan for the Christchurch sportstiian, Mr D. Bpence, has been very disappointing in his races to date, which include the recent trip to Sydney. King Musket is to be gelded and will remain at Ricearton for a spell. In Demand. The successful Wairtirapa apprentice, S. Gerrand, has been engaged to ride on b6th days of the Winton Meeting next week before returning home for the Levin Meeting. Improving. Havering was very confidently supporteu in the Jockey Club Handicap on Wednesday, but he failed to master more than about six furlongs and a half, up to Which point he had looked a very dangerous candidate. The two races he has had at the Meeting should work a big improvement in him, and he may do better to-morrow. The Super Horse. An idea of the superiority of Phar Lap can be gauged by the result of the A.J.C. Plate at Randwick on April 26th last, Phar Lap beating Nightmarch by ten lengths in record time, 3min 47£ sec, for Australia and New Zealand. In the Canterbury Cup, Nightmarch had an easy win by four lengths in 3min 52 l-ssec. A Bad Passage. The two-year-old Cape Gold, engaged la the Pioneer Handicap to-morrow, was rather unlucky in the Bpring Nursery Handicap on Wednesday, being carried

off the course by Royal Baby. * Cape Gold, who won a race at Hastings earlier in the season, finished on solidly, and should have good prospects to-morrow. Consistent. Admiral Drake has run three good races at the Ricearton Carnival, after receiving unfavourable treatment in each engagement. He stands up to his hard racing well and a win for hiln tomorrow would be of the popular order, A Reasonable Chance. My Own has so far failed to get into the money at Kiccarton, but is being kept for the Metropolitan Handicap tomorrow. H. Wiggins intended returning north last night, but is staying to j rido the Hawke's Bay Ally. My Own j sticks 011 well and she cannot be disregarded over a mile and a half journey. Dublin Sweepstake. It is stated in Wellington that, the action of the British Home Office in banning the Dublin sweepstake on the Manchester November Handicap can be regarded ;>s a gesture otily as tickets have been selling round the world during the last six months and the British Government cannot prevent a sweepstake promoted by the Irish Free State Government. It can merely ban the sale of tickets by not allowing the uso of the I'ost Office in the same /nanner as the New Zealand Government shows its disapproval 'of sweeps promoted in Tasmania. —Press Association. Waikato Meeting. White Wings was scratched for the Cambridge Handicap yesterday. Shining Armour has been scratched for all engagements at the Waikato Meeting. Press Association. The Railway Department has arranged a fast and convenient train service to and from the Racecourse for the Races, to-morrow, particulars of which are advertised.