RACING AND TROTTING

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 12

RACING AND TROTTING

RACING FIXTURES.

B.C. Owooad £•*)». SSa. u, 17—Wellington E,C. Mwch M, 17-Ohinemuri J.O. M««h 17—Opunek# B.C. March 8.0. - - jUlreh 21—B»y Plwtjr J.O®itssa% April '6—B«au»otft R.C. April J.O. April 6-KW» «•*>• _ _ April a, 7— Canterbury J.C. April B—Weatland J.C. ' April 10, U-Greymauth J.C. April 10, U— Mwtertpn B.C. April U, 15—Avond»le J-C. April J6—Keeftoa J.O. April 18, 20—Waikato B.C. April 33—South Canterbury J.O. ' April 80, May 3-Whwgwei B.C. April 80, M»y TROTTING FIXTURES. •' March I«—Tmm T.C. ' Ma rob IS—'Wyndbani T.C. - r : &Tarch 21—Cheviot T.C. * March 25—Hanawatu T.C. Warch 28—Thaine# T.C. - . ■ April 4 ana 6-Hawera T.C. _ ' , April 4 and 8— Metropolitan T.O. I'. TURF GOSSIP. r , <3 * " Reminders. ■aft • Nominations 'fo~t the Auckland 'Bac- [" 1 ing Club'b A'utiimn Meeting will close is to-morrow. • Nominations for the Foilding, Beaumont,' and Tuapeka Meetings will be due to-morrow.-- ■'-« Waim&te 8.0. Jubilee. The Waimate/ Bating Club have received very satisfactory acceptances for -the Jubilee Meeting, to be held on Thursday next. The list for the' Jubilee Cup' contains soine good plass han- / dicap hcirses, and that contest' alone ' should attract a large gathering of racegoers- Biccarton , stables will supply a fair proportion of the candidates 'or 1 ' the six;,galloping events, the ™presen,t*tive* being Ma*bird, Boyal Amphora, it* MisaMercia, Minerval, Charmeupe, Gigand Gay jt condition Satisfactory. fe if sftont, was! given gftllop im. thft T>lmi«h: atvßifetearton, yesterday, recorded lwfn*4«e for the distance, ■p.? /tJ&fiWt three furlong taking Msec. jsi Hewas-irotfteda, cirejiit on the sand |pSP»i£'.~ Splays 'on tho laadvovera paddock MS**®] - tried out over the two, pony jumps «t * ' Blocartfin yesterday, witbJ). O.'Oonnor saddled .fie-refused ''"M att«mpt»was got over both fences w hia later* efforts, and gave indieae - tumi thet with a, course of education will make «'proficient jumper. ?ynj'lf; loafm, who is now five years old, is built ;>n, solid lines aftd When ~'T ' trained for flat racing, showed that ho. waa/posseased of ,a,reasonable turn of 1 - >*' ' ' A ST. Xloyd. haa decided, =ot' to take V'. Adelpiii and The Qaom ip,the Welliug- ., -ton., owing ip latter havJ i 'litt Vd iwr of

4twc^OJM* Wfetea,' a»a eflalt«iy .« ' ■ '&•'• T' ' />- - **«•». f Tb'uTy tTftiner, P. Biddlo, jfl .>A> ' sletoate, by Magpie-from . r hir Nursery SUndleapj-of •ytf^ngiJay;'Bells waa yV'Ao vV$. < i fo» 350 § .«#».»•»!»■ Interesta of, Biddie, friwfjWtf. sys* I* y. omare, one--resaeen in Bmbano for !*«W' a * d to. New Zealand,. to bo s ss? fo !^ IM the EWeMlie, Saww'S? haLSSnomy* wifl dam, and the. owner ttns#f£3\ to* l.tfo'o# toteVQu'ljte day ike lie lost over 800 acres r ent into the 'eca, and atj , hJR houie, a 1 outbtsaa--1" ft»d 1 were de* „• a Of WK«eeaw<* *fiol £%- *W»d'«t -SartcAhttnti. N.w |S^^wi^p»^w.»t«w?! BaduK. Coontog Lhmnipk. ;r^.g'jS^pip v l&tySrWm, Handicap, the ' ' ' S£»! Hunt Cur tbe groat "Jubilee" Sc .and s . ofar '-£> flfyQOO -in stakfr . - money. Ho *M the sire of Love itf

of Pake» Comrade, winner# theGrandP;ri* <Je P»ri« *»* ofthe Prix do I'ArC de .Trioinplief Backwood,wimier of the .Gap; Grand Fleet, Tut Tot, Oojah, Bella Minna, Boman Bachelor, Double Hackle) Double Life, and Heronplea. His offspring have won over €146,000. Bound Breeding.

Chopin, by Lord Quex, who won the" Bangitikei Cup, claims interesting relationship to some good - class pandl* cappers. His dam, Tuneful, dropped Harmonious in 1915 to 3Tormby» This mare, while not an outstanding per» former on the turf, was a fine stud matron, and left Marqueteur and Mark Time, two-'' high-class middle-distance handicapped, as well as the brilliant Celmisia, dam of Arikinui. Tuneful's other progeny, Arion, Irish Melody, Minstrel Boy, and Sweet Chimes, were of .little account, but Chopin has been a good and consistent Prior to his success on Wednesday, Chopin had nevor won past a mile and a distance, though he ran a good third in the Egmont Cup last month. Chopin, has now won 11 races, and recorded 25 minor placings for £2049 in stakes. Mr A. Symes, of Hastings, is at present rearing a blood brother to Chopin. He is by Lord Quex* from Novoko, the latter being a sister to. Tuneful. Novoko died, and the youngster is being reared on the bucket. According to Mr Sytpes-he greatly resembles Chopin. The Wellington Meeting. . . The Thompson Handicap, to be decided at Trentham on Saturday, has attracted a large field, representing all parts of the Dominion. As in past years, the' North Island haa supplied the majority of the horses, and tfre indications piont to the good "record of northern winners being maintained, as with' .Compensation " withdrawn, the <s4neea of the southern contingent, Full Feather, Slack Duke, and Mount Boa, do j not appear very .favourable. Full , Feather will .jsot be? 'neglected on the machine in tlie face .of his, spasmodic surprises tlie T,rentKam' track, but n(any oil his admirers will prefer to ■Wsit for,his,second appearance 1 at the rieeting. . Black Duke has shpwu jigns lately of at lafet .feeling the effects of his .strenuous career, ' but should? the trftek ifeecome heavy he will be entitled to' respect.' Mount Boa is in the same eategory 'as far as-the ground & concerned,' as. lie demonstrated both at Trentham in January and at Wingatui last month that/ like all the Balboa •family,; he appreciates" soft going, laughing Prince, has been set a severe ®"H|' but when it is con-sidered-he ran second in Stewards' "Handicap with 9-4, won the C.J.C. Handicap* overt a mile, with 'O-6, and, in bin, next start, captured the laying Handicap at Wanganui recently with 9^.3j he seems to" h(Lve '. a bhance of establishing a" 1 weight'carrying Tecord thee.' < The-'> previous highest r impost, 9-9,. was. carried by Sasanoff and. Arrowsriith, while v Beremoana won< with 9-8. Paganelli 'ato 'Witlf now ~ has '9-& I.bnt he also figures in the Challenge Stakes and the Bailway hia programme is doubtfnl,,; itt 0 af isssrJt**& her thief;? season ha«r been very restricted,* e IBaglet t is , a distinct possibility, and j Havering i* another who attracts attention at the weights. Arrow fcad, Royal Parade, and My Own read the, best' p£" the light-weigM division. The ,witfding»«p gallo|N|, at •Trentham may ;bnt' i|t ihe meantime the'favourite division may come from- Eaglet," Havering, f fans only tww, representatives Irotd ftioearton, Liiferlck <&d' -Hicentt 2«g»Syr tKf«ore skasoned opposition, orpeciafly -Aver a sprint course. His presence in, the field, however, will create much interest, alnd racegoers will at'leftst ace the old 'looking as well as ever he old. in ppblio. True Shaft ihis-bedn? ii strqng deinapd since the acoeptancesfollowers,will over* 100k,,' failure at Motukarara, when he-Vas with -tho solid weight t ofiift-S., iHe'has. 7-7 to carry at Treny a Btnart six furlongs under this impost. Antppay,, Cadland, Boyal Boutine, and' Hunting-Day-all should be well- sup* jported, and provided Paganelli and t BiVering are produced - earlier in the" day, investors, will probably confine - tjbeir attention to Autopay, True Shaft,; and (Jadland. * , ' Bigh-o|U(s3' Field. ' 1 i r f to provide one of the. best 'in the history of the race, and .will, be centred in the; iMMtfti .throughout New Zealand. 'With; .twpb'gro&t I gallopers as, Nightmarch, Karapoti. Hunting Quex,. ; and .Amongst the. 'older division, and A'sptan-and Esteem in the younger brigade; speculators will .wicje!<shpifp..b)a3®|»Yido,d Night-' mareh is and he will probably bo' missing if h&v is not, there TBhotfld 4>e*)L between him. and ,wil| not^riid,inpaway in.the machine -to^al,v. t The israe, appears to rest betrio, and Biccarton traclcwatcHers' will v be prepared to see the nonßtu'» i 'Nightmarch. »• T r •, 1 ' ' ; ,Abejrieldy and-Quinopal were the only 'southerners accepted for in the Bimu t Steh-w'oijfht Handicap at Trentham on Saturday, but, Quinopal will not make 'th® trip,; while Aoeneldy's, programme' will- depend on Mb track " effort this 'morning. He has not done too well "lately /.and his prospects against the wety "performed, northern opposition do not look bright. A > St.;, Legco; ' -Ball Dress, due to contest the St. Lege*'Stakes, is the sole South Island tier' 'success in the Doßjjo Cnp suggested Bhe would be cap* /aWe mastonmg a long journey with inortfsraijing/but it is unfortunate that 4he had «to miss the Dunedin Cup and sbo~ ' Handicap,l two JCvelfts useful in -Tieri ■gteparlttiota.Her gallop on Tues- ! ariothei r ' to-day should have her in; ftatisfpetory 'order, "however, and asJtlW>.pgp«^Uio>i f apart'from 'Lady Pam and March, have done nothing • Better 'than 'JBall Dress to recommend filly tlhould'make bold'J)id, for the honours. The stable the winner of the race' 108 Counterfeit prevailed in 1912, but not./hpve been beaten' by a'gb/ ;S 1 Crickei Bat, and Idoline ap-

at present, and although she has the steadier of 9-4, she will keep the field busy with a favourable passage. Cricket Bat has not raced since he, and Solvent fell on the same track in January, and his form has to be. taken on trustm the meantime. Idolize was accepted for In case she showed promise at the Motukaxara Meeting, but as she failed to move off* no line could be obtained about her. She has shown the gift of speed on the track, but without having had a rade, she does not appeal as a proposition amongst the proved opposition she will be called upon to encounter. Silverstream Handicap. Sailor's Lore will attract attention in the Silverstream Handicap as a re.&qlt of Waterline's recent successes, and alio ..will make a good showing, but With only one public appearance to help her she will lack the experience necessary amongst such a well performed field. Shatter e is a difficult horse to follow, and much will depend on how he is placed early, as there is no doubt about his ability to finish on. Appeal has been vary unlucky at his last three Meetings, and deserves a win, while Parysia, on the minimum, may create a surprise, provided a suitable light-weight can be secured for her. The Concluding Event. With Adelphi and\ Jason's Quest out of the Tinakori Handicap, Biccairton will rely on Coroner and Winsome Hmd, and there is reason to hope that both will take prominent parts in the final tussle. The Uluminata Strain. At the Melbourne yearling sales on Thursday, Messrs Wright, Stephajison and Co., Ltd., purchased for a New Zealand client a well-bred filly in the halfsister to Yodelist, who ran second to Strephon in the V.B.C. Derby, and won the A.J.C, Fernhill Stakes and Members' Handicap. The dam is Queen Warbler, by Comedy Ping jEromYiP' pinsale, imported, by William the Third from Ghelandry, by Goldfinch from Illuminata, This is the mpst valuable family in the English Stud Book, and marep from it for breeding purposes are much in demand. It has been » g' eat success also in Australia and New Zealand, althongh few mares from it have been brought here, as they have been most difficult to secure. Gold Light, Beacon Light, and Baazle Dazzle deecend from Most our leading sires, including Night Baid, Magpie, and Bossendale* are class members of the family. The Queen Wfttbler filly is also closely related to Heroic, a champion racehorse, who haa made a great commencement this season' as a sir®. Yippingale is a half-sister to Chersonese, the dam of Heroic. As Comedy King is by Persimmon from a daughter of Gallinule, it will be wen that the pedigree of the daft of this filly is a able storehouse of staying "trains. The filly was bred by Mr L. K. S. Mackinnon, chairman of the V.B.C. Committee, and is by the young sire Dignity, whose first rttnners this season ire win. ners. Dignity was a high-class English winner at two, three, and four years* He is Sired by Gainsborough, winner of the triple crown* and sire /also of Sowrtp from All Orange, by "William the Thitd. Thus the filly bought for New Zealand has a double; cross cf that great stayer William the Third, and as Gainsborough is by Bayardo from Bosedrop, winner of the Oaks, and a daughter of St. Frusquih, "there is again introduced a wealth of both staying and blood. When she has been acclimatised "this filly.will be placed in tratolng. Eventually Bh P , should prove invaluable for breedings she ,^ Be ®" « ■this -respect through her dam being a that areat racehorse and 'SSmedy Kijiff. Billies of ibis qual v breeding,industry, % D,ominion' refquir^ TROTTING NOTES. Acceptances ' for the Chevtat T.C.'s Ajttnual Meeting close to-morrbw» ' Nominations for 'the S!aw;«y* T.O/f Annual Meeting, elose io-morrow. ffmnm.gJC. f L . 'V cj ' , t , Although - theie»W/a,; ifjtfod; Reding whra the» < Meettag^feU idd^BtilletWd ' eround,> including the phampftn ported>to be.ai the,;top-of .ttis form., Although 1 it is/a -big; thing.to ftsk a to beat older horsed over two; miles-Bed Shadow is an especially fine pacer, -and he may bo quite equal 'to-the occasion." Another fine juvenile ■to,, Apatljusa will be a'atarter, and at -k difference of Si yards'she will be afforded the opportunity to avenge her Great Northern Deirby and, Champion Three,-year-old Handicap defeats. Back to. Form. (At the last meeting held at New , -Brighton,' J.' If.. Clarke's' pacer Jolly Pet ran a fine race in the Denton Memorial, >and finished fourth after giving away starts up to . 48yds, to a field oft ?o.ihorses. Jolly Pet, seems to "be racing quite generously;.of late, and at,his best he is a brilliant pacer and a good stayer. He iq engaged in'the Timaru Cup on Saturday, and from a> Aynijt 34see mark he must be considered. An Improver. ~ B, B. J Berry has a big im- : provement r in the five-year-old 80110, ■ and 1 tljere J was a lot of merit iji his win in the Denton Memorial at New Brighton. On that occasion, handicapped to dp 4min 38sec, he won rather comfortably in 4min and on 4min 36sec in the Timaru Cup he is nicely treated. 80110 is. quite, at home over a • two miles journey. —' ~ ' ' , \ WANGANUI J.C. A, J 1 » ' ' V _j 1 winter Meeting restricted TO ONE DAY. (riKSS TXU(HtAII.) ;■ ,■ ' WANGANUI, - The General Committee of the Wanganpi Jockey- Club 'to-day decided to restrict the Winter' Meeting to one'day, owing to lack'' of ■ WELLINGTON R.C. , . ' \ 1 -• (TOBSS ABSOCUTIOH TXUtajtAU.) . : .. Wfel/SINGTON, March 11/, ; Siipremocy ( has heen: scratched for the' Challenge Stakes at the Welling'ton, Sheeting. ;

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