Turf Notes

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 16, 19 January 1924, Page 20

Turf Notes

•• ■ V ■ j!- tPIXTUKES. . . ■, i_ January 22 and'23-^Foxton R.C. Annual. January 22 and 23—Gore K.C. Annual. January 22, 24, and 26—Wellington R.C. Summer. ■ January 26 and 29—Takapuha J.C. Summer. February 6 and 7—Egmont E.C. Summer. , : I'ebrtiary o—Te Kuitl R.C. Annual. February 7 and 9—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. February 7 and 9—Gisborne R.C. Summer. February U. and 16—Poverty Bay Turf Club ■ Summer.. February 14 and lfP^Taranak: J.C. Jubilee. February 21—Tolaga Bay J.C. Annual. ! : February 23 and Marsh I—Nelson J.C. Annual. Marcfi 1 and 3—Te Aroha J.C. Annual. MarcK 6 and B—Marlborough K.C. Summer. April v]iS!..^).,,j>3,,.and:-2l>-Au3traUan J.C. Autumn. ■

Palambh, -whose name appears among ■ the acceptors for the Wajrio Cup, to be run to-day,' has won that event two years in succession.. He will probably : not- "be" among the runners this afteras he has been paid up for the ; High Weight Handicap' at Trentham. Orchid - (Absurd—Gla'diole) 'is coming down from Wanganui to contest the ■•..;' Buapehu Handicap at Trenthairu ; Ho^is due to-night in charge of his - :ow&r^,E^Q.'Neill.. J. O'Shea is to ride jhim? in his ' engagements. .:,.H., L. John- . "stori is also -due to-night .with Malinjgergr, and M Gardiner-with Gaillard." ' !Xhe:' last-named is top weight in . the i Fitzherbert Handicap, and. has gone on j improving since he raced.----j Maria of Hereford,-carrying the, lightest wiO be ridden by W. S. Bagby in the Apprentices'. Plate on the .'opening day at Trenthamj and'>vill be one of the popular pica's. ■'..',.■>. '.Wanganui o\yneV-traineivH..:dj.', Russell !is expected toiSrxiv.e'K^daiy with'*pi^ility ■ and^Siaosi. ?vTfie "promising", apprentice. : ridej D. s^t^::;.whb^/scored:",on^:.the .• / iirsfrnamedvtLt;.K[attpn,-. is .to; be "ia 'the Badojle ittvihißji-Telegraph Handicap.•'.-' 'v, ' ■ _ TBere'^fe*identlyj s WI ; 'd^arth'i.'pfi jump- ] ing /horses'-in'-the" South" ''as^'only ~ six j . nominatipns. have, been 'received* fprVth'e; i jumping evfept qii5' the ' openm^; da#; "of; . theJDnnedifi:M'eetjng.".,'..•' ..' v-':•?.,.:'' '■%_'; Motley is. to. .-take: her place'.in''the': ■.Wellington;; Stdkes "field.' A"'Wanganui; , correspondent'staj.es-that she is-/job-king-a picture, •'aiid;''tha£ Whatever'- teats- her-' ■ will-iwin. 'Walter. Rayrior reached heaci-; . quarters'last<night;'-. ;'"V" ■'■/''-■•••'".■ .;: ■_. ' - Th> S^a&f^lsland^lightyreight .■¥:: -. -iVoight, -^o^ri^e ';urjthe\CVld.-.Country ■ , last .■Beason£returned '■: byv the.- Rptorua' re-"1 , cently. IKXwillHprooably ;:be riding''at \ , .the 'Punedih^Cupj Meeting.' : ._...'...'■/ The withdrawal'of Halgina 'from the ■ Telegraph Handicap at'Trentham came as a. surprise. He was: generally regarded a's ■well in with 7.13. An objection to chance overJa distance: such as the Wellington ; Cup J journey'is ("Sentinel" writes) the jactjthat he is. a; hard puller, and at Irivercargill it was noticed that he was boring out acd quite a handful to keep "near^the rails. Possibly the tendency, to puU^as s d.ey,eloped,by the fact tijat there ■was^otWrig^vgood'.enough to work1 with' him';1 in»': :the";stablej _ and" holding hini, bac£'to .(inferiors OnHhe training track . ■prob^bjjj^fji'ade the.hard mouth - which. Ijoughrearexhibits "in;his faces.. ■ \-A hardpuller •. by^fighting with, Tvis Ifide^iand t-tniltCiy'why they- never* .(. stay* a., journey.- . - . > . Bgna^e-'i'^inkie-iis'.evidently 'coining; rightNagain,: as,~after "a spell', he; has-been", iiominated-^for ./-the .Dunedin Autumn Meeting. "l ,It -was intended to bring Listening , 'Post up: for the sprint events at Tren- • tham, but according to a Southern cor- , respon3en£*ES3iurt«riei of his feet.ori the, • reads a few days ago. On the Louisville track, Kentucky, in .. a race called the Latonia Championship, '•;In Memoriam recently defeated the conqueror of Papyrus.." - The value ,of the race was about £10,000/ the distance being a mile and three-quarters. Since then, however, Zev has turned the tables on In Memoriam at a mile and a quarter (though here the camera . and the judge; are said;to .differ as to the result)';-;:arid '•: has thus probably gained a.'iwßrld's record for the amount .of money':lvybh by one; horse: —just over £60,000.1;;;,:;,;. .: '.. •', . ' -. . King's;-Trumpeter was entered for «he -Hobart- ; iind:iLaunceston Ciips, anil was „ awarded!:lo.2 t in both events. .:\ H. Du:nn;i3;pde three,-winners. oh. the concludmg.,iday.' at IJKstings, and four .on th'ei'secbrid day.at Wairoa, and must . now be well up/on the winning list. Theic. who won the big race; each day, V und^Bittle Knight were successful on ;both^jdaysr-- Other winners on the con-- , . cludSgc^aay" -at Hastings were Whoriti : { Jlouolairi ;ICnight-r-Tirio Atua), who also . 'woniftECJ'the second day at Hastings;' ■ Thre'ffjMJheers ; (Polydamon—Witchery), MevS:era^(iVlerry'.Moment— Sonette),- Es- : quimeaux" (Finland—La Cloche), Parearau :(Dfifiipsthenes—-Mangaroa):1-by Di Gama, won the - Coronation; Plate on %the concluding day .of iaS-. -^est Australian Meeting ■ this - monfJj^;SKilreid ' scored in tho princi-., pal gjenfr, Imperial' Handicap, one. mile*s«a'Ja : half. He carried 7.9, and ran -ffie--,distance named in 2min 34 1-5 ' TlSeirogorted Skyrocket colt, v,;ho cost Mr. "jsJi'c;'Riddiford 1000 guineas at the Auckland?; summer' sales, has made his .'"' appearii"n|e'. on the tracks at Trentham ■and ei'eifel a favourable impression. He is toa-a^e; as Sky, Blue. He is a plain '. bay, without any white. . \ The Djgnedin Autumn Bleeting did not attrrfct North. Island competitors. There aret'^only sixteen horses,entereil for the Cup^f ISCO soys.'" V". ' ,-.. ' .„■••■'•;■ When jit-is remembered that Tracery left England in 1920, it must be considered a Remarkable performance to sire, winners ]of £35,976 -.during the season ;of _ 1923.^ Tracery was sold' at" 53,000 ' guineas to-go to tho Argentine, but ho is now bads'-again „in England. If. Papyrus had Remained in England' iristead of racing against Zev in America, Tracery would have prpbably topped the list of winning sires for the season. Still, even as it was,v:he achieved a remarkable success. His? stud success is of considerable interest to New Zealanders, -as Topiary, the dam of Tracery, is own sister to The .Wag, the!sire of Kilbroney. Te A^u Lad, who is to contest'the "' Fitzherbert Handicap on the opening day at Trentham, is a. Chestnut-colt by Gay Lad—Te Ana'u Maid. So far he has not yet sported silk. ■ • ■■ Roseday, who has put up some smart performance's over v mile since he'vhas been at Trentham, is entered for 'the Hazlitt Memorial, run over the distance named at the Dunedin Autumn Meeting.' In former.seasons the C.J.C. Midsummer Meeting was.held prior to the Dunedin Cup gathering, but this1 year the' Riccarton one-day meeting follows, the Southern gathering. '-. At the Dublin City Sessions on 27th November, before, the .Recorder/ among the claimants for damage to property was .-Michael Beary, the jockey, vfhpse : address was given as the Carl ton • Hotel,. London. Beary claimed £229 for. personal effects. lost or destroyed in tho Geesala Hotel during the • fighting in Dublin last year. The property consisted of-Jt'eril.'suits'^of. clothes; hunting- 'kit, etc. He was awarded £2CO. A (Southern, writer -iwas evidently, r im T pressed "with. Palest'rina's winning form

'BY "SIR LANCELCIT1'

at Southland:; as he is. of opinion that the 51b allowance to Loughrea in tho' Wellington Cup will net be sufficient to' bring them together. .' . V HORSEMANSHIP. ', ■ The "Sporting Times" of 17th Nov r . ember, contains a caricaturistic sketch of. Hector Gray by the facile pen of "The Tout." It is published in conjunction; -with., "Field Stewards.;' column in the1 paper, and in commenting on horsemanship, the writer named makes the. following,interesting. cpjnmemV... "I.have been much interested in thY views on American jbekeyship of the few English racing men who 'popped across the' herring pond to see Zev "slop out' Papyrus. I discussed the matter with 'Hotspur', of the .'Daily Telegraph,' who has also written intelligently on the subject, and : he. seems_ to-, think-that we .are reverting to a compromise over here and'i that the old" American seat is no longer, j "It would, therefore, be> of /considerable Merest, if Earle Saudi could have a season over "here: ,-He could not lose financially, and; though I always lite to champion home talent, I reckon that racing is a 'free trade' game, and merit the only real passport to success. "While on tho subject of jockeys, it, has struck me forcibly what a cosmopolitan . calling, it' is, though few Europeans (apart from British) and few 'yellow boys' /seem 'to become top-sawyers. "When I watched Carslake and Frank Bullock give an exhibition of greatness against each other in. a Newmarket race, recently, I acknowledged the debt'we. owe to Australia, and I must bring in New Zealand as well when I think of Hector Gray.' •' ''■' '■''■■ '' "This well-to-do fanner" jockey :is a daddy at getting away from the gate-^----even Donoghue cannot better Gray "that end. I 'fancy that the clear-thinking New Zealander will admit that the keen competition over here brings a maii in' a lot. Good-' as'they all-were in their native land/ -they are-far. .better, here. •r' "Gray 'does not go out of his way apparently .to seek a lot of riding, but his average is excellent. 'If ever,he cared •V.stay. on,over here arid set tap as' a trainer, he would command much sup.gprt,'.; for'-.he lenows as- much about running "a stable as he does riding for it."