RACING FIXTURES

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 45, 22 February 1930, Page 23

RACING FIXTURES

Feb 22.—Cauterbury J.C. Feb 22 24.--HarK!ivll]e U.C. Veb 26. 27.-Oi re It C Feb 213. 27.-Dannevirlif K.C. Feb. 27 — Walapu K.C. Feb 28. Mar I.—Marlborougb R.C. •I'KOTTLNO fIXTUUES. Feb. 22.—KaiUoura I.C. Feb 22, 24.-Otalmhu T.C. Mar. 5, 6.—lnveicargill T.C. .Hyrcu S.—Tiinaiu I'C. SUrcb 12.—M.-uawatu i;C Marcn 15.—New BrlKMon T.C. Marcb 15, 17.—Hawites Bay 1 C. Marcb 17. 18.—Nelscm T.C March 22.—Wellington T.C. March 24.—South Otaso T.C. Marcb 29.—Thames T.C. Marcb 29.—Caevlol T.C. April s.—MarlborouKb T.C. April s.—Walkato T.C. April 10. 12.—Warmanul T.C. April 19. 23.—N Z Metropolitan T.C. April 19, 21.—Uaweta T C. April 26.—Taranatti T.C. April 28.—Asliburton T.C.

Next Week. The Dargaville Meeting will be conclude ed on Monday, and on Wednesday and Thursday tbu Daunevirke and Gore Meetings will be disposed of.. The Marlborough .Meeting will be held next Friday and Saturday. Handicaps for the Napier Park Meeting ure.dueon Friday. Acceptances for the Te Aroha Meeting ;fre due on Monday, and for the Marlborough Meeting on Tuesday. Acceptances for the Rangitikei Meeting close next Saturday. The Wellington Nominations. Although the nominations received lust night for the Autumn Meetiug of the Wellington Racing Club did not reach the record total of the boom years after the war, the aggregate (437) compares very favourably with the 36S of last year, 331 of 1928, and 379 of 1927. There is a' very fine entry of 42 for the Thompson Handicap, now probably the most popular mile race in the Dominion. The nomination is particularly rich in class. A pleasing feature is the improvement in the cutties of the open sprint events, while the Racing; Club Handicap has not been overlooked with 30 entries. Once agaiu large fields. can be expected in the two-year-old events, 39 being entered for the first day eveut and 41 for the Pacific Handicap on the second day. Quite a select field has been entered for the two-mile weight-for-age event, the Trentham Gold Cup. Concentrate, Rapier, Star Stranger, Count Cavour, In-the Shade, and Paquito may be opposed.by the three-year-olds Hunting Cry and Count Palatine. Hunting Cry, the Great Northern Derby winner, may find Count Palatine, Vali, AVaterline, and Duellona amongst those to oppose him in the St. Leger, for which a good field should go to the post, possibly a bigger oue than usual. Quite a smart field figures in the Challenge Stakes, including the two rivals, Cimabue' and Paganelli, while Eaglet, Aspiring, Tenterden, Cylinder, Appledore, Jenny Diver, and Chrysology all look like making up a good field. Handicaps for the first day are due on Monday, 3rd March. Riding at Woodville. Although the Woodville course is second to none of the country courses iv the Dominion, the standard of riding at this ■week's meeting was a subject of comment. On one of the smaller courses some excuses could be offered, but none was reasonable on this occasion. There were one or two bright and encouraging exceptions, but in these the riders concerned were fortunate enough to get to the front and out of the scrimmaging: that was rampant. The Riding School. "Senex" writes: "Apropos your remarks about the need for an instructor for apprentices in Wednesday's 'Post/ are not the clubs in some measure responsible? The tendency all round has been to reduce the distance of events so that five and six furlong races abound even on programmes of metropolitan clubs. These events are also most unattractive to spectators, and cater only for the 'squib.' Apprentices can learn to ride only in races decided over • lengthy distances^" The school will be of little use unless they get their chances in public." A Rare Galloper. Limosin is one of ■ the finds of the season. Quite early it was known that he was a galloper above the ordinary, despite his purchase1 at the sales of last year-for 80 guineas. He was then a three-year-old, and his breeder, Mr. G., M. Currio, had not submitted him^ for sale earlier because of a slightly deformed leg. This does not affect Limosin, and before he had won a race he could have been sold for nearly ten times his original cost. His : last four performances have , been first class, and even though he has placed himself out of hack races, he will not be ' Lard to exploit in open company. He ! thrived, on his racing, and was a much better horse on the second day at Wood- » ville than he was on the first day. He j is'not trained in a "fashionable" stable, but is in the hands of H. Brown, who " had a share of racing limelight a few ■ years ago. ] Toxeuma is Class. ( With only 9.3 in the Autumn Handicap ( at Woodville on Thursday backers were prepared to lay odds on him, and he justi- j fied their confidence. The field was not j a strong one, \nd at the end he was eas- ] ily superior. He seenis to be above ] being exploited under big weights in conn- « try cups in this country, and would have ' been worth a small fortune for an enterprising owner and trainer in Australia. A great master of weight, brilliant, and a , fair sticker, he is easily the obest Arow- < smith yet seen out. * Still Going Strong. i F. Davis although he has handed over , Mr. T. H. Lowry's horses to a brother I trainer, was still in the limelight at Wood- 1 ville. He saddled up Air Laddie and t Cook four times for two firsts and a sec- • ond. Air Laddie is trained for Mr. A. ] J. ..Toxward, but Cook is a three-year-old by Lackham from Noisy, purchased recently by Davis for a- small sum. He had ( practically to break him again, but the ] f elding has settled down well. He may ( c raced next in the high-weight events at ] the Wellington Meeting. J Davis took over at Woodville the two-year-old Whelk, who is worthy of more , pleasing name. Whelk is a very neat j brown gelding by Leighton from Cheloid, 1 a' young mare by Joculator from Chelolna, < the dam of Nincompoop and Chelone. He s is-a good mover and may prove useful, j At present in appearance he reminds, a great deal of what Cimabue was at the same age. Two-Year-Olds, i •As expected the Rossendale-Demeter gelding, Appledore, is now only striking j his real form and he should at least have < won one race at Woodville. Probably ; he had his best chance on the first day, j for he struck a good deal of trouble at the i turn, and his inexperienced apprentice- ; rider was of not much use to him. Lineage ' could easily have been beaten, for she was far from ready and had been hurried j to compete in this race. On the second , day Appledore had to go under to Trip- ' ping, who began too well for him, and ( held him in on the rails all the way down ' the straight It was a question of tac- ' tics, and although T. Webster on tlie win- ' ncr, sailed fairly close to the wind, pro- j bably from a broad point of view he was j justified. No dojibt Tripping's backers highly commended him. Benign drew out- ' side barrier positions at each start and : raced well despite his handicap. Merry Cry, the brother to Hunting Cry, will be bigger than his brother, but he was not nearly ready. Jason is a little highly : strung which is not surprising consider- '. irig he is from Blue Jay by limiting Song. He has some speed. First Whip, a black gelding by Hunting Song from Crisis, was another backward one. Tar Baby by Nigger Minstrel, from Little Footsteps, would be hard- to beat in four furlong races. No doubt she will stay on a little better: later. Hawkshaw is a fair galloper, inclined to become unsettled, and Fitz Quex looks like being more solid than his brother Disrank. Of all the youngsters, however, none appeal so much as Royal . Damon's half-brother by Hunting Song, Royal Routine. He is a line upstaudiug ■ black gelding, who should be a good stakeearner later. He ran fourth on the first ] 'day' from 19 at the barrier, and slow , away. This surprised even those most > concerned. ]

Settled Down. R. Alexander is at Woodville with Mr. T. H. Lowry's horses and is likely to.be located there for some time. Great Charter is working along well, and Chrysology and Rapallo are forward and doing steady work. Commandant and Courtesy, who have yet to race, are not .so forward as the other three members of the team. Great Charter, Chrysology, and Raviullo may race at Napier Park prior to coming ou to Trentham. A Solid Galloper. Head Serang has an army of admirers in llawkes Buy, and they have rallied well to his side since he won at Awupuni at the Christmas Meeting. He won well again at Trentham, but failed badly iv the Douro Cup. At Woodvlile on the first day he was one of the victims, though not the worst, of the bad start in the race won by Habit. He finished on fairly well into fifth place and those who stuck to him on the second day on the strength of that showing were rewarded by a useful dividend. He did not have all the luck of the running on the second day, but stayed on well. Odris and Ends. There is nothing amiss with Auti>p<iy, hut he was not started at Woodville after two solid races a week earlier at \Yangunui. Mountain Heath's rider appeared to be in some trouble, at the finish of the principal handicap at Woodville on Thursday. Mountain Heath is engaged at Dannevirke and Napier Lark. He will win a stake before long. Stanchion's hairier habits have not improved a great deal. lie kicks savagely at times, too. ftlciTy Uuiiion-received ii out ou the hock from a kick from Stanchion as a reward for winning the Woodville Cup. Star Area ran two fine races at Woodville. .He'will be improved a good deal by his 'gallops there, and should be right for the Bulls.Meeting.. Purl is now owned ami traiued by George New. He showed plcuty of pace at Woodville ou Thursday ridden by K. Reed, but drifted back to im obscure position at the end of two furlongs. He might score in a maiden event rouud the small meetings. Royal Duke did not show any pace at all at . Woodville, running pouuds below his best form. Belle Star is coming down in the weights and probably will pay her expenses bill before 11. Johnson takes her home. She is improving all the time, for it cannot be said she is being knocked out by hard racing. It is not often that Hither and son race at the same meeting, but Lackham and his son Cook were both out under silk at Woodville. Lackham showed plenty of pace to the turn in liis race, but did not run on. Cook galloped well in both his races for a first and second. Bouogne was at a great price in the concluding event at Woodville, and K. Johnson almost received an unusually large dividend for him. Bouogne gave the leaders a big start over the last half-mile and finished.at a great rate.