RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 7

RACING NOTES

GALLOPS April I.—Beaumont R.C. April 1. -Wnipukurau J.C. April 1. Kuinura R.C. April 1, 2.-Canterbury J.C. April 4. Westland R.C. April 6. —Middleman;!) Races. April 6.—(ireymonth J.C. April 6, 10. Avondale J.C. April 10. —Reelton J.C. April 12, 1.3. —Maslerton R.C. April 18, 20. Whangarei R.C. April 19, 20.—Hawke’s Bay J.C April 26, 27. —Nelson J.C. April 27. —Amberlcy R.C. April 27. 29.-Waikato R.C.

THE EASTER HANDICAP I lif' Great Easter Handicap to lie run mi .Monday is one of the oldest established races of the Canterbury Jockey Club, and is popularly known as the first leg of the big Easter double. At one time this double commanded a great deal ol attention from anti-post bettors, but of late years this class of betting lias dropped to comparatively small dimensions. This year’s race will be ol special interest to .sportsmen in the .southern end of this island, as Fink Note, Silver Paper, Rooster, Rin Tin Tin, Meadow ‘Lark, and Royal Saxon bail from Otago or .Southland, and each is a fancied candidate. Silver Fapcr, who is the ruling favourite, won so easily and attractively at the recent Wellington Meeting that many who saw him win on that occasion will not bear of him getting beaten. Ho is certainly a very brilliant three-yoar-old. and reports from Ricearton show him to be sprinting brilliantly in his track work', and being really (veil. He is called on to give Royal Saxon 711) over the seven furlongs, aiid as the latter has been carrying big weights and winning in his recent efforts bis chances cannot he discounted. lie stays on heller than many of the sprinters engaged in next Monday’s race, and this will help him down the long straight at Ricearton. Alcadow Lark showed in tho Waimate Cup lie could stay further than six furlongs, the distance over which he lias clone mist of his racing up to date, and he is a very brilliant beginner. Rink Note would probably he better suited over a longer course', and as he has been [laid up for in a.notlu-r race the same afternoon he may not he a starter in the Easter Handicap. Rooster has been doing good work - , but bo lias not bad a race since Meadow Lark beat him in record lime at Wingatni last Christmas lime, and for a race like the one under notice a horse has to have some racing to sharpen him up. A year ago he was only beaten a short head by Reremoaiia in this race, and at S.t) (oil.) less than he carried last vear) he lias not been badly treated. With A. E. Ellis in the saddle ho will lack nothing in the way of handling, and if he had had a race into him .1 would prefer Ids chances to any of the southern candidates. Rin Tin Tin certainly heat Aussie in the Fnhlieaiis’ Handicap at Wingatni last week, hut lie would only have been a poor second had Aussie not mot with interference. Since then he ran badly at ■'Wellington, and the Easter Handicap field looks a little too rich for him. Uf the southern horses I like Silver Paper. Royal Saxon, ami Alcadow I.art;, and Cimahno and Seatown of the northern candidates.

[By St. Clair.]

TROTS April 6.—Taranaki T.C. April 11, 13.—Wanganui T.C. April 13.—Cheviot T.C. April 20.—T0 Arolia T.C. April 20.—Ashburton T.C. May 4.—Cambridge T.C. May 9, 11.—Forbury Park T.C. May 13.—Oamaru T.C. .tune 1, 3.—Hawke’s Bay T.C. June 1, 3.—Canterbury Park T.C June 8. —Ashburton T.C. June 22, 24.—Auckland T.C.

LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL CHASE There have been many sensational failures in the Grand .National Steeplechase at Ain tree, and we have only to go hack to the year .11)26 (says the Auckland ‘Herald'), when Silvo, who had been bought for Id.oOOgs. and who ruled one of the favourites, went down at the first fence. American, sportsmen have furnished the winner on two occasions, but their successes have been registered with horses bred in Ireland Last year, however, an American-bred horse rejoicing in the name of Billy Barton went close to scoring a victory, finishing second, and had he not fallen at the concluding obstacle he would, it is strongly contended, have led the field home Ambush, who won the Grand National of .1900, carried the colours of King Edward VII. The New Zealand-bred gelding Aloifaa. who -won the Grand National in -UHJI, carried tho colours of Mr Spencer Gollan, a New Zealand sportsman resident of England. The only foreign-hred horse iliac has proved successful in the Grand National is Lutteur HE, a. fivo-ycar-old from France, who carried JU.IJ, and heat a held of thirty-one in the race, of 19U9. The highest weight carried to victory in the Grand National is 12.7, under winch impost Cloister (IS9.T). Manifesto (1899). .Jerry M,. (1912), and I’oethlyn (1919) scored victories. hi the Grand National of 1902 the New Zealand-bred gelding Levanter finished fourth. la 1928 there was a held of forlyIwo starters. Only two of the contestants —'Tipperary Tim and Billy Barton —completed the course. In the Grand National of ISS2 Lord Manners lode the winner, Seaman, whom he owned, and in the year immediately following Count Kinsky. an Austrian nobleman, steered his own mare, Zoedone, to victory. Easter Hero iva- bought last year by the ill-fated Captain Loewenstein for ,C 7.()()(!. Some few months back Easter Hero was bought at a high figure by the American sportsman, Air d. 11. Whitney.

The added money to the Grand National is £5,000, hut the payments in connection with this year’s race would probably brine; the stakes tip to ,CBi, ()('('. The payment necessary to quality a lior.se to contest in the Grand National Steeplechase is £IUU. JOTTINGS On Monday there will ho racing at Beaumont, JHverton. and Biecarton, each meeting ol interest to local sports men on account of the number ol Wingatui-frained horses racing at each of tiiesc places. Nightmarcb has hem paid up lor in both the .Challenge shakes and Great Autumn Handicap at Biecarton on Tne'day. On his recent racing it is likely that the latter race will be his mission. The poor field engaged in the .Hurdle Race at Biecarton on Monday does not look well lor future hurdle events in the winter in the South Island. Bink Note figure* amongst tlie acceptors for the Sock burn Handicap, _ 91. to he run on .Monday: so also do Seatown and Amor. The local horse meets Seatown at the same difference on a stone higher scale ol weights than in the (treat Autumn Handicap, and Amor on '-’lh hotter terms. Franeolin. who was galloping well before siie left lor Biecarton. lieads the handicap for the Bnssley Plate, to be run on .Monday, The opposition is not strong, and she is sure to run' a good race. The Southland mare Bouise has been paid up for in the Autumn Plate at Biecarton on Monday. She showed good winning form at Invercargill at New Year time, but next Monday’s held is much richer than the one she boat in the south. Pcga way's great effort over the last furlong of the Awapnni Gold Cup gave the lie to his form on the second day at Trcntham. Apparently there is only one way to allow him to race, and that is to drop in behind in the early stages. In the Autumn Handicap atTrentham he was kept up to italbtlie way. and could just go on at the end of a very fast-run race. At Awapnni he dropped Hack early, and then mustered up a finishing run characteristic of the real Pegaway. For all his big weights lie will win a good race before he is much older. The mile and a-half handicap on the second day at Eilerslie should suit him.