RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21748, 16 June 1934, Page 11

RACING NOTES

RACING. Ju>« 21, 23.—Napier Park R.C. Jus* 23. Ashburton C.R.C. June 30.—Oaraaru J.C. July 6.—Dannerirke Hunt Club. July 10, 12, 14. Wellington R.C. July 21.—Hawke’s Bay Hunt CUh. July 26.—Waimate Hunt Club. July'2B.—South Canterbury J.C. July 23.—Manawatu R.C. —Season, 1934-35. August 4.—Poverty Bay Huut Club

BAD BARRIER MANNERS. Bad bander horses, like the poor, arc always with us (writes “Banjo” Paterson, in the Sydney Mail ’), and in these days when we have perhaps rather more racehorses than we want the starter is apt to give any bad actor his marching orders. This brings up the question whether bad horses at the barrier can bo cured, and, if so, how. A horse that was rapidly developing unmanageability at the barrier was Canegrass, and when this horse was leased to Mr Jack King he disappeared from Randwick for a time, and came back a reformed character. How was the cure effected? Was it done by kindness or by hypnotism, or was the boot put into him, Jo use an expression more descriptive than refined? Feeling sure that Mr King’s experience with this horse would be of value to others, I asked him for a scenario of tho drama, ‘ Canegrass Cured; or Bad Horses Made Better.’ Mr King has a property at Rooty Hill, where he has room to try experiments, and without suggesting that all horses could be cured in the same way, he detailed his campaign against Canegrass. Some horses,” ho said, “ are bad at the barrier through nervousness and a high-strung temperament, but others are just plain rogues. I got on Canegrass to see in which class he belonged. It wasn’t long before he showed me. The first gate that we came to ho refused to go through' it, so 1 took him ba9k to the house and put on a pair of spurs. As soon as I touched him with tne spurs he seemed to say to himself, ‘•'Oh, that’s you game, is it? Well, you win.’ He went through the gate without any trouble, and I made him go through it backwards and forwards, opening and shutting it. Then I jumped him over some hurdles, giving him a. touch of the steel every time ho wanted to stop, and I could see that he was ready to talk peace terms. When I took him to the barrier he wanted to do his rodeo act, but a touch of the Spurs made him change his mind. You see, that horse had plenty of sense—perhaps a little too much; but a timid or' a 'temperamental horse is a lot harder to handle. If the worst comes to the worst I put them in a harrow—it seems to convince then) that there are’worse things-than racing.” • The question was put to Mr King whether he considered that he had effected a permanent cure, but he refused to be optimistic. “Not ou your life,” he said. “ A horse may behave himself all right for a couple of months, and then, all of a sudden, the old habits will come back on him. They say that there is no cure for punting but death, and it is much the. same with horses. One horse gave me a lot of trouble on the truck, and 1 thought I had cured him up at Rooty Hill, and when he came back to Randwickhe behaved'like a Sunday school teacher for a while.. Then one morning he saw a horse jumping some hurdles) and he went in off,The deep end;. Now I’ll have all my trouble over , again.” 'f From Mr King’s account a reformed racehorse would appear to be as rare an animal as a reformed punter. HORSES that won three im-

IMPORTANT CUPS. Discussion arose in. Australia recently after Rogilla had won the King’s Cup on the subject of horses with noteworthy records in important races with the designation, of cups. Among the greatly distinguished in this category is certainly Carbine, who won the Sydney Cup as a three-year-old, again as a four-year-eld, and then as a five-year-old, gave his never-to-be forgotten performance of winning the Melbourne Cup with lOst 51b on his back in - a record field of thirty-nine and in then record time. Another-of the great horses of all time in Australia was Malua, the greatest all-rounder known in that country. In the list appended he appears as the winner of the Melbourne, Adelaide, and Australian Cups, but his other victories include the Oakleigh Plate (5J furlongs), Newmarket Handicap (6 furlongs), and the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race. A list of horses who scored three victories in leading cup events in Australia is :

Carbine.—Sydney Cup (twice), Melbourne Cup. Malua.—Melbourne Cup, Adelaide Cup, Australian Cup. Poseidon.—Caulfield Cup (twice), Melbourne Cup. Eurythmic.—Perth Cup (dead heat), Caulfield Cup, Sydney Cup. King Ingoda.—Melbourne Cup, WUliamston Cup, Adelaide Cup. Wynette,—Caulfield Cup, "Williainstown Cup, Adelaide Cup. Rogilla.-—Caulfield Cup, Sydney Cup, King’s Cup. The Auckland writer “ Phaeton ” has compiled a list of cup winners owned in'New Zealand, and included victories in Australian events. This’list is:— Nelson.—Auckland Cup (three times), Wellington Cup, Dunedin Cup. Lochiel.—New Zealand Cup, A uckland Cup, Australian Cup. Sasanof.—Melbourne Cup, New Zealand Cup,' Awapuna Gold Cup (twice). -Warsfep.—New Zealand Cup (dead heat), Auckland Cup, Dunedin Cup, Canterbury Cup, Trentbnm Gold Cup. Rapine.—Wellington Cup, Napier Cup, Auckland Cup, Trentham Gold Cup (twice), Awapuni Gold Cup, Canterbury Cuj>, G. G. Stead Gold Cup, Hawke’s Bay Cup, Wanganui Cup.

[By St. Claik.]

August 4.—Christchurch Hunt Club. August 14. 16, 18,—C.J.C. Grand National Meeting. August 18.—Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 18. —Egraout-VVanganui Hunt Club. September I.—Otago Hunt Club. TROTTING. Jun*> 20, 23.—Aucklaai T.C. June 24. Hawk«’» Bay T.C,

Nightmarch.—Dunedin Cup, Melbourne Cup, New Zealand Cup, Trenham Gold Cup, Awapuni Gold Cup. Amythas.—Dunedin Cup, Trentham Gold Cup, Awapuni Gold Cup, Invercargill Cup. Rapier.— Wellington Cup, New Zealand Cup, Auckland Cup, Trentham • Gold Cup, Awapuni Gold Cup. Count Cavour.—Dunedin Cup, New Zealand Cup, Trentham Gold Cup. Chide.—New Zealand Cup, Canterburv Cup, G. G. Stead Gold Cup. Historic.—C.J.C. Winter Cup. Avondale Cup, Mitchelson Cup (twice), Manawatu Cup, Harconrt Cup Fast Passage.—C.J.C. Winter Cup, New Zealand Cup, Auckland Cup. A TROTTING CONFERENCE REMIT. Very few remits will be placed before the annual meeting of delegates to tho New Zealand Trotting Conference, to. bo held at Wellington on July 11, and most of the business will concern the tightening of regulations for admission of mares to the New Zealand Stud Book. While most of these will be adopted without much discussion, delegates would bo well advised to make a thorough study of the remits, and the consequences if carried, before tho meeting. The object of ono remit is to compel studmasters. to keep a correct record of all matings, date of service, foaliugs, etc., and forward these to the Now Zealand Trotting Association. The association may in turn inflict a fine of £5 for non-compliance with tho rule. This may be quite in order, but another one, rule 419, is not likely to bo very popular with owners of either stallions or brood mares. Tho remit is as follows:—” Providing that the owner of a covering stallion has complied with tho provisions of rule 417, he shall before June 30 of the year following the service have the right to notify tho association in writing that the owner of a mare has not paid the service fee and other charges in respect of such mare, and thereupon tho association shall refuse to register under part XII. hereof tiio progeny of such mare the result of such service until the amount of such service fee and other charges shall bo paid to tho association on behalf of the owner of tho covering stallion. Tho association shall charge a fee of 5 per cent, on all moneys received by it by virtue of this rule.” One well-known studinaster interviewed by tho ‘ Press ’ trotting writer considered the Trotting Association was taking on work that was really not its concern, and was becoming a debt collector for stallion owners who could not manage their own affairs. He said the stallion owner was already sufficiently protected by law. Tho question was a difficult one to handle, for in the breeding of foals owners of mares and stallions came to different arrangements. Sometimes the owner of a stallion would agree to take every second foal from a mare in return for the service of tho horse, and often the, service; was given free and the. progeny raced in the joint interest of mare and stallion owner. The studmaster in question has had a long exr pcrience, and his opinions on any matter connected with trotting are valued bi/bly. RIDING FEATS.

George Fordham, an English jockey and a contemporary of the great Fred Archer, is credited with being the first to ride six winners in one day. It was at Bibury Club Meeting prior : to 1873; There wore seven races on the card, and Fordham rode in all of them. In one, however, there was a dead heat, and his mount was defeated in the runoff. Fred Archer, the most successful rider of all time, rode six successive winners at Newmarket in 1877. There were seven races on the programme, but he had no mount in the fourth. Since then quite a number of riders have scored a sequence of six; but none have gone beyond that number, excepting the four mentioned. In Australia a programme of five races has been won more than once by the one jockey’ (writes Banjo Paterson ). At Jerry’s Plains races in October, 1918, Mr A. Hopkins’s horses won all five races, and were ridden by a jockey named Hardman. Again, at Boga district races on September 23, 1922, Mr’Davis Darcy’s horses won the five races, and A. Wilson had the mount on the winners; but owing to the fifth horse carrying Tib overweight without being declared he was disqualified, anti Wilson was deprived of the honour of riding the programme, though he actually did so. Mr Lcn. Haley, the wellknown breeder of thoroughbreds, also rodo five winners at a' picnic meeting near Bathurst about thirty years ago. If memory serves aright he also bred all five. But 1 have yet to learn of a professional Australian jockey winning a day’s programme of six races.

I JOTTINGS. I 1 Mr W. F. James has donated a handsome trophy to the Riverton Racing Club to be attached to a stake at next years meeting. A cable message from. London lished in Australia a'few'days "after the Derby had been run states: —“ Book makers were badly hit, paying out over £1,000,000. Six big London bookmakers lost £200,000.” The ex-sprinter Havaspot has created a very favourable impression as a hurdler m Sydney, and won at his first outing over hurdles. He has yet something to learn about jumping, but his pace on the flat will always make him a dangerous opponent. According to a writer in the ‘ Southland Times ’ clubs that have favoured the win and place system of wagering have shown increased gate receipts. j That statement is only half correct, as during the past eighteen months gate receipts at all meetings held in favourable weather have shown increases. As expected, none of the remits on the agenda paper to be considered at the conference of secretaries to bo held in Wellington next month can bo considered of very vital importance to the control of racing. They deal more with the internal management, and clubs are likely to-benefit from; the discussions. Siarshooter has rejoined the active worker's at Riccarton under the charge of S. Dan - . He has been looked after well during the last few months at his owner’s farm, and is in great order to undergo another preparation. H e 15 considered to be finite sound, and there is no reason to doubt his ability to win more races. Nightly and Custodian were sent from the mile post at Riccarton on Thursday morning, and ran to thc.halfmile at a strong pace, increasing speed over the home half, without being asked

to go against the watch. Both are giving every satisfaction in their work, and booked for a trip to Sydney in the early spring. . From the good support given by owners to the steeplechases on the Asmburton and Oamaru meetings to bo decided this month it would appear that cross-country racing is again _ becoming popular with owners. It is from such races that our best junipers graduate, and there is the material for future Grand National winners in both of these races. , *

At the last meeting of the committee of the Riverton Racing Club a cheque for £8 8s was received from Mr W. £ ■ James, with a letter stating that this amount represented unclaimed dividends at the club’s Easter meeting; He requested that the committee hand the amount over to some charitable institution. It was agreed to divide the amount between the Welfare and Plunkot Societies.

In Australia and New Zealand jockeys who are not first class—-or very near it —in their calling, do not get many opportunities. It is different now_’ in Germany. Early in April the various racing clubs received orders to arrange

races in which 1 only the loss employed jockeys Were to ride; and that all works necessary for the maintenance of racecourses were to be handed over to* unemployed jockeys. Following on the success of Windsor Lad in the Derby, in the evening the Maharaja of Rajpipla gave a dinner to forty guests and declared that ho ..was almost too happy to speak. “I said from the beginning that Windsor Lad would win, and it is good lor a man from another part of the Empire to win the Derby,” he said. A statement has been circulating that D. O’Connor, who has ridden Thurina in his two schooling tasks during tho last week, has been en r gaged to ride him in bis engagements, including that in the Grand National Steeplechase (says the * Press ) f O’Connor is to ride him at Ashburton next week, but no definite arrangements have vet been made for Liter races. Shortly after the last Grand National Meeting it was agreed that A. E. Ellis was to ride him again m his important engagements this vymter, provided' ho was willing and available, and there is every probability he will have tho mount on him if ho races at

Trculham nest 'month, while should Ellis delay his departure _ for Australia, he will, again be iu evidence at Ricearton. , Early pace tells in an English Derby. This idea is endorsed by “ Warren Hill ” in tho London ‘ Sporting Life. He recently wrote as follows: —‘ I dare say that the best judges who were racing as far back as the ’eighties regard tho ideal type of Derby horse as the oho which conies from behind to win. In recent times this type has been represented by April the Fifth, , Felstead, Captain Cuttle, and Spion Kop. At a more remote period Spearmint was another who came on the scene when tho rest bad run themselves down. I had it from In's jockey, the late ‘ Danny ’ Maher, though, that he could have gone to tho front any time after the top ol the hill, half a mile or so from the start.” _ _ . , Opinions differ in' America as to the best nay to cope with “ doping. Some authorities favour the saliva test, while others believe “ is better than cure,” and that receiving barns (stublos in Australia) into wlik.ii the horses go on their arrival at the

bourse are preferable. They are then udder constant supervision and it would, be difficult for anyone to interfere with them.'; While at Washington,’ Harry J. Anslinger, United State's Commissioner of Narcotics, _ expressed his preference for the receiving -fbarh' and the system adopted at Tanforan for tho prevention of administration of narcotics to horses. Mr Anslinger further made it known that reports coming to his office indicate that, the doping of horses has not entirely subsided and ,that Federal operatives Avill be sent to 5 Vaco tracks in States where preventive are not.-taken by the racing authorities. The present rnle-governing. the presence- of stipendiary stewards attending- meetings I '.of s tho-Judicial. Committees at race meetings, .roadssVrr “ Everv stipendiary steward shall, , by virtue ‘of Ids office:, be • a steward. 1 pf every iace meeting at* which he is officially present, and as such shall he entitled to attend all meetings, inquiries,- and ■ investigations, held. or. conducted - bv the stewards .-..during. the bourse of” such meeting,, but shall' not be entitled to vote on any question decided hr the stewards.” For some

so far unexplained reason the Wanganui District '.Committee has forwarded- a, remit,; to be considered at 'ftc'xf: month’s-.meeting of the conference, that the. following words be added to the rule quoted :—“ Neither shall the stipendiary 'steward be entitled to remain while the stewards are considering 'their-’deemon/'..;-It not likely that the remit will/ be . given much Support, and clubs .in .tlm south. will ■certninlv be , up- against .it, as they realise,the assistance that a stipendiary steward call give ,in arriving at a decision." The remit savours of a stab m the back at a system that has done a great deal jin the cleaning up of racing.-