RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21753, 22 June 1934, Page 11

RACING NOTES

RACING. June 23. —Napier Park R.C. June 23. Ashburton C.R.C. Ju»« 50.—Oamaru J.C. July 6.—Damnerirke Hunt Club. July 10, 12. 14. - Wellington R.C. July 21.—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 21.—Franklin Racing Club. July 26.—Waimate Hunt Club. July 28.—South Canterbury J.C. July' 28.—Manawatu R.C. —Season, 1934-35. — August 4.—Poyerty Bay Hunt Club

GORE RACING CLUB. The annual report of the Gore Racing Club states: — The result of the year’s working in a nutshell is that after making allowance for depreciation of buildings, fencing, and plant amounting to £l,lOl 9s, a profit of £461 16s 3d has been carried to the capital account, which now stands at £12,070 9s 2d. The club cash account shows a healthy position. Commencing the year with a net debit balance of £149 14s Id at the bank, 'the period finished with a net credit of £BIB -3s Bd, while in addition the club still holds to the credit of the general account £6OO of Invercargill Corporation debentures which have recently been converted in conformity with the borrower’s conversion scheme. , Although for the simplification of the club’s financial operations the overdraft of £765 on No. 2 account has been paid off, there still remains a balance due on the stewards’ stand building of £192 9s 9d, which the committee hopes to see extinguished during the current year. The cost of this debit :to the club will bo nil. The final figures in connection with the sum of £4,000 borrowed from the bank to construct the building in 1928 shows that the cost to tho club in interest over that period has been £lO6 Is lid, a very cheap transaction considering the magnitude of the undertaking. The usual two race meetings were held during the year, the spring meeting resulting in a profit of £7BO and the summer meeting netting £166 to the club. The Stakes were increased from £2,790 to £2,960. The “ win and place ” system of betting on the totalisator was adopted during the year and the amount put through the machines was £32,121 105—£16,040 on the win and £16,081 10s on the place machine. - Tho works and track committees have given careful attention to the tracks and surroundings during the year, and all are in good order. Plans are in course of preparation for extending the saddling paddock and erecting a building of seven loose boxes and eleven stalls as an extension to the present building on the east side of the paddock. The estimated cost is about £2OO. The number of horses trained on the tracks increased considerably during the year, and a sum of £57 was derived as revenue from this source.

The entries and acceptances showed a satisfactory increase, indicating that the club’s fixtures are appreciated by owners and trainers, for whom everything possible is done to make the meetings popular. The members’ roll stands as follows:—On roll last year, 104; reinstated, 1; died, 2; resigned, 1; struck off, 12; on roll, May 31, 1934, 90.

A notice to amend the club’s rules by cancelling the portion dealing with the payment of £2 2s entrance fee by newly-elected members will come before members_ at tho annual meeting for consideration.

The following candidates have been nominated to fill the various offices for the ensuing year:—President, Mr M. Green; vice-presidents—Messrs H. A. Price and J. A. S. Aitken; committee —Messrs G. C. Hamilton, D. L. Poppelwell, J. E. Rogers, M. R. Lawlor, and A. Pettigrew. As the number of candidates does not exceed the number of vacancies to bo filled no election will be necessary.

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August 4.—Christchurch Hunt Club. August 14, 16,- 18.-C.J.C, Grand National Meeting. August 18.—Pakuranga Hunt Club. August 18.—Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club. September I.—Otago Hunt Club.

TROTTING. June 23.—Auckland T.C. June 24. —Hawke’s Bay T. 6. JOTTINGS. Nominations for all events at the Wellington Racing Club’s Meeting on July 10, 12, and 14 close at 8 o’clock to-night. It is reported from Southland that Eric Mitchell has received an offer of £7OO straight out for the trotter Teviot Downs, and is considering same. Nominations for the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle and Steeplechase, Winter Cup,, Sydenham Hurdle, Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases close on June 29. Charmilla, dam of the Pukaki Hurdles winner Verden, was the first horse to run six furlongs in Imin 12sec in New Zealand. W. Scobie has been engaged to ride Lord Ranald in his races this winter. Scobie had been out of the business for nearly two years till he returned to ride the Masterpiece gelding at Washdyke. It is probable that the South Canterbury Hunt will instruct its handicapper to adopt a 7.7 minimum for the two flat races on the programme of its steeplechase meeting next month. A record.in totahsator coupling was established at the Hawke’s Bay Meeting. There were twenty-six starters in the Maiden Plate, and the totahsator dial provided for only sixteen, so that there were ten “ brackets ” in the machine.

The committee of the Oamaru Jockey Club has decided that the minimum weight in the Winter Hack Handicap (IJm) and Farewell Hack Handicap (6f) has now been fixed at 7st 71b. The Oamaru handicaps are due next Monday morning. On the form he showed at Wingatui at the beginning of the month Adult will be fancied for the Hinds Hurdles at Ashburton to-morrow, and the two hardest he will have to beat will probably be Verdun and Fleeting Glance. Rebel Chief has been disappointing so far, but has a chance to make good in the Moreton Hack Handicap to-morrow. Knockpin is reported to bo showing speed on the Riccarton tracks, and Cheap Money would only have to return to last season’s form to be the hardest to beat. Insolvent let his supporters down so badly at Timaru last Saturday that he is not likely to be rushed for the Lyndhurst Trot to-morrow. The presence of the two-year-olds Agility, Graham Direct, and Ironside will add interest to the race; and Ironside and Llewellyn’s Pat appear likely to be made favourites. , Punchestown suffered uo ill-effects from the fall he had at Timaru last week,' and should strip a much better horse for the Dromore Steeplechase tomorrow. If he is to bo troubled at the finish it will probably bo by Advance Camp. This horse is a great_ jumper, and a two-mile journey will suit him. There is no remit before the annual conference of racing clubs’ representatives this year for a reinstatement of the former compulsory winter minimum weight in flat races._ However, it is always open to the individual clubs to make such a condition on their winter programmes. It was hoped that Vol. 12 of the New Zealand Stud Book would be published during the early part of the present month, but the work of correction has been so heavy that it is unlikely now to appear before the end of the month or the beginning of next month.

The result of the Derby, won by Windsor Lad, fulfils the prophecy ot Gipsy Lee, former Queen of the Gipsies, who foretold after the win of Blue Gown in 1868 that no Derby winners name would include a “ W ” until the year after her death. Tins was borne out that during that period, which included the defeats of such certainties ” as Orwell and William the Fourth. Gipsy Lee died last year, thus lifting her prophetic ban. Ned Brooks, the furnace worker, who sold half his Irish sweep ticket on Colombo to Lord Glanely for £6,000, sat in his garden during the race and refused to listen to the broadcast When told that Colombo’s third would bring him an additional £5,000 Brooks said: “ That’s enough for any man to have. The totalisators took £26,814 on the Derby. The winning tote dividend on Windsor Lad worked out at just under double figures. Surprisingly, the place tote paid a better dividend on Colombo than on either Windsor Lad or li*aston. A young elephant garlanded m the Maharajah of Rajpipla’s colours (purple ■ and cream), appeared, rising from the floor, at the Maharajah’s party at the Savoy -Hotel on Derby night. It made an obeisance opposite the table and then marched off amid cheers. When Colombo won the Craven Stakes at Newrnarket in April he ran the mile in Imin 39sec, and that is a record for the race. Mi- Meyrick Good, of London ‘ Sporting Life,’ timed Colombo to win the Two Thousand Guineas in Imin 39 2-ssec, which was the time taken by Manna and Cameronian when they won this mile classic. Other dockers, however, made' the Guineas time of Colombo Imin 40sec. The race record, held by Sunstar, is Imin 37 3-ssec. America’s faipous race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, worth £5,000, was run at Pimlico, Baltimore, on May 12, and resulted in a win for High Quest, who beat Cavalcade (winner of the Kentucky Derby) by a head, with Discovery a head away third. Seven ran. The race proved another triumph for the Brookmeade stable, which is responsible for High Quest and Cavalcade. The winner, an odds-on chance, covered the distance of just over a mile and a furlong in the record time for the race of Imin 58 l-ssec. Red Bank gave a great exhibition of jumping in the Hawke's Bay Hurdle Race, and should be ready to run very prominently in a steeplechase any time. He was ridden by the apprentice, C. Carroll, who was having his first ride in public over fences, ami acquitted himself with great credit. With a couple more rides over fences he will be able to ride in high-weights, and so ttecome a further asset to his stable. The engagements of Red Bank include the Melbourne Cup, but may be a steeplechase will prove easier. Tho only open race on to-mororw s programme at Ashburton will bo run over seven furlongs, and Water Power will meet Great Star on 61b better terms, if EJ. A. Leckie is put up on the former, than when Great Star finished a length in front at Tiraaru on Saturday. That race was run over six furlongs, but both horses were staying on well, and should have uo difficulty in seeing out the extra furlong. Ranelagh has not had a race for some time, and for that reason may be seen at a disadvantage. Martian Chief was fancied at Timaru, but ran so badly that his chance does not look good, and Final Shot has been racing over middle distances, which will affect her chance. Drumfire at 7.1 has a chance, and won the last time started at Ashburton, but it looks ns if Water Power and Great Star will be the favourites. The Westport Trotting Club’s remit to the New Zealand Trotting Conference—“ That no more galloping races be put on the programme of trotting meetings has caused some interest It is many years now since a trotting club has included a race for gallopers on the day’s card, but recently clubs in the north, who were feeling the strain and looking for a way to add attraction to their meetings, suggested that this should be done, and a remit to that effect was put forward and granted. So far. not one chib has made use of that privilege, and the younger generation lias yet to see a galloping race at a trotting meeting. Therefore,

it is rather hard to understand just what the Westport Trotting Club’s remit means. “No more galloping races taken from “none” do not make a great deal of difference, and should never bo cause for a remit. Two winners at the Timaru Meeting last week, Cleaner and Imperial Spear, will meet in the same race at Ashburton to-morrow, and are likely to be two of the best fancied. At Timaru Cleaner carried 7.2 and ran the mile and a-quar-ter in 2min 11 l-ssec, which works out at a fraction over 13sec to the furlong. Imperial Spear carried Bst, and won over a mile and 35yds in Imin 46 l-ssec, averaging just a small fraction of a second faster than Cleaner. Both horses had clear cut margins at the finish, which implies that each was staying on. At Ashburton Cleaner will carry 261 b more than she did at Timaru, and Imperial Spear only 71b. On time and weight it points to Imperial Spear beating Cleaner, but the former will havo to be taken on trust for the last two furlongs. Grand Review, who finished half a length behind Cleaner in the Timaru race, will carry 201 b more in the Mayfield Handicap at Ashburton. and on last Saturday’s form Cleaner should again beat her. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has increased the stakes to be given at its August meeting to £6,700 from £5,500, the amount given last year. The principal races on each of the two first days carry stakes of £SOO, and on the third day the National Handicap is worth £6OO. No race will be worth less than £2OO. Royal Silk, who has been in L. F. Berkett’s care for some time past, is unsound, and his owner, Mrs M. Harrall, has decided to retire him from the race track. The movements of the Silk Thread stallion have not been decided upon, b b Royal Silk is for sale or lease on the condition that he goes to a good homo. . Some little disappointment will be felt at Thurina’s name being missing from the acceptances for the Hromorc Steeplechase at Ashburton to-morrow. The ‘ Press ’ says there is nothing amiss with the gelding, but it was decided by his connections that a certain amount of risk would be involved in racing such a good jumper over the comparatively small fences at Ashburton. His reappearance will therefore be delayed until the Wellington Meeting next month. Heliotype, the winner of the Hawke s Bay Steeplechase, is only a young mare, and has the distinction of being one of the few greys in commission. In this colour she takes after her sire, Royal Picture, who was at one time owned in Wellington and trained at Trentham; in fact, the markings of Royal Picture are indelibly impressed upon Heliotype. She is a good jumper, and may improve into better form. Havering, who is now trained at Takanini, was an interesting runner in the hurdle race at Waipa. He did not jump well early, but he was a class above most of the others on the flat and only just failed. He is said to be susceptible to improvement in condition. Havering has been put to the jumping game fairly late in his career, bi.t as ho is a sound horse there is no reason why he should not make a name for himself. His half-brother. Bon Revo, was a Great Northern winner, and Havering, being by Quin Abbey, has a further recommendation for the game. The result of the Ascot Royal Cup yesterday shows that the early doubts as to whether Hyperion, winner of the 1933 Derby, is a real stayer wore not without justification. Felicitation, the winner of the Gold Cup, was also a starter in the 1933 Derby, and finished outside the first twelve. As a tkrec-

year-old Felicitation started in eight races, but two seconds and a third were his best performances. Thor 11., who was second, is a French-bred and owned colt. Ho had one start in England last season, running unplaced, but he won the French Derby run at Chantilly. Hyperion, in addition to winning the Derby, had three other starts last season, winning them all. The success of Felicitation would be popular, as his owner, H, H. Aga Khan, has so far had a lean season in, at least, the big races.

The steeplechasing game always provides plenty of thrills, but it is doubtful if a more spectacular incident has ever been seen in a race than that at Hastings on Saturday in the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase, in which Bon Aryan and his rider, N. C. Trillo, were associated. Bon Aryan had not been jumping too well, and at the fence down the back the last time he hit hard an . threw Trillo right out of the saddle over his neck and head. A last desperate grab by Trillo found him lying over the horse’s head and forehead, with one knee in the horse’s face. From that desperate position he actually regained the saddle, performing an almost miraculous feat, but just as ho did so Bon Aryan trod on the reins and pulled himself sideways to throw Trillo off, also pulling off the bridle. Trillo well deserved the applause with which his feat was received, though he probably was not aware of it on the far side of the track.