RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22142, 24 September 1935, Page 10

RACING NOTES

RACING. September 26, 28.—Geraldine R.C. September 28.—Otaki Maori R.C. September 28, 30.—Taumarunui R.C. (at Paeroa). October s.—Napier Park R.C. October s.—Kurow J.C. October 10, 12.—Dunedin J.C. October 12.—Dannevirke R.C. October 12, 14.—Auckland R.C. October 18, 19.—Masterton R.C. October 19.—South Canterbury J.C. October 26, 28.—Wellington R.C. October 28.—North Canterbury R.C. October 28.—Waikato Hunt Club. October 28.—Waipawa County R.C. October 28.—Waverley R.C.

AT WINGATUI THIS MORNING. Several consecutive frosts, have been experienced at Wingatni, and , have dried up the tracks well. The inside of the grass training track was open for fast work this morning, but most of the' horses engaged at the Geraldine Meeting were worked on the private tracks at Salisbury or Mosgiel Park. Drink Up was going slightly _ better than Impador at the end of six furlongs in Imin 21 2-ssec. Red Lance finished nearly • a length in front of Song Boy in a run over seven furlongs in Imin 34sec, but the • latter was not extended. Vantoon, who looks bigger than •when he raced at the Otago Hunt Meeting, heat Braw Lad over six furlongs in Imin 22sec, * Paladino (Paladin —Sweet Memory) beat Silver Duke (Rosenor from an All Red mare) over half a mile in 52 l-osec. Chrysology, who schooled, over hurdles on Monday morning, was sent nine furlongs, the last seven taking, Imin 41 l-ssec. Green Boa and Darien finished together at the end of half a mile in Grand Finale, with a companion, was sent - about eight and a-half furlongs, and ran the last seven in Imin 33 l-ssec. Viking, who does not look as well as he did a month ago, and Made Money ran. half .a.mile- in 51 - l-ssec. The latter appeared to be showing signs of his old trouble behind when he returned to the sheds. Golden King was doing it better than Toreador at the end of seven furlongs in Imin 32 4-ssec. A number of other horses worked, but were not sent against the watch. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION STAKES, 1936. 1 The Ashburton Trotting Club has announced the conditions of the New Zeau land Champion States, a race for threei year-olds, to be run at the Summer | Meeting in 1936, and for which entries f close next Monday at 5 p.m. The i stake, £650, will be divided as fol|lows; —£385 for the first horse, £l5O Ito the second, £BO to the third, and f £35 to the fourth. The subscription is | £l2, unless withdrawals are made on * or before December 9, 1935, which will cost £l, May 25, 1936, which will cost £3, or on the date of nominations for the Summer Meeting, 1936, which costs £5. All horses remaining in after that date will he liable for the full subscription of £l2. No club in New Zealand has done more to ■ foster classic racing in the light harness sport than the Ashburton Trotting Club, and this race • is a very welcome one to the calendar. The nominations called for next Monday are. for two-year-olds this season, and registration is not compulsory until two weeks before the final forfeit is due, but breeding and all other particulars must be sent in with the entry. JOTTINGS, ( The, nominations for the Kurow Meeting, to be held on October 5, are quite up to expectations. The first race at Geraldine on Thursday and Saturday has been timed to start at noon. The racing at Ashburton on Saturday showed now- poor the standard of riding is at the present time in the South Island. The nominations received for the Dunedin Spring Meeting are 30 in excess of .those received for this meeting last seashn. No race on the programme for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s New Zealand Cup Meeting carries a stake of less than £2OO. Handicaps for the first day of the Dunedin'Spring Meeting are due next Monday, and acceptances the following Friday. Winners at the Kurow Meeting are liable to be rehandicapped. Tizzy, Waltham, and Worship left by, the express this morning for Geraldine, and Dodge, Daring Deed, Cfarysology, Black Duke, Surge, Trivet, and Guarantee leave by to-night’s train. Tempest has met with an injury and it is very doubtful if he will be able to ,do any fast work - for a week or two.' The pacing mare Bide-a-wee is a recent addition to B. Jarden’s stable at. Dunedin. Bide-a-wee is a brilliant pacer and a real stayer. She is eligible to compete in the big handicap events in Southland, where the big grass courses will suit her. At a gala at Addington on Saturday Trampfast beat Stanley T. over a mile from a flying start in time returned as 2.6 2-5, both trotters going -well. Indianapolis (substituted for Tempest, who met with a slight injury) beat Wild Guy byva length in 2.6 4-5, also from a flying start. Pesetas, who has been nominated for the Dominion Handicap for two-year-olda on the second day of the D.J.C. Spring Meeting, is by Paper Money from Kilns, and is also* engaged in the M'Lean Stakes. If started this gelding will carry Mr Walter Baxter’s colours. Alma, who is now one of P. T. Hogan’s team, is reported to have made a good recovery from the injury she sustained by_ running a nail into her foot. She will be given a race on the second day of the Geraldine Meeting and another at the Kurow Meeting in preparation for her engagement in the Dunedin Guineas. The programme for the Southland Racing Club’s Spring Meeting to be held on November 33 will distribute £9BO in stakes, the principal handicap, the Southland Cup. being worth £175, an open mile handicap £135, and the open six furlongs £l3O. A high-weight handicap, one mile, back race, seven furlongs, and a trial handicap, six furlongs, complete the racing events, and the two trotting races are worth £llO for the mile and a-halt and £l2O for the mile and a-quarter.

[By St. Clair.]

October 28, 29.—Gore R.C. TROTTING. October 5. —Methven T.C. October 12.—New Brighton T.C. October 19, 20.—Waikato T.C. October 26, 28. —Auckland T.C. Octobet 26, 28. Greymouth T.C. October 28.—Oainaru T.C. October 28.—Manawatu T.C. November 2.—Thames T.C. November 2.—Wellington T.C. November 12, 14, 15.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. November 28, 30.—Forbury Park T.C. December 7.—Te Aroba T.C. December 7.—New Brighton T.C.

Nomintions for the Southland Racing Club’s Spring Meeting close over three weeks , prior to the fixture, and handicaps are to appear on the day before the New Zealand Cup Meeting commences, acceptances closing- on the Monday following. It would have been far better <to declare the handicaps after the Riccarton Meeting, and this would still have left plenty of time to take the acceptances.

The John Grigg Stakes winner Wild Chase will not bo taken to Wingatui, the 101 b penalty in the M‘Lean Stakes being a bar, and bis next appearance will probably be made in the Wellesley Stakes at Trentham. The Chokebore stable still has a chance in the M'Lean Stakes, however, as the Paper Money— Shuffle youngster Silver Slipper is undestood to be smart.—Timaru ‘ Herald.’

Nightlass, winner of the maiden event at Foxton on Saturday, was last season the first of Nightmarch’s progeny to face a starter, and is the first of his representatives to get- on the winning list. She is 'a three-year-old from Matata by Sunny Lake from Marta, and wa? sold by her breeder, Mr G. A. Kain, at Trentham to Mr W. H. Ballinger for 70gs.

Kirriemuir, ■ granddam of Wild Chase, only raced as a two-year-old, but she had a brilliant record in her restricted career. She won the Wellesley Stakes, the C.J.C. Spring Nursery, the C.J.C. Pioneer Handicap, carrying 9.3, the Great Northern Foal Stakes, and the C.J.C. _ Champagne Stakes, while she filled third place in the Welcome Stakes.

According to information received this week, it is probable that A. E. Ellis and L, J. Ellis will return home after the Australian Jockey Club’s meeting. If these arrangements are carried out it will mean that they will be available to ride at Trentham at the end of next month, while they may be in time for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting to be held a week earlier.

Dame Fortune has finished racing. She has been returned from Christchurch, and is on a visit to Rey de Oro. Other mares from the north to arrive are Molly Pointer (dam of Silver de Oro and Llewellyn’s Pride), Grafton Derby (dam of Homeward), Vera Logan, Erin’s Princess, Titri (Wrack — Victoria mare), Carbinea (dam of Journey’s End), a half-sister to Wilma Dillon, Lady Maruin (dam of Leeway). Knocfclong, who has been engaged in the hack races at the Dunedin Spring Meeting, is now seven years old. She commenced racing as a two-year-old, winning once out of three starts. Next season she started 16 times for two wins, five seconds, and three thirds. At four years she had 11 starts for two wins, two seconds, and a third. At five_ years she started 16 times for two wins, five seconds, and two thirds. Last season she had seven starts for one second. Sbe has not started yet this season, and her total winning stakes amount to £3BB.

The following is a list of the fastest times put up last season:—lndianapolis (against time), 2min 1 2-ssec; Roddy, 2min 8 1-Ssec; George Rey (saddle), 2min A 4-ssec; Mountain Dell. 2mm 8 4-ssec; Master Roy (saddle), 2min 9 l-ssec; Somerby, 2min 9 l-ssec; Pegs /ay, 2min 9 2-ssec; Vesuvius, 2min 9 2-ssec; Pronto Bingen (saddle), 2min 9 3-ssec; Queen Author, 2min 9 4-ssec; George Rey, 2min lOsec; Morning Sun, 2min lOsec; Taxpayer (saddle), 2min lOsec.

At the gala meeting at Addington on Saturday Harold Logan set out on an exhibition of pacing over six furlongs, and_ he gave the spectators a thrill. ' Assisted by Llewellyn’s Pet, who was galloping in sulky, Harold Logan ran the first quarter in 30 l-ssee, the first half in Imin 1 l-ssec, and the full journey in Imin 34 l-ssee. The champion, who was driven by W. Scott, was loafing over the last 100yds, and he was not doing anything like his best as be passed the post. Harold Logan is in good, healthy condition, but not s*et in order for a serious contest.

. At a meeting of representatives of the Canterbury Park and the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Clubs it was decided to purchase a new totalisator for Addington. The totalisator will be operated electrically, and will bo installed as soon as the committee is satisfied that it has obtained the most suitable machine. It is anticipated that an expenditure between £25,000 and £30,000 may be necessary for the complete installation. The clubs decided to make inexuiries from Julius Company Ltd., of Sydney, as to the most suitable type of building to house the machinery. Four of England’s best horses are due to take up stud duty next .year, and it is interesting to note that they represent tho best staying lines. The first of them is the four-year-old Tiberius, the winner of the Ascot Gold Cnp and the Goodwood Cup. Ho will go to Sir Abe Bailey’s stud at Newmarket, taking the place left vacant by the death of his sire, Foxlaw, by Son-in-Law. Another horse of the same line to retire is Easton, who was second last year to Windsor Lad in the Derby. He is by Dark Legend, whose sire, Dark Ronald, was also tho sire of Son-in-Law. The other two who are to retire arc Windsor Lad and Bahrain, the respective Derby winners of last year and this year. They are both sons of Blandford. the most successful son of the Swynford line.

Greek Shepherd, , winner of the Penscroft Hack Handicap at Ashburton, was purchased as a yearling by Mr E. Hay for 300 gs. Ho was bred at Elderslie Stud, and is by Iliad from Dresden China by Tea Tray from Refinement. Dresden China was never produced in a race. She was sent as a two-year-old to Sydney for the Gimcrack Stakes, and showed phenomenal pace at Randwick, where she ricked a hind muscle, and was. sent back to New Zealand for stud purposes. Greek Shepherd did not have a strenuous time as a two-year-old, and was raced only seven times for a second and a third placing. He received the best of

treatment in between seasons, and now looks the part of a good class three-year-old. He is engaged in the Dunedin Guineas, and a meeting between him and Kinnoull will lend much interest to the Wingatui Meeting. A half-brother by Night Raid to Greek Shepherd was purchased at this year’s sales for 230 gs by Mr F. Armstrong, owner of Entreaty, ami will race as Gay Night. He is beiim broken in at the Elders lie Stud, and will not be raced until next autumji.