RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22441, 11 September 1936, Page 11

RACING NOTES

[By Sr. Clair-]

RACING. September 12. —Wanganui Jockey Club. September 19.—Ashburton County E.G. September 19.—Foxton Racing Club. September 19, 21.—Avondale J.C. September 24, 26.—Geralding Racing C. September 26.—Marton Jockey Club. September 28.—Napier R.C. October 3. —Kurow J.C. October 3.—Otaki Maori Racing Club. October 3, s.—Taumarunui Racing Club, at Faeroa. October 8, 10.—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 10.—Dannevirke Racing Club (at Waipukurau). October 10, 12. —Auckland Racing Club. October 16, 17.—Masterton Racing Club. October 17. —South Canterbury Jockey Club. October 17, 19. —Dargaville Racing Club (at Avondale). October 22, .24, 26.—Wellington Racing Club. October 26. —Waverley Racing Club. October 26.—Waipawa County Racing Club (at Hastings). October 26.—North Canterbury Jockey Club. THE HAMBLETONIAN STAKES Of interest to New Zealand trotting breeders is the result of the Hambletonian Stake, for three-year-old trotters, the world’s richest light harness event, the contributed money one year being over 70,000 dollars. This year’s race, run last month, was worth £7,122, and was won by Rosalind, a daughter of Scotland, Imin 59Jsec, the sire of Mr J. R. M’Kenzie’s horse U. Scott, who won the Belfast Handicap at New Brighton last Saturday. Rosalind was one of the best of last season’s two-year-olds, when she took a record of 2min Usee, She won the Hamblctoman in two straight heats, her time in the first being 2min 12sec, and in the second 2min 2isec. An American writer makes the following amusing observations:—“Rosalind is owned by young Gibson White, and driven by his father, Ben F. White, of Lexington, Ky. The filly was a sick-bed gift from Ben to Gibby, and this touching fact, combined with plenty of beer, brought tears to the eyes of 45,000 > honest burghers and city slickers who saw the race. “ If you want the synopsis of this true Alger story, it seems that young Gibson White was a mighty sick kid in the winter and spring of 1935. He needed bucking up, and liis father, one of the great drivers and trainers of trotting history, made him a present of tlie cream of his crop of two-year-olds —the young lady horse named Rosalind. When Gibby was able to get out of bed and walk around on his feet again, the two Whites trained her together. “ In time—and you probably knew the answer without looking in the back of the book—she became the best

October 26.—Waikato Hunt Club. • October 26, 27.—Gore Racing Club. October 29, 31.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 31. —Banks Peninsula Racing Club. October 31.—Rangitikei Racing Club. November 5, 7.—Whangarei Racing Club. November 7.—Hawke’s Bay Racing Club. November '7, 9, 11, 14. —Canterbury Jockey Club, TROTTING. September 12.—Wellington T.C. October 3.—Methven T.C. October 10. —New Brighton T.C. , October 17.—Waikato T.C. i October 24, 26.—Auckland T.C. October 24, 26.—GreymouUi T.C. October 26.—-Manawatu T.C. October 26.—Oamaru T.C. October 31. —Wellington T.C. November 10, 12, 13.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. November 26, 28.—Forbury Park T.C,

horse of the year. She carried on as the best three-year-old, and she was far and away the best horse in the Hambletonian, “ Ruth M. Mac, a filly, whom your correspondent, in a spirit of good faith, picked lor your customers as the winner, had to bo satisfied with fifth money. She didn’t look satisfied, and neither, 1 suppose, do you.” Since the Hambletonian Stakes was instituted in 1926, it has been won by five colts and five fillies. Greyhound is the only gelding to succeed. JOTTINGS The Southland Racing Club has decided in favour of win and place betting at its spring meeting to be held next month. The win and place system of betting will bo in operation at Hutt Park on Saturday. Burglar, who disappointed his owner in the Otago Hunt Cup Steeplechase, has been turned out for a few months’ spell. Mr \V. F. Young, who was recently appointed judge to the Gore Racing Club, has received a similar appointment to the Southland Racing 1 Club. Vintage, having made a good recovery from the effects of the operation on his throat, has rejoined Mrs J. Campbell's team.

British Empire has been leased to a South Canterbury enthusiast for two seasons, and. will do stud duty in the Fair-lie district. Lie was railed north on Tuesday.

Ginger Jack is being selected in the north as a good thing for the Railway Handicap at Hutt Park to-morrow.

Graham Direct, the biggest _ stake winner last season, is engaged in the Wellington Handicap to be decided tomorrow, and if he trots up to form must be hard to beat.

Glenrossie, who has been off the scene since last November, is in work again. He has a record of 4min 23sec, and is being prepared by L. O. Thomas for the New Zealand Trotting Cup.

Paper Slipper, Fog Peak, Pelmet, Double Gift, Darien, Epic, Lord Bymp, Golden Emblem, Sir Hugh, Stolen March, and Thermidor are some of the Dunedin Guineas candidates engaged at the Ashburton and Geraldine Meetings.

The Union Steam Ship Company announces that the Marama will leave Bluff on October 29 and arrive in Melbourne on November 2 to suit passengers who wish to see the Melbourne Cup to be run on November 3.

Should the winner of the John Gngg Stakes next, week start in the M Lean Stakes he will have to carry a 101 b penalty, but there are no penalty conditions attached to the Dunedin Guineas.

The Oamaru Trotting Club has issued a programme giving £2,310 for its Labour Day meeting, an increase of £4lO on the amount given last year. The President’s Handicap carries £550, for horses that can do 4min 31sec, and no race on the programme will be worth less than £250.

F. Christmas has just taken in hand a six-year-old gelding from Jeanerette, the dam of Epris. This ge,ding is very much in the rough at present, and will take some time to be got ready for racing. He is by Sunny Fortune (Sunny Lake—Dame Fortune), and has been named Sunnyland.

Mr P. Selig, founder of the ‘New Zealand Referee,’ was entertained by the stewards of the New Brighton Trotting Club last Saturday, the occasion being his eightieth birthday. Mr SeJig was president of the New Zealand Trotting Association for some years, and has been associated with trotting in Christchurch since the inception of the sport.

S. Barr’s stable is very strong in the jumping department for the spring. Redolent and Vitaphone look a good pair to get some of the money at Ashburton and Geraldine, while they may go on to bigger deeds later in the season. Arctic Star, in the same ownership as Redolent, is not being harried, but he may make a start next month, probably at Wingatui or Trentham.

Among the latest bookings to the Elderslio stallion. Night Raid, is Differential, dam of Queen of Song. Mr T. Hide, of Burleigh Grange, is also sending to Night Raid the young mares. Cloudburst (Tractor —Droski) and Lady Burleigh (Paladin—Tormentor). Messrs Price Bros., of Invercargill, have also sent their, mare Full Fling to Night Raid this season.

The three-year-old- colt, Talking, winner of the weight-for-age race at Warwick Farm, in such good style, is from a half-sister to Disguise, bought recently by Mr E. Hay, of Christchurch, as a brood mare, and now at the Elderslie Stud, to be mated with the Blr.edford horse, Solicitor General. Disguise is a daughter of Lord Quex, from First Class, by All Black from Class, by Wallace, tracing the same taproot as the great Australian mare, Wakeful, and other good stayers.

At a meeting of the Southland Racing Club the programme for the Spring Meeting was drawn up. Stakes were increased all round, and no race will be worth less than £IOO to the winner, a move that will be appreciated. The stake for the Southland Cup has been brought up to £2OO, for the Flying Handicap to £l5O. and for the Tradesmen’s Handicap to £l5O. The other events range down to £125.

With a record of 3min 2.‘3 l-ssec, and now handicapped on 3min 36sec, Ginger Jack appears to have something in his favour in the Hutt Park Trial Handicap oil Saturday. His running at New

Brighton last week showed him to be in good order, and his two wins last season give him a good chance in any race of the class in which he is engaged. Ginger Jack is by Jack Potts . from Okoura, who raced with success in the colours of Mr T. H. M‘Kenzie, who bred the gelding. “Pilot,” in the ‘Referee,’ says; Silver Streak, one of New Zealand’s representatives, is a plain-looking customer, but not lacking in substance, and before going out for the Campbelltown Handicap on Saturday was as lively as a cricket. As he was slow to get going there was a deal of merit in his third. Although he has rarely been asked to go beyond a mile, he won a mile and a-quarter handicap with 9.0 at Ashburton in May. As he cut out the distance in 2.4 2-5 the race was truly run, and should put a middledistance handicap with his reach in Sydney. Another important meeting will be held at Sydney on Saturday, when City Tattersall’s Club will race at Randwick. The principal event is the Chelmsford Stakes, of £I,OOO, 9f, at weight-for-age. The two main handicaps are the Tramway, 7f, and the Spring, lim, both of £SOO. In Victoria the Moonee Valley Club stages the Moonee Valley Stakes, of £1,025, for three-year-olds, 7jf. Cuddle’s performance in the Canterbury Stakes reads extraordinarily well on paper alone, but it is also enhanced by the mare that beat her. Arachne is regarded as one of the smartest sprinters in Australia, yet Cuddle just failed to reach her in race record time after giving, her a start. The race record, which, was equalled by Arachne, was put up by Chatham, further proof of the excellence of the performance of the two mares on Saturday. Cuddle is evidently just as good, if not better than, ever., A Melbourne writer recently expressed the' opinion that Mr \V. B. Kemball’s hopes fof : Prince Quex were rather ambitious, but the colt appears to have put up a very good performance in finishing fourth in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. The placegetters, Valiant Chief, Charles Fox, and Marabou, represent Victoria’s best class. Prince Quex was bred by Mr Kemball, and is a bay colt by Lord Quex from Princess Pat, by Alj Black— Martian Princess, by _ Martian—Two Step, by Stepniak. H© is a half-brother to Lady Pam and Cape Royal, and on pedigree should stay any distance.

Fourteen . are down to contest the Wanganui Guineas, to be run to-mor-row, and these include an outstanding South Island colt in Sir Charles Clifford’s Wild Chase, and the very promising North Island colt Gallio, who claims added interest because he is owned in Wanganui by Mrs S. L. Parsons. The Australian-bred Brazen King is an interesting candidate. A promising filly is Mr G. M. Currie’s Imposture, who will make an effort to add further to Koatanui successes in this event. Karl was a brilliant two-year-old, and in addition is trained by P W. Davis, who trained two winners of the race in Red Manfred and Pin Money. Bold Blood is a brother to the New Zealand Derby winner Sporting Blood. Laughing Lass is a smart filly owned by Mr T. A. Duncan, and another promising filly is Dawning Light, who was a winner as recently as the Trcntham Winter Meeting. • y

“ No official explanation has yet been given in regard to the. concession granted War Buoy on his mile and S. quarter mark,” states the ‘ Evening Post,’ “and so. War Buoy, which hat won more races in as many starts than any other horse, will compete from a 12yds better mark over a mile and » quarter than when he ran third to Indianapolis and Sunny Morn in the Weston Handicap at Oamaru last October. On that occasion War Buer began from a 2mih 44sec mark,, and that was the first time he had been, further back than second in a race. Since then he has run second to Indianapolis in the New Zealand Trotting. Cup, and he won the Louisson Memorial Handicap. Of all the readjustments in the assessments for this season War Buoy’s let-up to 2miu 45seo is the most difficult to understand, and. the silence of the handicapping committee in the matter savours of studied indifference to a phase of the system that demands elucidation.”

A remarkable effort was witnessed during training operations at Ellerslih on Saturday mommg. Versant, ridded by his trainer,' G. Holland, went opt to work over six furlongs on the No. $ grass track. However, on reaching thfh track Versant swerved and ran int* one of the poles that, mark the distance which horses have to keep froril the rails, so that the same ground will not be continually used. His ride* was unseated, and Versant went away from the six furlong post and completed the gallop in 1.28 1-5. Ho did bis work just as though a rider: was aboard him, increasing his speed at the three fur* long post to run home from that djsi in 41 3-5. On completion he steadil* slowed down, pulled up, and trottel back to the pathway that gives access to the track. His trainer, who had walked back to that point, called out to Versant, who trotted back to him. He was remounted, and did pace work over a round of the sand track, ft was a great example of equine .intelligence. ' X 1 '