RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22443, 14 September 1936, Page 7

RACING NOTES

[By St. Claie.]

RACING., September 19. —Ashburton County R.C. September 19.—Poston Racing Club. September 19, 21. —Avondale J.C. September 24, 26.—Geraldine Racing C. September 26.—Marton Jockey Club. September 26.—Napier R.C. October 3. —Kurow J.C. October 3.—Otaki Maori Racing Club. October 3, s.—Taumarunui Racing Club, at Paeroa. 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.,

JOTTINGS Nominations are due on Friday next fpr the Spring Meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club, and the appearance of the lists will stimulate interest in the meeting. Tie first and final payments for_ the M‘Lean Stakes and Dunedin Guineas are not due until the acceptances for the first day’s racing are made. Cerue_ Abbas was ridden by the crack light-weight J. O’Sullivan at llandwcik on Saturday. _C. T. Wilson has been engaged to ride Screamer in the John Grigg Stakes to be run at Ashburton on Saturday. Acceptances for the Ashburton Meeting, to be held next Saturday, close this evening at 8 o’clock. Acceptances for the Geraldine Meeting are not due until Friday. Winners at the Ashburton Meeting are liable to be rehandicapped. The Doncaster Cup, won on Friday by Buckleigh, is run over 2J miles. Buckleigh is a four-year-old colt by Sansovinio from Surbine. Mr L. Curtis left this morning for Sydney, where he will see the Spring Meeting of the A.J.C. and other fixtures. In Germany if there are 12 or more starters in a race the totalisator pays dividends on the first four horses. There are no bookmakers on the course.

If is reported that Mr T. J. Fox, one of the best-known owners in the light harness sport in Christchurch, is retiring.

The Manawatu Trotting Club has been granted permission to hold a meeting on Labour Day, and a programme giving £7lO in stakes has been approved.

Boomerang was a disappointment at the Wanganui Meeting last week. A northern writer, commenting; on his defeat the first day ; said that he looked to be on the big side.

Polydora, with. 11.9, has been handicapped right up to her best form by the Geraldine weight adjuster. The Geraldine track, with its sharp turns, may not suit this mare. Royal Palm, Kingcraft, Franz Derby, and Gunfire each returned big dividends at Hutt Park on Saturday afternoon, the first-named well over half»a century.

The Geraldine track should suit the Oamaru-trained Queen Dorothy, and with only 31b above the minimum in the Geraldine Cup she appears to be nicely handicapped. Several of the New Zealand Cup candidates engaged at the Geraldine Meeting have been handicapped on the minimum. _ Not a very flattering recommendation for their engagement at Riccarton nest November,

The present bad break.in the weather is delaying the caretaker in his task of repairing the course at Wingitui, but with a spell of fine weather, accompanied by some drying winds, he will have _ everything right for the spring meeting next month. One of the latest arrivals at Wingatui is a three-year-old chestnut gelding by Songbird from Camleu, therefore a full brother to Song Boy and Irish Birdeatoher. He is attached to A. S. M'Kay’s stable, and will require some building up before he is tit to race, The funeral of the late Mr W. Orossan yesterday afternoon was followed by oyer 100 cars, and the wreaths from sporting bodies and friends from all parts 6f the Dominion showed how widely the deceased sportsman was respected.

The news that Kinnoull is again suffering from muscle soreness is unfortunate. He has been subject to this trouble since he commenced his three-year-old career, and it was hoped that, with the warmer climate in Australia, he would throw it off.

The Australian-bred three-year-old gelding, Silver Choir, has gone shin sore (reports the ‘Southland News’), and he may be given a fortnight’s spell. He is an attractive galloper, and has pleased by the manner in which he has been getting through his work lately for his trainer, F. W. Ellis,-

Amalia, winner of the last Australian Cup, has arrived at Melbourne from South Australia to pursue her preparation for the Melbourne Cup, lor which she was weighted at 8.6, or only 3lb more than she carried in the Australian Cup. H. Bastian has been retained to ride her.

It is surprising how often a race is won at first attempt by a substitute left in charge of horses whose usual trainer has gone to Australia. The Buzzer, who won. the opening event at Wanganui, is one’ of the team L. G. Morris left in the care of H. M'Hugh at Marton. Fairway, sire of the high-priced English yearling mentioned in a cablegram last Friday, won the St. Leger Stakes in 1928. The dam, Golden Hair, is by Golden Sun from Tendril,'by St. Simon from Sweetwater, by Hampton. The second production in 1929 was Orwell, by Gainsborough. Orwell won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1932, and Gainsborough had the distinction of winning the triple crown—the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger—in 1918, and has been an outstanding sire, his productions including Solario and Singapore (St. Leger) and Hyperion (Derby).,

October 26.—Waikato Hunt Club. October 26, 27.—Gore Racing Club. October 29, 31.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 31.—Banks Peninsula Escing 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. October 3. —Methven T.C. October 10.—New Brighton T.C. October 17.—Waikato T.C. October 24, 26. —Auckland T.C. October 24, 26.—Greymouth T.C. October 26.—Manawatu T.C. October 26,—Oamaru T.C. October 31.—Wellington T.C. November 26, 28.—Porbury Park T.C,

The Chelmsford Stakes, won by Gold Rod on Saturday, was the race that Gloaming made his sensational debut in, winning < by a big margin and in record time* It has been won by a number of New Zealand horses* including Rapine, Limerick (three times), Gaine Carrington, Ammon Ra, and Rhar Lap. ■ Gold Rod is now absolute favourite for the Melbourne Cup following upon his win in the Hobartville Stakes. There are still doubts about his staying ability, but neither backers nor book.makers are taking any risks. Mr G. J. Barton’s Desert Chief has come into favour for the Caulfield Cup as the result of his recent good form. Synagogue’s name appears among the , nominations for the Eclipse Stakes, of India, for four, five, and six-year-olds, run over a mile and a-quarter. The contest will ■he held at Bombay on January SO next, and it- isone of the richest in India, carrying; a' stake of ■ 75,000 rupees, or which 50,000 rupees, about £4,500, and a gold cup go to the winner. Hunting Jay, a good favourite for the hurdle race on the opening day at Wanganui, played up at the start, backing away in the scrub near the post and refusing to' play any part ,in the proceedings. The field was eventually dispatched without him. Hunting Jay was not a starter on Saturday. _ At the' spring meeting of’the Wellington Trotting Club last year fveshiHing tickets were sold at the totalisator. Despite the fact ’that tlie weather was cold and showery on Saturday, and the minimum ' betting' unit on the totalisator was ten shillings,' the investments were £7,398 15s more than last year. ■ ■ 1

■ Despite the Otago correspondent -of ‘ Truth’s ’ comment on the handicapping of Autumn Wind at the Otago Hunt Meeting and_ the suggestion that Mr_ Barton’s gelding would be more leniently handicapped in future events, the handicapper at Geraldine -has placed him well out on top in the Ohapi Hack Handicap, ,and he .will have to concede; 101b' to the next on the list if started. .

Deficit, winner of the Wanganui Guineas on Saturday afternoon, is a bay colt by Lackham from Passbook, a mare by Papier Money from Password* by Martian from Secret Link, by Benzonian, and was bred- by - her owner, Mr W. Higgins, of Wellington. Deficit did a lot of racing as a two-year-old, starting a dozen times for one win, three seconds, and two thirds. His win was scored in . the Hopeful -Handicap at Trentham when, with 7.8 J, he beat Gay Chief (8 7) and Karl (7,12), over five furlongs in GO^seo.

The Wanganui Guineas, won, by De. licit on Saturday, is the- first classic race run in the Dominion this season. Originally it was named the, Wanganui, Derby, and was run over a longer distance. In 1932 it was temporarily abandoned, and in 1919 it was held .in the autumn, and this enabled Gloaming, who was in Sydney in the spring, to add it to his collection. Some really good performers have enrolled their names among the winners—Gloaming, Duo, Tamatete, and Razzle Dazr a being a few. Probably the speediest field that contested the event was that of 1921, when the place-getters' were Tamatete, Thespian, and The Hawk. Thespian later beat, Gloaming over a mile at Auckland in New Zealand record time, while The Hawk established Australasian records over six ■ furlongs both for a two-year-old and for all ages.