RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22446, 17 September 1936, Page 13

RACING NOTES

RACING. September 19.—Ashburton County R.C. September 19.—Foxton Racing Club. September 19, 21.—Avondale J.C. September 24, 26.—Geraldine Racing C. September 26.—Marten Jockey Club. September 26. —Napier R.C. October 3. —Kurow J.C. October 3.—Otaki Maori Racing Club. October 3, s.—Taumarunui Racing Club, it Paeroa. October 8, 10.—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 10.—Dannevirke Racing Club (at tVaipukurau). October 10, 12.—Auckland Racing Club, ©otober 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 24, 26.—Gore Racing Club. October 26.—Waverley Racing Club. October 26. —Waipawa County Racing Club (at Hastings). INTERVALS BETWEEN EVENTS At a meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association held on September 4, Dr M. G. Louisson, representing the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, explained the reason for the club’s breach of the rules in adopting a 40-minute instead of 35-minute interval between races on the second and third days of the meeting. The matter was then held over for further consideration. In a report issued by the association it is said: “ Were it not for the special and extenuating circumstances mentioned by Dr Louisson it (the board) would have felt constrained to impose a substantial penalty. . . . There seems to be an impression that there is no penalty prescribed for a breach of the rules by a club; but this is erroneous. If a club

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October 26.—North Canterbury Jockey Club. October 26.—Waikato Hunt 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. 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 10, 12, 13.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C, November 26, 28.—Forbury Park T.C, breaks a rule, the association has power under Rule 60 to canced or suspend the certificate of registration of a club and under Rule 379 may, in the case of a wilful breach, inflict a fine of any amount. The association is charged with the duty of seeing that the rules are obeyed, and it is their duty in case of a deliberate breach to make the penalty sufficient to prevent a recurrence. In the present case, however, the association is influenced by the almost insuperable difficulties the club met with in carrying out the rules, the free and frank admission of the offence, and the assurance that the club will at all times endeavour to carry out the Rules of Trotting in the way they should be carried out. The association had been asked by Dr Louisson to consent to an interval of 40 minutes between races for future meetings, but this the association has no power to do.” JOTTINGS The Wellington Racing Club paid £35,630 in taxation last season. The indebtedness of the Wellington Racing Club in 1926 was £120,651. and at the close of last season stood at £87,569. The imported light harness stallion Quite Sure arrived at Bluff on Monday, and was sent on to Kennington. The Lord Warden —Set Sail filly in A. M'Kenzie’s stable at Invercargill is reported to be a promising sort. Viking easily accounted for Silver Jest over five furlongs on the inside grass track this morning in Imin 9see. Roseman, who is now assuming racing shape, sprinted over three furlongs on the grass this morning in 40see.

M. Kirwan will ride Wino iu the Spring Handicap at Ashburton on Sat* urday, while H. W. Hibberd will be on Great Star. F. W. Ellis has Venite and Galleon well forward, and reports from Invercargill show them to be working attractively. Honest Maid, who has been spelling during the winter, is .shortly to be put into work again, and will rejoin R. E. M'Lellan’s stable. The ‘ Southland News ’ reports that Double Shot is confined to light exercise, and that his injured fetlock is still causing bis trainer some concern. It is reported from Invercargill that Mayam is very backward in condition after his spell, and that it will be some time before he is ready to race. Owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting to be held on October 8 and 10 close tomorrow evening at 6 o’clock. During' the past 10 years the depreciation allowed for on the freehold property and buildings at Trentham has totalled £36,000. At a recent meeting at Ascot (Victoria) a driver was fined £1 for having one of his legs out of the sulky during the race. A. E. Didham has been engaged to ride one of Mr L. C. Hazlett’s two-year-olds in the M'Lean Stakes next month. ’ A. E. Didham intends returning from Melbourne with his team at the end of this month. With Valarth he has won two races on the trip. Mr C. E. Hassall has been appointed handicapper to the Camara Jockey Club for the season, and Mr C. Gieseler reappointed starter. Vitapbone will be ridden at Ashburton by R. Beale, and if he looks ready he is likely to be a pronounced favourite. Lumiere and Waltham, both looking well, were sprinted home on the tan after steady work this morning and moved freely. Valarth won a race at the Ballarat Meeting yesterday, and, according to the wireless man, started at a remunerative price. He was engaged again to-day. The tan track was in good order for about three furlongs this morning, but is still slightly deep along the back. Travenna sprinted home over the last three furlongs in 38 4-ssec, Octane (J. Richards) was schooled over three hurdles this morning. He was inclined to screw at the fences, and would have done better had he had a mate to jump with. Nearly all the horses weighted for the Ohapi Handicap at Orari are nominated for the Novice Stakes at Ashburton. A win at Ashburton would make any of them ineligible for the Orari race. Daring deed strode out well over seven furlongs on the inside grass track this morning, taking Imin 36 3-ssec for the full journey, after mining the first three furlongs in 41sec.

There was a good drying wind and sunshine at Wingatui this morning, and the staff were busy filling in the holes made on the course proper at the Hunt Club Meeting. Given a few days of fine weather this work will be quickly completed. The running of Southern Chief at New Brighton shows that he is well forward, and he promises to be one of the favourites for the Trotting Derby. The race he had should sharpen him up, and he will be racing at Methven early next month. R. E. M'Lellan has 11 horses in his stable at Invercargill. They are Ocean Singer, Moneyless, Double , Shot, Enwood. All Humbug, Trebleback, Western Song, Mayam, British Star,, a three-year-old gelding by Songbird from Some Queen, and a two-year-old gelding by Balboa from Morse Signal. Goolack, an unraced seven-year-old gelding, is now an inmate of F. Langford’s stable. Goolack is by Lackham—Golawa. He is a big upstanding gelding, and it is his owner’s intention to eventually make a steeplechaser of him, but he will be tried on the flat first. Recess is well forward in her preparation for November racing, and she will probably be given an outing at the Oamaru Meeting before the New i Zealand Cup Meeting. Her honesty and consistency have made her a great favourite, and it will be some time before she reaches her limit. The Auckland Trotting Club has decided to increase the stakes for its October Meeting to £2,850. This is £670 more than was distributed for the same meeting last year. The chief two-mile races will be for horses that can do 4min 39sec, and the fastest class for a mile and a quarter contest is 2min 48sec. The ‘ Southland Times ’ says: “ The majority of horses at Invercargill are in backward condition—a little more so than usual at this time of the year. The tracks have had severe treatment by. the weather, and an early improvement is necessary it local horses are to hold their own at the spring meetings.” Gift horses have contributed much to turf history. The latest is Kingcraft, winner of the Bollard Memorial Handicap at Wellington on Saturday, About a year ago his breeder, Mr B. Grice, gave the gelding to the trainer, D. A. Withers, who lias since won three races with the aged son of Quince,” and Colene Pointer. Kingcraft is now 12 years old, and has a twomile record of 4min 19 2-ssec. Grace M'Elwyn was kept fairly busy last season, when as a four-year-old she started in 31 races. She won six times and was placed in 13 other starts. Grace M'Elwyn went 4roin 27 3-ssec on the final day of the National Meeting, and last season reached a record of imin 25 l-ssec. Limoud Lad, top price yearling at the Trentham sales last year, won at bis third start this season when lie scored in the Port Adelaide Guineas on Saturday. He still requires to win the S.A. Derby before South Australians will bo satisfied be is anything above average.

Continuing their investigations into the identity of Uruba, the Victoria Racing Club stewards recently visited Moyston, in the Wimmera district, where they interviewed G. Turner, who, according to a witness at the V.tt.C. inquiry last week, branded the mare when she was sent to him to be trained. The result of the interview is not known, but it is understood that the officials received information which will assist them in solving the mystery. There is a big gap between Autumn Wind 9.0 and the next horse,. Robant 8.4, in the weights for the Ohapi Handicap at Geraldine, but if the Wingatui gelding has recovered from his cold he will probably start favourite, if eligible. On the last day of the Grand National Meeting he finished fifth when giving 12lh to those on the minimum, some of which had better form than most of those 131 b below Autumn Wind at Orari. Fit and well, however, Mr Barton’s gelding should win at Ashburton and lose his qualification to run at Orari. The hope that the better days the sport of racing was now enjoying would be permanent was expressed by the president of the Wellington Racing Club (Mr E. L. Riddiford) in his annual address to members of the club on Monday afternoon. Personally, he felt sure it would. The attendances and turnover at the club’s meetings during the past season bore out the prophecy he had made 12 months ago that they were then nearer open country and would soon, be on the broad highway again. Despite the good times, however, they had still to observe caution, and it would be bad policy, for instance, to attempt immediately a full restoration of pre-depression stakes. Referring to the good work done in the interests of racing, the president of the Wellington Racm" Club at the annual general meeting on Monday afternoon said: “Of the late Mr Watkins’s work over a long period of years, culminating in his holding the office, of president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, there is no need for me to speak at this meetnig. What I do wish to refer to is his devotion to the Wellington Racing Club, and his unfailing interest in the course itself—it is not too much to say that he loved every inch of it. Trentham to-day, and its reputation as one of the best-equipped courses in the Southern Hemisphere, is the best monument bo could have. As a further tribute to bisv memory, the club has named the principal event, on the second day of the Spring Meeting the Watkins Handicap.