RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23382, 27 September 1939, Page 5

RACING NOTES

RACING. September 30.—Otaki-Maori Racing Club. September 30, October 2. Ohinemuri lockey Club. October 5, 7.—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. October 7.—Dunedin Jockey Club. October 7.—Bay of Plenty Racing Club. October 9 —Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Bunt Club. October 12, 14.—Masterton Racing Club. October 14.—South Canterbury Jockey Club. October 14, 16.—Auckland Racing Club. October 19, 21.—Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 19, 21, 23.—Wellington Racing Club. * October 21, 23.—Gore Racing Club. October 23.—Poverty Bay Hunt Club. October 23. —North Canterbury Racing Club. October 23. —Waverley Racing Club.

JOTTINGS New Zealand Trotting Cup. Nominations for the New Zealand Trotting Cup close on Friday at 5 p.m., and handicaps will be announced next Monday. in Work Again. Atua Here is in work again, and now being trained by T. G. Pollock at Gore. He has done well during a long spell. To Ride Catalogue. It is announced that F. Shean, who rode Catalogue to victory in last year’s Melbourne Cup, has been engaged to ride him again this season. Death of Owner. The death of Mr Bruce Stone occurred at Sumner suddenly on Monday. He was the owner of Fascinator, who raced at the Geraldine meeting last week. Beau Vite’s Rider. M. M'Carten, who has been selected to ride Beau Vite in the A.J.C. Derby on Saturday, commenced race-riding at the age of 14, and has been riding for 22 years. He considers Ajax the fastest horse, Ballymena the best stayer, and Limerick the greatest horse he has ever ridden. Also a Chestnut. The Cardinal, winner of the Avondale Cup, is by Night Raid from Palestrina. Like Phar Lap, he is a chestnut, and one of the. few of that colour left by their sire. The Cardinal has been allotted 7.8 in the New Zealand Cup, 201 b below the weight-for-age scale. Defaulter. The withdrawal of Defaulter from all his spring engagements in Australia will rob racing at these fixtures of a great deal of interest, and his early and heavy hacking for the Melbourne Cup will mean a harvest for .the bookmakers. On his present trip to Australia Defaulter has won three races. Interdominion Trotting Championships. The committee has decided! that the interdominion trotting championships will definitely be held at Perth on February 7, 10, 14, and 17, when £8,576 and a gold cup valued at £lO5 will be distributed in stakes. The mile, mile and a-half, and two miles heats each carry £1,125, and the final, run over 13 furlongs, £3,000 and gold cup. Nominations close next Tuesday! After Many Years’ Useful Work. At a recent meeting of the Grey- . mouth Trotting Club, Mr H. W. Kitchingham resigned the iposition of president after holding the position for ■many vears. Mr Kitchingham has been a .member of the New Zealand! Trotting Conference for a long period, and is looked upon as a most valuable member in the administration of light harness sport. Stakes Increased. The programme issued by the New Zealand! Metropolitan Trotting Club for its Cup meeting, to be held on November 7, 9. and 10 shows the stakes have been increased to £13,150, as compared vjrjth £12,650 given at this meeting last year. Half-brother to Peony Rose. ' A. M'Kay at Riverton is educating a half-brother, by Philamor, to Peony Rose, who is showing good pace in the light tasks so far asked of him. He ran half a mile on Saturday morning, but it is not intended to race him until later in the season. Suffering from a Cold. It is reported that the John Grigg Stakes winner, Gold Flight, is at present suffering from a slight cold). Her trainer does- not anticipate that this will prevent her taking her place in the M'Lean Stakes next week. Her absence would rob this classic of a great deal of interest. Rubbing It In. In allotting Lady Don 9.0 in the Novice Handicap, to be run at Wingatui next week, the handicapper has treated her as a winner at Geraldine. This is particularly hard on her owner, as if she was a winner at that meeting she would not be eligible to start in the Wingatui race. Lady Don is now trained at Oamaru by J. Wallis. Yet to Win, Since running horses in hood and winkers was approved by the Racing Conference last July quite a number of horses with this additional gear have been started, but after two months’ trial none has so far succeeded in winning a race. Queen Dorothy very nearly did so at Geraldine, and on the form she showed at that fixture should ho hard to beat in the Ranfurly Handicap next week. Racing Taxation, Despite the fact that racing and trotting clubs were the first to suffer increased taxation when the present Government was looking round for additional money, they have so far been let off quite reasonably by the withdrawal of the rebate of 1 per cent, on the totalisator investments at their meetings. That comparison is made, of course, os compared with the increase in taxation announced this morning. But since last season these clubs have had to contribute to the Social Security Fund, and, though this only affects profits, it makes the taxation on sport very heavy. At the present time the Government takes 5 per cent, on the turnover and another 5 per cent, on the dividends, while stakes are also taxed 1 per cent. When taxation was imposed for the Great War the stake tax was increased to 5 per cent. In times like the present heavy taxation on Import must be expected.;

[By St. Coaik.]

October 23.—Waikato Hunt Club. October 28.—Banks Peninsula Racing Club. October 28.—Kangitikci Racing Club.

TROTTING. September 30.—Mcthvon T.C. October 7.—New Brighton T.C. October 21, 23. —Grcymouth T.C. October 21, 23, or 25.—Auckland T.C. October 23.—Oamaru T.C. October 25, 28. Wellington T.C. October 25, 28.—Invercargill T.C. November 7,9, 10. —N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. November 23, 25.—Forbnry Park T.C. December 2.—Wairio T.C. December 2.—New Brighton T.C. December 2. —Waikato T.C. December 9.—Roxburgh T.C.

May Not Start. Top Row is suffering from trouble in one of his knees, and was not able to start on the second day of the Geraldine meeting. Ho is engaged in the Telegraph Handicap at Wingatui next week with 8.5. In the James Hazlctt Gold Cup last February, with 9.0, he finished almost in line with Royal Chief 9.10 and Queen of Song 9.8. He would only have to repeat that form to be hard to beat, but with more important engagements ahead liis _ owner-trainer is not likely to start him next week unless the trouble clears up.. Dark Flight for Wingatui. Dark Flight carried 8.9 when he was beaten out of a place in the six-furlong race at the Otago Hunt Meeting, and has been allotted the same impost in the Kaikorai Handicap to be run next week. At Riverton last Saturday he pleased track watchers by the manner in which he ran six furlongs. Going well within himself all the way he ran the last five furlongs in Imin 7sec, and the last three in 40sec. Dark Flight has made a complete recovery from the cold he suffered at the Hunt meeting, and will be a starter next week, A Useful Gallop. Two horses engaged at Wingatui next week were companions in an interesting try-out at Riverton on Saturday morning. They were Nigger Boy, who is engaged in the Dunedin Guineas, and Bay Duke, a Telegraph Handicap candidate. The former, who is reputed to be a lazy track worker, jumped away from the seven furlong post, and picked up by Bay Duke at the end of two furlongs. Bay Duke, putting all his old dash into his work, easily beat Nigger Boy homo in Imin 7sec. Nigger Boy, who is reported to be suffering from a slight cold, took Imin 35sec to run seven furlongs. Not Badly Treated. Last season Auctor won over six furlongs at Geraldine, seven furlongs at Wingatui, and a mile at Ricoarton, all within six weeks, but in his other 11 starts he was five times second and twice third. Master Dingle won five times, was second twice, and five times third out of 30 starts. The last time this pair met was in the Waihola Handicap, 10i furlongs, at Wingatui, last February, when Master Dingle 7.7 finished Second to Capricious and Auctor 8.11 was among the also started. In the Clarendon Handicap, one mile, at Wingatui next week, Auctor ivill meet Master Dingle on 121 b better terms. Master Dingle has won four races since they last met. A Good Maiden. Wings of Song, a winner at Marton on Saturday, is a three-year-old gelding by Hunting Song from Adornment, and was recently purchased by Mr_ T. A. Duncan for 500 guineas. _ His dam traces back to a good winning strain, as she was by The Nut from Elegance, by Seaton Delavel from Antelope, by Apremont from Miss Kate. Wings of Song is stated to be one of the best maidens seen out in the North Island this season. Half-brother to Grey Honour. Grey Night, who attempted to win the open sprint race all the way at Geraldine on Saturday, is a three-year-old half-brother to Grey Honour. Last season he won the Russley Handicap, five furlongs, at Riccarton, beating a good field. Still eligible for hack races, Grey Night’s connections ran some extra weight on to his back for future engagements by taking on this race. Five furlongs appears to be far enough for him just yet.