RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23685, 19 September 1940, Page 3

RACING NOTES

[By St. Cbair.]

RACING. September 19, 21. Geraldine Racing Club. September 21.—Marlon Jockey Club. September 28.—Kurow Jockey Club. September 28. —Foxton Racing Club, September 28, 30. Ohincmuri Jockey Club. , . October 3, s.—Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. October 12.—Otaki-Maori Racing Club. October 12, 14. —Dunedin Jockey Club. October 12, 14. —Auckland Racing Club. October 17, 19.—Masterton Racing Club. October 19. South Canterbury Jockey Club. , , October 19.—Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt, October 19.—Stratford Racing Club. October 24. 26, 28.—Wellington Racing Club. October 26. —Poverty Bay Turf Club. October 26, 28.—Gore Racing Chib.

JOTTINGS Answer to Correspondent. “ Wager.”—Royal Chief finished fourth iu the New Zealand Cup last year; after getting an interrupted run in the straight. He carried 9.6, and was ridden by A. E. Ellis. Royal Chief had only three other starts in the Dominion last season. Ho won the Canterbury Cup, mile and a-half, nndei 9 4 beating Beanpartir 9.0. three lengths. With 9.6 he was unplaced m the 'Wellington Cup, mile and a-halt, and under 9.5 was beaten a head by Beau Repairo 7.9, in the Wellington Racing Club Handicap, mile and throe furlongs. It was iu 1939 that he failed in the Dunedin Cup and won the James Hazlett Gold Cup on the second day. Dunedin Spring Meeting. Nominations for the Dunedin Spring Meeting close next Tuesday at 5 p.ra. The Kurow Meeting. Handicaps for the Kurow meeting will be declared next Monday, and acceptances close the next evening at 8 o’clock. New Zealand Cup. The handicaps for the New Zealand Cup are due to-morrow week, and a first acceptance, £3, will he taken at 5 p.m, on October 4. Miss Baffles Sold. Following the running of the Avondale Stakes on Saturday, the winner, Miss Baffles, was purchased by Mr E. G. Bridgens, president-of the Auckland Trotting Club, for £SOO. She is to remain under the care of her present trainer, A. Cook. In Work Again. The Buzzer is at work again, and is one of the entries for the New Zealand Cup. Ho won the Auckland Cup in 1937, when racing as a four-year-old. In the following season he was second to Arctic King in the New Zealand Cup, and third in the Metropolitan Handicap to Padishah and Sovereign Lady. Last season the Buzzer was unplaced in four starts. In M'Lean Stakes. One of the most attractive-looking two-year-olds claimed by Myosotis to date is a bay colt from Palanquin by Paladin from Lady Kinloch, trained by H. Nurse at Riccarton, who will race him in partnership with Mr C. ,L. Rhodes. His dam’s name represents a rickshaw, and the colt has been named Hammall, by which the rickshaw man is known. He is iu the M'Lean Stakes, and will probably come south. Brother to Indianapolis. Salisbury, the three-year-old brother to Indianapolis, in the stable of M. Holmes, has made steady progress and is said to have developed into a solidlooking gelding. He was started only once last season, and, although unplaced, proved himself to be a bold type of pacer and an impressive mover. Beau Leon. All manner of excuses were made last season for Beau Leon, and it now seems that there was something in them. He was beaten in hack company at Ellerslie prior to his Guineas win, but among those he beat in the classic were Marshall Hall, Grandora, and Phaleron. These three filled the places in the open sprint, but were also-rans in the Guineas. Indisposed. His many friends in the racing community will regret to iearn that Mr H. Hi Fraser, secretary to the South Canterbury Jockey Club, is at present on the sick list.

TROTTING. September 21.—Wellington Trotting Club. October 5. —Mclliven Trotitng Club. October 12.—Now Brighton Trotting Club. October 26, 28. —Greymouth Trotting Club. October 26, 30.—Auckland Trotting Club. October 28.—Oamaru Trotting Club. November 2.—lnvercargill Trotting Club. November 2.—Wellington Trotting Club. November 12, 14, 16. New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club. November 23, 25—Forbury Park Trotting Club. November 30, December 7. Waikato Trotting Club.

A Good Rule. A new rule of racing adopted by the Australian Jockey Club at the beginning of the season was invoked for the first time at the Richmond races last week. The rule provides that, in the event of the stewards permitting a horse to be withdrawn from a race after the time for scratching, and before it comes under the starter’s orders, they may make an order as to the settlement of such bets. Double event bets are void if the horse supported for the first event does not come under the starter’s orders, or if the first horse supported wins and that for the second event does not come under the starter. Recently a horse named Comet was made favourite, but he was injured just before being saddled and was withdrawn. All bets on the race were declared off, and an additional 15 minutes allowed for new betting. Private Trainer Wanted. The Timaru 1 Herald ’ states that a business man in that town has recently purchased a property near Washdyke and intends to instaH a private trainer to handle both galloping and light-har-ness horses. Where Jolly Beggar Made His Debut. Jollly Beggar, twice winner of the Grand National Hurdles, scored his first success as a hurdler on the Orari course. Maideils at the jumping game at the Geraldine meeting who have not started before are Crack o’ Dawn and Douadea. The Geraldine Cup. The first race known as the Geraldine Cup was run in 1864 on a temporary course laid out east of Temuka, and it was not until 1881 that tiie present course at Orari became the headquarters of the club. The first two days’ meeting was organised in 1875. Chokebore Lodge Team, H. and A. Cutts are likely to bring a team of four of the Clifford Estate’s horses to the Spring Meeting at Winga-. tui. They are Shikari, Pleading, Winning Rival, and Wild Fox. The lastnamed is a half-sister to Wild Chase. The stable may also be represented by a two-year-old for the M'Lean Stakes. Control of Racecourse, A long discussion took place at a meeting of the committee of the Timaru Trotting Club on the question of setting up a combined ground committee to control.the Timaru racecourse by the three clubs interested (South Canterbury Jockey and Hunt and Timaru Trotting), but action was deferred until details, of the amounts expended by each club on the course in recent years had been analysed. Special Force. The winner of the New Zealand Sapling Stakes and last season’s leading two-year-old, Special Force, has filled out considerably during the winter and promises to be an outstanding pacer again this season. He is well-man-nered, speedy, and a good stayer, and so has all the credentials to place him in championship class at an early age. Unfortunately, Special Force claims few classic engagements, the Wellington Stakes, to be run on Saturday, and the New Zealand Futurity Stakes at Ashburton being the only two for which he was nominated. Stakes 40 Years Ago. A dip into the records of 40 years ago reveals that owners at that time raced for stakes that would be given a cold reception to-day. In the spring and summer of the 1900-1901 season the totals for a full day’s programme at different South Island meetings were as follows:—Kurow £IBO, Geraldine £2OO, Gore £205, Oamaru £205, Riverton £225, Ashburton £265, Invercargill £295, Dunedin £305, and Washdyke £370. Not even the most insignificant club in the Dominion to-day offers programmes of that kind.