RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23696, 2 October 1940, Page 3

RACING NOTES

[By St. Clair.] JOTTINGS Indisposed. His many friends will regret to learn that Mr L. G. Hill is at present an inmate of a private hospital, and will wish him a speedy return to health. Well Forward. Density, winner of the Great Easter Handicap last March, is reported to be well forward m condition. Sue will be given a race at the South Canterbury meeting this mouth and then be taken to Treutham. A Handsome Gift. The .Royal Calcutta Turf Club has decided to give the equivalent of £BB,OOO to the East India Fund for British war services—a sum sufficient, it is thought, to pay for a flight of Spitfire fighters. To Clash With Forbury Park. It is reported that the South Canterbury Jockey Club intends applying for permission to hold the second day permit of its usual two-day spring meeting on November 25, when the King’s Birthday holiday will be observed. First Withdrawal. Though the names of several horses weighted for the Now Zealand Cdp have been mentioned as non-starters, Peerless is the first to be scratched. She was withdrawn at ,9 a.m. on Monday, and is evidently to remain in Australia for the spring racing. Embark Destroyed. Though the Happy Voyage gelding Embark held records of 2mm 8 4-ssec for a. mile and 4min 22 l-ssec for two miles, both registered at Porbury Park, lie was not a bi° stake winner, and last season he only scored one second placing, worth £25, out of five starts. He was recently destroyed. Old Jockey Passes. The death is announced from Riverton of James Campbell, whom old-timers will remember as a jockey attached to J. Eauchlau when the latter was training at the old Porbury. “ Jimmy ” Campbell was 66 years of age, and of late years lias been engaged in the fishing industry at Riverton. Will do Good.

The few showers that hare fallen at Winijalui during the past week were needed tor the course proper, which had been previously heavily top-dressed .with river silt since the hunt meeting. This rain will bring on the grass, well, and also ease up the going on the grass training trades. Divisions at Methven. The safety number at the mile and a quarter barrier on the Methven course is 12, and as 31 oft the limit have been paid up for in the Westward Ho Handicap and 2U oft' the same mark in the Mount Harding Handicap, it is almost certain that these two will have to be run in divisions on Saturday. Dunedin Guineas Candidates. Wild Fox and the Paladin —Charmanie gelding have been engaged in the Trial handicap on the first day of the Dunedin meeting, Wild Coon and Tissue m the Muugatua Handicap, Doria and Don’t lorget in the Air Force Handicap, and Shikari and Muscatine in the October Handicap, so it looks as if all eight of them will be on band to contest the Dunedin Guineas on the second day. Transfer of Permits. Subject to the approval of the New Zealand Kacing Conference, permits for two of the six days of racing allotted to the Poverty Bay Turf Club will be transferable to the To Aroha Jockey Club, which will continue to use the dates until such time as the financial affairs of the Poverty Bay body have been put on a sound financial foundation. Resuming Race Riding. After being away from racing for some time, W. H. Jones intends to resume riding again, and be lias been granted a jockey’s license by the New Zealand Kaciii" Conference Jones was a most successful light-weight some seasons ago, winning the New Zealand Cup on Palantua in 1933, and, as he is an experienced rider who can still go to scale light, he should not lack mounts at the coming meetings. Sydney’s Big Meeting. The Australian Jockey Club’s big spring fixture opens at llandwick on Saturday, when the A.J.O. Derby and Fpsom Handicap will bo the principal events. Though there are not as many Dominion horses in Australia this spring as usual, there is nothing wrong with the ciuality of the few that will be representing New Zealand. Beaulivre, Beau Vite, High Caste, and Mosaic are a quartet that should be well able to hold their own. Similarity In Handicaps. Though The Raker is a horse who will require to improve a lot on recent form to have a chance in the New Zealand Cup, it may be worth observing that 12 months ago Yours Truly, after being given 8.0 in the Melbourne Cup. ‘was propped to 7.1 for the New Zealand Cup, and this year The Raker, also on 8.0 in the Melbourne Cup, has been dropped to 7.0 at Riccarton. Doria and Don’t Forget, On the opening day of the Grand National fixture Don’t Forgot, carrying 8.0, won the Cashmere Plate, six furlongs, in Imin 17sec, and Doria, under B.C, less than an hour and a-half later in the afternoon won the Paparua Handicap in a second faster time. Doria has not started since, but Don’t Forget carried 8.7 at Ashburton and won in Imin 12 2-ssec. In the Air Force Handicap, to be run next week over six furlongs, Doria has to concede Don’t Forget, who lias now won three times out of four starts, 141 b. Nor Bred To Stay. A northern writer says he docs not like Yogi’s chance in the New Zealand Cup because this four-year-old Beau Pere gelding is a big one, “ and many big horses fail at two miles.” Some do and some do not, and simply because Yogi happens to be a big horse, that should not be sufficient to condemn Ifis chance. Hig dam, Prestige, is by Limond from Homage, by Absurd from that good imported mare Eulogy, by Cicero. This family has been more noted in the Dominion for speed than stamina in the past 20 years, and it is more probable on that score thaq on his size that Yogi may not sec out two miles. N.Z. Cup Horses in Churchill Handicap. Eight of the 14 horses handicapped in tho Churchill Handicap are New Zealand Cup candidates. With the exception of tho Wellington and Walkin Handicaps and Harcouvt Stakes, all run over nine furlongs, at the Wellington meeting this month, the Churchill Handicap, one mile and two and a-half furlongs, will he the longest race run in the South Island before the New Zealand Cup. Mr W. P. Russell has framed both of the handicaps under notice, and the following is the comparison :

On the above comparison The Raker should ho the best of the cup candidates, hut Petersham, Peony Rose, and Straightdel are others that ho will have to contend with.

Churchill. N.Z. Cup. Diff, Capricious .. 9.0 7.9 +■ 191b Passafovm .. 8.11 7.8 + 171b Sparkle ... . .. 8.10 7.7 + 17! b Winning Rival 8.9 7.7 + 161b Swordstick .. 8.7 7.5 + 16!b Settlement .. 7.11 7.0 + 111b The Raker .. 7.10 7.0 + 101 b Glcnora Boy . .. 7.9 7.0 + 91b