NEWS AND VIEWS

Evening Star, Issue 24285, 28 August 1942, Page 5

NEWS AND VIEWS

It has been decided to fix the class for this year’s New Zealand Trotting Cup at 4.27 and make horses assessed at 4.28 and 4.29 eligible. The stake will be £2,750. It is reported that the Vincent Jockey Club has made an application to the Minister of Internal Affairs to hold its one-day fixture on January 9 on the Wingatui course.

Away back in 1865 a .roan horse named Captain McGowan trotted 20 miles in the United States in 58min 25sce. That record stood until March last, when Black Rod reduced it to 58min 21sec.

The order of running on the card for the Dunedin Spring Meeting has been changed. The principal race, the Ranfurly Handicap, will be fourth, - and the Telegraph Handicap seventh on the card.

Last Tuesday Bronze Eagle and Burt Scott finished strongly over a good work-out over a mile and a-half in 3min 19 3-ssec. Both horses should strip well for their engagements to-morrow. The Otago Hunt has received excellent acceptances for its annual race meeting to be held on Saturday week, and the most pleasing features are the good fields promised for the two jumping events. Golden Glow, who has 9.11 in the Otago Hunt Cup Steeplechase, gave a good exhibition in a schooling effort over the big fences at Riccarton yesterday morning. He finished fourth in each of bis three starts at Riccarton this month. Valantua was to have been an acceptor for the Hunt meeting next week, but unfortunately struck himself during a gallop yesterday morning. His presence in the Hunt Cup Steeplechase would have added interest to the contest.

The locally-trained two-year-olds engaged in this season’s McLean Stakes are: —Mr A. J. Brown’s br f by Kincardine from Barcarolle, Mr D. J. McDonald’s ch g by Irish Lancer from Half Note, Mr W. D. McLeod’s b g by Kincardine from Pirima, Mr J. M. Samson’s b c by Phaleron Bay from Helen, ami Mr D. P. 'Wilson’s b g by Ringmaster from Kerbside.

According to reports from Takanini, Representative has done well through the winter. Luck did net favour Representative in the autumn, otherwise he might have possessed an even better two-3 - ear-old record. His admirers are sanguine that he will reach a high standard this season. He will be one of the, fancied candidates in the Wanganui Guineas. No fewer than 19 different sires are represented by the 32 two-year-olds engaged in the McLean Stakes to be run at the spring meeting at Wingatui. They are: Bulandshar 4, Theio and Man’s Pal each 3, Kincardine, Wild Chase, Phaleron Bay, Irish Lancer, Siegfried and Foxbridge each 2, and Inflation, Lord Quex, Tiderace, Gyneriuro, Straightcourse, St. Boswells, ColoneJ Cygnus, Grey Honour, Salmagundi, and Ringmaster one each. For generosity, the action of the owner, trainer, and rider of Shut Out, after that colt won the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park (New York) recently, would be hard to heat. Mrs Pavne Whitney gave £6,770 (half of first money) to the funds being raised at New York tracks forwar relief organisations, while trainer Gaver eon-

tnbuted £676 (50 per cent, of his 10 per cent, fee), and jockey Arcarc £436 (half of liis 10 per cent., after deduction of expenses). Later Shut Out won another big throe-year-old race, the Arlington Classic, of the total value of about £26,700. That probably gave the war fund another big contribution.

The Mount Eden Handicap at Ihe Auckland Trotting Club's meeting to-morrow will have to bo run in divisions, as follows First division: Bonny Find, Carnival Queen, Escobar, Gay Spark, Gwen Grattan, Mihini Tore, Night Patrol, Numba, Peter Abbey, Pinocchio, Rey Dillon, Seventhirty, Sumaiia, limit ; Glen Travis 12yds. Second division: Dirigible, Gallant Navy, Gold Machine, Guiding Light, Hilda Potts, Master Lawn, Miss Lola, Modern Jewel, Parrish Boy, Peter Pointer, Ringstone, Shining Link, Tantarcva, limit. Starting times are: 11.50, Introductory Handicap; 12.20, Mount Eden Handicap; 1.5, Grey Lynn Handicap; 1.50, August Handicap; 2.35, Orakci Handicap; 3.20, Royal Oak Handicap; 4.5, Massey Memorial Handicap; 4.50, Takanini Handicap.

The attitude of the New Zealand Trotting Association in not approving of the Gore Racing Club’s spring meeting programme because it did not provide for two trotting events was referred to at the annual meeting of the Gore Trotting Club. It was stated that this attitude had resulted in the Racing Club deciding to prepare a programme of galloping events only and that the trotting owners and trainers were being penalised because of this. A decision was made to communicate with the association supporting a letter already forwarded by trotting trainers requesting that (he association reconsider its decision and approve of the programme including one (rotting event.