TRACK & STABLE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20108, 30 November 1939, Page 9

TRACK & STABLE

DEATH OF MANNA BROKE BLOOD VESSEL WIGGINS INCREASES LEAD JOCKEYS’ PREMIERSHIP By “Trenton” : The 1925 English Derby winner, ; Manna, died on Oc'ober 12 at. New- : market, after breaking a blood vessel. ; Manna is represented in the Dominion by Revelation and Man's Pal, the former being owned by Messrs. F. ,1. Savage and Sons at Waimana, near Opotiki. The only other son of Manna in the southern hemisphere is Manitoba, who is owned in Australia. Manna also won the Two Thousand Guineas the year he won the Derby. His Derby win, which was scored in runaway fashion, gave Steve Donogluie his fourth win in the race in five years. Donoghuc described him as “probably the best Derby winner I rode." Donoghue got his Derby “hattrick" in 1921, 1922, and 1923, on Humorist, Captain Cuttle and Papyrus. Leading Jockeys After the racing at Auckland on Monday, H. N. Wiggins increased his lead in the jockeys’ premiership and now has 24 winning mounts this season. He is followed by P. Atkins with 19. W. J. Broughton 14, W. J. Mudford 12. O. Evans 11. and A. Jenkins 11. Orelio’s Absence It was intended to start Orelio in the Pupuke Plate at Ellerslie on Monday, but he struck himself while sprinting with Arvakur in the morning, and this necessitated his withdrawal. Orelio, who was allowed to forgo his engagement in the Takapuna ; Plate on Saturday in favour of his stablemate Anion, .promised to start a short-priced favourite after his good second to Beaulivre in the Great Northern Guineas, and his attractive work in the meantime. Orelio’s trouble is not regarded as serious, and he is expected to be fit to compete at the summer carnival at Ellerslie. Ineligible for Stud Rook Geebung, winner of the Epsom and of the Final Handicap at the Melbourne Cup meeting, was debarred from starting in the 1937 Derbies on the ground that he was ineligible for the Stud Book. Had this bar 'been in operation earlier, Wallace (Carbine s greatest Australian son) would not have won the Victoria Derby. Wallace was a magnificent stayer, and won the Sydney Cup as a t’nree-year-old with 8.13. Among his stock were such 'stars as Trafalgar, Emir, Patrobas. Mountain King and Lady Wallace, but he failed to establish a sire line, and it is only mares with Wallace blood that' keep his-memory green. The blot on his pedigree came through his dam. Melodious, who descended from the Barb. Winning Owners As a result of the winning and placed performances of Birthday Boy, Gamos and Queen City, the Hon. E. R. Davis and Mr. O. Nicholson headed the list of winning owners at the Auckland Racing Club’s mid-spring meeting .with a total of £7lO. Next was Mr. P. A. Swney with £4BO, credited to him by the success of Golden Sheila in the Alison Cup and the third ol‘ Foxtoon in tire Pupuke Plate. Other good winners were Messrs. H. T. Bowmar and G. A. Dodd, £370; Mr. W. J. McLean, £270; Mr. T. Impey, £250; Mr. J. 11. Greenhead. £250; Mr. C. J. Sexton, £250; Mr. C. W. Jackson, £250; Mr. A. H. Paul. £200; Mr. N. R. Souter, £200; Mr. J. Cavanagh, £2OO Mr. M. L. Dillon, £200; Mr. N. Cunningham, £200; Messrs. F. J. and W. P. Carr, £200: Mrs. R. T. Reid. £175. and Mr. W. Scholium, £175. Astounding Success Central figure in an astounding run of success, leading Sydney jockey, led McMcnamin, rode four winners in five attempts at Randwick a fortnight ago. McMenamin has ridden 14 winners in 19 mounts since he returned from Melbourne eight days previous—and he has carried himself a step closer to the fulfilment of his life's ambition. “I have made up my mind that 1 will ride 100 winners in the metropolitan and provincial areas this season. I will then be the first jockey in Sydney turf history who has achieved that feat after having ridden over jumps,” said McMenamin. Two years ago, McMenamin finished second in the jockeys’ premiership with 91 winners. Last year he finished third to McCarten and Lappin with 84 winners and three dead-heats. And in each case, enforced absences cost him from three to six months’ riding. , McMenamin’s tally before the Randwick meeting was 33 wins, with over eight months to go. Early this year McMenamin was a sick man, and had to take a fairly long holiday, but he declares that he has never been fitter than at present, and he anticipates no recurrence of his trouble to prevent his topping the century this season.

“I keep in condition by doing as much riding and walking as possible. I don’t follow the paths of other jockeys and play golf or do a lot of swimming. I find that I do not need that sort of exercise,” explains McMenamin.