THE TURF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 16 November 1927, Page 2

THE TURF

RACING FIXTURES

Nov. 16, 17—Winton J.C. Nov. 19—Levin R.C. Nov. 23—Ashhurst-Pohangma R.C - . Nov. 26, 28—Takapuna J.C. Nov. 30, Dec. I—f’eilding J,C. Dec. 2, 3—South Canterbury J.C. Dec. 7, B—Woodville J.C. ASHHU RST-POH ANGINA accepiors. Palmerston North, Nov. 15. Following are the Ashhurst-Pohan-gina acceptances: — Maiden Stakes, 5 furlongs.—Royal Black, Corbel. Bisora, Thurville, Lady Raven. Miss Boniform, Leslial, Shining Star, Broad Acre, Le Champ, Cornhill, Tom Byrne, Abisugne, Hodren, Air Force, Scintillate, Aurora Borealis, Minx, Bello, Radion, Little Queen, Card Trick, Rash, Merry Mixture. Warfille, Hack Hurdle Handicap, 1J mile,— Vexatious 10.8, Revel 10.6. Braeman 9.11. Ratapiko 9.10, Lombardo 9.8, Chrissarto, Panchito 9.7, Maidus, Blue Peter 9.6. Lady Faye Mister Gamp 9.5, • Benmure 9.2, Kilburn, Lady Acre, Wembley 9.0. Pohangina Handicap, 6 furlongs.--Bonogne 9.2, Lipsol 8.9, Lausanne 8.8, Mireusonta 8.3, Arrow Lad 8.2, Huikai 8.0. Epistle 7.13. Standard 7.10, Royal Land 7.9, Deluge 7.6, Starboard Light 7.2, Birkie, Lady Cynthia 7.0.

Siberia. Hack, 6 furlongs.—Vast Acre 9.7, Imitation 9.5, Arch Arrow 8.7, The Raider 8.4, Ijidv Cynthia 8.1, Silver Tray 8.0. Hypnotic 7.13, Mandarine, Miss Pat 7.10. Marsurd 7.9, Expense. Powliiri 7.8, Miss Mercia, Carrigalien, Grey Mist, Mandy 7.7, Royal Elm. Shining Star 7.6, Flying Shot 7.5, Mani 7.3. Tom Bvrne 7.2. Bissnc, Royal Time 7.1, Heather Blend, Hiitehoro. Borsalene. Plane 7.0.

Ashhurst Cup, If mile.—Royal Damon 9.1, Royal Game 8.11, Rowley 8.5, Rouex, Beaumont 8.0, Novar 7.11. Waicullus 7.9. Teri 7.8. Anolo 7.3. Killerh. Kilmiss, Grand National. Moepai 7.0. Komako Hack, 7 furlongs.—lmitation 9.2. Rising Star 9.1, Kalos 8.9. Kilmoyler 8.5, Bent. Tanagra 7.12, Twink, Archon 7.9. Atnreria 7.8. Miss Mercia. Royal Elm 7.6. Lin Arlington 7.4, Maui 7.2. Volplane. Exhibition, Avazone NUht Witch. Volhynia, Golden Egg 7.0. Raumai Handicap, 7 furlongs.— Bonogne 9.6. Queen’s Choice 9.2, Lipsol 9.0, Decoy Bird 8.10. Epistle 8.7, Standard. Royal Land 8.4, Brigadier Billy 8.3, Road Hog 8.2, Horomea 7.13. Starboard Light 7.11. Our Jack March On. Phantasv. Sir Fanciful 7.7.

Manawatu Gorge Hnndican. 1 mile. —Wanderlust 9.7, Cnpitnation 9.5, Essential 8.8, Excess 8.6, Moepai 8.5, Twink 8.4, Archon 8.1, Henna 8.0. Vexatious 7,13, Revel, fnoe 7.11, Gordon Swift 7.9. Jen 7.8, Heather Blend, Calithe, Martona, Lady Acre 7.7, WOODVILLE DISTRICT JOCKEY CLUB. NOMINATION DATE. Horseowners and trainers are reminded that nominations for all events of the Woodville District Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will close with the secretary. Mr. W. A. Lyon, on Friday, November 18 at 9 p.m. RICCARTON RECORDS. There was no outetandlng trainer at the C.J.C. carnival, but the most successful Jockey was A. E. Ellis, who piloted three winners, two of his winning rides being on Limerick. Nine trainers each had the honour of leading in a double, and out of the 32 races decided, only 13 fell to northerners. When the visiting horses arrived at Riccarton prior to the start of the carnival, the northerners appeared a very formidable lot. However, contrary to expectations, only 13 out of 32 races were credited to the North Island, while southerners won most of the important races, including the New Zealand Cup, Welcome Stakes, New Zealand Derby, and Stewards’ Handicap. Winning Trainers. Honours were fairly evenly divide’d by trainers. The following were credited with two wins each:—G. W. New G. J. Pine, H. Nurse, H. and A. Cutts, R J. and P. V. Mason, J. Gage Williams, H. B. Lorigan, E. Scoullar, F. D. Jones, Those with one success were: Miss G. Maher, F. Shaw, F. Tilley, W. H. Dwyer, J. O’Neill, R. Longley, A. McAulay, F. Davis, F. and A. Trilford, F. P. Claridge, R. C Keeper, J. Brown, J. W. Jennings, and J. F. Butler. Successful Riders. A. E. Ellis headed the list of winning horsemen with three wins, and C. Emerson, L. G. Morris, T. Green, A. E. Didharn, T. Tito, B, H. Morris, followed with two each.. J. Kerr, L. A. Pine, A. Murray, W. Brown, J. T. Huinphris, L. J. Ellis, A. McCormac, L, Dunn, T. Metcalf, E Shaw. J. Burry, S. Wilson, H. Wiggins, F. Waddell. A, McDonald, D. Cotton, and E. Eastwood each steered ..one winner.

Winning Sires. The following were at the head of the list of the successful sires :— Limond £2520, Autumnus £1385, Absurd £1255, Greyspear £1225, Paper Money (£965, Solferino £7BO, Potoa £7OO, Quantock £655, Leighton £605, Tea Tray £570, King John £560, Martian £#so, Campfire £455, Paladin £430, Archery £4OO, Chief Ruler £340, Grand Parade £B2O, Kilbroney £320, Markhope £2BO, Clarenceux £270, All Red £265, Tractor £265, Boniform £250, Lord Quex £250, Acre £240, Quin Abbey £235, Rangitero £2lO. DIVOTS. Dug by “The Delever." On Friday next are due Takapuna acceptances and Woodville nominations. The Ricctrton apprentice R. Beale will leave there for the North Island in a few days’ time to do the riding for A. Goodman’s stable. Beale can go to scale at a handy weight, and he should rective any amount of opportunities in the north. • » • Euphonium, who is engaged in the Levin Cup on Saturday, under 8.12, won the race two rears ago carrying 7.13. • » • Mr G. D. Greenwood's Absurd— Cherry Mart two-year-old, Goblin Market, shows a lot of speed in the early part of his races, but does not go on with it. He is a big fellow, and may need plenty of time before he reaches his best. • » • Beaumont was taken to Riccarton for the last day’s racing only. He was looked upon as a good thing and hacked down to a short price for the Cressy Handicap, but the North Islander never flattered the hopes of his admirers at any stage of the seven furlongs race. He was a long way back at the end. though it would be unwise to accept his running during the week-end as up to his best standard. Beaumont is likely to improve at an early date, says a Christchurch writer.

Like Beaumont. Taboo was taken to Riccarton on Friday to have his only race at the meeting on Saturday. He was in the tiring line for the greater part of the jonrne.y. and would have been better for an earlierrace. At the Dunedin Spring Meeting last month Taboo won the Ranfurly Handicap, one mile, from end to end, and two races later repeated the trick in every detail in the Telegraph Handicap over the same idurney. The track was very heavy, and Taboo was not troubled hy it. With the go'ng to his liking the Solferino gelding will win again soon.

Lysander is being kept going in view of the Feilding Stakes. The son of Absurd is making steady improvement, but it is doubtful whether he will be as brilliant over five furlongs as he was last season. Still, he should run a big race.

A hack with a bit of pace seen out at Whangarei who should win a race shortly is Furore, a four-year-old gelding by Depredation, out of Kilwinning. The latter is a mare bred by Sir Geo. Clifford, and among the races she won was the Great Northern Derby. Furore is owned and trained by Mrs M. W. Powell.

• » • The three-year-old Australian-bred Quantock gelding Quantum raced with very bad luck at Riccarton. At his first start he met with serious interference when going well in a handy position, affs Saturday his saddle slipped back in the straight and he had to be pulled up.

There wa s some interference going out of the straight in the Whangarei Handicap qn Saturday. After the race an inquiry was held, and T. Green, rider of Eden Hall, was cautioned for undue use of th© whip.

Te Tahi, who fell at the hurdle near the judge’s box the first time round in the Poroti Hurdles at Whangarei on Saturday and broke a leg. was an aged geldin< by Mountain Knight— Mnngaroa, bred at Te Mahanga, Hawke’s Bay. Hp was owned by Mr L. D Light and trained bv H. W. Morris, hut he was not of any great account.

According to an Auckland writer, trainer G. Laing has a promising hack in Double Mint, and one who only has to improve a little to win a race. Double Mint is a four-vear-old gelding by Catmint out of Double Arch, and the way he shaped at Whangarei suggests a win very shortly.

At a social gathering at Whangarei on Friday evening J. Canimick, who rode Delightment to victory in the Whangarei Cup on Thursday, was presented with a gold watch by the owner, Mr J. J, Tierney. The watch was a very fine one. suitably inscribed. When the presentation was made, a high tribute was paid to the riding of Cammick, who has won eleven races on Mr Tierney’s horse.

Another Christchurch writer says of the same race that it looked as if Comic Song was a good thing beaten, for had he jumped out smartly he would have been a comfortable winner. Booster, however, went a narticularlv good race and must he given every credit. R. Reed was tried on Civility and, although she ran well, she was not diiite good enough. Centrepiece just failed to see out the journey, lf z tliere was another dav at the meeting his turn would come, for he is a big gross horse. Shirley was beaten by th« distance.

In the Members’ Handicap on Saturday, says the Christchurch “Sun," a furlong from home Lausanne looked a certain winner, as lie was coming through on the rails and showing a tremendous burst of speed. However, half a furlong from home Paperchase dropped back beaten, and in doing so collided with the Aus-tralian-bred gelding, which nearly brought him down. Lausanne was extremely unlucky, and should soon get on the winning list.

On the same subject “Sentinel" of the Dunedin “Times" writes as follows : —Though Comic Song has always run on well at the end of a fastrun race, such as the Stewards’ Handicap, on two occasions there seemed to be a doubt about him staying nn an extra furlong. Comic Song should have won handsomely in the Members’ Handicap. He flew through the field over the final furlong after being slow on his legs over the first couple of furlongs and then failed to get an open passage in the run from the distance. For the first time he was noticed running in aluminium shoes, and these may have troubled him until he got fairly going, as some horses cannot act on such a thick foothold at the first time of asking.

In the Sockburn Handicap on the same day. says the same exchange, under his heavy impost of 10.6. Rowley put up a remarkably good performance. and with an even getaway the race would have been a certainty for the North Island horse. As Rowley would be an improved horse by the outing, it is going to take an exceptionally good horse to beat him the next time he faces the barrier over any distance beyond a mile.

A pleasing ceremony took place in the weighing-room at Riccarton on Saturday, prior to the programme being commenced. Mr F. S. Clothier, who has been assistant clerk of the scales for 16 years, but who has to relinquish his position owing to leaving for Wellington on promotion in a business house, was met by the employees engaged in the secretarial Scales departments at the meeting and presented with a leather sditcase. Mr A. H, Noall, clerk of the scales, made the presentation on behalf of the subscribers, and eulogised the long and faithful service rendered by Mr Clothier whose presence would be greatly missed by all concerned at the various race gatherings at Riccarton.

Prior to the race for the New Zea land Derby, Mr J. Porter, owner of Martarma, was requested, on behalf of an Australian buyer, to put a price on his colt However. Martarma's owner immediately informed the would-be buyer that the son of Martian was not for sale. He did not hesitate a moment, says a Christchurch exchange.

In spite of the fact that Martarma has now had half a dozen races without scoring any of the predicted wins, Christchurch turf writers still remain loyal to him. One of them now says: “Like all the Martians, Martarma cannot be expected to reach his best till near the back end of the season, for, besides needing plenty of time, he was a late foal, and of course this is against him. C. Emerson, who rode him in the Stead Gold Cup on Saturday, was mute satisfied with his performance, and it is probable that this horseman will ride him in his future engagements. The race should work a wonderful improvement in him, and he should be'nearing his best by Great Northern Derby day.

’Ansome is as ’ansome does Early in his career, writes “Mascot" in the Christchurch “Sun," Limeriek was far from being good-looking; in fact, when he first made his appearance in Australia as a three-year-old the son of Limond did not appeal favourably to good judges. However, on his return from Australia, after competing in the Melbourne Cup, Limerick gradually filled out, and when he returned to Randwicls in the autumn he impressed Sydney critics with his improved l appearance. He has progressed to such an extent since that time that he is now quite a good-looking horse, and possesses all the qualities that help to make a champion. The strenuous racing he had in Sydney had had little effect upon him. for when he paraded for the Stead Gold Cup on Saturday he looked as fresh and as well as ever.

Tile four-year-old Kilbroney—Snowstell gelding Bronstell was purchased on Saturday by Mr H. A. Rhind. and has entered A. E. Wormaid’s stable at Riccarton. Bronstell ran three good races at the recent meeting, and he should do well in the south for his new owner.

• • • Lady Cintra, who ran second to Ned Kelly in each of the hurdle races at Whangarei last week, running him very close at the finish on the second day, is a six-year-old by Absurd — Cintra. and so is a full sister of Wamba, not unknown in this district. Last season she won a couple of hack fiat races at Auckland provincial meetings.

Although it is common enough to find horses contesting two races in one day. it is not often one is found starting in two races in succession. At Whangarei on Saturday the Lucullus mare Billikins was stepped out in the opening event, the Kauri Handicap of five furlongs. She and Awarere were out in front cutting at each other all the way. but over the last bit Dave came along and touched them both off. Billikins was immediately saddled up again for the next event, the Marsden Hack, and she ran a great race. She was soon out in front, and looked like winning, but over the last bit Te Koroke finished strongly and beat her by less than a length.

“I think we should try to Stet good names for our trotting horses,’’ said a member of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association in urging that an application to name a horse after a certain make of motorcar, be declined. “It's purely an advertising scheme,” he added. “We'll have horses running under all the car brands vet.” Another application asked that a horse be called Coal Tee, “It, i» certainly meant

for Cold Tea,’ 1 remarked the chairman (Mr J, H. Williams), Both applications were declined.

C. Browne, says the Auckland “Star,” does no.t have a great many rides these days, and the one he had on Golden Wedding in the Marsden Hack at Whangarei on Saturday was not the sort he would enjoy. At the barrier the three-year-old daughter of Kenilworth and Werota behaved like an outlaw, and did everything but line up at the tapes. For the best part of a quarter qf an hour Browne had an unenviable job trying to control her, and eventually Mr O’Connor sent the field wav with Golden Wedding giving the others a couple of lengths start. She soon showed she has speed, because in less than two furlongs she had leaded the field and was bowling along out :n front, and it was only over the last half furlong that the hard-ridden Winsome Boy wore Mr Taylor’s filly down. If Golden Wedding would become more settled she would win races.

It was a fitting finsh to a most successful meeting, says the Christchurch “Press” with reference to Saturday’s Fendalton Handicap. Bennanee timed his run a little late, and would have beaten Yoma in another stride. The latter’s effort, however, was full of merit, and bis performances at the meeting stamp him as a solid galloper. Countersign wa s the unfortunate contestant, as she was stopped badly in her first attempt to get through the big field in front of her. but when she got clear she showed a striking turn of speed. Her followers were certainly unlucky not to participate in the big return which she would have made had she been better favoured earlier. Set Sail disappointed, as. after her promising run in the Jockey Club Handicap, it was thought the race would have made her the best of propositions against the opposition offering. Mandane and Front Rank gave creditable displays, but. like those behind them, were outclassed by the place-getters. Of the same race another Christchurch writer says:—“Bennanee was one of the unlucky runners, for in the first five furlongs he was in trouble all the time. He did not get clear until well in the straight, and only the nnstsaved Yoma, for a stride oast Bennanee was in front. He ran a Treat race under the circumstances.”

The Ston.vhurst Handicap on the last day of the C.J.C. meeting is restricted to three-year-olds. For last Saturday’s race there were forty-one nominations for the event, and one trainer said on Saturday, “I thought with such a biT entry there would be too big a field for my filly, so I did'not pay up.” Apparently thirty-six other owners had similar ideas and onlv four contestants went to the nost.

If, as has been said the machine takings at racing and trotting meetings provide an index to the prosperity or otherwise of the locality in which they are held, then things must be most decided’''' looking ”>■ in Canterbury. Notwithstanding the fact that there wer- four races with very small field’ in two of which the result was almost a foregone conclusion, the aggregate investments at the C.J.C. meetin" at Riccarton amounted to £7.111 10’- more than last year. Those at the Metropolitan

Trotting Club’s fixture were even more significant, the excess this year over last being no less than £26,398.

Walter Hickenbotham, who earned enduring renown as the trainer of Carbine and three other Melbourne Cup winners, has taken particular stock of Trivalve and unhesitatingly declares that, except in colour Trivalve is Carbine reincarnated. Being a chestnut, Trivalve inherits his colour from both sides of his pedigree.

James Scobie, trainer of Trivalve, does not risk a very great deal of his own cold money in backing horses under his charge, but he does not hesitate at “playing up’’ his winnings. He is credited with doing this with the £2.000 he won on the A.J.C. Derby, and with having thus increased his winnings to considerably over £15,000 over the Melbourne Cup.