THE TURF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 30 November 1927, Page 2

THE TURF

RACING FIXTURES Nov. 30, Dec. I—Feilding1—Feilding J.C. Dec. 2, 3—South Canterbury J.C. Dec. 7. B~Woodville J.C. Dec. 10, 12—Taumarunui R.C. Dec. 17—Oamaru J.C. Dec. 17—Waipa R.C. Dec. 26, 27—Dunedin J.C. Dec. 26—Waipukurau J.C. Dec. 26, 27—Westland R.C. Dec. 26, 27—Taranaki J.C. Dec. 26, 27, 29— Manawatu R.C. Dec. 26, 28, Jan. 2 3—Auckland R.C Dec. 30, 31, Jan 2—Greymouth J.C. Dec. 31, Jan. 2—Hawke's Bay J.C. Dec. 31, Jan. 2—VVairarapa R.C. Jan. 2—Waikouaiti R.C. Jan. 2—Wyndham R.C. Jan. 2, 3—Stratford R.C. Jan. 2, 3 —Marton J.C. WOODVILLE RACES. ACCEPTANCES DUE FRIDAY. Horse owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances for all first day’s events ot the Woodville District Jockey Club’s meeting, including the Trial Plate, close with the secretary, Mr. W. A. Lyon, on Friday, December 2, at 9 p.m. WARWICK FARM RACES. Sydney, Nov 29. At the Warwick Farm races the Macquarie Handicap resulted:—Penman (8.2) 1, Goldbeater (7.10) 2, Frances Cyllene (7.13) 3. Tiiirteeii started. Won by a length. Time. 1.41 J. REILLY'S FATAL FALL. Auckland, Nov. 29. The judicial committee of the Takapuna Jockey Club hel' an inquiry to-dav into the acciden during the running of the Rakino Handicap yesterday, which resulted in the death of Jockey R. H. Reilly All the riders, with the exception of the apprentice, Bryce the rider of Look Out, together with Mr. J N. Heslop, steward of the club, Mr. S. E. Langstone, ambulance officer, and a press photographer, who happened to be near the scene of the accident, | gave evidence. The judicial committee passed a unanimous opinion that the happening was entirely of ' an accidental nature, no blame being attachable to any rider in the race. DIVOTS. (Dug by “The Delver.”) Owners and trainers have several : things to note for Friday next. viz. ; First day acceptances for Woodville, I general entries for the A.R.C. SumI. mer Meeting, with forfeits for Royal I Stakes and Great Northern Foal Stakes and Derby; nominations for the Manawatu Summer Meeting, with forfeits for the Palmerston North Stakes; entries for the Wnipa Annual Meeting at Te Awamutu on December 17. Mr J. D. Donovan, of Hastings, has been appointed starter to the Wairoa Racing Club, which will hold its annual fixture on January 17 ano 19. Roy Reed, while riding Prodice in the Cambria Handicap on Saturday, was struck in the eye by a Hying bit of earth, and had to receive medical attention. He was not able to ride again during the day. nor does his name appear among the riders in the first five events on Monday as reported in Auckland exchanges. At the start of the I’onui Handicap on Saturday. Nassock’s rider. H Wiggins, sustained facial injuries when he was caught in the tapes. The mischief did not prevent the liopular light-weight from fulfilling his later engagements at the meeting. • * • Paganelli was spoken of as an unlikely starter at Takapuna, but the prophets were badly mistaken, nor did the rumours of his injuries keep the public from making him favourite when Monday. Last winter’s Great Northern Hurdles winner. Wedding March, is liow back in the stable of his owner, Mr R. Hannon, and showed he was in good nick for coming jumping events by winning the High-weight Handicap at Takapuna on Monday, * » # J. T. Jamieson, whose stable had been out of luck this season, struck a good patch at Takapuna on .Saturday, leading in three winners in The Immigrant,- Ti Tree, and In the Shade, and placed horses in High Finance, Bold Front. Potodawn, and Eden Hall. * * * Included in the Dunedin nominations are the names of Footfall and Paperchase, who are nominated for events at the A.R.C. Meeting, held nt the same time. » « • Prodice had the luck altogether against her at Takapuna on Saturday. She drew a far-out marble and then, owing to the injury to his eve mentioned above, the rider. Roy Reed, was unable to give her much assistance in her finishing effort. On Saturday, under more favourable conditions, she won nicely. Madam Rose, dam of Katarena. winner of the Cambria Handicap at Takapuna on Saturday, cullies of a very old-1 ashioned Auckland line of blood. She is bv Extractor—‘Alba Rose. I.v SeiUn Ih-lariil Vieux Ruse (who won a good few races for

Mrs Sarah Lennard), by Hippocampus—Jßosarina, by® Traducer —Yatterina, the ancestress of innumerable winners, # 4 * By reeling off six furlongs on Saturday in the fast time of Imin 15 4-ssec, Money Order showed himself up in a very favourable light. The big upstanding son of Paper Money is gradually reaching his best form, and if he has conditions to suit him at Timaru this week, he will take a lot of beating, notwithstanding the fact that he will carry a heavy impost. « * n When the Wingatui trainer. C. Christie, was on a visit to the North Island recently, to arrange for t«e return home of the steeplechaser Cartoon, who hns been convalescing from his acciendt last winter, he was anxious to purchase Beaumont, to convert him to jumuiiN- The price put upon the Boniioriii gelding was, however, too big to be entertained. • * • The English-bred Hoylake was very unlucky at ■ the Cup Meeting at Riccarton, but he may atone for his past failures in the near future, says a Christchurch writer. He is engaged at Timaru this week, and will make his presence felt at the southern meeting. Soon after the Cambria Handicap field was despatched at Takapuna on Saturday, several green horses bunched, and as a result of the scrimmage The Begum unshipped her rider, AV. H. Jones, who was uninjured The subsequent inquiry shewed the occurrence to have been accidental. • • • When the field had' gone half a furlong in the Takapuna Plate contest there wns some interference. t>v which several horses lost ground, among them being the well-backed filly Ti Tree. An inquiry was opened and adjourned until Monday, but so far the outcome of it does not seem to have reaehwl here vet. Whaka King was drawn very widely out in the first division of the Melrose Maiden Stakes at the Takapuna meeting on Saturday, but he hopped out smartly and was soon in front. However, the effort at the start apparently took too much out of him, for when it came to racing in the straight he had to go under to The Immigrant and Saucy Lass. On Monday with better hick in the draw lor places tho King Lupin gelding just managed to scramble home in front.

In the Shade scored his first win this season, when lie captured the Borough Handicap at Takapuna last Saturday. The Australian-bred gelding, who raced vei'y consistently as a three-year-old. had filled second place in his last three starts previous to his victory on Saturday. He is a fairly good sort, and should be capable of winning further stake money during the present season.

One down-the-line punter lias “sworn off’’ accepting money for investment on the totahsator for stay-at-home punters, says the “Taranaki News.'’ He forgot a commission to invest a small sum on a prad which rolled home and paid only a few pounds under the century, but he paid up “liko a toff.’’ Afterwards it leaked out that he paid out of his own pocket. The stay-at-home punter was certainly lucky.

The rough riding on the part of some jockeys in the Takapuna Plate, says the Auckland “Sun,’’ might easily have caused a serious accident. There was a bad mix-up before the field of 20 had gone more than a hundred yards, and quite a, few horses were kept on their feet more by good luck than good management. On the same subject the Welling ton writer “Vedette.’’ who was an onlooker, has the following: “Some serious interference in the first furIon" of the Takapuna Plate was the subject of an inquiry, which will be concluded to-day. Ti Tree was the chief sufferer, and so much ground did she lose that T. Green stated after the race that he was on the point of not persevering. Second thoughts caused him to send the fillv along just to see if she could do the impossible. At the top of the short straight she was still hopelessly nlaced, but she finished with a wonderful hurst, which took her up to the outsider Macroom.’’

Of Ti Tree’s performance another writes enthusiasticall- as follows; “T ; Tree put in one of the most remarkable runs ever seen on a racecourse when she got up to dead heat with Macroom in the Takapuna Plate. Half a mile from home she was standing the leading division quite 50 yds start, and she then flew. The filly had to go round the field on the home turn and met with another check, but, as game as they are made, she came again. She was a certainty beaten, Ti Tree was badly interfered with soon after the start, and nn this showing she is a good deal better than many horses running in open company.’’ ■ The Tea Tray filly, to some extent at any rate, justified this judgment by the way she won the seven-furlong open event on Monday.

Horses from Waikato stable had a great day out at Takapuna on Saturday, accounting among . them for stakes totalling £1975. Phaola. trained nt Te Awamutu. secured the Alison Cup. and Nancy Lee. from Te Arolia, the big spirit event. Orcliua lTi‘ Rann). Red Comet (M.'itaimita), were winners of minor races. Katarena (Cnmbridge'i took the two-vear-old event, and Macroom (To Rapa) Jo-id-honfed for first in the Takapuna Plate.

According to an Auckland exchange one of the most decisive wins at Takapuna on Saturday was that of Orchus in the second division of the Maiden. The Quin Abbey horse led from the last three furlongs and then left the field standing. It was an impressive effort, and suggests that Orchus will win races in much better company. He was not a started on Monday. * « • Llandudno and Valkon, the favourites in the Alison Cup on Saturday, ■rwere bothered by the distance, for they petered out over the last furlong. The former, as stated on the eve of the meeting, had been reported as not having done too well since his arrival so that his feailure may be overlooked to a great extent. Valkon battled it out up to the bottom ol the straight, and then he too compounded, finally finishing just outside of a place. He lost no friends by his showing, nor did Llandudno and their next outing may see both horses in a more favourable light.—Auckland “Sun.’’ • n • The Te Awamutu stable presided over by that astute mentor, F. E. Loomb, says the same exchange, usually has a pretty large following, and generally manage to collect a dividend or two on race days. On Saturday, however, they were m a quandary, for Desert Glow and Phaola were both saddled up for the Alison Cup by Loomb. Which to bet on was the question. Finally Desert Glow carried £640 and Phaola £599, so the stable followers may have distributed their bets be'tween the pair. Desert Glow has been expected many tigies of late, and .although he had every chance on Saturday, it was not his day. Nevertheless the Day Comet gelding went well enough to encourage liis supporters to chase their money. The. result of Saturday’s big race was another argument on the side of those who contend that horses from the same stable should be bracketed, as is done in trotting.

Though Childsplay has so far outclassed her two-year-old opponents this season, the flying daughter ol Autumnus will not have matters all her own way in the Great Northern Foal Stakes at Ellerslie next month. In the Ellerslie classic race Childsplay will probably measure strides with, the Leighton youngster, Ridgemount, who was successful at Randwick at the recent A.J.C. spring car nival. According to a northern report, J. Barry, who rode Ridgemounl to victory in Sydney, is reported to have said that Ridgemount will beat Childsplay when the meet. However, notwithstanding the fact that Ridgemount is a two-year-old above the ordinary, he will have his work cut out to defeat Childsplay, who has proved herself the speediest filly seen out in the Dominion for many a long day.—“ Mascot” in Christchurch “Sun.”

The South Island steeplechaser Cartoon, who broke down badly at Trentham in July, returned south recently. He must have made a 1 good recovery,as there is some intention of racing him over hurdles at southern holiday meetings.

It appears that The Immigrant, a winner at Takapuna, has always been a source of trouble. Three times he has been brought right, only to be turned out again, and in consequence he has done practically no racing. The win on Saturday, therefore, is especially pleasing. The Immigrant was taken to Australia with Le Choucas on Jamieson’s last trip, but little could be done with him there. If the imported horse could stand training there is little doubt that he would turn out much above the average, but unfortunately it seems too much to hope for.

So far Booster has done " all his racing over short courses, his longest effort being his win at seven lurlongs in the Members’ Handicap at Riccarton. He is now to be tried over a distance, as his engagements at the Dunedin meeting include the Otago Handicap, one mile and a quarter.

Degage is at steady work again at Trentham and she looks well after her holiday. Her two-year-old halfbrother by Lackham is also in commission again. It is doubtful if any horse in Trentham has improved more during the last few months. He is. the ideal cut of a racehorse and, if looks go for anything, he will make a name for himself.

’ The Lucullus—Hellanois filly Helotis has been showing a lot of pace on the tracks at Otaki, and she was backed as a certainty by the sports from that village when she stepped out in a six furlong race at Levin. Helotis showed that there was no myth about the speed stories, but just when she was about to take charge at the bottom of the straight she ran out very wide and lost all chance. If she can repeat the run and keep on the course those ivho stick to her will get their money back.

George Young confessed to a Sydney scribe that he does not think lie will ever return to his old form.

Book Law, the crack English three-year-old filly, has won six races this season and stakes totalling £31,505, of which £27,745 represents the season’s “innings.”

The biggest buyer of yearlings in the Old Country is undoubtedly The Aga Khan ,but recently his luck has not been good. Two youngsters which cost him 22,500 guineas only won £167 between them in their first year’s racing, 18 starts in all.

Bobby Lewis, the veteran horseman who rode the recent Melbourne Cup winner, has ridden in 5631 races, of which he has won 894, and to this may be added eight dead-hents for first place. Minor placings include 702 {seconds -and 638 thirds, both inclusive of dead-heats. .Another wellknown Australian rider. Al. Connell, scored over 1000 wins, and it would he interesting tn find out how many wins were credited to “Bob’’ Derrett, ‘ Bm” Decley. Hector Gray and other leading New Zealand horsemen.

We were told by cable a day or two back, that the English jockey Gordon Richards, who has come so rapidly to the forefront, rode 161 winners during the Hat-racing season that has just endefl, next to him being C. Elliott with 76 successes. When our last English mail left about the middle of October Richards had had 593 rides for 132 wins, thus showing a percentage of 22.25. The next best percentage was that of J. Childs, who had got 44 of his 260 mounts home first, this working out at 16.92. Next to Richards the rider with most starts was F. Fox with 583, but of these he managed to win with only 63, thus showing a percentage of only 10.80. S. Donoghue, for so long the public idol, had had 385 races for 47 wins, a percentage of 12.20.

‘'Following” any of the dozen most successful riders, other than Richards. up to the time mentioned would have been poor business. A pound invested on each of Richards’ mounts at starting price would have resulted in a profit of £52 8/-. Adopting a similar plan with any of the others would have incurred a loss varying from £39 with C. F’liott to £23-1 6/. with F. Fox. On Drmoirbne the debit would have heen £124 15/-. • • • In yesterday's trottine notes Mr Harry Hitchcock was mentioned as a recruit to the ranks of owners, and as having a twd-year-old in preparation. We are requested to mention that this youngster is held in partnership by Messrs Hitchcock and Crawford.