Surf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 101, 20 July 1927, Page 6

Surf Notes

“EARLY BIRD”

To Race To-morrow If Fairy Herald starts in the Morven Handicap at the Waimate Hunt meeting to-morrow he will be in popular demand. Dual Engagement Fairy Tidings, who spreadeagled the High-Weight field at Trentham last Thursday, is engaged in both the Waihao and Morven Handicap at Waimate tomorrow. The former event should suit her better. Fair Hurdler Although Captain Sarto failed to gain a situation in the rich company of hurdlers he was up against at Trentham last week, he ran well enough to suggest that he will extend the comparatively weak field opposed to him at Waimate to-morrow In the Studholme Hurdles. Useful 'Chaser There is nothing to enthuse over in the quality of the ten horses remaining in the Waimate Hunt Cup to-morrow. Nightraid is a fair sort over country, however, and may be the elect of backers. Related to Bobrikoff Kipling, the half-brother to that great horse Bobrikoff, is a good ’chaser. He is engaged in the Waimate Steeplechase, and he will be lip against at least one good one in Maungamoa. Then there are Vice Grand and Radiac, with the veteran Mettle Drift to complete the field. The two topweights promise to be well backed, while Radiac (by Absurd) is spoken of as a coming ’chaser. In Form Shandre’s form at the recent Ashburton meeting was very promising, the Nassau gelding running a first and a second. He claims two engagements at Waimate to-morrow, and the Waihao Hack should see him having an interesting duel with Fairy Tidings. Parody for the Stud Mr. Percy Miller has privately purchased Parody, which is to be sent to his Kia Ora stud at Scone. The price Is not stated, said a cable from Sydney yecterday. It was reported a month previously that the price offered for the daughter of Absurd and Mimiquo was 200gns. Good Sport at a Loss “While the club’s race meetings have again been very successful from tho point of view of the sport, we regret that the balance-sheet shows a loss of £BIO 10s lid on the year’s working. The decrease of £19,335 on the totalisator investments and £320 in gate receipts are the main reasons for the loss, these two items representing a decrease in net revenue to tho club of upward of £1,750 as compared with tho previous year. The total taxation paid to the Government for the four days’ racing amounted to £6,181 4s 2d.”—Extract from the annual report of the Egmont Racing Club. Ringing-In Rumours The air if still thick with rumour concerning allegations of ringing-in or coiftjplU ity in illegal traffic in trotters, says i Tiraaru writer. A disqualified person and a well-known trainer are the chief parties mentioned, but it is quite certain the strong documentary evidence would be required by the authorities before any statements made by the former would be accepted as evidence against the trainer. A racecourse detective was in Timaru not long ago prosecuting inquiries into the ownership of a horse fairly well known at Washdyke and Wlngatui. It is understood that a disqualified person is suspected of being interested in the horse referred to. Out for Long Time Tli© Norge has been turned out and will not be recommissioned for some time. Back To Work Arihana, who showed promise when raced at the Takapuna summer meeting, has been enjoying a spell on Brown’s Island for some time. However, his days of idleness are now over, for he is to be brought to Ellerslie this week and will go into F. Gilchrist’s stable. Might Yet Come Back Automne has never looked better, and at Kllerslie yesterday morning he galloped well over three furlongs on the sand track. Knew the “Ring-in” The activities of the stewards over happenings at recent pony meetings at Pokolbin and Ellalong recall a story of a supposed “ring-in” which was not detected at a meeting in the north A Sydney jockey paid a visit to the meeting to ride a horse in a minor race. The connections fancied their representative, but asked the jockey to have a look at another competitor in the same event. The rider did, and was almost sure that it was a good galloper that had been disqualified in I Sydney. To make certain, he had a look at the men conn acted with the animal, and recognised one of them “Well, can we beat him?” asked the trainer of the horse he was to ride. “Not a chance,” replied the jockey. •PuH up our own, and back theirs.” •I bey did, and the “ring-in” won easily.

Wootton’s Stable in Form Latest files from England show where Stanley Wootton led in seven winners in as many days. At Brighton on May 26 he won the Ditchling Selling Plate, with Clarona, and the following day scored a double at Lingfield with Daring Boy and Dakota. The latter is owned by Wootton and won the Cosmopolitan Cup, worth £835, and run at 2\ miles. Next day Wootton scored with another of his own horses Author, in the Godstone Two-year-old Selling Plate, in which a colt by Strat ford from Somabula finished third. The Somabula colt was subsequently sold for 185 guineas, and as he was booked to Mr. R. Brendon, it is not improbable that we shall see him in Australia. Mr Brendon buys many horses for the Sydney market. Tenace and Saturn, both owned by Wootton, were successful on the first day of the Derby meeting. while on Derby Day he was represented by Thackeray, winner of the Wallington Two-year-old Plate. Sweeps in Betting At the time the last Melbourne Cup was run the fact that three £20,000 consultations upon it were organised, as well as smaller ones, i-aised the question whether money was not thereby diverted from ordinary betting channels. Members of the Australian ring found betting so good that they doubted whether any material sum from small backers had been lost to them, though they <’ find that some owners “backed” horses at small outlay with the luck, people who had drawn them in the consultations The same thing has been noticed in England this year in connection with the Derby. One of the leading turf commissioners said after the race that the volume of betting business had undoubtedly decreased owing to the extent to which large sweepstakes on the race had been organised. Not only had more money been contributed to them, but owners were so confident about getting a large parcel laid to them upon liberal terms from a drawer in the Calcutta or London Stock Exchange sweep that they did not come into the open market. Even in New Zealand not so long ago some racing clubs were declaring that the big art unions were injuring their totalisator returns. Smart Southerner

Prior to being taken to Trentha: last week, Fairy Herald had dor nothing out of the ordinary, but win at the Dunedin meeting a monl before showed that he was a possibi ity for events in the immediate filifcur In the Whyte Memorial Fairy Hera

got left a dozen lengths and then finished in the bunch behind the placed horses, a performance that caused him to bo well backed in the open sprint on the second day at Trentham. As at his previous start the southerner gave a lot of trouble at the post, and although ho got away well he never got near enough to the front to be dangerous. On Saturday he did much better, probably having become used to the Trenham track, and after being nicely placed in the early stages of the Winter Oats, he finally shot out from the leading division and romped home in much the same easy fashion as Nukumai when he won his three races. Fairy Herald is pretty smart, and with an even dispatch will do well in any company. Unfortunately he was not accorded a nomination for the Winter Cup. Fairy Herald is an aged gelding by Clarenceaux from Fairy Benzie, and is trained by F. and A. Trilford at Timaru.