RACING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 710, 9 July 1929, Page 15

RACING

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WAIMATE HUNT FIXTURE

HANDICAPS DECLARED Press Association TIMARU, Monday. | The following handicaps have been declared by Mr. J. E. Henry a for the Valinate Hunt meeting on Julv 2:— I Blue Cliffs Hunters’ Steeplechase, of £6O; «1 miles. —Greenstone, 11.2; Beauty \ Lisht. 10.9; Royal Land. 0.13; Silver Light, j».13; Soldier's. Bream, 9.12 ; Te Maui, 9.11; Valves, 9.17; Exide 9.11; Lord Leslie 98; Royal Despatch. 9.8: Diamond Jack, i chief Justice. 9.7; Symons, 9.7; Mu f>osa, 9.7; Te Ilaunui, 9.7; Krasnoi, 93. | Studhofme Hurdles, of £100; 13 fur-’ longs* —Dance r, 11.6; Projector, 10.13; rarinthia. 10.8; Lleaborg, 10.6; Pari 4 * f, 12: Beauty Light, 9.11; Membo, 9.7; doldtown, 9.2; Royal Land, 9.2; Blue peter 9.0; Shut Eye, 9.0; Clarenson, 9.0. Waimate Steeplechase, of £130; 2*. mile^. — Fabriano, 10.11; Mainspring, 10.1; Oriflamb, 0.12; Handy, 9.11; Scion, 9.0; Kadiar, 9.0: Terehu. 9.0; Taramoa, 9.0. Waihao Hack, of £73; 6 furlongs.— Membo, 10.9; Miss Marco, 9.13; Martian ‘Spear, 9.4; Broadfield, 9.3; Elboa. 9.3; (jaybird, 9.3: Coniform gelding, 9.3; Blue Kay. 9.°: El Nido 9.0; Frasquita, 9.0; Tops Up, 9 0 Mount Boa, 9.0; Lady Twist, 9 0. Hunt Cup Steeplechase, of £75; 2i •nilest. —Handy, 11.9; Greenstone, 10.13; Viehtraid. 10.10; Silver Light, 9.10; Soldier's Dream, 9.9; Te Maui, 9.5; Valves, os- Mataipuke, 9.6; Royal Despatch. 9.5; chief Justice, 9.4; Te Ilaunui, 9.4; Krasnoi. 9-0. Hunters’ Plate, of £63; \\ miles.—Tin- ! tor**tto 11.13: Mime, 11.8; Beauty Light, ! Ul; Exide, 10.13; Royal Land. 10.13; Avrburn, 10.12; Shut Eye. 10.9; Whiffler. 10. S; Harrington, 10.8; Clarenson, 10.7; Peter- ; Mount Boa. 10.7; Hidden Mystery, 10.7. Morven Handicap, of £75; 7 furlongs. —Royal Tractor, 10.2; First Raid, 10.4; Wayward, 9.13; Waterlow. 9.13; Ronaki, Marti* 9.8: Miss Marco, 9.0. RACING FIXTURES JULY 10, 11. 13—Wellington R.C. 25—Waimate Hunt. 25, 27 —Gisborne R.C. 27—South Canterbury Hunt. AUGUST S—Christchurch Hunt j— Poverty Bay Hunt 13, 15, 17—Canterbury J.C. •_V—Pakurariga Hunt (at Eilfcrslie). :t—Hawke’s* Elay Hunt : - B—Dannevlrke R.C. 23—Dannevirke Hunt ;'l—Taranaki Hunt 4, 6 —Marton J.C. Otago Hunt 12, 14 —Wanganui J.C. 21—Ashburton R.C. 21—Napier Park R.C. 21, 23—Avondale J.C. 26, 27—Geraldine R.C. 2S—Hawke's Bay J.C. OCTOBER 2—Manawatu Hunt Kurow J.C. 5, 7—Auckland R.C. 10, 12—Dunedin J.C. 19—Maaterton R.C. 2*. 26—Poverty Bay J.C. 26, 28—Wellington R.C. 26, 2S—Waikato R.C. Film Star and the Ponies Among the spectators at the opening of London’s newest racecourse, Xortholt Park, where racing was held under Pony Turf Club rules in May, was Miss Pola Negri, the film star. She led the first winner, Empress, to the unsaddling enclosure, and then had to submit to the attentions of a battery of cameramen. In an interview Miss Negri, who was accompanied by the well-known racehorse owner, 3trs. Brownlee, said: “This is my first experience of racing in England, but I like it so much that I have made up my mind to buy some ponies and horses and race them myself. I have owned racehorses in the States, and now that I have seen for myself how racing Is carried on in England I am terribly anxious to see my colours sported over here.” Back to Hawera Mr. C. Corner, a former resident of Hawera. is a visitor at present to his home town from Victoria, states the Hawera “Star.” Mr. Corner, who raced horses here some time ago, notably Fleeting and Passin’ Through—being the first to put Passin’ Through over the obstacles, where he afterwards proved such a success—at present holds a responsible position as stipendiary steward for the Western Districts Racing Association, which controls a large area of country racing and is itself under the jurisdiction of the V.R.C. The association has its headquarters at Warranambool. which holds eight days’ racing during the year, giving £I,OOO for its chief flat race event, also a steeplechase with a £ 1.000 stake. Mr. Comer’s duties entail a Rood amount of travelling, attending about 81 days’ racing during the year. After renewing acquaintance with old friends Mr. Gorner returns to his duties early in August. Racing Greys Though Mr. Jinks is not exactly a *rey, he is getting on that way, and it is possible that, like The Tetrarch. his coat will become lighter as he grows older. Anyhow, this is the expected Process with the greys, which usually end in becoming flea-bitten whites. Tagalie, the second of this colour to win the Derby—in 1912 —was a dark brown when foaled, and had not become a true grev until she was a three-year-old. Her dam, Tagale, was of the same colour, for at least one of the parents must be a grey to throw greys. To make certain of breeding greys, sire and dam must both be of that colour. The only other grey to win the Derby Previously, I believe. was Mr. Hunter’s G.uatavus in 1821. Roi Herode. the son of Le Samaritain, imported from France, was responsible for giving prominence to grey horses in modern times, but the colour came originally either from the Brownlow Turk or Alcock’s grev Arabian, introduced to England in the early part of tbe eighteenth century.