Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 916, 8 March 1930, Page 12

Turf Notes

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Racing at Paeroa The annual race meeting of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club will open at Paeroa next Saturday and will be concluded on the following Monday. Tea Time Sold After the New Zealand gelding, Tea Time, won at Gosfcrd (N.S.W.) recently, he was sold to S. Brennan. Marsham Eased The Riccarton-trained Marsham is on the easy list at present. He wrenched a joint recently, and it is feared that a long spell will be necessary. This is bad luck for F. D. Jones, as the Martian gelding seemed on the way to give a substantial return for the patience of his owner-trainer. Change of Trainers That good sprinter Havering, who was formerly trained at Hawera by his owner, Mr. J. M. Corcoran, has joined W. Mantle’s stable at New Plymouth. He is expected to make his next appearance at the Easter meetings. Aspiring's Engagement Aspiring claims three engagements on the opening day of the Wellington Racing Club’s autumn carnival, but more than likely she will be found contesting the North Island Challenge Stakes. C. Emerson, who piloted the filly in the Middle Park Plate at Riccarton, will steer the three-year-old at Wellington. Veteran 'Chasers Two veterans of the jumping brigade in Kaikaliu and Hyperion have made their reappearance on the Riccarton tracks. The former has been taken up again after a lengthy spell in the paddock by J. B. Pearson, and A. E. Wormald has Hyperion in hand. Unique Record American papers report that Earl Sande is to ride in England next season for one of the leading racing establishments. It is generally admitted that he will be the greatest horseman to go to England from America since “Tod” Sloan. In 1928 Sande had decided to retire from race-riding. At that time he had the amazing average for ten years of a winner in every four mounts. Since he recently resumed riding he has been as successful as ever. Flair at Trentham Flair’s recent victory at Riccarton was most impressive, and the future of the daughter of Psychology will be followed with much interest. She will make her next appearance at Trenthem this month, and will be accompanied by Red Heckle, Thompson Handicap favourite, and Garvary. Promising Juvenile The Limond—Cymene yearling, who was gelded a month ago, has left Mr. H. M. Reeves’s Hororata stud, where he was reared, and has been forwarded to J. H. Jefferd, to be broken in. He is a brother to Cylinder and he is an exceptionally fine youngster, good judges classing him as the equal of any yearling offered at the recent sales at Trentham. Winalot Lame The hopes of getting Winalot fit to pull off another big stake are not as rosy as they were two or three weeks ago. A recent Sydney exchange says , that when eased up after galloping a strong six furlongs at Randwick he showed signs of lameness in his near fetlock joint. It had been giving his trainer trouble for some time, and it would appear that Winalot will not stand much galloping. Bank Draft For Japan

The seven-year-old Money— Kitiroa gelding Bank Draft, who before going to Australia won races for Mr. A. McDonald in the North Island and subsequently for Mr. J. Johnston on the West Coast of the South Island, is now voyaging still further afield. Sydney papers state that he has been sold to go to Japan, where, so some humourist has said, “they feed 'em on chrysanthemums.” Tote in England The Betting Control Board, which is responsible for the arrangements bearing on the totalisator in England, is credited wth working energetically to overcome the difficulties incidental to the installation of the machine, but on all hands it is recognised that a great deal has yet to be accomplished before matters will be placed on a basis making for complete success. Much curiosity is centred in the action that wiil be taken in regard to the installation of the totalisator at Epsom, and when some result may be expected. Sir Clement Hindley. chairman of the Betting Control Board, in the course of a recent interview said:—“lt is obvious that provision of full facilities for totalisator betting for the public at a meeting like the Derby involves a very large scheme, which must take time to work up and carry through. We are considering all possible schemes, and if it should prove that we can operate this year, even on a very limited scale, we shall do so. I do not, however, wish to raise any false hopes that totalisator betting will be available for the general public at Epsom this year.” Billy Barton Goes Home With the departure of Billy Barton to America in December ends a very interesting experiment and one that has done much to increase the general interest taken in the English Grand National. It is now rather more than two years since his owner, a wellknown hunting and racing man in the United States, decided to send Billy Barton to England to run in the Grand National. The horse had won the most important steeplechase in his own country. In England he was trained by Hastings and made his first appearance in a steeplechase at Newbury, in which he was ridden by Tommy Morgan. There was no evidence in the betting on the race that he was fancied at all, but he won with ease after an excellent exhibition of jumping and galloping. In order to make the thing all American, . nis owner then had his American rider, Ohler, over to ride him, but this fine horseman never got used to the English fences, and the horse was never able for that, reason to reproduce his first running in England. When the National came along the ride was given to Cullinan, a very promising young Irish rider. Interest in the race in America and England had never before been so great and there was a :ot of American support for the horse. As to whether he was unlucky to be beaten or not, will always be a subject of argument. The conditions in which that race was run were very bad indeed, and long before the finish most of the large field had been pulled up or had fallen. He finished second.

Engaged at Awapuni Vali, Eaglet, Paganelli, Marvette, Ruling Chief, Treasury. Havaspot, Abbey Queen. In the Shade, Valuation. Hard Words, and Chief Joy are Auckland horses nominated for the Manawatu meeting on March 26 and For Pleasure Only “I do not think there is a single owner operating in England today without loss,” was a sweeping statement made by Stanley Wootton just before leaving England on his present trip to Australia. Continuing, he said: “I am sure, also, that there is no other country where owners could be found to face this apparently inevitable result, and still continue to have their horses trained, satisfied with the pleasure which they derive from the sport. It is essential, in my opinion, that the ruling body should try to put racing, from the point of view of the owner, on such a footing that he has some real chance of making ends meet, instead of incurring, as at present, a certain dead loss.” English Racing Statistics Many interesting facts concerning the 1929 flat racing season in England emerge from a report issued recently, the principal of which are given below. They reveal a definite “comeback” to favour for racing under Jockey Club rules, and it is fairly safe to prophesy that, with the totalisator working at many more meetings next season, all past records will be smashed in 1930. The statistics show that more than £750,000 was distributed to the owner's of winners, not including prizes to second and third horses. There were 1,961 races run, an increase of fourteen over the previous season, and a record to date. The prize money shows a slight diminution, from £752,000 to £765,000. These totals include English and Scottish racing, but not Irish, which has shown a steady decrease each year since 1924. The total value of stakes to the winners during 1929 in England was £729,000. Two-year-olds were allotted £218,500 of this amount. The total won in handicaps was £242,567, selling races other than handicaps £26,468, and weight-for-age races £241,411. More than 4,600 horses ran under Jockey Club rules last year. The number of two-year-olds decreased by 146, but the number of four-year-olds and upward showed an increase of 105 over the previous season’s figures.

Concession for Racehorses The Railways Department has decided to simplify the method of granting the concession in railage charges for racehorses travelling to and from meetings. Under the new regulation, it will not be necessary for owners to obtain certificates from the secretaries of racing clubs, and in the case of racehorses travelling on a circuit of race metings the certificate of journeys will not be required. The new tariff regulation reads as under: “Racehorses, hunters, and polo ponies travelling to and from a race meeting, hunt club meeting, or polo match will be charged 25 per cent, less than the appropriate rate under this regulation, provided that the necessary certificate in one of the forms provided is endorsed on the consignment note, and signed by the owner or trainer, and provided further that in the case of horses forwarded from a race or hunt club meeting or polo match the journey is commenced not later than 14 days after the concluding day of such meeting or match.” In order to entitle them to receive the benefit of the concession, owners or trainers, when consigning racehorses, etc., will require to certify on the consignment note that the animals have been duly nominated to compete, or have competed, at a race or hunt club meeting or polo match, the name of the meeting or match to be stated in every case; but where entries for hunt club meetings and polo matches are not made by nominations, as in the case of race club metings, it will be sufficient if the horses are certified as proceeding to compete, or as having competed, in accordance with the certificates. It will not be necessary now for horses to be returned to the original forwarding station in order to obtain the benefit of the concession. The new regulation operates immediately.

WAIKATO CLUB The Waikato Racing Club’s autumn meeting is this year fixed to be held on April 12 and 14, a week before Easter. The committee of the Waikato Club has issued the programme in connection with the approaching meeting at Te Rapa, and, with the sum of £3,400 allotted in prize-money, interesting figures are placed before horseowners. The Storey Memorial Cup, of £6OO (including a gold cup of the value of £100), stands out as the leading event. The Te Rapa Handicap (one mile), of £4OO, Is the leading race of the second day. The President’s Handicap and the Flying Handicap, the two open sprint events, each carry a stake of £3OO. Altogether the programme is cast on such lines as to ensure pointed attention from horseowners. Nominations for all events close next Friday at 5 p.m., and the same may be lodged either with the secretary, Mr. E. H. O’Meara, Hamilton, or with Messrs. Blomfield and CoHigh Street, Auckland. GOODWOOD CUP United P.A. — By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Thursday. Strephon, which is owned by Mr. Sol Green, of Melbourne, has been entered for the Goodwood Cup. REMINDERS Handicaps for the first day of the annual meeting on Saturday and Monday week, March 15 and 17 (St. Patrick's Day) of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club, to be held at Paeroa, are due on Monday next. Acceptances close the following day, Tuesday, March 11. at 8 p.m., with Mr. H. Poland, secretary, Paeroa, or at the same hour with Messrs. Blomfield and Co., High Street, Auckland. Entries for the Feilding J.C. meeting on Easter Saturday and Monday close with the secretary at Feilding on March 31, at 8.30 p.m. Nominations for the Manawatu R.C. autumn meeting at Awapuni on March 26 and 27, also forfeits for the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes and Manawatu Stakes, close at nine o’clock tonight with the secretary, Mr. V. T. Dibble, Palmerston North. Entries for all events at the autumn fixture of the Waikato R.C. on April 12 and 14 are due on Friday, March 21. at 5 p.m. Handicaps for the Bay of Plenty meeting on March 22 are due on Monday next, and acceptances close with the secretary at Tauranga, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Auckland, at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 14.