RACING & TROTTING

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 13 May 1925, Page 4

RACING & TROTTING

On and Off the Trsck.

A BUDGET OP NEWS AND VIEWS,

FIXTURES

Racing. May 13, 16—Fgmont 11. C. May 16 —North Canterbury 11. C. May 21, 23 Wanganui J.C. Juno 3,, 4, C—Dunedin J.C. June 3, 4- —Otaki-Maori 11. C. June 2j 6, B—Auckland8 —Auckland 11.0. June 13 —Franklin K.O. Juno 13, 20—iNupier Bark R.C. Juno 20—Brackeufield ; Hunt Club. Juno 24, 25 —Hawke’s Bay J.C. Juno 26, 27- —Ashburton County' 11. C. June 27 —Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. July 8, 11—Wellington 11.0. July 18—S.C. Hunt Club. July 28—Waimate District Hunt Club. July 23, 25—Gisborne, 11.0.

Trotting. ', ~L May 16—T© Aroha T.C. May 23 —Uumaru T.O. May 23 —iNoruilancl 'T.O. June 3, 6—OanterDury Bark T.C. Juno 3, 6 —South V/airarapu T.O. Juno 12, 13 —Ashburton T.O. j uuo Is —\Vaihiato T.C.

Egmont winter meeting to-day and Saturday. ‘ " .. jjomiy Spec returned a twice double figures dividend at Forbury on Satur-i’ifteen-year-old Whispering Willie trotted' into second place in tiie big race at Forbury last Saturday.. Alto Chimes, who has' been m J. Bryce’s charge lor some weeks, is to go bach to N. C. Brice’s stable. • Owing to the 'funeral of Mr Massey beiim- held on Thursday, the second day or tne Egmont meeting has been put back until Saturday. ' ' Aeron, a hot favourite, was standing tlie wrong way round when the word go was given in tli© lust rue© ut X*oiuury on Saturdaj’. ■ . . Gocii-y-bondini and Gold Brick represent South' contribution to the acceptance list, lor the itangiora meeting on Saturday. In Lazarus and Bonny Spec, South Canterbury lias a brace of smart straight-out trotters to represent it in unhoppled events next season. Waitaki Girl' was responsible for an attractive performance oil the first day at Forbury, but she threw in the towel very early in Saturday’s race. Mr W. H. Gaisford paid ooOgns for ■Kiifaire at Sir KembalTs sale, aiid got a gross return of £iOO at the first attempt in the llawkes Bay Clip. Tlie North Canterbury and Paver ton Racing Clubs will race on Saturday, under -extra permits granted them by the Minister of Internal Affairs. Royal Mac, making liis first appearance in a race for eighteen months, Shaped wejl lor half a mile in the Seadoivn Handicap at Aniberley. Great Biiigcn’s win in the big race at Forbury marked D. Withers’ first success with Mr J. B ■ McKenzie s hoisbs. It will be soon followed by others. The usual meeting of the Trotting Association, convened for to-day, will be postponed for a week, as a mark of respect' for the late Prime Minister. It is understood that'the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting, which this year will extend over threo days, will be field on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, July 7,9, and 11. Quality, who was sent out favourite at Ainberley,' stood quietly at the barrier and jumped out'smartly. She was beaten. at the entrance to tliei straight,, liowcver,' with.no excuses possible for her failure. The Hastings track is reported to have "been- in a very rough condition fob the opening day of the Hawkes Bay meeting, and it is alleged that .both R. J. Mason and J. M. Cameron complained to tlie committee on the matter. Kilfaire’s win in the Hawkes . Bay Cup lias been very generally credited to Mr W. R. Kemball. The Kilbroney gelding, however, carried tlie colours of Mr Wv'H. Gaisford, having been one of the few lots sold at Mr KembalTs “clearing” sale. pesborougli created something of an impression 'by liis double win at Forbilry. Oh the second day be had Ins raco won a long way from home, and after running on the outside, for a good deal of-'tbo Hvay, registered 3.46 for the thirteen furlongs. ' Several people remarked that Ronaki felt the hard track oh the, opening clay of tlio S.C J.C. (meeting, hut R. C. Keeper states that the Sol Torino gelding is in great heart, and was not produced on tlie second day because the rise’in weight was Considered too' great. The following ffonalties have been incurred for the' North Canterbury' Racing Club’s meeting next Saturday : Oxford High Weight Han (heap. Ooldsphin'cr 51b, Tvilbirnie 51b; North Canterbury Handicap, Prosperity l.Olb, TCi 1birnio 101 b \ Fernside Trot, Polo Jim 36vds. Tim performance of Sunny Loch in the Seadown Handicap at Amberlc.v, formed the subject of an "inquiry. Tlie big gelding was well back in the early stages, but ho finished on well, just behind the third horse. The stewards gave R. J. Thompson a caution regarding his riding. Pausin' Through 10.13, and Master Peter 9.10, look to ho a. well-treated pair in tlie Great Northern Steeplechase. Oinnliu 11. G, Sir Rose berry 11.5, and Glenotns 11.1, will all find it a task to concede weight to Passing Through, who, oneo on the journey, is a highclass performer over fences. ' North Island handicappoi's apparently hold divergent 'views concerning Frisco Mail. Tn the Great Northern Hurdles (.21 miles,) Mr McMenamui concedes the .Wasiidyke-trained gelding over two stone lrom Lochson ; m tlie Century liurdles at Wanganui (2J miles;, Mr Coyle puts only mu between the pair. Frisco Mail can be regarded as an exceptionally doubtful starLcr at Wanganui. tin ji.s running at Riccarton at Faster, it looks stnugo to sec Puwhoro witniti twelve pounu.-> of Aukunnii m the hurdle race at Fgnieiit, and ho certainly appears Halim ed wneii asked to concede Tibs to Oinahu. Jn the Fgmont Steeplechase lTnvliero is set to concede a stone to First June and is within 3lbs of San Forte, all of which suggests that he possesses more stamina than liis South island form appeared to indicate.

; 'j lie progress of llio hunting season brim's near ihe annual poinL-to-poiut meetings in different pans of boulh Canterbury. The Kairho District Hunt lias issued” a programme of lour liandi- , cap events- two steeplechases and two ; Hat races, for Thursday, A Lay tfS; and i tho South Canterbury Hunt will h.old ! its meeting on Saturday, l;Uh Juno. ! An addition to the trophies of the lat- ' tor nice ting this year is the Craigmorc 1 Challenge Cup, donated by Mr if. Hl- | worthy, o to be competed for by teams ! of three horses from Hunts aiiilintcd to tho Association. The Cup will he awarded to tho Hunt scoring most : points in the heavy-weight event, j Thei Wellington ILaeing Club, one of tho wealthiest in the Dominion, decided to cut out the 'Waterloo Stakes, a special weight-race which, on tho la.st occasion on which it figured on the card, attracted Gloaming, Glontniin and Nigger Minstrel, on tho ground : that, judged by the volume of totalisrtor investments, it was less profitable than a hack race! Just, lmw penny wise and pound foolish is this unsporting view can be gathered' from the experience of the JTnwkcs Bay (dub. The Ormond Cup would show a loss on tho / same basts, hut iho mocling of Gloaming and Tho Hawk was responsible for .n Tinge increase in cate receipts, and a. jump in tlm t r>‘-d' ■ lor turnover from £LG ,000 to l\it),Uoo.

H. Gray claims tliai tho Ormond Cup marked ius xirsc duleafc in a two-horse race. Tho Invercargill Trotting Club’s inaugural meeting showed a protit of over ifIUUO. ■‘Gee! That’s a real horse 1” H. Gray (rider of The Hawk) after the Ormond Gold Cup. Had the Ormond Cup been run in Australia, Gloaming’s starting price would have represented about 'Z to l on. it is reported that an attempt is to be made to get another race out ot llorke’s Drift. The old fd|ow is being treated to road work in Southland. 'The two-year-old Forgery arrived at Amberley' last week, and .although small like his mother (Subteriuge), no is a smart galloper, who is likely to win mere races. , Opinions seem to differ about the with which Gloaming defeated the Hawk, but everybody seems to agree that the winner pulled up least distressed of the pair. . The whiter time-table came into operation at last week-end, and iintil tho 7th August, no race may _bo timed to commence later than d.io p.m. Ilio 9s t minimum will become compulsory on June 7th. , ~ ~ Kllbirnie, who broke lus duck at the Amberley meeting, is related on tho distaff side to Nones and Menelaus. Claiming Kilbroucy and a Martian mare as parents, Hilbirmo is bred on sound staying lines. Tho name of Soltoe leads many people to conclude that ho is a bolterino. The Southland pom’, however, is a son of Soldier’s Chorus (brother to Cherulini), his dam being Muitoe (by Multilid), a marc at one time tveli knottn on Canterbury’ tracks. Just as the Ormond Cup was about to he run on Saturday a train was passing'the courso along the railway road side. The. driver pulled up, and the passengers flocked on to tho course, and did not resume their journey until . the race was over. Tho withdrawal of Locanda Mae from his engagements at the Auckland meeting was due to the Brent Locanda geldin” ricldng a shoulder while, doing Ins final work-out prior to tlio meeting, with Hypo. The mishap is not expected to keep him idle long. ’ The failure of Dean Dillon to run into a place on either day at Auckland shows that the son of Harold Dillon has lost all form. Handicapped as lie was on 4.32, lie was particularly well treated, but lie showed no dash at all, and was beaten badly each day. The trotter Clonmel has been purchased by Mr J. M. Samson, who now owns three brothers, who are in tho hands of three different trainers. Clonmel has gone into' J. J. Heunerley s stable, Avalanche has been handed over to J. McLennan at Oamaru, and Marvin Drift is trained by J. Bryce. The retirement is announced of David, one of the Commonwealth’s best stayers of recent years. 'liie Baverstuek gelding won over, £3L,UU9 during his racing career —a great record for a 40 guinea gelding —and ranks next to Gloaming and itury chime us a stakewinner. . „ , ~ Grim Joke looked as if he would canter in at one stage, of a hurdle race at Waslidyke recently, and then finished 1 very wealdy. At Amberley on Saturday the Martian gelding ran another poor race, but subsequently it was found that he was suitering from kidney trouble. F. Davis, formerly private, trainer to Mr T. H. Lowry, who has had chargo of Mr It. It. Davis’ horses for the past few years, lias relinquished control of the team, and intends leaving Auckland at an early date. At present it is not definitely known where lie will take up his residence. The unlucky norse. at tho Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting was_claimed/ to be I)oiiole Event, and but for playing ,up atiMG start and-'losing considerable ground he would hifVe'Won qitlior day. The first time lie leaves properly there is-.a stern chase in store for his opponents, but the Ashburton bred horse is so unreliable at the post, that it needs a lot of courage to support him. H. Young rode the pacer Foio Jim to victory at Amberley on Saturday. Iliis was some compensation for the misfortune which overtook him in a trotting race early in the season at liangiora, where a fall resulted in a broken collarbone, which kept Young out of the saddle, at galloping fixtures for some weeks. Young Steers a pacer pretty well, aiid it will not be surprising to see him doing a fair amount of saddle work for the Bryce stable; , After ’ho had won the Linlithgow Stakes' at Fiemington, and the All Aged Stakes at iiandwick, Australian sporting scribes were unanimous in acclaiming The Hawk as tho best miler in tho Commonwealth, and many of thenn went further and awarded the Martian gelding tlie title for Australasia. The Ormond Cup at Hastings, therefore, resolved itself into a contest for tho championship of the l Antipodes, and the honours went to the most wonderful galloper ever seen in New Zealand or Australia. The result of the Ormond Cup will scttlo any doubts It. J. Mason may have entertained concerning the expediency of tackling tho Australian ■cracks "next spring with Gloaming. Until The Welkin ireak confounded ad the prophets anil upset all preconceived ideas on the subject, it was regarded as impossible lor a mne-ycar-old horse to heat the best of all ages, but Gloaming i-tiil reigns supreme as the fastest galloper in New Zealand or Australia ovci all distances from five furlongs to a mile and a halt. When the field went out for tho Adams’ Gup Memorial at Auckland, there, was a quiet whisper that, a likely winner was Caklianipion, a hvo-yeai-old son of Four Chimes, iormorly ti .lined by J. Bryce, hut non’ in K. A. McMiliun’s stable at Tamaliere. Apparently somebody was well prop a reel to sec Oakluunpton wm, because ho was made favourite, lie got. away well and was in the pieluro till two furlongs from home, when he tired and linishod well hack. Oakhauiptnii made amends at Cambridge a lew days_ later. ' Gloaming s record --in stalls, 5/ wins, 9 seconds, once unplaced (fell) ; stakes won approximately £43,0(X1. Of the lew horses winch have beaten him into second place, only Heroic remains to tell tin.' .story, and is the. only one whoso defeat- of Gloaming has not been revenged. Mr Givcnwond’.s champion lias laid not opporiuni l.v of wiping out that, defeat, hut, he has triumphed over Tho Hawk, who has lour tunes beaten Heroic. The marvellous nature of tho performances ol tdoanung is illustrated by the fact Unit, ho has given battle to tho best lor six -■casons. and still maintains liis supremacy, t'l lus ten ilcleats, four were nuitulv due lo 10.-uis'. giolind at the nlarl ; lo lean, work by opponirig rnlci s , one a, l.cuig short o work; and on., to .-.uponor handling ot his victor. in an,.wcr lo a Taranaki coiTospoiiilOllt, the S.tdn.-v "Hob■ice," gives a list of A usi rala..ia .. us 0.,l , which docs not do justice to Now '/.oh In ml horses. '1 lie five furlong racoid c. .staled lo he ;>9see, held by Maclinic Gun, St.. Speed. and Si. Roseate .M.icluno Gnu’s figures wero 53 and' he earned 11.5. The seven furlong lie.l. is g.ivon as 1.21), in Iho names of li-ii.m.ni and Fiuoru. Finom’s lime was IT I Hal. Now iliat iho crack; have, gone into winter quarters, ami tho tracks arc likely to become sol’!or, no new records need ho anticipated during the nuna inder of the season. II may ho inferesfing, therefore, to recapitulate the existing host times lor New Zealand mid Australia, lor recognised dad ancon :■—Four ! furlongs, Gloaming, ■ldee-, 5 furlongs, j Machine Gun. sS,cc: f» furlongs. The Hawk and Chimera, 1.9 4-ssee; 7 i'ur- ! lows, Finora. 1.21; 1 mile, 'lire Hawk, ] ;;qi ’• 9 furlongs. Hemic. 1.50.1 ; 1 i i miles.’ Winning Hit. 2.5 l-Jsee; II fur--1 Jones', Ton, McCarthy fO.), 2.171: IT (miles. Wedding Hav. 2.51)* ; 1$ miles, Duo. 2.57 'l-ovec; 2 miles. Ivenmiquhar, 3.22 J; 21 miles, Gasbag, 3.02.