TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1938, Page 9

TURF NEWS & NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE & COURSE Views on Racing Facts and Fancies WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF HONOURS

(By

“The Cynic.”)

There was a wide distribution of the sire honours at the Grand National meeting. The twenty-four winners during the three days’ racing represented sixteen different sires.

Valkyrian headed the list with three winners, Strip, Valpeen, and Delrain. There were six sires with two winners each. Chief Ruler had Top Rank and Padishah; Winning Hit, Wild Talk and Second Innings; Lord Quex, Sunward and Catalogue; while three sires had double winners, these being Tractor (Travenna), Songbird (Gold Wren’, and Tidal (Tidewaiter). Sires of one winner were Robespierre (Rebel Mate), Hunting Song (Clarion Call), Shambles (The Surgeon), Cape Horn (Cape Gabo), Paper Money (Lady Leigh), Arausio (Pukeko), Illumination (Limelight), Lackham (Mittie), and Balboa (Araboa).

On the basis of money won, taking in place money as well as wins, Hunting Song was in first place with £llBO, closely followed by Valkyrian £lO7O, Chief Ruler, £970, Lord Quex £BB5, Tractor, £595, Robespierre £5OO, Tidal £450, Balboa £425, Illumination £420, Songbird £420, Little England £390, Lackham £390, Winning Hit £385, Lord Warden £315, Shambles £3OO, Paper Money £285, Cape Horn ~£2BO, Arausio £2BO, Acre £lBO, Night Raid £l6O, Captain Bunsby, £l2O, Nightmarch £ll5, Colossus £95, Paladin £9O, Polazel £7O, Honour, £7O, Day Comet £6O, Pink Coat £6O, Panmure £6O, Nigger Minstrel £3O.

Leading Sire Lines. Robespierre and Shambles,, two sons of Phalaris, represented the Bend Orline through Polymelus and Cyllene. Other Bend Or sires were Lord Quex, by Limberg, son of Cyllene, and Songbird, by Kilbroney, of the Orme branch. The Vedette family was much in evidence through Valkyrian, Winning Hit and Paper Money, these three representatives of the St Simon branch claiming six wins. Two other sires kept the Speculum branch of the Vedette line alive, Cape Horn "coming through Santoi and Arausio through Sundridge. The grey family, founded in France, through Le Sancy, was strongly in evidence, Lackham being by Roi Herode, with Chief Ruler and Tractor by The Tetrarch, the best son of Roi Herode. The Barcaldine line was kept in prominence, Hunting Song representing the Hurry On branch and Balboa the Marco branch. Illumination represented the Amphion line of Vedette, through Limelight and Lally. Tidal, by Sea Sick, came from France.

Farewell to Limond Lad. Investors said a fond farewell to Limond Lad at Kadina, Sotith Austra-

lia, on August 13. He had two runs before his retirement to the. stud, and after failing over the six furlongs in the Kambula Handicap he was in a more generous mood in the Richardson Handicap. But toward the finish he was beginning to turn his toes in, and there was a Sigh of relief when the winning-post loomed up, enabling him to win from the fast-finishing King Ola. It is to be hoped Mr Tom McKay has better luck with Limond Lad at the stud than he and Mr Ernest Jolly had with him on the race track. Limond Lad, by Limond from Veil, cost 2100 guineas,, the highest price, at the 1935 Trentham yearling sales, and was purchased by J. T. Jamieson for Mr E. E. Jolly, of West Australia.

About Yearling Buying. Footmark, West Australia’s best staying three-year-old, now in Melbourne for the cups, was picked from the catalogue by V. Egan, his trainer, for the Messrs S. J. and N. V. Mills, committeemen of the West Australian Turf Club, states a Melbourne correspondent. He was the only yearling by Defoe listed in the 1936 New Zealand catalogue, and arrangements were made for an agent to bid for him. The colt, however, was not put up for sale, because of a slight injury, so the deal was made privately, Footmark being landed at Fremantle for £2OO. Next year the Mills Brothers, while scanning the list of yearlings for sale noticed another colt by Defoe, but when they cabled their agent, he replied, “Not worth two bob, wouldn’t bid for him.” This was the reason why Defaulter, the crack New Zealand two-year-old last season, who cost 170gns., did not come to Australia. Change of Owners. Great Bramble, a four-year-old mare by Magnus—B*rambletye, with some hack form to her credit up to a mile, has been sold by Sir Charles Clifford, and she will be trained at Riccarton by A. McMillan for the West Coast owner, Mr G. S. Walton.

Corroboree’s First Sprint. Having his first gallop at Awapuni since he was recommissioned six weeks ago, Corroboree (Chaplin) ran home from the three furlongs in 39 2-5, and was travelling well all the way. He has been spelled since he raced at last Christmas and was unsexed in the interim.

Porotiti (Brown) ran an easy five in 1.11 1-5, the last two in 26 3-5. This big gelding is coming back to his best again and will be in good order for the early summer meetings.

Sir Acre (N. C. Trillo) schooled over the double brush twice and jumped well. He afterwards ran six furlongs on the plough, but was not out to make time.

Improving Filly. The Tidal-Cetus filly Tidal Gift (Broughton) surprised by beating the more seasoned Fine Gold (Kilminster) over two furlongs in 26 1-5. Tidal Gift is the filly given by Mr G. D. Beatson to replace Cletrac who dropped dead in training. Hirangi (Williamson) was going better than Skyful (Waddell) at the end of their seven furlongs in 1.34 1-5, the last six furlongs in 1.20 1-5, the first half mile of which was run in 54 2-5. Hirangi appears to be in excellent order for his New Plymouth engagaments.

Snigger (W. Pratt) and Titter (J. Pratt), after taking 14 2-5 fqr the first furlong, ran their three in 440 1-5. Both hit out well and finished strongly.

: Easy for Quadroon. Travelling well within himself all : the way Quadroon (Bowden) was do--1 ing better than Old Bill (Broughton) [ in the last furlong of their five, which occupied 1.8 1-5, the first three taking ‘ 42 1-5. Both could have doiie better had they been required. ’ Aurora’s Star (Breuer) and the In--1 flation-True Step colt (Temperton) ran home from the three furlongs in 39. There was nothing between them and, as both are fairly backward, the effort was quite satisfactory. Master Cyklon. Master Cyklon, who is engaged in the open events at the combined hunt clubs’ meeting at New Plymouth next week, is working in great style on the tracks at Hastings, having been responsible for the best gallop of the morning over half a mile recently. The distance at New Plymouth may not be far enough for Master Cyklon, but the racing should suffice to sharpen him up for Wanganui. Out of Maiden Class. Sly Fox, who is in the Whenuakura Hack Handicap on the opening day of the combined hunt clubs’ meeting at New Plymouth, came out of the maiden class in a peculiar manner in the Novice Stakes on the last day at Trentham. The Bluffer finished first and Sly Fox second. It was subsequently found that The Bluffer was not eligible for that event and Sly Fox was declared the winner. Sly Fox is a four-year-old by Hunting Song from Gazi, a halfsister to that good horse Sporting Blood. Now at the Stud. Principal sire at the Mansfield Stud, Victoria, is the ex-Hawera trained Limond horse Golden Promise who was an early favourite for the Caplfield Cup last year, but did not take his place in the field. Lady Bentinck, dam of Golden Promise, was by Absurd and sister to Lady Cavendish. He was bred by Mr G. F. Moore and received his early education at the hand of O. Cox. Homily’s Form. Homily’s progress at Woodville recently has, it ’is said, satisfied Fred Davis that the daughter of Posterity and Homage is ready for the Wanganui Guineas. Brazen King. Brazen King has riever run a bad race at Wanganui and the Wanganui Cup winner will have to be taken into consideration for the Marangai Handicap next Thursday week. Brazen King failed at Trentham in the heavy going, hut he is likely to be seen to better advantage on the Wanganui track. RACING FIXTURES. September 1. — Egmont - Wanganui Hunt Club, at New Plymouth. September 3. —Taranaki Hunt Club. September 8, 10. —Wanganui J.C. September 17. —Ashburton C.R.C. September 17. —Foxton R.C. September 17; 19. —Avondale J.C.. September 22, 24.—Geraldine R.C. September 24.—Marton J.C.