TURF NEWS AND NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 December 1940, Page 3

TURF NEWS AND NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE AND COURSE

Preparing for Tauherenikau

(BY

“THE GRAFTER.")

Local horses are stepping out well in their training operations, and several of those engaged at the Wairarapa meeting give indications of being well in the money. Cheerful Lady should be ,in tip top form by New Year’s Day and should be capable of saluting the judge in whichever event she starts. Black Thread, White Rajah and Trebor will doubtless find much favour in the Wardell Handicap if Cheerful Lady does not start. In the Wharekaka Handicap Kinneff, with two wins at Poverty Bay over six furlongs, has earned his 9.0, and will be hard to beat if he starts. Vivid jNight will probably be given a run in this race. Synthetic will be another hard proposition, jhaving a good win at Hororata to his credit. Teacony did no good at Otaki early in the month, but scored wins in his two previous efforts. Kinneff may ibe started in the Pioneer Handicap in preference as he has'only 7.9. Synthetic is also in the Pioneer Handicap with a lower weight.

k ßought For Australia. At the sale of Sir Abe Bailey's string in England a client of R. J. Shaw’s bought a yearling colt by the Son-in-Law horse Tiberius from the Buchan mare Buchaness. When the colt will be shipped to Australia is unknown. Several Victorian owners thought about buying young horses at the sale of Sir Abe Eailey's string, but after going into the cost of freight, insurance and primage and sales tax, they decided that it would, perhaps, be safer to invest in the home market. If it is intended to race a horse bought in England, the owner has to pay primage and sales tax, amounting to 27 per cent on its cost. So it. is not the initial outlay that counts so much as what is tacked on to it before the horse is able to be raced.

Yearling to be Raffled. Already a wide variety of gifts has been given to help the patriotic effort in the Dominion, and now a thoroughbred yearling colt is to be raffled in aid of provincial patriotic funds throughout New Zealand. The colt is the gift of Mr R. A. Smith, of Te Manuiri, Waipawa, and is by Siegfried from Kippet Lee. To avoid as far as possible any interference with other activities which patriotic committees may have in hand for the raising of funds, the National Patriotic Fund Board has made arrangements, through the secretary of the Racing Conference, providing for the sale of tickets at 5s each at race meetings to bo held from now until February 24. The proceeds from the sale of tickets are to be forwarded to the secretary of the Racing Conference and they will be distributed pro rata to provincial patriotic funds. Should the winner not desire to keep the colt there should be .no difficulty in disposing of him. As a rule a sale of bloodstock is held in March at Trentham, where the coltwill be located during the currency of the Wellington Racing Club's meeting, but should no sale be held this year it is thought, if the winner wishes to dispose of the colt, he could probably arrange for him to be para'ded in the birdcage an hour or so before racing commenq.es on Saturday, March 15, and then put up for sale. Siegfried, who is by Son-in-Law, is also the sire of Wotan and Yours Truly, who accounted for the Melbourne and New Zealand Cups respectively. Kippet Lee is by Arausio from Snow Shoe. The colt is her third foal. Her first foal was The Raker, by Croupier. Snow Shoe is a sister to Snowland, dam of the New Zealand Cup winner Arctic King. The naming of the colt was left to Viscount Galway, chairman of the National Patriotic Fund Board, who has named it War Effort.

Electric Battery in Saddle. The apprentice rider, T. Bourke, was disqualified for five years by the stewards at Ipswich (Queensland) for having in his possession a saddle fitted with an electrical contrivance intended to affect the speed of the racehorse Alla's Boy. Bourke, apprenticed to the trainer J. Douglas, was riding Alla’s Boy for another trainer, W. Douglas, son of Bourke’s master. Bourke was weighed out, and he handed the saddle to W. Douglas when the racecourse detective, Prentice, took possession of it. The saddle was opened ’in the presence, of stewards and the parties concerned. The search revealed four small batteries and a condenser. A test proved that the apparatus was capable of giving a strong shock. When the saddle was seized by Prentice the flaps were wet, this giving a better contact. Bourke stated that he' bought the saddle from a man, but refused to disclose the man’s name, saying he would take all the blame. He gave £4 for the saddle, and did not know there Ivas a battery in it. Both J. Douglas and W. Douglas declared that they knew nothing about the matter, and no action was taken against them.

Sir Amyas.

It is understood that Sir Amyas has been placed under offer at a price not exceeding his value, and one that may lead to business.

Offensive Behaviour, Official aftermath of the demonstration at Randwick a fortnight ago was the appearance of Leslie Langdon at Central Court, in Sydney, charged with offensive behaviour and assaulting a sergeant of police. He was fined £5 on the first charge and a month’s imprisonment on the second charge, and was suspended for two years under a bond of £2O and a guarantee of good behaviour. Langdon in his defence said that he criticised the conduct of racing, and denied that his behaviour had been offensive. It was noticed that at another subsequent meeting at Randwick the birdcage fence w.as lined at intervals by 10 po- 1 licemen as a safeguard against a repetition of the previous incident.

Many Trainers. Mr Alan Cooper, prominent Sydney owner, has begun an association with a new trainer —his ninth in the last few years. This time it is Jack Munro, to whom he has sent his high-priced Beau Pere colt Beau Son. The trainers who have already had horses for Mr Cooper are the late A. G. Papworth, J. W. Cook, W. Shean, E. Fellows, J. T. Jamieson, Fred Williams, G. Price and O. Pettit. Mr Cooper is certainly following in the footsteps of the late John Brown, who, when he raced as Mr “J. Baron,” threatened at one stage of his career to have more trainers than he had horses. The Beau Pere colt Munro has in hand is the one that was knocked down for 3500 guineas as a yearling. So far he has not proved easy to train.

RACING FIXTURES

Dec. 26.—Waipukurau. Dec. 26. 28— Manawatu. Dec. 26, 28.—-Taranaki. Dec. 26. 28.—Dunedin. Dec. 26, 30, Jan. 1, 2—Auckland. Dec. 28.—Westland. Jan. I—Wyndham. Jan. I.—Waikouaiti. Jan. 1, 2.—Hawke’s Bay. Jan. 1, 2.—Wairarapa. Jan. 1,2. —Stratford. Jan. 1, 2.—Greymouth. Jan. 1, 2—Marton. Jan. 2.—Oamaru. Jan. 2, 3.—Southland. Jan. 9, 11.—Reef ton. Jan. 10, 11.—Vincent. Jan. 16, 18, 22— Wellington. Jan. 18.—Wairio. Jan. 18, 20.—Thames. Jan. 22.—Ashhurst-Pohangina. Jan. 25, 27.—Pahiatua. Jan. 25, 29.—Auckland. Jan. 30. —Wairoa. Fob. I—Wairoa.