RACING

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18139, 2 October 1930, Page 11

RACING

FROM TRACK AND STABLE (By “Martian") FIXTURES AHEAD. Ootober 4 —Napier Park. Ootober 4, —Kurow October 4, 6—Auokland. October 10, I.l—Dunedin. October iO.'lii—Otaki-Maorl.: October 16, 18—South Canterbury. October 18—Masterton. Ootober 25, 27— Wellington. . Ootober 27— Waikato Hunt. October 27. —Waverley. October 27—Walpawa County. October 27—North. Canterbury. October 27. 29—Gore. . October .70, November 1— -Poverty Bay

NOTES AND COMMENTS. THE AUCKLAND MEETINGRECENT SOUTHERN FIXTURES. It is reported that' the loss on the recent Wanganui Spring meeting was over £IOOO. .. : The same old horse, minus of its legs, and. with a different jockey up—Mr W. E. Parry’s description of Mr K. S. Williams’s Gaming Amendment Bill. Huntingdon is a very fit horse just now, and may win again before weight begins to tell on him, says The Watcher." Huntingdon was a.winner at Hastings gn Saturday. Toujours is the French name claimed and granted for the Warplane— 1 Noretta two-year-old Ally ba a. Tinker’s team at Te Rapa. Toujours is owned by Mr M. Shaw, of Hamilton, who has Page Boy at the same local training headquarters.

Singer has been responsible for good work on ■ the New Plymouth tracks, lately. His trainer, W. Mantle, Is confident that he solved this horse s troubles, and hopes that he will soon atone for his past failures. There was more Indifferent riding shown at Geraldine in some of the races than has been seen for many days (says a southern writer), and if the stipendiary steward In attendance was satisfied he is a shockingly bad judge of racing. ; ~ . :

Great Charter has proved himself such a useful galloper that his prospects in the Flying Handicap at Ell.erslie' on Saturday, will require to be weighed seriously. The descendant of King John—En Parole has Impressed bv . the manner in which he has handled himself in recent gallops against the clock at Ellerslie and pro-, raises to run out the coming seven furlongs; solidly. It It reported from Sydney that G. Prioe has a fine two-year-old brother to Yertigern, named Ranchero, very forward : In oondition. He is a good bold galloper, and. looks sure to win good’races. Courageous, who is In the Mltohelson Cup With the handy impost of 7.5 has'oome into discussion A a good deal ' of reoent days. - One of the main ■ reasons why favourable notice is being extended to the Thiirnham —Bon I Bouche gelding is bis ability to handle soft ground. Courageous, who has been racing a lot of reoent times, should’ be a fit horse by this stage. Lord-like, who showed excellent rorm in hack- company a month or two back, was not well fancied for his race qt Hastings on Saturday, as, he carried only 52 tickets. He made a bold showing in the straight, and in finishing fourth indicated that his njxt turn is not far off. Vandyke, who is listed to race with the hacks in the Gordon Handicap at Ellerslie on Saturday, is a three-year-old gelding by Leighton—Catalan], and has shown attractive form in recent southern racing. Vandyke ! is already on the scene and In the gallops he has got through on the Ellerslie tracks he has moved well, his work Indicating that he is in excellent order for the race ahead.

Pangolin settled all his critics by his two conclusive successes over hurdles at Geraldine. He has been suffering off -and on through the winter from kidney trouble which, however, has been overcome with the advent of warmer weather, and he was in better order to complete his tasks last week than for some months past. It has to be admitted that Pangolin is a high class hurdler when properly well, and his owner has prospects of enjoying a more successful innings with him this season. He was not nominated for the Dunedin meeting, hut will probably be produced at Trentham. this month.

Leighcata, a brother to Paleta and Vandyke, ran in the two-year-old race at Hastings, but lie did not show much of - the family galloping ability. He carried colours better known in the trotting world on Peterwah, and there is time for him yet. Baroscope—Princess Bede, a bracketed pair for the Welcome Stakes at Ellerslie on Saturday, race in the interests of the Auckland sportsman, Mr E. 11. Cucksey, who also has Flying Pripce in F. E. Loomb’s stable at Te Awamutu. Baroscope and Princess Bede finished in that order in the Nursery Handicap on the second day of the Avondale meeting, when they proved that they were partial to a yielding track.

When Silver Coot won the Squatters’ Handicap at Geraldine on Thursday last he 'repeated his success of last year in - the same race. The Paper Money gelding is stated to be very well ati present and he may win another stake before the season is far advanced.

Meiidip has been very handy in several of his recent engagements and may go a better race in the Mitchelson Cup on Saturday then most people are prepared to forecast. The Bisogne chestnut has ’been doing useful work on the tracks since reaching Ellerslie and he will be one of the best conditioned horses in the coming field.

“Racing has been called the sport of kings, but I would call It the sport of kinks.”—Mr F. Langstone . (Labour, Walmarino). —We chuckled over that one the year Bravo beat Carbine (or w i as It Gloaming?) in the renowned Melbourne "Cup," comments a Wellington writer.

Envoy got on the winning list at Avondale, where the Henderson Handicap, of seven furlongs, was to his credit on the opening day of the recent fixture. The Absurd—Bronze gelding has ! been working so well at Takanini this week as to leave the impression that a soft track on Saturday at Ellerslie would not. seriously hamper him. Envoy figures in the Flying Handicap there, in whioh he has 7.13.

prince of Orange is an aooeptor for the Mitchelson Cup and the Flying Stakes on the opening day of the Auckland-; Club’s Spring meeting. It is reported that the Valkyrian—Lassie Doon five-year-rold , gelding will start in the chief handicap .on Saturday, the Awapuni light-weight, W. Broughton, having been engaged to ride him. Prince of Orange has shown some promise at distances up to ten furlongs and as he has been working well at Takanini he will be in good trim, for the task ahead.

'. A. maiden who failed to secure the best of passages at-Hastings on Saturday .was- the Gisborne-owned and Hastings-trained Tino Waiata.- She is a three-year-old by Hunting Song from Tinoatua, a mare bred by Mr T. H. Lowry by Finland from La Cloche by St. Leger. This is the same family from which springs the Avondale Stakes winner King Colossus and the Northern winner Ruapapa. Queen Elizabeth, dam of the latter pair, is also a.Fiftland mare, while her dam, Sonette, is a half-sister by Royal Fusilier of Tinoatua. Tino Waiata looks an early, winner with any luck.

Awarere was having- his first start of the new seasonwhen he was returned the winner-of. the Flying Stakes at the Avondale . meeting. Capable handling by H. Goldfinch was in evidence on that occasion. This rider will be at Napier Park on Saturday-. On that day Awarere-has an engagement Avith 'itieSkprifiters' in the'. Shorts’’ Handicap at Ellerslie,' With. 9.1, he has lOib more to carry than he scored with at ' Avondale. Awarere has been working freely on the tracks at Te Awamutu and there will be' nothing amiss with his condition when next he faces the barrier.

Brittany, who seemed unlucky not to win the two-year-old race at Hastings on Saturday, would have brought off a great’surprise, for he had only 24 tickets on his chance. Brittany carries the well-known a 11cerise colours that have been associated with many of the great horses bred at Karamu and he is trained by W. McKinnon. By Arausio from Idealize, he was; bred by his owner. Idealize is one of the few Charlmagne II mares left in the Dominion and she is out of Idee by Birkenhead, from Ideal by Dreadnought. The family has not been much in the limelight as the producer of good gallopers of recent years, but a couple of decades back it was represented by Idealist, a good colt and winner of the Winter Cup. A sister to Idealist and Idee, granddam. of Brittany, is Strathpeffer, the dam of Set Sail, so Brittany should mature well, writes ‘"The Watcher.”

At the annual meeting of members of the Wellington Racing Club Mr H. P. F. Blundell brought up the question of payments for classic events. He considered that there was rather a long interval between the payment of forfeit and the day of the race. In Australia there were two payments, whereas in New Zealand, with one or two exceptions, owners became liable for the full amount after the first forfeit of £l. The early seasons in the Dominion did not tend to reveal

whether a horse was good enough for classics or not, but in order to avoid being left owners had to become liable for the full amount on general entry day. Mr Blundell considered that two payments, one of £1 and another of .£2 or £3 a few days prior to the race, would meet with general approval. He criticised the action of the Canterbury Jockey Club in calling for payments prior to the Wellington meeting, and suggested that consideration should he given to the opinions he expressed and that the C.J.C. should be approached in the matter.

It is generally believed that the Labour Party are in opposition to the proposals made by Mr K. S. Williams in the Gaming Amendment Bill introduced to Parliament last week. Some of the Labour members, however, have expressed approval of certain of the proposals. Mr H. E. Holland, Leader of the Labour Party, said he hoped the Bill would go 1 past the second r’eading. There were a number of amendments necessary in gaming legislation. . For instance, he objected to the power of the Racing Conference, in being able to insist on apprentices contracting themselves beyond ' the scope of the Arbitration Court. He had heard some remarkahle views on. the subject of the publication of dividends. If it was wrong to publish dividends in a newspaper it was wrong to publish them on a racecourse. The position at present was that thousands of people saw the dividends on the racecourse. The figures were cabled to Australia, and subsequently entered New Zealand in Australian newspapers. He also supported the proposal to telegraph bets to the totalisator.

AUCKLAND SCRATCHINGS.

The following scratchings for the Auckland Racing Club's meeting were posted yesterday:— Royal Parade, all engagements, 9 a.m. I Slmba, Great Northern Guineas, 9 a.m. Cynthia N., Flying Handicap, 12.15 p.m. Fitz Quex, Groat Northern Guineas, 4.40 p.m. TE AROHA JOCKEY CLUB. APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY. TE AROHA, Wednesday. Mr H. C. Cotton, of Auokland, was this evening appointed secretary of the Te Aroha Jockey Club. There were 60 applicants.