RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 25 (Supplement)

RACING.

FROM TRACK AND STABLE. RACING FIXTURES. . (By “ Martian") June is—Wntkato KC. .. 30. June 3. e—Auck'lend n.c. Juno 4. G—OHkl Moot-l KC. . o—Ashburton C.R.C. .. It. 13-—Hnwke's any LC. ~ 20—SLuth Canterbury 1.6. .- 90. la—Wunzanul LC. .. 20. 98—anler Park. In n—opotlkl LC. (u TIIH'IDI'I). 1 .. so. as. n—Dunemn J.c. ‘ .. 27—Fonon R.c. July t—Danne‘vlrke Hunt Club. 2 .. t—oo‘fi'mw’fii i no ‘ ll . . - e n on . . ‘ .. ill—Hawke'a BI: I’Hunt Club. i u u—Wnlmuto Hum club. .. n—mnmum Hum Club. ) n ::i‘s‘mlaoteng tiny Tull-{z Club. .- ‘un or r .. . ll—Mlmwelu EC.“ 1 ’ GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. ‘ Aooeptancee for the second day ofj the Walketo meeting close this even- 1 in; at 9 o'clock. ‘ 11. luy'n Ohm... H. Gray has Fersen and Brilliancy in work at New Plymouth. The for—mer looks well after his spell, and is in great order to commence a pro—paratlon. Umull'e lldor. Umtali will be ridden in his northern engagements by the \Vingatui jockey \V. Cooper, who has a good record over fences. I. lIIII' Lute“. A recent addition to A. S. Ellis‘ stable is the Jumper Giggleswlck. Fa" some time this gelding will be kert to hurdle racing. but later will tackle cross-country events. Duo soon. Two gnllopers that should not be long in getting on the winning list are Golden Dart and Argentin. Should he go on the right way. Argentio may he a. likely candidate for \Vinter Cup honours. He. might Oreopoou. Lucullus Lad. the full-brother to Cullua, ran oreditably at. Merton. and but for the slippery track the solding may have been closer up than third in the Trial Plate. That the three-yeer-old has a bright future is beyond question.

{Not Settled. ‘ i The dispute over the ownership or; ithe good mare Queen of Song appears 1 [to be still hanging in the balance. In l the meantime the (laughter o! Song-1 low is in robust health and being lcaretully attenriml to at “ Put“ llogank \\‘ashrlyke stables. !H. Morton's Team. I 11. .\lorton has rccominissionml ifilniiny Minn .mi’l intends racing ilils insr‘i‘ul ‘riiziser 11l tho Dunedin movie film next month. l-erlesi‘m‘hun is also [one of .\lnrion's string. and has rlnno iwell for him of late. However, Money i.\iino is the bciirr proposition of the pair. l :Room for Improvement. i l The form shown by Arctic Star at ‘ilawere does not suggest that he is likely to do much good in jumping events in the north. comments 3 \\‘anganui scribe. However. he went bet-ter‘ on the second day than in his first eifort, and may improve still fur!ther. . ,Dunmun In “Out." A} That good little ‘chaser Dunmure‘ will not, be fighting out. the finish of this year's Wellington steeplechase. his severe efforts at Easter com—pletely wrecking his winter prospects. :and he has been turned out. indefin|ltely. Thus the far south loses its host-perfori-ted ‘chaser early in the winter campaign. lfiodo Nation-l Winner. ! The death took place in England in l.\lorch of General Sir David Camp—|be|l. who until recently was Governor :and Commandor—in—Chiei’ of Malta. in lhis day he was a very successful amateur rider, winning the Liverpool Grand ‘National on Soarcr in 1896. The same :ycar he won the Grand Military Golrl iCup on Nellie Gray at Sandown Park. [Mahmoud'n Fine Fnlluro. l Prior to 'his defeat in th‘; Two 'l.:ousand Guineas the Asa Khan's 'Mahmoud disappointed English hack—ers. On April 1 at Newbury he was made an ii to In favourite for the Greenham Plate. 1 mile, in which he ‘had 9.4. The going was 'heavy, and lafter working into a prominent posi—ltlnn in two lurlongs Mahmoud was ' unable to run. “Not 11 Derby horse,” iwas an opinion generally expressed, after the race, the contention being ,that he had not acquitted himself like I a probable stayer. This race was won :by his stable-companion. Noble King | (Noble Star—Canidia), who was sec;ond favourite at 6 to 1. He is owned Iby Sir A. Butt, and is in the Derby.

'A Deplorablo State of Affairs. The much-travelled Mr R. \Vootan. f with wide experience of racing in Aus—itralia. South Africa. and England, in Ithe course of an interview stated “in! racing in New South \\'ales. apart from llnndwhrl: and the principal cllliis. is in :1 Licplm'nhle state. Prize money at the smaller mrciinas is very poor indeed, and the only rcmcd)’ i" fewer mcciings and more prize money. l'nir‘ss some action in that dircrlinn is taken. things will go from had in worse, The small meetings are no good to ninone and bad for sport. Honours. i i .\ northern writer claims that Limm oan has been the greatest sire of classic winners ever imported to New Zealand. As far as New Zealand is concerned and regarding the New Zealand Derby as the principal classic, ‘ then the honour rests with Traducer; who got nine winners 0! our Blue Ribbon. Limond got only four. Limond sired only one winner of the Great Northern Derby, Traducsr got three. ,Musket got three, and Martian six. ;Nevertheless, Limond proved himself is great sire. and the demand for his ' stock when under the hammer as year—lings proves a very general appreciaItion of merit. i iflny Is Hard. I Contact has now a record of four iwins, three of them over hurdles, and 'it will be interesting to see how he ‘shspes in his next enpragement. which will prbbnbly be in the Great North lern Hurdles at Ellers-lie. The Cocktplt gelding did not jump too well on gthe first day at iiawcra. but on the final day cleared the obstacles in much ihettcr style. The stiller cnuntry and iihc longer distance may trouble Cou—;tact next. month, but he finished on ,weii in his last start. and if he goes 3to the post at Ellerslic tit and well he [should be one of the hardest to beat. Largo Field. Early in the season in England there lare occasionally tremendous fields for Itwo—year-old races. For instance, at Newbury on the fist of last month }i-here were [All starters for the Bech—'hamptou Plate, run over a straight flve lurlongs. or that lot, only onn had previously started, and it is al—most unnecessary to write that the starter had anything but an enjoyable time. Nor did the public, as the 7 to 2 favourite, Silvcrette, ran nowhere, and the winner, Lovely Woman, was .a 16 to 1 chance with the books, and ipaid a little over 24 to 1 on the tote: English Woman's suooou. 0n the opening day of the Liverpool Grand National Meeting. it was a regular “ladles‘ day." so far as results were concerned. Mrs E. M. Royds won the Lancsshlre Hurdle Race with Pink Coat; Lady Nuttall, the Liverpool Spring Cup, with Guinea Gap; Mrs Chester Beatty, the Union: Jack Stakes, with Hypothesis: and Mrs V. T. Taylor, the Lydiate Welter. with Broken Hill. Other women owners successful on the other days of the fixture were: Lady Houston, and Mesdames M. Stephens, F. A. Clark. and A. Ridley. Mrs Clark not only won the Championship Steeplechase with Keilsboro' Jack. but gained second place in that race with Flying Minutes. The fact of eight being re--presented by winners at a three days‘ meeting gives a fair idea of the ex~ tent to which women, as owners, support racing in England. ‘

‘A Turf Tm. ‘ A rather amusing story was told by llaurll‘c .\lri‘ul'aih. the prominent Vic—ltm‘lan lrninm‘. during his Visit to New Plymouth lusl‘ \\'(‘C‘li-(‘YNL :\ patron of .\[vflrnlh‘s slixihlo. a well—known hllsim‘ss mun, liliml n ionnr‘r on a long chum-u nuw and again, One or his ‘lmi‘sws in )ll'i‘ui‘nlli's slnhlo was hav—‘lng ils ih'sl run for snnw lime Hi :1 )lr‘ilmui-no suhurlmn nit-Ming, and. :Imin-r: l‘illllCll by an unknown npprx‘n—:tim‘. \\us :Il Inng 'l‘lels. .\ll‘iix‘nlii. ‘Hmimh nni :ll nil sanguinv ni‘ success. :1011l his lvuli'nu tlml his horse might Illl‘lll}: off .1 sui'm-EN- and 1110 ownm- was !nrl\‘isml lo inwsl L‘lH. ’l‘lm lmulmmk[ol‘s also know nl‘ lliis man's \\'mkncss [iowm‘ds a long shot. and when he liui'm-umlml in im‘t‘sl his £lO they all {dosin‘ll some and (“Torrid him good imlds. In :1 spirit of .im'inlily lir- gnw [them all sumo. \\'iih Hm result lhzll he \\'on about. £9OO \\‘hmi his llnl‘sf‘ mllml 'lmmv. liul llll‘ll tho .inlm filill'll‘l]. 110 hall :1 hi}: L'ih'lu nl‘ l’rimhls, mnl lll" \\'n»: Inl\\ui.\'s I'i‘m‘ with his inl'm‘mnlinn. \\'hen his imi‘sr,‘ “Win at low: mlds and i‘.. was llmu‘nn-il llml he liml \\oll £110”. llli‘Sl‘ fi‘ivillls “er \i‘l'y IH‘\‘\'f‘t! lwcnlisi‘ filmy liml nul. hum! “10! in mi llin gum] ;llllll,L"." 'l‘llv mu~l Iillllli)'l‘il mun \\'us Illlv mun-Vs ”\\n l-Il'llllli‘l'. ’l'lli~ ui‘vnll) \\l'l'l‘il‘ll liiln .mil l‘ui' \\l‘i‘ks :il'lvi'u‘ni‘uh [lln' \\&i< :uiiia' l'iillllll .lili'lnpllnu 1.. V‘V' ’l‘lailL ll\‘lll|ll\ in \.l!ll. hum lliu \\linlu mm; IlllL'lJL‘UCll.