RACING.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20254, 24 July 1937, Page 22 (Supplement)

RACING.

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS. L. Du lieu has been engaged to ride Burglar In the Grand National steeplechase Ponty. ■lt Is reported that P. Atkins has been retained to ride Ponty in the Winter Cup, Additions to Team. The latest additions to P. Ollohrlst’s team are Tybalt and a rising two-year-old by Captain Bunsby from Gold Money. At present Tybalt is having an easy time, but it will not be long before he rejoins the aotlve brigade at Ellerslle. Although an aged gelding, Tybalt Is one of the hardy sort, and It should not be dlffloult to place him to advantage when he strikes form again. Qolden Treasure’s Prloe. The actual figure at whloh the Woodville horse Golden Treasure ohanged hands in Australia is reported to be 800gns. His purchaser, Mr N. G. Elliott, had earlier secured Golden 'Chance, winner of the Villiers Stakes at Randwick, for 1500 guineas from the owner-trainer H. E. Russell. Stloklng on Bettor. Colleen Cain appears to be staying on better now than formerly as she hung on nicely to win the Waitangi Handicap at the Hawke’s Bay Hunt meeting. She is never likely to be above the average, but her early speed should find her a payable proposition in hack sprints on the smaller tracks. In Qood Fettle. Though Redolent was not taken to the Wellington meeting he is reported to be in good fettle, and S. Barr should not be long in winning a race with him. The hurdlers at present in commission are not a good lot and Redolent should be able to hold his own among them. Recollection, in the same stable, has come in after a spell looking bright in appearanoe. He is being given useful work in the afternoon. Solidly Bred. Sunny Comet, winner of Saturday’s race, at Waimate, can claim some good breeding, being by Day Comet from Granuale by Sunny Lake from Anite'a, dam of (Rapier. He was bred by Mr G. <3. Holmes, who sent two mares to Stonyhurst to be mated with Day Comet, Sir Charles Clifford at the same time sending two mares to Rapier. Increase In Btakes Likely. The lifting of the New Zealand Cup stake to its pre-depression value of £2OOO has aroused interest in Aucknd. and now speculation is rife as w hether the Auckland. Racing Club "M rise to the occasion when the time ies for it to frame its summer proimme. In the meantime there is very prospect of the spring fixture at Ellerslle bearing considerable increases by way of prize-money. Doing Satisfactory Work. Since racing at the Great Northern meeting, where he was successful over six furlongs on the opening day, Versant has done everything asked of him in a satisfactory manner at Ellerslle. The bulk of his tasks have been confined to strong pace work and he is thriving on it, for it is doubtful if the brown gelding has ever looked better at this period of the season. A proved galloper in heavy ground, Versant Is worth keeping in mind during the spring meetings. Above the Average. Following his recent good form among the hacks, Salient Knight made an impressive debut in open company to win the Morven 'Handicap at the Waimate Hunt meeting on Saturday. Like most of his sire’s progenoy this three-year-old Paladin gelding stays on well and should graduate to good company next season. Half-Brother to Hounslow. An Interesting novice Jumper In work at Rlccarton is -Culverden, which i«! an efght-yenr-old half-brother by Shambles to Hounslow and) Royal Saxon. He is In charge of the trotting trainer D. Withers and Is said to be coming to hand nicely. Although he Is making rather a late start, Culverden comes from a hardy breed and has plenty of size so may be oapable of wlnning’races. Breeding of Thala. Winner of the maiden race at Hastings Thala is a two-year-old brown filly by Arauslo, from Curtsey. She was bred by .T. M. Cameron, who also t hred her dam. Curtesy is by Limond from Salute, by Soult—Lady Musket, by Blairgowrie—Muskerlna, by Musket. Tljis Is a solid family, which has produced some. good winners. Salute was the dam of First Salute, and Arch Salute, and she was also sister to King Soult. and half-sister to March, the dam of Te Kara and Queen March, the latter in turn throwing winners like • King March, Gay Marigold, and Limarch. Amusing Amateur Steepleohase. The Amateur Cup Steeplechase confined to gentleman riders was an amusing affair at the Waimate Hunt fixture, only one of the six starters completing the course without mishap. After almost unseating his rider at the first of the stand double Macailfeln fell and Le Chicot and iNlghtwlnd also went at the same fence’. This left Lord Reading clear from Waikari and Nlghtwlnd but Lord . Reading then tossed at the second to last fence and so did Ariti. The favourite Waikari was thus left with only the last Jump to clear and. he negotiated it successfully to win by a furlong from Ariti, which had been remounted. Prolific Sires. The question ts often asked: How many mares should a stallion serve In the season. There have been Instances where thoroughbred horses have hern visited by 80 mares In the one season, but those stud-masters ! with fashionablo sires generally re- j strict them to 40 and in several races | the number has been as low as 25. That great sire Wallace, whose pro- I geny won more classic races than any other stallion in Australia, averaged ?t mares per season for the time he was at the stud. The first year that ihe English horse Orme went, to the ifud his owner, the Duke of Wrstminiter. Instructed the stud manager to give him 10 mares. Just prior to that he had sold a mare named Vampire. but she turned out to be incorrigible. and the new owner having uformed the Duke of her Impish ways, aas given another In exchange, and fa mpi re x\as added to Orme’s list, of 10 mares. This was a lucky exchange for the Duke, as the result of the j union with Orme and Vampire was the Triple Crown hero. Flying Fox-

Double Shot. "When Double Shot was In charge of the Held In the Hurdles at Waimate, he appeared to hold a good winning Ohance, but he tired In the run home. He shaped well for a first attempt at the game. Flood Tide’s Sister. A novioe in work at Takanini is Flood Tide’s sister, Miss Lovelock, and she has been revealing 9ome pace in her work, so that she should not be long in winning a race. It may not be in this country, however, for she too is under orders to go to Melbourne early next month. She has a good style of galloping, and while she may not be as good as her relative she should more than pay expenses on the trip, as so many other maidens have done when taken to Victoria. Northern Trip in View. F. D. Jones has had -Cerne Abbas and the two-year-old Royal Chief doing useful tasks for some time at 'Riocarton, and they went pleasingly last week in their first sprint. Jones has a North Island trip in view in the spring, the intention being to run Royal Chief in the Wanganui, Avondale and Great Northern Guineas, with Cerne Abbas as one of his mates. Cerne f Abbas had an engagement in the I Melbourne Cup, but any idea of sending her to Australia in the spring will not be discussed seriously for some time. Additions to Teams. Red Mint has Joined) Dulieu’s team at New Plymouth. 'He is a flve-vear-old brown gelding by Mint Leaf from a Red Reign mare, being a halfbrother to Royal Reign, who showed useful form in steepleohases a few seasons back. Annoyer has been placed in regular training with H. Gray, who will prepare him for the Combined Hunt Club meeting. He shaped very pleasingly in winning the First Class Hunters’ Steepleohase at a point-to-point meeting. Now aged, Annoyer showed a lot of pace when previously in training, but was disappointing in his races. Unusual Bettor. A man who backed Royal Order in the Two-year-old Mile at Flemlngton on a recent Saturday did not return ! to the bookmaker to collect the £I2OO which he had won, states a Melbourne message. He wore a V.R.C. member’s ticket, but later the bookmaker was unable to find any other V.R.C. member who recognised the man from | the name he had given. The book- ' maker submitted the oase to the ! V.R.C., who told him not to pay until j inquiries were made. The man did i not attempt to claim payment to-day, and if he does claim payment, he will be asked how he came to be In the possession of a member’s badge. An Interesting Point. Doubt whether the new rule as to hack limits is clear has been expressed in some quarters, and it has also been suggested that an early interpretation of the rule should be given by the' Executive committee of the New Zealand Racing Conference. The new rule is perfectly clear and no such interpretation is required. The limits of winnings to enable a horse to compete in haok class have been extended as from August 1 (beginning of the new season), to £250 for any single race and to £SOO for races in aggregate, which were the old limits before the change and £4OO a couple of years ago. This, of course, means that the qualification to run in hack class will be as it formerly was after July 31. The result will naturally be that some horses who could not compete in hack class this season will be able to do so under the extended limits next season. TTiero is nothing exceptional in this. The oonfuslon has arisen probably because some consider that once a horse Is out of haoks it should always be out of hacks. This is not the logical way of looking at the matter. •The extended hack definition next season, will, as always, apply to all horses. The definition does not alter 17TS status of a horse at all, but affeots only his eligibility for entry in a certain class of raoe. If the margin of limitation is raised, so many more horses therefore become eligible to be entered. The Two Oups. Three horses have been backed for the Caulfield Cup by one man, says a Melbourne report. They are Aurie’s btar, Demagogue, and Alinura. Aurie s Star won the last Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap, and his owner was behind the recent move. The horse was backed for approxi- £ 10,000. In the autumn Aurie’s Star was purely a sprinter, hut evidently his connections consider that, he will run out the mile and a half of the Caulfield Cup in the spring. Demagogue, who was backed with one bookmaker alone for £SOOO in the Caulfield Cup. is a recent winner over a mile at Flemlngton, and was sec- ' ond to Prince Sion over a mile and a quarter and 10 yards at Moonee , Valley. For the Melbourne Cup the i only move of importance was for AI- * lunga. It was Inspired from Sydney, and was rather extensive, but the ' hacker declared that he was not act- * mg for the stable. The stable double or Desert Chief and Jack. Horner was hacked, hut not by the stable. Little i other business was done, although 5?™ as * er mentioned as the Caulfle d Cup leg ’ of several doubles. Talking, Sar’cherie. Damalls, and Desert Chief are at present equal favourites for the Caulfield Cup. and the rising three-year-olds Ajax, Court>iart, and Lynch Law are on the ton line for the Melbourne Cup. i I ; j

Robxert Derrett. *JI? be r t ,“? rrett - «e»ra»d as the greatest of New Zealand Jockeys of all time, died at Rfccarton recently, of Hie age of 85 years. Derrett's' riding career extended over a period of 40 jears. as he. had his first ride In 1868 and his last in 1908. his final win being on Hose Noble In the Braemar Welter Handicap at Ashburton. It was Derrett who rode Carbine in his first three victories as a two-year-old, and I aiso went to Australia to ride that colt in the \letnrla Derby, In which lie was i beaten a head by Ensign. As lo the ! manner In which Carbine came lo he j beaten by Ensign, there have been I various accounts published from time . In time. The late Dan O'Brien, ownertrainer of the colt, considered that * Derrett had made a mistake, but was I such a great horseman that there was j no difficulty in forgiving a Jockey who ’ had won so many races for him. Dan’s story of that Derby is as follows:- 1 ' On the day of the race Jack 1 Mayo came to me and said: ‘You had ; better speak to your boy. There are two horses In tills race running in the j same Interest. You remember what j happened at nandwlck, when Wycombe was sent out to make the pace for | Melos, got a break, and won. Tell I your boy not In let anything gel away ! on him.' I called Derrett up, and he asked me whether he should go to the

front. I replied: 'No; ride as If you were riding work, and never be farther than about four lengths from the leader.’ I told Derrett to be up near his horses. Carbine was last at the end of the first quarter-mile; yet at tlie abattoirs, five furlongs froh home, he was In front. Carbine and Pearlshell came right away from the field at that point, and once In the straight the filly was beaten. Derrett looked round when Pearlshell dropped out of the. running, and let one of his reins drop. This caused Carbine to slow down, and Tom Hales -seized the opportunity to make his run on Ensign. When Derrett caught hold of the rein again he struck backwards with the whip, and Carbine turned his head halfround. In other circumstances Carbine, would have won by 50 yards.” A Pleasing List. The number of Imported thoroughbred stallions owned in New Zealand at the present time is 50, and that is i

well up to the most noteworthy record of past years. Horses tracing to Bend Or number 11. The Hampton iine has been considerably reinforced in the Dominion of recent years by the importation of Foxbridge, Foxllglit, Gainscourt, Leighon, Philamore. Siegfried, Posterity, Vermeer, and Kincardine. By the death of Limond, the most notable sire of the St. Simon line who stood In New Zealand, the list tracing io the celebrated Galopin horse is reduced to Arrowsmitll, by Chaucer; Dink, by Never Venture; Musketoon. by Stedfast ; Paper Money, by Greenback; and Valkyrian, by William the Third. Garter Blue, whose six-year-old son Blue Tiger won a double at Trcntham, was imported from England, but he had a comparativelv brief career in the Dominion, an accident, leading to his death. By Phnlnris, son of Polyfnelus, from the White Eagle mare Royal Favour, there was a great, deal lo rivet attention in the pedigree of Garter Blue.

interference In Races. Interference in races has often caused the horse interfered with to be the loser. The late Tom Cannon, who was one of England's greatest Jockeys in his time, once said that the rider who oould not get near enough to an opponent in order to frighten him by waving the whip in front of him did not know his business. But there have been occasions when a rider has refused- to be bluffed by such tactics. An Interesting illustration of this took place in a race for the Queen’s Plate at Newmarket.. There were Three runners —Lord Bradford’s Chippendale, Mr Manlon’s Edelweiss, and Mr 11. Vyner’s Hagioscope. They were ridden respectively by Fred Archer, -Charles Wood and a little-known north country jockey named Griffiths. So little was Hagioscope fancied that he was the outsider of the trio/ Nearing home, Archer was on the rails, Griffiths In the middle, between him and Wood. ,\rcher saw that Hagioscope was going too well, so he bumped him on to Edelweiss, and between the two Griffiths looked like having a bad time. But he was equal to the occasion; he nearly knocked Wood over; and thep squeezed Archer on to the rails, so that he could not use his whip, and kept him there to win by a head.

FIXTURES AHEAD. July 29, 31—Poverty Bay Turf Club. July 31—Christchurch Hunt Club. ÿt 7—Poverty Bay Hunt Club. August 10, 12, 14—Canterbury Jockei Club. August 21—Pakuranga Hunt.