RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 39, 16 February 1928, Page 14

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

(By WHALEBONE.) REASON'S FIXTURES. f'rlirn.Trv I— Tiibiirn I'ny Jockey Club. J'rliiu.iry in, —WnnKiiiiiii Jockey Club. I>r11:» rv I ->—l "n n I crliu r.v Jockey Club, rclirimry I".'. —tjorr liucliiK Club. lM'briui ry L'ii, — NHson Jockey Club. February .'I. -Woodvllle I list rlct J.C. February W'iii.ipu Club. I'Vbnriry 'JT—'!"<• Aruliu Jockey Club. Feb. -!>. March I- I'nnnevlrke Kaelnpr Club March 1. :i—\liirlln• rouirli Club. March — Hunks IvnitiNulu Kiiciiuc Club. March ."i Te Kulli |{iicln« Club. March 7—(>ii<illkl Jockey Club.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

MO Kit K WW.— (I) €1 7/; d) CI 4/G; (.'!) I'J/; (I) Co ti/. Mr. I'. Karl, K.C., has a yearling filly from Unvi'let, l>\ Nassau. She is therefore a. siilcr In Prince Otto. King Tut, by King Lupin from Mis? Advil lice, won the 14.1 handicap at the Ascot pony meeting on February 1. He carried !♦.! and ran the four furlongs in the good time of 49:]s. Clm us had his first, racing since returning from Australia at the Kotorua meeting. lie showed up for a while, but was well hack at, the finish. Clarus will need a little (iiiie to got ready. ' - • Royal Trek has been getting through n Jot of useful work at under J. Anderton's guidance, and has been noticed sprinting well on several occasions. I toy al Tick may be given a nice in hark company at the Te Aroha fiittire. Cybclc, in F. Loomb's stable, who was I'Hced at. (lie Rotorua meeting, again showed up in her races, anil it should not be- long before she is in the money. , On one occasion at Rotorua saddle slipped a few yards before reaejiing the p6st and she lost her rider a few yards further on.

Bold Front raced below forrti ill his, only start at the Rotorua meeting, Which was in the Pohutu.' Highwcight Handicap on the tirst day. The Magpie gfcldiii£ was evidently not at his best, fol"'ho was withdrawn from the Tarawera Highweight Handicap on the wjcond day. -V ——— , . r-vt As ruffles is freely engaged at Te Arnhu it is safe to assume that the Quiu A Miry gelding is training on quite all 'right and will be sceir out at the infecting. It, is Home time sipce RuPles had a race but ho only requires to be ifc his best form, to make the best of twn gallop, for lyj is a speedy gelding in form. WSieliorr finished fourth in the Hauraki Handicap at tho Takapuna meeting, held last month, and with some little ini-* Movement in the meantime, he should tj|ce ; well the next time out, Schorr, Ms. always displayed a tendency to Rtay on in his races and if taken to the To. Aroha meeting may run prominently long distance hack events. , Aftftr liis performance in winning the Putnruni Stakes at the Matamata* uieetiilg,: tho Somo 'ltoy IT.' gelding. Ladies' . B<»y, will bo in demand if raced at the i To Aroha mcetm#,; for -he displayed a lot jr>f promise when he scored in the,, above race. Ladles' Boy, who has npt heort up any length of time, is a very speedy gelding and is trained by C. CarHi ottt, sen., at Tc Aroha. • • . '•>. . .. I',, ~~ ; Tho Quin Abbey gelding, Wiltshire, tan: two good the Rotorua (fleeting. Ho ran second on the lirst (lay after potting, all the worst pf the, Yimding, and maa<v amends by winning tho Tarawera HigHweight Handicap, on . Ihd sccond day. Wiltshire will make a gbOd hurdle proposition for the ap' proaching jumping season. , ■ "jKawa is entered -f«r. hurdle events at Wip .To Aroha meeting, to be held on February 2d and 27." He "had a* race at ,|hti Waipa meeting, in December last ftu*. failed to show up, though he has Ji'ad plenty of time to improve since that »jncetiii?. Ka.va has not won a rare •yinco he captured the Auckland hurdle race at Ellcrslic over twelve tiiOnth* ago. i The Te Awamutu-trained geldinjr Tegla wny carried 5.4 to victory in the Herries [Memorial Handicap at Te Aroha last |»en«on, and figures in that event this fyear as one of the top-weights with 9io. JPegaway won several good handicaps Bast season, but apart from his second ¥to Mandane in the Summer -Gup,- - his 'form this year has not been nearly so Wood.

?. Preposterpr, by Absurd from First; ,(Class, has bppn winning a number of Jtiicps around the Sydney meetings durJittg tlio last few months. At the Can(Werhurv Park meeting on February 4, J'rcpostercr won the Flying Handicap ' furlongs), carrying 9.7, top weight, .arid covered the distance in 1.13}. Pre'posteror was bred in the- Hawke's- Hay idlst rift by Mr. W. G. Stead. , ft is evidently intended to race Sent ftyer the jumps t, some future date, for >ho has been entered in hurdle events on roach day at, the Te Aroha meeting. His Ablative, Kaikahu, lias won several pnndlo races in the South Island during Ltho last twelve months, and there is • ■itfcry reason to expect Scat to also do •Well in that department of the game pifhen he has had the necessary cxperiIfiTicc. His sire Day Comet has sired a jairtimber of good jumpers,.and Scat comfpftrea favourably with the majority of ptlieni, for he is the ideal type for a I hurdle horse having plenty of size and ■pfecc. W • Tho secretary of the Onkaparinga 1 Racing Club (Mr. S. J. Pullman) has ■received a letter from Mr. W. Garrett, ¥ stating that he intended to bring his mieeplichascr Sir Rosebery from -New . i Zealand to run in the great Eastern ■Steeplechase this year. Mr, Garrett infitjpndefl to make the visit last year, and "ho was keenly disappointed When 'his u horse broke down (says an Australian £raper). Mr. Garrett stated in his letter ' {Rio Mr. rullman that ho had Sir Rosephcry ia work, and ho wars'l&oking well. added :• "All. going well I will bring. . him over to compete in your Great Eastern Steeplechase." Sir Rosebery ha» proved himself a champion stceplefe.Kaw Zealand. A •

It is stated that W. Kirk is to train Dress Circle, as his owner is going to Invercargill. Day Guard was in front for a good way in the President's Handicap, at Rotorua on Monday, and finished fifth. He is coming into form again, and will be much harder to dispose of in the near future. A third and a fourth, in his two starts at the Rotorua meeting, was the best that New Moon could do. However, the racing should benefit him considerablv and he may race bettor the next time out, which will probably be at the Te Aroha meeting at the end of the month. Wlinka King should soon be on the winning list again, pulping bv his performance at Rotorua. In the' Hack Cup he was one of the leaders for most of the way, and The Lover was the onlv one to beat him at the finish. Whaka*King was paying a nice price to win. When Ark Royal was left at Trenthain. suffering from the effects, of a kick ho received from Joy Bird in the Wellington Cup, it was feared he had a bone in one of his legs broken. This proved to he correct, and he was destroyed a few days ago. La Roma, who broke a bone in her leg while racing at Rotorua, was very unlucky, for she was one of the leaders when the mishap occurred, and she would have been very hard to dispose of. She won well on the opening day. She is to be saved for the stud. Acushla was similarly injured at Takapuna last irioiith. The light weights T. Tito and C. (•ouls.bro have left their previous employers, J. Fryer and J. W. Lowe respectively, with whom they served their apprenticeship. Tito was with fryer for some time after the expiration of his term, but the agreement was terminated last week at New Plymouth. Goulsbro left last week for New Plymouth. No doubt the racing officials ttill insist on both of them joining up speedily with' other trainers for permanent employment. '

Mr. B. S. Irwin, president of the Forbury Park Trotting Club, and a steward of the Dunedin Jockey Cl\ib, lias secured a lease of the filly by Paper Money from Michaeia, and the youngster will go into J. Fielder's stable. It is doubtful is a worse field of hoi ses than that in the maiden event at New Plymouth on Thursday ever stai ted on that course. The winner Aropeta is now a five-vear-old, and has been ■ a trial-plate candidate for over two years. Leitriin, a three-year-old, gelding by \ alkyrian from Ihapuna, shows .promise in his races, and he looks as though he will get on the winning list soon. At both the Matamata and Rotorua fixtures he was noticed in the. running. He" is a half-brother to Dobbin, who is more than useful. Matinee was very badly handled in the Arawa Park Handicap on Saturday at Rotorua, and ridden anything like a decent race, he would have won instead of being third. During the race, with the other three competitors strung out in front of him in Indian file, he tried to go up on the rails where there obviously was no room. He got well knocked back, and again tried to do the same near the top turn, with similar result. He finished third, two lengths behind the winner, the time being 1.42. On Monday he had a much better field to beat in the President's Handicap, and he finished second t« Flying Juliet in 1.41. Following an operation, the death occurred in Melbourne recently of Valaisian, one of the most disappointing horses of recent years. A four-year-old son of Valais and Burletta, he was halfbrother to the A .J.C. and V.R.C. St. Leger winner Radnor, and as a yearling was sold privately to Avant Courier's owner, Mr. E. M.JPearce, for the reported sum of 3000 guineas. Valaisian gave great promise early in his career, stylishly winning a two-year-old race at Nandown Park, and running second to Cromwell at Flemington, but subsequently he developed a temper and was always a source of worry to his trainer. He was sent to Brisbane, where he was placed under the care of A. E. Austin, who is now training several of MrJ Pearce's horses in Melbourne, but although hopes were entertained on his 'return that he had overcome his bad he again displayed a decided aversion to' the .barrier, and wn; liopeleft it, the post in the Caulfield

The Trent ham trainer Captain Gage Williams is expected to take Wild Pigeon to Riccarton, where the filly lias" an engagement in the Midsummer Handicap on .Saturday. J. Ross is coming from Oamaru with Heather Lad and Solrose, who are to race at the Canterbury Jockey Club's meeting on Saturday. Magna Charta is training on nicely, and lie may be seen to advantage very soon in a race. He may be a starter in the Post Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday. Satrap looks well aftt.- his racing at Wingatui, where he was rather tinlucky oil the last day. With average fortune he should win a good stake before the end of the season. He will have plenty of admirers in the Midsummer Handicap. Assurance is booked to compete in the Midsummer Handicap on Saturday. He has been a great disappointment in his races this season. Some of his track work lias been below his best, but he has commenced to show improvement lately, so he may race wfcll from now on. Footfall, who won the Midsummer Handicap last year, will again be a competitor in the race on Saturday. He has been responsible for some useful work lately, without being set Inv record-breaking tasks, and he should be capable of a good performance. The yearling by Limond—Makepeace, purchased by Mr. J. Wliitworth, of Svdnev, at the recent Trentham sales, has been placed in Geo. Price's charge. The same trainer has recently put into work, London, a two-year-old by Nassau from' Thames. The Nelson Jockey Club are unable to race on the datea originally allotted to them, February 23 and 25, and have been granted permission to hold their meeting on May 4 and 5 if the Marlborough Jockey Club do not want them. The latter body may race at Trentham in April. Treasury Bond, a two-year-old fdly by Paper Money—Bo Peep, won the second division of the Two-Year-Old Handicap at Kpsom (New South Wales) on February 4. . Treasury Bond was bred by Mr. J. 0. Duncan, of New Zealand, and was bought by her present owner, Mr. H. Spry, for 200gs. Treasury Bond is trained by V. O'Neill.