SYDNEY TURF NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 10

SYDNEY TURF NOTES

OUTLOOK Al\ BANDWIpK ■" -." •(Franf ''Vedette.'?) . ■ 1 p:;> ■ ■'V:-vM'3pNEY,.s.2tt,;.March. ; ■/Despite..tax att* turmoil, SySney ivill Bbw'^eeoine.^he 'cerftre of: racing-anter-est'Ußtir after Easter. /.The. .'Ay^tO. is Btill in a quandary, regarding. tSie Jhitd, day of its/ineeting,,if'th;e"ijang:.baii/.on mid-week racing is'put into effect, but at pr.esen,t r .it is adopting, a policy of carrying -6ni/ /.TFeSterday/it t"ot>kv'etttries for the whole" of the;. Autumn Meeting. The New Zealand invaders arrived this'weefe^fe-iv' ia iiumT3ers-btit.-3of igood quality in Pirsfc Acr'e f .s(Covie Star, Hunt the -Slippery Enter,- Ammbn;•■Ra,■.: .and • •'Havasppt;-. =-13nter is a. M2,pony.in,A; D./VVebster. 's/chai-ggp who has-ibebn.vto Sydney beforo'b'jt clidnpt;'rac.c-hSr.e.. "■ A fair-iiizc(l.'but ■sel.eßt./teani/;i3; expected from Melbourne; headed by Phar Lap and:Waterline;- "In all. about 30 iOraCS'-'ar.e''"expedted-^fiom;'ac.ross'' the border. '. .-' ■•"•.'.'/': • -"■' ■.'"."'.■-■"""'•" ■"■■' ' •■Most-talk here -since >Saturday.haß--teen--.of: ■Waterlina.'s d6feat:;of.,Phar Lap. ■- Withojit ; disparaging mterliho's effort,, there "is xioi /ffluch-./dpubt that Phar Lap'; was-'beiwv.his/be's't.-.0n.-the da^.r.lV-e.li'-i.nformea people,- including .tTife 4bd6kmalcei's, kriewv^his, and it'is reported tij'huvo been' Kidney trcfuWe. It is. significant that, he is.not. to race until the, A.£C:' Meeting,-.and was withdrawn.,on ■Monday-; for the:.: Sjd'ncy.i Cup. . Sydney tiors.es; 'who..-raced-, ; afc-' theY.e'.C. Meeting arrived: b.acfe;:'sa'fe and sound on Monday morning. George Pric& had a great meeting, with Teilmondv Killarney, and Carry? Dn all' good 'winners. He. had practically a-mono-■poiy.'.of' the- -f ortune;:..f or. none 'of.rthe oth'ef trainers Tvas successful. '.'Opimpna ■Vary about "the merits; of Veilmond and Ball&on King,- and their; next meeting, •which may be. at'.'Eose.hill ■or Warwick !Far'm, prior to the. A.J.C. Meeting,' will be-brirfl'fuT,of ;; iaterest, ~■''•.;■ ... -..': ' ■ ■■'' HAWICESBURY'RESULTSr' A poor, lot qf horses, was seen out it .Saturdays meeting, at- Hawkesbury, a: iae'ecourse of tender memories for "the old' settlers but jiow looked at askance by-vthe pxesent generation. It-, is gome distance'frorii Sydney, compared .with the luxurious • suburban- ruii3, and -the :*ipiwntojieu';s c rather primitive. "■• *Orie of Goorgo Price's stay-at-home te.im,' Gemlight, was,made a hot.favourite Mr the prini'.ipal' handicap. :,Mn a-Small flcicl Ifis.rider had'hiin "oft* the .cpursQ?.'--lill the way, and-he-beat one horse,home, The..stewarcfs: immediately called- for. an. CxplanatWi and ; that tendered satisfied them.' The race/went tp. ; jan;irapoi:tod'S'uristar horse, Suhflare, who" is a shifty customer and long pver-d-uc:for-.a Stiu. : ■■'■..:-.' •■•■:'-■■:' . '-On a. sof t'trapk a. Catniin-t^—Lndy Penury -fbui'-year-aid, .Mihtri'go,' i\fon tf 'mile w.elt'cr. ' His success- was -well anticipated,' although he started at a good price. Third place.was filled, by Mr. Eric Eiddiford's Greenmantle, who to date" -looks.-'after, all-no mote than a »bde:ratje., ... / ; :....'. ./ ;.. .;. ... * 3'3ie',,:bopjn..horse- pf the spring,; the t'hree-year-olil Tom Pinch,'was backed

off' thW1 psrd in the sprint event. ' Even-' though opposed by second-raters, and; carrying.Bst 101b, he failed to finish in the. : firstsis:. . -Two furlongs from home he Tva's three lengths in front, apparent-' ly cantering. He hadbeen taken away for.a secret trial prior to the race, but as these things have a habit of doing, it leaked out, and the bookmakers bet a' very'cramped price 'from the outset. The -race' went to. a consistent thre.e-year-oM filly-, Sunlit Reef. '■ ■ { E| ißiddle was disappointed -when his Legionnaire two-year-old. Alleviate, EaiTed' to ,36 better than finish second to E6ry;O'More in the Juvenile Handicap..; ;But for being sent back in the.?middle stages he would probably, havrc'lj-vv.pH.;, ■:'■,;■; .'- ; "'■.