NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, 15 March 1924, Page 10

NEWS AND NOTES.

Masterton to-day. Opunake on Monday. Rapine causes a surprise. Good Sport goes on winning. Merry Day is Just about due. Trerifliam' is drawing near. The big mile takes some picking. Bonnie Winkie run badly at Napier. It's oddH on that he never shows his Ihreo-year-old form again. Inferno 'is going well at Fordell. He is next to take on the Sires' Produce Stakes at Awapuni. Motley will bo there to do the necessary. Napier running points Kllfalre being tho hardest to beat m tho Maiden at Opaki to-day. Bayana ran two bad races at Waterlea. The first day the going pulled her up. but there were no excuses to otter for her showing the last day. Happy Days ls turning It m nt the ond of his races. Both days at Blenheim he had a royal chance at tho turn, but ho would not go on with it. A spell would not do him any harm. Pantler was not started tho first day , at Blenheim owing to the mud. He was mado a good favorite tho second day, but after being prominent for six furlongs faded out and finished fifty yards behind the winner. Lady Hallnn scored her first win rt Blenheim, but It was not superior quality that gave her the success. Jack Sullivnn. the Woodville trainer, needs a light boy to ride work. Hero is a good home for the right lad. Nominations for the Felldln;? Club':; Easter mooting close with .Sntviary E. Goodbehere on Wednesday u.-xt.

Over the last furlong she was liable to stop any time, but Ashley Reed nursed her nicely and got her there. Had he smacked her hard she would have stopped dead. ' Stream has always been a good, honest sort of a mare and her performance at Blenheim the second day when she carried lOst 51b and won m a jog was impressive. A good strong boy will always do better on her than a light apprentice. The claim of a writer after his first . day win at Napier that Battle Knight is the best welter horse m commission at the present time was knocked endways when he went down to Misgovern the second day, There are still one or two horses m commission that can give Battle Knight a few pounds and a licking. .' The four placed horses m the Pelorus Handicap the second day at Blenheim — Martinique, Blackhead, Jonquil and The Bolter— nearly blew the stewards' stand over When they returned to weigh m. rr *hey would make a great quartet for the Redfern Band. On her showing m the two Maiden races at Blenheim Kilmar has the hardest part m front of her ,to get on the winning list. She had a 'stone the better of lt each day, but third was her portion on both occasions. The going the first day at Blenheim suited Auckland, and even after having a pretty rough time over the first bit of the journey he bolted m at the death. He w r as well supported by his party* a gallop over half a mile on the morning of the race giving them confidence. The rider of The Bolter can think himself very lucky that he was not up on the mat to answer a question about his riding of that horse the first day at Blenheim. The boy was well m front at the turn, but Instead of keeping his mount going he started to have a look at the scenery. Result he was caught and beaten on the post. Jackeroo came into contact with the barrier at Blenheim and came out second best, his mouth sustaining a nasty cut, which bled profusely. A strong barrier is needed, but there is no need for it to be of such texture as to cause damage to horse and rider. Stork has a bit of weight m the Opunake Cup, but that should not prevent him from going very well. The field is not strong and if he is to go down Fleeting may be the one to do the trick. The clubs on the West Coast of the South Island have issued their programmes m booklet* form for the autumn meetings. In all £2956 m stake money will be given. », On the Friday m between the Trentham races this month Mr, T. Roulston m conjunction with Mr. J. Gleeson will offer for sale at Wellington three Absurd yearlings, the property ,of Mr. W. G. Stead. One is a colt and the other two fillies, they being out of Salvette (Demosthenes — Ringdove), Los Vegas (dam of Fluency) and Lallah Rookh (Ferarnorz — Class) respectively. The Masterton Club is losing money and a good deal of popularity through not having -a ten shilling tote at its meetings. The four yearlings that were purchased by Mr. G. D. Greenwood, from Mr. W. G. Stead were effected through the; offices of Mr. T. S s Roulston, of Hastings. It ls hard to understand why the galloping clubs at Nelson and Blenheim still keep trotting races on their programmes, when the trotting clubs have their meetings ot the same time. It Is an unpleasant fact, but nevertheless true, that trotting is rapidly making headway m the South Island, and it has only to go on as it has of late years to soon oust galloping all together. The policy of giving away two events to an opposition sport savors something of cutting! one's own throat. Limelight got what she wanted at Motukarara last Saturday — a small field. Her inches are always against her m a big field and she gets knocked all over the place. With half a dozen runners she is given plenty of room, and that final burst of speed she possesses Is not used up by the time the home turn is reached, as ls generally the case. Hipo won very nicely the last day at Wanganui and it is hard to go past him m the St. Patrick's Handicap at Opunake. It ls just as well that Zero Hour landed the big race the second day at Blenheim — Just as well for the rider of the second horse. When they went past the members' stand Auckland m front chopped right over on to the Trentham horse and he had to be brought up on the outside. He got there, but that was all. Nominations for Southland autumn meeting close on Wednesday, March 20. Stake monoy offering amounts to £3500. Bonllta.. winner of the Novice Hack at Blenheim, is a delicate sort and Snowy Burgess often had a lot of trouble getting the gelding to take hl9 meals. Nothing at Opaki Is showing so much improvement as Lady Bon, and with the soft tracks last week Tom Higgins gave the mare some useful gallops. Birkenolla. ono of the few Birkenhead's now m, commission, is coming along nicely at Masterton and will race over hurdles Bhortly. The gelding has already had some experience over the jumps. Trespass was put into physic on his return from Wanganui. and he has freshened up a lot. The Australianbred gelding will be racing again at Trentham. At the autumn meeting of the Masterton Club last year the Kemball stables won five of the eight races. On Saturday there ls a representative In each race, and m some three are engaged. Tbe Auckland-owned Wee Marble has improved a lot m his work lately and Walter Garrett gives him a' chance m the Juvenile Handicap at Opaki. Ho inn second to Lady Isinglass m the spring. > Another two-year-old has joined the Kemball team. This is the bay gelding Kalintha by Kllboy—Cerlntha. Kilbonnie. n four-year-old mare by Kjlbroncy from the Thompson Handicap winner Sunbonnet. has been a long time coming to hand, but Is now doing well In her work at Opaki. She races m the colors of Mr. W. Cooper, a vicepresident of the Masterton Club. W. Garrett ls working a gelding by Wormwood — Avalon, which has been named Weetn. At present he 1b backward, but shows promise. The Kemball apprentice C. Smith will claim a 51b allowance for Bumptious In the Autumn Handicap nt Opaki bringing his weight down to 7.11. This is T.lbs more than the gelding carried at Napier when ho ran t/erond to Rapine m the Cup. .1. 11. Prosser left Blackhead and Island at Rlenholrn after last week's ! meeting. In all probability they will : next race down on the West Coast iv | nome other owner's colon:. Uytinus ran well ;it both Dannev.irko and Blenheim and whichever ________HM^naaaHMiH______l

race he takes on at Masterton -will see him prominent at the flnish. H. Lorigan is getting a good return with Entre Nous, and the half-sister to Silver Link is coming better each race. She was responsible for two fine efforts at Blenheim and m the near future will be seen to advantage m better company than she met at Waterlea. Thespian is running out at his owner's place at Wanganui. He will most likely take up stud duties next season and the brilliant Absurd horse should not want for patronage. Para is to run m the Rangitikei Cup, and J. Barry will have the mount. She does not look to have any the best of it with 7.13 m open company. Still, the rest of the field is poor. ' Class is poor m the Masterton Welter at Opaki to-day and Lady Gay may carry the day. Zero Hour finished up the NelsonBlenheim trip with two wins and two seconds. He is seen to best advantage m an eight or nine furlong race. The last bit of a mile and a quarter finds him out, the punch that he has being missing. Since he was purchased by Albert Goodman he has more than paid for his oats. Another point: He never looked so well m his life. Merry Day went two good races at Dannevirke and the gallops would work wonders m her. On her home track to-day she should go close to winning the Autumn Handicap at Opaki. . That gay deceiver Listowel has sickened his party and it would be no surprise if they quitted him. At the Te Aroha meeting > some simpleton let a couple of horses out of their boxes on the eve of the first day's racing. They were found, but fortunately they were none the worse for their brief escapade. At Blenheim last week five trotters were turned loose, and, after a good hunt, were found out at Renwicktown. There is a lot of trouble m store for the culprits should they ever be discovered. That great weight carrier, Tame Fox, is m work at Fordell m preparation for the winter racing. The first of the stock of the imported Limond, owned by Mr. G. M. Currie, will be raced next season. They all show a lot of quality and good judges are picking them to be well above the average. Rapine can now be looked on as a certain starter m the Trentham Gold Cup. He is almost certain to win and he can look, for most opposition from the three-year-old Ballymena. The flier, Motley, is doing very nicely at Wanganui and is pleasing W. Rayner very much. She* will next be (Called on to race at Awapuni m the Sires' Produce Stakes, m which event she will meet Inferno. Maurice McCarten will not be riding at Rangitikei next week as he will be present at the Waimate meeting. One of his mounts will be the Derby winner, Ballymena, All those engaged m the Juvenile Handicap at Masterton to-day are maidens. Bonideer has it well on the rest. The only thing against her is that her trainer has been a bit kind to her since she last raced, but that should not stop her. An old stager m Tyne was given a couple of races at Blenheim, but he was hopelessly outclassed the first day while on the second he failed to move away till the field had gone over half a furlong. \ The last day at Blenheim was a regular boom day for bleeding, no less than three horses being sufferers. They were Sunbath and Laughing Eyes, both of whom were pulled up, and All Gold. The last-named did not bleed m her race, but on her way back to the stable It started. Pillage, after a long spell, is ■■ to make her re -appearance at Masterton to-day. She may want a gallop before she is capable of showing her best form. Carnbrae, after working at Blenheim last Saturday morning, pulled up lame. He was taken back to his quarters and shortly afterwards dropped dead. He was never much good and his owner was lucky to get a race the first day. Internal trouble was the cause of the death. Homage and Deluge have re-joined W. Rayner's team at Wanganui. Both are very well and they should get some money about Easter time. ' Lady Ben ls to race at Opaki to-day m the Welter. She has been working well and with the sting out of the ground will go well. The Wanganui trainer, W. Rayner, will be missing from the forthcoming Trentham gathering. He will be at home putting the finishing touches on Motley, who will be a starter at Awapuni the following week. Father's Voice got on to the winning list at Napier the first day, but the second day went down to Tuahini. Look for him to come to light m better company before the autumn is out. What is old Gladful doing m that race at Opaki? Thought ho was the old gentleman of the Kemball stable who kept an eye on the young hopefuls of the red, white and blue brigade. Gold Light was above herself when she raced at Napier last week and nobody wanted to be on her. She ran accordingly and was well back at the flnish. The gallop will do her a power of good and Bhe should be at her best by the (second day of Trentham. Thc winner of the Maiden at Motukarara. Bonatic. is a brother to the disappointing Morgen. Early m the season Civilform performed well, but of late he has been doing no good. It is not to be wondered at, when thc amount of racing he has had is taken Into consideration. Some owncVs have queer Ideas about the sort of deals they get from jockeys. One a few weeks back went crook at the boy and accused him of taking hold of his horse. To show how ridiculous the accusation was one only needs to mention that the horse that was allegedly pulled up was boaten a head by a thing that had over two stone the better of the weights. The solid pace set m the early part of the Napier Cup was all to the liking of Rapine, who, at the business end, outstayed the field. His win was oomethlng m the naturo of a surprise for a week previous at Dannovlrke he ran very poorly and was obviously most backward. After being out of luck for a couple of meetings 11. Muckle came to light ;he second day at Napier and scored on four horses, three of whom aro trained by Harry Mickey. Sprinkler ls getting back to his early rqning form and Bert Gillett should :-;i't a fair share of stake money before ihe autumn Is out. The »Mcr to Ha:--/.!.- Dazzle. Wir.-.'.Uut; I„'1;!h. w.ih Kiv«'it a run the ISrat day

at Napier, but she was a bit on the green side, and finished just behind the placed horses. She will improve. Early m the season Kenmore was well m the boom, but he developed a knee and had to be thrown out of training. He is all right again, and ran a very fine race behind Red Wink at Motukarara last Saturday; m fact, he was only just beaten. At the beginning of the season King's Folly was looked on as one of the most likely- looking two-year-olds m work, but so far he has failed to live up to expectations. He was raced at Napier, but made a very poor showing. Kilbird has his first race for some time at Napier last week. > He was on the burly side and did not show up. • His early spring form was pretty fair, and he has only to repeat it to get very close to the. top of the lesser i handicaps. Tawehi has landed at last. He ' broke his maiden status at Napier last Saturday. Up to date he has been a 1 costly horse to follow, but v/ith number one on the ledger he may go on and repeat the performance. Zircon raced so well the second day at Te Aroha that his win m the Cup at Matamata Was fully expected. He gave Jack O'Shea a pretty rough ride. Mosthenes ran very sourly at Napier. It would occasion no surprise if he were treated to a spell over the small fences. W*. Bagby was treated a little harshly at Napier Park when he Was fined a tenner for crossing \ over m the Cup on Mountain Peer, as from the stand it appeared he had the necessary lead . to go over, on to the rails. *\ .' Matareka paid a great price when he won the open seven at Blenheim. Had he not been hung up m the tape* In ' the big event he would certalhly have < taken a share, of the mpney m that event. Jack Cameron showed good judgment when he turned down that 6000 '' guinea offer made for The Hawk a little while back. Since then the Maftlan gelding has* won m stakes over £5000, and with the rich prizes at Randwick next month he should add considerably to this total. The entries for the Thompsoh Handicap are not so big as last year. In fact, there is a falling off m the aggregate this year as compared with last. Two horses who have great chances of " getting some of the money m the big mile are Good, Sport and Suggestion. With the accident that ended fatally at Matamata brought under its notice, the Cabinet may now do something to prevent such big fields running on small courses. It is asking a boy to look for trouble to put him up on a horse m a field of thirty. There are enough- dangers attached to the riding game, and It is time that a few of them were wiped out. This big field on a small course problem is one of the first to be tackled, and tackled it should be at once. liusylvia was backed and beaten at Egmont. : His followers will no doubt get a bit back when he starts at Opunake on Monday^ Ngata has not been doing much of late, the state of the! ground being against him. With the tracks now softening up he will be moved along a little faster. Should Gloaming not contest the Challenge Stakes at Trentham, Mr. G. D. Greenwood has still a mortgage on the race with Parody. Roman is to start m the hurdles at Opunake, on Monday. He has had a little experience over the small fences, and, with the class nothing great, he looks to have a chance. Mangawhero has been turned out - for a spell which the gelding needed. When he has freshened up a. bit he will be put into work again and tried over : . the fences. He will most likely be 1 seen out over the sticks at Wanganui, 1 where he is now ' located. ' Gaillard won m such attractive style : at Wanganui that there are some who ' expect the son of Absurd-Noreen to stretch the necks of Inferno and any . other top-notchers he meets at Treni tham, or at Awapuni, where Motley ■ will be m the field. ; W. Dwyer has allowed Dangle, Alaric and Peut Etre to have a spell since racing at Wanganui, but they will , probably be seen out again at Easter, i when they may be taken to Ellerslie. H. W. Johnston intends taking Or--1 chid to the Opunake meeting. The • son of Absurd-Gladlole can scamper ' over five furlongs at a great pace, and ! the Electric Hack should suit him. So far Khartoum has been restricted » to walking but will need something i more strenuous shortly if he is to be ready for the Wanganui meeting, as he : is much on the "jolly" side. War Loan Is such a safe jumper ■ that he should pick up a race or two i for his Maori owner during the winter, i A. Jackson is now training the Zimmerman gelding, who will most likely 1 be given a run at Bulls next week, i though he Is very big yet. 1 The Wanganui Jockey Club will glvo away £4100 m stake money at Its winter meeting. This is £800 more > than last May. The Wanganui Steeplechase will be worth £660, the '/ same as m 1923, but the Century Hurdles has been raised from £450 to ' £500. \ Amber Tips will not be a runner at Bulls ns it is considered he was given too much weight m the Ladies' Bra- . celet. The son of San Fran will be " seen out at Waverley, and then at : Feilding. 1 Malingerer has been turned out for a spell, which his running at Wanganui suggested he needed. W. Rayner has Veil m work again. She will most likely be a starter at the Feilding meeting. i Listowel is to 'be sent to Sydney to be disposed of at the Easter sales over there. This son of Absurd should ' do well if tried over the small sticks J on the 1 other side, where there are a ! number of hurdle -nces over distances from a mile and a half to a mile and • threequarters. I ■ This year's Rangitikei Racing Club's annual meeting, which takes place on 1 the Bulls course on Friday and Satur- ' day, March 21 and 22, promises to eclipse past gatherings, both as regards quality of the horses engaged and the standard of racing to be witnessed. Over one hundred horses have . been entered for the meeting, representing 245 nominations on the two days, and "class" is well represented. i