RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1926, Page 11

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK GOSSIP, (By WHALEBONE.) FIXTDRES-M*reh-12. 13—Napier Park R.C. March 13, 17—Ohinemuri J.C. March 17—Opnnake B.C. March 17— Otantau B.C. March 18—Waimate R.C. March 20—Bay of Plenty J.C. March 20—Masterton R.C. March 20, 22—Westport J.C. A full brother to King Cheops is in work at Greenmeadows under J. Oldfield. He is showing a. lot of promise. P.'Conway has Llewellyn looking well, and this good 'chaser should be in firstclass order by the time the winter season rolls round. . . C. -Morse, who trains Mangatoetoe, had a good innings with the gelding at Opotiki yesterday, winning two races. Town Bank is not to go to Paeroa for the Ohinemuri meeting. Owing'to th,e recent dry spell the track will be on the *■ hard side and Town Basic is .not suited j by,, such going. ' , Polonett, Serang, Joy Ride, Chairman, Exactly, Archibald, Charlady/ Norma Talmadge, Scot Free, and Irish Jig have ] been sent to Paeroa for the Ohinemuri i meeting. I Xornria Talmadge, who forms one of | •L Williamson's team for the Ohinemuri i meeting, was sent over from Sydney to ; be trained by him. This will bee her first appearance in a race in the Dominion. Ballymoy and Marehaway, two of N. Cunningham's team, have beeu sent to i Napier. Ballymoy is in good fettle and I she lias a lot of speed for a short d>s- j tanee. Marchaway is the two-year-old i full sister to Queen March. | Princess Nata, after her running at the Gisborne meetings recently, was thought to have a good show at Opotiki, but the best she could do was ! dead-heat for second place in the Cup ! and finish third in the Farewe'.l Handi- j cap. I The ex-New Zealander, Runnymede, gave a taste of his galloping ability at Bandwick recently by running four fur-1 longs in 50 3-4s. says a Sydney writer. Windbag ehowed on the same morning that he was fast getting into his best form by registering cix furlongs in 1.16. He revelled in his task and already has a coat like satin. Old Stony, another of G. Price's charges, accompanied the champion and aleo w : ent well.. .. ■".' ■ For the first time for a number of years, the New Zealand mentor.- R. J. Mason, will arrive in Sydney without. his old champion, Gloaming,- or any '■ other horses (says the "Sydney Sun").! Mr. J. Scott, of the Royal Hotel, Rand-1 wick, .received word from Mason that he I intended leaving the Dominion on March j 181 He is coming over to attend the Easter yearling sales, when,, no. doubt, he will select something to take back | with- htm.-'_ - . j Bemmon. once favourite for an- Epsom ! and joint Australian seven-furlongs i record holder, came to rather an ignoble j end at Melbourne recently "Posie- j don")." After returning from Sydney to • Melbourne and racing successfully at the ponies with big .weights, he went to the country and raced as Echo. He was | returning after competing at a Soldiers' I picnic meeting at Inglewood, when a motor car ran into him. He was so badly injured that he had to be destroyed. Bemmon was 11 years old. Bred by Messrs. W. B. and C. L. Thompson, at Scone, he was sold as a yearling for 301 guineas. Charles Wheeler got him for the Gippsland sportsmen, Messrs. J. Mills and J. Widdis.. He won at his first two starts, capturing the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes and the Debutant Stakes. He was beaten in his other six starts that season. He was a failure at three years, winning once in .17 starts. After-: the death of Mr. Widdis, early that sea-I son. Rem-mon was sold by auction for the . high price of 1350 guineas, his purchaser • being Mr. Tom Scott. Owing to Rem- j mon's bad habit of running out at the ! turn in Melbourne, he was sent to Sydney to race, after failing to win at four j years. At five his only success was j gained at Moorefield. In the following' season he won the Tramway Handicap j (seven furlongs) at Bandwick in record ! time; also scored -wins afc Rosehill and Canterbury in the following season, and ran third in the A.J.C., Epsom, for -which, he was favourite.