RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 192, 16 August 1927, Page 14

RACING NEWS.

STABLE ANDJRACK NOTES. (By WHALEBONE.y THE SEASON'S FIXTURES. Ansnst 20—pakuranga Hunt Club. August -7- .aranaki Huut Club. rieptember '-, 3 —Jlartou J.C. Kept. S, lt : — Wangar.ai J.C. Sept. 9—F-iTnont-Vwinganui Hunt. Sept 10—otago Hunt Cllub." Sept. 14—Dannevirke E.C.: Sept. 13—Dannevirke Hunt Club. Polferite showed that his -win in the Winter Cup was no fluke' when he accounted for the Selwyn Handicap at Hiccarton on Saturday in Such style. He had lOst, or 141b more than he carried in the Winter Cup and was in the picture all the. way. King Lu is engaged in, the Dunedin Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting, and on his performances at Trentham he will be in demand. On the first day of the Wellington meeting he finished third to Delightmcnt and Solrose, and won the Members' Handicap, six on the second day. Le Choueas is down for an engagement in the Dunedin Handicap, to be run at Ellerslie on Saturday next. Ihe Magpie gelding was narrowly defeated on two occasions'"during' hie recent visit , to Australia. Providing the going is to his liking on Saturday lie will be one of the favoured division. Peter Maxwell appears; to have been unlucky at Riccarton since he arrived there.* His first appearance' wasin the Homeby Steeplechase at the Christchurch Hunt Club's meeting, when he was beaten by Maunga. In the Grand National Steeplechase he was second to Beau Cavalier, and on Saturday was third to Tuki and Vice Grand in the Lincoln Steeplechase. Perle de Leon would have been hard to dispose of in the Grand National Hurdle Race if he had stood up, judging by his subsequent form in the Sydenham Hurdles. He was giving 141b to Aberf oldy, who was the only one to beat him. Since he has been put to hurdling Perle dc Leon has shown that he is a most promising sort and next season he should make his presence felt in big rac6s. Royal Wink, who won the Aylesbury Steeplechase at .Riccarton,on. Saturday, is stated to have been unlucky in the HuntXlub Cup on r the second day of the meeting. He made a bad blunder at Cutts', otherwise he would have been closer than third. He is by Wfnkie from." JLady .Victoria, the dam of Boyal Star, who won the New Zealand Cup, and Frisw Mail, the. hurdler, The English-bred Hoy lake has now apparently got acclimatised and by the way he ran at Riccarton he should annex more races in the near future. At the Hunt meeting he was third in the Flying Handicap', and on the first day of the Grand National meeting was beaten out of a place owing to not being able to handle the going. On Saturday he won the Longbeach Handicap by a short margin. ' <*|| V^ Guncase has been showing consistent form without winning during the last few weeks. At the Wellington meeting he failed, to get into the money though he ran some good races, his best performance there being, fourth on the last day. At the South. Canterbury meeting he was just beaten by Aberfeldy, while at Riccarton he was third in the Trial Hurdles and occupied a simitar position to Pencus and Gay Jim in tho Styx Hurdle Race. Delightment. claims a double engagement at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting next Saturday. In the Jellicoe Handicap he has been awarded 10.3, but the distance may prove a bit too far for him.

At Wellington he scored ovefgix' furV longs and was placed in a similar evejit on the last day. Probably the Duncdin ! Handicap, six furlongs, will be more to his liking., * -.'■■.' | Ramblin' Kid, who is engaged in the Hunters' Hurdle Race at the Pakuranga meeting, is a fairly promising sort;" At the Auckland winter meeting he -was second to Just John in" the Hunt Club Hurdles, to whom he "Was .conceding; 7U>. He was going pretty.well- in the Orakei Hurdles on the last 'day when he lost , his rider. At the recent -Wellington meeting Ramblin' Kid showed" t)ie, way into the, straight in the Talayera: Hurdle ltacc, but then faded out. . - - Master Doori is. among those accepted for in the Jellicoe Handicap. This horee has run pretty well during the last few months. At the Great Northern meeting he was second in the Cornwall-Handicap, one mile and won the York Handicap, one mile. " ite was taken to Wellington and Vaa .third in, the Parliamentary Handicap, ane niile and si -quarter, and seeon'd'.'in the' Winter Oali" Handicap, one mile. '"_With 10.5 "he is not i«t all badly placed in the Jellicoe Handicap. ! ■ Te Kara still holds his position nt the head of the Jellicoe Handicap with 11.7. This is only 31b more than Jie had when lie vim fourth in {lie York Handicap, one mile, at the Auckland winter meeting, 'in the first day of the fixture Te Kara' occupied a sin?ilar position in the Cornwall Handicap with 10.6, the mittiinuni being 8.0. fej.the Jellicoe Handicap the minimum is 9.0, and he is called upon to carry 11.7, so thai taking the. different scale of weights ihto^c/Jhsidera-' be ; overlooked.

Spalmore iaa: been doing w#ll V turfer weeks. Aβ eoon a» the,,we*thet improve* the Spripeen gild&g fcto Ib* given a course of schooling. . Kaiti was whispered about aa*» good tnmg for the Selwyn handicap %t Kiccarton on Satutdajr* but the eon of Lucullus aridSMaiart^eaJi firing line, and gave tils btcfeTrl poorrun. *^ Charitaine will <be ridden by, A. E. Lee in hie engagements *t the ■ P*kuranga meeting. The Chesterfield gelding has been working well during the last week, or twof- and Jooks an improved horse. -.."". "* ' The" Demosthenes'fllly Speechless is commencing to round up into shape after her lengthy spell. She has grown somewhat during the winter, and should be a useful performer "later on in the new 'se"aSon. • • •• • Judge's Box has Improved a lot since ehe commenced work again at headquarters under F. Oilchriet's care,- and in starting to put on condition very fast. She (should be-capable of paying her way in hack events around'*'ihe country circuit during the season. Just John, who arrived at Ellerslie on Saturday In charge of his tjfalner, C. La Pouple, appears to. have done well since racing at the Auckland June meeting. He will be ridden by R. Eager in the Hunters' Hurdles, his only engagement at the Pakuranga meeting. Stonewall, who ran second in the Pakuranga Hunt Cup of last season, is again' included in the field for the same event to be run on Saturday. Owing to the fact that ho is trained away from heaa* quarters, nothing is known as to his condition at the time of writing. Yaqui, Lord Bruce And Bannock are occasionally brought across to EllersHe by their owner, Mr. A. J. Webber, and worked under his charge. Bannock, who is an aged gelding by Robert the Brttfle —Mahinga, has not raced since he com* peted at the Takapuua summer meeting in January, 1024. Pendavies, who is among those accepted for in the Hunt Club Cup at the Pakuranga meeting,' won the Hunt Club Cup at Ellerslie last June and tiiiU^od

'eha*ee^'6tf"tlle"VDiienilltl^ : 4^ v^ v like* plenty of pace' and Jumps'^rett,andhe will hmy<, j^^.^., Bngfct %^^^^^^ned^f never yet won seven furlongs, he is likely to lar fancy if started in tht; Sylvia Park Haildteip at EllersHe on Saturday; ne*t< Kaloi had very bad luek at the Riccarton meeting, being in a place each day. On the first day Kale* finished third in the Avonhead Handicap to Cerf and Bowley, while on Thursday he wae second in the Woolston Handicap. On Saturday he was beaten by Hoyiake by a head; Kaloe should booh get on the winning list. He is entered for the Marten meetingi« > ' ■ ■' M Queen Arch raced at the winter meetings Cdniehiitg second m* Handicap, On the she was Raddhtd pp for the<SnlMll %ftr? maiWgj&B. *4me race;''ar ia Memorial, and the at the start, she might stay e»kra quarter of a tolle., Tinbiti, having been Jelllcoe Handicap, fcem' bridge owner-trainer, niMMjMai-hoiding out hopes of ning over a duftfnoe^/LaiMieaion Tinoiti contented to a mile, and finished flr»tifeltfe -second division of the Gordon", Handicap at the Auckland epriiig distance* of which was eight furlpngt. -*O T '•" , •'.,' ■rtta* ■'*•"■"■ V*C - Llandudno displayed promising form when he finished second to Lomint in the Cornwall Handicap at the Auckhini wintef meeting, and later on annexed tht Carbine,^||| : at the name fixture, Formative: gehiing contested four rami last eeawn f«ir two wins and one eecbnSlj and» provided he ha« trained ou wclLiitt the meantime should be a poeatbtttty ia the Jellicoe Handicap to be run. at the Pakuranga meeting on "^ Mashoor, who hails from the -. JQtnry district, ia a brother to Bahadur, althoirgh built on more solid lines than the latter gelding; He Iβ rather big in condition at the present -tittle, but looks a likely sort to make a useful jumper later on. Maehoor, who had his first race in the Carbine Plate at Ellerelie in June last, is' to .b& rHden by 'TV Chaplin iu his -engagements, at the Pakuranga meetißg next Saturday. ; ' When Nadarino captured the August Handicap at Riccarton: on Thursday last he made amends for-some of his past failures. 'Aβ 1 a three-year-old the Solferino gelding showed coneiderable promise and won six races at that Age, including the Members' Handicap at the Auckland winter meeting in Jufte, 1926. During last season he contested twenty races, and only managed to register one victory, which wae in- the Stewards' Handicap at the' ' Wairarapa autumn meeting in- April last. ' ,-.. ; . v n iWi, thanks io rfoi» pfljminerit ones falling, annexed the Lincoln.Steeplechase at Riccarton on Safurday and thue repeated hie perforaiance of laet eeason when he won thei .same event. , Last August Tuki was taken to Chrietchurch and was sold during the progress of the Grujd National meeting, ? - M. Samson acquiring hini. '% j&i|^|peXt^da he * on the Lincoln StLtfileOTiafce)[aj»l ikici then he has ecored ia th* Wltater chase at EUerslie and the v July Steeplechase at *« Saturday, sbrtha¥ f ne* W»tr ori the right side. o£ the ledger with Wβ new owner. ■- c --^.^ ei^l . V. 7; "'.,^' :: ' i '.':l'".:

&ißuto ha* been getting.through a lot of useful work at Ellerslie, and J. Lambess has the brown gelding, looking nice and solid In view of his Pakuranga engagement. ■ Desert Gfow fcae not need for some months past, but W has been accepted for in the Jellicoe Handicap in whyi he