THE WORLD of SPORT

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 195, 19 August 1927, Page 11

THE WORLD of SPORT

STABLE AMD TRACK MOTES.

"(By WHALEBONE.)

THE SEASON'S FIXTURES.

Aisvst 20 —Paiuraaga Hunt Club. August 27—Taranaii Hunt Club. September 2, 3 —Martoa J.C. Sept. 8, 10—Wanganai J.C.

Piuthair and. Clarinda are to be gapped from Wellington to Sydnev to-day.

J. Fryer has Eka and Lady Anstruther in work again after a spell Bevin, in the same stable, is said to be looking very well at present.

Bisox i-? gaiioping well at Hawera. Good schooling work over the jumps has recently been accomplished there by Kayo, Pink Rose, Kiiloeh, and Taitaiata.

Charlady Is beginning to put some dash into her work on the track and looks in nice condition to start off in the new season. The Absurd mare is a very useful performer when at the top of her form.

Automne has been going exceptionallv well in his training essays for some weeks past, while his condition is also first-class. It will not be surprising to see the brown gelding showing up prominently among the sprinters on Saturday.

Tbursby appeared to be going really well over a strongly run seven furlongs at Ellerslie yesterday morning. The Thumb am gelding, v.-ho handles the heavy going to advantage, is among the field that will contest the Jellicoe Handicap on Saturday.

_FinelE has arrived at Ellerslie, and was given sound work over six furlongs yesterday morning. She is carrying a lot of condition at the present time, and not having had a race since last September may tell against her during the early part of the season.

Nutate re, who 13 engaged in the Greenmount Steeples next Saturday, is a five-year-old gelding by Quin Abbev from Glenopal. He is owned and trained by R. Hannon of Cambridge, who usually lias one or two good maiden jumpers tfetf are recruited from the hunting fcW.

Puierinra, by Day Comet from a Wantiupe—Repetition mare, and Lady Faye by Day Comet—Lady Vere, are among the field engaged ia tits Ladies' Bracelet at the Pakoranga meeting. Tfcy are both trained in the Cambridge district, and are of unknown quality at the present time.

Karanrn, who has been doing a lot ef work aronnd the roads and bills over Birkenhead way, is to be brought across to Ellerslie next week by ids ownertrainer, W_ J. Hawkins. The Hymettns gelding wffl probably be a starter in hurdle events at the Avondaie meeting in t —-

Taneriri, tie two-yw-oU brother to Hoariri, was among the jgveailes earclsed at the harrier at EDwsfie yesterday. He is a brown colt showing plenty of quality, and is boilt on very solid lines. Taaeriri lias been receiving Ma education in the Mange re district for sane fim* pasts;

King Emerald, who has noi been asked to do anything approaching fast work for some weeks past, was given, a run over four furlongs on the grass at Ellerslie yesterday. The Nassau gelding got through his task in great style, and he is looking in good fettle for engagement.

Harbour View appears to have done a solid preparation, on recent form be is aa improved griding. He has ran several good races when the going has been heavy, although the class he has to meet in the Jellicoe Handicap is a good deal stronger than any he has bad to contend with previously.

Hautnru, the Mangere trained hunter by Spalpeen, gave a good safe display of jumping over the steeplechase fences on tin* flat at EHgsfie yesterday. He has not had any racing experience, and h-io only been up a short time, and these firtmn will be against him next Saturday.

Wiltshire impressed the track watchers by his bold jumping display over the steeplechase fences at headquarters yesterday morning. The chestnut gelding is having his first run over the big country in the Greenmount Hunters' Steeplechase at Ellerslie to-morrow, and he is sure to be a well-fancied candidate. Wiltshire comes from a good jumping family, for his dam, Lady Lobelia is a full sister to that great cross-eountrv horse El Gallo.

Percy Johnson, horse trainer, of New Plymouth, failed to prove his ownership of the race mare Onward in an action he •brought in the Sew Plymouth Supreme Court on Monday, against Alexander 11. Zimmerman and Gordon F. Salway. of Pukearuhe, for possession, or £00. As usual in such eases, there had been a lot of hard swearing, said his Honor, ilr. Justice MacGregor, in delivering judgment. He tt_s not at all sure there had not been hard swearing on both sides. As usual, too, there was no documentary evidence, and any that there had been seemed to have disappeared. r£is Honor said the onus of proof was on Johnson in the circumstances, and, he was bound to say, he had failed to establish his ease. Apart nrom the aworn testimony of the parties, it seemed to him that all the probabilities lent towards the side cf the defendants. First of all there had been a long delay before Jolins<__ made a eiaim. It was only after Onward was starting to win at the big meetings that he made a claim. She had wt-n at Uruti and then a doable at Awakiuo, and in results published, in t.ha local papers it was mentioned that Onward belonged to Zimmerman. If this were not true Johnson must have known it was net in accordance with the or racing, 2nd that the mare herself could have oeen disqualified- Johnson could have stopped it at once. Honor said ie was not bound by the finding of the jockey club committees on the appeals, hut it -was signifieent that «»wi who inew far more about racing than he ®d had twice dismissed the protest, •lodgment would -be for the defendants, costs aa per scale as on a claim for SOO. *

Daddy's Girl has improved in condition of late, and will be making her krst appearance this season in the Auckland Handicap. The General Latour mare, who was not raced a great deal last season, ran a couple of good races over hurdles at the Auckland summer meeting.

The -Teilicoe Handicap candidate Queen Emeralcl worked solidly over a round on the Xo. 3 grass at Eflerslie yesterday mornmcr. She looks to have done a lot of work, and handled the heaw going in good styie. The Quin Abbev mare captured the KaEhu Hurdles at Dargaville in December last, but has not won a race since then.

Sir Archie has done well during the short time he has been in work at headquarters, and the big chestnut is now ell forward in condition. Providing he gets a good run in the early part of the Dunedin Handicap on Saturday next, he will be one of the hardest to beat in that event.

Bombarder, the big Australian three - year-old, trained by J. Williamson at EUerslie, is now putting plenty of dash into his track work. He was a big overgrown two-year-old, and quently was not raced at that age, but W 110 be given ample opportunities during this season.

RACING NEWS.