RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 79, 3 April 1928, Page 14

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES. (By WHALEBONE.) SEASON'S FIXTURES. AprJl7—Tiippeka County J.C. April 7. o—Walrarapa R.C. April 7, o—-Felldtng J.C. April 7, o—Auckland B.C. April 7, 0, lO— Riverton R.C. Aprp o—Beaumont B.C. Walpukuran J.C. April 9—Knmara R.C. Apc& 0, 10—Canterbury J.C. Aprlf;i2—Westland R.C. ApdEj 14—Greymoutli J.C; April .14, 18— Avondale J.C. April 18—Reeflon J.C. Aprfa IS, 19—Manawatn R.C. April 21. 23—Marlborough B.C. (at Trent Ham). April "27, 28—Sooth Canterbury J.C. Apr# 27, 28-"-Hawke's Bay J.C. Aprjtl 28, 30—Waikato R.C. s—Nelson J.C. Ma&10, 12—Egmowt R.C. May i2—Amberley R.C. Maji,l7 t id—Wanganut J.C. County R.C June 2, 4-4-Otakl Maori R.C. June 2, 4, o—Duncdln J.C. June 2, 4, '6—Auckland R.C. June i®—Napier Park R.C. June 20—flawke's Bay Huat Club. June 22, 2$ —Hawse's Bay J.C. JulJpT—Ashburtou County B.C. Juiy;lo, li, 14—Wellington R.C. Juiy JO —palmate District Hunt Club. Prince Papa made a promising start when he finished the hurdles at the; - Whangarei meeting on Saturday. He was always one of the leaders and can.be expected to improve. '»—• t Just Quietly won the hurdles at Whingarqi on Saturday. leading all the.&ay.} He can jump fairly well, and,: witjl more experience should-, do all right in similan events on the country circuits • 1 igifiu T»in, r., ■» - r Jtfortheijn-trainecl ' Mrses 1 enteral for various at Maria watu autumn meeting, to be held on April 18 and;'; 19 -at Awapuni are:—Welcome Home, Always, Schorr,' . Paganelli, Ti Tree;, and Le Clioucas. „ ■n» ' Left wss produced at the Whtngard meeting. a course on- which he has piit up sonie good performances. He |ooked well, but he is rising twelve yeue- he jcannot be expected' to be the equip of (he majority of thdse he met. feeri who \y<)n, at Whangarei on layj is a promising sort .and has thaji an average turn of speed, sneps bjr Kilbey—from Vivandel, by Season Delaval from Vlvandlere, the dam of Canteen, who won the New Zealand CusF S top ;>o' Paper was a competitor at the ®n« Saturday, andPfchoigh the old fellow did not get eafirleik his years well. He &rasj?foalid''lri' 1912," and In consequegtce i|r rising sixteen years. He is the lastttf tie SetuSri'DcJatels to race. l£. v »»:«■• - > Smce lacing at' the Franklin meeting Mo4est Boy Salt'riot been required to do anything..out, the. ordinary, as far as fasijwo* iurogcerneid, altbougbheis ! in' •obdSsfcondjtvon at ;the present tiriie. • Modest JBoy was unlucky at Pukekohe 1 do better before the auttimn ( \ T|i9 Thora/' his first race i since retufiSlng from AustraHa when he * iip for the, Stewards' Handi; < capXTsix furlongs, dr -Whangarei, oa « Saturday. |9e f?as third when the top 1 wasjt reached! but; then drifted back and ' finished fiftMi in a field of six/ He is < not'ready yetand a mile or a mile and 1 a-qikrter sup| him better. 1 •> ** M . i. I ti K & i>. Revel, who-jfclaims engagements in 1 both the Binghton Hurdles and the f tc be decided at 1 ElleisUe.next., Saturday,. is a six-year- < old geTding by Gay Lad from Nantville. 1 Last season he won the Port Cooper '• Hurdle Race on the third day of the 1 New -Zealand Cup meeting, while this < season he scored in the Braeburn Welter at Waipukurau on Boxing Day, and also filled second to Red Fuchsia in both hurdle at the Napier Park meeting, held last, month. , Revel has not yeV arrived at Ellerslie, although he may tlo, 30, iri time to undergo a test- over tW.:jfonces, which would be an advantage ' "'■? Staghunter's .performance in running Miss Gowrie. In- the Cave handicap at M|»teiton on Saturday, carry- ] ing 10.2, him any admirers . for the i'Ofeat 'Champagne Stakes. .who \faf .bred in Australia, -opeitffi his career by -running unplaced tfn #e ; Taita handicap at Wellington ' JQri the next day he won the - Roseneath .Handicap, beating Flicker f Silvermine, Raasay and , others. He was .. -to , the CJ.C. '• spring meeting iuf# Vton:the Irwell Han- 1 dicap. Coming On tb' Anckland lie aecounted for the Great • Northern r .Foal Stakes, and finished third. iri_ the Royal Stakes, but was beaten jtfiee in the Wellington Stakes, which last appearance prior to the Masterton meeting. % r .i The autdHin>^ Whanga- ?v< rei Racing Club, which was held- on Saturday, was a"ri»bst successful ■ one, j despite the Y fi<}t that the ' totalis®tor showed a slight decrease. The racing was good and the fixture was well ,] patronised. ' -If it had been a two days - meeting thflre, tis little. doubt that the - j fields woul(t )£»eep considerably ] larger and the meeting would have' been 1 much more interesting-* for a good many owners would, haya beeri ,inclined to send their horses ,f6K two, days where they 1 would not-toW^takfe.Hhe-trip for one } However, W B ,^;c ? me, from as far south { as New Plymouth, and it was worth 1 while, for Mel?ssa- who was one of them ' 1 >' scored TJlxo£: ' t lifer to , for tifie com- " fort of visitdi'a, and to him, the com- t mittee and the secretary, Mr. F w I Webster, most of the success iSnralfe due ] Owing to the absence pf'Mr/C. O'CrAnnp a l' Coc , *fet&barrilr and he got style , The horses fioVuned up at tW barrier untilgfAhe ] finally adjusCßd,. and therefore were not asked to stand still for a lengthy period:* Consequently they wore not "oit theirp' toes" when the time, to start arrived. E Bi Furthermore, occasion at' least, ■ he quickly stood a-fractioHS horse behind the field, which was quite right. His starting met with much favourable com- ' ment.

Mr. J. Pohlen, of Matamata, left by the Marama last week, en route for England. Mr. Pohlen will probably purchase an English-bred horse while in the Old Country, providing he can secure one to suit him.

Prince Rufus was responsible for two creditable performances at the Ohinemuri meeting. If started in the Mangere Steeplechase at Ellerslie at the end of the week the Te Kapa-trained gelding will command plenty of support and is pure to run well.

The Polydamon gelding, Salamander, has shown some improvement in his track work of late, while he also looks a better conditioned horse. Salamander has been a long time showing form, but the chances are that he will probably race better in the future.

Two additions to F. Stenning's team at Ellerslie are:—Fernden, by Redfern from Meriden, an Australian-bred two-year-old; and a half-sister to Sir Archie by Valkyrian from Lady Marble. Both these youngsters are the property of the Matamata sportsman, Mr. J. Pohlen.

Since being recommissioned by J. Buchanan, Brampton has done well and th« Lord Quex gelding is rounding up into shape nicely. He had half-a-dozen races last season as a two-year-old, his second to Tea Lady in the Nursery Handicap at the Avondale meeting being his best effort.

Royal Tea, the good looking son of Tea Tray and Duchesi Eudorus, is working in improved form at Ellerslie. This gelding, who is doing practically all of his tasks on the tart jtrack,.appears to be standing up to his work in good style and it would tie pleasing to see owner rewarded with a win in the future.

The Riccarton trainer, T. H. Oillett, who is at Ellerslie in charge of Satrap and Money Order, states that Count CavOur iaujpow. plmost recovered from the injuries he-sustained at the Auckland summer, meeting. Count Cavour wi U be. required t# race again «ntil next, season,: -ft f: Ts

Mashoor, a Mangere steeplechase candidate, gave a pleasing display over the steeplechase fences ,on the" fiat last Saturday morning at Ellerslie. He had a cojjple of, races onl the fiat at, the Franklin meeting, but may require a bit more experience in jumping events before being seen at his best."

Although he hqi bever won over a distance extending to eight fyrlongs, Winsome Boy has -bfen *» shewing good form over distances ?;|ip to seven furlongs. When he scored in the Ferry Handicap at Takapuria he was running on well at the end of that race, so the extra furlong attached, to the, Edefe Handicap may not befbeyond him. ' "

The Whapgarei Racing Club have improved their course since the previous meeting and it w«s in very fine order for 'the autumn fixture on Saturday. The five and six-furlong posts have been altered to allow of a better start, and it is Singular that in the five-furlong race and also in one of the six-furlong event* the winner had an «outside' position.

i The Whangarei • Racing Club ( :was nearly placed in a most unenviable position on Saturday/ In the last race Ballymoy got interfered ( but immediately after the' race when Mr. A. Gordon, the stipendiary steward, wanted to call the stewards together for an inquiry the majority had gone and the meeting could not be held until the evening. If it had been something seriously affecting the paying out of the dividend the position Jiaver been j a very awkward one, for there were a lot of people present who, had oome long distances and they would' iuive ;:i>een unable to wait till the ; stewards \tere gathered together. This is another argument in favour of handing the control of meetings over to stipendiary stewards. They are paid experts and knOw when there should be an inquiry. Anyhow, the honorary stewards, while the present system < sS ; fn : operation, should see that their services are no longer required before they leave the course.