COURSE IMPROVEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 134, 8 June 1929, Page 16

COURSE IMPROVEMENTS.

VICTORY TO LUCY ROSE.

THE LAMB JUMPING WELL,

The victory of Lucy Ro.se in the King George Handicap on Monday was very popular here, and many local sportsmen participated in the resultant remunerative dividend. To carry Sst 131b and run seven furlongs in.-1.29-in winter, is a for a three-year-olfeifey-:'Sta! Ts not built on weight lines, however, and found 9st l^toqmtich.-Df-a burden to carry to last day in the .Visitors' HlSiiea|r^rS'he s is to be spelled during thei wffiter ; jjjcratns, and may not be xa'|id frpjjt'iJtfiy to Me in the year. Jockey Club, has resoly&P'to continue its programme of The formation of the new.course'and training tracks is to be '-nionth; and if fair -weather: ■grevails. will ■'•'be finished before th&m-in«,An ample time for grass seed course- proper and th&lgtass training .track. In a shape the cofee wilt modern, and the "batfc Wretch'-wiirbe much nearer to the buildings than DefoVe, consequently much" the racing will be assured. ijMkv vKing Lu and Queen ArdTwere.disappointing in.their Ellerslie efforts. They did not fail on account of any lack "of condition, but the firstnamed cannot be said to have had the tetter of the weights. After two failures le had to. carry on the final day in the Ycfrk.Handicap. Queen Arch was leniently treated throughout, but would lave been better suited on a heavier track. . Taumai, recently leased by Mr. Alex. Swney, of Waihou, #to Mr. T. Morris, Tan races at "the Auckland meeting, , and-premises to-be a> good crosscountry- perforfifer "next season. Being "by St. Amans —Foremost mare, he is ■bred on jumping lines. -He is -a, fullfcrotheTto Ah Wera, a winner over the obstaclesat the last Ohinemuri meeting.

Blaok••' llaire was not' taken to the Aucklaittitrmeeting, and the fact ,of the -weights being on the high side may have "been the reason.- There is nothing lacking in his-jacing condition, but he would lave hacF'to improve considerably on any ofhis past performances to win the FitOTov-HandJcap with top weight, 9.8. A r to A. E. Cox's team Is a/ ; two'-"year-old sister to that .good perfpriner. of a few years ago, Woody GlenlL ..She ,i's nicely finished, strongly fcuiltand. has good bone. She has been Tveftj-cTone, and judging by appearances mayi-bc. expected to* race early in the iiew.jeason,,, *~. ; ~ "

The Lamb "is still jumping so well that whra^^iavagain-required to carry the colours he should be quite a proficient jumper. ,. He is galloping more freely than usual, and will soon be ready to race.

";Bert Hinkler, in charge of C. E. Mallowes, is progressing satisfactorily. He las not been required to race much this season, and may be all the better for it next year. The other Quin Abbey representative in the team, Nurjahan, is ijfet recovering quickly from his ailments, and will be given an extended spell. »|The Tonbridge gelding, Unique, is growing fast, as well as furnishing con4Jilerably, and therefore cannot be expfected to show any great speed in his track work. Next season he will be a four-year-old, and he should then show the form that will naturally be expected from one of his breeding,

•j Mr. W. Lockyer, of-.-Waharoay-owner of Golden Arch and Waharoa, .purchased a ■iivo-year-old filly by Valkyrian—Voray 4Jt Messrs. Ring's dispersal sale. She .trill probably be put >into, work shortly. S There was but little;fast'work'on the acks on Thursday/morning, as three $f the local mentorsUhad,riot returned ftom Ellerslie. went round ihe centre three times- and jumped six Eurdles nicely. Belle' Star and Lucky cantered round'the plough twice, |ind similar work i^as./"allotted Black Sfaire, Muskot, the two Glen Albyn fillies, j&rand Arch and Unique. "-> '■-." . I -j ••• •