STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 56, 7 March 1931, Page 16

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

COMING FIXTURES. March 11, 12 —Danncririe Racing Club, j March 34. IT—Wellington Racing Club. March 14, 17 —Ohinemuri Jockey Club. March 37—Opunake Racing Club. March 19 —Waimate Eacir.g Club. March 21—Bay of Plenty Joet-*y Club. March 21, 23—Oamarn Jockey Club. March 21, 23 —Manawatu Racing Club. ' March 26 —Oponki Jockey Club. March 2S —Otautau Racing ClohMarch 28—Hororata Racing Clnb. j March 2S, 30—Wesrport Jockey Club. DISPLAYED SPEED. Dark Mp.rble, the two-year-old halfbrother to Sir Archie, displayed speed in I his two races at Te Aroha, and with a I bit more experience should do well. He was never far from the leaders in the Electric Handicap on the second day and eventually finished in fifth position. Dark Marble is a shapely-looking juvenile. who is built on more compact lines than Sir Archie, although he does not promise to grow as big as his relative. WILL REQUIRE TIME. The Australian-bred gelding Browft Prince, by Flying King from Chataway. is making good progress under A. M. Robertson's guidance at headquarters. He has not been seriously tried as yet, still he displays sufficient pace in his work to indicate that he will develop into a payable proposition later on. This gelding, who is built on very solid lines, will require time and may not be at his best until later on in the season. A PAIR FOR TRENTHAM. Silvermine and Chief Link, who are due to race at Trentham this month, are reported to be doing excellent work at Hawera. Both these"gallopers have done well during the current season and they should have good prospects at the Wellington meeting. Silvermine is engaged in the Thompson Handicap on the opening day, and as he is a brilliant galloper j over a ■ mile journey he is sure to com- j mand plenty of support, RETURNING TO FORM. Arrowhead, who finished second in the High-weight Handicap at Eangitikei, shows signs of returning to his best form again. His last success was in the Lake j Handicap at Levin in November, but 'since then he has had a number of defeats registered against him. Arrowhead is a four-year-old gelding by Arrowsmith from Orange Blossom and races in the same colours as the crack steeplechase mare Aurora Borealis. This horse usually runs his best races on a heavy track and should be a good proposition during the remainder of the season.

j ADDITION 10 E. POPE'S TEAM. | Tie latest addition to E. Pope's team i at Takanini is a bay filly by Sand star ; from Mangamaire. She is only a twoj year-old and may not be asked to sport : silk this season. This filly ranks as a I half-sister to Transformer. Vaccination j and Black Maire. BEAU CAVALIER'S PROGRESS. j The veteran steeplechaser Beau Cavaj iier is standing up to his work in a satisfactory manner at headquarters and lis steadily hardening in c-ondition. He : was given a strong work-out over a ! round on the tan track a few mornings I ago and pulled up exceptionally well, i Beau Cavalier will need plenty of solid I work yet before he is back to racing eon- ! dition! but A. Morrow does not intend to | overtax bim until the ground becomes | soft again. PAGANELLI'S MISSION. | Pasranelli was not raced at the ! Franklin meeting to-day. He is to go j South for the Wellington autumn car- ! nival He has been accepted for in the I Thompson Handicap, one mile, and the | Eaiiway Handicap, six furlongs, on the ! first dav. A decision will be. reached j later as to which race he will be started |in next Saturday, but it will most j likely in the " longer journey. The | Hamilton trainer. M. J. Carroll, will I take Paganelli to Trentham earlv next j week. 1

ANOTHER TRIP TO AUSTRALIA. j The Otaki trainer A. D. Webster lias I taken another trip to Australia, and ! left Wellington for Sydney by the Mauflganui on Thursday. His team includes Hunt the Slipper. First Acre and Movie Star. His son, T. Webster, also went across and will ride the horses in their engagements in Australia. Webster's horses have been showing good form of late and he should have excellent prospects of winning good money on the other side. ] WILL IMPROVE WITH AGE. The Musketoon juvenile Speedfasi continues to make good prograss under W. Ryan's care, and fs now more shapely looking than formerly. He is a lazy worker on the track, still he shows good speed over sprint courses and is a youngster that looks sure to improve with age. He will be given a race or two during the autumn meetI irigs, but may not be at his best until ! next year. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. | On several occasions at the Te Aroha I meeting a trestle was used to keep the field out from the inside rail at some of the starting barriers in order to give the horses a straight run out. This proee- ; dure is quite all right when the starter • dispatches the horses from the inside bar- j rier post, but at Te Aroha the starting lever was attached to some of the posts ; on the outside. This prevented the official having any chance of seeing whether the inside horse was being crowded on the trestle, when the field was lined up at the post. In the Tourist Handicap on the second day Cynthia X. drew No. 1 position at the post and consequently was crowded over at the start and came into contact with the trestle as she jumped I out, losing several lengths, which affected i any chanc-e she had of winning, besides j getting her legs damaged. The club would be well advised to remove the starting lever to the inside or disperse with the trestle and thus obviate a repetition of the occurence, otherwise the consequences might be more serious.

NOT SEASONED YET. Since returning from the Te Aroha j ! meeting Puriri Park has been doing light | i tasks only, and although he lightened up j I a little with the racing he came through j i his contests remarkably welL He is j j a long way from being a seasoned horse j j vet and considerable improvement can j Ibe looked for during the next few! | months. Puriri Park is entered for l ! several hack events at Paeroa and if i ! taken to that meeting is likely to extend j his winning record a bit further. A SAFE JUMPER. On several oc-c-asions recently the roan j I gelding Absent has been schooled over i i the steeplechase fences at Ellerslie and : | has given a good display each time. So j j far Absent has little to his credit, but ! j he is a safe jumper, and. having improved ! a good deal during the last month or | j two, should have fair prospects during ! j the coming jumping season. j ENGAGED AT OHINEMURI. I Dark Prince, who is engaged in hurdle j ' and cross-country events at the Ohine- 1 I muri meeting, has put on a bit of condi- -j ' tion since he raced at Takapuna and is j j now hitting out more freely in his work. : He has been a long time striking form j I this season, but has shaped satisfactorily . | on the few occasions that he has been j ! schooled over hurdles and some improve-j j ment can be looked for in the future.

TOTE PROPRIETOR'S LOSS. 1 THIEF ENTERS BEDROOM. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.'j WANGAXUI. this da v. j Mr. George Sprig-gens, 'who "was con- j j ducting the totalizator at lie Bulls j .'races had £<3 in cash and totalizator j I tickets worth £7 and thr£e open cheques \ j stolen from his trousers pocket- in his j bedroom at a Bulls hotel on Wednesday j i night while he TO asleep. Mr. Sprig- | ! gens left his trousers under the pillow, j j with the legs hanging out. '"It was for- j | innate," he remarked, "that the thief j left the pants, because I had to super- J | intend the totalisator yesterday, and I • | don't think there "was a pair left in Bulls I to fit me." ! A. WHIRLWIND JUVENILE. ! One of the latest additions at Ellerslie | is a rising two-year-old filly by Whirl- ; j wind from Lucena, by Lucullas ! j from Zinni3. who traces back to j : Winnie, the dam of several noted win-j | ners in the past. This filly, who it ■ I attached to D. Moraghan's stable, is a j half-sister to United, and, like her rela- j ! tire, has plentv of size. | ' '