TAKANINI TOPICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 243, 15 October 1931, Page 14

TAKANINI TOPICS.

CAPTAIN DOLLAR'S PROGRESS

tea trader well forward,

Captain Dollar, who recently was on the scene a few weeks with a poisoned foot, is now bowling along mceiy in a further preparation, having completely recovered from the ailment. He showed a lot o T " -peed in his lew races last year, and he aopears to have become more solid during the interim* and the new season is expected to find him at ms best. By Paper Money—Piquant, ne is b'-ed on the right lines for epeea, and ne should not be long in losing ms ha£* status. He is to have im hrst race lor uus season on Saturday. _ Yqt & small filly Brazanna is enctowed with" speed, and her enoris last season pointed to her being a useful sort this =easo", despite the fact mat she railed to Win a race. She trailed the field tor most qt the way in her only outing at Eliersiie last week,"but a race or two saouid oenent her a great deal, and she can be expected 'o mak»- an. improvement from now on. _ Amber Link was undoubtedly out 01 class when she contested the Guineas at Ellerslie, and although_ehe was actually the 'ast to finish her effort was quite a fair one, and in her right class should show to better advantage. Shells a light constitutioned filly, and one t-hat would be lairlv hard to *ieep right-. _ Imperial Prince is once again on whe having made a recovery irom ni» recent operation for respiratory trouble, imni-nsl Prince possesses speed above

the ordinary, and his luture preparation will be awaited with interest, as he has ■ I only to return to Lis best to be one of the stable's bast representatives this season. . . Without doing much m the way ox walloping Marshland is thriving on tne work allotted her, and in fine order lor racing. She was nominated lor the i>argaville meeting, and possibly may ue Hven a run on tiie second day. biie is uy Yalkyrian—Malaria, and is an inmate oi E. Pop*e s _ stable. _ _ Tea Irader is looting a picture, anu ther® is no doubt regarding his condition. It was rather surprising tnat he did not ehow up more prominently m his Avondale and Ellerslie engagements. Possibly the big fields played no email part He has only to run up to tract, work to be found redeeming past failures - this week-end. lhespian's halt brother Pompous is ' urnishing nicely, but has not haa a great deal of fast work as yet. He showed promise toward the latter end oi last season, but was put aside and not raced as a two-year-old. By Pom bat—Leta he has stout blood in his pedigree, and with a little time and racing may develop into a useful proposition. -r.-m a. solid race when he

finished second to Marechal in the Maiaea .plate at Avondale recently, and put up an equally good, performance in better company at Ellerslie a week later. -He imDresses as one likely "to lose his maiden I status early, and he should be worth watching at the Dargaville meeting on Saturday. . . In his initial outing this season iui Mint displayed quite a lot of speed, and irom a bad post position in the Maiden Plate at Avondale was in a good position at the distance, to eventually fade over the last bit. The race should work pi improvement in him, and over a sixfurlong journey he should prove capable of running a solid race. * . Trustee has not been over-taxed with racing ior the long time he has been in work, and is in solid condition at present. Although not brilliant, he haa shown in earlier racing that he appreciates a mile journey, and after he has had a race or two should be callable of good efforts. Exeggeration's last outing was in the Sylvia Park Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting, where she led the field for the major part of the journey, to eventually finish fifth. This filly haa done well since then, and in future hack events should

pay her way. The Brazen—Rosebern eolt has :ur-j nished into an attractive youngster, and his rapid progress is not passing unnoticed. He is to make his debut at Avondale this week-end, and his appearance is sure to create a most favourable impression. He is Australian-bred, being one of only four in New Zealand by Brazen, the others being Bronze Eagle, Brazanna and another itwo-year-old in Jamieson's stable from Warwhoop. Another colt from the Jamieson stable who has made noticeable improvement is Hauwhiri, by Whirlwind —Shebang. He is a big c-oit that has put on condition very noticeably of late, and his appearance sus'gegta that it may not be long now before he is a?ked to commence racing.