STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 290, 7 December 1932, Page 14

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

ADDITION TO TEAM. The latest addition to G. Holland's team is a two-year-old filly by Polazel from Lucky French. She is not carrying much condition at present and it will be well on in the season before she is ready to appear in public. ORAPAI'S PROGRAMME. Now that he is right up in the weights it is probable Orapai will not be required to race at New Plymouth and Stratford during the holidays and may be given a short rest before being prepared for the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham in January. He won on that course in October, when he annexed the open sprint on the second day of the meeting. DISPLAYS PROMISE. Demylus, the five-year-old Polymestor gelding, has been allotted several schooling tasks over hurdles recently and displays a fair amount of promise for a beginner. So far Demylus has done little racing, but he is steadily improving and hardening up in condition. He may _ be given a. trial over hurdles at the coming meeting at Ellerslie, but is hardly seasoned enough to see out a solid two-mile journey. HER TURN WILL COME. On several occasions recently Imamint has shown up prominently in her races and she should not be long off the winning list. She is also standing up to her racing in first-rate style and is now probably as fit as ever she has been. At Ellerslie on Saturday morning this mare sprinted four furlongs in 48 3-5s on the No. 1 grass track —time which has seldom been beaten —and with any luck at all she should win some money during the holiday meetings. A FIT HORSE. Since racing at the Takapuna meeting Tarporley has been doing plenty of solid pace work on the tan track and is standing up to it in good style. He is one of the fittest horses in work at Ellerslie at the present time, and if he trains on as at present is sure to win more money before the summer meetings are over. Tarporley has been entered for hack events at the Auckland meeting, and on recent form he should get his share of stake-money in that class. '

HAS PLENTY OF SPEED. W. Kemp is keeping the three-year-old gelding Supreme Ruler in regular work in view of his engagements at the Auckland summer meeting. This maiden ran a good race in the Takapuna Plate while his condition lasted, and when he meets a less formidable field he will be hard to beat. He has not had much racing experience, but possesses plenty of speed, and it would not cause any surprise to see him taking a prominent part in hack events before the season is much older. AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. When Knight of Australia dead-heated with Bronze Tray for second place in the Waikato Cup his performance was impressive, and the son of Windba_g is likely to get solid support the next time he goes to the post. This four-year-old figures in the Auckland Cup on the minimum, but it is doubtful if he will be seasoned enough to see out a solidly-run two-mile journey. However, he has been entered for several other events at the Auckland meeting, including the Waitemata Handicap of one mile and a quarter, which is the class of race that is likely to be selected for him. A LIKELY LIGHTWEIGHT. Latest reports from the south state that the Railway Handicap candidate Silver King is getting through a solid preparation and promises to be at his best for the Auckland meeting. He proved himself a brilliant two-year-old last season, and if he reveals his true form in the big sprint event at Ellerslie he will be hard to beat I under his light impost. One of his best efforts last season was his victory in the Challenge Stakes at Riccarton, in which he was timed to run the seven furlongd attached to the race in 1.24 1-5. That performance warrants him being a possibility in any sprint event in the Dominion.

THREE ON END. Though not particularly big, Gay Marigold has speed and stays on well at the end of her races, which so far this season have extended up to a mile. She has won hor last three on end and will have plenty of opportunity of adding to her record at the approaching meeting at Ellerslie. She is among those entered for the Queen's Plate, an event run over a mile at special weights, with allowances, and she will have only 7.9 to carry, which should assist her. She is also in the Fergusson Handicap, the Plunket Handicap, the Ellerslie Handicap, and the Grey Handicap, all mile races, while she is also in the Great Northern Derby. RETURNED TO FORM. Cricket Bat showed a return to the winning list when he accounted tor the Tinwuld Handicap, one mile, the chief event at the Ashburton Racing Club's meeting on Saturday. He did his* work in impressive style, and it is claimed that he is right back to his best again. In those circumstances he should do well if brought north for the Auckland summer meeting, at which he is freely engaged, for there is no doubt that he is a brilliant_gulloper up to a mile. He figures in the King's Plate, the Goodwood Handicap, one mile, the Summer Cup, Auckland Racing Club Handicap, Grandstand Handicap, Clifford Plate, Glasgow Handicap, seven furlongs, Christmas Handicap, one mile, and Plunket Handicap,, one mile. Last Christmas he raced at the Manawatu meeting, but it looks as though he will be raced nt Ellevslie during the forthcoming holidays.

FINISHED FAST. Lordly Knight, when last raced in Auckland, showed a great burst of speed at the conclusion of the Mt. Albert Hack Handicap, six furlongs, at Ayondale. He came from a long way back in the straight and just failed to catch Lucidus, who was in front all the way. On returning to Gisborne Lordly Knight won two events at the spring meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club —the Junction Handicap, five furlongs, and the Farewell Handicap, six furlongs, carrying 9.7 in the latter event and running the distance in 1.14 2-5. He has not raced since, but figures among those engaged in the Queen's Plate, one mile, Fergusson Handicap, one mile, County Handicap, seven furlongs, and two of the open sprints—the Electric Handicap and the Bowen Handicap. If he has gone on the right way in the interim he should prove hard to beat in some of his engagements. STRAIGHT-OUT TOTE. The Taranaki Jockey Club committee has completed arrangements for the installation of dual totalisators "win" and "place," at the Christmas races. Windows will be opened for £o, £1. and 10/ straight-out win, and for £5. 10/ and 5/ place-betting. The straight-out win machine will be open on all races; the place machine will pay two dividends for races with 5, 0 and 7 starters in a race, and three dividends in races with eight and more starters. Coupled horses are represented on the machine by one number- only, so that eight starters may ac*":illy represent seven numbers, in which case two dividends will be paid. The pool, which, under the present system is divided 75 per cent to the! winner and 25 per cent to the second horse, will, under the new place system, I be divided into two equal parts in the case of a two dividend race, and into three equal parts where there are more than . eight starters. '

IN EVERY RACE. As showing the support that Mr. W. R. Kemball gives to racing, it may be mentioned that he has entered fourteen horses for the Manawatu summer meeting and is represented in each of the twenty-four events to be decided. A LIGHTWEIGHT CONTESTANT. Red Sun, one of the lightweights engaged in the Auckland Cup, is stated to be getting through a solid preparation at Trentham. Last Saturday morning he was galloped over a mile the reverse way and ran the distance in 1.43 1-5, the first six furlongs taking 1.17. Red Sun ran two good races at Riccarton last month and is reported to be an improved horse since returning from the south. Fit and well oh the day he is likely to beat more than beats him in the big race at Ellerslie. ENGAGED AT ELLERSLIE. Argentic, the three-year-old gelding by Silverado from Spotlight, is due to make his next appearance at the Auckland summer meeting. He performed well at the New Zealand Cup meeting, winning three races on end —the Apprentices' Plate, one mile, the Ashley Handicap, one mile, and the Cressy Handicap, seven furlongs—and he is evidently a, very smart galloper. His engagements at Auckland include the Queen's Plate, the Fergusson Handicap, the Ellerslie Handicap, the Goodwood Handicap, and the Grey Handicap. These are all mile events. He comes from the same family as Warstep. REQUIRES LITTLE FAST WORK. Landlubber is back in regular work again at headquarters, and is etill under the care of L. Jilling, who understands the Lucullus gelding thoroughly. This hack went a good race when he ran second to Princess Bede in a 'mile event at Ellerslie last August, but he has done little racing since then. During the past month Landlubber has done most of his work around the roads and hills, and, judging by his appearance, the treatment agrees with him, for lie looks in first-class condition. Landlubber does not require much fast galloping and L, Jillings should not take long to get this promising maiden back to racing form again.

WAIPA RACING CLUB. Acceptances for the annual meeting o£ the Waipa Racing Club, to be held at Te Awamutu on December 17, close with the secretary, Mr. J. Gr. Wynyard, Tβ Awamutu, or Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Shortland Street, Auckland, at 5 p.m. on Friday. LIKELY TO IMPROVE. The two races that Tahae Mea had at Takapuna have proved beneficial to him and he has been putting plenty of dash into his work since that meeting. He reeled off a smart gallop over half a mile a few mornings ago, and the next time he appears in public" is likely to improve on his past efforts. The son of Depredation, who is now five years old, is one of the robust type and should stand up to a lot of hard racing when he becomes solid. WELL BRED WINNER. Manetho, who won the Laghmor Plate at Ashburton on Saturday, is a four-year-old gelding by Diacquenod from Lovelorn, the dam of Nones, Menelaus (winner of the New Zealand Cup), Prince Paladin and Left (dam of Peter Jackson and Game Carrington), so that he lacks nothing on the score of breeding. In five starts last season he was placed in two minor fivefurlong events. Manetho was trained early in his career by J. B. Pearson at Riccavton, but it is stated he is not easy to manage on the tracks. He is a smart galloper when right.

ADMIRAL DRAKE.

TO BE SHIPPED HOME. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN, this day. Instructions have been sent to Melbourne to ship Admiral Drake home by the first direct steamer to the Bluff or Dunedin. No recent information has been received by Mr. J. M. Samson regarding the condition of his two-year-old Garter Knight, who was injured on the trip to Sydney nearly three months ago.

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

THE SUMMER MEETING. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. A programme providing for a decline of only eOOsovs in stakes has been approved by the Wellington Racing Club's committee for the summer meeting next month. The total offering will be 568550v5, and the only races for which reduced prizes are being offered are the Wellington Stakes, 500bovs instead of 750sovs, the Wellington Cup, 600sovs instead of 750sovs, the Anniversary Handicap, 200sovs instead of 25080V5, the Wellington Racing Club Handicap, 400sove instead of 500sov.s, and the Douro Cup, 250sovs instead of 300sovs.

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.

APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Mr. F. T. H. Bell was to-day appointed permanent secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club.

AUCKLAND RACING CLUB.

SCRATCHING. Protomint was scratched at 9 a.m. today for the Auckland Cup.