STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 91, 19 April 1933, Page 11

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

j STROKE OF MISFORTUNE. I Probably the last has been seen of the i Pukekohe-owned and trained mare Royal Doulton on the race track. Royal Doulton was galloped last Thursday morning and pulled np apparently sound after hexwork, but when she cooled off severe lameness developed. This is unfortunate for her popular owners, the Messrs. Roulston Bros., as the daughter of Romeo and Tecoma was giving evidence of coming back to form again. A USEFUL CHASER. Callamart was responsible for'two very impressive efforts over the steeplechase course at the Auckland autumn meeting. On Saturday he was always promiuent, but Simeon proved too good for him. The race apparently did Callamart a lot of good, for he won the open steeplechase on, Monday. Callamart ran second in the Great Northern Steeplechase last June and he should be in the limelight in big jumping events this seasojj. BILLY BOY STRIKES FORM. Billy Boy won the Brighton Hurdles at Ellerslie on Saturday in good style, outstaying the others over tile final stages of the race. On Monday, with 12.9 in the saddle, he ran another great race in the Autumn Steeplechase. Ho was well in the Eicture till going up the hill the last time, ut from tiiat point on his impost commenced to tell, and the best he could do was to finish third. However, it was a fine performance, and Billy Boy will have to be seriously considered in any jumping event he takes on during the next few months. RAN A SOLID RACE. Eager Kuse endeavoured to win the Autumn Handicap from end to end at ■fcj'Uersiie on Monday, and sue only just tailed to do so, .Master Brieily just getting his head in front of her in the. last bit. The pace was on ail the way, and the time (2.32) establishes a record lor the race. The lact that the first seven furlongs was run in 1.29 shows that there was no loitering on the. road. Eager Rose has run some good races recently and sne is now right at the top of her form. If taken to Avondale this mare should again up seen to advantage.

A SMART HACK. Kiltowyn, by winning both liis races at Elierslie, showed that he was a very smart hack, and quite ran up to his best trick efforts. The son of Kilbroney was making his first appearance for a long time, for the last race he contested, previous to running at the Auckland autumn meeting was the Auckland Handicap at the i'akuranga iiunt fixture. On the first day Kiltowyn hopped out smartly in the Eden Handicap and he stayed in front all the way, winning easily. In the Kelson Handicap on Monday, with a rise of 10lb, he was always in a handy position, and won just as easily. Kiltowyn should not be long before hesalutes the judge again. REREATU'S GOOD EFFORT. Rereatu, the Taper Money two-year-old in J. Gray's stable, has always shown speed. On the first day at Elierslie he ran quite a good race in the Champagne Slakes, being one of the leaders at the home turn, Out he then faded out, seven furlongs being a bit too far for him. On Mouday, in tlie Victoria Handicap, he was again well placed at the' entrance to the straight and worried Princess JDoreen out of it, beating her by a head. This was his best performance to date, and he looks like turning out a very useful three-year-old. Rereatu is a full-brother to Gold Tinge, who won the Breeders' Plate in Sydney a. season or two ago. BACK TO FORM. Manawbenua was doing good track work prior to the Whangarei meeting, but after his two defeats thete he went out of favour for the Easter Handicap at Elierslie. However, the racing he had in the north evidently benefited hipi, for he rau right up to his best form in the Easter Handicap, in which he beat all but Golden Wings. On Monday he again performed solidly, finishing third in the Autumn Handicap, and he should be a good proposition from now onwards, for the soft tracks during the winter will be in his favour. He is engaged at the Avondale meeting. It is more than likely that Manawhenua will again be taken across to Australia for the spring racing. SUCCESS OF IMPASTO. After failing to show up as well as expected in his races on the country circuit, Impasto revealed his true form in the Champagne Stakes at Elierslie, which he won in convincing style from a good fieldfl The manner in which he ran out the seven furlongs goes to prove that this two-year-old was in need of racing, for on several previous occasions he failed badly over shorter distances in less pretentious company. Impasto will not race again this season, and when he next appears in public it will be as a gelding. There is no doubt regarding Impasto's speed, and everything points to him developing into a really first-class tliree-year-old next season.

A HIGH-CLASS PERFORMANCE. The win recorded by Golden Wings in thu Easter Handicap under the solid impost o£ 0.9 was one of the beet performances seen at Ellerslie for some years, and clearly demonstrates that the Lackham gelding is a brilliant galloper .over a mile journey. On the second day Golden Wings contested the Huia Handicap, in which he carried 10.5, but was sideways on when the barrier lifted and lost a lot of ground. When the field turned for home he put in a brilliant run on the outside, but the task proved beyond him and he finished just behind the placed horses. I£ present intentions are adhered to Golden Wings will not race again this season and will be given a spell until the spring. MASTER BRIERLY IMPROVES. One of the most improved gallopers seen out at the Auckland meeting was Master Brierly, who put up a sound performance by winning the Autumn Handicap in record time for the race. His effort in carrying 9.7 into third place in the Eden Handicap on the first day was also a good one, as the race was run in fast time and he was conceding the winner 351b. One of the most impressive features about Master Brierley's success was the manner in which he finished ?n over the mile and a half journey, and, judged on that form, he should develop into a real" good handicap performer. He is engaged in thij Foley Memorial Handicap at Avondale next Saturday, and if he goes to the post solid support is sure to be forthcoming for him. RIDER TOOK A RISK. Silver Scorn was expected to win both the three-year-old classic races at the Auckland autumn meeting, and she duly did so, but Jonathan, her solitary opponent in the Great Northern St. Leger Stakes, gave her supporters a fright over the last hundred yards. He was eight lengths away from the filly as they turned for home, but his rider had not moved on him. Then he gradually commenced to make up his ground, and nearing the post was on terms" with Silver Scorn, and it looked momentarily as though he would beat her. However, Silver Scorn responded well and got home by a neck, but it was a near thing, and only shows the trouble that might ensue when a rider who appears to be winning easily eases up his mount. Jonathan ran a really good race, and as the time was good it looks as though he will turn out above the average as a stayer. According to adepts in classical antiquities, the game of football was a favourite sport among both the Greeks and the Romans. The first undisputed mention of football in England occurs in a public edict of the reign of Edward 111., by which football was prohibited not; perhaps, from any objection to the game, but because it impeded the progress of archery. ' 1