STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 201, 26 August 1933, Page 14

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

TRIP TO SYDNEY OFF. The proposed visit of Silver Ring to Australia has been cancelled and he will do his spring racing nearer home. R. W. King is giving him plenty of useful work at Riccarton and he moved freely in a three-furlong sprint on Tuesday, after striding along at a sound pace from the six-furlong post. THESPIS RESUMES. Thespis, who has not raced since the Great Northern meeting, has resumed work under A. Rhodes' care at Takanini. He has been spelling in the Waikato for the last couple of months and looks bright .and healthy to resume another preparation. He can jump well and also can go fast on the flat, and he should do well this season. TAUTBOW IN WORK. Tautbow, who is now a member of C. C. McCarthy's team, was given his first sprint at Riccarton en Tuesday, running half a mile at a useful pace, with his trainer in the saddle. He has thickened out into a big horse and he should pay his way, as he showed speed early in his career. His stablemate, Argentic, is working along quietly and is gradually getting into condition. TO RACE IN THE SOUTH. Tavern Knight and Cherry King will in all probability make their next appearance at the Marton and Wanganui meetings, to be held next month. The former ran disappointingly at the Pakuranga meeting, but may make amends on the southern trip. Both these gallopers were physicked after racing at the Pakuranga meeting and should be in good fettle next time they go to the post. e-

NOT TO BE PERSEVERED WITH. The six-year-old gelding Imitator, by The Ace from Miss Mimic, was sent home to Stonyhurst this week. He showed promise in his first race, when he ran second in the maiden event at the Christchurcli Hunt meeting, and though he did not repeat the form during Grand National Week, he looked a useful prospect. Unfortunately, he bled after racing and it has been decided not to persevere with him. FOR TARANAKI. The Hiker and Diversion leave for New Plymouth nest Wednesday to fulfil their engagements at the Taranaki Hunt meeting. The Hiker has plenty of speed and he should give a good account of himself in the Hunters' Flat. Diversion has always shown a lot of pace in her races, but is inclined to fade at the finish. However, with age, she may stay on better this season. H. Goldfinch will have his first ride on Diversion since being relicensed. CALCULATING A GALLOP. Arguments frequently occur concerning the value of a gallop when the poles are of varying feet out from the rails. The following, which is published in racecards in Australia, may be of value to trainers and others: In doing working gallops it is often necessary to run horses outside the poles a considerable distance from the rails, and trainers are at a loss to know the extra distance they have covered. By measuring the distance the horse was out from the rail, and deducting one yard and multiplying the balance by six, it will be ae nearly as possible correct—that is, for a full round of the course. Example: If a horse runs 12 yards jut from the rail, he will cover 66 yards more thayi the measured distance of a course—that is, 12 yards less 1, or 11 multiplied by 6, which is equal to 66 yards. For half a round of a course, deduct one yard from the distance out from the rail and multiply the balance by three. Example: 12 yards less 1, or 11 multiplied by 3, would be 33 j;ards over and above half the distance of the course. This calculation is based on the fact that the circumference is three and one-seventh times that of the diameter of the circle, but as racecourses are surveyed 3ft from the rail, and most are oval in shape, the absolute rule does not apply. However, as before stated, the distance out from the rail (less one yard) multiplied by six, will be found sufficiently accurate for all practical purposes. The term "a distance" m racing is equal to 240 yards.