STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 261, 4 November 1933, Page 14

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES.

SISTER TO MIDINETTE. Variant, who had her initial race in the novice event at Motukarara last Saturday, is a well-bred bay filly by Limond from the Absurd mare Motley, for whom Mr. A. Louisson, of Nightmarch fame, paid 275gs at the last January sales. She is a fullsister to Al Jolson and Midinette, and on breeding she should not be long in coming into useful form. MAY NEED EXPERIENCE. The Chief Ruler three-year-old Chief Emerald has done well since he raced at Avondale and wall have his next outing in the Hobson Handicap at Ellerslie on Monday. This novice has been showing plenty of speed in his track work, but may need more racing experience before he is seen at his best. He is a fine type of galloper, who gives every indication of turning out above the average. ENGAGED ON SECOND DAY. The northern-trained horses Alloy and British Columbia have arrived at Ellerslie and will probably be seen out on the second day of the Auckland meeting. Both these gallopers have been in the money this season, and as they are on the improve an early return to the winning list looks assured for them. Last season Alloy won over £800 in stake-money and British Columbia also secured £450. Properly placed this pair should win plenty of money during the current season. RELATED TO AMOUNIS. An interesting two-year-old winner at Caulfield recently was Adored, a half-sister to Amounis, who annexed over £48,000 in stakes. Adored is by the Son-in-law horse Constant bun. Sue was purcnasod by Mr. A. G. Hunter, owner of the iSforthwood Park Stud (.Victoria), where Windbag is located. At the time Mr. Hunter bought sixteen fillies and he leased a number for racing puriJoscs. Among those he .kept for himself were Hustle Uu and Adored, both winners of early juvenile races. PETER PAN RECOVERING. Will Peter Pan, the sensation of the last Melbourne Cup, come back '. This question is asked every day (says an Australian writer). Iv'ow it is answered by Mr. Rodney Daiigor, owner of Peter Pan, who, says that his liorse is making a great recovery from the muscular rheumatism which caused his withdrawal from spring engagements. It was denied that Peter Pan had broken down. Mr. Danger expressed the opinion that Peter Pan would come back a great horse in the autumn.

R. WOOTTON TO RETIRE. The well-known owner, Mr. Richard Wootton, declared at Kandwick recently that he intended to shortly disiiose of practically the whole of his present string. Jlr. Wootton said that racing anywhere in the metropolitan area except at Kandwick was unprofitable these days, and since he could see no prospect of better prize money being forthcoming in the near future he had decided to drop out of the game. He would, however, probably keep one or two horses to enable him to maintain a slight interest. AN UNFORTUNATE MISHAP. After working on Monday morning at New Plyraouththe two-year-old Superior took charge of her rider and bolted. In the rider's endeavours to pull her up she swerved and ran into the inside rail. Though her injuries are not serious she was relieved of her engagement in the A.R.O. Welcome Stakes. This is certainly unfortunate for her owner and trainer, as she looked sine to collect expenses on the trip to Auckland and her meeting with Whenuakura would have added a lot of interest to the fixture. LIKELY TO SHOW UP. At the Waikato Hunt meeting on Labour Day Phiakuo was solidly supported in the Bardowio Handicap, in which event he ran a creditable race and secured third money. On several occasions last season the Kaceful gelding displayed a lot of speed in hack sprint events and he should be worth keeping in mind around the country meetings. This gelding is freely engaged in hack events at the Waikato meeting, and if he has made any improvement since he raced at Cambridge he will be hard to beat in any race that he contests. CUPIDON'S HALF-BROTHER. luveresk, who is racing at Kiccarton, was not nearly ready when he contested the Debutante Stakes at Wanganui in September (says "Rangitira''J, but he has had ample opportunity to have conic on since, and he may make better showings in the south than he did six weeks ago. This two-year-old colt is a well-bred customer, and he carries the same colours as Inflation, those of Mr. 11. E. Edmunds, for whom lie is trained by" Mrs. A. W. McDonald at Awapuni. He is a son of Tea Tray and the Bezonian mare Bcbe, and he has a big family reputation behind him, as Bcbe was also dam of the A.J.C. Derby winner Cupidon, as well as of War Baby, His Majesty, Bebehcad, and Inoe, all winners. This is the same family, too, as that to which the late Mr. G. G. Stead's champion filly Bluefirc, winner of the New Zealand Derby and Oaks, belonged. Inveresk was passed in at the January sales for 30gs and he was privately purchased by, Mr. Edmunds afterwards. SUCCESSFUL BREEDING LINES. Manetho, who won the Le Bons Handicap, raced in the name of his trainer, E. Christmas, at Motukarara on Saturday, owing to a. bereavement in the owner's family. Christinas was able to return to his home from hospitals on Saturday afternoon, and was a visitor to Biccavton during the week. He is suffering from a broken collarbone and injuries to his head and one of his ankles from his fall on Labour Day and will not be fit to resume active duties for a lew weeks. It is interesting to note that Manetho is closely related to Peter Jackson and Gaine Carrington, recent important winners in Melbourne. Manethos dam, Lovelorn, produced, amongst many others, the Martian mare Left, dam of the Melbourne pair, Peter Jackson to Nigger Minstrel and Gaine Carrington to Hunting Song. Manetho was bred by his present owners, who acquired Lovelorn at the Kinloch dispersal sale for lOOgs. She then had'a filly foal at foot, later known as Distrait, and was in foal to Diacquenod, the production being Manetho. Lovelorn has not bred since.

STILL BEING CRITICISED. Although R. Reed has Won the biggest races in Australia, there are still plenty of critics there of his riding ability, and they will not have him as a first-class jockey (says a Sydney writer). This does not unduly disturb him, nor does it extend to the practical racing people. Chatham's trainer, F. Williams, is fully aware of Heed's ability, and the New Zealander has done all Williams' lightweight riding this sprang, winning on Milantheon and twice on Vista, heavily-backed horses on each occasion. At the City Tattersall's meeting at Randwiek recently he won another race for the stable on Sov, a two-year-old by Heroic from Golden Curio. It was a desperate finish, and Beed's mount won in the last stride. Reed was -seen to even greater advantage in a big novice handicap field when he won on the Gothic three-year-old Gothlin. He saved every inch of ground, riding one' of his. rail races, and driving the colt through at the finish to win well. Gothlin is trained by another keen student of racing in J. King, like F. Williams, a good rider in his day. Their selection of Reed is a feather in his cap i and against the grandstand critics. I

TAICAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB. Nominations for the spring meeting of the Takapuna Jockey Club and. final payments for the Takapuna Plate and Pupuke Plate close with the secretary, Me. K. A. Spinley, Shortland Street, at 5 p.m., next Friday. WELL RELATED. Minehcad, a two-year-old filly by Lord Warden from the imported mare Pitbrow Lass, was broken in recently at Riccarton, and she has been turned out again. The iilly was a gift from Mr. J. H. Grigg to V. D. Jones, who will leave her until next season before starting to train her. She is well related, Pitbrow Lass being the dam of the speedy but unsound Pitprop, whose sister, Heath Lass, produced Royal Saxon and Houiislow. ' WELL-NAMED HORN REEFS. Horn Reefs, who will be making his first appearance at Kiccarton, is a two-year-old bay colt by Day Comet from the Antagonist mare Brave Deed, so that he is a halfbrother to Zcebrugge, Doiran and Falkland, all winnnere. Like his relatives, he has been appropriately named, for Horn Reefs are the line of rocks off Jutland, where Beatty attempted to cut off the retreat of the German light-cruiser squadron during the battle of Jutland. Horn Keefs will be the only representative of Sir Charles Clifford in to-day's two-year-old classic. The well-known blue and gold chequers have previously been carried to success in this race by To-morrow, Winning Way, Battle Eve (victor of Desert Gold), Moorfowl, and Childsplay, all of whom were owned by Sir Charles' father, the late Sir George Clifford.