AUSTRALIAN TURF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 230, 28 September 1934, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN TURF.

A.J.C. MEETING. THE OPENING DAY. FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW. SYDNEY, September 27. Many New Zealand horses are included in Hie acceptances for the first day of the Australian Jockey Club's spring meeting at Randwick on Saturday. Of 17 acceptors for the A.J.C. Derby, three, Cape York, Marcus Cicero and Custodian, belong to New Zealand owners, and two others were bred in New Zealand. There arc 10 Epsom Handicap acceptors, including the New Zealanders Golden Wings, Silver Ring, Autopay and The Masqueracler, and the New Zealand-bred Blixten. The Spring Stakes field of nine includes Limarch, Nightly and Waikare. The Metropolitan, to be run on the second clay, Monday, has drawn 21 acceptors, among them being Nightly, who is now top-weight, Limarch, Autopay and Waikare. Details are as follow: — Acceptors for the First Brush Hurdle Race of £300. about two miles, include: Grwnsea, 13.30 (top weight) ; Havaspot, 10.12; .layson (N.Z.), 10.0; Clangor (N.Z.bred), 0.0. The first division of the Trial Stakes, of £100. one mile and a quarter. Includes: Babili, S.lO (lop weight) ; Cockpen (N.Z.bred), 8.7; Prince Ponihal (N.Z.-bred), 8.7; Caliente (N.Z.). S.O; Senior (N.Z.I, 8.5; Upoko Ariki (N.Z.-bred), 8.5; Melisstode (N.Z.) 5.3. A..T.C. DERBY of £5000. Three-year-olds. Colts 8.10, iillics 8.0. One mile and a half. Gladswood Pnndion ... 810 (N.Z.-bred) 810 Cape York John Ottar . 8 10 (N.Z.) ... 8 10 Sinai . . . . 8 10 Park Sky . . 810 Theo (X.Z.- The Karl . . 810 bred) ... 8 10 Aztec .... S 10 Svlvandale . SlO Verbcrry ... 810 Povertdale . . 8 10 Marcus Cicero Silver King . S 10 (N.Z.) ... 8 10 Subsidy ... 8 10 Custodian Duke Caledon. 8 10 (N.Z.) ... 8 10 EPSOM HANDICAP of £2000. One mile. Chatham ... 10 9 Celebrate . . 8 7 Golden Wings Regal Son ..80 (N Z ) . . 0 S The MasqueraCloslng Time 0 7 rter (N.Z.) . 8 3 Silver King Bill Wedge(N Z ) . . . 0 f! wood .... 8 2 Autopay (N.Z.) 0 2 Brown Paddy S 2 Though Neagli 9 2 Komah Spear i 12 BJixtcn (N.Z.- Version . . . 7 Inbred) ... 812 Australia Fair i 11 Whlttingham 812 Care Free . . 710 Dermid ...88 Cid 7 '1 SPRING STAKES of £1300. Standard weigh t-for-nge. One mile and a half. Braeburn ... 9 5/ Rogllla --.j-. 93 Peter Pan ..95 Limarch (N.Z.) 9 0 Oro 9 5 Nightly (N.Z.) 0 0 Topical .... 93 Watfcare (N.Z.- :' Glppsland .: 0 3 bred) ... 9 0 The first division of the Kensington Handicap of £500, seven furlongs, Includes : Sfttmoth, 10.1 (top weight) : Capris (N.Z.), S.i ; King of Diamonds (N.Z.-bred). 5.2. Hie second division includes: Sir John (N.Z.bred, 9.11 (top weight) ; Frimsel (N.Z.bred), 5.2 ; Salt. Spray (N.Z.), 8.12; Llmyris (N.Z.-bred), S.ll; Martian Chief (N.Z.), 8.9; Dole (N.Z.-bred), 8.5. SECOND DAY—OCTOBER 1. THE METROPOLITAN of £4000. One mile five furlongs. Nightly (N.Z.) 813 Journal ... 710 Topical ... 8 11 Ualeful ... 7 7 Limarch. (N.Z.) SlO Dark Chief . 7 5 Braehurn ... 8 6 Sarcherie . . 7 4 Oro .... 8 G Broccoli .. •• 7 .1 Autopay (N.Z.) 8 0 . lolaus . . . 6 10 Satmoth ..... 8 5 Mainlaw . . . 010 Recal Son ..84 Lancaster King 6 10 Waikare (N.Z.- Hot Shot . .0 10 bred) .... 80 Jap. Silk .■•... 6 7 Brown Taddy 8 0 Potent . ..07

F. D. JONES' TEAM. NJGHTLY AND CUSTODIAN. AGAIN CAUSING CONCERN. (Received 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The New Zealand horses Nightly and Custodian are again giving their trainer •concern. An abscess in Custodian's mouth has been lanced, but it is not expected that hie Derby chance will be seriously affected. Nightly appeared quite sound after yesterday's gallop, but later there were distinct signs of lameness. DEATH OF ROUND TABLE. DROPPED DEAD ON TRACK. SYDNEY, September 27. The New Zealand horse Round Table (owned and trained by O. Cox) dropped dead on the track at Randwick to-day. A prospective buyer and a veterinary surgeon were present to see him work. STABLE AND TRACK NOTES JUMPERS IN ACTION. The jumpers Absent and' Ardmanning were schooled over the steeplechase fences on the flat at Ellerslie yesterday morning and gave a good exhibition of jumping, especially Absent. The roan gelding has only been in work a short time, following a spell, but has come on very quickly and has seldom looked brighter and healthier than at present. Botli these horses will compete in cross-country events at the Auckland spring meeting. FEELING THE EFFECTS. Some Shamble and Davolo were subjected to a strenuous effort over the concluding stages of the Geraldine Cup, and both showed the effects of the ordeal when paraded on Saturday (says a southern writer), Davolo especially having lightened up. They raced well for three parts of the distance, but both failed to see the journey out. Two such hard races with big weights at this stage of the season may give Davolo a setback, but he is a hardy gelding, and a short respite will probably freshen him up. Some Shamble, on the other hand, is not robust, and, as last season, he 'is seen at his best in his first engagement at a meeting. .. -.

OUT OF FAVOUR. Guarantee seems to have taken a dislike to racing, and his two attempts at the Geraldine meeting are stated tu have been very disappointing to his stable. When in a galloping mood this young gelding is always dangerous, but on recent form he has lost prestige. MAKING GOOD HEADWAY. Tho maiden three-year-old Te Hai, by The Ace—Elsie Aroha, has done well since coming to Ellerslie and is gradually getting into racing shape. So far he has not been seriously tested for speed, but on the few occasions that he has been tried over a few furlongs he has handled himself satisfactorily. All going well, Te Hai will have his first race at the Takapuna meeting next month. HURDLER SHAPES WELL. At Ellerslie yesterday morning Catonia was sent over four flights of hurdles in company with Thespis and got through his task in first-rate style. He fenced quickly and cleanly, and if he displays the same ability in his forthcoming engagements he will be very troublesome. This horse lias done a sound preparation during the last couple of months, and as he is a safe jumper a few hurdle races should come his way this season. SIMILARITY IN NAMES. It appears that it was not True Blood who had to be destroyed last week at Pukekohe, but Royal Blood, the winner of the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie and other good races. Both were owned by Air. W. Scholium, and when asked over the telephone if True Blood had to be destroyed he confirmed it. True Blood is in Gisborne, and the error was caused through the similarity in names. OKAWA JUVENILES. Haut Monde, one of tho juveniles entered for the Prince of Wales Handicap at Napier Park to-morrow, is the half-brother by Lord Quex to Coronilla, Dorado and Doree, and he will carry the colours of his breeder, Mr. T. H. Dowry. Another two-year-old of Mr. Lowry's breeding engaged at Napier Park is Kotou, a bay daughter of Night Raid and the Limond marc Courtesy, sister to Honour (New Zealand Derby) and Episode (the best two-year-old of her year and dam since of Epigram, Burnish and Entail). Kotou was passed in at the Trentham sales at SOgs. WELL-BRED HURDLER. Jolly Beggar, the hurdle winner at Geialdine on Saturday, can claim some good breeding, but nevertheless failed to make good as a flat proposition. He was not raced to any great extent, but a trip to the West Coast summer circuit with him, at which he failed to win a race, persuaded his owner and trainer to try him out as a hurdler. He is by Nigger Minstrel (sire of Peter Jackson) from Glencross, a sister to Fiery Cross. This mare was not very successful as a matron and died in 1932. Jolly Beggar is capable of improvement and will probably win more races, but is never likely to reach high class.