KING REY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 126, 29 May 1937, Page 24

KING REY.

IN NICE ORDER. CAREER OF ST. MUSK. ' King Rey, the runner-up in the President s Handicap at the Waikato meeting, is none the worse for his effort and is looking very bright and well. He is to race in the Cornwall Handicap, in which event he «will meet Gay Rose on 101b better terms. I Gay Rose came through . her successful campaign at Te Rapa in isplendid trim. In her two victories she ran right up to recent track form and fully bore out the local opinion that she had never been turned tiut in better condition. Many Auckland sportsmen may be interested to learn that Mr. George Absolum, now of Waihou, and trainer over 20 years ago of Waimangu, Santa Rosa, Tangawai, Carl Rosa and many other winners in the Lennard ownership, has always had a good opinion of Gay Rose, who is owned by his brother-in-law, Mr. A. E. Lennard. The Hunting Song filly Requiem, is all the better for her Te Rapa racing and may not be long in getting into the money. Like others by Hunting Song, she gallops well on damp courses. " Consequent on a slight rick when galloping on a wet track, Seven Seas was not taken to the Waikato fixture. He is all right again, but can still be improved before he reaches the top of his form. Queen Lu is working very consistently on the tracks and will most likely be raced at the Opotiki meeting. Wynardo, also a member of M. Lipsey's stable, is putting in very satisfactory track work and promises to be quite a worthy addition to the locally owned division. The Gay Shield mare Gold and Gay, in J. H. Wallace's stable, is commencing to line d.own nicely as the result of steady track work. Quite a nice type of thoroughbred, and built on racing lines, she is more than likely to make good in the next racing season. Another probable contestant at the Opotiki meeting is the Musketoon mare Miriana, who is now in excellent condition and fit to race at any moment. Like others of* the Bteed she ajSpears t'o .have the attribute of" gameness, and this" should be greatly in her favour for her racing efforts. r ' * - \ St. Musk, "the winner of the Hunters' Steeplechase at the Waikato meeting, was bred by Mr. J. McLaren, of Mangaiti. As a three-year-old he was trained in Te Aroha by C. Mallowes, "but as he showed very little galloping capability on the flat his owner decided that discretion was the better,part of valour and soon took him back to his dairy farm. In due course he got into other hands, and evidently it was found that the Musketoon cast-off could at least jump obstacles. That he had been doing so in proper style at Rotorua became known to several friends of his breeder. They attended the Te R&pa meeting and were highly pleased with St. Musk's fine performance, to say nothing of his dividend.