TURANGA MEETING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 137, 12 June 1941, Page 14

TURANGA MEETING

PLANS FOR TAKANINI HORSES

It is rei)ortc(l ih.it iriintiiij; Bo*> The Dozer and Sea Kanlot will leave Tukanini to-morrow to <<»inpc(e at the Bay o f 1 Icuty meeting at 'J'aurnnga on Saturday. Don Qucx, an ar-i-pptor f<.l- t.lio Opotiki itaiKlirnp. is an unlikely stiirter, and it. li.-is hern announced that The Dozer will nut «-niiicit the lnirdle race. LUCK WAS OUT ii A x- ck «" fl * nio-st " ,,c,, W»fiil liorpeman. 11. -V \\lgglnK, whoso mounts me always solidly supported by barkers, had a very loan time Inst week. During the three days at KUerslic he \yas only once in the money, the occasion being when he linished third on Vnlmint in the Cornjvtlll Handicap. The failureß of Arctic Dawn and Black Majesty proved very costly to those who support his mounts.

AFTER A LONG SPELL The Mwsketoou gelding Royal Bachelor is booked to make his reappearance at 'J'aurnnga, where he is enpraged on Saturday in the Kia Ora Handicap, the open sprint. Royal Bachelor has not had a race this season, and last season he won but one race in 14 starts, although he was in a minor place on four occasions. He is a speedy horse, a very fast beginner, and may race well fresh. FORTUNATE TRAINER Two of R. H. Martin's apprentices have ridden no fewer than 43 winners this season. They are K. V. Dye. 26, and J Williamson, 17. With nearly two months yet to go. Dye has equalled hie number of wins for la.--t season. Martin ie fortunate in having such smart lada. A POSSIBILITY The Rulandshar filly Sharmin has rone more than one good race lately without wiumug and her second to Esquire in the first division of the Ranfurly Handicap on the middle day of the Great Aorthern meeting draws attention to her prospects at Tauranga. Sharmin sticks on pretty well, and the mile to be travelled in the Waioeka Handicap will not be against her. It is interesting to note that when she was second at Ellerslie the third horse was Calula Boy, considered by many a shade unlucky not to have beaten Circular Note in the Visitors' Handicap on the final day. JOCKEY BOXERS R. Hawes, who rode Esperance Bay to victory in the Great Northern Hurdles, a season or so back had quite- a lot of success in the boxing ring. Hawes, who can now ride at 8.1, has fought as a paperweight, fly-weight, and bantam-weight, and one year secured the bantam-weight title at Wellington. He is not the only jockey to do well in the ring. In Auckland Frank Burns, who won the Great Northern Steeplechase on Voltigcur 11. in 1000, \v;is a clever boxer among the little fetlows. Frank is still with lie, but is living the quiet retired life. It ie regretted that recently he was referred to as <- the late Frank Burns."' F. Gilchrist, trainer of Calula Boy and other horses at Ellerslie, is another who can claim to have played a part with the gloves on among the amateurs in Auckland.

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