TOPICAL COMMENT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 141, 17 June 1941, Page 10

TOPICAL COMMENT

T. R. GEORGE'S JUVENILES It was the intention of T. R. George to j I-have transferred the majority of his active j brigade and two-year-olds to their tempo- I I rary quarters at Carterton recently, but 1 the «uddcn death of J. McLaughlin, one of j ! hi:i stud grooms, forced him to postpone j his departure. j ! Circular Xot-e. who won on the final day i at Ellerslie. will now be spelled, but pre- ! sent intentions are to keep Kentucky j going till after the Wellington meeting ; next month, estates the "Evening Post." Juveniles whom George will have to ! educate at Carterton include a gelding by j Gynerium from the Solferino mare Jada-! t rino; a colt by Salmagundi from the Lord 1 j Warden mare Restrain; a gelding by Lord ; j Quex from the Psychology mare Squeeze; j la colt-by Bulandshar from the Paper! j Money mare Countersign; and a colt by I Phaleron Song from the Lord Quex mare j Martial Lady. The last-named dam is a | half-sister to Beau Yite. and it may be : significant that the youngster is practically | a duplicate in conformation and colouring j of what Beau A'ite was at the same age. | ! The Croupier—Cuddle (a full sister to | Squeeze) colt will not accompany the others, as he has injured a leg. Duneannon, who showed a complete loss ! of form after winning at first start thi* season, has been again taken up by George. He was gelded during his spell, and he has j come back looking healthy and well, but ■ time alone will show whether there is I anything organically wrong with him. I j The Beau Perc—Zarisec gelding Beau j j Coureur, who was a winner as a two-year- j j old. but who failed in his early racing* this j j term, has rejoined the stable. He was i ■ gelded last November, and lie appears to j j have grown during his period in the pad- I j dock. Although he still had his winter | coat on when he made his reappearance at Trentham lie looked burly and well, if in the rough. HIGH CASTE. HVjh Caste, probably the hardest-raced ■ horse in Australia, did not have a very i long holiday after the aufcmm (says the j "Sporting Gla ! >e. Melbourne). It was. however. hits own fault, as he did so well that ; hit rest had t.o be cut short. Now he i-. i back at Ilandwick to undergo another prei paration. The "Strawberry Bull" has been j entered for the Doomben Xewmaiket and | Cup, and it is quite on the cards that he I•■ ijl make the trip north. Mr. Owen M a; r ! menr. secretary of the Brisbane Amateur Turf Club, was in Sydney for the Easter ! carnival, and, no doubt", he paved the j way for the visit—or tried to. What a 1 drawcard the giant bay would be in Bri;j bane! Beaulivre is booked to run at th? ! meeting, so also is Gold Salute. who stay. ■' i on after the ree.uit Brisbane Cup carnivr'. Beaulivre 4ias been working well at Kamiwick. T