SPORTING.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9515, 22 June 1927, Page 4

SPORTING.

ALLEGED 'RINGING IN." A sensation has been caused in sporting circles by the announcement that a prominent New Zealand trotting mare has been -'rung in" in the Eastern Slates and West Australia (says a Perth message). It is alleged that the mare was landed in West Australia last year under the name of Gathered Gold. She lost the first race, being pulled from one side of the track to the other, "but won the second so easily thai the stewards disqualified her and her nominator for two years for not having tried the first lime. The mare was sold for £OO, and the vendors left I lie State. The trotting ollicials became suspicious, instituted inquiries, "and kept the horse in a private stable. A recent arrival from New Zealand recognised her as soon as he saw her. it is alleged that she won races in other slates under another name, and tim tae New South Wales 'lroHing Association will take action for allegeu ringingin. It is reported that the New bom. Wales Association refused registration alter the mare's arrival lrom New Zealand. She then raced in the country districts under another name, and sub sequenlJy racing in Victoria and New South Wales as Gathered Gold. NOTES Nancy Lee, .Mosaic and Namutere are in work again and no doubt will be sporting silk at the Gisborne fixture {says "Calendar'* in the Opoliki Herald). Nancy Lee has been saddled up at Gisborne on quite a number of occasions and has always annexed the stakes, having won live races and a second in as many starts. It is on the cards that she will add further yris fo the mill on her next outing. The. other (wo geldings have yet To mala their debut tq the Gisborne public, and when they do, they should make their presence felt. If The Author will make the trip depends on circumstances. The big son of Wormwood—lioyal favourite generally gets such big poultice over Gisborne way that hicoiiuecuoiis are a bit chary of taking on the trip as a payable proposition. R. J. .Mason is making a good recovery from the accident which has kept him at home lor a few weeks (stivs the Lyttelton Times). He will leave for •Sydney before the end of this month. So far the constitution of his team has not been settled Agrion is certain to go. and there will be one or two others, possibly including the two-year-old Goblin Market (Abusrd—Cherry Mart), but the details regarding Agrion's mates will not be known definitely-un-til nearer the date of departure. It is reported that Rigoletto, the three-year-old half-brother by King Mark to Shirley, will be S. Waddell's representative in the Trial Plate at the" Wellington winter meeting. The veteran has saddled up the winner of this particular race on several occasions. llymestrason made his first appearance as a hurdler at Otaki, and shaped so well that he is being spoken of as an early winner. The totalisator turnover for the Randwick racing season just ended was £l,129,000 or £30,000 .below the previous year, although there was one more rac- | ing day. Shining Armour, the winner of the two principal flat races run at the Otaki meeting, is a six-year-old half- | brother by' Greyspear to Many Kittle. Shining Armour has been a bit slow in. racing up to what his appearance and breeding suggested when he was I sold as a yearling but now that he has arrived may stay in winning form. Rnnui raced very consistently among the steeplechasers at the Dunedin meeting. Birkenella's form , at the Dunedin meeting was very disappointing. Earlier in his career he was a sale jumper at his best in heavy ground, but lie lost his reputation this winter, having come to grief several times. Justification, who caused such a surprise by running second in the Birthday Cup in Adelaide on June 4, is the "Carbine of the bush'' in South Australia, and, although he had shown fair form lately, it was not generally thought that he had a Cup chance. It was staled that one of his two owners did not want to start the gelding, as he imagined that he would have no chance, but the other owner insisted upon his taking his place in the field. During the week several bets of 100 to l were -laid against Justification. One wager was £SOO to £5, and another £3O to £3, and yet his price on the tote was just a shade over 40 to 1. He paid at the rate of a quarter of a century for running second. The gelding races all over the country and in the city. He has run over hurdles on several ocasions. He belongs to Messrs W. V. Cowling and 11. J. Gadd, two good supporters of racing in South Australia. A Christchurch Sun writer asked R. J. Mason his opinion on Agrion's. prospects in the A.J.C. Derby. The veteran trainer replied :—"Though I do not think he is a typical Derby colt, I expect him to run a big race at Randwick. The colt will receive the full penally in the Chelmsford Stakes, and unless he is at the top of his form he will not be a starter for it would be useless knocking him about." Mason is never enthusiastic about his horses, lie even used to qualify Gloaming's chances ■on occasions. The imported horse Cynic has been transferred from Gisborne to Hawera, Mr W. Ballam having leased him from Mr Gaine Carringtou, Never has a race for the One Thousand Guineas been won with such ridiculous ease as was the case on April 29. Cresta Run. from the first furlong. was showing her rivals, a clean pair of heels, reminding one of the old phrase, "Eclipse first and the rest nowhere " Nor was Balding leaving anything 'to chance, for he wisely kept her on the stretch till the post was passed Although Lieut.-Colonel Giles Loder's ,three-yoar-old is by the chestnut Hurry On, and is. out of a mare by Bridge ol Lam—who has sired mostly chestnuts—the filly is a brown. Her great granddam was a sister to Pretty Polly, who was, oFcaurse, a chestnut, so'il .is not easy to see where Cresta Run gets her colour. She has well-develop-ed quarters that droop a little an intelligent head, and is altogether a charming filly, she is, nevertheless somewhat highly strung, and was on her toes going to the post Balding did not excite her by allowing her to canter to the start with the others, but \\ as hist out of the paddock and trotted most of the way down. Gilpin's charge dashed to the lead as the tapes went up and it is no exaggeration o say that she "came home alone her time being slightly faster Than thai of Adam s Apple in the Two Thousand Guineas. Te Monanui, a first-class racehorsT?. bin not favoured with the best of luck! will be put into training within the ncxl week or. so. His mission will : probably be the New Zealand Cup in November. * Zircon's success over country at Auckland imparts extra interest to the cross country racing of the future. His success over hurdles makes him with hi' pace a likely sort to score in more important events between the flags. -A contract has been let for a new Maini at Caulfieki to replace the one ftS' ed b / flre - " wi)l cost « r " >n 7, XnX° and , Provide accommodation for l*,ooo people. The building will l.r completed at the end of the year and ik* ground floor will be availabUe fotr .Hie October meeting The New Zealand "Cup winner Vagabond, figures amongst the hack steepleengaged at the Napier Park