RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12479, 16 April 1906, Page 8

RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.

Saturday. A fair number of people were pre*eui to witness the final gaijops, end aa one or two very good once were accomplished their energy was duly rewarded. There had been anotuer frosty axd ail the hoTses that were out before broaJctasrt were worked on the plough track.

Lady Veyward. who was th« first to step out, ran a. mi.c at •three-quarter pace. Cbryeeis got over the same gTound ooaiforlab<y in ltuin 16 -4-sth eec, uid Kirrienruir had no difficulty in traversing seven furlongs in lmin 33 1-Sth sec. the last six of which she ran in lmin 18 3-3 th sec. Boomerang (Jer.kins) HL-d Starsboot (Uanohay) wore not luily extended whilst Rat'ioping a nitle and a qUHitcr in '2rain 16 ;t- u .i sec, the last mile l.oing run in lmin 4U 'J-jth sec. Merriwco's fen seemed to be going the best nt the finish. fcomaroff gai.oped a niile and a quarter, and (icodsijrht and Adrift were astoc.aied in a ga. lop over six funoncs round the. bacK. Cross Battery (.las. I'ine) s-tood on the mark opposite the tivo furlong d.se. and alter jumping away smartly, she got home in luuu '1 '2-sth .vec. Her performance was a paitiriileiiy coocl ono ; and rlh» must bo tlifhcult to beat in the iirrat Easter Handicap. Cianehattan (F. Joiies) tirjshed three or four length* ahe-ad of Signalman iMoChiskey) after running a ir.iie and a quarter in iinin 15?ro. find l)o TVitte beat CaJinio C'hiel by two lengths over six furlongs, which he negotiated round the back in Imin 19 2-oth ses from a.iurat a. standing start, lvajioff and Field Gun. each of whom had a light weisrht up. traversed six hiriongs in lmrn I'Jsec, lvanoil having much the most to fay at the fiiush, and Strocgho.d was given a working gallop over six furlongs. l»ap!and (l>. (>. Kirrgi ran six turkmjs in lmin 13 2-»th sec. Watershoct, who joined in at the five furlong post, being beaten off. Pas Seul ajid Franc Lopped away opposite tho six furlong , mark, and the filly completed the journey in lniiu 18 2-olh s»c, Franc being steadied after rimming five fur.ongs. Achilles (Jenkins) rce.ed off six furlongs in lmin 15 4-sth sec. He was iwt asked 1o do his best, and the resolute style in which he finished was most attractive. Hed Gauntlet (McCluskey) ran seven furlongs in lmin 32 -l-3th sec. Heirloom (L. G. King), who picked him up at tho six furlongs pnst. Ciisily beat him home, and the Lochiel horse tired badly ovtr tho last quarter. Teiai '(Jenkins) covered the last four of five furlongs in 51 3-3 th sec, and Vo.odia ran six furlongs in lmin 18 2-sth sec

After breakfast Kaputai beat Zetland by three lci-sths over six furlongs in Imiii 15 2-s'oh sec. Ability spurted four furlong's on the gmss in i'Jjspc, and Firo Iron (G. Pine) left a similar distance behind him on the r-O"gh in 49 2~srh sec. Fire Iron was timed from a, standing start, and was f*oan<very strongly aa he passed the winning post" Mythical (MeCjuakcy) comfortably ran five furlongs in lmin t 4-sth ses, «.nd Quickfire, who was assisted by Lee-Enfield over the last seven furlongs, galloped a mile in Imin iOsec. Bagpipes he.d Korea safe whilst running six furlongs on tho gross in lmin 20 2-sth sec, and Tsitsihar had more left in her than either Assegai or Highland Fling after galloping sevan. furlongs on the plough in lmin 33 2-sth ccc. Hilarity sprinted four furlongs round the back, as did Miss Boris, who got over that distance in 54ppc. The Seer (McCombe) accounted for half a mile on tho grass in COsec, and MaltarcfT (MoGuire) ran seven furlongs on tho plough comfortably in lmin 31 l-sth sec. Czarovna, who started with the S-tepniak colt, was pullod off in the straight Petrovna (R. King) had Martian (G. Pine) doing hie bes-t throughout a gallop over six furlongs round the back of the plough, the journey being completed in lmin lOsec Petrovna both looks, and went, well, but Martian's display ims a disappointing one. Apollodoris (McGuire), who ia carrying more muscle than he has previously done" showed to advantage whilst galloping seven furlongs on the plough in company with Sychem in lmin 30s*c.' Hβ had Sychem well beaten, and he wound up his task in distinctly creditable mamner. Slow Tom spurted four furlongs in 51 l-sth ccc. and Magnificent and Phaetontis ran half a mile, after doing steady work, in 53e?c. Allcjresse beat Handel by a length over four furlongs on -the grass" in Slscc, and Terrapin (R. King) got over the same ground in 50 2-sth sec. Siepdanoer (F. Jones), who was assisted by Xarcissus and Resound, got to tho end of a mile and a quarter on the ploug-h in 2min 15 2-sth sec. hbo ran two furJonge in 27« cc, four in 53 4-sth sec. mx in lmin 21 2-sth sec. and the last half mile in (Msec. Aimee Soult rattled over half a, nrile on the (rraes in SOsec, amd Xotnis (Gaskill) finished tkree lengths ahead of Tirole (Derrett) aft«r running six furlongs on the graea, from a standing start, in lmin 20 2-sth ccc. Mango, who got the best of the srtart, led Maluku and Merrymaker throughout a, sprint over five furlonga round the back of the plough, which he concluded in lmin 5 3-oth sec, and Eurus (Moragihan). who vaa picked up by Graduated Tax at the mile post, waa given a strong working , gallop o»er about a mile and a ha-f. Convoy (McCombe) finished slightly in advance of Lady Landon (Derrett) after running five furlongs on -the grass from what was almost a standing start in lmin 4Jsec; neither of them was ridden out however. Antigone (MoCluskey) cleared right away from Farley Groro whilst galloping over seven furlonge on tho plough in lmin 33s«c, and Stratagem (F. Jones) beat Gallantry (McCluakey) by several lengths over half a mile. Siindiay. A thick fog , hung over the course until breakfast time, arxl it was impossible to ccc wha-t the few horses th»t *wero out accomSlishcd. Achilles. Cross Battery, and Tetoi, owever, each spurted a, few furlongs, ■the two were not thoroughly extended. Cutts's team did n-ot put in an appearance. After breakfast no work of importance was witnessed though several horses got through short sprinting tacks.