RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12568, 10 August 1906, Page 5

RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.

Thursday. After the sharpest frost that has been experienced this year tho sun rose in a clear ] _ky and the morning was as perfect a ono ; as could well bo imagined. A large number ; of peopie were pr__sut to watch tho horses i at work, as many in fact as usually roil up ! prior to the Metropolitan fixture, and they ' had ihe pleasure of cecmg tome ino_t in- j tertsting gallops and first-ciass jumping. i Signalman and.Chryseis, who were tho Gr-t horses stripped, appeared to bo well matched in a galiop over a mile on the out-id. of tho course proper, on which, by tho way, j nearly all those who did not ju_.p wcro ] exercised. Ihey got homo in lmin 48 2-sth sec, which proved to be tho b-Et time re- j gistered during the morning, but in comparing the various performances witnessed, it should be borne in uiirtd that under tlio sun's increasing influence the going gradually became slower. Makaroff, who was assisted by Lapland and Watersho-t, traversed a miio iv lmin 51 2-sth sec. He was all out, and his effort was not so good as might havo been expected. Notus and faychem did stecdy exercise. Alexis and Blytheinaid finished together, after running six funongs in. lmin t-lsec. Bulawayo broke away from tho mile and a quarter post at three parts speed, and on being joined by Gaucho at tho seven furlong barrier, ho was fully extended for the remainder of the trip, tho last fivo furlongs of which he left behind in lmin, 10 2-sth sec. He was sore before working and very much so afterwards, and his chance of winning the Winter Cup must be exceedingly small. Slow Tom finished Btrongly over tim. last half mile of a circuit by himself, fiol and Baritono i got through a working gallop over a mile | and a quarter. Bounce, who got none the best of the start, proved too good for Pushful and Waiwera in a spin over eight furlongs, the last named being beaten otf. Comfort. Ellerton, and Gazeley each did steady halfpace exercise. Magnificent was going rather better than Jolly Roger as the pair concluded a spurt over four furlongs, and Royal Crown, who was hunted out, Tan tho last six of Beven furlonga in lmin _6sec. Polyanthus j completed a circuit at a good half pace, other new arrivals in Faro and R-angiwhenua, being given steady exercise. Heroism's task was a short sprint up the back of tho course, aud | Victory moroly cantered. Early Van. had Kongoa beaten whilst spurting four furlongs &X the conclusion of two circuits. Eurus and Phaetontis got going at the mile and a half post and strode along at a useful working gallop to the home turn, when the latter was cased. Stronghold then chipped in and brought Durus home, tbo National candidate getting to the end of the twelve furlongs in 2min 58 1-sth sec. Medallist accounted for the last four of six furlongs in 5_ 1-oth sec, and Pipi was given a working gallop over a mile and a half. I/aeside sprinted four furlongs by himself. Helios and Mango did two steady circuits, brushing along down the straight at the end of each. Elmwood showed more pace than Sobraou in a sprint home of half a mile after going twice round steadily. Error (D. Barron.) and Blacksquall (R. McGregor) shaped pretty well in a circuit over four flights of hurdles, and The Guoseer ran a mile at throe-quarter pace.. Wild Bill | (Mr J. Selby) and Albury (C. Hait) gave a moderate display over the schooling, fences, ! nnd Nogi beat Sir James over a mile in lmin 58_ec. Tirolo waa allowed a stride along at three-parts speed, and Manazona got over throe circuits at a canter, half and three-quarter pace respectively. Graduated Tax seemed to be tired on reachin-r the winning post after having run a mile in 2min -i-ec, and Fairboy, who Was ns-isted by Patty Pan over the last five, was fully extended for six furlongs. Aqua Regia beat Coxswain by four lengths over five furlongs, which she accounted for in lmin 7 3-sth sec, and Takaroa did his best over, six furlongs, » distance that Outer ran from almost a standing -tart in lmin 22 4-th sec. Black Reynard was given a three-quarter pace Upland Farley Grovo beat Athena over six furlongs. Cuiragno (W. Wilson) afnd Hinemoa (F. Howard) jumped five flightsi of hurdlee in good style. The National candidate had all the best of the go, and showed himself to bo a very clever fenceT; he afterwards went onco round tho outside of the course proper at a useful pace. Kremlin (J. Hall) and Romany King (L. Miller) n-gotiated four flights of hurdles, tho former, who could have run away from his companion giving a firatclass exhibition. Tunnel (H. Gray) shaped considerably better than he had previcu-Iy done, whilst jumping five hurdles. Lynat beat Waikato by five lengths over a mile in lmin 53 2-sth sec. Irish (R. Towers) and Narcissus (G. Byrne) went twice round over the schooling fences, and though the former nearly came to grief the second time he crossed the brush fence and also struck the sod wall heavily, he had Narcissus well beaten at the conclusion of the gallop. A wondeifully fine bit of schooling was next witnessed. Mawhiti <McConnon., P»yf?'r (John O'C-nnell) Kiatere (F. Howard). Nadador (J. Hall), and Swrmmer.S. Howie) being associated in a turn over the obstacles. ) After going onco round tho two first-named were off, but the others completed a second circuit, and Swimmer »PP««xed to be going the best at the finish. All jumped in fip-tcp style. and the go was well worth witnessing. Nadador was again very lame on the near' bind leg after working, but; .it, » riot thought that there is anything seriously '^afrfdiTnot work, and it is extremely doubtWwhether he will be able to take part at tho meeting. .