AUTUMN RACES

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1922, Page 8

AUTUMN RACES

TRENTHAM TRAINING NOTES

(IT "SIR LANCELOT.")

The weather was dull and threatening at Trentham this morning when operations started. Rain set in at 6.13, and continued steadily, and it looks as if the going will be heavy for Thursday. The outside of the course proper and the straight half-mile for two-year-olds were available. The first ont were Blackmail and Sunny Corner, who finished in the order named at the end of seven furlongs in lmin 34sec. ■ ■ , Absurdaim came away from Surveyor at the end of five furlongs, which took lmin ssec. \ Rational, who arrived the previous day, went once round at a strong pace. He will be ridden by J. O'Shea in the North Island Challenge Stakes, his only engagement at the meeting. Truthful, on the outside, appeared to be going better than Radiant Light at the end of seven furlongs in lmin 34sec. Dainty Step was in front of Eoset at the end of four furlongs in 52 3-ssec. Kick' Off did two rounds at a good three-quarter pace. .. ■ !Peep o' Day was just ahead of Yellow 'Hammer at the end of a half-mile spurt. Trihoiilet and Basso were in the order named in running six furlongs in lmin. 19sec. :■ Canyon arid Capping Day were almost on level terms at the end of six furlongs in lmin 19eec. There was littl© between Quest and' Scion, who were associated in a, seven furlongs gallop, which occupied lmin 32sec; . ; . Epitaph did trotting work. She had an encounter with a motor-lorry at Upper Hutt the previous night, but escaped injury. Landbird and Rapine (a fullbrother to Penitent) were spurted. .Trainer H. J. Jefferd also gave Gasbag, who strode over two rounds, and Grotesque useful wo'lt. Insurrection, Songbird, and Sycotax took part in what proved to be the beat gallop of the morning. Sycorax (H. Dunn) was not forcing the pace in the first half-mile. Insurrection was last at the turn for-home, but slipped up on the • inside and headed Songbird in the run to the post in lmin 31sec. • Martial Dawn was in front of Island, who carried most weight, at the finish of .six. furlongs, in lmin 19sec. , Halifax had about four lengths the best of Esperance over seven furlong* in lmin 32sec. , , En Route and Moutoa's Gift took 52sec from the half-mile post. Coalition and Oak Rose were associated over seven furlongs in lmin 38sec. Wamba, assisted by Rimutaka, ran a mile in lmin 472 sec. i Frintemps, Princess P^t, and Liqueur were in that order in galloping six furlongs in lmin 18 4-Ssec. Moonstruck took 56sec to cover four furlongs. Marquet'eur was accompanied to Trentham by a two-year-old engaged at Awapuni. O. Cox did not bring Valeric. Tha accommodation booked for Thespian »t Trentham has been cancelled. Bon Spec was the only South Island representative to arrive this morning. Clean Sweep has been withdrawn from the. Thompson Handicap., f . Some of the horses engaged at Trentham were among the competitors' at tta Cheviot meeting held at Riccarton on Saturday. Palestrina, who is engaged in the Trentham Gold Cup, was considered unbeatable in the principal event, but failed to concede two years and 191b to Castellan (Glenapp—Ecaxte), a. full T brother io Glondower, who carries ;the colours of his breeder, Mr. D.; S. •Rob- ' £rts. When Palestrina ran second at Waimate and was ruled out, the small end of the stake went to Castellan, who on Saturday reversed positions with the Oaks winner. Grim Joke, who carried 9.9 into second place in the Domett Handicap, i* engaged in the High Weight Handicap with 21b less. Grim Joke (Martian—Boutade) is trained by R. Longley for Mr. H. Nurse. Roniform (Boniform —Replete) .paid a great price. Jazz and Sungleam, who ran unplaced in the Mackenzie Handicap, are both in the Tinakori Handicap. Jazz (Solferino—Stardancer) is trained by B. Scoullar for Mr. G. L Rutherford, and Sungleam (Sutahv-^Sunglow) 'b> J. B. Pearson for Mr. G. Gerard. The latter got second in the Trial Stakes' with Martis (Martian —Eoa)< who would have paid a substantial dividend had he, won. The removal of the locale of the meeting from Cheviot to Riccarton resulted in a better gathering, both from a racing and financial point of view. Last year the club lost £500, but judging by the increase in the totalisator turn- ] over on Saturday—£2 800 to £17,000— this deficit was wiped out. ' Acceptances for the first day's races at the Manawatu Autumn Meeting close on Friday, at 9 p.m. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT: "H. B.•" i (Masterton). —Rational 'was •; with - drawn from the Railway Handicap at 11.20 a.m. on the 18th.