Turf Notes

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 20

Turf Notes

BY "SIR LANCELOT"

"*'SsWER%Tb^M^PdipENTS-/-

V'D'O.NV'-rrFour years. Twenty-seven •tarts. ...First,: at! Nelson and, Blenheim, seqond.^t Blenheim (twice) and Welling-ton;-third- at ..Wellington (twice) and iManawatu. ;.L'.-, '-.--- '■.."_!/'-■ .:'.'*'■ "...

. / ;-•'-'■' --■. •**••■ FiXTtTRES.*' •-"'-' '^ Aprils "^^^stpprt, J.C. Autumn. April 9 and 10—Southland R.C. Autumn.'.' '• April 12—Wa-verley R.C. Autumn. 1 , Apnl 12^-Hordrata K:C".' Annual. ' April 18 and,2l—Kiverton.U.C.: Annual.. . , April.l 9 and 21—Wairarapa B.C. Easter. April'l9 and 21—Auckland K.C. Autumn. .-" April 19 and 21—Feilding J.C: Easter. \ April 10—Tuapeka-County J;C. Annual. I April J9, 21, 23, and 20—Australian J.C. AutV -. uffln..-.r-,.y . ,^.v ■-t..^ „;.,„ .... ■ April- Sil^Kumara K:C. Autumn. »--■-:--• ':. '• April"2l—"Waipukurau J.C.'AutumiK ' "■ ; April-21 and 22—Canterbury J.C. Autumn. '; - Aprol 21—Beaumont R.C. Annual.- - - ! - - - April 23^-West!and R.C. Autumn. f ,"-. April 26 -Greymouth J.C. Autumn! May.2 ; and 3—Hawkesßay J.C.-Autumn. May 2-and-S^South Canterbury. J.C. Autumn.''

>'. ■ H; .Cutts, with. ,the members of : Sir

'''. George.. Clifford's team. .that, competed. ,] ' ai. Manawatu,: -went South last night. ' : The'team-ia riot' very formidable atlpresent, and they went through without la ..■■•'■ win. Winning" Hit;.Xa'riC- a' "good,.face in the Awapuni Gold Gup, and might have shown up in the Lbnjjburn Handicap, in whichhe had 8.5, had he been produced. His next appearance will probably be in ';■:" tHe-GreatvEast^r'. .; V',.. ,! .: Although'''.Stariaad Wai.'. passed in at 200 guineas when sent up for auction at VVellingtonlast week, Mr. Gerald Stead could have quitted him at an.advance on that price after,he won at 'Awapuni ■*■■' had he desired to do so. /A*horse with V his pace that can jump hurdles and win over country should be useful thiawin- ) teii; •"'■'■ '. '■ ' '■■ ' . '■' "" ■'■ . . '■■'" ■ Kitfane ,ia i engaged, in, - r the Great :';.. Easter and .Great Autumn Handicaps, but it is probable'h^ wilT-contest ' the .Great Autumn..•„ .Following.on. his second, to"Palestrin'a'-~iriJ tie \Vaimate Cup, '•;-,.' Kilfane won the two principal events at the Oamaru Meeting, but these perform- .. ' anc.es,.h.aVQ..,not.impressed Mr.:, Henrys, . ..who has .let the' Sunny Lake gelding' ■into" tfie':(3reat'Autumn'at'6.9. Even :' at'tnis"iigtiVweight he'Tias"none the best ■""—"of"the figures: ' He'is-.only allowed 21b ■'.■.. forithe- beating Palestrina gave him in the Waimate Cup, and'the extra journey at Riccarton will favour Mr. Goulds mare. At a-inile and a half, The P.olymnian may also have a good chance of :. beating .Kilfane, especially as the Mar-. "''. ' tian three-year-old_\.is, likely*, to be a .-.'! greatly improved horse by .Easter Moa- .-■■ "day. •■;. -,--rvy~ : "- ■ , ■••.;■:•.-.;••■:_■ ; MrVJ.'-Lbvell Nieholls,-of Wanganui, sent a couple of yearlings by Elysian „--. into the sale ring at Palmerston on Friday. A brown.filly fromi.Gatalini, by Catmint—Symbolism, an .imported mare, was purchased by, Mr. W. H. Gaisford ;:■ for 150 guineas. 'Jhere was no demand ■/■.■ for tfie bay gelding*froni Finery; and :. liß'-was-passed."in:' ■;■'?.. •—■'. •: .-, ■■'".• i1%. •-W-. King returned h"ome : last night i-,. wßh'TPiUiewinkie^'.wEo'ran'a'*great race ■'.'. in the Awap'Tiifi'Gbld'Cup. Between the '.;> five and four furlongs he tried to get up |. on the inside of Winning Hit, but Mv- !.: raahi ,(8..,5: Bagby) ...came p.ver on |to ; Winning "Hit; arid-stopped Pilliewinkie/ f| he jhad to be pulled out, and. come J; up on th'foutsibVe."'But', for this inters' ference he would nOj doubt have troubled f Ballymena more than he did. ' jV It is very unfortunate for the owner ;■;' ,pf'Suggestion";that:,the'.-injuries the colt :; received-in-the'Prince'-of Wales:'-Handi- '[' cap on the first day at Manawatu'.'will '■';.;. prevent him fulfilling his Auckland engagements. . It appears that Murihaupo (M. M'Cart^n) rolled on to Merry Day :' (H...Gray), and the latter.ia-turn bump,-. \ es; Suggest|oji. :. Theje x was; an; inquiry held, and the Press was -informed, that ; the matter was held to "be accidental, ' not intentional, ._.-, The nominations Teceived for the Autumn^ Meeting of the'Wairarapa Racing '. are.'rfegardeTi.'as-very .'satisfactory. •,.'.'•' The Masterton. owner,. Mr. W. R. Kerns' . ball, is the principal nominator.' Tren-' ■'■.' ; tham stables are .well-represented, and there are"a,,few'outsiders"nominated ml ■Passionless-, Fleeting; Askari, Ihapbtoa, . '■ /and others. •., - „.-.-, ... '•'■' _. The advantage Ta^iatete had in drawing inside position and beginning slightly . quicker than .Motley probably made'the . difference .between, "winning, and losing. Had Motley drawn/No. 1 and got the I . same advantage in the jump but, she mi^htr have beaten"the Fbfdell. represen-. ,-,' ■ ta'tiveY'ivlio has a. great winning record at; Awapuni.'- ]He has "won ,both the -_; "Palmerston North and: Manawatu Stakes' twice.,... With Tukia, Thespian", Tama- , tete, and .Motley, ;Messrs..,'G. .M.,. Cur-, '."... ■ne'.and ; .W;jM'A. Diancan haye1 put up a „. . great record in'the' classics /at Awapuui.j ■•■ ■■■.The Wanganui "owners are-;such good I. spbrtsinen^and great friends that there / would.,Wno.feeling'.in^tha matter- whe-i .- ther. Motley or. Tamatete won: N J-'Coy|e,took over Mr..A: ( .M'Dcna_ld's . - ; team" on. Wednesday, last,fand',- will "con-" ' •; .. tjriiie W train"th'em'at Woddyilkv ■,-.i : The day Mr.- John Gleeson.'got 1000 *-r;' for the brother to Pathos at the Wanganui sales ,he .picked, up the Absurd filly from Yes, an imported mare by Valens, cheaply for 100 guineas. She only had-6.10. and W. Bagby aboard in^the race" she'won' at Awapuni; but ho V.. doubt has the family, gift .of galloping. ' : She was followed home by another of the Absurd tribe, in Fool's, Paradise, who , .was-expected to improve on his iTren"tham.formi -. ■ . ■),;... •'. liimeligKt "is'^ucll vmbre"" leniently '„ handicapped in the" Great Autumn tha!n ■■in the,Great"Easter-f-Many people look on her as a non-stayer, but hW Penin- . .. ( sula-'Cup,form was all, right and sug-. , gested that a mile and a half would ;•. : have -been' no trouble -for her. . ' - ; . Glenross was not produced on the coneluding day.r.at Awapuni,i but is to ac- .',- .* " company his^stable/mates : to"' Ellerslie. He cost UTOj'guirieas as a yearling, and • j*j£r#-RSnc4--'|las ha(* *9' -wait ' a long '■■' ti^i^fpTe~^6 got anyr.returnJ for the : opl^y-^P^las Won three . times on r . enJbyartdJ-willJnot.-.bevlpng getting, out of ■ . tffe.t;Haolgcf3ss. ■ ' .. jßominint'raced each day;at Awapuni, .a'DA-although, she.looked, well on it,'did liqti. arfy^f^rm',"'-Her /stable., mate, iMusketoqnj^-w'as; also.-produced 'on the > second" day,. but^ did -not "get in the ' TOoneyZ'aiaoiiaCH.'Cuißunghanv.inform- . Ed the writer that-there was no JJQ t'rnck^uyaijable^when-they wentf to load 5 at- Aucfelandi^a'ncl'-in consequence they .: ■ had ( .t«'_'£;limiC"..dSwni..by . a slow, train, which^nteattf'f.'Bi/'long- -journey and prpb T . ably affected^the'thances -ot^-tie- -horses " ; at the , meeting:. ~'\- .''l'\ ""''-Z.y *\ V \ ' 'Gisb6rne'nbwnef"*lVff; -Game. Carrington was:"a-t""the-MahawStu'Meeting.' rHe.nnformed the,-writer-that General Carrington was all right, and would race at Waverley, Waipukurau, and Hawkes Eay_b.eforfi returning home. Musical arid Merry Singer, winners tit Trentham and- Awapuni respectively, '■'i are both..by .Merry, Moment, from Tetrazinni, by Soult —Miss Annie, a fullsister to .Antagonifit arid"Antoinette, who . is -producing winners- in South Australia, '■„;• At~s,~^clearing'-Eile'-' of "blood stock' at Eastings, last'autumn Mr. Cjleeson, of .'■ ' .- ■• / --~-- j ',• ■ . ■ ,

Wanganui, got Tetrazinni for 13 guineas, andj her "daughter Trill" (by* Kilboy) for 10 guineas. Mr. R. Gooseman got' a gelding by Kilboy. from Tetrazinni for 25 guineas..

Woodville trainer J. T. Jamieson informed the writer at Awapnni that he intended to take a short holiday on the other side b,efore settling down in Auckland.' He would.attend the A.J.C. Meeting and. the sales,. and might make one or two purchases for clients.

Mr. 11. M. Reeves is sending three well-bred mares to Sydney this week for sale. They are: Starlike, Byrs, by Martian—Edna May, .in foal to Gay Lad (her second foal); Maymyo, by Martian from imported Mkzabuka, in foal to Qlafenceux (her second foal); and Gold Frame, 4yrs, by Nassau from imported Ormulu, in foal to Clarenceux (her first foal). . :' The ■ scratching of Loughrea fqp . the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps probably means that he will make a trip north for the Auckland Kacing: Club's Meeting. . ; ' .

J. Ayers returned home yesterday with Last Crustj; who 'was accompanied by Tinohari and Aeriform, who are in future to be trained at Trentham. / -...,-

The wins on Ballymena, Tamatete, Glenross, and- Zaragcza at Awapuni' increased'"T\l; M'Caiten's : winnings to 38. He "will be riding the Fbrdell and F. D. .Jones's teanis at-AucklaEd. and dale, and s.hould add to his total. „"H. Gray rode only one winner -at Mana-1 watu, bringing his score up to 30. Star Ranger has been entered at the Wairarapa arid Waipukurau Meetings. His form has not improved, and he may be spelled' after Easter."

Clandhu has - greatly improved, and it would h'ave.itaken a good, hack to beat him at Awapuni.. He ' put up, good time and 'iron,well; and later oh should be seento advantage in. ppeh company] The nominations received for the meeting on the Waipukurau course on Easter Monday are regarded -as /' satisfactory i There are seventeen in the' principal 'event,. including ..Crown Sfar' and Correaponderit". • : . ! , ".- ■ Ma vßoughal,, Tutankhamen, and Tanadees are to race ait Riccarton at Easter time. . ; " ; .'V . ■'.' '.: '.:.. .

, R. W. King received word at Awapuni that Many Kittles soreness was worse, and his.-acceptance for the Great Easter Handicap is therefore a surprise. ■ It was_ not expected that he-",would race 'again this season. .'■ :' ■ .

Bazzle Dazzle and Gold Light'are to race at: Eiccarton, where they have arrived in charge of F. Wadde!]. ; The fitst-named has forfeited her chance of winning the Great Northern Oaks,. and probably ,that accounts for Parody, who ran second to Razzle;Dazzle.in the C.J.C. Oaks, being sent North.. ' She was accompanied by Cupidon. t.

Vhe late Dr. A. K. Newman was a prominent official of the Wellington .Racing Club when the meetings were held at the Hutt? ; He was also one •of the guarantors of the new. course at Trentham, and was elected* a life member in consequence. \ For several years he', was a patron of J. Ayers; the Trentham trainer, and his colours were. well, known on North Island: courses. He also bred some useful performers at his farm in the Manawatii, district. > One, of the best of them was Ladoga (Sir Xaddo—^ Happy Maid), winner of the Wanganui Stakes and the Thompson Handicap two years in succession. Battle; Song (Signor—Armistice) was another useful performer in/the '■ colours of the deceased sportsman. Amonir other events Battle Song won the Masterton and Napier Cups, and ran second in the New Zealand Cup. Bonnie Maid (Boniform — Happy Maid) also did good service in the mauve jacket and purple cap. Her wins included...the, Great Northern St. Leger and Wairarapa and-Hawke* Bay GUPS^ '■ v<-> '■- ■"'''■■ .: :■ ~,.':' '- ■■ |' . Forty-three of : the progeny,' of-. Solferino have won;mpney.this season, their.total being over,'£l6,ooo.'-Eoseday has contributed;,:£.3o:ts, .vLimehght ,£lßo's, and Mantua;*::£l73o.T:T-":V 'v; •;-' \ -;••'...

Mr. Pre'dk Hamilton : was. among the NeLson'.visitors' at,the.Manawatu Meeting. '.■■,'■.-.! :".;■ C- ■- ■ '"■ -. . '■

Mr. W. E;., Bid will, president of the Wairarapa; Racing Club', was 'in'-Welling-ton, yesterday. .. HeY informed the writer that thejaddition'to the grandstand, some «0 feet/i-willwbe-'■finished'.for the, Easter MeetingCv\;:;^s?^;^:' .'i-'^'*;',",•'-.■'-■ './;■' ■ Mr. <3prrlon: VPultonrwill /have' three brood maresrvfor r iS al o -, in - :Sydney at Easter. ; ,;TKey" are Battle' Scene, 6yrs, by.! Martian^-Edria May,in;foal to,Mr. J *. Buchanan's,Polymelus.horse, Paladin • r^Y <Un% P& h *- Martian-Samisen, in rnal to Paladm,; and an'unnamed mare Ryrs, by Winkie—Samisen. in foal to Sutala.. •/. ■ ," . . . v \H. Gray was offered, the ride on The Gypher t in the Sydney Cup. The wellknown horseman informed the writer at .AwaDum,Ahat 'ha, would be,at Ellerslie at Easter, time. ' - ■ ...... •. ■•,■■

j Kilbroney is having a good season, and up to date forty-one of his pro Eeny.,havo won nearly ±;2u;000..' Lon^h j-rw-heads-the list^ith^sOs; followed byJUzzla Dazzle £3385, Killocra £2315 ,and Suggestion-£I2OO. ! ■ -. : ' t^ mj-"-' s TJ win. llinf,- t^al now'stands at-.£54 666. Provided he wins the Chal- ! lenge Stakes at Riccarton he will finish up tho season £1725 short of Eurythmic's I record figures. . ■ ■-■•■. V. J. Jefferd left for Sydney yesterday with Rapine. The Waitanai y^arlin^ also went by ..the'favourite boat with horse owners and travellers. Boy Reed went across to" ride Rapine at Randwick. Trainer Jefferd informed me that he ■would probably bring back, a few year no? So S T"' S' Fannin S did T ll6. Pr°geny °* Absurd have won ow -.£21,000 ja stakes during th 0 pre T S^°?u- Thl'fy-niriß-li6r.M haveV gregated.this total, the leading performers being Motley £3050, ParoV fi26W ■¥& £l 3°?> L?yal Iri3h £Isooflnfenfo £ 345, -.national- £1270, and ■ Gaillard

.The owner of Longhrea wasted no time in scratching his horse for the Great Easter and Great Autumn HandfcW If he had rernaincd in he would, have been_one of the Great.Autumn favourites, for a study of the figures shows that he was well treated in the m i] e and a half race. Several Great Autumn candi dates were behind the Kilbroney geldimr when he.scored- his easy win in »hff Dunedin Cup last rnonth^BaTdowi ™. second, comes'-in now 21b better while of the unplaced Jot, Limelight [s handicapped 51b better, Pakstrina ' 41b bettered Winning Hit 51b better ' K. D ODonnell will probably take four of his teamtp Ellerslie, and if work! ing them the reverse way at headquarters.