ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 71, 24 March 1926, Page 7

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

•Settler," Newtown.~The rule reads: "No whip or substitute for a whip, bridle, plates, or anything worn on a horse's legs shall be allowed in the scales." WfFhy Not." Otaki.—Last July the rules were altered so that an apprentice allowance cannot be claimed it the horse is weighted • at Bst 51b or over.

Acceptances 'or the Auckland Easter Sleeting are due next Friday. In the hurry o£ the preparation for Easter racing ownerß and»trainers are reminded not to ove look that nominations for the Manawatu Autumn Meeting close on Tuesday nest at 9 p.m. Forfeits (£1) ere due at the same time for the Sires' Produce Stakes and Manawatu Stakes. • There seems no hope of Commendation, .'Joy King, 'nd Lysander meeting again this season. It is not possible at Trentham or the following week at Awapuni. Lysander and Commendation can meet in the Sires' Produce Stakes at Awapuni, but unfortunately Joy King, being Australian bred, is ineligible. Both he and Commendation are in the Manawatu Stakes, but■; Lysander is an absentee, Mr. Currie having,Motley, The Thorn, Deluge, Anklet, and Vaudeville engaged but not Lysander. Both Joy King and Commendation are in the Hawkes Bay Stakes, but not Lysander, It is possible, of course, but 1 rather improbable that another equine star will eclipse these three, but so far as their individual ' merits are concerned, there will be no further chance of seeing the three in opposition as two-year-olds. Spoony is expected by many to register • -good effort in the Franklin Cup on Saturday. He was unlucky at the Ohinemuri Meeting, the small turning track being all against him. His stablemote, Le Choucas, will not want ior support in the Flying Handicap. This pair are sure to be well discussed in all quarters on Saturday. ■ / Appellant has improved a good deal lately and seems nicely placed in the Waiuku Hack, Welter at the Franklin Meeting on Saturday. Last Saturday morning at Ellerslie he beat Royal Present over seven furlongs in lmin 33 4-ssec. '.'. Knighthood:'. appears to have a great chance in the Jumpers'; Flat Race at the Franklin Meeting on Saturday, with only 21b above the minimum. If it rains his chance will' be enhanced, for he appears to do best on a soft track. Rosenor -worked freely without suspicion of lameness.at Wingatui last Saturday morning. He was galloped on Friday with Los Ambus aud shaped well. : The riding-out rule was not ; obeyed in one race at Waimate even when the horse held a good.-chance of getting second money. Probably the rider, felt his mount dying under him, and did not want to push him to the extreme or into the grave, as it were, adds "Sentinel." D. P. Wilson has purchased Mr. G. J., Barton's interest in Tione and is now the sole owner. . . _. ,• There is a report in circulation in Sydney that Mr. ,C. Kellowy the owner of tlie NewnMrket winners-Heroic, who^prc-i flted much over the winning;' double, He-roic-Pilliewinkie, has presented G. \oung, ■who rode the latter, with a new 40 h.p. Minerva car, and a substantial cheque as ■well. Admirers of Joy King and Lysander are assured o£ a very fair betting market -jn the Great Northern Champagne Stakes, for -Northerners have formed a very, high opinion of Aussie, and he is expected to prove extra good. Then there will be Limited and Threadneedle, who won two-year-old handicaps at Ellerslie at Christmas time, the improving Rascal, and Clarus and Phaola to carry some money. At the same time all the opponents of JoyKing will have to improve a good deal., to have a chance of lowering the colours of the son of Comedy, King. According to Melbourne exchanges, all is not -well within the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, and some surprising disclosures are expected. There is a difference of opinion amongst the V.A.T.C. committeemen concerning the internal arrangements; but so far nothing has oeen announced. Perhaps the club is to be commended for not washing its at least soiled linen in public. In the meantime some of the sensation-mongering papers are up in arms against the alleged hush-policy of the club. Up to the end of the V.R.C. Meeting at Flemington, C. T. Godby had yet to win a race after his reinstatement. He was the trainer of Purser in the now notorious case, and was disqualified for twelve months. Consistency is rare among our racehorses nowadays, and it is quite a common occurrence for a horse to win one day and two or three days later shape indifferently when opposed to the same horses over the same distance, says the "Australasian." However, Pilliewinkie is one of the. most consistent horses we have Been in the last decade. He has started fourteen times in Australia for seven wins, three seconds, and four thirds, while lie has won his last five races. Pilliewinkie's record in winning the three weight-for-age races at the Autumn Meeting, in addition to the Australian Cup, has rarely been equalled, and while it has been suggested that there are a poor lot of stayers racing at present, that is hardly fair to Pilliewinkie, who, in •the Australian Cup, conceded weight to nil the other runners and defeated them pointless. On Saturday morning at Wanganui Mask was too^good for Anklet over a mile and a quarter, which took-2mm 12sec. Deluge was sent as a mate for Lysander in a sprint over half a "mile, in which the older horse pleased the track-watchers more than :the two-year-old. He rvas a neck in front at the end in 48 l-ssec. Motley was going easily in front of The Thorn after galloping six furlongs in lmin losec. On the same morning Civility ran another smart five furlongs, which she covered in lmin 4-ssec. She will be one of the Great Easter Handicap favourites.