TRENTHAM NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 23

TRENTHAM NOTES

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year-old half-brother by Archiestown to White Comet. He was produced on the ]ast day of. the,-Ellerslie.Meeting, bucked for good- money, but ■ failed to show up.. He was not handled to the' best.advantage, and.'.niay' do better" at Trentham. Timi Inihi, who figures in the Trial Plate, is. the half-brother to Star Ranger (Bourbon. ll—Gipsy Belle), who is in J. Lowe's,stable at .Trentham. He can hardly be" ready yet. Nassoc?;," the-, two-year-old .from J. Buchanan's-, stable, • who . figures \in the Trial Plate, lias not had a run since.the early spring. lit all he Ims started only twice (at-:the:Ellerslie Spring^lUeetmg), when he-.was unplaced. He is. said to have done^welli and:if brought all'the way from Ellerslie by Ms astute trainer it can be assumed quite Safely that Rascal will not'haVe it all. his own way with Nassock in the race. Nasaock is a brother to Sottana.,. by Nassau from Cassock. Hoariri ahcT Lady Lois will be bracketted in : ■•.the Stewards' Handicap on Tuesday.. - - .„ ■> ■ A goqd\deal of interest will be-cen-tred in the reappearance of Kilbronsyth, and he appears as an acceptor for the Stewards'■ Handicap, on Tuesday. Hew a very likely.type for a.race like the Winter .Cup,- if. all goes well, with him iB the meantime. . ; , -■ : .. „ , . It will - be'interesting to. see if Nukumai handles himself better over the ; big fences at Trentham than he. did at the Napier and-Hastings tracks. On the .bast Coast the "going was very firm, but Nukumai will be back to the mud_ next week anci'lie may give a. totally different, •howing. "At the same time no one could be advised- to .support him. / ■■■ After Highway's. good effort against Ngata af Napier it looked odds on his winning ■'»■ hurdle race noon, but emce that fixtur.e.b.e has been put to steeplochasing. He gave just a moderate display at Hastings over' the big country, jumping slo-wly and carefully. He has been taken out of the-Trentham Hurdles and left in tnel Wellington Steeplechase, but he has been -paid up for in the Winter Hurdles."Horses who. are changed about from one"branch to. another (except at Ellerslie)' dflnot appeak but Highway will be watched-with a good deal of interest in whichever; race W starts at Trentham. This 'is-7 not suggesting that he is a potential- winner over country or hurdles, .but his: Napier Park effort was impressive. : . ■ _.. , Comical will be given a run in the-High-weight on the second day of the meeting, and will take. his. place in the Winter. Hurdles field :on the last day at Trentham. The racing" Bhould do him an infinite amount of: good in -tuning him up for nw Grand National Hurdles, engagements. Zircon should be one who will be quite at home in the mud at Trentham next week. He should not want for backers in the Trentham Hurdles on Tuesday. Ballympy ,11. is said to be looking particularly 'fresh and well- at Ellerslie. _N. Cunningham's "treatment of her. is bring-iri-r goodl'esralts. She seldom gallops, just -posters about in the middle, of the.course. The interests o£ apprentice, jockeys are more carefully' protected under present conditions than they were in,former years, but probably few people other than those actively ■ connected with the management of racing know with what scrupuloiis care the New .Zealand Racing Conference safeguards the interests of these lads (remarks the "Referee"):' Nowadays the riding fees are collected by. the clubs and those, for apprentices are forwarded to the secretary of the Racing Conference and placed by him in-Hhb Post Office (Savings Bank to the credit of the lads who have earned them. For the twelve months front Ist February,, 4925, to 31st January, 1926, the total amount collected on account- ot ap-prentices-Priding fees was £14,620 12s 6d. Half of'jthe fees are under'present'regulations payable to the employers, but if • lad is'Yeapprenticed after the expiry of his original term he is then entitled to his full earnings.. The money is banked in one'sum to the-credit of a special trust fund,' but. each lad's account is carefully kept-inI.'the conference office, and there ar.e at the present time 164 separate Recounts,-each of which is credited with its exact "proportion of the interest earned. A ;sjicpessfiil apprentice earns big money hi riding : fees, and some of the boys have ~to their credit over £1000, in addition" to which they prove very profitable asseta- to their employers. Cat Call has been galloping well at Awapuni, and she should show at Trcutharii that'her. Ellerslie form was all Tione have been brought to Trentham for the meeting next week but for strikiiiK'h'imself during the racing at the Dunedin-Winter Hooting.