ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 94, 21 April 1928, Page 23

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

J. Buchanan. — (1) Jleremoana lias rim three times in mile and a quarter races for one second, being unplaced on die other occasions. (2) See paragraph below. Next Week. On Monday the Marlborough Meeting at Trentham will bo concluded. On Friday and Saturday of next week the Hawkes Bay and South Canterbury Meetings will be held. The Waikato Racing Club's Meeting will bo commenced on Saturday. .AtHutt Park, the Wellington Trotting Club's last fixture of the current season .will be. disposed of. > Acceptances for the Hawkes Bay Meeting are due on Tuesday. Time Records. A correspondent has written asking for the record times for Australia and New Zealand from four furlongs to two miles. The official record is not up to date by any means, but so far as can be seen the list is as follows: —• 'His. Horse. Course. Time. 4 fur. Gloaming Trciitliam 0m 4S.t 5 fur. Machine Gun.. Illccarton Om OSs 6 fur. The Hawk ... Trentham lm 9 4-5s Chimera Itlccarton lm 9 4-5s 1 fur. J'lnora Itlccarton lm 2<ls Waranton Klemington lm 24s 1 mile The Hawk „. Plemington lm 38V4s 9 fur. Heroic ' Kandwlck lm 50Vis Ii mile Winning Hit. Kiccarton 2m S l-5s 11 fur. Star Stranger. Trentham 2m 17s lVs mile Wedding Day Rnndwick 2ni 30 Vis J?4 mile Commendation Trentham 2m ST'/js 2 miles Star Stranger Trentham 3m 22Vis The above is most interesting, for it shows that of the 13 horses concerned ten aro New Zealandbred, even if, as in the case of The Hawk, the record was established in Australia. A further point is that the records have all been established at Trentham, Kiccarton, Randwick, or Plemington. , Trentham, with five records, pomes out best, with four to Ricearton and two to each of the Australian courses. There may be not so much merit in time as claimed by many of the experts, but at the same time records are records, and as such they'have to be given the credit deserved. As regards the horses, The Hawk and Star Stranger, with two records apiece, come out with the honours, and it is worthy of note that both are sons of that great sire Martian. Air. Currif's Team. Mask ran his last race for the current season at _ Awapuni on Thursday, and he now goes into winter quarters. Thaw also probably will not be raced again, although there is a chance that he will be seen out at Wauganui; He is to have a long spell shortly, and is to be given every chance to recover from the gruelling races he had in the mud in the early spring. Damaris has gone to the stud, and Covent Garden finishes up his season at Wanganui. Episode, of course, wound up her two-year-old career at Awapuni. She could not claim an unbeaten certificate, but there is no doubt about her being the leading juvenile of the season. The rising two-year-olds to be taken up by Walter Rayuer while the older horses are spelling are all geldings. One is a brother to iysander, and the others are both by the good horse Thespian, who obviously has been given every chance at the stud, for one of the youngsters is from Eulogy, the other from Bronze, two of the best mares in the stud. Eulogy, of course, as a brood mare stands out as a com in the Stud-book. The last of the Absurds are now coming yearlings. Two owned by the Koatanui studmaster are from the imported English mares Drax and Pomyris. .Drax has a filly and Pomyris a. colt. The' only other Absurd foal about is owned by Mr. G. V. Moore, and is from Valeric. Absurd himself is showing signs of paralysis, and it is possible that he will not stand the winter cold over well. Apart from this trouble, the old fellow wears well. Star Stranger and Co. - Star Stranger ran his last race at five years in the Awapuni Gold Cup, and he goes out for his winter vacation. He lias had a particularly successful year, having won good handicaps and at weight-for-age. He divided first place in the King Edward Memorial Handicap at Ellerslie in the spring with Mask, this opening his .winning account for the year. He next won the Racing Club .Handicap at Ellerslie on 2nd January, and the Wellington CUp a few weeks later. His next success was in the Trentham Gold Cup 3ast month, and he wound up by winning the Awapuni Gold Cup on Wednesday. •Joy King probably will race at Hasttings next week, and that will end the season for him. Knightlike has been a complete failure since hist Debutante Stakes win. Connoisseur so far is only ordinary, and Star God is not likely to be anything approaching the edge of Star Stranger's class. At present, on public form, Mr. A. B. Williams and his trainer, J. H. Jefferd, have nothing of exceptional promise to take up Star Stranger's running. Jefferd stated at Awapuni that no Australian trip would be undertaken, for he rates Star Stranger considerably inferior to Kapine, and that standard is not good enough for big races in New South Wales. Reremoana for Ormond Gold Cup. Rcremoana was not produced at Awapuui, but there is little amiss with him, nnd he is to race next week at Hastings in the Ormond Gold Cup. Joy King. Great Charter, and The Hawk look his most difficult opponents, nud at the weights at this period of the year he should hold his own. A Possibility for Jumping Events. Bracman jumps big ■ enough for a 'chaser. He may do better over country thau hurdles, and he has more pace thau the average horse in that department. In addition he appears to stick on very well. Braeman is trained by a masiter-hand with jumpers in V. H. Colello, and it would not be surprising to find this horse prove one of the; finds of the season "between the flags." His dam Braemore is by Sir Laddo from a Sou-wester mare, and his sire Garance is by Vasco from Madder, the marc who gave the Turf All Red, Munjeet, Rose Pink, and Rose Madder. All Keel hbrses have proved adept jumpers in this Island. Class. Royal Damon is an ideal example of clasps. Amongst the second-raters he can do almost as he pleases, aw 4no welterweight in reason troubles him. In fact, ten stone sits as lightly on him as eight stone when he musters up his finishing run. Tried amongst first-clasfs horses with round about eight stone on his back he lias failed to reach the required standard. He has not been disgraced by any means, but in that class he has always found several too good for him at the weights. He has probably never been better than at present, and he has been a profitable gelding for Mi* A, R. Hutchinson. North Island Juyeniles supreme. Miss Ransom's running in the Manawatu Stakes, combined with Concentrate's effort in the Sires' Produce Stakes behind Episode and Raasay, showed unmistakably that South Island two-year-old form is considerably inferior to that of this Island. Episode certainly suggested this was so by the way she conceded 291b to Prickles in (he Pacific Handicap at Trentham. Prickles, of course, might have improved before winning the Champagne Stakes at Ricearton, but the running of Miss Ransom and Concentrate at Awapuni has quite cleared up any doubts. Episode, Prince Humphrey, Knasny, and Staghunter would appear to be well above any oE the Southerners vhc raced in the autuirm.

A Remarkable Race. The concluding event at Awapuni on Thursday was one of the most remarkable races seen for a long time. The five runners were hardly "town-hall" class by any means, and three of the five riders are not well known on metropolitan courses. Taken all in all, the race was one which in perspective could arouse anything but enthusiasm, but being the last race of the meeting it became the "recovery stakes," no matter what the quality. The five raced in fairly close order all the way, and there was some surprising interference considering the few in the race. However, the finish was one of the closest in the history of Awapuni, for the whole five went across* the line practically abreast, the win bping a nose, with a dead-heat for second, and the other pair inches away. It all goes to show that high-class horses and expert riding sometimes are quite unnecessary for a close finish. At the same time the horsemanship displayed was ex-. traordinary. Sir Roseberry Not a Pioneer. A paragraph written earlier in (.he week concerning Sir Roseberry and his unsuccessful trip to South Australia has brought a letter from an old follower of the Turf which states that another jumper made the journey to that State many years ago. Looking up the records this is found to be correct, for Evening Wonder, who won good hurdle races in New Zealand, was taken to Adelaide in 1903. He started in the TorrenS" Hurdle Race, but does not appear to have started afterwards, so the worst can be assumed. Apparently his trip was more unfortunate than Sir Roseberry's. Jericho to be Trained Again. The three-year-old colt Jericho, by Archery from Judith, has again made his appearance on the Kiccarton tracks. He met with a serious mishap more than a year ago, and had to be retired, when he appeared to have excellent prospects of developing into a good-class horse. It was feared for a long time that his case was hopeless1, but Mr. G. Gould has decided to give him another chance, and W. G. Hobbs willmake a start to see if he will survive a preparation. It is by no means certain that he will stand training, but if he does he. will be a welcome addition to the Kiccarton racing team for next season. English Horse's First Appearance. Lorient 11., who made his first appearance in the Dominion at the Avondale Meeting on Wednesday, is an English horse imported to New Zealand by Dr. W. C. Ring. As a two-year-old he started on five occasions for three wins. At the Leopamstown meeting he was third in the Foxtrot Two-year-old Plate and won the Paddock Two-year-old Plate at The Ciirragh. He won the Blake Plate of similar distance at Phoenix Park. He was unplaced in his next start, but annexed the Elevation Castle Plate, five furlongs, at Derby, with 9.0, and ran the distance in Imin, 2 3 ; 4see. As a three-year-old Lorient 11. failed to get into the money in his first five starts, but then won the Londesborough Welter Handicap, five furlongs, at York, carrying 7.8, running Imin lsee. He was third in the Grinstead Welter, five furlongs, at Lingfield, but won the Harewood Handicap, five furlongs and 152 yds, at Doncaster, and the Croxteenth Plate, five -furlongs, at Liverpool, with 7.3 in Imin 4 4-ssec. Odds and Ends. In the spring Desert Lad ran two fine races. He was produced again at Awapuni this week, and showed that he had lost none of his pace. He should soon be amongst the winners again, for the race would improve him. Moutoa Wonder, who ran two really good races at Awapuni, is by Kilbroney from a sister to Sasanof (Martian —Ukraine). It is little wonder that he stays on well. Perle de Loon and Gaze should be in great order for the jumping events of importance this winter, especially Perle de Leon; The pair ran decent races in the best company at Awapuni. Tresham has been racing consistently, but unluckily, since being trained in Hawkes Bay. Since the Waodville Meeting in February he has started ten times for one win, two seconds, and two thirds. The Swell seemed*, unable to gallop in the early stages of his race at Awapuni on Thursday. This is different from his form of a month or 80 ago. Cimabue's style of galloping is identical with the name of his dam—a "Delight" to witness. His trainer states that as an individual he is the ideal racehorse, and already the pet of the stable. Just So, the half-sister by Chief Ruler to Kiosk, was produced at Awapuni, but missing the jump-out from No. 1 berth she' was soon cut off. She has size if nothing else. Kaha, a fine big filly by Limond from Noreen, carrying the Reremoana colours, was given a run at Awapuni on Thursday. She is cast in the Episode mould, and may be a good galloper in time. She showed no pace in this her first race. Connoisseur, the Solferino two-year-old trained by J. H. Jefferd, is still something of a buckjumper, and almost unseated M. Gilmore on Thursday. At Napier Park he gave R. Reed a good toss.