NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 2, 2 July 1929, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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RACING FIXTUBES,

July 10, 11. 13,-Wellington E.C. July 25—Wahnate District Hunt Club July 25, 27—Gisborne R.C July 27—South Canterbury Hunt Club.

**c Wellington Acceptances. Although numerically in the aggregate, the fields for the opening day of the Wellington Meeting will be a little smaller than last year, on the average they will be better. This will apply particularly to the Wellington Steeplechase, for there are thirteen acceptors against eight last year. Even so, there are some disappointing absentees this year in Wiltshire. Eoman Abbey, Uralla, and Red Fuchsia. Glendowie has been left in as well as in the Hack Steeplechase. Both Trentham and Winter Hurdle Races promise particularly well, and the two open flat races have lost little in class, apart from Commendation's absence from the Stewards' Handicap. The total acceptors for nest Wednesday are 126 as eompdred with 128 last year. Bisox. Bisox finished sixth in the Cornwall Handicap at EUerslie after not receiving the best of passages. She is coming down in the weights again consequent on a few failures, and is iv the Whyte Handicap at Trentham at 10.0. She is galloping well at Hawera according to all accounts, and on Thursday morning last finished up six furlongs in great style. She won the last Parliamentary Handicap at Trentham with 9.0., and the Winter Cup at Riccarton with 9.6. It is not too much to say that she should play her part well in those races this year. Cay Ballerina's Latest Classic Engagement. Mention was made recently that the only race of the "classic" description in which Gay Ballerina was engaged in Australia was the Adrian Knox Stakes. However, the fact of nominations for the West Australian Derby of 1929 not closing until the 4th, of the present month enabled the New Zealand filly to be nominated for that race, so that she is now engaged in at least one Derby event. The West Australian Derby carries a stake of £2000. In the decision of the race of 1926 and 1927 fillies (Maple and Hint) led the field home in the respective years. Is Gay Ballerina destined to play the leading part at Perth next December? Lucky People. The English Derby of 1929 will be memorable for many things. First of all, two widows, one with four children, won fortunes in the sweeps, secondly, a young Leeds outfitter, recently married, will draw £36,000 from the Calcutta Sweep; thirdly, the favourite, Mr. Jinks, was never in, the hunt. Mr. Barnetti the owner of - Trigo, in addition to receiving stakes amounting to £12,000, had a share in the Trigo ticket in the Stock Exchange sweep, and secured £15,000 out of the £125,000 prize. Mrs. Chapman, a widow with no children, living at Bournemouth, shares half of the other Stock Exchange Trigo ticket. Mrs. M'Grath, a handsome young ■widow of Dublin, with four children, halves the first prize in the Baltic Ex-

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change sweep of £50,000 with a resident of London. A young Leeds outfitter, B. Brill, who was recently married, won £36,000 in the Calcutta Sweep. He drew Walter Gray and sold half a share for £3000. Nigger "Minstrel's Stock. Three of the stock of the New Zea-land-bred sire, Nigger Minstrel,- are now in work. One is a very nice filly out of Dainty Step, which J. Sullivan is preparing at Woodville. At Marton, A. Hall has a filly out of Civilisation, the datn of Civility and Siaosi, and J. Morris is training Tar Baby, a daughter of a Projectile marc from Daisy Paul, the dam of Ngata. Unfortunately, Ngata's dam cannot be entered in the Stud Book owing to a flaw in the pedigree of her dam, Daisy Clipper, whose dam, Lady Grey, went back to the Arab. Bankrupt Horse Trainer. W. C. Woods, of Te Rapa, whose meeting of creditors was adjourned last week ior four days, showed debts amounting to £757 and assets estimated to produce £10 las. Costly property, bad luck with his horses, and loss of patrons, had contributed to his position. He attributed his bankruptcy to high interest charges and lack of capital. To the Official Assignee bankrupt-admitted that he was insolvent Mi January, 1927. He won a race with -transformer last February. From this" he got £70. He also won with Prince of Orange at Te Rapa last April. He got nothing out of this, as he had made no'arrangements with Mr. Chesney, the owner. It was usual for owners to pay the trainers a cheque after a win. He received ±2 10a a week training fees from Chesney. .Bankrupt-got a couple of placings with Kuffles at Pukekohe last March, but he got nothing from these either. Twelve months ago he also got a second with fI s '? the Takapuna Cup. He considered he had averaged three horses weekly to tram during his period at Te Rapa. .tie was at present training two horses at Avondale. He could make no offer to his creditors, but if he got a win and was ever m a position to make a payment to his creditors, he would be only too ready to do so. The. Official Assignee remarked that he *ad had a few horse trainers before him t■ \ i jnd tbmss in that line must be lairly bad. The meeting was adjourned to enable Woods to produce a statement and make Rn otter. Promising Youngsters. h*\ G' i?*!? 8 ha?, a. Promising yearling Mr f ' r K* r °» in°work for t^SVSS o£ preparins Urn for *H in Front of Him. £, » i dilute stable, having been sold A Racing Trophy. The continued interest of Mr Mow Davis m Auckland and the Dominion is shown, states "The Evening Post's" rep resentative in London, by his sending out on the lonic to the Auckland Racing ff a* * Sophy the Goodwoo! ?P °1 2> Mr- Davis Purchased this from the Duke of Richmond and Gordon It is in the shape of a bowl, with handles formed by winged figures, and supported by ttgures of Orpheus and cherubs "standing upon a shell, about which are the figures of four sea horses. Its height is M inches and the weight more than 300 ounces. Odds and Ends. Crishna injured himself on the first day at Hastings, but it was not serious. He is making a good recovery and should be quite ready for the Gisborne Meeting nest month Essential is also likely to make the trip to Gisborne. Keen and Heather Blend have both been turned out for a spell.