NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[{BY "VEDETTE.")

RACING TISTT7EES.

o<c ,s—Kapier Park E.C. Oct s—Kurow J.C. Oct. 5, 7—Auckland E.C. Oct. 10, 12—Dunedin J.C. Oct. 17, 19—South Canterbury I.C. Oct. 19—Masterton 8.C % Oct. 24, 26—Poverty Bay T.C. Oct. 26. 28—Wellington B.C. Oct. 28—Waverley E.C.

Reminders. : Nominations for the Wellington Spring Meeting and first forfeits for the Wellesley Stakes are due to-morrow at 9 p.m. First acceptances for the New, Zealand Cup. and nominations for the Stewards' Handicap and other important races to be decided at the Metropolitan Meeting at Kiccarton next month are due to-morrow at 8 p.m. | Cribbing at the Barrier. . A good deal of prominence is being given to the, incident at Hastings last Saturday when two apprentices exchanged barrier positions for the eventual benefit of one. This practice is one not to be condoned, and it is noticed that quite often in big fields, when there is some delay and backing and filling, one or two of the experienced riders creep in a few places. • This practice is, of course, quite wrong in principle, but the Hawkes Bay affair was a more calculating evasion of the rules. The two lads deliberately changed their numbers when the field was being sorted out, and the rider who drew No. 11 dropped into No. 2 position, and vice versa. No. 2 held his place for some five to ten' minutes while the horses were parading in the regulation ring prior to the start. The wonder is that it was not detected by the officials in time, and it is a ruse not likely to be. practised successfully very often. ; A Likely Hurdle Mare. .When placed on the barrier schooling tat about the middle of last season, Golden Wedding had her attention turned to hurdling and she was not long in showing aptitude for the business. After her first couple of runs over hurdles she displayed immediate form to notch a second and' a win in her next two attempts, and then she was reserved for the winter carnival at Ellershe. At her first start at this meeting she unfortunately came "to <rief when going well, but, was not' affected by tne lall and subsequently ran good seconds to Overhaul and Bright Land. Golden Wedding has not been called upon to race in the meantime, but she has been receiving a nice preparation from her owner, Mr. W.-M. Taylor, and promises to strip in excellent trim to ta.-kle her engagements at the Spring Meeting at EUerslie on Saturday. Without doing anything special, she has been hitting o,ut with freedom, and also schooling well, sc that there is every reason to believe that she will give a' {Tod. account of herself when she makes her re-appearance. Being a comparatively' young mare-she is now five years-Golden Wedding has yet ■ plenty of time to make considerable improvement, and she is progressing so steadily that her future prospects cannot be other than very favourably regarded. , v

Big Game and a Pea' Shooter. .. ; The New Zealand Racing Conference on ST h3S ft ■ wia*to& some Btrong criticism, and the actions of its officiafi are not always approved, but the following from a minor northern club is likely ?n™. a?W?! enty iocke* ClublSJockey ■ Club that the above p7 0 w To Aroha Jumpers. r^"?" 8 the>«^ The Lamb and Gay factory effort, but the mor? finished ds . does not require much schoolinfe, the' SV fc. representat™* berng => natural About Nightmarch. Sydtvlhl^™*? received by mail from fsyapey this week suggest that there is a |ood charce of NightmUh Btarttng L he Bpßom handicap .on Saturday., Nichtmarch a Eoud customer, • capable and brfhant enough of holding his own over the mile with the best. It is stated that 2SSh" Syd^y "Telceraph/> Night •W™ suspicion for lameness.' is well,' said a prominent Victorian owner, credited with havinc engineered Friday's Epsom plunge on SI riSt «.^1 A- WAtfay, trainer, said last lugnt that the near fore-leg, injured while the horse was rolling last week, was tender after a gallop yesterday. And what a gallop it was! Assisted by True Love, .Nigiitmarcb. ran five furlongs outside flags 69 feet from the rails on the course proper ,in lmin 2%sec." ' ' The Amounis Sensation. .Cabled advice received last week-end from Sydney was to the effect that Amoubis was to be withdrawn from the Epsom Handicap, but nothing more was sent to New Zealand. According to his owner, Mr. W. Pearson (who had not backed mm for the race), Amounis is sound. The .Epsom engagement was forfeited because it waa believed that he would have little enauce of conceding Nightmareh 91b after i-iT *£? s decisive defeat of him at Roselull. That Jockey J. Munro is not available waa also a factor, and also probably that the stable has a useful second string J£ Adrian's March. The withdrawal of the Magpie (imp.) gelding will add thousands to the huge sum for, which punters have become liable this season over the withdrawal of the following:—Epsom: Gay Ballerina; Eemulus, Ticino; Royal Tune, Poitiers. Metropolitan: Crucis, Beatown, Muratti, Satrap. Derby Parkwood. Latest Sydney News. Paquito pleased the critics at Randwick last by the way he' galloped sue furlongs with Bright Glow in lmin 18sec. It ia stated, that Paquito could I™L °n % gOOi deal bettelv Otter -bpsom Handicap horses in addition to N^htmarch and PaquiSo to gaUop at.teactively were Gilt Edga (who put up a aT- 8*1?^ gaUop on Tuesday), and Btabte 1 * arcb ' who "' from,tne Amounis Valparaiso has come into solid demand1 for the Metropolitan on account of a good gallop last Thursday, and his price has shortened considerably. After his King's Uup victory he was one of the favourites, but went out of favour. - Cimabue is not engaged, in the Epsom Handicap, but if produced later on at Handwick he will have plenty of friends. .Nothing galloped more attractively last Thursday, and his sis furlongs in lmin ■■=•• 16% sec was reckoned to be a good effort. He is_ reported to look much better in condition than when beaten by Ceremony at the Tramway Handicap. . A,J.C. Derby Candidates. .. So far as track work is concerned, none of the aspirants to Derby honours is uri- .,. dergoiag a more searching preparation than D. Lewis's hope, Comanche,.'■ says a , Sydney writer. Phar Lap, favourite for theclassic, has been raced into condition, so it was not surprising that he was let off lightly at Randwick last. Thursday morning. His appearance impressed while Jra threw a mile of the course proper bejtfnd ia lmin 49% sec. A steady sound of tiw ten was Honour**

I contribution. This colt looks particularly welj but ther-» are Kaniwick trainers of the opinion that he is being treated too, leniently for him to have more than an outside chance of seeing out the mile and a half of the Derby. ■ Comanche, on the other hand, is being worked along the lines J. Scobie adopted with Trivalye/and there is no doubt that he is thriving on the treatment. .-On Tuesday Comanche ran one of the best seven furlongs of the morning, and on Thursday, in running away frpm Rallier and Malayan over the final -furlongs of a mile and a quarter, he put up 2min ]7.% sec. , ' Crucis, one of the Melbourne Cup favorites, and Valparaiso, a Metropolitan hope, improved on Comanche's figures by half a second, without creating a more favourable impression than the Derby colt. . Napier Acceptances, Considering the small nomination lists, owners have responded well for the Napier Park; Meeting on Saturday, over-shadowed as it is by the Auckland Meeting. Although Kick Off meets High Comet and King's Jest on considerably worse terms than when he beat them, at Hastings, he should defeat them again in the principal event. Royal Lineage probably will be favourite for the sprint event, withsfierry Damon, who missed the jump-out at Hastings, the hardest to beat. SHence About Strephon. / ..Little has appeared in the-English Press concerning Australia's champion racehorse Strephon. There were a few photographs .'of him when it was announced that he would be coming to England, and a pai-a-graph or two when he arrived. There has been no comment on his appearance or his chances of success, but. information from a private source is to the effect that ■Strephon is. progressing remarkably well. He has settled down wonderfully in .his, new quarters, and has gained the admira-' tion of all who have anyrning to do with him. He has been given light texercise, but no attempt has been made to put him into serious'training, as he* will not race Tin'til' 1930. Darling is credited with having,, expressed a view, found on his early acquaintance with the horse, that he will be up with- England's best in the long- ; distance races next year. The Ascot Gold ■Cup is said to be Strephon's main object tive; and, as Lord Derby is expressly keeping Fairway another season on a track to. win; that race, Strephon's task will be by no means easy. ?