NOTES AND COMMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1929, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

[(BY "VEDETTE.")

.<:..; .;■:.• EACEJG FXXTUEES. ... ; ... Iftr. vgj,-Dec.; 2—Taiapuna J.C. ; ' ' ■: -■■■■ STot.j S», Dec. 2—FeildiDE J.C... . - ■ Rot. 23, 2S—Tc Kuitl B.C. - ' ■ < Reminders. --'-- '■■.■■■.:..■'-. ■ • :-.,\- : . for the- Feilding Meeting Hose to-night at B^3o o'clock. . . : ,.,. . Ifdminatioiis for the Egniont Racing Club's cldso" itm Friday.'-: .':. ■ ; it. Nevsr Rains; .''; . - : j ~ "The Awapuni trainer G. sTew has-had " his'staff ..depleted considerably during, the last.;-; :week-.: through accidents .in races. Trouble first came at Otaki;-when 'his tvrb "apprenfices, A. G. Murray, and C. ] Broughton, were on horses which fell, and; they, received injuries which will keep them. oirt of the saddle for some: little time. New-was left with one apprentice, W. Broughton, who was .beginning t0... show decided ability, in the saddle. He was one of the unfortunates at Levin pn : Satijrdayl On each occasion the lads £amed: "were Tiot riding horses from- their employer's stable.1" ' '■' '•''•'" -: -" ;.::. *•• . W. "Rayrier's Team. .-:. r ■-. It is; reported from Wahgan'ui that Pomp,,.who was unlucky to be,beaten in ibe -Breeders' Plate at Randwick,, is makipg. a good recovery from the severe injuries he received on the steamer oil his way back from. Australia. - The" cuts Mid abrasions on his legs have healed ,up, and-lie is to have light exercise shortly. Hopes'are held he will: be fit to "raeo ,by-Easter-time.--. :.■:.;•.■ i-Cier.enioiiy.iliad his. first real gallop on Saturday, looming since his return irom Australia; With a. ligUt-Tveight". up he sprinted .."four furlongs on the Wanganui course: iii 4S ,2-ss_ec. The "track was in. good order;" but it- was a pleasing effort' arid -indicated' that -he will not disgrace himself in the Feilding Stakes. •.'".. "The Absurd filly: Drastic and Pedestal are: both improving. Drastic did. .badly on the trip _to and she is a mean-looking filly. Pedestal, who is the direct opposite, was lame more. or. less all the time he was in Sydney. "Oh Saturday, with a good-weight up, he galloped five furlongs in lmin 4sec. jNjßhtmarch's Programme. ' isothing definite has as yet been decided #bout Nightmarch's future programme. E6 is so/welL however, that A. M'Aulay considers'it would be a piiy to' let trini rip, -hut..there are no .immediate; ■ races to ■nit. him. . It is almost certain he will not'contest the Auckland. Cup/and the ■takes:-attached to the weight-for-age , events at the meeting were not sufficiently attractive to make the trip worth while for those-races alone, and he was not entered act them. M'Aulay is definite in his ; resolve _to go back to Australia in fhe/autunm, and the horse iriay be given a . race in 1 the James Hazlett Gold Cup at-'Wih-gatui in-February.- ; — ■</ Rapier In Work Again..'. .' .■; . ' ; ..Rapier has made a good recovery from the trouble which caused his temporary retirement on the eve of the recent racing carnival^ . He is quite sound again; and to is^ working along steadily. Be will not &■ raced during the holidays, but -"M. Kurse hopes to hare him Teady "fof- early ■otutrin engagements. According to present intentions, he may make .his next appearance, in. the Dunedin Cup. : Hawora Track Notes. 'Fine weather and the plough track'favcuring fast times were the conditions at the Hawera racecourse on Saturday inorn-ibgrsays'the"'-Star." Silvermilie,! Llanore'l Anhnated/and Orazone-were./given «asy:-wt>rk on the inside. : W. Pine galloped: Calamine and Ross Ferry six furlongs, the first half-mile occupying 51sec. , Ihe pair finished together in tain 17see. TiL; Brough's two-year-olds, Brown Prince, Orby's Choice, and Harry, were sent along in their work, the latter sprinting fast over a couple of furlongs. Without a companion Latakia" galloped the first half-mile of six> furlongs, in 50sec, runmag'ont itie-six- inMmin 16%£ec. .-Royal Aer«-looks : well and, with Joyspear;' went a? strong working gallop over seven' furlones in lmin. Se^sec. Havering, looking TOeil.after his trip to Biccarton; Was out doing easy exercise, and is ready to.take cm another serious task when required. Bright Glow, Mount Shannon, and Paitosnti; were allotted'strong, pace work: W. Knefsimaideiij'Tenfeall,.sprinted lour., furlingsj in SOsec^- The two-year "pli-Bisogne -dtilifera filb/ in.M.'.Conway^s:stable"had her.'first fast -work, going with Bon'Eve over :fhree: furlongs, and shaped satisfactorily.: The pair, ran three furlongs in SSsec. Valpre and Clever ■went-a good half-mile in . SOsec,: -with.; little between' them.;■'"' The' two-year-olds, Awaken," Chief lanfc'i.xßed Dennis, and Green : Eihnet, were.."£li;^^ apportioned useful ..work.: Fortaßee^ktid Grand "Marmi were associated in ,%&; gallop over five finrlongs,' the first three, bemg trarersed in 38sec, and the five-being ran out in lmin 4aec, -with Fortalice half a length ia front. Odds, and Ends. It is -onderistoqd that -Toxeuma: "will not be a starter at Feilding, but he-may make the trip to Ellerslie, though it is possible he wilt be given a run at1 Woodvjlle before going North. ■• ...■-.■ -,■■■. W. ;M'Kinnon, private trainer • for Mr. Frank Ormond, is busy handling a twoyeariold .gelding, by Arausio from Pare-' arauKaVmare by Demosthenes from Mangaroa, by gan Fran froni Maude.' -.The youngster.is. well grown, and should give » good account of. himself when it comes tojracing:; .The name of' Orbit has claimed, for hun. - -. ,■••■":■■ "Mahgeharei, a five-year-old"" chestnut" ieWing_by Autumn, recently sold by Mr. P- .J- -Barry, of Gisborne, is now being trained by M. Gardner at Wanganui.