HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 147, 19 December 1930, Page 8

HERE AND THERE

Kahikatoa's Lameness. Kahikatoa was slightly lame after the Woodville Meeting, but worked freely on the plough:at Hastings on Tuesday morning, so evidently he has quite recovered. A Good Gallop. On 'Tuesday at Hastings, White Fang and Admiral Drake, both carrying good weights, finished together at the end o£ a round in lmin 41 4-ssec, the best gallop of the morning. Both these horses should perform well over Christmas. Admiral Drake will probably race at Waipukurau and Tauherenikau. In the Shade's Gallop. In the Shade was about four lengths behind Ti Tree over the first six furlongs of a mile at Takanini on Tuesday, but when they straightened up for home In the Shade quickly ran up to his companion and they finished together in lmin 44 3-osee. The first three furlongs took 39 l-ssec, and the five furlongs lmin 4 3-Ssec. . ; Horses for Taranaki. The Ellerslie trainer, W. Gall, has decided to take a team to the Taranaki district for the Christinas and New Year Meetings. He left Auckland yesterday with Grand Spirit, Stimulant, and Silent Miss, who are freely engaged at the Taranaki and Stratford Meetings. Ammon Ra Goes Well. In a gallop at Takanini on Tuesday morning Ammon Ra (Gray) and Chief Jewel (Jones) were companions over five furlongs in lmin 3 4-ssec, the last four taking 51 4-ssec. Ammon Ea had a couple of lengths the worst of the start, but was on terms at the finish. On his latest track showings he is a possibility for a juvenile race at Ellerslie. Out for Spell. Kaokaoroa, the half-brother to Maunga, figures in the nomination lists of both Manawatu and Ellerslie, but J. Griffiths has been experiencing same difficulty in keeping him sound at Hastings on account of splint trouble, and he has decided to turn him out for a while for treatment. Sea Cob Destroyed. The hurdler Sea Cob has had to be destroyed. During the running of the Eaurimu Handicap at the Taumarunui races on Saturday, Oth December, Sea Cob, who was owned by Mr. W. Montgomery, of Auckland, met with an accident, and a fetlock joint filled very badly. Every attention was given the injury, but on Monday it was considered that there was no chance of the horse's making a recovery, and he was destroyed. Sea Cob won the Mammui Hack Hurdles on the first day of tlie meeting. He was trained by A. Cook, Te Awumutii. Shrewd for Awapuni: The Hastings trainer, V. Collelo, has decided to take Shrewd to Awapuni for the Manawatu Clip. Shrewd is now back to his very best, and the Awapuni race will be more to his liking than the Auckland Cup, where both the distance and class would probably prove too much for him. Shrewd, through a misunderstanding, will not be ridden by his usual pilot, A: W. Macdonald, who has been engaged to ride Paiko. Also for Manawatu. The Hastings, trainer, W. C. Griffiths,' will lake his team, consisting of Head Serang, Royal Parade, White Fang, and Child's Study, to Awapuni. not to Ellerslie. After Manawatu the three last-named will go either to Tauherenikau or Marton, while Head Serang will return to Hastings. Child's Study is a two-year-old half-brother by Psychology to Royal Parade. So far he has not raced, but gives indication, of possessing the family's winning ability. Odds and Ends. Acceptances for the- opening day of the Manawatu Racing Club's Summer Meeting close at 9 o'clock this'evening, when final payments are also due for the 25th Palmerston North Stakes. Acceptances for the first day of the Wairarapa Racing Club's Summer Meeting close at 8 p.m. on Monday. The telegraph office at Featherston closes at 5 p.m. H. Stokes will be riding at Manawatu and Stratford. He has been engaged to ride" Mount Shannon in the Manawatu S. Wilson will not now go to the Marton Meeting, ■ but will be available at the Wairarapa Meeting. T. Webster will be riding at Auckland on Boxing Day. and will be back at Awapuni the next day. Sargon was on the track at iakanmi on Tuesday, but was restricted to trot"rle^'raranaki* horseman, 0. Goldsbro,will be riding at Palmerston North at Christmas, and his mounts for the first day are Palm, Just An Idea, Fernden, Korokio, Kirolell, Pandia, nad Tripping. H. Goldfinch will be on Big Bertha, High Comedy, and Eager Rose at Ellerslie, while H. Gray will pilot, besides Star Stranger and Hunting Day, Perennis, Bronze Eagle, and either Ammon Ra or Chief Jewel in the Great Northern Foal Stakes. % . E. A. Keesing, who had the mount on Mervette when she filled second place in the Te Awamutu Cup, has been engaged to ride the Te Rapa representative in the Christmas Handicap at Ellerslie. Keesing will also ride White Wings, Persham, and Karangapai. E. Manson will ride Saltpot, Atholspcar, ,Ben Hur, Rothen, and Malayart at Awapuni, and H. Dulieu will ride Aurora Borealis.