TURF NOTES IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 109, 10 May 1934, Page 8

TURF NOTES IN BRIEF

Entiics close on Friday night for the Otaki Winter Meeting. It was thought'that the limit had been reached -when there were 62 entries received for hack sprint on the second day of the, Te, Kuiti fixture -at Te iiapa, but the 71 nominated for the Jervois Han-, dicap on the opening day at Ellerslic in-; dicates that there aie still plenty of eligible hacks about.

Latest reports from Te Eapa state that Tradesman is getting through a good pie,--paration and is well forward in condition.'; He is engaged in sprint events at the T-e Kuiti Meeting, and if the going happens to be on the soft side when' that -fixture' is held it will.assist him materially.. This horse is a smart sprinter, particularly in heavy going, and his owner should be able to place him to advantage during thf'iiext' few months.

As he -was affected with a bruised heel after running second to Jonathan in,/ the Foley Memorial Handicap at Avonclalc, Carfex had to be eased up -when he returned to Hawcra and he ivas a, trifle pretty when produced amons the sprinters on Wednesday. The race improved him and he failed only at the cud on the second day, when lie attempted to win the Davidson Handicap from barrier-rise. With the benefit of the two outings and the work ho will get in the meantime, Carfex should he thoroughly fit to cpntcst' the Cornwall Handicap next month, when ho will have to carry 7.13, or"4lb more than, when he finished second to Seatown last 'year. Carfex may be given a run at Wanganui on. Saturday. ' The Hunting Song gelding Jayspn shaped very, promisingly for a. novice hurdler, last season and lie -has again x .commenced schooling tasks at Woodville. Javson has recently had a couple of outings on the fiat and he should be near his best form when next stepped out. Jayson may be ■ taken .north to 'contest, the minor hurdle races at Ellerslie, in which case he will be ridden by A. McDonald. Last winter 'Jayson displayed promise in two steeplechase contests; meeting with an injury at Hawera that necessitated a long spell.,

I The Waikato-owned-Luminary, who has been; off' the scene, for some- considerable' time,-'is'linVAVork.-.again at .Te Kapa. Eecently. this \horsc wasi Schooled over 'a, round; of .:the -steeplechase fences at TeRapa' andj.gave a first-rate jumping; display.A few Reasons ago Luminary proved him- ' se]f a good perfpnner over hurdles', among his- successes being the Brighton Hurdles at Ellerslie iii 1932. If Luminary trains on. satisfactorily he".'will 'be''seen' out'in minor steeplechase events this wia^i tor; .The /■ \Day;: Comet gelding is a refiable jumper, and with a bit "of expeneiice j should pay his'way over the big fences. He is engaged in the' Hack Steeplechaseoh the second day at Te Eapa: . ':-..- ■'.' Since-racing at Avondale last ■ month Imamint/has trained on: satisfactorily, and by,the rtime the Great Northern Meeting arrives her. condition ehould be perfect. • This, mate registered, a sterling per-. formanco when she,'■; finished second to Jonathan in,the Easter Handicap and was unlucky.;to^meet that horse .at the peak of his fbrni. Imamint is,nicely placed, in the; Cornwall Handicap^ in. which she is weighted at 7.6, and if her owner elects to start her in the mile and a quarter race she can be depended on to put up a creditable showing. She is also entered for the principal events at the Te Kuiti Meeting, and if started at that fixture a better guide will be obtained regarding her prospects at the Great Northern Meeting.