TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 113, 15 May 1934, Page 6

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Acceptances : for the AVellington; Trotting. Club's Meeting next Saturday close" tonight. •."■■'■ . •--■' ; . .

There is no preliminary payment for the big events at the Auckland Racing Club's Great Northern -fixture,; the -acceptances for all first day'events and: the Great ■Northern Steeplechase falling due on Friday of;-next week. ' .;■ •,' ... i

The -Victorian .pacers ■ Walla AValla and Auburn Lad are due to at- AVellington from:the sdiith tomorrow morning for the purpose of fulfilling their, engagements' at the. AVellington Trotting Meeting next Saturday, after which they are due to return to Australia..

It was not surprising that Bon Aryan and Royston were not produced on the second day at AVangamii, for their form in the steeplechase on the opening day was only moderate. Bon Aryan showed some pace for over half the journey, but when: became to the hencoop; at'the back the second time, he called it a day and only cantered home,from this point. Royston niade a forward move in the middle stages, but. it wag short-lived. ■-■■•.

■ Although,his!case.looks'.hopeless, it may hot be so ill the case of De Trop. He showed a lot of pace in the maiden the first day, but he lasted only a little over five furlongs. It might have been better to have reserved him for the five-furlon" event on the Saturday, yet he was a£ lowed to miss this event altogether At Hawera the first day he was finishing on at the end of five furlongs.

There was only a little money for Callamart in the Century Hurdles, and his backers soon recognised that their chance was hopeless. Callamart struck trouble'at the. very first fence, and also stopped another couple of horses when he ran out and thereafter he was never able to make up for this loss of ground. He has been expected to do well in several hurdlingraces during the past twelve months but something always went wrong. It -n- a s thought that he would win both the Great Northerns last June, and he tossed his rider off at the first obstacle, although he was first home in the Great Northern Steeplechase.