TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 155, 29 December 1934, Page 21

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Racing'on New Day- at Auckland; -.Wairarapa,-;- Martou, -. Stratford, Hawke's Bay, .Greymouth, Waikouaiti, and Wyndham.

The only straight-out trotting meeting on New Year's Day will be at Addington (Canterbury Park), but there- will be trotting' events "on the Greymouth, Wnikpuaiti, and Wyndham programmes, v -:

Nominations for tho Wellington liacing Club's Summer (Clip) Meeting, to .be held'on January 22, 24, and 2ff; will close at 8, o'clock next Monday week.

Autopayl was sore on cooling down after winning- the open sprint, at Awapuni last Wednesday, and he is not a certain visitor to Tauherenikau.

Ythan, despite good track work, had raced most disappointingly for some time, but he gave short shrift to his opposition in the second day'a hurdles at. New Plymouth. Now that be has,shown something like his right form he may be expected to go on with it.

Synagogue's defeat of Gay Blonde in yesterday's King's Pkte at Ellerslie, besides returning quite a satisfactory dividend under the circumstances, earned back £250 of; the price that Mr. C. E/Rqbertson paid for him last week at hia first start in his new colours. ■;■

It is reported from the south • that Minerval, winner of. last year's Auckland Cup, is to make his reappearance in next month's Wellington Cup. He did his last raoing at the Wellington Summer. Meeting last January, finishing near the tail of the field in the Cup and sixth in the Wellington Racing Club Handicap..

Rosewing, an imported horse, by Sunstar from Rosewarne, broke his leg a fortnight ago and had to be destroyed. He was owned by Mr. P. E. Brown, of Randwick Lodge Stud, Whittingham, New South Wales. Among bis .progeny were Whittingham,, Tantrum, Tolgus, David Blake, Tilba. Tilba, and Wait and See (New Zealand).

Mr. J, Poison, who collapsed and died at the Caulfleld races on December 14, was well knowu in racing circles, being a brother of the Sydney trainer, M. Poison, Who trains Winooka. Mr. Poison rode m races at one time under the name of J, Trenby, and experienced success.

During an interval in Wednesday's programme at Hokitika, Mr. William Smith, aged 86, mounted on Shining Star, paraded bbfore the public aud went out on to the course with the intention of cantering a circuit of tlie course. His mount, however, showed a disinclination to go on with his task, and Mr. Smith was persuaded to give up his attempt. He had the distinction 'of winning a race on the Hokitika beacli in 18(56, and on Wednesday carried similar colours to those he wore on that occasion. ..

Lucidus, dual sprint winner at New Plymouth this week,, revealed his nearness to form by running second to Wait and See beaten only a neck at the Waipa Meeting, a fortnight ago at his first start for thq season. He is a six-yearrold gelding 'by Illumination'from the Birkenhead mare Lady Biddy, hepce he is a fullbrother to Biddy's, Boy, a promising handicapp'er .who did hot have' a ver-y long career, and he is now owned by Mr. W. X Thompson. Ho failed to win a race last' season, but was placed on mimerous occasions. : ■■■.

Tahurangi, winner of the Atiawa Hack Cup on the first day at New Plymouth and'ihe hack distance event'on the second day,' had previously shown, his only winning form on the same track. This was at the combined hunts meeting in SeptembeTi when; after running second to Spearform on the first day, he turned the tables on the mare over $% furlongs on the second day; He is a four-year-old bay gelding by Potoa, from the Signor mare' Senyora, the dam also of the southern jumper Morena; and he is owned by the New Plymouth solicitor Mr. A. XStandish, for whom R. Barlow is training him. He was sent down to the Trentham sales in 1932 but no bid was made for him: and he was afterwards disposed of privately. ■