TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 13

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

for the first day of the C.J.C. Grand^Natiorial Meeting are:due at 8 o'clock this evening. ■'-'<' ' - ' ■ Nominations for the Taranaki; and Egmbnt-Wanganui.Hunt Club's Annual Meeting, to be held'at. New": Plymouth on August-27 and-29,.c105e at 9 o'clock tomorrow evening;:. ..

Southdown, who has riot raced since last December, is likely to; reappear on the .final .days at Riccarton .next week. .-.':.;,.>:■ '/- ■■.■'-.... '

Black Man did not accompany Travelling Agent and Adalene to Riccarton owing to. his. being,' slightly sore.; after working., at, T,e Rapa '.last - Saturday morning. -.;.',- .; : r;: ..■■''.' •

Chile, who- was taken south by the Washdyke trainer P; T. Hogan after the recent Wellingtpn r Meeting, has been leased '.'for twelve months .'by Hogari from-Mr. j;-"O'Meara. ■

-MMr.'A. H.- Walt6n's lease of Silver Ring from Mrs. E. 'Fraser expired on July 1 last, and how' a partnership has been registered in the. -chestnut- .between Mrs. Fraser arid Mr. Walton. Silver Ring went across to Sydney last weekend. - .. ; -:

According to a Woodville report, Mr. C: McCullough has purchased from Mr. F v Orriiond; a two-year-old full-sister \to Karl, now being- broken in. His other candidate, Flammarion, is still spelling and plenty- of time is to be given him to overcome his leg trouble. ■ For a two-year-old half-sister by Gamscourt =to Golden Chant, Journet, and Bazaine,: the name of Jacynth has been claimed.'. •

According to a Te. Rapa report, Travelling Agent did little schooling after his return from the Wellington Meeting, but he thrived on the solid pacing given him and he left for Riccarton looking in splendid order. Marjory Daw; the just-returned three-year-old full-sister, to Princess Doreen, is reported from the north to have done .exceptionally well during the winter. She was : a winner last term, but was set aside early because she was growing so fast. .; • Mr-,G: J. Barton contemplates sending Cherry Queen up to Captain Bunsby in the hope of getting a near relation to Jack Homer. Cherry Queen is a half-sister, by Diacquenod to Jack Homer, who has lately been proving himself one of the best young stayers in Victoria.

The stipendiary stewards, of the Australian Jockey Club seek to have all programmes during the winter months completed by 4.30 p.m., and this expression of opinion, which is virtually an instruction to secretaries of clubs was reiterated recently. ' Royal Chips, an .untried six-year-old mare by Te Monanui from Cvi Bono, is being prepared by J. Lambess at Elilsrslie for hunters' events. The newcomer has plenty of size and a bit of weight should, not trouble her. She will be given a race at the Pakurariga point-to-point meeting this'month, and her showing there should' give some idea regarding her future prospects. T ,Du" n S a recent meeting in the South island a huntsman and owner of crosscountry horses Expressed the opinion that using the hunter: for racing was a tP 1 m S l of the past. A hunter was Spoiled by racing, and generally was not good enough for racing if a good hunter. Many cross-country horses were educated in the hunting field, but mat is rather different, from converting a horse into a hunter and keeping him at it. A racehorse is hunted only with the ultimate object of making a steeplechaser.