TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1936, Page 15

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Weights for the first day of the Wellington Meeting are due to appear next "The work of calibrating the barometers on the new totalisator at Trentham is now almost completed. . . ■ The Dannevirke Meeting, originally scheduled for Saturday at Waipukurau, is not now being held. The club may race on its own course later on. Snowball, who ran second in the concluding event at Otaki last Saturday, is now in the stable of J. Sullivan at Woodville. ' ■ ' _ . ... The Oamaru trainer T. Hobbs, with Silver Streak, arrived home from Sydney on Friday afternoon in time to see his mare Silver Sail win at Kurow the next day. During Hobbs's absence in Australia the home members of his team were prepared by his son, The Woodville District Jockey Club has been granted a change of dates from December 9 and 10 to December 10 and 12, a Thursday and a Saturday. Gallio was responsible for an excellent mile in lmin 44 3-ssec at Te Awamutu last Saturday. He. is expected to be an improved horse at Ellerslie on Saturday. Silver Fox, who recently came from the south to join:T. R..George's stable, has developed a doubtful leg and he has been eased up in his work.

Although Gay Blonde failed in the Epsom Handicap she, made some amends with her brilliant success at Randwick on Monday. Her last win was at Rosehill in March.

Leaderfoot, who won the fillies' division of the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at. Flemfiigton last Saturday, is a chestnut daughter of Heroic, and she is owned by Mr. W. J. S. Brunton, Who paid 450, guineas for her at the Sydney sales. Her full-sister, Maid of Orleans, ran second to Hall Mark in the A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes'and Champagne Stakes. ,'.:,

The Trehtham trainer J. W. Lowe was very disappointed with the showing Sunee made at Otaki last Saturday, and he decided immediately afterwards that the horse should not go north to contest the Mitchelson Cup on Saturday. Sunee's next race will be a highweight event at Masterton, where the better track may_ enable him to run truer to his training trials. In appearance ho has never looked better, and he should come back to.form yet.