TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 15

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Jack ■ Tar will attempt to make amends for his Trentham failure in the North Island Hack Plate.at Awapuni tomorrow.

Dorak suffered no serious harm from his fall' over a trestle at Trentham last week.

When running second to Silver Streak at Oamaru on Wednesday, Haughty Winner was having his first race in the colours':of Mr. T. Coltman, of Wellington. . ■

Royal Chief and Courtcraft have been withdrawn from the Great Northern St. Leger Stakes.. • .-• '

If he comes through his present racing satisfactorily Arctic King will "go south for the Great Autumn Handicap, a race in which he beat everything except Willie Win iast year.

Mr. J. A. Smaill is the new owner of Guinea Fowl, and the Paper Money filly has joined J. Andrews's stable at Wingatui. . .

The Trump, who has been scratched from the Sydney Cup, has not made the recovery expected, and no risks are to be taken with the gelding. An effort will be made to get him ready for the spring. . Mananui, who won the St. Kilda Handicap at Caulfleld recently, is to be a starter in the Sydney Cup, his owner (Mr. A. E. Cooper) states.

Mr. N. Grafas, owner of King Rey, has completed the purchase of ithe filly Silver Cloud, who ran a promising third at Paeroa and looks as though she will stay well next season.

The Surgeon is now in A. McKay's stable at Wingatui, and other, members of the same team are Fair Weather, New Note, Tapu, Master Anomaly, Astaire, Vanlobn, and Dissemble.

The win-and-place system of betting has been universal with racing and trotting clubs in Southland for some years, but on Saturday last the Wyndham Trotting Club made a breakaway and reverted to the single pool. The investments for the day showed an increase of £4240 on last-year's figures.