SALE OF LORD WARDEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 130, 4 June 1938, Page 22

SALE OF LORD WARDEN

The Hurry On stallion Lord Warden, sire of Cerne Abbas, Custos, Protector, Viking, Myriam, and other good performers, has been, sold to a Bay of Plenty syndicate comprising Messrs. F Bell, sen., of Waimana, and M. B. and S. B. Abbott, of Opotiki.. He will stand at Opotiki. The Abbott brothers have been breeding horses for some years, among those they have successfully raced being Llangollen and Kilbens. Lord warden was imported to the Dominion by Mr. G. Kain, of the Gladstone Park Stud, Oran. After standins there for some years he was leased to Mr. H. El worthy for the last covering season. Mr. Kain now has Man s Pal at Gladstone •'ark.

SACCONE FOR AUSTRALIA It is more than likely that the Surveyor gelding Saccone will make an early departure for Sydney, as his owner, Mr. A. E. Pearce, intends racing him in the Commonwealth in the spring, says an Auckland report. Saccone is a gelding with a reputation, and big things were expected of him as a three-year-old this season, but altogether his form was a little disappointing. He _ showed occasional glimpses of brilliance, and his failure can really be attributed to the fact that he was invariably slow from the barrier. He has made excellent prog?ess since he last raced and E. Pope has the gelding in flrst-class order for the trip. * . Mr. Pearce has been a good natron of racing in New Zealand, but his run of luck has not been the best. Commencing some years ago with a mare named Adi Vunivola, he has bred ex-

RACINC FIXTURES

June G, 11—Dunedln J.C. - June o—Napier Park R.C. June (i —Otakl Maori B.C. June 6. 9, 11—Auckland B.C. June 11, 18—Hawke's Bay J.C. June 18—Bar of Plenty J.C. June IS—Greymouth J.C. , June 25—Walpa R.C. (at Te Rapa). June 25—Aahburton County B.C. Jane 25—Dannertrke H.C. July 2—Oamaru J.C, July 2—Marton J.C. July 5, 7, 9— Wellington B.C. a;. July 9 —Westport J.C. (At Bl«arton). ' i« EniM* June 10—Manchester Cup. June 14—Ascot Stakes. June 15—Boyal Hunt Cup. June 16—Ascot Gold Cup. Juno 17—Queen Alexandra Stakes. June 22—Northumberland Plate. June 23—Newbury Summer Cup. June 30—Princess of Wales Stake*. July 15—Eclipse Stakes. July —National Breeders' Produce Stakes. TROTTING FIXTURES. June 6—Wanganul T.C. June 6—Ashburton T.C. June B—Auckland T.C. I* Australia June B—Kosebery B.C. • _ ■ , June 11—A.J.C. (Warwick Farm). June 11—Moono* Valley B.U. June 13—A.J.C. (at Bandwlck). Juno 15—Victoria Park B.C. June 18—Rosehil! B.C. June 18—V.A.T.C. _ . . June 18, 25—Brisbane A.T.C. (Doomben). June 22—Kensington B.C. June 22—Moonee Valley B.C. June 25— Canterbury Park B.C. June 25.—Wllllamstojra B.C. June 29 —-Ascot B.C. . June 29 —Brisbane A.T.C. (Albion Park). July 2—Ascot B.C. July 2. (i, 9—Victoria 8.0. July 6—Bosebery B.C. July 9 —Moorefleld B.C.

tensively from this daughter of The Scribe. Her first foal was Tui Mint, who paid his way in Australia. The rest of her progeny all met with misfor£?e until Thangilambaiscorela^ge of seasons ago at Avondale. Adi lhangi, by Whirlwind, did not grace the Turi, but she produced True Bill to Sur veyor, and a yearling filly at present at Taganini by Lysander is anotherof fhic mare's progeny who looks proniis &g! Saccone fby Surveyor from Adi Vunivola. '

better compensation Owners of Victorian racecourses that were closed some years ago by order of the Government may expect better returns by way of compensation if a proposal "that the 5 per cent, totalisator percentage and broken moneyfromall compensation meetings, which at present are earmarked for charity, should be put to the credit of the fund is adopted by the Government, says a Melbourne exchange. When th 6 courses at Sandown Park, Richmond, and Fitzroy were closed m 1930 the Government decided that tne compensation should be a charge on racing, derived from nine compensation meetings each season in the metropolitan area. It was then thought that the receipts would have wiped out the debt by this .time, but many of the meetings were financial failures, and at times there was insufficient in the fund to pay interest. Payments up to date have been so small that the owners of the courses are despairing of ever receiving the compensation that was promised them.

FORM OF SMILIN' THRU One of the possibilities for the Hunt Club events at the Auckland Racing Club's Winter Meeting is the five-year-old Smilin' Thru, who has been several times placed, and was third to Neil and Lucidus in the Mangere Steeplechase at Ellerslie on April 16, Smilin' Thru is a bay mare by Te Monanui from Gold Beauty, by St. Amans from Shower Gold, by Marble Arch from Merry Nif, by Merry Hampton, and she appears to have inherited a good deal of the staying ability that is indicated by her pedigree, says an Auckland exchange. Although she may lack brilliance, she has demonstrated that she has prospects as a jumper, and the fact that she has been placed over the Ellerslie country will gain her many friends in the Hunt Club Cup.

L. G. MORRIS AS OWNER The Awapuni trainer L. G. Morris is at present handling a rising two-year-old by Defoe from the Arausio—Martulla mare Aratulla whom he will race, in partnership with Mr. L. H. Collinson, the president of the Manawatu Racing Club. Aratulla is a well-bred mare, being a half-sister to Old Surrey and Hunting Love. The Defoe colt has been named Daniel Defoe, Hunting Love will be raced by the same partnership,