SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1942, Page 12

SPORTING

SPEEDY SOUTHERNER

SING SING UNBEATEN

(By "Binocular.") In the Salmagundi—Shelter filly Sing Sing the Invercargill trainer R. E. McLennan has a smart galloper, and she has won all of her four starts this season. Sing Sing comes from a family well known in Canterbury. Her dam is a mare who was bred by Mr. H. A. Knight, and is by Silverado from the Tractor mare Windshield, whose first foal was Shatter, a useful Shambles gelding who won the Dun; edin Jockey Club Handicap and the Timaru Cup. Shelter, the second oi Windshield's progeny, was a complete disappointment, for she ran once at two years and seven times as a three-year-old without being placed, but in her own daughter she would appear to have given the Turf something really good. Mouthful. In the telegraphed list of acceptors for the Maiden Plate at Woodville was Paki Aratua, but, presumably, this should read Pikitararua, a chestnut filly from Tupurangi, the dam being a daughter of that fruitful matron Musical Moment. Pikitararua was s runner in the maiden event at Otaki but she was badly left and no line could be obtained as to her ability. Win Overdue. Third in the Wellington Cup and fourth in the W.R.C. Handicap, Lou Rosa, down to have his first outing since his return home, is in the Storey Memorial Handicap at the Waikatc Meeting on Saturday. He has the steadier of 9.6, but if he enjoys a good run he should prove capable of showing what a good horse he is. A Possibility. Although he failed in the Douro Cup at the Wellington Meeting, a high opinion is held in the north of Balblair, a three-year-old son of Salmagundi and the Woodend—Spean Bridge mare Strathallan. A product of Southland, Balblair has been promoted tc open company at the Waikato Meeting, being down to contest the Storey Memorial.' It is a sharp advance in class, but he should not disgrace himself. Going Afield. The consistent Great Quex, who was taken through to Hawera, where he won the hurdle event on the opening day under 11.5, but declined his engagement on Saturday when weighted at 12.0, figures in the Frankton Hurdles at Waikato. He is second top weight with 11.11, and his task over 13 miles is not an easy one. Nevertheless, he will have to be respected if he makes the trip. To Reappear. Some interest will be taken in the showing of Varuna in" the hack sprint at Waikato on Saturday. When a member of J. H. Jefferd's Ngatarawa stable last season the Vermeer colt won only one race, but that success came in the Spring Nursery at Riccarton, when he ran the five furlongs in 58 2-ssec. Little-raced. % A member of H. S. Greene's Hastings stable, Coronace is due to contest the Sapling Stakes at Ashhurst on Saturday. By Tiderace from the Chief Ruler —D'Oro mare Coronilla, Coronace has had only one outing to date. That was back in November when she ran second to Prairie Girl, beaten six lengths, in the Juvenile Handicap at Napier Park. She was the place-fav-ourite on that occasion, so she must have shown some ability in private. Indisposed. The friends of Mr. A. Dickson, a well-known southern Turf writer and racing judge, will be pleased to learn that he is making good progress after an operation for appendicitis. On the other hand, the friends of Mr. D. J. Guiney, "The Watcher," of the "Dominion," will regret to learn that he has been compelled to re-enter hospital. Loss to Sport. I Mr. A. T. Newdick, who died from the injuries he received in a racesmash at the Auckland Trotting Meeting on Saturday, had been associated with the trotting sport for many years in partnership with his brother, Mr. A. Newdick. Curiously, in a previous accident of similar proportions at Epsom, Mr. Newdick drove the winner, First Carbine. That was on December 27, when six of the 10 starters in the St. Heliers Handicap fell. Waikato Rehandicaps. Rehandicaps declared by Mr. W. P. Russell for the Waikato Racing Club's Summer Meeting on Saturday are:— Beerescourt "lack Handicap: Sporting Sister, 61b to 8.5; Dorset, 51b to 8.2. Puketaha Handicap: Golden Survey, 61b to 8.2; Odtaa, 51b to 8.0. President's Handicap: Golden Survey, 61b to 7.9. Likely-looking Type. Though unraced as yet, Pallas, owned and trained by Mark Nicholls at Petone, is showing plenty of pace in her work, and it should not be long before she is publicly paraded. Since being first put into work Pallas has 1 developed considerably, and is *iow a likely-looking type, obviously in good training trim. She is a three-year-old filly by Great Parrish from Mavis Logan. Van Derby's Stock. Now making a name for himself in Australia as a sire is Van Derby. At present most of his progeny are racing in New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania, and he was represented by two winners at the Donbury Park (Tasmania) Cup Meeting on January 3. Noswau (Van Derby—Miss Pic) won the novice event, and the W. H. Cox Handicap, 2 miles, was won by Van Amie (Van Derby—Amie Pic). Van Derby was introduced to the* New Zealand public by F. J. Smith, of Auckland. For sheer speed he must rank as one of the most brilliant pacers seen in this country, but as a racing proposition he was a failure. He recorded 2min 0 2-ssec for a mile on a grass track in New Zealand when racing against the clock in a time trial.