SPORTING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1911, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS

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PREPARING FOR THE BIG MEETINGS. |

DOINGS ON THE RICOARTON

TRACK

KILTS FOR THE WEST COAST.

("BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL TO THE STAR.]

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Frequent rain lately has been affecting the ploughed gallop at Riccarton, the most popular of the training tracks and trainers who are interested in the ' forthcoming Auckland, Manawatu, Hororata and Dunedin meetings have had a rather anxious time.

The weather is 'still uncertain and local horses that are to visit some of the important Christmas and New Year fixtures will require all the work they can get in the near future.

. It is almost certain that' Mr. H. Friedlander's stable mil be represented at the Auckland Summer meeting by two of his two-year-old sion in Anna Carlovna and Canmore. The latter, who is a well-grown aoid good looking colt by Sou It from St. Margaret, has not yet sported silk.' With another division going to Dunedin for the Xmas meeting H. Thomson has not decided which he will be going with, but it is more than likely that he will be found accompanying the team booked for Auckland.

It is now generally thought that Los Angelos and Culprit will jouTney to Eilerslie instead of Manawatu, but there seems to'be a little doubt upon the point. Los Angelos has built up since the Cup meeting and is looking particularly well, but his tasks have not been strenuous. *>. - .

Special Form, the promising daughter of Boniform and Signal, who ran unsuccessfully in two of the juvenile handicaps at our Cup meeting, has been placed under the care of H. Thomson who will prepare her for future engagements. Colleen Mary has resumed work after a brief respite since the Timaru meeting. Although looking well the daughter of San Fran has run very disappointingly in her races this season and is not fulfilling the bright hopes that were expected of her at the conclusion of last year. However she is well down in the weights now and should she return to her best form should experience little difficulty in placing a win or two to her owner's credit.

The yearling colt by Vasco—Madder is making capital progress after the injury he met with and his broken jaw is mending splendidly. Mr. H. A. Tinker, the horse dentist who has had the colt under his care, is extremely pleased with the way in which he is going on and anticipates being able to send him home to Palmerston North in the near future.

Sir George Clifford has sold Cresset, the sister to Avarice by Treadmill— Golden Crest, to S. Trilford, of Washdyke, who took his new purchase back with him on Saturday. Brown Owl, the promising daughter of Treadmill and Glenowlet, who was being prepared for the Palmerston North Stakes, has developed lameness and is being given a rest. T. W. Cotton (Junr.) in charge of Kohinoor and Grand Rose has left for a tour of the Otago gold fields. Genius and Bonitas having been transferred from R. O'Donnell's stable are now under the care of G. Pine, who will prepare them for future engagements. ■ Valdimar, who broke down at the Timaru meeting, was not brought home, being left there. He will now do service between -the shafts of a trap for some time after which he may be returned to R. Ellis's stable to be given another trial. H. Cutts returned from his unsuccessful trip to Feilding with Autumnus and Avarice on Saturday. He says that the heavy state of the track coupled with an indifferent start and the fact that he was badly bumped by Ebonite just after leaving the barrier were important I factors in accounting for the poor display of Autumnus in the Feilding Stakes. The race was really no test of merit under favorable conditions and with an equal start Cutts is of the opinion that both Ermengarde and Autumnus would have defeated the winner Naumai.

When submitted to auction on Saturday Kilts found a new purchaser in Messrs Furze Brothers at 155 guineas and they have placed the son of Ayr Laddie under the care of D. Moraghan who will journey .to the West Coast with him for the purpose of fulfilling engagements at the holiday meetings over there. Later on in the season it is, I believe, intended to school Kilts over the battens and if he takes kindly to jumping he should make a useful performer over hurdles. Crown Derby, who was also disposed of at Tattersall's on Saturday for 22 guineas, has always been a disappointing performer and I should doubt Mi-. Claridge ever being able to get a satisfactory return for his outlay from the son of Royal Artillery, who walks, in a manner which suggests that he has received an injury to his back, while he also has an infirmity in his wind.

An unfortunate accident happened on Saturday during training operations whereby an apprentice in G. Murray Aynsley's stable named Frederick Thompson had his leg broken. He was riding Lourdes across the middle in the direction of the half mile disc on the plough with the intention of executing a gallop in company with Hesione, who was being led across the middle by a hack. When nearing the mark Lourdes reared and fell upon her rider. Thompson showed considerable bravery after the accident and appeared to be more concerned at the prospect of having to forego a projected trip to Auckland with Star Dancer than he did over his broken limb.