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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10954, 20 July 1929, Page 11

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NOTES AND NEWS. from All .sources. • J \ o ßUx gave a poor showing in the Alitor Hurdles. At no stage of the •journey did lie ever Hatter his .sunporters. lown Bank was well placed all through the Winter .Oats Handicap, nut failed to produce the little extra <hish needed over the final. furlong. ■Vlierleldy lot Ins admirers down hadl.V m -the Winter Hurdles. He was well placed I'm- ahoiit a mile and u hull, alter which lie disappeared 1 1’oin the contest. I* airy .ll.cra.ld began Very slowly in the Winter (hits Handicap, and .lie "as a long wav hack at the homo turn. Ho finished with a good run. hut never looked like getting into the money.

-Merry .Mint had every ehanee in the Winter Oats Handicap, hut after (being one of the leaders to the straight, lie failed m the run home. The race should improve him and he uiay do hotter il sent to .Rleeavtoii next month.

W hemiatnn, whose form on the flat ha,s been vei v disappointing during Hie last twelve mouths, is being, schooled over lmrdles at Hawera. and is reported to he showing good promise as a jumper.

t’rinee II imiplii'Cy is looking well and is striding out in his work in hue style (states Whalebone”). He is entered for events in Australia, hut up to time of writing it has not heeu decided to ask the son of Duke Humphrey to make a. return - voyage over the Tasman..

Awurere is reported to he shaping well m his preparation at Te Awamutu, and the Swift Flight gelding 's due to race early in the new season. He got in the money on .two. .occasions at the Great Northern meeting, and there is still a possibility of his returning to his best form when ho has .had a hit more racing.

.Nukumai. with a track to his liking, was a great disappointment in the \\ inter .Hurdles, as lie was done with at the end of a mile and a quarter. Probably he was feeling the efteets of Ins race m the Wellington Steeplechase, and as he lias the ■Grand National Hurdles as his main engagement at I.l'eeartmi. lie may he seen (o more advantage next mouth.

Ulaifi, the winner of the Winter Hats Handicap at Trentliam is a I onr-year-old by Paper Money from the Hallowmas mare Isabel, a good performer representing the same family as Client. Los Angelos and Aunotto. three high-class performers of their respective periods. Olairi’s form laid been moderate, buL lie found the soft track to his liking, anil his brilliancy made him look a winner all the way.

According to a. Christchurch exchange Hie .Riecarlon trainer P. V. Mason recently received a. cable message from the former Now Zealand jockey, George Young, stating that he lias made, a -good recovery from his recent accident in Brisbane. Young hopes to he in the saddle again 'shortly. Jlc is probably looking forward to the mount on Honour m Ids Australian engagements, and no doubt prays he may have the same success on .Him ns lie had on u loam mg.

The black gelding Mashoor, who will he remembered mu mg a sensational dividend m a steeplechase at LHersI'o last season, has made a reappearance on the track after having a spell at Knimmuna. A mishap befell him during an even.t he was contesting at the last Racrou fixture, and lie lias consequently been our of commission. .Since thou, however. he has budt up nicely, atld in a couple of rounds of pace work on Tuesday morning showed little signs of the soreness. and hit out very freely. He will in future be under the capable hands of .trainer C. Morse.

Lioromea registered another good pejtormance when she won i;lte Tr-la-\era Hurdles at Trontliani. Biie was one ot the leaders all the way. and over the last Jive furlongs she and Amorist Lad the race to t.liemseives. tt wtis an niLcrh.stnig struggle to tlie lust- hurdle, but alter that lioromea bad ihe measure of the Riccarton

jelding. Tier form at. the meeting was wouderhilJy consistent md she is likely to improve a good '’-‘til yet. Lioromea is due lor a trip to Riccarton next month, and she wil] him* to be reckoned with among tin- hack hurdlews. .

Id i!jc early -tages ol the Wellington Steeplechase, indeed tor a mile. '•.' abrnnio was fencing anything but cleverly. uud time a Tier time be got in what appeared to bo several perilous jumps. last-minute take-offs threatening’ to see him numbered a menu; the casualties. HowF-vcr. ibe Southerner t.heu settled .. down: and Unit lie lain King's Guard to a bead at Lbs end iugirosi ed that lie might lia.ro won had ho not taken that extra bit out of himself in the early pan. On ' the final diiy Fabriano was going' t’airiv well wlien lie blundered slightly. and dost his rider with exactly one circuit covered—a little less ■ .l.iau half-way. It remains. lo be seen whether Fabriano can negotiate the- Itieearton obstacles.

Isamehumeha. was in the bring line tor the greater nail of die journey in the ’Wellington Steeplechase, hut in the last lan ho tired badly, and then haul Iced—an incident he was guilty of tn the Winter Steeplechase at Ellorsue last month. kainehaine.ha fenced all right: hut at present. it would seem as if the best jumping company is a bit beyond him. 'Perhaps the Demosthenes gelding would do better if leapt lo the' smaller fences, for it will he remembered that he finished quite a good second to 'Bright Land m Urn i’emuera Hurdles at Kile'."die lust mouth.-1). A 1 orughanks other:representative -tit Tr.eut.hum was Master Doom, whoso thud, placing m < t-bc. Hack Hurdles the first day,would assist toward paying the oxpen-ea oi the trip; The Master bs 'developing uitp a really, siuart hurdler, but it is very much against him that he ciiilnet'stay, faulty respiration being the cause. ■

A las), minute,decision was cplrie to to take Glena Jiaj- to Tfeptbarii to In lli I his engage me 11 1 a there, an injiirerj leg having.,made an excellent recovery ulidor the watchful eye of a. Ilowdoii. On flic jir.W day (Menu Unv contested the Hack Hurdles, hut at'the very lirst fence anotherhorse hanged, into: itjm, sendings Jockey Foster for a skate;, .arid that . was that. On the'middle day the High- ■ Weight was his mission, aiid; getting away badly the Borneo gelding was never in. 1.1 te hunt; Un. Saturday lie was hack to the batten-clearing game, lie was nearly brought, down at'the Second . fence, losing a lot of ground. Half a mile, frbni home he Hashed into the picture with almost startling 'suddenness, -running into' third place. The effort took ioo much, out of liiih; and. sixth placti was Jv,o portion. But the Su.imliirig-u'p could be quoted something'lilye* Llii b : Gloria t.lav for a ’.hurdle race' next start, with, rose prospects for next winter. 1 —-Sun. - " '

'Hie suspension for five weeks, imposed on A. Hobson for interfering with Comical and Mister Gamp, when riding Overhaul .in file Winter Hurdles,’ will keep him out of the. saddle until after tire Grand National •meeting.

Aniorist again showed good form over hurdles at Treutham. He is becoming more solid with racing experience. and as he is only a young horse he should develop even further next season.

Tliunibell gave si ei editable showing w.libn lie finished third in the taiayera Hurdles, lie is a useful performer on tlm flat-, and as be is oiily a novice aiming the jumpers lie looks certain to slmw great improvement. later on,

Grand National was going well for about a mile m the Talavora H urdles. lint after that lie gradually dropped liable. He has plenty, of spbed and lie is a capable jumper, hut his nleing form is not up lb his track reputation.

Iving’.s Guard, the. winner of the Wellington Steeplechase, showed hi.s versatility by running .a solid race in the Winter Hurdles. He was, one of tiie leaders, less than half a mile from home, and lining oil to finish fourth, after a good exhibition of jumping.

Full Feather followed up a. moderate effort on the opening day at Trent hail i by registering ail attractive performance' iii the Winter Oats .rianUicap on Saturday. He was always! one of the front division, and lie finished on very gamely, with none the best of the. going in the' straight.

Not many present day New Zealand riders are likely to be debarred from riding because of excessive wasting, but Ibis' is the ground on which the stewards at Ascot (New South Wales) prevented a jockey. S. •Jones, from taking the saddle. Jones's lading earlier in the dav had attracted notice.

Last Mark improved on his earlier form when lie won the Novice Handion, as lie stayed on in very attractive style, and he looks' a very promising hack. Me is a three-year-old by King Mark from Hoy. so that lie is a brother to Anomaly, a contemporary of The llawk. Winning Hit. Songbird, and other good horses who were out )n a vintage season, also to King’s Jest, a winner at Teeiitlnuu.

The Sydney Referee writer "l.’ilot" says: ft is stated that an Australian oiler of LoUdO was made for Ihe Lord Onex gelding. Raganolli, blit that was insufficient 1.0 induce a sale, i’agaiiellj i H good, hut as lie is handicapped us being a shade worse than Aussie, at L501)0 he might not have been sold at less than his value. In Australia the liandicappcrs are likelv to keep him high in the weights in sprints, and in w.l.a. races up to a mile and a quarter. Mollisoit would be one of In’s tough opponents for the next couple of seasons. The owners of Raganolli must be credited wilh the best idea of Ids value, hut il is no certainty the gelding would he worth quite the sum mentioned for Australia.

Tlie guod reports circulated from Hie Eolith annul the ’chaser Itadiato caused much interest in his, appearance at Trent ham last week, lie was going particularly well in tiro Wellington (steeplechase until he blundered badly seven furlongs, from home. Practically the same thing occurred m the July .Steeplechase On the final day. and lie was a moderate, fourth. Apart from those mishaps Radiate shaped like a horse that may come good uver the big fences, for lie has pace and a good share of jumping ability. Radiate is just the sort of horse to capture one of the ’chasing events at Riccarton next month. At die recent SouLli Canterbury meeting Radiate • defeated Fabriano rather easily, bur the latter turned the tables decisively upon the Rolydamou gliding in the Wellington Steeplechase.