SPORTING

Grey River Argus, 16 April 1937, Page 7

SPORTING

Whangarei Races TE HAI IS LIKELY. The Whangarei R.C. meeting which opens to-day and concludes to-morrow has drawn smart fields and. the club should! experience a most successful meeting. Te Hai, Crooning and Tosh should be in demand in the Mclnnes Memorial. The fields and prospects are': — 12.10 TRIAL STAKES, 5 furlongs.— Rainier, Sfiver Eagle, Brilliant Acre, Mia Acre, Silver Sound, Mischel, Romani, Master Moir Voracious, Orefield, Prances Acre, Tiny Star, War Picture, Ivy Willonyx. Susan, Melicent, Miss Appellant 8.0. Frances Acre Orefield Susan 1.0 PORTLAND HACK HANDICAP, 6 furlongs.—Racemosus 9.13, Jewelled Girdle 9.10, Professional 9.7, Strathire 9.5, Grand City 9.2, Glen Abb 8.11, La Femme Noire 8.9, Aymon, Gay Rebel 8.7, Te Broney, Solo Song 8.6, Impellent, Droll. Royal Mistake, Athea Tliurwind 8.0. Strathire Athea La Femme Noir 1.45

' MeINNES MEMORIAL HANDICAP, 11 miles. —Kelly 9.5, Miss Lu 8 12, Te Hai 8.4, Crooning 8.3, Respectful, Tosh 8.1, Valrent 7.11, Gay Broney 7.9, Bonny Gay, Enlightenment, Jewelled Girdle 7.7. Te Hai Crooning Tosh 2.30 NORTHLAND HACK HURDLES, 114 miles 197 yards.—Speareourt 9.10, Boughal 9.8, Dark Princess 9.4, High Star, Hawthorn 9.1, Orefield, Donio, Grand Score 9.0. Boughal Spearcourt Dark Princess 3.10 STEWARDS’ HANDICAP, 0 furlongs.—Triune 9.7, Tosh 8.13, Diatomous 8.3, Prince Acre 7.12, Horowhenua 7.12, Johnny (Walls 7.10, Whakapara, Bellkyrian 7.7. Johnny While Triune Prince Acre 3.50 SETTLERS’ HANDICAP, 74 furlongs. —Enlightenment 10.4, Gold Pocket, Aymon 9.0, Hawthorn 9.5, Taurua 8.13, Chief Lap 8.7, Lady Appellant 8.1,’1n Command, Master, Moir, Alyth | Alyth Lady Appellant Chiief Lap 4.30 MAUNGATAPERE HACK HANDICAP, 6 furlongs. —Racemosus 8.13, Surella 8.9. Palustre 8.8, Professional 8.7, Grand City 8.2, Okawa 8.0, Dutch Girl 7.11, Gold Pocket, Gay Rebel, Impellent, Ivy Willonyx, Droll, Gay_Wind, Hopalong, Sol o Song, Aymon 7.7. Surella Palustre Professional 5.10 WAIPU HANDICAP, 1 mile—Te Hai 9«7, High Tea 9.1, Whakapara 8.8, Gav Broney, Sergia 8.6, Survoy, Bonny Gay, Vera Acre, Te Broney, Ladv Appellant, Lady’s Boy, , Dutch Girl’ 8.0. Sergia Survoy Vera Acre Racing Notes Whangarei System: The win and place totalisator will operate at the Whangarei J.C. meeting to-day. Nelson Jockey Club:

West Coast form, and', in a lesser degree, Manawatu form, w>H be the guide to prospects at Nelson. Contrasts:

If Roaming raced as well as he works he would win more than one race, but if Korero had to be judged on his track work, he would not be worth taking to the races. Roaming however failed badly both days at Awiipuni while Korero raced well Korero has always been a better horse in public than in private and he will do better ns the- tracks soften. Roaming is a puzzle.

Track Work impressive: Te Hai, who is engaged m tne Mclnnes Memorial Handicap, the chiet events on the opening day of the M hangarei meeting, and also the open mile, has been doing well on the tracks at Ellerslie Kelly, another Mclnnes Memorial candidate, is also reported to be showing up attractively He has the steadier of 9.5 but now h e has shown a return to form that may not stop him.

Veteran’s Consistency: The veteran Lough Neagh, whose success in the Cumberland Plate at Randwick recently was one of the highlights of the meeting, has brought his stake earnings up to £18,861, and is the biggest winner among horses now racing in Australia. He has been a cons:stent performer. This is emphasised bv the fact that the biggest prize he has won is £1570. and he has won only one other race worth more than £lOOO.

Hutana impresses: Although it was not a good field he defeated when he gained his first success in the Dominion Handicap at Avondale, the ’ four-year-old Hutana made an impression by, the decisive manner in which he defeated his opponents and he is an improver who should be in line for further success in the near future, says the Herald By Ruapapa from Sibford, he is a ha xbrother to the 1927 Auckland Railway Handicap winner Awarere. Like his relative, he is a chestnut and is not lacking in speed.

Syndicate’s first Win: The Auckland syndicate, headed , by Dr. ,W. C. King, which bought four colts at the Sydney yearling sales last year, gained its first success when Highborn won the Nursery Handicap at Avondale-. Luck has been right against the horses purchased by the syndicate, and they have done very little racing, so that it was very pleasing to see one of them reach the winning list. Probably Highborn would have won sooner than he did only for trouble with one of his

.feet setting him back, and. he is a good deal better colt than lie has yet re. ivealed. His victory made sofne amends for his unfortunate experience on the first day. when his rider was unseated just after the field had left the barrier. He is a brown colt by Baralong from the imported' Cannobie mar? Nobility, a daughter of a three.quaver sister to Tressady, and he cost the syndicate 180 guineas.

Maypay’s Rig Price: Those who remember Maypay as a und.stinguished performer on the Turf must, have been astounded when they read 1 the news item from Wanganui to the effect that, she had been sold to the world’s greatest thorough, bred breeder, the Aga Khan, for no less a sum than 3000 gs, -Maypay'was owned by the Wellington sportsmen Messrs Aitken and Wood, who made such i sensational entry into lhe sport with .Autopay, a brilliant though by no means a reliable racehoise. Maypay, a full sister t 0 Autopay, was their .second Turf venture, but she never looked like making any stir in the racing world. Yet after being a complete failure as a racing proposition, she was keenly sought after by some of thebest judges of thoroughbred blood in the world!

If the Wellington owners had only known it they had another little gold mine in Maypay, but after perservering with her for some time, they decider! to hand her over t 0 the Blenheim sportsman Mr. J. J. Corry, in exchange for a young horse. Mr. Corry later sold her to a. representative of 'tne British Bloodstock Agency for a sum reported to be in the vicinity of £390 a handsome return for a more or less gift, horse. After she had foaled' a colt to Lord Warden, she was sent to the Grange .Stud, Westmere, under the charge of Mr M. Grogan. It was also planned that she should be mated to the Phalaris horse Phaleron Bay who was purchased' by Mr Grogan at the Westmere Stud dispersal sale a few months ago. Had the sale t 0 the Aga Khan not taken place she was to have been sent to the United States and mated with Black Pony, a highly, thought.of sire whose fee is £lOO. Maypay’s sire, is Paper Money, but she owes her rise to fame in the last week or two to the fact that, she is by Trebelli 11, one of the few Thrush mares available to breeders, and Thrush blood' is strongly sought after in England. The Aga Khan is no more infallible than other buyers of bloodstock, but itj is hoped for the sake of this most courageous sportsman that Maypay wil produce a. Derby winner and thus add further to the Dominion’s growing world-wide reputation as a notable thoroughbred nur. scry. RACING FIXTURES, April 26. 17. —Whangarei R.C. April 17. —Waimate R.C. April 17. . —Nelson J.C. April 24—South Canterbury J.C. April 24. 26. —Marlborough R.C. April 29, May I.—Oamaru J.C.’ April 30, May I.—Dannevirke R.C., at Woodville. TROTTING FIXTURES. April 17. —Manawatu T.C