TURF TOPICS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 18 January 1935, Page 3

TURF TOPICS

Track and Stable Comment

(BY "CHILDERS.”)

road lo recovery, in that part of the Dominion at any rate. On the Iviieiton progra-mme the main races are the Riverton Cup of £SOU, Great I\csteni Steeplechase of £4OO, Southern Cham-pkm—•llac-k. Handicap, uf ..£350, and Faster Handicap of £325. The chief races at Dunedin arc the Duucdin Cup of £6OO including a gold cup valued at £100), the James Hazlett Gold Cup ot £4OO (including a gold cup valued at £100), the D.J.C. Handicap of £3OO, Publicans’ Handicap of £250, Flying Handicap of £2OO, and Champagne Stages of £2OO. With such fine stakes offered, these clubs can hardly fail to attract first-class fields an dracing at both meetings should be of a high standard. , Certainly both bodies deserve Cvery success for the courageous manner in which they are keeping their stakes up.

Wellington Riders. L. J. Ellis will ride Spiral in the Wellington Cup. He will also be on Princess Doreen, Galilee, Colenso, Fracas and Fulojoy. R. Reed so far has no ride in the Wellington Cup, but he will be on Diatomous in the Telegraph Handicap and will also ride Cyclonic, Limulus, Coroborce and Brown Betty. A. E. Ellis will be on Vintage, Miladi, Variant and Debham. Additional riding engagements at Trentham include the following:— G. H. Humphries. —Some Shamble, Tunneller. R. Marsh. —Rocket. D. O’Connor, Knock Out. ! A. C. Messervy. —Back Thrush, Silly! Owl. | G. Tattcrsall. —Palm (Apprentices’ j Plate). i L. H. Jones—Red Sun, Penelope,: (Stakes), Cup Bearer, Gay Boy (Ap-J prentices’ Plate). C. Thomson. —Bold Jim. W. J. Broughton.—Bun Fight, Arouse, Heritage, Harvest Moon (second day).

New Zealand Jockey for India. We have to go away from home to learn news. The Melbourne Argus reports: i * A\’. H. Jones, who won the New Zealand Cup on Palantua, is to ride in India. He will leave New Zealand this month, and after riding at the autumn meetings here he will go on to India. Jones can go to scale at a light weight.” Name Claimed. The Shambles —Love-in-the-Mist gelding who appeared iu the acceptances for the Ruapehu Hack Handicap at Trentham has been named Landru. He hails from Wingatui and is said to be fairly forward and to possess a free; action. ( Ashluirst Riding Engagements. Riding engagements announced fc, Ashhurst include: — : W. E. Pine.—Note Issue, Evasid,, Bcdyliuc, l’augo, Full Throttle, DoUr BiH. _ j S. Anderson. —Land Tax (twie). Tiger Gain, Invcresk and Tupurhgi, (Hack Cup). A. McDonald. —Blacksmith. E. A. Iveesing.—Mcrlyn, Eng’s Lancer, Secrecy. G. Ridgway. —Hazoor. A. Jenkins. —Sir Spear and proably Hunting Jay. H. Young. —Waliine Nui. R. K. Guthrie. —Wasteland.

Back From Melbourne. The Hastings trainer W. C. o'ifiith is expected back from Melbourne shortly, but whether he will remain r not is not yet known. He is not bringing Limbohm back with him, so t appears as if he is contemplating ai early return to Melbourne. Pe.ter Pan. Latest reports from Sdney state that Peter Pan will be taen in hand again shortly with a view o being got ready for autumn racin; He will not be nominated for IheSydncy Cup, but will be restricted let he distance weight-for-age events. He may encounter strong oppositiu at a mile and a-half, but it is preicted that the races over two miles r further will be easy for him. Sea Water Treatment. Mr F. Armstrong, wncr of Friday Night, the brother t Phar Lap, has •decided to try the cf?et of sea water treatment on his ho’C. To this end, Friday Night iu ...e’harge of his own attendant, will be quartered at the New Brighton estalishmcnt of Mr E. F. C. Hinds, whih shelters Harold j Logan.

Maiden’s Importa* Win. The winner ot’this years Prix du Conscil Municipu' a mile and a-kalf race of £3BOO, rurat Longclntmp a few weeks ago, was j maiden four-year-old named Cadmus, >'ho started at 50 to 1. Weight-for-ae is the basis of the conditions of tb race, but there are penalties and jlowances, and Cadmus had all the later. When offered at auction as a yelling Cadmus failed to find a buyer, lit was subsequently sold privately for 40.

An Expensiv Luxury. Among th lady owners the most successful i; England during the ifluent flat-ramg season was Miss D. Paget, withive winners of seven races, and £3538 n stakes, an amount that was less, tin half she gave for three yearlings i 1983. .She has done better with jumfrs than fiat raccis.

| Wthdrawn From Sale. The chestnut colt by Lord Warden j Join Michaela has been -withdrawn by ! Is (Southland breeder from the year-, , jig sale to be held at Trentham next ; reek. The youngster will eventually | '•ace in Australia. '• i At Awapimi. i G. W. New has Beau Gallante and 1 Aiguille in work and they are engaged at Trentham. The former evas to have j made his appearance at the October; meeting of the Wellington Club, but, lameness overtook him, while his com-! pauion was being got ready for a trip | to Auckland at Christmas time when! he struck himself during training operations. Beau Gallant was taken to j Australia in 1933, but lie injured him-: self and was returned home. He lias 1 not raced since, but the handicappcr j at Wellington has awarded him top' weight in the hack sprint, neverthe-J less. I

Back Home for Jubilee. L. J. Ellis does his full share of travelling. He will be riding at the Wairio meeting to-morrow and at Trentliam next Tuesday. Wairio is 44 miles north-west of Invercargill, and L. J. Ellis was born at Nightcaps, a mile or so distant. He will do the riding on Saturday for his brother, F. W. Ellis, the Invercargill trainer, with whom he served his apprenticeship. This is the jubilee meeting of the Wairio Jockey Club. A souvenir trophy of the value of £5 will be presented to each winning trainer. There will be a goldmounted whip for the most successful rider on the day, and a silver-mounted whip for the rider of the Fordo Memorial steeplechase winner.

A Costly Ride. The day G. Richards rode his 200th winner in England this year lie did not beneiit backers. It was at Derby, and, after failing on each of his live previous mounts, he finished the day by winning on a short odds chance. Although an easy first in the winning list, Richards has been very costly to follow this year.

Racing Fixtures

Jan. 19—Bay of Islands R.C. Jan. 19—Wairio J.C, Jan. 22, 24, 26—Wellington R.C. Jan. 22 —Ashhurst-Pohaugina R.C. Jan. 26, 29—Takapuna J.C. Jan. 31, Pcb. 2—Wairoa R.C. Jan. 31, Eeb. 2—Wanganui J.C. Feb. 2 —Matamata R.C. Feb. 6—Tapanui R.C. Feb. 7, 9—Poverty Bay T.C. Feb. 7, 9—Taranaki J.C. Feb. 9—Canterbury J.C. Feb. 9, 11 —Rotorua R.C. Feb. 13, 14 —Egmont R.C.

Friesland Fit. Since winning at Stratford 1 riesiand has made excellent progress and he should strip in the pink of condition on Tuesday. While Friesland won vci\ easily in each of his three starts over the holidays, it must be remembered that the opposition was not particularly strong and at Trentham his task will be considerably harder. With S.S he is being asked to concede weight to some really smart hacks who have fared well in much better company than the Australian-bred gelding, has yet encountered. Nevertheless, he is undoubtedly a cut above the average and should go close to making his winning sequence four on end.

Not so Bad. Apparently Nightly is not quite as hopeless a case as Saturday’s reports from Riccarton indicated, for he was galloped again in company with Polydora on Tuesday morning. They were sent six furlongs and, finishing strongly, Nightly managed to get his head in front in the last few strides in 1.17 4-5. This is hardly the performance of a horse that is credited with being both lame and broken winded and it seems that his ailments have been rather exaggerated. It is to be that this is the case for gallopers of Nightly’s class aie few and far between.

Gay Blonde’s Prospects. If Gay Blonde goes to the post in the Zealandia Handicap at Takapuna she is likely to be sent out a warm favourite, despite her steadier of 9.1, for the Gay Sheild Jilly is at the top of her form at present and her brilliant, victories iu the A.R.C. Railway Handicap and the Great Northern Derby are fresh in the mind of the public. Since racing for the first time this season at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting, Gay Blonde has had rather a strenuous time, for she has had eight very hard races from six furlongs to a mile and a-half, winning five of: these, rxxnning second once and third twice.

Youngsters Named. Names for two youngsters from the South Taranaki district have been registered during the past week. A chestnut colt by Captain Bunsbv out of Vivo, therefore a half-brother to Diavet, will race as International. He is two years of age at present and is owned by Mr J. F. Kiley. A yearling bay colt by Lackham out of the Tonbridge marc Kilting will bear the name of Lickem. He will probably be raced in partnership by Messrs E. Meuli and O. Cox.

Cuddle for Trentham. The latest report concerning Cuddle is that the present intentions of her owner-trainer is to start her at Tientham and not at Ashliurst. B. J. Flowers, who has ridden her in all her recent victories, will again have the mount. If this daughter of Psychology and Caress has gone on the right way since winning at Marton she can be iclicd on to run a great race in the Wellington Cup.

A Good Hack. Perhaps the best form shown by a hack over the Christmas and New Year in the youth Island was that of Colossion, who in live starts was not out of a place. At Dunedin he ran second with 8.13 to First Wong (7.101) in a field of fifteen (seven furlongs) and on the second day won with 9.2 against eight others (seven furlongs). At Wyndhain he ran second with 9.7 to the speedy Beam (7.5), there being eight runners. Following this he was third with 9.8 to Daring Deed (7.12) and First Song (8.2) iu a field of eleven (seven furlongs). In his last start he ran second with 9.7 to Nightform (9.1), eleven starting (one mile). On this running Colossian must be given a groat chance in the liuupcliu Hack at Trentham, despite his 9.1.

Fancied for the Telegraph. Provided that Autopay leaves the mark satisfactorily, he should make his presence felt in the Telegraph Handicap on Tuesday, for his form over the holidays was decidedly good. W ith 9.(5 he made no race of the “open six’ at Manawatu on Boxing Day and he followed this up by running an excellent third with 9.3 to West Tor (7.2) and Inflation (8.12) in the Wairarapa Cup over a distance which did not suit. him. Autopay has a fine record at 'trentham, while he will be ridden by L. G. Morris, who usually manages to get the best out of the Batper Money horse.

Good Stakes Offered. Judging by programmes issued by the Dunedin Jockey Club and the Hi vert on Pacing Club, their committees are confident that the sport is on the