THE TURF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 211, 20 August 1927, Page 2

THE TURF

RACING FIXTURES. August 2(1 Pakuranga Hunt Club Sept. 3 —N Taranaki Hunt Club. Sept. 7 9—Marton J.C. Sept 10--Otago Hunt Club. Sept 14 Dannevtrke R C Sept. 24. 26 Napiei Park R.C. Sept. 24, 26 Avondale J.C. Sept. 29, 30- Geraldine R.C. Oct. I—Hawke’s Pay J.C. TARANAKI HUNT ACCEPTANCES New Plymouth, Aug. 19. The acceptances for the Taranaki Hunt Club are as follows.— Lepperton Hurdles, 1| mile.—Just John 11.0. Rafa 10.5, Rayo 9.12, Flowing*Howl, All Wind 9.16. Lady Acre 9.8. Sea View 9.6, Grand Lupin 9.2, Royal Bonus, Waitanehau. Inahman 9.0. Stratford Handicap, 6 furlongs.— Te Monanui 10,3, Euphonium 10.2, Monaghan 9.13, Hipo 9.9, Vivo 9.7, Bevis 9.6, Mint Leaf 9.4, Pop Off. Killoch. Partaga 9.2, Denier, Toapaiti 9.0.

Taranaki Hunt Cup. 21 miles.— Banjuke 11.13, Gilgai 11.12, Craig, owan, Rayo 11.0, All Wind, Oneroa 10.5, Franfeldt, Parakura, Sea Comet 10.2, Atene, Haeremai 10.0.

Hunters' Steeplechase, 2 miles.— Parekura, Sea Comet, Franfeldt Maidos 10.5. Chvnia, Liberal Lady, Molly, Paul. Passport, Gay Paris, Hirangi Girl, Michelmas, Excelsior, Atene, Lucerne. Haeremai 10.0.

Waihi Hack H—.'.dicap, 6 furlongs —Manly 10.8, Tamehi 10.0. Anolo. Bisox 9.11. Troilus 9.8, Radiate 9.8 Closefire 9.4. Bright Glow, Dermod. Advance Camp 9.0.

Hunters’ Flat Handicap. If mile.— Rafa 11.13, Just John 11.12. Pink Rose 11.6. Flowing Bowl 10. IQ. Grand Lupin 10.5. Royal Bonus 10.3, Ail Wind. Lady Acre, Sea View 10.2, Pikimai. Inahman. Paul. Lucerne, Lady 7 Faye. Waitanehau 10.0.

Urenui Hack Handicap. 6 furlongs —Nastori 10.2, Sovena. Onward 9.11. Airtight. Flying Shot 9.5. 'Wanderlust. Aropete 9.2. Tangerine. Resin Gasnapper. Broad Acre, Mon Desire. Patroiet 9.0.

Opunnke Scurry. 5 furlongs (all Ost).—Firmanagh. Tangerine. Resin. Patroiet. John Nod, War Flame Miss Mercier. Broad Acre. Mon De. sire. Gold Dawn, Advance Camp, Apathy. DIVOTS. (Bug by “The Delver.”) On Monday next the Wanganui Jockey Club and the Egmont-Wan-ganui Hunt Club take entries for their forthcoming meetings, and on Tuesday acceptances have to be in for first day events at Marton. B. H. Morris has been engaged’ to ride Partaga at the Taranaki Hunt Meeting next Saturday. A Wellington exchange stated that it was probable R. E. Manson would go to Australia with T Lloyd yesterday to ride Mr R. A. McKenzie’s r.wo mares. Piuthair and Clarinda. It is understood that the price naid for Author Dillon was 1500 guineas. The steeplechaser Ranui. who injured himself while schooling before the Grand National Sleeting, is to be given six months’ spell. • » « A. Goodman is continuing Modern’s education over the hurdles and she is shaping in promising fashion. She will have her first race as a jumper at the Marton Meeting.

The only North Islander still at Riccarton is Kawini. who is making a slow recovery from the mishap that occurred to him in the Grand National Hurdle Handicap.

Lady Cavendish has rejoined the active brigade at Hawera. and according to report looks in good order to commence the serious part of her preparation.

* * * Break-o’-Dav was schooled over the pony hurdles at Wanganui on Thursday. shaping fairly well, but he has not as vet taken kindly to the jumping game, and does not give present promise of filling Crown Coin’s place as a jumper

Edifice, who claims two engagements at the Pakuranga Hunt Meeting to-day, is a brothel* to the Grand National Hurdles winner Wharncliffe. but, as is not unusual in such cases, he has a long way to go before reaching the same class.

Prodice, the two-year-old sister to Phaola (Catmint—Hyades). trained at Te Awamutu bv E. E. Loomb. is stated to be a very promising filly. She will probably, like Phaola who won the event in 1925. have her first rap© in the Avondale Stakes, which this vear is to be run at Ellerslie on September 24.

Aro de A al might he given a race at the Marton Meeting. He is not very experienced, so even if he does not earn any money on the trip, the outing will be of benefit to him. lie is a stable mate of Dcgnge. and on the track at Trentham he sometimes does fairly good work. * * *

Sir M ai ripped his chest open when racing in the early part of the En-

field Steeples at Riccarton last week, and the mishap accounts for his Poor (hsplav in the race.. The wound required several stitches, and it will be some time before he races ngain.

* # # K w. King returns to Sydney at the end of the month. He has decided to leave Aherfeld v with A E, AVormald, who has made such a preat improvement in the Quin Abbev o-eld-ing. King has expressed the oninlon that Rampion would beat both Limerick and Commendation it thev meet in a race in Sydney.

San Pedro is to race at Marton, and on account of his Riccarton failures he will not be heavily supported on the machine, but as his form in the south was well below the best we have seen of him in this area it might be dangerous to discard him too son His partv seem to think a lot of him, and thev have some excellent trying tackle.

Zarisee has failed to stand ud to her preparation, and she has been sent south to the Elderslie Stun Zarisee won only one race, but she showed plenty of speed and being ov Paladin from Mazabuka. an imported English mare bv Chaucer—Pitcrov. bv Minting—Chatelaine, bv Bend Or. she should make a first-class hrood mare.

The Paper Money—Tortrix fillv in W. Hobbs’s stable is to be named Caterpillar She is well put together. and looks a likelv sort She won her division of the two-vear-old parade at the Grand National Meeting. and all going well she will be seen out in the McLean Stakes at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Soring Meeting. ,

Lysander, who went off after his very decisive defeat bv Commendation in the Great Northern Derbv a distance evidently beyond his compass. is shaping well for a recovery of form this season. On Thursday, at Wanganui, he and Kiosk went half a mile together. They cut the first furlong out in 12 1-5. the quarter in 24 4-5. and the full distance in .51 1-5. Kiosk was in front a furlong from home, but when shaken no a bit. Lysander quick l ” headed the son of Tea Tray. Still the latter shaped in very pleasing style.

According to the Christchurch “Sun,” Mr George Gould has no thought of his tine young Archery colt Jericho being able to race again, a bitter disappointment to bis trainer W Hobbs who had entertained high hopes of him as a Derby proposition. Jericho will be asked to take up stud duties next season

* * * It was generally expected that Degage would be entered for the big handicap on t’.. first day of the Marton Meeting, but her name was missing when the list was announced Probably she will make her first appearance in the new season at Wanganui a little later in the month, and it is not unlikely that she will do some of her sprint preparation at the Manganui course in order +o get the benefit of the better going.

Mr J. Henry, of Melbourne, is at present in New Zealand on the lookout for promising racing material. Those that he has been keen on have been quoted to him at prices too high. At present he has under offer to him Indian Sage and Nad'arino. and although this nair hardly come up to th© standard he was .seeking, there is a possibility of them changing hands.

Additional interest will be evinced in the two-year-old contests this season by reason of the fact that many sires will be represented for the first time. Among them are Thespian. Chief Ruler, Tonbridge. Gasbag. Lackham, Grandcourt, Psychology, and Callaghan. Of thfse Thespian and Humhug are New Zealand-bred 1 , both being sons of Absurd and nrOr ducts of Mr George Currie’s “Koatanui” Stud,

The imported grev, Royal Picture, says a Wellington writer, is intended for the Marton Meeting, where he is to contest the maiden class of event. A nice galloper, he has been unfortunate go far. but his owner might vet get even on the monev he has spent in bringing him out here and trying to win a race with him Something always seems to crop nn to interfere with Royal Picture's chance and it will be unwise to condemn him for past failures till he is better tested than he has vet been.

There was some negotiating at Riccar,ton during the progress of the Grand National Meetin- which might have resulted in Hokioi changing hands. A Dunedin sportsman was willing to lease him. but D. McCauley, owner of the . Dav Comet gelding did not want to be bothered with a lease and preferred a straight, out sale, with the result that nothing happened in that ouarter. It is not unnatural that a southerner should inquire after Hokioi, as the gelding is a good jumper, and most of the country in the south takes iumning. Hokioi hails from the Auckland district. and originally raced in the interests of R. Hannon, the Waikato owner.

The Hawera trainer. J. lYver. has brought Lady Anstruther and Eka into commission again. Th© lastnamed it may be remembered, after shoryine good form was mixed ut> in a wire fence and was cut about rather badly. Shi was tried again, but. was found t<> I suffering from (he effects of he. accident Her trainer has been to lot of trouble in blistering and attending to her injured hock, and it \ confidently hoped that his efforts w l ] prove successful as Eka gave promise of developing into a verv useful oerformerj

Acknowledgment has to be made of receipt from the publishers, the Christchurch Press Coy., of the New Zealand Trotting Register for the season 1926-27, which closed with the end of last month. This handy publication gives full details regarding the several meetings held under the auspices of the Trotting Conference, as well as a very great deal of other useful and interesting information in connection with the sport, and as a reference-book Is one which no follower of it can well do without.

A still more important publication that has just been issued from the same source, and under the authority of the New Zealand Racing Conference, is the tenth volume of the New Zealand Stud Book. There is no need to tell studmdsters tfow essential an addition this is to their library. But even the private breeder on a email scale, not to mention those who purchase for racing purposes, will get a great deal of useful guidance from a reference to its pages. No fewer than 1600 mares are tabulated un det their sires, while extended pedigrees of 40 stallions are given. To meet the predilection of those who attach importance to colour, a new fea ture has been introducecl in giving that of each of the mares whose foal fugs aro reconled.

P. P. Neagie is quoted by a Christchurch paper as having stated at Riccarton last week that there was a chance ol Royal Lineage going to Sydney to do some racing this spring. He said that nothing definite had yet been decided upon, but that there was no obstacle in the way of the trip being undertaken, and if he went with the Limond colt he would take Penman, who has some important handicap engagements there, including the Epsom Handicap. » * •

Whether done deliberately or accidentally is not known, but on Sunday morning the Mangere trainer, J. T. Paul, found that the three-year-old Bonnie Wah, who forms one of his team, had her tongue almost severed. The filly, who is bv Peterwah—Ami Dillon, and is engaged in the Great Northern Derby to be run in October, is owned by Mr. F. J. Docherty, who had a high opinion of bar, and was hopeful she would turn out a worthy representative ol Auckland to oppose the best of the South island three-year-olds- Nobody connected with the stable can account in any way for the injury, and some are inclined to believe that the cutting of the filly’s tongue was the dastardly act of some evil-minded person. * * »

Wanganui tracks, which are in excellent order for galloping all the year round, will see a big influx of outside horses sent there with a view to completing their spring preparation. Captain J. Gage Williams left Trentham on Tuesday with seven horses for Wanganui, where lie will remain until after the local spring meeting. The team comprises Grand Knight, Mount Marta, Mandarene, Wild Pigeon, and the two-year-olds Shot Silk (br g by Leighton—Mascot), Wet Paint (b f by Leighton— Mascot), and Staghunter (br g by Quantock —Polaris). Jeniidar has been left at Trentham, The Trentham contingent for Wanganui this spring promises to be more numerous than usual. J. W. Lowe will make a move with the bulk of his team this week, and it is also probable that Thursday will see the departure of Degage and Aro De Vai. Later on H. B. Lorigan, H. Telford, J. McLaughlin and H. Kingan will take their horses through. The tracks at Trentham for the past fortnight have been so heavy as to prohibt fast work.

Sizing up form at the recent C.J.C. meeting, the Christchurch writer “Ar. gus’’ says: “The hurdlers raomg at last week’s meeting were about as moderate a lot as can be recalled in recent years. Wharncliffe was easily the best. His victory in the Grand National Hurdles was an impressive performance, as he could have gone away from the opposition at any stage over the last mile. But that did not make him a champion, the pair who followed him home representing only useful hack form. Wharcliffe was a disappointment on the last day, as he faded out just when he was expected to assert himself. His failure on this occasion could be excused. His rider was suffering from an injured shoulder and possibly this accounted Jor a couple of faulty jumps. It was not Whnrncliffe’s true form, a fact which will be demonstrated later in the season. Perle de Leon showed in the last day that when he fell in the Grand National Hurdles, the chief danger to Wharncliffe disappeared. The meeting was graced by the presence of one good novice- This was ceses among the hack hurdlers on Aberfeldy, who followed up bis sue. the first day by winnig in open company on Saturday. It was n very decisive performance, and though it is much too early to hail him as a champion, bearing in mind the calibre of the horses he has beaten, yet he must be kept in mind as a horse who only has to go on right to he in the top class by next winter.”

Private cable advices received state that Merry Mint went out a hot favourite when he won his first race in Australia last week. He will probably be seen out again to-day in the six-furlong Three-year-old Handicap at Rosehill, for which he is weighted with Bst. 111 b.

Three other Maorilanders were also entrants for the same meeting. Arikiwai was in the Three-Year-old Handicap, Royal Blood in the Highweight Handicap of six furlongs, and True Blood in the Maiden one mile.

I It has appeared in print that M. McCarten is to ride Royal Feast in the Melbourne Cup; but, for the best of all reasons, that is one race in which he will not ride bitn, says a Sydney writer. Royal Feast’s Cup weight is 7.8, and McCarten cannot comfortablv go to scale at less than 8.2.

It will be matter of regret if the trouble mentioned in a Sydney cable yesterday as affecting Mr. G. DGreenwood’s Limond colt Agrion should prove anything serious enough to interfere with his Derby preparation. It would be bad luck indeed were R. J. Mason to experience this season the same ill fortune in this respect as did F. D. Jones last year with Limerick.

But for the arrival of the strong contingent of New Zealand horses in Sydney, George Young, who has settled there would be in danger of being forgotten by the crowds who cheered him on to tbe many victories he has gained on Australian courses, says a Sydney writer. Frequently of late he has attended meetings only to stand down throughout the dav, but Mr. G. D. Greenwood and his trainer. R. J. Mason, still have faith in the man who was on Gloaming and other famous horses, on many occasions, and they have announced that Young is to be Agrion’s pilot in tbe Derby and other events- That Mason's lead will be followed appears to be only natural.

In his spring engagements Ainounis will again be ridden by J. Toohey. Although nothing has been decided on that score, present probabilities favour Amounis being started for the Metropolitan iti preference to the Epsfttn, says the Sydney “Referee.” The way he runs in w.t.a. races before then will have some bearing on the events selected for him at the A.J.C. Spring Meeting.

England’s champion all-round horst is Blancona, a seven-year-old gelding, by Great Sport from Benedictine, h ■ has won over hurdles as well as over the Aintree, (Liverpool) steeplechase course, gnd at Newmarket on June 28th he accounted for the Hare Park Handicap, of £639, one mile and a half. He had 8.12, and ’ won by naif a length from King Georges Magnum Bonum, 7-0, in 2.35. There were a dozen runners, and bad horses rarely run at Newmarket. Blancona, who is trained by G. Blackwell tor tile American owner, Mr. S. Sandford, is to be a runner for a £7OOO steeplechase at Belmont Park (New York) next month.

With most ot the Sydney bookmakers Limerick is favourite for the Metropolitan, but his trainer, F. D. Jones, warns ante-post backers to be careful. “Personally, 1 would not tackle the Metropolitan,” he said; "but Mr. Knight thinks it advisable to leave him in, and run him if he progresses - well. If his races before Metropolitan day are of a gruelling nature he is unlikely to be a runner.” Limerick is not going to' Melbourne at all this spring. His trainer intends to be back in the Dominion for the New Zealand Cup Meeting at Christchurch, which is run almost at the same time as the V.R.C- carnival. Ante-post backers of Commendation for the Caulfield Cup, says a Sydney write, need have no fear about that gelding fulfilling his engagement. “At present the Caulfield Cup is the only handicap in which we intend to run Commendation in Australia this spring,” said his trainer, G. Jones. All going well. Commendation’s first run in Sydney will be in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm on September 3. The following week he will tackle Tattersall’s Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick, and a week later the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill. At the A.J.C. Spring Meeting it is intended to saddle him for the Spring Stakes and Craven Plate, after which he wll be sent to Melbourne for the Caulfield Cup. G. Jones, whose last visit to Sydney was with Nigger Minstrel, is naturally enthusiastic concerning Commendation. “He is a really good horse.' 'he said, “and, while it is difficult to express an opinion as to the respective merits of Limerick and my fellow, I am hopeful that Commendation will prove the better of the two.”