GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 154, 15 June 1932, Page 2

GENERAL NOTES

Acccptanes are due to-night for the H.B.J.C. meeting.

Mr. K. McK. Duncan last week informed a Taranaki writer that Otairi has been turned out again and may not be put into training for two years. He has the hunter Trouble in work and intends bringing him up for the hunt meeting at New Ply-mouth in August. Tho Rangitikei Hunt Chib is holding its meeting with nominal stakes, providing a five shilling totalisator and only charging half a crown for adniis-

So far there are only two rising two-year-olds in training on tho New Plymouth track, writes “Hurry On” in tho “Taranaki News.” No Doubt, as his name suggests, is a half-brother to Little Doubt, being by Chief Ruler from Lady Pat. He has been in work some time now and should be ready for earlv spring engagements. He has powerful-looking hindquarters and gives 'indications that ho will knowhow to gallop. The other is a halfbrother by Potoa to Merry .Test and will race under the name of Bold Bid.

He has only very recently been put into work, and it will bo November before he will be ready to race. He made his first appearance on the track last week and is a nicely proportioned, wellmannered colt.

The recent successes of Landmark, Make Up and Full Measure have brought the Nassau stallion Surveyor well into tho limelight as a sire of jumpers. Ho is quite young as sires go and the oldest of his stock are now only five years. These three arc probably the only ones that have been tried at the leaping game, and their success is certain to encourage, all who have any of the stock in training to give them a trial over the small fences. The throe-year-old Croupier isalso proving a fine advertisement for the New Zealand-bred siro. Croupier has been freely entered for the big events in Australia in the spring and it would appear that his owners are contemplating joining in the big migration across the Tasman, whore the stakes at tho big meetings are still good and tho facilities for betting per medium of the bookmakers are appreciated.

Canadian Racing. After spending five weeks on Vancouver Island, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke’s Bay, returned to Auckland on Monday last by the Aorangi. They went on by her to Sydney to spend a week or two there before returning homo. Mr. Lowry told a “Star” reporter that ho had attended some race meetings ou tho island and, in his opinion, the horses did not compare at all favourably with those of New Zealand. “I saw a lot of nice little horses,” ho said. “They go hard all the time, but they arc not bred the same way as ours.” He produced a race card which gave seven events, the first race commencing at 2.30 p.m. and last at 5.30 p.m. There wore no preliminaries, ho said, and the programmes wore pushed through rapidly, but with no apparent rush or confusion.