AUSSIE NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 175, 9 July 1932, Page 2

AUSSIE NOTES

Out of It. The Press Association agent iu Melbourne is evidently not half so much ahve as he of Sydney to tho eagerness with which New Zealand sportsmen await news of the doings of Dominion bred or owned horses in the Commonwealth, Thus in his cabled report of the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race, run last Saturday, he made no mention whatever of the two horses from this sido who took part in it. So all wo as yet know about their fate is that they were in nowise prominent in the later stages of the race. For any further information accounting for this inglorious result we shalU have to wait for mail news. Both the. owner,. Mr J. J. Corry, and the trainer, T. R. George, of Landmark and Make Up would doubtless bo sorely disappointed.

Soothing Syrup. However, they had some little consolation in the fact that earlier in tho day they had won the Maiden Hurdle Race with Appledore. But iu this case the Dominion can claim no share in the breeding, for Appledore was got and foaled in Australia, his sire being the imported horse Rossendale and his dam Demeter, afeo from the Old Country, where she brought 5,600 guineas as a yearling. He is comparatively new to hurdling, but looks like making good at it, as on the second day of the meeting, though beaten into third place in the open two-mile event, heads only separated tho placed horses. He has still, however, a good big debit to work off, for as a yearling he cost the late Mr C. E. Elgar somewhere about 1600 guineas, towards which he earned no very great amount while racing under that gentleman’s colours. Mr Corry, on the other hand, picked him up this season, as a four-year-old, at a very modest double-figure price, so that for him he may yet prove a great bargain. A Jamieson Reverse.

King March was supposed to stand so far above the other runners in the June Handicap at Rosehill on June 25, according to an Australian writer, that he was made the medium of a heavy plunge by the good betting stable presided over by J. T. Jamieson. In a flash, after betting opened, he was down to under even money. The fact that he had proved his ability to run a distance? and that Pike was in the saddle, contributed to his short price, but the result of the race was a real boil over, the little-fancied Flinders winning comfortably. King March had the run of tho race, and there was no excuse for him. Pike dropped in behind the leader, Sassanides, and remained iff that position till nearing the turn. Soon after entering the straight King March ran to the leaders, with ENnders coming fast on the outside. The latter went on. to wou by half a length from Khartoum, who beat King March by a similar distance.

Too Far. When our latest Australian mail left Sydney on the eve of the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race, Redditch had come very much into the boom as a probable winner. He had won on five out of his seven starts over the battens, his latest success being at Williamstown on the previous Saturday, carrying nearly a stone more than his National weight. There was, however some little misgiving about his seeing out the three miles at Flemington. and in the result this was warranted by his finishing third and ten lengths behind the winner. When press accounts come to hand it will probably be found that Redditch started favourite last Saturday. Nauru, who had ranked as favourite for some time in the ante-post betting, was also unable to see the journey out and finished well back.

.• • . * In replying to a published statement that he intended taking Ammon Ra to America, Mr C. 0. Sheath, the owner, informed a Sydney writer that there was no truth in the rumour. “I did have thoughts of taking t!m horse, but they were only thoughts. ’ lie said, “and nothing is likely to come of the trip.”

Lists open on the A.J.C. Spring double show Legislator and Rogilla the Epsom favourites, with Autopay, Cylinder, Hunting Cry, Silver Ring, Lady Quex, and Peter Jackson assessed as the best of the New Zealanders. Admiral Drake, Cylinder, Nightmarch, Concentrate, Historic, and Croupier are prominent in the Metropolitan lists, while the combination Silver Ring and Peter Jackson have been supported for the double for a fair sum.

Archeson, who for some time has figured as favourite for to-day’s Grand National Steeplechase at Flemington, is owned in Adelaide and is considered the best cross-country horse seen out in the Wheat State for some years. He was bred in New Zealand, where he was got by the imported horse Archery. On the maternal side he has strong early infusions of Musket blood, his dam being Sunny Corner, by Sunny Lake—Angelina, by Downshire—Angele bv Multiform (grandson of Musket) — Happy Valley, by Wallace (also grandson of Musket) —Faraway, by Bill of Portland—Happy Land, by Musket.