GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 102, 11 April 1933, Page 2

GENERAL NOTES

Don’t forget Marton nominations this (Tuesday) evening and Hawke’s Bay acceptances to-morrow. 000 While at Whangarei last week in connection with his official duties the chief stipendiary steward, Mr C. Gomer, received word of his father’s death at Hawera. « • • Mr G. E. Curry, stipendiary steward, became seriously ill after returning to Christchurch from the recent race meeting at Oamaru. He is. however, now reported to be out of danger and making slow hut satisfactory progress toward recovery. S. Wilson has been engaged to ride C. Emerson’s team, Concentrate, Martian Chief and Acceptable, at Riccarton. B. H. Morris will be riding at Feilding on Easter Saturday and will then leave for Christchurch, where he will ride, among others, Might and Red Manfred. K. Voitre will ride at Tauherenikau on the first day and will then go to Riccarton. Among his mounts at the Wairarapa meeting will be Arrow Lad. * * • Eminent is reported to have done very well since the Wellington meeting, and is expected to race prominently at Riccarton during Easter. He will be one of K. Voitre’s mounts. • • • Rebel Song’s engagement in the Great Autumn Handicap has been continued, but if that horse is scratched and he is not required for Rocket, A. H. Eastwood will be on Red Heckle. « • 0 At the C.J.C. meeting Ranelagh will be piloted by C. Eastwood in the Great Easter, Hurlingham will have the services of R. E. Coveney in the Courtenay Handicap, and Rothen of H. Turner in the Kildare Handicap, • * * Gay Crest, who will be ridden by G. H. Humphries in the Great EasterGreat Autumn double, is said to be looking and working better at present than at any previous part of the season. • • • . D. O’Connor will be at Ellerslie to ride Silver Scorn in her two engagements, the Great Northern Oaks on Easter Saturday and the Great Northern St. Leger Stakes on Easter Monday. • • 0 As a result of five wins at the Pahiatua meeting last week, the Dominion’s premier jockey, K. Voitre, has taken his season’s tally to ninety-two. Ho again laps L. J. Ellis, who increased his wins to forty-five with a successful day at Invercargill. 000 L. W. Rayner has Pomp, Rust and Spiral in steady work in view of their Feilding engagements. Spiral is hitting out well, but says a Wanganui writer, he may not show of his best until next season, when all going well the son of Limond will probably mn prominently in some of the classics. • 90 F. Tilley is said to have been well pleased with the way Farmer raced at Awapuni, where ho won the Woodhey Hack event from a good field easily. The Pombal gelding has been paid up for in the open sprint at Feilding next Saturday, and he should run well. Tilley has always held the view that Farmer would prove himself a good one. • • • When View Halloo raced at Awapuni he did not show the dash he had displayed in his other efforts, but a Wanganui track-watcher says he appears to have benefited by the racing and that something may be expected of the son of Hunting Song the next time out. A Christchurch “Sun” training note says that Gustavo was the star performer of Saturday morning. Alone, he ran six furlongs tn 1.14 4-5, the first three in 37 3-5 and the second three in 37 2-5. He carried a featherweight, but it was a fine gallop and pleased his owner, Mr J. R. McKenzie, who saw it. 0 0 0 Chief Link (W. Grindlay) gave another good exhibition over the schooling hurdles at Hawera on Thursday, jumping faultlessly. So far he has been taken only steadily at his fences, and interest will be shown in his performance when asked to race at tho obstacles. He is the best beginner seen out on the local tracks for some time. • •• W. M. Bennett is shifting his trainer’s quarters from Opaki to Woodville, and has taken over the stables formerly occupied by J. Sullivan. Bennett, whose lease of Takakua expires on April 14, has succeeded in securing a renewal of the lease for another two seasons. Takakua, who is engaged both at Feilding and Wairarapa at tho week-end, will race at Feilding and will be ridden by A. Jenkins. 0 0 0 Hazoor, who acted as runner-up to Rhea in the Trial Plate at Pahiatua, is a three-year-old gelding by Black Ronald (winner of the New Zealand Derby in 1923) from Moana, a mare that never raced. Hazoor, who is owned by Mr W. H. Booth, a Wairarapa .sportsman, was making his second appearance in public and is expected to develop into a useful sort. 0 0 0 A two-year-old set to make her debut at Tauherenikau on Saturday next is Melisande, a filly by Limond from the

English mare Joanfax, by the St biiuou horse Juggernaut, a Derby winner. She is thus a half-sister to the Thespian gelding Jonathan, who will be seen out for place money in tho bt. Leger Ellerslie on the same day. Of Jonathan a northern writer says that he is reported to bo doing a solid preparation at Te Awamutu, and his effort in running six furlongs on the course proper 24 feet out from the rails on Thursday morning at that centre was a good one. Although he will be up against two high-class gallopers in Silver Scorn and Gold in the classic race at Ellerslie, the ton of Thespian can be depended upon to 'acquit himself creditably. The Surveyor gelding Ruri, who has already won a couple of hack events this season, is reported to be doing well in his preparation at Te Awamutu. He is engaged in mile hack events at the Auckland Easter meeting and. although he has never won beyond seven furlongs, he is an improving galloper who should be capable of running out the extra distance. 0 0 0 The defeat of Manawhenua in both his outings at Whangarei would not be encouraging to his admirers for the Easter Handicap at Ellerslie this week, and this son of Acre will need to shape better if he is going to fulfil their hopes in the big mile. A damp track next week would considerably enhance his prospects, as he is verypartial to heavy going

Grakle, winner of the event in 1931, was second favourite a month before this year’s Grand National at Aintree, when a simple mishap resulted in an injury that prevented his taking his place in tho field. He was walking buck from exercise on the road when he slipped on a frozen patch of ground and became lame in the near foreleg. The trouble was a badly sprained fetlock joint. Special interest »as attached on Thursday to the gallop of Hawera’s Easter Handicap candidate Aga Khun, who was tried out against Awaken and

Chief Line. The trio set ojf smartly from the seven furlongs the reverse way round, and the pace set had Awaken scratching so much that she lost her inside position nearing the three furlongs. Aga Khan and Chief Line earned on and reached the halfmile in 50 l-ssec., the six furlongs m 1.16 1-5, and the winning post in 1.30 2-5. Aga Khan and Chief Line finished together, with Awaken some lengths back. The win recorded by British Columbia in the Maungatapere Handicap on the first day at Whangarei, says an Auckland exchange, was an impressive one, for he jumped out smartly at the start and led all the way. This hack has improved in his manners at the barrier considerably, and as he possesses plenty of speed further wins are likely to be in store for him. So far six furlongs appears to be quite far enough lor the lop Gallant gelding, but he is only in his third year and may stay on better with age. King, who won the maiden at \\ hangarei on Thursday, is a two-year-old full-brother to Chief Cook, being by Chief Ruler from Cherry Pie, both having been bred at “Akatea,” Hawkers Bay, by Mr Frank Armstrong. As he hail shown promiso on the Auckland provincial circuit, his success was well anticipated. He is reported to be a tine looking horse who has every appearance of making a good three-year-old. E. Ludlow received a severe kick on Monday last from the two-year-old 11 aero Tonu, whom he was attending in A. McAulay’s stable. The injury necessitated a number of stitches on the jockey’s forehead. Ludlow i s expected to be all right in time to ride at the C.J.C. meeting, where his mounts will include Tout le Mond in the Great Autumn Handicap and the two-vear-old, The Masquerader, in whichever race is chosen for him od tho opening day.

W. 11. Dwyer intends Midian to Auckland for th? Champagne Stakes. A Wanganui . port says that the son of Weathervane »as slightly lame atter racing at Awapuni. but he has made a good recovery, and his owner-trainer i. hopeful the colt will bo in good form for his engagement at Ellerslie. Track watchers are convinced that the best lias not yet been seen ot Midiau, and that he io going to make a slashing thp ■< -•-ar-old th, • will stay on. If, say.; tlx writer, he can be landed at the po- fit and well at Ellerslie this colt a ill make things very luteresaing in tlie Champagne Stakes. • • • Star Turn, nho got on to the winning list lor the first time when he scored in the Settier- Handicap at iWhangarei last week, has a distinctly Hauk- though seemingly fc ed u the North. He is a three-year-old , elding b' Arausio from Nocturne a mare bred at Mr Harry Hassall s “Sontra” stud, Hastings, by Kilboy from the Birkenhead mare N<x ton.in. H had had some seven or eight previous starts with nothing better to sho >• for them than a couple of minor f e.ing- at the Bay of Islands meeting last January. • • • ’Although Gaupat had been entered for « couple or Hat events at Feilding he will, according to an exchange, not be a rnui.er at the meeting. He light* ned up lot after leaving Wangauui lor Str it-ord, but there excellent j imping nd his pace stood to him. <>u hi return it was decided to give Lun a spell, the idea being to let him freshen Up tor the Wanganui meeting, •ind go to Auckland for the Great Northern fixture. However, it may be that he will not be taken up again until Alignbut all depends on how quickly be builds up again. Cu ! s a Wellington writer, is •d in official race-books as a filly. on this two-year-old by Luculiu* out of f airy Mark is, says his owner dr C. E. Twist, a colt. Culius la spokm of its a good-looking youngs• * ‘ i' i turn of speed, and it was uifortunate that he should bleed •o bady al f’ahiatua on Wednesday. Htijf, h? may get over it, and if all goes wdl he looks like being a very useful 1 ret. The dam of Culius is I nli siter to that good class horse Mamba • • • At Arnim- lei on Thursday last the •'d trehery Bonny Helen gelding True Blood provided yet another instanc of a tyro at trie jumping game provng Micccs'-ful at his first public attenpt iver the battens. Considering Ins moil Kiord on the flat in past years and the highly favourable re ports that were current as to his s'bmg. tho surprise for those not (11-Hi was that lie should have been aib s'i to pm a treble-X dividend on the itraighi-oiit machine. True Blood beings <> Mr Wenzl Scholium, the lukb 'id owner, who was “put out’’ f"i six months over the running of no flier of Ins horses. Princess Star in an earlier race on the day’s progrannie. Fortunately for him the en >|Uii into this incident was not Inn nd until after the hurdle race bad l>i'v run and won, • • « D-'m-sing Taranaki prospects in the A h’C I st. r Handicap the New Plyroue writer “Hurry On" points out i hat torses from that province have bid teir lull share of success in the t g Filter mile at Ellerslie, the rich prize Hiving <-onie their way no less . ■ .<• tunes during the last 12 years. Rercmoana won it twice and ight Ghr.i. H«o and Silver Link < ’e ich. V.ith Lady Quex and Aga Kha’engaged on Saturday they would app- r to have a good chance of adding to i s record. • • • bough her form this season has not L ‘i a- good as last. “Huiry On’’ contin - I. ■ ha ■ I" e p uuds It trcairy 1 i ’ n-h .an :t S: t •

benefited by that outing ami galloped well over seven furlongs on Wednesday morning. Nevertheless she will require to produce some very brilliant track work during tho next week if she is going to be among the favourite division on the day. Aga Khan is reported as a likelv limner in this event, but most people will believe it when he goes to the post ; he has been accepted for and scratched very often, lie is a good lightweight prospect. Ho can begin smartly enough and by his fine win in the nine-furlong Prince of Wales Handicap at Awapuni last month demonstrated very conclusively that he will b? able to see out a fast mile in the ' t of company. He has won previon the course and will be assured support if he takes his place . id.