OVERSEA NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 61, 22 February 1934, Page 2

OVERSEA NOTES

Lorigan’s Luck. Just how luck runs in cycles is exemplified by H. B. Lorigan’s horses, writes “Vedette” from Sydney. I'or months he was not able to win a race, and now he has scored three successes in ten days, two with Lavington and one with Frimsel. Lavington is a better horse now than at any stage of his career. At Canterbury Park he carried actually top weight, 8.11, and won very decisively at the finish. He shapes so much like "a genuine stayer that it would be unwise to count him out of the autumn events. He has 7.2 in both the Australian Cup and Sydney Cup. It is probable now that he will go to Melbourne for the Australian Cup, a race that is usually much easier to win than the Sydney Cup. This year the field does not appear to be a strong one, and this gives Lavington u chance. Lorigan’s change of luck did not last very long, as since the foregoing was written, the cable has told us of Lavington having been twice beaten into second place. • « • From Mussolini land. Should Hyperion and the Italian champion Urapom meet in the Ascot Gold Cup the race will be invested with world-wide interest. An English trainer who was once a leading jockey saw Crapom win at Ostend and Paris last year, and he informed London “Sporting Life” that he considers Crapom to be a horse quite out of the ordinary. Crapom’s usual pilot is the Italian jockey Caprioli, who is recog nised as a rider of outstanding ability. There is one thing about Crapom that has a special appeal for New Zealanders —he is a descendant of Carbine. Chatham’s Prospects. Chatham is commencing to shape up well and, judging by his display in a trial at Randwick last w-eek, he should uo in fine trim for his first engagement, which will probably be at City Tattersall’s meeting early next month. 'The Windbag horse performed his trial on the course proper, on which flags were out 30 feet; His mission was five furlongs, and, carrying a fair weight, ho disposed of tho journey in 1.3}, which equalled the best of the morning. It was not the time that impressed says a Sydney writer, but the heart that Chatham put into his work. The horse moved at a nice even gait throughout the trial, and he came home in splendid style. This is the horse that last autumn was laid by as done with racing, but has since won two or three good races. # a * Peter Pan All Right. Australia’s greatest racehorse, Peter Pan, has been scratched for the Sydney Cup (says a Sydney exchange). No breakdown or stoppage in his preparation has been responsible for the withdrawal of Peter Pan from Sydney greatest long distance handicap. Although ho troubled his trainer during early autumn preparation, Peter Pan is progressing well, and will probably reproduce his threc-year-old brilliance during the next few months. Should the horse show no recurrence of tho muscular trouble which affected him in the spring and which became manifest for a day or two a fortnight ago, Peter Pan will tackle the King’s Cup on the final day of the A.J.C. autumn meeting. Conditions of the Krug’s Cup

demand a maximum weight of 9.5, which Peter Pan has received, and although some of the greatest stayers in Australia will tackle the race, Peter Pan’s impost leaves him with an undeniable chance. All To Himself Alone. At least one backer will never forget Spear Belle’s success in the third division of the Plying Welter Handicap at Rosebery, Sydney, a week or two back. He is Mr. A. Kyle, who was the filly’s sole supporter on the totalisator in the paddock, and he received over £lOO in return for his 5/-. It is the longest odds ever paid in Sydney since the introduction of the tote nearly 20 years ago. The biggest dividend, however, was Prismatic at Randwick in December, 1932. He paid over £l9O, but the unit of investment on that occasion was 10/-, and it was a straight-out tote. The record dividend for Australia is £836, paid by D.O.D. in 1881, while at Liverpool (England) In 1929, a lady received £541 2/- for 2/-. Not one bet was laid against Spear Belle in the ring. At the calling of the card A, J. Matthews offered £lOO to 10/- against the filly, but there was not a single taker. In the race Spear Belle was always one of the leaders, and, stalling off a challenge from Biddy Sealiger in the last furlong, she beat that mare by a head, • • o A Correction. Yesterday a par about First Money was hurriedly “lifted,” though with some misgiving, from an Auckland exchange. The correct story is thus told by “The Watcher” in the “.Dominion”: First Money, the winner of the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on Saturday, has suddenly sprung into unexpected prominence, for he is none other than the New Zealand cast-off by Paper Money from Perinella. Bred by Mr. I. G. Duncan, he was purchased as a yearling by Mr. W. J. Jorgensen, and was trained early in his career by J McLaughlin, at Trentham. Later, when Mr. J. J. McGrath, of Wellington, entered the game, he purchased First Money, and he was trained at Trentham for Mr. McGrath by E. J. Murtagh. First Money always had plenty of speed, but his public performances were disappointing, and he finally drifted to the smalls in Otago and Southland. He wen races, but not in good company, and when he was finally disposed of to Australia, no doubt it was the universal opinion that the last had been heard of him, for it was reported he had been sold to go to Queensland. However, he has found his way to Victoria, where is now own ed by Mr. B. E. Martin, and is trained by G. E. Simpson. To win a race like the rich Oakleigh Plate is a real surprise for New Zealanders, but his recent form has been promising, and as the result of a win at Moonee Valley on February 6, he was penalised for last Saturday’s race.