DIVOTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 77, 13 March 1934, Page 2

DIVOTS

(Dug by ‘'The Delver.”) Don’t forget that to-morrow (Wed- ! nesday) by 8 p.m. nominations must be ! in for all events to be run at the | Wairarapa Racing Club's autumn meeting to be held on 31st March and 2nd j April. • • • • i Wanganui exchanges state that W j Rayner, the well-known local trainer, 1 is making a good recovery from the injuries sustained aa the result of a ■ kick from one of his Corses. » » i The death occurred at Dunedin last week of Mr H. C. Mountney, who was > well known in sporting circles as the I owner of both gallopers and trotters, in the training of which he himself I took an active part. One of the besti known performers to carry his colours was Guncase, with whom he won several hurdle races, and in more recent times he also owned the pacer Sansaveno. » * ■» Riccarton reports state that Cranford is getting through plenty of good work and looks in great order for his trip to Trentham. Ho has shown greatly improved form this season and he may be seen to great advantage among the northern sprinters this week. as® G. Murray-Aynsley has Berate under treatment. Her supposed wind affliction is really seated in the tonsils, and the course is directed to reducing these If this proves successful, it is believed Berate will bo able to match the cm ploits of her contemporaries, Silvi Scorn and Silver Ring.

Big weights have often been carried to success in the Thompson Handicap. At Hutt Park, Waiuku won with 103 in 1898 and Boreas with 9.9 in 1901 At Trentham, seven horses have succeeded with more than 9.0, these being Sasanuff (1919) and Arrowsmith (1920), 9.9; Reremoana (1927), 9.8; Gay Crest (1932) and Autopay (1933), 9.4; and Equitas (1911) and Ladoga (1915), 9.2. # « Simeon was a starter in the Frankton Hurdles at Te Rapa on Thursday and be ran quite a good race, seeing this was his first start for some time, says an Auckland exchange. He was well up over the concluding stages and stayed on to get fourth place The outing should do him good, and if he goes on the right way in the meantime he should win a good hurdle race before long, for he is a good jumper when at his best, and also possesses speed. Vai Watch has started in hurdle races on only two occasions and she has made showings that augur well for her future in this department ,says the same writer. At Te Arolia she led into the straight, but then faded out, while at Te Rapa on Thursday she was in the picture all the way, finishing third. Vai Watch, who was placed on the schooling list owing to her fractiousness when raced on tho flat, is still very excitable, bub if she calms- down she will do well, for she can jump. a » • Sinking Fund ran his best race for some time when he failed only by half a head to overhaul Gay Sheila in the open sprint at Te Rapa on Thursday. When Boughal dropped out of tho running tlie issue developed into a great tussle between Sinking Fund and Gay Sheila, and only the judge wa s in a position to separate them When right, there can be no doubt as to Sinking Fund’s credentials.

According to northern reports Aga Khan won the Storey Memorial at Te Rapa on Thursday all the way. He sunn had a position in front on tho rails and Mungatoon was with him till the straight, but he was never bustled and was allowed to run his own race. When it came to the home turn he drew away, and though Knight of Australia challenged ho had no chance with Aga Khan. Voitre rode a nice race on him. j On the other hand, however, Knight 1 of Australia looked rather unlucky to lose the thick end of the purse in Aga ' Khan’s race Ho was well back for more than half the distance and was on tho ; rails as they swept round the turn. He then had to come out to get through, and though ho put in a great finishing effort, he was unable to get Aga Khan, who was always in the van. If Knight of Australia had made his run sooner the issue might have easily been different. • • • Lion Heart, a two-year-old by Gay Shield from Shebang, therefore n full brother to Tavern Knight,, says the Auckland “Star,” made his appearance in tho Juvenile Handicap at To Rapa on Thursday, and he is a very promising sort. Ho is a well-grown youngster, with good action, and is a very free mover. He was lying fourth at the home turn, where he went wide, but once straightened up finished on well to get third. With experience Lion Heart can be looked to hold his own in juvenile events this season. He is trained by M. J. Carroll at Te Rapa. » » • Riotous raced well on left-handed courses in the South this season, but when tried tho reverse way round at Te Aroha he fell. His next appearance was in the Frankton Hurdles at Te Rapa on Thursday, and he ran a fine race. He was up with the leaders early, but then drifted back, regaining the position he held early before the turn into the straight. He was clear after the last obstacle was crossed and stayed on to win nicely. Ho evidently likes the left-handed courses best, for when brought, to Ellerslie last season he was beaten. ® * • In Christchurch Davolo is regarded as one of the Riccarton candidates in the Thompson Handicap that will have to bo seriously considered under his impost of 7st 41b. He has done well since he raced successfully at Trentham in January, when he scored an impressive victory in the Douro Cup, one mile, and that form alone qualifies him for next week’s big mile event. A rider has not been definitely booked for him, and as is the ease with many other owners of horses in the race, difficulty is likely to be met. in securing suitable lightweight horsemen. » » • Christchurch reports also state that the three-year-old Copyist has done well in short sprinting tasks lately and should be at his best for his engagements at the Wellington meeting. In his last start, in the Craven Plato at Riccarton last month, he bored out on the turn, eventually running off the course. This, however, was due to an unusual experience, as the bit was pulled through his mouth. On his previous visit to Trentham, in Janary, he wound up with a smart performance, succumbing to a brilliant run by Silver Ring only in the last stride. A repetiton of that form will make him hard to beat in his coming engagements. Limex’s performance in the Pukeraha High-weight at Te Rapa on Thursday was her best for some time and indicated pointedly that the daughter of Limond and Exactly may go on to fur- - ther success this season. Ono of her 1 finest performances last season was i when at Avondale she lowered tho colours of Prolyxo after a stirring neck to neck struggle up the straight. Thurs- ’ day saw Prolyxo again go under to the ; Te Rapa candidate. Limex is undoubt--1 cdly coming back to her best and ' should be kept in mind from now on. • • • Boughal’s failure nt Te Rapa on I Thursday came as a big disappointment 1 to his supporters, says the “Waikato ! Times.” He was not the horse he was s at Te Aroha. While there did not ap- ' pear to be much the matter with his condition a slight chill he contracted after the To Aroha trip, and which r caused his withdrawal from his Ptikc- , kohe engagement, no doubt found him , out once the real business of the race ' commenced. At the home turn, where l ' ho held a substantial lead on his field, ;'t looked as if the race was over. To Jop us lie did inside the d' ' - -I: I cd that he was not lii”v If.