DIVOTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 121, 6 May 1936, Page 2

DIVOTS

(Dug by “The Delver.”) Don’t forget that on Friday next by 5 pan. general entries for the Auckland Winter meeting must be in by 8 p.m. Nominations for the annual Carterton meeting. • * » * The Flying Handicap will be the third race and the Egrnont Steeples the fourth race on the Egrnont Racing Club’s first day programme. * * * “ Achilles ” suggests Contact, Soloist and Ruaform as likely to be well backed for the Tangahue Hurdle Knee at Hav.era to-morrow. •ft ■iir 'K I. Tucker, the former well-known cross-country horseman, has taken up residence at Cambridge and is commencing training operations there. * * * Arctic Star (R. Beale) has been jumping the battens faultlessly in preparing fur his N.I. trip. « * » Silk Sox is expected to make his debut as a hurdler on the second day nt Eguiont. New Plymouth reports state that he is shaping well in his schooling essays. * w » According to a Taranaki exchange Aga Khan knocked u hind leg while schooling at llawera and may not run nt Egniont. * * * Mr. C. R. F. Tilley, of the stuff of the Waitotara County Council, has been appointed secretary of the Stratford Racing Club. * « -» The veteran Refresher lias shown remarkably good form during the summer and autumn. However,’lie is seldom seen nt his Lest on a soft track, and his prospects for Egrnont can hardly be regarded as bright, says a Wanganui exchange. • • • With 77 wins and three dead-heats, A. Knox has a big lead over M. MeGarten, 58 wins and two deacl lieats, for the Sydney jockeys’ premiership. D. Mauro and S. Weiss have eaen ridden 43 winners and two dead-heaters. w * It was earlier intended to spell Grateful after the Egniont meeting, but the Riiceful three-year-old bus brightened up to such an extent that plans have been changed. Ho is to race at llawera and has been entered for the leading flat events at Auckland. * * ® Although Arctic Star will be raced over hurdles at the Egniont meeting, fie is booked for a change later in the trip. It is intended to school him over brush fences when he arrives at the Waikato and Auckland meetings. He is a good jumper and stays, so ho may find this department easier than hurdling. Davistock and Tahurangi finished a neck in front of Refresher at the conclusion of a mile gallop at New Flymouth. Davistock and Refresher made the pace, with Tahurangi two or three lengths away, but Tahurangi finished solidly. Davistock’s showing was a big improvement on his previous display and he put plenty of dash into his work. Refresher was conceding weight to the other two and his effort was n creditable one. * * » Jolly Beggar is favourite in the South Island for the Great Northern Hurdles. The family is not unknown to Auckland, for Fiery Cross, winner of the Auckland Cup in 1917, was a

brother to Glencross, the dam of Jolly Beggar. In repose Fiery Cross was a I very plain horse, but in action he looked the part of a good galloper. bo with Jolly Beggar, who is expected to do very well this winter. •ft ■ifr w Boughal, who is engaged in the Flying Handicap aLHawera to-morrow, is working well at Te Rapa and last week was responsible for the best gallop of the morning. He is reported to be in fine condition for racing. Boughal won the Flying at Hawera 12 months ago, scoring an all-the-way victory over Cawbeen and British Columbia, and he will probably be one of the fancied runners to-morrow. a a * One of the most consistent gallopers of late is Prostration, who has had three second placings in his last throe starts, says a southern exchange. He ran a great race when he acted as runner-up to Coneertpitch in the Great Easter Handicap at Riccarton reently, and his winning turn is just about due. This horse figures in the Mcßae Cup at the Egmont meeting, and will get good support. Prostration has also been entered for the Cornwall, King George, and York Handicaps at the Great Northern meeting.