SPOTTING

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 October 1921, Page 4

SPOTTING

m --« The Government tax paid by the Otaki Maori Racing Club for the lust two meetings amoiunts to well over £SOOO. Tor the meeting on Monday and Tuesday no less than £2696 3s 9d, v tax has been paid. Well over 1000 signatures have been attached to the petition to Parliament asking for the tretentibn of the Horowhenua Racing Club's permit. The petition is being dispatched to Wellington during the present week. Prince Feronz changed hands during the Otaki meeting, and in future will race in the colours of Mr,R. McConnon, and probably will be trained at Levin.

Mr- H. W. Brofl;n has definitely decided to retire An.'owsmith to the stud. It is not often :that the three placed horses in one of th e two principal races of the day are sir ed by the same animal. Solferino is responsible for Solfanello, Nursing 'Sister, and Biridle—the stake-dividers,' in the Flying at Otaki first day.

"I wept down to! Otaki tiio first day to back 1 two liora es—Printemps and Solfanello —but ■on reaching the course I was told that neither of them would win; so I lookf'd abcnit tor something else, audi lostJ The second day I went again, rcnd'wifch the firm intention of backing nothing else but American Beauty. When. I reached the course, I went to Jiave a look at' the horse and was told that it didn't have a hope. So, of course, I backed, something else. Then, when I had the, Last winner of the day sorted out, and was just about to hand in a couple of pounds at the window, a friend of mine came up and put me ofl " my own fancy telling me the trainfl r had just told him of something- thaU would have to fall down to lose. It fwas rotten luck for a fellow—•svasn't it?" That is part of a conversation I overheard late last night. — \Feilding S'.tar. The following are the foalings to date at th e Waikanae Stud for the 1921 season:—Secret Link (dam of Silver Link), bay colt (dead) to Kilbronoy; Sunbird, sister to M"a.s<;ot (Auckland and Canterbury Cups) and to Ardfenvhor (¥ew Zealand' Cup), twins (dead) to Kilbrcmey; Lady, Stewart (Biezonian —Sister Prances), chestnut filly to Bpnifonn; Peace '(dam of Chakvrana, Valhalla, Lta Paix, Obsidian, Prosperity, etc.), brown filly to Bouifotrm; Margarethe (dam of Marjery), bay filly to Kilbxoney; Bebe (dam of! Cupidon), brown colt to Kilbroncy; Philomel (dam of Philomela and Phio), brown filly to Martian; Peronilla (Welcome Stakes), bay filly to Kilbroaicy; Puttee (imp.) (dam of Ditchlcy), bay colt to Kilbrouiey; Paphia (Birkenhead— Aphrodite-), bay colt to Kilbroney: Desmine (Kadium — Dcsrina, b] r Desmond), bay or brown colt to Bomiform; Eebekah (Bezonian —SnowsteD.), bay filly to '. Ivjlbroney; Peirene (Hastings Stakes, Wcllosley Stakes, Manawatu Sires' /Produce Stakes), bay colt to . Boniform ; Skirl (tbree-quarf er sister to Warstep,\ bay or brown 'Jolly to Kilbroney; Sherry Margaret (Bezonian —MagarefJie), chestnut to Boniform; Eib.ble (half-sister l f to Emperador), bay rf»r brown colt to Kilbroney; Lady Jean 11. (imp.) (dajm of Askari and Scion), bay colt ( to Boniform; . Restful (Birkenhead—Peace); bay colt to BonU form; Khamsin (half-sister to Vladibay colt to Boniform; Preludo

(dam of winners of' over '7OOO sovs.), bay colt to Boniform; Afterglow (N.Z. St. Leger, by Demosthenes—Sunglow, N.Z. Oaks, and sister to Boniform and Sun God, and half-sister to Martian), bay or brown colt to Kilbronoy; Bluegrass (imp.) (Magic—Parnassia), bay filly to Boniform; Success (dam of I Kilwinning. Honesty and Killowen), [ twins (dead) to Boniform.