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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 7 April 1908, Page 5

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i — —?• ~ i' - — RACING FIXTURES. April 7 'and B— Manawatu R.C., Autumn. X ' ' > - - ' *' April 18; 20 and 21— Auckland R.C). , Autumn, l - ' -" --■•' • April 20 —^Patea Hack Meeting..

NOTES BY "OBSERVER,"

Mr.R.. $. ,H^mm,erto6 A Secretary of the Patea 'Racing' Club^witl deceive atce^t^de 4 s !! and < ''general the faster vMonday : meeting lip *til£ Mon-: day ' next, - 13th ittsii S Telegraph- . office closes at ,7.30,.p.«0 : - j'}? kl' % w NominatiQns; for the, five handicap events. t; con^afned. , ift tte. Pa|e^ fiaeikk Club s meeting with 'a < tOTar i bf, 63, the H»M'»l^™ ; Handicap proving the most attractive, JiOy. The annual gatuering> wnicn has" the adyan^ge pjf *bißifi? h%l3pwi a-pilb--lie !hpli3ay,."ana,."in SaHSltoh K? fi3 3R: Sk. being Miiy cojifine^^«K^ motes its.cbntrol*,of f a s 'sWoig* >i iarstrict 'iti%s. .'The.^f^efli^orSffe fro-, grariame afi^ja^ttechOT^^h^S^keV'iSßig-: j ing. from ,sa' .tp.llMspvF^jValu^and 5 amount in al| "to* the HBeral ,riToni <v bf

With the shortening daylight the majority of ti-aineirs , are. flow preferring to postpone their track visits tmtil after breakfast. On Saturday morning the attendance was quite up to the usual, and although- some solid work was got through the times were slow, owing to the gallops being confined to the plough, which was "holding" after the recent rains.

Claremont and Silrerlead broke away over seven furlongs, both horses pulling tip remarkably well after a sterling gallop.

» CKmax, who seems to improve in apI pearance with every gallop, after-some r useful' pace work sprinted over four i furlongs in promising style. j Compass galloped and jumped well ; over the schooling hurdles in one and i a half circuits on the outside of the s course. , 1 [i Mr Morse has got the sand track in J splendid order, and the opinion prei! vails< that •it will prove a perfect prejf parais6tt'*'fiw winter galloping: f! Burton's preparation is almost en- , tirely confined to trotting exercise; i Contralto, the other member': of Mr J.. ) Goodwin's, stable, is to be ..given a run > in the 'Farmers* .Plate ftt^jijjiga, > r Alfalfa, which; is jithe nan^e of the s mare? that has, recently; become ah in* , mate 1 of 'R. Brough's stable. % a provrn ' A-,, n \>iA± nt.nWm&H*- '-"■»-**te?~ l» **— . u..>. o jiA. A „*. ■^.^i^.uun. anu. xvorowmi, mo ) latter, ..being a full sistec ' '-^ jMotor (Hotcbkiss — Mantilla)^, , ' $ [ The other late addition to this stable, . who' has been previously mentioned as > a four-year-old- son f of St. Paul and i Grassmere, has. had : .the. name of The I Apostle claimed for him. A returned visitor to Wanganui i kindly informs me, among other interesting matter, that the Wanganui track visitors speak in high terms of the two-year-old Eclogue, who is continuing his preparation there under his old mentor, Oney Cox. Daisy Paul has become a member of Peachy' s team at Wanganui, from which establishment Mr J. Bull's other recent purchase, Irish Rifle, will also have his preparation attended to in i Company with The Officer gelding, Be--lario. Mr G. F. Morse has had the misfortune to lose his Multiform — Guiding Star colt, who was identical with the winner of first honors among the yearlings at the last Hawera show, and win be remembered as an amazingly advanced and handsome specimen of the juvenils thoroughbred. The ex-Hawera-traned ha3k, Billow, hi» changed "^ownership, •and'is now a member of RvrsFohnston's ' Wanganui stable. • ' • , ' "- Mallet is to be given a, chance of trying^ his merit in open company, -and figures among the entrants for the ■Feflding Cup> of 1} miles. . : Mitchell, who is riding with > groat success this, season, "Scored, a very, popular win on Stayboy in i the •Burnbank Welter at Manila ?last Wed- ; nesday. Mr Mitchell, in addition to ' possessing the practical qualities of a good horseman, is an,^excellent, judge of pace, a faculty^^hitt has assisted him in landing several V . long-odds ; chances. R. Brough journeyed to Palmerston i North yesterday with Claremont and Silverlead to partake in the meeting commencing to-day. The former is weighted with ioi3^ : in the Hokowhitu Hurdles of two miles, and willlprobably be ridden .hy .Julian, .^lvex 1 ;. Lead is engaged^in thg^Marerel^Welter,. of a mile and weighted witE 8.3; J. MoNamara. wijlgpr^ajbjy^jh^ye t^e-^mount. Both hbrses'appisar .in Sgreat heart', and, are likely to give\a good" account oi\ their visit. ' \-\\\ f '.' ' ±i\~\s * Jmpolation figures among the accept torfi^in. Jhe Linton |lurdle Race, of If miles, ax the same meeting, and including t .ajipenajity;! will-carry topi freight of 2^.12^ O % , Ojpesiiak^nwhojqwas sue-! c'essful . t a.t ,sew y V^rmp^t}a^ :r^l again'; have, ;the _' mount on. the^brow^i , mare, Who is "galloping well and .looks in splendid fettle. " J ' The benefit derivable from, in-breed-ing has been j strikingly/ illustrated -jn thia. distriqt^by the descendants of the famous mare Slander, who have found a ( successful reunion of blood, through the medium of the. female' line from Foulshot -and Billingsgate with' Satanella's Flying son St. Clements.' The double winner at>Manaia\ Golden Dream, who ,is a- .three-year-old chestnut daughter of St.' Clements and a Foulshot mare, is the latest district exponent of the value of. reuniting, this strain of blood,' while St. BUI; and "St. Claimer may be quoted as other able representatives who 'give .practical force to the theory of in-breeding. = > - Slander, who was bred in Canterbury and afterwards purchased by c Mr -Walters, of Papakura^ was generally believed (as her name implies) to be a daughter of Traducer, and although the. N.Z. Stud Book credits Cainden as her sire, I believe that the weight of opinion goes forth in favor of her descending from the former horse. After a long sequence of seconds the Whakamara-bred mare Anemone broke the spelL of bad ( luck on the, second day el the Mastertoh. meeting, by winning the High-weight! handicap. Anemone carried "tHe r top'weigltt of 11.7 and ran the mile in 1.61 3-6. The death of St. Simon .in hig 29th' yeajj^£pdj££|he;~career ' of -%*£ g* vqjbeA

during latter years reached the enor« mous sum of £20,000 per Annum, while all over the British Empire his sons and grandsons, of comparatively equal consequence. '* f . _TJie feature J tif the racing at Manai* on 1^ Wednesday last appears to have heen the success <&. outsiders, the handicapping of Rbbti^BKbks completely' defeating the public selections, while Hi^he^ efforts miiH the Starting flag -have'Tjeeii most ftrrorabfy Cdinment*d'npdiiV •-«■ ■ : i.i- [■ *>-u.i r• i i i „<f

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