NOTES AND COMMENTS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 January 1923, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By Maecenas.) One Of the most improved horses racing during the Taranaki meetings was Cammy, and the daughter, of Campfire should pay her. way during the autumn. -

Fleeting's name appears in the nominations for the Wellington meetings, and may also be nominated for Foxton. Circumstances will decide which meeting the bay filly will attend. Pouma's brother \Yoma was responsible for a good performance when he beat Halgina at New Plymouth.' He subsequently went sore, hence his withdrawal from Stratford.

Valan© failed badly at Awapuni, and like many others, has failed to make the age improvement between two and three years expected of racehorses. Young J. Dromboski rode an excelent race on Frizzier when the grey gelding won at Stratford. It was the lad's first appearance in public, and all things considered showed good judgment, i Dromboski is attached to C. Jackson's stable.

When Skylight got on to the rails at Stratford he gave S. Anderson's foot a nasty squeeze; and as a result the boy almost fainted' and had tb be carried to the dressing-room, where the boot had to be cut before being removed. Frizzier was nominated for the second hurdle race at Stratford, but was started in a' flat race for preference. The grey gelding jurnpjj well, and having pac& should win over the fattens. Sunny Jim had not the best of luck during the running of the Stratford Cup, but when better favoured on the second day won nicely, and is evidently a much tmoroved gelding. A half'brother by Bisogne to Thunderclap is owned by Mr. W. Bailey, of Hawera, who recently refused £350 for the aoungster. With their usual luck, the Wellington Racing Cub have received splendid nominations for itheir Oup meeting. The good prize-money offering and the central position of Trentham makes tho '■ gathering popular with racing men of both Islands.

Like all the minor meetings held during the holidays, the class of horses racing in the majority of races at the Taranaki and Stratford meetings were of poor class, but still the racing was interesting, as the fields were of uniform quality. * Certain Taranaki horses which went abroad for more important meetings brought back a certain amount of stake money. Those to which I refer are Income and Muraahi, both of which successful in important handicaps at Ellerslie. Other horses, raced out of the district failed badly, and would j certainly have done better at Taranaki j meetings. .-•■ Income still continues to show great form in the best of company, and P. Johnston deserves great praise for the great improvement he has worked in the son of Guianforte. When trained on the Egmont ,course. Income was looked on as more or less "washy," but since entering Johnston's stable this gelding has developed into one of the most solid horses at present trainled in this Dominion.

Young horses which broke their I maiden status in Taranaki during the holidays were Frizzier, Mountain Bell, Halgma ,Thunderclap, Yoma, Sanfranette and Sunny Vale, all of which showed fair and consistent form and , each should win again when the company is not too select. Of those which failed to get on the winning list, Mountain-Ore, Kilcoo and Ribbohwork all showed some pace. | H. Hickey had not the best of hick , with his team at Stratford, as besides twisting a plate during the running of j the Cup, Admiral Codnngton was put on to the rails through a bump. Correspondent was very sore when j saddled up, hence he could not begin, and was asked to make up too much ground, in the concluding stages, odmmunicate, was unlucky at the barrier, but apart from that showed no fornu