FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 181, 2 July 1936, Page 12

FROM TRACK AND STABLE.

BILLY BOY AT WELLINGTON

(By “Spectator.”)

According to a To Aroha report Royal Secret, formerly trained by W. G. Stepliens at To Aroha, lias been sent to Now Plymouth to enter 11. DulieuV stable. Lhn Dhu, after his long absence from racing, did not take long to show some form, as he boat everyth ng except Dozie in the Park Steeples at Napier Park. lie had been in V. Jl. Colollo’s charge only a fortnight after doing hill work <*l Take Station, tie is engaged in minor crosscountry events at Trentham.

It. W. Lewis xvas very pleased with the niauier in which Hilly Boy worked on the flat on Tuesday at Trentham, and it is now likely the Great Northern winner will contest the Wellington Steeplechase. Some time ago Lewis amounced that the Archiostown gelding would not be seen out at Trentham.

Boomerang has freshened up since the Otaki meeting and he worked well at three-quarter paco with Shy at Trentham on 'Tuesday. Boomerang is to contest tlio Whyte Handicap anti will be ridden by 11. N. Wiggins or L. 11. Clifford. Allegretto was allowed to drop out- of his Wellington engagements. lie woit amiss after the Great Northern meeting, and though lie has recovered his connections are of opinio 1 that lie has not had sufliccnt work to bring him to li is host. He at.d Dark Shadow will probably bo taken to the Grand National meeting. Allogretto is entered for the big steeplechase tnid Dark Shadow lor the Winter Cup. Cyclonic is beginning to shape up (says a Kiccarton writer), fie had a long spell, on account of unsoundtiess, and although lie has had no gallop'ng since he resumed work he bears a much improved appearance as a result of a lot of useful tasks, some of them :n the jumping ring. He only needs to train on to get into the incnoy, as he was a very good galloper when at his host.

As she has been as a hunter with the Pakuranga Hunt, Electric Flash has not accomplished a great deal of work at Ellerslie lately, but she galloped smartly o\or six furlongs on Tuesday, and appears .'n great heart. Electric Flash is an excellent juniper, and any improvement on her EllcrsFc efforts should see her taking a strong hand in her Trentham tngageineiits. Additional engagements for Trenlham include: — R. W. Savage, Mustang and Iluntinv Maid; L. Clifford, Jubilee Song and High Test; L. DuTeu, Silk Sox: A. E. Ellis will probably agan ride Bantry; P. Burgess, Artie King, Chile, and Calshot; S. Wilson, Korcro; D. W. Bush, Camilla lion: C. Burgess, Tc Kangitumau; -J. C. McCauley, Windward; C. Thomson, Forest Glow, lCaokaoroa, Tangled, Red Sun, and Beau Gnlutile; R. E. Horn, Shy. Little Ruse’s performance of wiinmg two consecutive races at the Opotiki meeting at Tauranga iceenlly has recahod the fact that at a Tahuiia Park (Dunedin meeting a few years ago a pacer named Erratic win the first event in harness and the second event in saddle. On the second day he again won the opening event iml was second in the next one. through some informality the see-.* id event was run again and Erratic was again second, though this time to a. different horse. Mr J Cotter, who is now a resident ot Temuka (Canterbury), was the horseman on each occasion. , . , If Golden Wings cannot he induced to behave bolter at the barrier than lie did in the Flying Handicap at Ascot, lie should be barred, for he definitely spoils races, writes C. J. Graves the Sydney Referee. The starter is forced to wait, lot him white ho obstinately turns lrs back to the tapes, and probably strains lor the chance to get him in line. '! he result is that other horses may not be sent oil to advantage. Goldin Wings not only gave a demonstration that spoiled tlie taco, but lie fail so badly as to suggest the need for vast improvement before tie tccovers the form that gave him Ins dose second to Chatham in the Doncaster Handicap of 1934. He lias not won a race for two years. Defeat m two recent in idweek Sprints suggests Unit lie will find it difficult to pay bis way in Australia.