NOTES FROM ALL QUARTERS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 232, 31 August 1937, Page 10

NOTES FROM ALL QUARTERS.

CLESSAMOR LOOKS WELL. (By “Spectator.”) Clcssamor now bears a more solid appearaneo than ever formerly, being in splendid shape for the new season, says a Taranaki report. Although he has no immediate engagements he is well forward, and should not require a great deal of work to bring him to coneertpiteh. Towards the close of his racing last summer Clcssamor went off slightly, but the future should find him retaining his form better and he should soon graduate to finst-clasti sprint company. Showing Promise. While his track work is only average Lickcm is making splendid progress at Hawcra and he takes the eye as likely to bo an early winner this season. He is always inclined to bo sluggirh in his training and has also a habit (if loafing in his races unless kept up to his task. In- most of his outings to date Lickcm has display eel a fine finishing effort and there is, little doubt that he will be seen at hie best over a middle distance in the future. As his owner-trainer, O. Cox, has him well forward, Lickcm should be capable ol making a bold showing in the Whcnuakura Hack Handicap at New Plymouth.

The Wanganui Guineas. As was suggested when Jolly’s_ name appeared among the horses remaining in the Wanganui Guineas, the Arausio mare was left in through an oversight. She lias now been scratched from the race, and as Rival Hit has been sold to Australia the field has been reduced to nine. The Crooner.

The Crooner has boon scratched for the Durio Hack Handicap on the first day of the Wanganui meeting, but he is to run in the Guineas.

Leaving for Sydney. P. Atkins will leave with F. Davis this week for Sydney to do the riding for the stable. Mandamus.

Reports that Mandamus lias gone for good may -yet prove premature, says an exchange. This Liniond gelding is at Mr M. Grogan’s Grange Stud, and hopes are held that he. will yie.d to treatment, the trouble has not yet been definitely located. Western Australian Sires.

For the third year in succession, the imported Sea-crest headed the list of winning - sires in Western Australia for the 1956-37 season with 49 winners. The. New Zealand-bred Agrion was runner-up with 41. and followed by Treat and Yodelist with 29 each. Then came Kasingwood (25), and Mantled, Xico, and Peilhias each with 23. Of the first 20 sires whose progeny won on Western Australian courses, 14 were stallions in the west. Referred to Law. According to the Paris representative of the Manchester Sporting Chronicle, the running of the Grand Steeplechase at Auteui! on June 20 led to a curious state I of affairs. Larringcs, ridden by Bonncau and owned by Jules Fribourg, -won by , three lengths, beating’ Ingre, ridden _ by Bonavcnture, but subsequently Larringcs was disqualified owing to an allegation of irregular riding by Bonneau. This caused a not on the course, as many who had won on Ingre had thrown away their tickets <and therefore could not draw lheir winnings. Bonncau was suspended until July 31. In the meantime a moving picture had been taken of the race, and this showed definitely that Bonenau had won in perfect order and was in no way at fault. Larringcs’ owner, therefore, intends to sue for damages, and the _ race mav have to ; bo fought all over again: in Court on the basis of the film, as the racing authorities refuse to go back on their judgment,

Nightmarch Filly. Mr J. Clothier, of Matamata, lias acquired a two-year-old filly by Nightmarch from Cleo. The youngster was. purchased for the stud, but there is a possibility of her racing, as it is thought that a slight operation has had a beneficial effect.

Maidens Named. Names for the three maidens being trained by Air F. Rose at Tirau have been granted by the New Zealand Racing Conference as follow: Two-year-old gelding by Balboa—Sabor, Ilutuwai; two-year-old filly by Bronze Eagle—Eva Rose (a sister to Horemia), Flying Falcon; five-year-old mare by Spear Dance— Whitianga (dam of Bronzette), Highland Queen.

Haughty Winner. Haughty Winner will be taken north to race at the Wanganui meeting, and will be accompanied by Great Alemory, a three-year-old filly by Magnus from Retrospect, the dam of Recollection. Araboa.

Araboa was responsible for a smart sprint at Wingalui last Friday. On the final day ot the Crand National meeting ho was finishing on in third place behind Old Surrey and Greek. Gold in the Selwyn Handicap, run in lmin 27sec. Totalisator Money Returned.

When England’s champion two-year-old of this season, Mirza 11, won the July Stakes at Newmarket recently, investors received their money back. This was in accordance with ,a rule which compels such a procedure when 90 per cent, of the pool is invested on the winner. A correspondent of the London Sporting Life has propounded a problem for totalisator officials. He says that if Mirza II had been beaten there would have been no refund, and therefore, while backers of Mirza II could not have won, they could have lost their stake. He suggests an amendment that “when more than 90 per cent, of the pool is invested on any one horse, all bets will be refunded in full.”