PROGRESS OF SURVOY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 160, 8 June 1939, Page 6

PROGRESS OF SURVOY.

OBSCURITY TO FAME. A GOOD PERFORMANCE. (By “Spectator.”) Survoy, winner of (his year’s Great Northern Steeplechase, lias sprung 1 in a lew weeks from compart ive obscurity to fame, and has now won £2370 in stakes, his lour wins ihis season having yielded £lbss. lie' lias keen first nine times, second once, third .seven times, ami unplaced 44 times. in his first season's racing, as a four- ’ eaj -old in tlie Auckland province, he failed to show any form. At five years, in 26 stuns, lie won three heck events at tho Takapuna, Rotorua, and Whungarci meetings, respectively, but earlier in the season he ran third in the Greenincunt Hunters' Steeples at the Pakurunga Hunt meeting, and filled a similar position m the Grey Handicap, the last race of the Ellerslio summer carnival. Up to this stage, Survoy had carried the colours of Mr It. 11. Townsend, but about two years ago he was bought by Mr S. Findlay, Auckland, for £2OO and a contingency of £25, and transferred to the stable of K. J. hill is at Washrlyke. Survoy. who was bred in 1931 by Messrs ,T. and J. Paterson, is by Surveyor from Pen Du, who was the only produce of (Pongwen, a mare by Ducullus from Lady Penury, by Penury from Lady Gwen, by Leolairtus. Survey's rider, A. F.. Ellis. has tlio distinction of having won the four most important jumping races in the Dominion, having won tho Grand National Steeplechase twice (Snowfall and Ihurina) and tho Great. Northern Hurdles on Mister Gamp, and the Grand National Hurdles thrice (Penury I’oso, Wharncliife. and Padishah). For tho past season or two Kills had not done a great deal of riding over fences, but his mounts are always assured of strong support. Notable amomr liis previous win at KJlorelie were the Auckland Cup on Fast Passage, and the Great Northern Derby on Gay Dlondc and Rod Manfred. Colt By Defoe. Selkirk, who opened his winning ncec.iint at Wanganui, is a. three-year-old bay colt bv Defoe out of Giglot. from the Juliet family that has produced such horses as Francolin. Tea Ghat, Makati pu (a good winner in South Africa), Maiolia, Sen town, Pink Coat., and others. Power Chief's Rider. Commenting on tho narrow defeat of Power Chief in the Great Northern Steeplechase, his Awapmii jockey, IN. E. Pino, said:—“l had every chance, my mount jumped splendidly throughout, and 1 thought I had the. race, in safe keeping after jumping the stonewall at the bottom of the. straight, but Power Chiot could not pull out- that little extra at. the finish. It was very close and I thought limb [ had won.” Pine was all praise for his mount, and added that with another time round Power Chief would still have, been going strongly. Due to receiving injuries recently il’ine had been on the easy list for some time, with the result that lie had put on considerable weight., and be had to take off nearly a stone and aluilf to ride Power Chief.