SPORTING.

Northern Advocate, 4 June 1924, Page 2

SPORTING.

Sea Do'il, winner of the Great Northern Hurdles, will be twelve years old next foaling, and this is tho fourth season that he has raced among the good jumpers. By Seaton Delaval from Serita (by Cardigan —Lady Cecilia, by Cuirassier —Ouida), Sea De'il has been one of the cheap horses that have made α-oad. He is said to have been sold for o GO guineas as a yearling, and to have cost his present owner £10 a few years ago.. * * * * By winning the Great Northern Hurdles Sea De'il has added to a remarkable record at Ellerslie. Three years :ir;n he was third to Fisher and Omahu in the hurdles and on fne second .uid third days won the Remuera and Campbell Hurdle?. The next; winter, after whining the Chevalier Steeples at Avondale, he was again third in C-. X. Hurdles (to Poamii and Fisher) urn! won the big steeplechase from Onialiu ami Cualition. Last, soason S: 1 ;! 77-r'i! r-nntestcd the big diiuble \vifh:mfc siMcess, and was third to Omahu Mil jr.'irv Jiriici' i , : H'O Winter St.n«])les.

Sea Do Ml ■.-■'* oiH' of the i-.-iist-iii.---cn.-.sed candidates for the big hu;d:o race, but'that emild not have been bc-cjui.-i, the }ml>l if, esucvialiy in Aiii.lv]:ii:,i. :-.:i«l iv. t had frequent * >,>?.' 011 u:ii-tii-s <-r Kceins him. At Kllit.-Tm! l-.isv X' vciiitiO'- In 1 ran. focond to Silveriou. -w'iii) received Nib, in tin* Onelnii'.gu Steeplechase, lie rtu.'cd throe times ut the summer meeting, being third in the ing ;it I'aeroa on St. Patrick V 1>;;V; am! ;ii East it ;■•'.' raced. «v?r buHlcs -,',: Kliersiie, lini.s!»!ng fourth to Starh'nd, M:>kg'<]i;ire :ind "!;iti-. Mi' l was a v ;- third in 11,'■ \~\v.'\y\ ;-'te'';>: : -- ehasr. He has :iever i n>:: :•>::- (,!'.' ih; s!-c!ic ;>!:d '.as generally run ;»ro:1y wcM .;. « * * Se;i De'il i- , . the 1:--tr> t<> win t'v Croat Xorfl.er:! S: :-n!r,- : ;;;s" ;-.::d TCiP'iiii-s 'i! o'i'lVve't yi-:<Vr,. I :■■v- /•; i Ivr, j'.l (:;u::) ( ("'.' ice) :i:id 1.'..-!:e;V e->.-h wc;;i tiie two races at. the >mlO iiieetii'. Se:i De'ii will liav.;- a to improve liis !i"'(,i'i! to-morrow. -x- *- * * Loehsoii's so; !ind to Sea De'i' was good enough to justii'y ti:e praise thai" v.'a:-: heaped upon him when he won the May Hurdles at, Wanganui. The Ovafton Loch gelding has h:ui 'half-a-d'i/.cn outings sinr-e Easter, and in his last throe starts has boon second, first and second. Nino yours old next foaling, Loch.son is a half-brother to Trir,h Knight. Another half-brother, .John Reilly, was a fairly successful liurdler in the South Islam! a few seasons back.

The Australian-bred horse Illumination, who has been trained ut Te Awamutu for some time past, has now been racing for the best part of five seasons and has been an infrequent winner, though when he has won it iias generally been a good race. As a twot year-old he raced eight times Avithout .success; the following season nine times for one win; as a four-year-old. 22 times for three wins; last season he won twice in 39 starts, and this- .season he had contested 13 races for one third place before he won the Cornwall Handicap yesterday. No doubt he has paid liis way, but lie has always looked as -if he should have done better. * * * * It was hard luck for so sterling a galloper as Income to find Illumination on his best behaviour yesterday. The Guiunforte gelding showed a welcome return to form at the Egmont meeting, and a win yesterday under his substantial weight would have been warmly applauded. Lochson —Income was a very favourite combination for yesterday's double. * * » * j Te Kara, who dead-lieated with Muraahi in the last Auckland Cup, and won the Autumn Handicap on the same , course six weeks ago, is carrying weight wonderfully well, and in the j Cornwall yesterday he ran as good .1 race :is he lias ever done. I * # ♦ * i Sir 'Roiiclmry's success in the minor steeplechase yesterday confirmed his Egnumt running and indicated that 'he was very unlucky to be upset, by an- j other competitor's fall at Wanganni. j He claims an engagement in the big ! steeplechase to-morrow. Ditto, third yesterday, is also in the big race. if * * # Savory seems to have made an exhibition of his rivnls in the Penrose Hurdles yesterday. The Taranakiowiu'd gelding is :i six-year-old by Husbiuidimnn, a Groat Derby winner, from Mfirsuniii (Lupin—TJiiu Rau). He ran i\ good second to Prince Rufus at the Hgmont meet ing. and was in third place on the second flay.

General Rose, who beat the rest in Savoury's race, wus a ATinner at Te Awamutu and Te Aroha earlier in the season. He has now been second on three occasions, third once, and nine times unplaced. * * * * Doleful Ditty yesterday had his first race since the Auckland Easter meeting. This Avas the one-eyed gelding's first success since the Wr.nganui spring meeting. Twelve months ago lie Ava.s favourite for the first division of the Jorvois Handicap, but Avas beaten by Arch Laddie. * * * «» Gala Day, winner of the first division of the Tervois Handicap, is a three-year-old full-broker to Boomerlay. Gala Day only ;:ued once last reason, but yesterday's was his eleventh start this season, and his only earnings had been £liO for thin! place in the Maiden Plate at Te Aror.n. * * « * The tv.-o defeat- suffered by Tarleton at the South Canterbury mooting were I A'crv expensive r..i !:is admirers, as ho w; !'c:ivil>' yr.p'ioi-ted each day. Ho nee;! noi" be ccinieiiM:'/! on account <»f these failans, however, says a Christchurcii v. riter. a- lie v.C:S carry in;.; a big weight «..!."c T i <!:•;.-. '.n a tiaclc that probably v.:;: , •<.•:'■ d ; :ii; to ].Is liking. Ta rb , - ton i> : b:':-i'::n',('' 'terse, who is not t done v.'owl'.ig, :ni'l lie should be a J o T c;::!y jni'-rovd i-erfoniier u< , :.t seusun. j Af ::i:y ?*o:'ih Island meeting h\ ! riiH.-ir:: ' ; Herald'■), but ;:t Vv'iish.lykc j last week his only mount (apart from , Sc'::))i. \\].":>i he v-.mie d"wn specially i.i I ■■•,.■!,.). ■'.-■= ...- I: .M!i;-w :n,\ ;,. fi,,» K!e,-- ■ trie Make-. !■". Voi-ht, who was in ' siTon;; <!e:-:':Ml ;.;.'!! h.e l-ft for Eng- [ lai:il, iviiy in l;.e sadtiie only once at the ; iiii-efi";-. y-wi" i-.vi'ri's jippan'Titly run ; hci-.-e-. m , re wi'h t!'<> idea of edr.ci'.ting :iovi'- > li'ler- than (>f winning !"!''es. i '