ON THE TURF

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 30 November 1927, Page 11

ON THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS Th.ero would appear to ho » good prospect of the Lhrco-yeat'-oJd Wo*fJ ASiuL figuring among' the contestants' at the Auckland' Racing Club's summer meeti'hg. The son of Catmint, 'who- is still located in NW .South Wales, is credited willi having stood the hard racing exacted from him in Australia well, and according to advices to hand lie is to be.shipped to Auckland at an early dale, with a view to fulfilling engagements at Ellci'slie. - The Canterbury-owned colt Martavinn has so far failed to win a race at three years old, but plenty can be found to Offer the opinion tjiat the future has something of an important character in store for the highly bred son of Martian and Per Arma'.* Martarma is stated

Lu be training on very satisfactorily at Kiecarton, 'and all continuing to go well with him his may bo expected to be a con(.f!sJ:inl. for honours in the Ureal. Northern Derby when I In: classic nice comes up for decision at Ellerslie on 2nd January. Beau Cavalier is jumping the schooling hurdles in dashing .style at Ellerslie. The ChestorfieW golcfing id gradually getting into racing condition under S. Too.-nan'.'i care, and .should l)c well forward by the time the Auckland summer meeting arrives. Nukumai got badly galloped on at the last Otaki mooting—so severely, in fact, that lie was in a very bad slate for some time afterwards. The old battler is now ail right again, and A. M. Wright lias him pottering about at easy tasks. The Auckland gelding Stormy, who was sent to Canterbury some weeks bade, is credited with galloping in very bold style since being sent along at Riecarton. All continuing to go well with Stormy, he is to be raced at, the. Manawntu and Marlon meetings. Mr J. Thorpe has had 23 mares foal to Acre this season, and all are colt foais. . ■ The Into IT. Rickey's former charges, Royal Damon and Epistle, are now trained at Hastings, by 11. S. Greene and J. Mitchell respectively. Thi>y arc looking very well, and they ran at Ashhurst as if the, racing would improve them. Lethal is a likely sort for a hack event soon if she runs up to her Ashhurst showing. The 'Awapuni trainer, IT. H. Doyle, produced a very shapely three-year-old brother to Orazone at Asbhurst. This was .Bisora (Bisogne—Princess Ora). If looks go for anything Bisora can gallop, but in the. race, which was his first public appearance, he showed his inexperi ence by getting left when the barrier rose. Arrow Lad was very unlucky at Ashhurst. This three-year-old sprinter will win his share of stakes this season, and the race last week will improve him for his Feilding engagements. Excess is a typical Kilbroncy, and with another season on to him, Mr W. H. Gaisford should have a pretty gooci handicap performer. Excess is even now racing well and should not be long in winning, but it is not likely that ho will reach his best form this season. The programme of the Relorus Club's annual race meeting on 2nd January appears in our advertising columns tonight. Nominations and entries close on Friday next with Mr E. F. Healy. The victory of Red Star at Oiahuhu did not come out of its turn, as it is a long time since he won a race. For many years ho was trained at Epsom by A. Brown, but when the latter was going to Sydney he sold the son of Harold Rothschild cheaply to his present -owners, Messrs Maxted and Lawrence. Red Star has since gone several good races, but it was not till last week that he was first past the post for T. Maxted. A. Hendrickseri. decided not to take Cardinal Logan and Daytime back to i Christchurch wMh him, but left the pair at where they will be prepared by W. Rattray for the Cup meeting. Cardinal Logan failed badly in the Fergusson Handicap, for which he was made favourite, but as he would have had to go 4.22 to win, it was not surprising he finished down the course. It is said that he did not do well after contesting the Jellicod Handicap on the first clay. Jewel Pointer, in winning the Fergusson Handicap, did the, hat-trick—three thousand-pound races on end. This performance has probably nc|;er been equalled. Though 11. Kinnamont has not won .V, race so far this season with Gold Jacket the son of Gold Bell will be the hardest to dispose of in the Mark Memorial at Cldudelands next Saturday if Ins party,steps him out. He was very unlucky on Wednesday at Epsom. Once again the Government's "takeout" in connection with racing taxation was demonstrated fully in the instance of the Otahuhu Trotting Club's fixture which concluded last week. The amount passed on to the Government exchequer reached the high figure of £7321 5s sd, made up from the various departments as follows:—Totalisator £2419 9s 3d,-' dividend tax £4355 7s, stakes tax £350, privileges £SB 3s, amusement tax £l3B 6s 2d.

Uncle Bert did not race up to expectations at the Otahuhu meeting, and it is evident that he prefers the sting out of the ground. J. Lynch has him at the top of his form. On the first day at Otahuhu, Roez won the Introductory'Trot by 60yds or more. On the second day she was penalised to 108yds and finished last, fully her handicap behind the winijer.' Cardinal Logan is to be treated to a short let lup before resuming his preparation for the Auckland Cup. The son of Logan Pointer is bound to be one of the early fancies, as he did npt hurt his handicap at the recent meeting. The showing of First Carbine in the Fergusson Handicap on Wednesday was distinctly encouraging, and the connections of the* El Carbine gelding must have felt pleased with the performance. It looks as if Newdick's one-time dashing pacer will stand another big campaign and if he comes right for the Christmas carnival he will prove an asset to the Auckland contingent. In the South Ahuriri is being mentioned as a. likely winner of the next Auckland Trotting Cup. He has already won two New Zealand Cups and now that the limit of the Auckland Cup has been tightened up to 4.28 Ahuriri will not be giving away a very big start, as his last handicap was 4.23.

THE AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP AN ARRAY OF CHAMPIONS With an entry of sixteen for the Auckland Trotting Cup, and the last including all the best horses of the Dominion, and the Australian champion, Sheik, also, the Auckland Trotting Club has every reason to view with confidence seeing a race in the Cup worthy the £2200 stake and gold cup. The only real class horse missing from the list is Imprint, but he went wrong at Addington last month, and, therefore, could not be expected among the entries. In the list are Ahuriri (winner of two New Zealand Cups), Kohara ‘(winner of the New Zealand Cup), Sheik (winner of the New Zealand Cup), and Talaro (winner of the Auckland Cup). It is always, interesting to know the best time* credited to the Cup candidates, and these • 1-1

\ / The conditions governing the race provide for horses who have gone 4.31 or better at time of nomination, hut the handicap will be based on a 4.28 limit. AUSTRALIAN RACING (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian A-. N.Z. Cable Association) SYDNEY, 29th November. At the Warwick Farm races the Macquarie Handicap resulted.—Penman, 8.2, 1; Goldbeater, 7.10, 2; Frances Cyllenc, 7.13, 3. Thirteen started. "Won by a length. Time, 1.41£.

are given below : — Great Bingen (p) . 4.19 2-5 Prince Pointer (p) .. . 4.22 Sheik (p) . 4.22 3-5 Jewel Pointer (w) ... . 4.23 3-5 Jac.a Polls (w) . 4.2o 4-5 Talaro (p) . 4.24 3-5 Ahuriri (w) . 4.24 Kohara (w) . 4.25 4-5 Sea Pearl (p) . '4.26 2-5 Cardinal i.ogan (p) .. . 4.27 4-5 Audacious (w) . 4.29 2-5 Machine Gun (w) . 4.30 Peterwah • (p) . 4.30 Logan Park (w) Tom Thumb (w) . 4.30 1-5 . 4.30 2-5 Concliff (w) . 4.30 3-5