INTER-PROVINCIAL GOSSIP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16011, 1 September 1915, Page 4

INTER-PROVINCIAL GOSSIP.

[by TELEGRAPH. —OW>" COEBESrOKDENTS.] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. A local owner was nesotiatins last week for the Highdea three-year-old Lecal Tender, but no business resulted. Five new horses arrived at Porirua. stables, on Saturday. They include a yearling full brother to Gold Soult, a two-year-old full brother to Goldstream, a three-year-old half, brother by Gold Crest to Scrutineer, »and two hnrdle horses, one by Sensation and the other by Waitarerc. So far nothing definite is known a3 to whether the Weilindton Racing Club will , be abe to bold a spring meeting, tiequasts j lrom nil parts are being received for infor- ! mation, and owners are chafing under tho 1 delay. One prominent local owner is con- ! sidering. the question ot turning his team cut until the end of the present turmoil. | The jumper. Agatha Gre?n. will be the : sole representative of the Porirua 3'able at ; the ilartou meeting. She leaves on Monday in charge cf H. McSweeney, who will ride her in her engagements. The local horsemen. M- McDonald and : A. Reed, will be seen in . the saddle at iiarton. The former will have the mount on i Jean Laddo. and Reed will be up on Bronk j Deiaval, a New Zealand Can candidate, who is engaged in the Maiden Plate. The now to'.alisator tax proposals have \ beer, well received in local sporting circles, j (specially by clubs and owners, as the extra. 1 '-i per cent, being on dividends only v.-ill ■ not interfere with the racing clubs' receipts, ! and in conscQuence there will be no aeces- j sity to reduce stakes. Mr. EI. J. Palmer, who hss been elected j a member of the board 0: the Xew Zealand Trotting Association, is well known in local sporting He is ii vicc-prerident of , the Hutt Valley Trotting Club, and a pctrcn of D. Nyhan's stable L- H. Hevviti. who has been in England ! for several years, may be back in New Zea- . land before long. The Highden trainer. | Georg? IVito, had a letter from Hewitt this week. in which he stated that he was leav- ! ing London far Australia on July 31. so j that he should reach Sydney early in September. Hewitt should soon command. 1 plenty of riding if he decides to settle in ' New Zealand &gain. 1 Joe O'Connell, who has been on a holiday ■ trip to Hastings, where lie formerly resided, I returned to Australia by the Climaroa "last week. | CANTERBURY. I Tuesday. i Corby Day registered two attractive per- j formances at the Amborlcy meeting on , Thursday. First he won the Ivoivai Handi- 1 cap (five furlongs), under list slb. and later < h>. the day he scored in the Wuipara Hack j Handicap, in which he carried list Ulb. Ha I is a solidly-built customer, by Stronghold 1 from a Scc-of-a-Gun mare, and ia owned 1 by Mrs. R. T. Neale. the lady being also j the trainer. Derby Day can so fast, ana | 45 he showed at the Grand National Meeting j that ha could get to the end of a mile, be ■ should do well thi» season m decent com- I pany. Some of his admirers are even select- ] ing him as a poss bility for the Stewards' : Handicap, but that is a big order to set 1 him. _ ] A dc-cent sort «. f a maiden made his debut I at Ambcvy _ This was Pviama, .* three- I year-old by Itar'.ioii from Blooms fa sister j to Antelope. Sultan, and Prime Warden), 1 The field I'yjacia beat was only moderate, tut he showed that he could go fast, and I think he will turn out well. Glenowl scored an ea3y win in the Hurdle , Ra<-e as Amberley on Thursday, asd he looks ; like betas useful over obstacles. It wt>s his ] first appiaranto as a jumper. . Rirrarton i stables are strong in this department now, ] Art and Moddite being other winners from, ; that quarter this month. Pyjanii. and Kicgswav. who won at Am-, j berley. are owned by Mr. G. X. McLean. ' An (enthusiastic ioliower of hunting and raclnc. he is a well-scows i.rcdbobVeT in North Canterbury, and the sttcceseea of his colours were specially popular, as he haa ' {or the trout, and has ic:t ior I Trentham. Warstep i« bow'imr ilor.s: in ere a stylo 011 the tracks, end looks like bcirr" in tirte fettle for spring engagements. She is at such tv short nrice for the New Zealand Cap that few pec.pie will be anxious to back her. I would advise caution, however, as it is by no means a certainty she will be a starter. Battle Ere is moving along nicely in his work. He has a lot of pace, and be should plsv hi* part well over a short course. The three-year-old Ardenvhcr (by liar-ian ; —Mary of Argylei is on th" ir#orove. and he may not be much longer before bo justifies the high price paid for him as a yearling. The hurdler Corrie, who got a shaking when she fell at- El'erslie in June, is »till on the easy list. She is in good health. ! however, having apparently sufcred "no per- ' manent ill-effects, and she will soon be in i work again. i R J. Ha.«on will leave to-morrow for ; "Wanßanni. where he ha* B»nk««*. Bimeter. Nones. »nd Xatrtthos engaged. They are e-11 i in eicellcrt health aid h-'ve done well in ; their re'ert track wo*k. Nones has become j a r articular favourite with the track- i ; watchers. _ i Ne.'hins definite has been decided regard- | i ing the team *0 represent Sir Georso Clifford ; at Wanganui. It lb probable that the nlaus will de->end on the Ashbnrtcn form of Battle Eve. who is sorinting well at cresent. Flvin™ Start has. been «eased in his work, one oi.hi3 h«>ols giving trouble. It was only a minor ; ailment- but it has come at a bad time, and mav interfere with his soring nrorpecta G. Murra - Ayusley apcears to have bright Titosoects in the two-year-old department. 1 The filly Disdiinful tbv Bonny Glen—Lady Disdain) has shown a lot of pace since she *».« first- broken in. One day last week she ' galloped three furloncs in 33 3-ssa smart performance, ai she" had a big weight. Her , stable mate. Wardancer. rave her a start end : caught her. to it is evident he is a useful ) sort. He h-d a big pull in the weights, bnt j he accomplished the ta<sk in an impressive ! manner. is a brother to 1 Warstep. did not come to hand so Quickly a? . Disdainful, but he has made great improve men; lately. j WANG A NTT. ! Tuesday. j W. Rayner took Vladian to Waverley. but ! the Vladimir gelding, though he looked well, j failed to ran into a place. He should bo all the better for the racing, and niay do better at the Marten meeting. Three boys from Tilley'e stable— Autil. »V. Adamsoc. and J. Crawford— leaving for the front shortly. Tilley has eight horses engaged at the Wanganui spring meeting, including Mia- j cars. Protocel. Mcutca Queen. Interlude. Rinaldo. Sunbird. Ararat, and Bonny Helen. Protocci is a brown mare by Signor—Armistice. and is a nice-looking thing. She is engaged in the Maiden, in which Moutoa Queen's name also figures. The latter is by Charlemssne 11. out of Stressa. a mare imported by the late Mr. G. G Stead. Although an additional £50 was tacked on to the big hurdles on the first day of the Wanganui meeting, only eicht nominations 1 were received, a result which must be considered very unsatisfactory. » Although Client is not engaged at the Wanganui spring meeting, the eon ci Elevation is galloping very well, and will be heard |of again shortly. He wintered well, and i gives every promise of being as good, it not I better, than ever this season. i Amongst those likely to be sees cut in j tne Wanganui Guineas are Xanthos. Nones. J Battle Evp. Adjutant, Probation. Privation. j Loyal Arch. Desert Gold, and Interlude Tho ! latter is looking very well, having evidently i wintered well, but whether she will have. 1 any chance against Loyal Arch. Desert Gold, j Battle Eve and the beet of Mr. W. I j E. Bidwill's pair. Probation and Privation. ' remains to be seen. I Aruake is engaged in the big hurdle 1 events here next month, and figures also I among the nominations for the Hock and 1 Ranters' Steeplechase. Judged by the way the Chasseur gelding has shaj->cd in his j cs=av% over the schooling tehees, he should I run s good race, as he negotiates the big j sticks very wcil. ! B. T. Bennett is not now training Durane. [Ps tho Waikurangi gelding is now being ; locked after by his .jjwner. Bennett, however. still has Bivouac und.sr hi 3 care, also | Aha tone, 3 _ five-year-old gelding by Sylvia I Parh out of a Volunteer more, which "pro--1 mises to be fairly good. t One of the finest loo.king cf the maiden i candidates at the Ec-'ont-Wangaou;' Hun*. ! mev'tng. was L:.'t. the three-year-old colt in Gardner's stable. The sen of Elevation looked a bit big on it. but had many admirers. Ho ran nowhere, but later on may be heard of to advantage St. Gate is to be taken to Marton for the Hack Hurdles or. Wednesday, snd with only i 10st 41b on his back should be hard to be»;. : although he wil. perhaps no* be quite at his i best. ' Tiijey has Moutoa Queen. Miacara. jipd I Interlude engaged at Marton- The former is in the Maiden, and she is reported to be' fairly fast. Miacara is in tlio Railway, in i which she should run well, as she is very i we'll again now. Interlude figure* amongst | the Fcceotors for the Electric, and, as she ! is galloping in fine style at Fordell, she mav i be/hard _ to best. Though the nomination? for the Wanganui : Jockey Clnb'« Spring Meetinc are not so ] large as was hoped for. still there it a good < class engaged, and soma excellent racing 1 fho-tld bo witnessed. Amongst the New Zea- ! Ip.nd Cut* horses engaged may be mentioned Bonny Helen. Rinaldo. Sunbird. B-«nk-'.i ' Xanthos. Maniaroa. Plunder. Prince Laddo I Tangihou. cad Deviation. The entries tor ! the hack events have fallen off very con- ' siderably. due ro doubt to the feet that th.< ' increase in 'he 1 'ice of feed hns led to manv : o; the trainers having 'reeded out such or I their charges as wore not showing signs of ! possessing seme i^acc. i j PAKURAXGA HUNT CLUB. ! 1 i I OINT-TO-POINT STEEPLECHASES. i On the 11th inst- the Pskuranga Hunt! Club will bring off a series of patriotic point- 1 to-point steeplechases, near Mount Welling- I ton, Panmure These include ladies' point- I to-point steeplechase, light-weight po:nt-to-iK>int steeplechase, boys' heavy-weight and j farmers' point-to-point steeplechases. Nom- I : nations close with Mr. F. Yonge, Vulcan 1 Lane The gross proceeds will be given to ! the Patriotic Fund. j SALE OF FOREST PRINCE. By Telegraph—Press Association— (Received August 31, 10.20 p.m-1 Adelaide. August 31. Forest Prince (by Sainfoin), winner of the Adelaide Grand National Steeplechase, haa been purchased by Mr. W. A. Blackler for 250ans.