NOTES FROM ELLERSLIE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18357, 24 March 1923, Page 12

NOTES FROM ELLERSLIE.

GOSSIP OF THE TRACKS;

/BY ARCHER. At'EUeralie on Thursday morning mora* interesting- schooling h work »« witnessed: OakiandlM. O'Shea) j and; Scottish ; Knight (Roach) jumped four hurdles i safely. Peter Aman*i (Roach) and : ?. Bilv*rton;<\M. O'Shea) fare » good exhibition' over the same num- ; ber of obstacles, both fencing * cleanly and quickly. , Oakleigh (Roach) K was - sent over 5 the BOdtraQ.iwaUNJump,:, stonewall, sodwall, double, and' stonewall. >. He got in a trifle close to the water-jump, and also hit the first of the double hard, but nevertheless hie display was a clever one. V',C.< Coleman; has a number of f jumpers included among hie team, but he is without a representative in . either of the, hurdle events to be decided at Takapuna .this afternoon. However, when the more 'important jumping events roll around, his stable should be worthily represented, . and with horses of ; the calibre of Oakieigh, Ppanui. Peter Amans. and Silverton. he should experience na- very profitable season. *' v; --•■/, Southern' reports mention that Boadicea is going very nicely in her work, some difficulty is being experienced to find a suitable rider for her in the Great Autumn Handicap. C. Emerson, who usually rides the daughter of Clarenceux, is riding Bonnie Winkie in that event, and will also ride him in the Southland Cup this afternoon. The Southland Racing Club will open, its autumn . meeting at InvcTcfcrgill to-day, when the principal event will be the Southland Cud of £500, one mile and a-quarter. for which the acceptors Bonnie Winkie 6.18, Silver Peak 9.0. Sunny Loch 8.0. Rorke's Drift 80, Angela 7.18. Lughrea 7.12. Miss Muriel 8.18, Janus 8.7. The Wellington Racing Club has decided to install an electric clock at Trent-ham. The machine, which is to be used for timing the races, ha« been ordered, but has not yet arrived from Melbourne. It is. set going by the release of the barrier, while the timekeeper stops it. • Great' Fun, a recent importation from England, figures as an acceptor for the East Coast Welter Handicap, to be decided at Takspuna this afternoon, and will, probably make his first public appearance -in the Dominion in, that event. < The apprentice horseman D. R. Gunn, who has ridden with a fair amount of. success this season, having steered 12 winners, was unfortunate enough to have a < collarbone broken when Santiago fell with him in the Fraser Memorial Handicap at the Rangitikoi meeting on Thursday last. While contesting the Rangitlkei Cup on Wednesday last Paßsin' .Through broke a blood-vessel and was pulled up. This is not the first occasion on which this weakness has manifested itself in the Guianforte gelding. ;•••, 1 t Several Northern sportsmen, including Messrs. R. G. Honking and L. Nelson, left for Sydney by the TJlimaroa yesterday, and they intend being, present at the Easter yearling sales. There is reason to believe that their visit will not prove fruitless. t -' ■:' '.',.. The Hawetra trainer J. Brown has booked accommodation at Ellerslie for two horses for the A.R.C. Autumn Meeting, and he is expected to arrive early next week with • Rational and King's Joy. Advices to hand from the South state that -it has been decided to do away with the judge'* box at Trentham, and in future the official will be accommodated with an apartment in the stewards' stand, Bcotiomist, the four-year-old eon of Absurd and imported Week-End, was recently added to the list. He is reported to be making a quick recovery from the operation. - Marble Bell struck herself while contesting the Bay of Plenty Cup, and consequently was allowed to drop out of the Opotiki Cup on acceptance day. H. Wiggins is to have the mount on Stork in the Opotiki Cup this afternoon, while H. Goldfinch will steer Loyal Irish. Merry Day has arrived at Ellerslie in excellent health, and should strip a very fit mare on Saturday next.