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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 6

NOTES FROM EILERSIIE.

< '•;V-.'> -'r r" ' '•' , !?' '••■' ,- , :> -*•' ~ S . -""■*»■■■ "■■"• ' • ■" ' -' •'•' GOSSIP OF THE TRACKS. '-/"' .••; •" y/.V;7 ■•; "V ':' •■: " v -; ; / / ' -V : • ■-. .j' ..:';; BY ARCHER. ~ t - EEialorer U Joins' nicely in.kia preparation . and .looks a?ore robust thaarf- lie lias done for j some time. The Kenilworth gelding has. not j 1 displaced his best form when the tracks have | been: heavy, ••' but he ' should nevertheless bo j heard of daring the next , lev months. Income finished well at Hawera. and won the '! Davidson Handicap in . fine style. Evidently he is coming .back to something i oka i his old form again, but it was noticeable that he was slightly lame when he re-: opened to scale. -," . 1 i ■{?. Gray had a good innings on the second, day (kt Hawera. riding; the last four winners.. Hit jrAccessfnl mounts were Hipo, The Lamb. jnd Yoma. . V N. ' Cuaninfrhara has . returned Dominant, Kuhio, and Ilka to their owner, Mr. J. A., ; Taylor, «?f Wellington. The two first-named are now w charge of G. Jones at Trentham. Th« apprentice jockey, G. Kidgway who rode I/upa.HO ; in the Nfiamutu Hack Handicap at Hawera qn Thursday last, -was- suspended 'for a month for crossing. The well-known owner-trainer, J. Cameron, who has for some time been domiciled in ' Australia,. wlvre he has been racing The Hawk and ot^pr, horses with some success, •is expected to ..return to New Zealand with his horses by xhe Marama, which arrives at Wellington tlix\< week. It is reported that , Mountain Peer received injuries at Hastings that . are likely. to prevent him racing for a period. The principal evJ»nt at the Marlborough 1 meeting, the .Waterl<2»> Cup. was won by the rank outsider, Gamecock, who has been a well-known performer m the South Island for several: seasons posv Gamecock has a reputation for being unreliable, and was apparently caught in oito of his generous moods. lie is * nine-year-old gelding by San Francisco from Bravfr ■ Heart, and his best performances - last season were to wm the Peerawiek Hurdle Baa#, carrying- 11.9, at Riccarton. and the Jumpers' £ lat, carry-, ing 10.4, at .Duncdin. ' B. Rosen returned to Auckland after - the Kawera riceting, but leaves to-night _ for wVmzanui. where his , mounts will include Fl«\\tmg and Disappointment. » S. Walls sustained a ' broken nose amd j other injuries when Starland fell with hfan in the Egmont Steeplechase. As a. result, he was unable to ride on the second dtfjf at Haweia. but hopes to be recovered in time to ride ti'.arland ■ at Wanganui. v. \ The Auckland horsemen, H. Goldfinch and:' H. Wiccinis went on to Wanganui after riding at Pftfwera last week. , The performance of Rational in carrying 10.1 into ; second place behind -Ecuador in the Flying Handicap at Havwa. may be re- ; garded one of he beat efforts of his career and shows " him to be right at the top; of his form at present. King Quin was & firm fancy for the Flying Handicap at HaweW-, but after being prominent for a few funtmgs failed to race on. It ,is probable that he was short of a gallop - or two, as he had a, fairly easy time after ; AvondaJe.and he should be worth following. . That Rood horse, First Born, did not show ! up at Hawera. but v*ith the racing he is getting he should be vetff fit by the time tho j Great Northern meeting - : is at hand. " • At -,- •/ftnganui last .-year En Route, with 9.4, ran second to Tinokaha in the Century Hurdle Race. He has 81b more to carry in the game event to-morrow, i>l?t, as he recently showed -himself in excellent trim by winning on the fiat at the fleet meeting and is' reported to be schooling well, he may go one better this year. The Bamb. who accounted for the SlicriA Uandicaw at Hawera on Thursday,, is a very etnart hack And won in such decisive style as to suggest that he will bo found winning in open company at a later date. He is a three-year-old brown gelding by Lord Multifid facwn a.Guianforto mare, and has vton thrice lin six starts this season. - " J. Barry has been riding in splendid form dewing the past few months, , and at . Blenheim last week added jthree tnoro wins to his, tally. At the same meeting M. McCXarten - rod,e one winner, and he is still leading in the» jockey -premiership for the season vith 44 Tvins, 3". Barry being next on the list with 41 wins. ■ E. Manaon returned from Blenheim yesterday. The Auckland horseman was rilling at the Marlborough meeting last -week, and had thk mount on Barleycorn when that gelding cored on the opening day. I ' Princess Ncota arrived from Gisborne on Sunday najA has resumed work at Ellerslie under the 'V'rection of C. K"orgrove, who is also working" her full-sister, Princess Konme, .. Reports A-ceived . from .. Hawke's Bay credit "who ! performed so ' well on the flat last winning among other .races, the York Welter at Ellerslie and the Welcome Cup aV Trentham, with being in first-class order, end no doubt he will be seen to. further advantage during the winter i months, as he is a good horse .in heavy ground. ' The rising two-yeav-old colt by Catmint from Polly Perkins is making:. steady progress at Elleralie under the care of It. E. Brown. , Though Royal Present disappointed his admirers with his > showings at Avondale, he is looking in pood hearji after his autumn racing, and J. Chisholm should have him. very, fit for the A.R.C. Winter 'Meeting, where he may do better. The latent addition to the houses in eharpe of E. Stewart at Ellerslie is the MoKauiti gelding Mapiu, who has so far been a very mediocre performer. ; SCHOOLING AT ELLERSLIE. , Contrary to expectations, there was not a great deal of jumping ,at Ellerslie on Saturday morning. • Archie (Rutherford) and Te Tahi (W. Rowe) ere schooled over the pony hurdles, both fencing in a satisfactory manner. -Knighthood (I* Watson) and Jolly Princess (R. Nixon) were sent over the pony hurdles twice. the former gave a dashing display and, Jihe letter also jumped well, but fell at the fourth obstacle. ;-f. v 7*. Never Deepair (W. ! Rowe) jumped the steeplechase fences in the centre of the course twice in-finished style. The. weather was fine and a good deal of schooling work was accomplished at Ellerslie yesterday morning. Gold Kio (A. Rutherford) was tried over | the pony hurdles, but did not impress, baulking several .times. He was afterwards joined by To Tahi (S. Henderson) and jumped the t pony . hurdles ■ twice and made en improved showing, while Te Tahi fenced well. Ilie ! latter then jumped one of the big hurdles .boldly., Miss Melva (E. RaeV Explorer (S. Henderson). and Pine Arch (E. Stanway) were sent over the sodwall, water-jump, stonewall, sodwall, double, and stonewall. They gave a fine exhibition, though Explorer got in close to the stonewall both times, and Miss Molva hit the second fence of the double. ' Jolly Princess (G. Young) cleared the pony hurdles in good style. ' 1 . Elsie Aroha (Corkery) and Archie (A. Rutherford) were associated over tao pony hurdles. Tho latter then joined , Narrow Neck (G. Young) to do a round of the schooling hurdles. Archie fell at the first fence, and Narrow Neck completed the task alone in a satisfactory manner. Archie was re* mounted and jumped the remaining fences and two others without further mishap. Jamuna (D. Burgess) and Kashmir (M. Corkery) wfept together oveif four hurdles, both fencing cleanly. Kashmir was afterwards sent at the sodwall and double and got over safely • ■ Never Despair (W. Rowe) cleared the steeplechase fences in the centre twice in his usual clever style, ' jumping the wateriump the first time and the double tho second time. >. .i ■; _• Young Thurnham (W. Keepa) and King Pellicula <R. Nixon) finished together somo lengths in front -.of Boomerday (A. Rutherford) in a schooling gallop over six hurdles. They each gave a pleasing display, the two first-named in particular. ■ 1 Glenotutr (E. Rae), Bustler (W. Keepa), and. Scottioh Knight (E. Stanway) were companions twice over the steeplechase fences in the centre of the course. Glenotus gave a. finished display and the other pair botii i did well, both -fencing-very fast. Just Quietly ■ (A. Rutherford) made a bold showing over . the pony hurdles.