NOTES FROM CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19008, 4 May 1925, Page 6

NOTES FROM CANTERBURY.

GLOAMING'S TRAINING. [BY TELEGItATn.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCIIURCJI, Saturday. Gloaming and Haze to assist at the Hawke's Bay meeting. Both horses were very well when they left. Prior to leaving for the North, Gloaming provided the beat of evidence by covering six furlongs in 1m 14 -l-ss. The champion will certainly keep The Hawk very busy in the J. D. Ormond Cup. while the Hawke's Bay Cup candidates will find Haze a tough opponent. The well-known jockey. George Young, met with a slight accident a few days ago, and he was prevented from fulfilling his engagement ut the South Canterbury meeting. Ilich Prize is temporarily amiss, and ho had to forfeit his South Canterbury engagements. Tenterfield has gono into A. Wormald's stable, having been purchased by Mr. N. Rutherford. The Australian gelding is in the veteran stage, and therefore not likely to improve. The Boniform gelding Bonomel has been secured by Mr. 11. Dampier Crossley, and ho has gone into R. Longley's stable, lie is a useful hurdler. R. Alexander ban taken a couple of West Coast horses in hand. Cashman, 11 hurdle winner,, will be schooled for steeplechase while North Inch will be tried over hurdles. J. MeCombe has cancelled his trip to Sydney so far. It entailed leaving with his team this month, but ho may go over later in the year. His horses are not doing well enough to make the trip seem a good prospect at present. The two-year-old filly Windshield (by Tractor from Kilbreezej haa been taken in hand by G. J. Pine, who will work her slowly in preparation for nest season's racing. The imported sire Arrowsmith will arrive here shortly to do the next stud season under the care of F. Holmes at Riccurton. It. J. Ma3on has three yearlings by Sutala in his stable. Thev are a colt from Egotism, colt from C'orinthic, and a filly from Rodin. Tarleton won the Timaru Cup like a tradesman. He was outpaced in the early stages, and he was under pressure half a mile from home. Nothing could have been gamer than his finishing effort when he worried Ravenna out of first place. Kilfanc broke a blood vessel when taking part in the Timaru Cup, and he will be given a good spell before being tried again Sunny Loch ran a fine race in the Timaru Cup. It was a great improvement on anything he had shown lately, and ho was unlucky that he was only third. lie was the victim of interference at a critical stage of the journey. Palencia put up a good performance when he won the first day's steeplechase at South Canterbury, but he does not take my fancy as a horse worth watching for big events over stiff country. Charlatan was a very tired horse when he fell in the steeplechase on the. first day of the South Canterbury meeting, and his jumping was not up to his best standard. Golden Prince made his reappearance at the South Canterbury meeting after a spell, and lie contested the steeplechase. He ran a fine race on Friday, until his condition gave out. but he was not ready for two hard races, and on the second day he was beaten a lons way from home. He is still one ot the finest jumpers 1 ever saw in notion. Gay Juliet put up another good performance when she won the Smithfield Handicap, as she had the race in hand a furlong from the post. Next day she seemed to be going exceptionally well ut the entrance to the straight, but she lost some ground in the heavy going, and that Bettlcd her prospects. Ayrburn appeared to bo unlucky to lose 011 the first day of the South Canterbury meeting, an he was half-a-dozen lengths behind tho field when he got going. Mountain Lion again demonstrated his liking for soft ground in his form at South Canterbury. On the first day he was beaten a long way from home, but to-day, following 011 heavy rain, he came from behind and smothered his opponents at the finish. Vouto, who recorded his first success at the South Canterbury meeting, is a big four-year-old son of The Welkin. He was bought as a yearling from Mr. Greenwood, and was passed on to his present, owner a few months ago. Vouto is a big fellow, and a smart galloper. He may now be given a rest and later be tried over hurdles.