NOTES FROM ELLERSLIE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19736, 8 September 1927, Page 16

NOTES FROM ELLERSLIE.

GOSSIP OF THE TRACKS. BY ARCHER. There can be no doubt that the very heavy going troubled Kiosk last week at Marton, but it did not prevent him from showing his brilliancy and leading into the straight. In the final struggle he compounded, but that race will do him considerable good, and something better may be expected of him shortly, more especially on firmer going. Kiosk has since sprinted well and should show up in his coming engagements.

The Wanganui track reports indicate that J. T. Jamieson's horses, Eden Hall, In the Shade, Le Choucas, and Prince Humphrey, have done well since arriving there. Eden Hall may need another race to bring him to form, but he is coming on very nicely and may soon be in the limelight again. In the Shade and Le Choucas are favourably placed in their coming engagements, and, as they have galloped well Bince competing unsuccessfully at Marton, may be expected to race in improved fashion this week.

Prince Humphrey will be the Bole representative of Auckland in the Debutante Stakes ai Wanganui and the indications suggest that he will prove a worthy one. The youngster pleased immensely in the juvenile parade at Marton last week and has since sprinted very nicely. It is very difficult to sum up the prospects in a race like the Debutante Stakes, more especially as one has not seen a number of the candidates, but I expect Prince Humphrey to make a bcld showing.

Three important successes in four starts last spring stamped Beacon Light as a really good horse, an'd only for unsoundness coming against him it is probable that be would have wound up the season with a very attractive record instead of having to go into temporary retirement. Reason Light has not raced since he won the Champion Plate at Trentham last October, and after his long spell it is unlikely that he will be ready at Wanganui this week. Nevertheless his running will be watched with interest, as he has more important engagements later on.

Making his first appearance after being off the scene for some months. Monagban won handsomely over a sprint course at New Plymouth last month. # His success demonstrated that he is in form and another stake may come his -way shortly. Monaghan has two engagements at Wanganui to-day, but he is oniy likely to have the one run. and it may be in the Seafield Handicap.

The four three-year-olds engaged in the Wanganui Guineas raced as juveniles last season, and with the exception pf Otairi. who notched several minor placings, were all winners. It is, therefore, not surprising that, although the field will be small, the classic event is creating a lot of interest. There seems to be a disposition in the South to favour the chances of Great Charter and Daniaris, but on previous forra In the Shade should beat them, as hTs third—less than half a length away—to Gascon}- and Paganelli in the Great Northern Chnmongne Stakes was a better effort than anything recorded by either of the others. In the Shjde has the benefit of having had a race last week. he should keep his opponents fully extended.

A hack likely to win a minor sprint event shortly is Bank Note. The Paper Money gelding has a lot of speed, and, though he does not aB yet stay on too well, he went well enough in going that was unsuited to him at Marton to suggest that a winning turn may not be far distant. \ As a result of the racing he has had through the winter Denier should be better seasoned than most to tackle his engagements at the spring meetings. Denier is a speedy and improving gelding w.ho has been racing very consistently, and he may be worth following in his next few starts.

As a three-year-old Bisojr displayed very creditable form in the hack class, but last season she disappointed, although she van fairly well once or twice. Bisox has recently shown signs of coming ba'ck to her best form, and in her last start she was considered unlucky to be beaten. The Bisogne mare is nicely_ placed to make a return to the winning list in the Waverley Handicap at the Egmont-»Wanganui Hunt meeting to-morrow.

OTAGO HUNT RACES. RAIN CAUSES POSTPONEMENT [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN. Wednesday. Owing to wet weather and the bad state of the track, the Otago Hunt Club's annual steeplechase meeting has been postponed until September 17. MR. STEAD'S RACEHORSES. NEW NAMES FOR QUARTETTE. (Received September 7, 9.25 p.m.) A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, Sept. 7. Mr. W. G. Stead's racehorses Static. Wave Length, Filament and Letty have been renamed Ridgemont, Pari. The Earth and Greenmeadows respectively.