ELLERSLIE NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20925, 15 July 1931, Page 9

ELLERSLIE NOTES.

PROGRESS of karangapai.

SIR ARCHIE RESUMES WORK. UNITED AND WHIRLALONG. Conditions were unpleasant for training operations at Elleralia yesterday, when the weather was cold and squally, and nothing in the nature of fast work waa attempted, p Nearly all the horses were restricted to steady pacing on the sand, a track which ia much appreciated by local trainers in the wet winter months. Two members of G. Holland's team who are working regularly are the three-year-olds Full Measure and Karangapai. Full Measure has not been required to do anyi thing very strenuous eince racing at the Faumarunui meoting, but he is in splendid e condition and will be ready to show his best when the early spring meetings are at hand. Karangapai is shaping up nicely, and, although he will not be thoroughly s ready for some time yet, he is progressing S very pleasingly. y The tasks allotted to Catoma eince he . raced at the Tdumarunui meeting have not been very strenuous, but he is holding his > condition splendidly. Up to the present > Catoma has not won his way out of the ; hack class, but his last run ehowed th.it he is capable of doing well in open company and he should be a good prospect for the spring, when he should be >a better horse than at any time previously After a spell extending over eight months 3 Sir Archie is again being trained by F. Stenning. A serious mishap a few years ago caused Sir Archie to lose all form and in spite of a good spell he failed to regain his dash, with, the result that he was given > another holiday. He has come back this time in robust condition and the. indica-, p tions are that his long rest has had a very beneficial effect. "Without being asked to perform any tasks: ' of an exacting nature Puriri Park is being kept in steady work and he should be a , very fit horse when the spring campaign opens. For several months past Puriri 3 Park has been making steady improvement, and, although his form at the winter meeting was not quite up to expectations, - his efforts under conditions that were not entirely to " his liking were very eatisfac- . tory. When the tracks are firm again Puriri Park should be seen to greater advantage and he might develop into a very ' useful handicap horse as the new season advances. United and his rising two-year-old halfsister Whirlalong by Whirlwind, are both thriving on the useful tasks they are being alloted by D. Moraghan. Although he failed to win. United displayed very encouraging form in several juvenile handi-. caps this season and he should be a profitable proposition in the new season, when he should b,e an early winner if all goes well with him. Whirlalong is a very nice filly, who might gallop well, but it is too early yet to form any definite ideas of her ability. The hunter Day Lark has trained on! nicely since winning at headquarters recently. His- tasks in the meantime have! not been of a strenuous order, but he is steadily improving in condition and should be a bettor horse when he makes his next appearance, which will probably be at the Pakuranga Hunt Meeting next month. SUSPENSION FOR A MONTH. JOCKEY AND TRAINER. PENALTY ON T. GREEN. [by telegraph—special reporter.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. A prominent jockey, T. Green, and a; trainer, 0. J. Robinson, were to-day suspended for one month by the licensing committee of the New Zealand Pacing Con-' ference.' ' " :. ' ' " H. J. Tinker was granted a jockey's licence for the balance of the present season conditional on remaining in the employ ofi his brother, A. Tinker, Te Rapa. C. J. Thomson (Auckland) was granted a licenceconditional on permanent employment. The following werfi refused oermiasion to ! work in stables:—J. Deery (Hastings), L., J. Woolford (Dunedin), C. Goulsbro (Taranaki). ' v SYDNEY TURF ITEMS. M. McCARTEN RIDING WELL,. FAILURE OF WILD TIME. [FROM * OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] SYDNEY, July 9 M. McCarten is riding in good form at present. He scored two .wins at Moorefield on Saturday, one effort being a first-class exhibition. This was on the New Zealand-, bred Observatory, from G. Price's stable. Observatory, a three-year-old, is a rare track galloper, but most uncertain in races. McCarten rode him to the front in a mile and a-quaiter novice event, and, giving him no chance to loaf, just got him home u winner. The well-known trotting trainer W. J. Tonikinson is at present on a visit to Sydney. He was at the Moorefield meeting on Saturday, but as the cyclonic rains have •put an end to all racing since the weekend he has not been able to attend a trotting meeting yet. G. Price expected his' Legionnaire filly Lady Magadi to race well at Moorefield. but she was not suited by the track. Lady Magadi is a smart galloper in private and should win her share of races later on. G. Young supplied a heavily-backed failure at Moorefield in the CatmintShebang filly Wild Time, formerly trained by J. T Jamieson. She had 7.5 in a second division of a trial stakes and was backed for a substantial sum. Wild Time is still on the small side, being only three-quarters of an inch outside 14,2 class, and in a large field she met with enough trouble to prejudice her chance. , First Acre showed some speed among the open sprinters at Moorefield, where a 7lb allowance reduced his 9,1 to 8.11 He did no drop far behind at any stage, even though a recognised speed merchant inJl om Pinc i set a solid pace and won. Fust Acre was going great guns in sixth place, an encour . Bolls of!Shandon is showing improved form on the track at Randwick He had a run 'at Moorefield, but did not show up for his apprentice n ßinr Boy, regarded as a really good-welter w°s r ?ucky' p a os» nt ?o S sl^lrst^e^ th an* hfs 6 mount°at - as if Trevette should have won outright. RACES FOR BEST HORSES. ] ■ A TROTTING SUGGESTION. ] IBY telegraph.—RAClNG reporter.] I WELLINGTON, Tuesday th :«I &U b ar'the S N d ew Zealand °Trotting Con- , is s « efpaVraces. ehouldbew fuhue . doing all we am There are surely 1 P e fKtt' i— —*l interest a and | ie^ y °fo? C "ufo?o should reconsider the adoption of a free-for-Bl » It" seems a. race worthy of • b f„ o " "mi 1 "™™! three veai-olds one mark, four-year-olds an- s other" and five-year-olds and aged horses on c « •JfJrd mark If the hnndicapper assessed £ distance to be allowed between these , three say? on the day that the general . ?. ■° „ (),» meeting were issued, a ? race would be assured and there is little doubt as to the interest and enthusivance and give a new impetus to trotting.