ELLERSLIE NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20962, 27 August 1931, Page 9

ELLERSLIE NOTES.

BROWN PRINCE IMPROVING. PROGRESS OF SIR MOND. CLICK. CL,\CK DOING WELL. I There has been comparatively tittle of J interest, in the track doings at, Ellerslie in the past few days, but with the AvondaJa Jockey Club's Sp ring Meeting just about a month away and the Auckland Racing ' Club's mc-cting following a week later, there will be an early increase in activity. ' The tracks at headquarters are in splendid i order for the time ot the year and some j very interesting work should be registered I in. the nest few weeks, when trainers will i be busy .getting their charges ready for the. i spring meetings. | _The two-year-old filly by Tea Tray from | Taiamai, belonging to the Hon. E. W. | Alison, continues to'go along nicely ia the | useful tasks she is being allotted. She ; has built no a good deal lately, and. | although she L not _ to. be hurried, she | gives the impression that she will come to | hand quickly when she commences sprint- : ing. The Romeo—Air Queen filly and the f Borneo—Akahau colt m the same stable are j also showing improved condition and will | probably be moved along in earnest shortly. ! The Akahau coil is neat, but very small. ■ _ Nothing very strenuous has been exacted | from Sir Mond since he returned to the | tracks alter a spell, but he is thriving on i nis work and will soon be forward enough ]to be allotted some fast, work. Sir Mond [ did really well m winning £1630 in stakes i last season, and. as he has come back with , renewed vigour after his holiday, there is ; no reason why he should not achieve further success this season. There are few better- ! constitutioned horses racing than Sir Mond and it may be some time before he strikes ! form again, because he requires plenty of ; work t-o bring him to his best. ! Click Clack and her three-year-old half- ; sister (by General Latour) are roundms i into shape nicely. Without being stretched ! right out. they have lately been accompliah- ' ing some very useful work, and Click Clack i should soon be ready to have a race. The General Latour filly will probably take more time to reach racing condition, batshe is doing well She is a solid-looking filly, with a good disposition, and her early efforts on the tracks have not been ! without, promise. All continues to go well with Mr. C. M. ' | Emanuel's three-year-old Mondorua, by j ; Li mond from- Duchess Eudorus. who has j ; lately been, accomplishing plenty of useful i pace work. _ Moudorus is a bold mover and ' , it will be interesting to see how he shapes j when he is sent along in earnest. When trained at Bandwick in the early part of j , last season he displayed some promise until i a leg trouble necessitated a spell, and i there is everv likelihood that he may prove a very capable performer if he will stand i training. Few of the novices at headquarters have ' made more progress in the past few weeks | than Brown Prince, who has been infusing ■ ; plenty of dash into his work lately. Brown ! Prince is not an attractive mover, but he j has been working well enough to encourage | the belief that he will be equal to winning I in minor company when he is thoroughly j ready. He has been most patiently handled I ] by A. Bobertson. who has had him. in work « a frood time without being in any hurry i | to race him. _ i When ridden by an apprentice rider in i { the Dunedin Handicap on Saturday, Gold | J Money failed to get away well, with the result that she was never prominent. The ; ] race would be beneficial to. Gold Money j j because she had not had a really last gallop [ ; before the meeting. With the work she j | will get in the nest few weeks Gold Money j | should be in great heart for the coming i meeting at Avocdale. a course cn which t she has previously raced well, and she | should give a good account oi herself there. i ; I TAKAXIXI TRACK NEWS, j ! | EAGLET'S THREE FURLONGS.! j VANDYKE WORKING NICELY. j i : Yesterday was an off morning at Takanmi j i and very little fast work was done. The tracks were ia an improved condition. On the middle grass Holly Lu (Taylor) j and the Brazen—Rosebern colt (Inglis) were j going strongly at the end of three furlongs | in 39 2-ss. Both youngsters are thriving j on their work and they look like being ) ready fairly early ■ iii the season. Jbaglet. (Inglis), who worked, on the ,out- j sice grass, increased hfer speed at the half- I mile peg and ran home the last three fur- j longs ia 33 2-3s. This was first j solid, sprint thi3 season and she hi: out in j pleasing style/ The only other to go fast was Refresher, i who was restricted to a sprint up the t straight. He is in nice order and should j not take Ion:; to set ready. | There are now a number of horses work- ! ing in the afternoon at Takanini. Jamie- : son's late workers include the two-year-oids Gay Marigold, Panjandrum, Closing j Time, Letitia. Hauwiri and the ffiiies by j Weathervane —Par Money and Chief Ruler j —Timid. , ' At present Running Over is the only i member of R. Gourlay's team working regu- j laxly on the track. Ha has brightened up j noticeably since coming from Gisborne. but J will require more conditioning before being | ready to show up m his races. Gouriay J intends to start with Kamehameha and j Winsome Girl nest month. Winsome Girl j is a sis-year-old mare by Gum A obey from s Lady Winsome, who was formerly trained j at Ellerslie. . ! J. L. Gray has not yet brougnt Hunting- j don to the track, but the Gisborne norse • and the two-year-old ally by Scherzo—Grey j Eagle are being exercised on the roads, j Huntingdon is a fine type of horse, who naa already been a winner and tie is regarded j as a promising sprinter. The two-year-old Beil Topper, by C. anusa | —Marriage Bell, appears be settling down | again after showing considerable wayward- , aess in his work. His three furlongs sprint j on Tuesday as nice a piece ot work a* any youngster has done this season at ; Takanini. and it is to be hoped that, he will j soon forget his bad'manners. Bed Topper has an Avondale Stakes engagement, but ; ; whether, he keeps it, or not will depend on j ( his progress ciurir.it the nest week or two. j Nothing really strenuous has been exacted I > from Heremia and Knight o£ Australia -ince their arrival at. Takanini. but each j ( has shown some premise in the tittle last J , work allotted to them However, whi.a j I-ieremia appears to Oe a very solid cus- ! . tomer, Knight of Australia gives tne im- | pression that he is not robust arid that he j ; will have to be carefully handled. Since being brought back to work Van- j dyke has done really well and he is n:tuns j out with plenty of freedom. He will he ; a good-looking horse this season. _ and. as j he js working quite sedately, it is hoped j that he will not waste his energy before tne j start of his races, a« was his habit lust | season. Since heading the two-year-olds in tne . parade last. Saturday Tea Trader has oeen j allotted only the easiest tasks. Although a j big youngster, he seems to require, carelul j treatment. He f very forward , J °r this ; period of the year and an easy few days ; j after Saturday s snort, will not be to ms j f disadvantage. i c NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE, j < | ( TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP. ; A! Jolson has rejoined S. G. Ware s stable at Wingatui. after being wintered at A<..d- j ington under the care of W. J. Tomkmson. ; Good things were expected of Tavora j toward the end gi last season, bu,, she did | not realise expectations, although sne_ per- i formed fairly well in running two thirds j j,-j three start,s As sne had the benent of J winter racing and had her last run last j month. Tavora may be more forward than , s most of the others in the Opuuake Scurry | a at New Plymouth on Saturday and the { I chances are that 3he will prove veiy 1 cult to beat. Little Wonder, who finished second to s Dominican in the Ladies' Bracelet at | c Ellerslie last weeit, ha.s two engagements . at New Plymouth on Saturday, one being i P in the Hunters' Flat Handicap and the j ~ other in the Urenui Hack Handicap. It is j unlikely that she will contest both races, : j. as they follow one another on the pro- j gramme, but she should have a good chance j in whichever she starts in. If started in the Hunters' Flat Handicap she will probably go out favourite. Consistency was a feature of the form of Easier Time last season, when, after running unplaced in his first start, he notched four wins, four seconds and a third before, again running unplaced. That Easter Time was a good deal better than the average he proved by th fine race he ran with 9.12 in the Victoria Handicap at Ellerslie last , autumn, and much interest will be taken in P his performance when he makes his first appearance as a three-year-old in the Members' Handicap at New Plymouth on Satur- g day. d The three-year-old Psychologist, who is £ to contest the Opunake Scurry at New Ply- a mouth on Saturday, had nine races witnont winning last season, but he snaped very p creditably on several occasions, his best efforts being a third to Esteem and Rich- fi borough at Woodville and a second to Chier g Cook at Dannevirke. Psychologist's latest track work has been nothing out of the 3 ordinary, but ho should now be on the im- 5 prove and may run prominently in his "V coming engagement. "V