RACING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11295, 22 August 1922, Page 8

RACING

NOTES AND COMMENTS. (By "Carbine/*) The "Wellington sportsman, Mr J. G. Duncan, has purchased Bonnie Lady (by Boni'form —Portland Lady) and she is to join the matrons at the Waikanae stud. F. Holmes has purchased three horses in America, and they are now on their way to New Zealand. Mustard Pot has been put into work a?ain to be got read for spring engagements. The chestnut looks fresh and well. P. V. Mason has engaged boxes for two of his horses at Wanganui, and probably one of the team will be Veil. Veil is reported to have gone off somewhat in appearances. Tho New Zealand-bred The Poet, who has been racing in Australia recently, has bt«n sold bv Mr W. G. Stead to a New South Wales sportsman. This year the nominations for the New Zealand Cup number 53. Last year they numbeied 55. Four Sydney jockeys drew over =£IOCO each in riding fees last season. They were A. Wood, J. Toohey, W. .Johnstone, and J. Hunrc* Parody (Absurd —Mimique) probably will bo the first of the Greenwood two-year-olds to carry silk this season. W. .T. Tomfeineon contemplates remaining in New Zealand till well on in the E resent season and probably will race is team at tho leading New Zealand meetings. English writers generally have been very slow in giving H. Gray any assistance, but recently a writer in tlio "Sportsman** said:—"Gray, who was on the Manchester winner Morning Light, also rode her successfully at Epsom, and, after being out Off form, he is now riding with the skill which marked his efforts on his first appearance here from New Zealand/* Quite the most remarkable mare in training in England at the present time is Thelma, which has been to the stud and thrown several foals. Nothing could live with her in the Dover Mid-weight Handicap at Folkstono recently, and though seven years of age it is doubtful whether any horse could lead her from the gate, so speedy is she to find her running from the instant tho lever of the gate is released. There seems to be plenty of paper money for racing in Berlin. The Union Club and Berlin Rennverein have published their joint summer programme, which comprises eleven race days with a total of 4,555,000 marks in prizes. This looks a big sum, but at the current rate of exchange is under ,£3500. The chief race is the Berlin Grand Prize, on July 9th, with a prize of 300,000 marks (nominally -815,000, but acttfally ,£230). MARTONJAGES NOMINATIONS RECEIVED. The following nominations have been leeeived for tho principal events at the spring ireeting of the Merton. Jockey Club, to be held on Saturday, Septem* bar 9th:— MARTON HANDICAP, of 275 sovs; one mile and a quarter.—Gasbag, Erie, Beloved, Admiral Codrington, Omahu, Bonnette, Ter-terfield, Kilgour, Festivity, Haurangi, Warrawee, Demos, Paoanui, Marqi.eteur, Maraahi. Bonnie Heather, Mort Avis, Big Pash, Rouen, Prince Carl, Prince Martian, Equitable. RAILWAY HANDICAP, of 225 sovs; six furlongs—lnah, Rapine, Epitaph, King’s Trumpeter, Bumptious, Martian Miss, Trespass, Kilgour, Crucelle, Civilform, Nursing Sister, Valley Rose, Mountain Lion, Ares. Marque-four, Golden Bubble. Lucius, Leithfield, Oalmisia, Probate, Borealis, Sir Fanciful, Big Push, Rouen, Wrangle, Prosperity.