THE GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES

NZ Truth, Issue 472, 4 July 1914, Page 9

THE GREAT NORTH ERN H URDLES

£ Was Everything Right ? 'In «-'«Waimangu's'' notes on the JGreat^Northern rueeting "Truth" read- . ers -will remember a par mentioning a toet ■• y of.Ci£ 600 to £ 500 made the night bef orei the G.N. . Hurdles that Merrixnax would, not finish In the first three. 'As is well 'fcnow,n, Merrimax fell, together with -ihr&p others, on the flat jjust alter -two fujriongs had been covered, and,- 'of course, did not finish' in a place. • The bet wa,s then decided, but paymeritr was not made immediT :•'•■ ately, and, if all one hears is true, or . I even; it rumor is not truej . it is up? tpj ihe^ Auckland Bacing dlub to inquire Into jvirftat certainly concerns the club. The,, men who. ma.de the wager were aa Au^anderViafnd a Wellingtoriian, and on, the result of the race- the _ AucWande* 'lost His £600. As stated "before, : b#did r not 'pay and lately some Wither serious statemnets have been ' clrcniatfel. ,It; is said that the Aucklaxiaer is} Sdw in* possession of infpftnationi wfifch lea(3s him to infer that {natters' v were ap arranged that it was alinostfa certainty! for Merrimax to, be ' beaten crat of; a place and- therefore he had no "chance, to win, . If this is so then>lt'is flp, to the , A.R.C. to take a hand, and 'if; anything savoring r of traudi comes to light;, to mete out the most drastic punishment: The writer *rill nbt fioc a momenti entertain the |de# '^at^aJV ,'^as inbt as it should be «n<i I ;,naye l good \ grounds for saying b«V(from personal knowledge: The race Itself : can prove nothing as the ' accident to 'Merrimaxjr was. brought about through Ws ! falling over Donzel • and at that t^e^Meirimax was In a good position. •:•')< There irfiß ona thing which seems perfectly clear, and that is the Wellington : 'backer; had no chance to !witt and iMerrimak had to be beaten 4mt ot a place lor him to save his moneyi ■■••No^;jdoiibt a lotmdre wiU be future deve-. '.' iopmenta ' will •be Awaited with inter-eat-^that^s^if there are any develop- .; aattitsj^;-'^--;"-.:^^':.' '■■'■: .;"; ■ ■'/ '■■•' y" \ "■' Tripoli is;at' present enjoying a spell. ißtie iff 'beiixg fed' and will not need a ■'; great deal of galloping to put her right ' - J^V^harpe iifl handling- a good-look-f |ng! fij^by. Spalpeen--^Vaimang^. X. ; liambess, . the southern rider, is how associated with- his brother stable at ; Eilerslie. r/ •W^ : Ijrwlh -^ will take Try Fltikeito JCrentham, after ] which ■ meeting Ngatirtianui forwarded down and: then BAccartpn will be attacked. Ngatiruanul is ; j^oijig exceptionally well and i^itwt, iha soft ta win thtflGrand National Hurdles. J " - „' A. chestnut three-year-old by Spal-peftn*--Waimuneu is being handled by pj d6nway. The filly Is a ; full sister to fiarfteen., '-■'' ■■ ■/ ''..■;> : . , ■.■ Colonel Soult will shortly be placed jto^work'again. . ./'■■••■ ■.-. ; ; A^three-year-.qld filly by Monof orm— ' 4 is the. latest addition to C. jColeman's team. .- -'■■" ./,.-'• 1 Old' Ngapuka is to be given a ld ! earii' nibney ovei 1 hurdles. He! was tried oVer the small f encies at EUerslie the fother morning and gave a good ; tfispliyj .V : ■' ,; : ■.-.'.'_ ■■■-' ■■•■■:"■•'■'■. • : New. Zealand Cup nominations fall due .vtoVnight (JPriday).

Slip JElail , is the name .claimed for the Achilies-^Pearlie youngster m. P. Conway's stable. , Ngapuka continues to shape well m his'schdbling. liigenkender knocked himself a few mornings ago, but it was| nothing serious, and he is doing solid work again. Gloy is being ridden about the roads and will go into .. regular training shortly. . . . Recap turned a beauty on Saturday, morning while schooling over the small stiqk's.'- ' ■',;.; ••;■"..■ ... ■.'•' ' . " Ngatir^uanui (Con way) and Admiral Soult (McFlynn) stepped over five hurdles 6n[ Saturday morning. They had the i pace on and )flew the fences, fin-r ishing. together. . Auckland is represented -by four m. the Grand -National Steeplechase, and a like number m the Hurdles. •With 8.1, Jack Delayal, taking a time through other New Zealand horses, is nbt'at all badly treated m the Melbourne Cup." It will not be decided iintil I ; September whether the little son of Seaton Delayal will go across. - The work of enlarging ; the entrance to the- enclosure is now m full swing at EUerslie* ■■' Golbpnie should catch a race at Gisborne. • -■. . ' • . La Relna appears to have every pound she is. entitled to m the Parliamehtary Handicap, and 11.7 should settle her chance. -: October 14 and 17 are the proposed dates of the Auckland Trotting Club's spring meeting. " , F.,Tphge took Napper Tandy and Starket ta Gisborne. ' St. Lewis, a pig diaappointment on the flat, is to be raced over the sticks In future. At present the geldin g is spelling m a paddock. „ Bluestone will probably •'■ leave for Wellington, m charge of J; Thorpe, about Tuesday. Captain Jack :has lost much of that carty oppearance, and has fined down considerably; On Saturday morning he showed a- lot. of pace when galloping with Ingenkerden and Lady Sabretache..> •'"••'■. „ , '■•■■' - . "''■■. ■: '" ■■ - Bleriot and Merry Roe are being kept going/ arid are' ready to race at any time,- >■ : ■-■'•"; : ; 1' . ■ ■.'■■ ■■■'"' Maui Nina, who was. operated on some tune back, has been repurchased by his former owner, ' J. McGee, and will m future be trained by W. Cunnlnghain. • Haku, who is a regular attendant at the hunt* had a "leg" last week, but, is now all right again. .^