Turf Tattle.

NZ Truth, Issue 483, 19 September 1914, Page 7

Turf Tattle.

* ..•-■• BY "SPBAmONT."

NORTHERN NOTES.

By "Waimangu."

RACfNGj AT AVONDALE.

After about four months' spell, the tote bells began ringing again at Auckland on Wednesday with the Avondale meeting. The weather- was beautiful and the going m excellent order. . Qatharina showed a heap of pace for a time m the Maiden, and, when thoroughly wound up, will have more than an outside show m similar races. Selection ra,ri a fair race m the Maiden, but he is not ready yet. J. Conquest just threw the Henderson Handicap away on Yankee Doodle. He had the race won m the straight, but started gazing at the beautiful scenery, of the Waitakerei Ranges, and, when lie woke , up, Deeley . * pushed Mono jack's heidV In, front as they were reaching the post, „'•/'«, Track form worked out well m the Maiden, when the outsider, Gold Necklet* jumped out m front and never gave the field a look m. Electrakoff was out m front till the turn for home m the Henderson Handicap, but the want of a race saw him beaten into a very tired .third place. As naen'tloned last week, if. King Soult was right he would make an exr hibition of the Cup field, and so it proved to be. W. Bell spoled him to the front after going five furlongs, and that was the Aid. ; Royal Irish tried- hird, .and though he easily beat the others, he had no chance with the winner. The right money went on Glenroy m the Miiden, but Jervey George's prad could' onfy get fpurth. He ran very wide" at the turn and will win very agon. Flagfall was putting m a lot of good ones at the finish) and, on abig- > ger course, will be worth backing.' king's Courier was, made a scream^ Ing hot favorite :in the Avondale Stakes, but he went mad at the nost, refusing to line up, and emptied. J. Conquest but of; the saddle. Eventually ' Starter ~F; Edwards sent the field away without hini. . At one Bart of the New Lynn Hurdles, Poic'tiefs wjas five seconds m frpnt of the field, and turned into the straight, forty yards m front of Admiral Soult and Pip. The latter pair then and, putting m a great run, the Adtnirai *won by a-< length from Pip, ■'''■■" 'The ■• favorite's backers were lucky, as Poictiers; with another gallop into him,- never have been caught, On the other hand, it was an awful bad start, and had they left an even line, Admjrai Soult would have won m a trot. The poly horse with a chance of beating him on the second day is Tragedy King. . If Kmg^s Courier leaves the barrier on Saturday .It's -3 u st a matter of collecting, but,"after his exhibition m the Stakes, it's any odds he won't get : a. start, V -V ■.''•■'■.', ... ' ...' • Deeley was very lucky to win the Henderson' Handl6ap. '.'".. Monoja'ck, Kitjg Try, and Revelation stood qn the mark _when the barrier was skied m the JHurdles, and lost about forty yards. ' But for running wide at the turn, Worley Knut might have troubled Gold Lace m the Avbndalo Stakes. Like many others, Worley Knut ran a bit green. ■ .■ •• ' . - :: ;■ ' ,-•■■ ' ■• ' Soldier got fired out of the barrier m the Maiden Welter, and this won him the race. He always had the field at the top, but Haku finished strong after, being badly placed. The 'Start -for -the Maiden Welter was .the worst of the day, and the others were pretty bad.: The horses left one at v time. Nothing- had ft chance with Soldier from the barrier rise. Lady of Lourdea finished well m the Stakes, and will be hard to beat on the 'second, day. Waiprewa was tiever sighted on Wednesday^ tut she 1 may do better this afternoon, although she does not appear to be so brilliant as of old. Glittering Sands was putting m a lot of good work at the finish of the Maiden Welter and will catch a race when the company m not too ..strong. Phosphorus wojr so badly left m the Henderson Handlijap that he was about ten lengths behind the nearest one tohim at the turn -Into the straight Rosea does no^ atay well, she was -"well m the Maiden Welter at five fmv longs, but began to stop and eventually finished third. • Monathbl continues to De a,bjg disappointment. Ho never showed up, at any part of the Maiden Welter. In this race Signature ran a pretty good one and looks like turning out well, ttadj, a much boomed nag. In F. Macmanlmen's stable, ran unsighted ail through the Maiden, and is a long way from a good, one, ' Crown Pearl was hot m the Flying Handicap and at the finish he won nicely after allowing Tlnopat to make tho«runnlng.

' Mullingar will be favorite for the Guineas to-day (Saturday); but I fancy Bedford will beat him. ' In the Flying, Bedford got knocked right back, three furlongs from home and cou!d not get a run again, till well into the straight, when he put m a lot of good work and .finished fourth. Chime is not ready yet and could not go the pace m the Flying Handicap. F. E. Ross had long overdue successes'when his horses, King Soult and Soldier took out the Cup and Welter Handicap respectively. Self , put m a great run and cut Gerberga but of second money m, the Flying Handicap. The big race on Saturday should suit Rae's filly. Tinopai went out like a scalded cat m the Flying Handicap, and at one pa.rt had a six lengths break on the field. She swung round the turn well m front, but then got a stitch and was beaten out of a place by Gold Necklet, which ran the fastest six furlongs on the track. , Ellerslie returned over a score on the machine iri the Maiden Handicap. They stuck it on to Master Lupin yery heavy m the Islington Welter, and had he been a good one; he should have won, as he was always holding a good position, but he ran only a poor third. ■. - ••.;■ ;'■ After being robbed of the Henderson Handicap, Yankee Doodle came out and won the Islington Weltehr from end to end. Horses' who may run well to-day (Saturday), are Wprley,' The Knut, -Self, Glenroy, Bedford and Tragedy King. The latter ran a pretty fair race m Deeley's hands m the Islingr ton Welter, but, he was comfortably beaten by Yankee Doodle. It happened at a meeting held a yery short time ago, arid, without supplying names, the facts should prove interesting. The owner of a certain ' prad which we will call Danseuse, together With a couple of the "heads," on learnl--ing there would not be many runners m the fifth race, very early m the day got set at 6 to' 4 with a couple of' "sly" bookies who were operating m the absence of a tote. Before the fifth race scratchings had been Bp frequent that it was only after a deal of coaxing and kidding that another owner was persuaded to run his horse, and thus keep the bets from being off. As |t was two runners does not constitute a race m the rules of bdok^ making, but the operating penclllers were not aware of this. But the best laid schemes fall to pieces and so it was m this case, Danseuse came to grief at the double the first time, but this did not trouble the jqkers yery muQh'as they knew the Jock on the other prad would run off and wait and so he did. Danseuse was remounted and the two hprsea were soon racing together again, but the fates were against the jokers as Danseuse fell again. Of course, the jockey on the other runner could not wait a second time and had fo come' on and win, but, no doubt thinking there was a cftance of the other horse falling, the owner of Danseuse mounted the mare and completed the course. He caused some amusement by taking out his false' teeth just "before taking the last hurdle and putting them m his pocket The above was told to. the writer by one who was m the joke, or rather, What they thought was a joke. Chasm has left M. R*yan's stable and is now being trained by D. Moraghan. The work of forming a new track to be used for horse schooling has been commenced at Ellerslie. Rosea, who has been m the country racing, is back again at Ellerslle and id back m her old quarters at J. Chaafe's. The broken collarbone, suffered by A. J. McFlynn, when Waterworks fell with him at Marton, kept the Ellerslie horseman out of the saddle at Avondale. McFlynn expects to be right again after the Wanganui meeting. Maui Nina is being , hacked about the roads an^ will shortly be put into solid work. Since he last raced, the son of Menachikpfl has undergone an operation. Companion, a gelding by Freedom, has joined C. Coleman's team, He is to be raced over fences. Little Mab>l has not been doing as well as was wished, and W. Tozer has turned her out for a time. The Wilderwood Junior — Thelma colt, - purchased by Messrs. Richardß and ' Westpn last season for £ 600 is doing well and has furnished into a nice horae. Great things are expected of him on' the race track. There have been some inquiries for Soultane, but no business has been done. The bit disappointment, Marconi, is to go into active training m a day or so. J. Conquest will be astride of Bedford m the Avofldale Guineas. The son of Bunyar will be one of the "favorites. \ The brother to Munster m J. Thorpe's stable was schooled over the small fences with "Tartar" Julian m "the saddle last week, shaping well. Nothing definite has been decided about whether Jack Delaval is to be taken to Melbourne. The little champion is looking a picture of health. Try Fluke still, shows signs of the soreness which came against him at the National meeting at Rlccarton, Miss Livonia, who has been spelling since she won at Paeroa, has again been taken m hand by W. Mpbberloy. Tragedy King dropped out of the hurdles on Wednesday. If started today be on him, Queenlo Soult is weighted at 7.3 m the Ascot Thousand to be run next Thursday, 24 th. 'Persian Prince, the Australian-bred two-year-old m F. Macmineman's Btable, bits out well and he promises to bo m the first rank of local youngsters, He will make his first appearance m the Welcome Stakes at Ellerslio m November. Mapuna is not the bold fencer he wan last season, and when schooled recently made a lot of mistakes. The other morning ho ran oft* twice at the double and when schooled with Giraffe, who hit the obstacles, he again ran off, and terminated this performance by throwing out. Nothing at Ellersllo does more schooling than Lady Sabretache, but she remains ono of tho poorest jumpers m training. Last week she toppled over after making her trainer feel pleased by tho way she got over the other foncea. Referring to Dl Gama's win In tho Hcathqrltsa Handicap at Caulfiold, a Melbourne writer says: — "Dl Gama has now fairly raded hlmßelf into form, and there can bo no doubt but that his early defeats horo wcro owing to his being short of condition, and to the distances bolng too short for him, but he Is now uncommonly useful, and has probably not yet reached tho end of his tothor," Bcrcola In nominated for the jumpIng' events at tho blir spring mooting at Ramlwick, but Is unlikely to make the trip to Sydnoy.