NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 818, 16 July 1921, Page 11

NEWS AND NOTES.

Auckland' is a horse likely to go wrong at any time. Double bettors beware! If Gay Boy is all' right he will be very handy m the steeplechase events at Gisborne. The two-year-old Pam, ran fourth m the Trial at Mavton last week, but the form was not impressive. 11. Telford has been ill since going to Melbourne and he is not leaving for home until thQ end of the month. Zeus has been leased by Mr. W. R. Kemball, and he will eai-ry the Masterton owner's colors m his next outing. Ruddy's backers had a life at Marton, where the odds on proposition should have been beaten by Bonnie Bi-iai 1 . Regard, winner of the second division of the Trial Handicap. at Marton last week, is one of R. Hatch's Awapuni team. . Hautawa, who went wrong while tit Xapier, has bjeen turned out for a lengthy spell on his owner's station m the Marton district. Like the rest of his dam's progeny, Jingleform (Formby— Jingle), can jump well, and his trainer regularly pops him over a fence at Miramar.

Crucelle lias been sent, hack to Wavciicy and she will not be raced again until the spring:. Cantoris was very sore last week and he will probably have to return North without racing- at Trentham. Tom Price, brother to George, William and Charles, of that ilk, died at Wellington last 'week. He -was buried at Palmerston North. Visiting trainers to the Trentham meeting- were hig-hly pleased with the state of the tracks which are a credit to the caretaker, Joe Scott. Old Gold is still on the easy list, and the trouble he met with at Napier did not mend as quickly as was thought. He is not likely to be seen out until the new season is well advanced. Tivoli was a big- tip for the Trial at the Rangitikei Hunt Club meeting 1 , but the Absurd filly could not act m the heavy going, and after being- m front at the turn she faded out of it. That promising- steeplechaser. Tigerland, has devejoped a cold and has been turned out on his owner's place. He will not be asked to race again until the next jumping season comes round. , The good-looking Kilbroney — Grey Linnet filly owned by Mr. W. U.s'tead, is a typical galloper m appearance, but so far her efforts on the tracks do not suggest her as a Welcome Stakes winner. Amongst the visitors at Fleming-ton last Saturday were the New Zealand jockeys, R. Reed and K. Tucker, who are on a holiday trip. Tucker has been doing some- riding but without any luck. ■ * Baldoyle contracted a cold recently, and A. Julian was compelled to cancel his trip to Wellington. The Quinn Abbey gelding- is a useful sort and his trainer expects him to come good with •time. Judging by his displays at Trentham the high-priced Tractor looks like a cot case. He has a 'very ugly head and bad hocks which do not give the. impression of standing much galloping. Considering that he has not had any experience over fences m a race one "would have expected Lord Kenilworth to have been a runner m the Hack Hurdles at Trentham instead of m the open event. v'Hyginas, who injured one of his stifles while racing at Napier, is now quite right again and will probably be sent on to Riccarton to race. He ' should be prominent m the Final Hurdles to-day. After a spell of nearly two years m. the paddock during which he was operated upon for wind troubles, Weary ■Wllfte has again been taken up and Lie is now a regular attendant on the tracks at Trentham. * Considerable surprise was expressed at the withdrawal of Coroglen from his Trentham engagements, and as he was booked to make the trip it is probable that ., he has been giving his 'trainer, G. Lindsay, some trouble. After witnessing the first day's racing at Trentham and acting as a Hawke's Bay delegate with Mr. J. S. McLeod at the Racing Conference, Mr. W. G. Stead went south last night on a holiday trip to Dunedin. _ The Trentham . trainer, J. Hughes, recently leased to J. Morris, at Marton, a four-year-old gelding by Bezonion from Soprano. This horse gallops well i and the track -watchers at Marton have i all got a good word for him. The two-year-old, Lady Violet, was under orders to race m the Trial Plate at Trentham, but she went wrong on the eve of the meeting. The trouble is m one of her hind legs and it is thought that she has been cast m her box. In the past the Kilbroney fillies have not earned a name for reliability and it looks as if llhume (Kilbroney — Sim*per), one of Mr. W. T. Hazlett's team, wiil keep up the family reputation. She. is a neat, compact filly and can gallop. i fa.st on the tracks. Rose Queen was taken to the Hunt Club meeting at Marton, but she shaped so badly that Walter Rayner decided that it was no use coming on to •Trentham with her and she was sent back to Wanganui to wait until the tracks improve. Old Mungindi broke down badly at Masterton recently and he has been turned out. No further effort will be made to train the Australian steeplechase winner, who- failed to win a race since being purchased by Mr. W R. Kemball. Mr. W. E. Herbert, whose colors were not seen out much lately, will be represented next season by a two-year-old filly by Boniform from. Effort. J. Hughes has just broken her m and she is now a regular worker at Trentham. That capable horseman? Stan Reid, .rode Mountain God, winner of the V.R.C. 1 Grand National Steeplechase run at Flemington on Saturday last. Reid has not had ' the best of luck for some time past, and his friends on this side of the water were .very pleased to hear of his success. Opiate, the half-brother to Bon Reve, In C. Pritchard's Trentham stables, is a greatly improved horse m appear - a.nee and he looks like a sure winner at some of the early Spring meetings. Lately he has had a couple of sprints over short courses and has shown a lot of pace. That good little horse Gamecock,, is looking m the pink of condition and he will keep the best of them busy at the finish of the National Hurdles. Ngata ha.s been very cramped m his action since returning- from Ellerslie and his owner will probably have to spell him. A wise policy for good ones are worth looking after. The .stallion, Birkdale, is now owned by Mr. Paul Hunter, who secured him for a mere song, at the disposal sale of the late Mi-. W. P. Archibald's horses. Such a well-bred and good-looking-horse should get gallopers of a high order- and considering- the great success of the Birkenhead horses it is a wonder Birkdale is not sought after more. What a great hurdle horse Royal Mac will make when he is a couple of yearji % older, but it is a thousand pities that his, owner does not decide Id put him under the knife. The cronk joint that used to disfigure the s chestnut has now entirely disappeared, and trainer Sam Trilford rightly lias a very high opinion of the son of Mountain Kins. Mr. James ■ Dealey's Bodyguard (Boniform — Maltegrade) has recently been put .into work again 1 after the gelding's operation, which was done by Vet. Brodie, of Hastings. While on the job the vet. discovered that the two-year-old had been* badly ruptured internally, but the trouble has now been attended to,- and Stewart Waddell will, early m the spring, lead m Bodyguard as a winner. Owners of weight- for-age horses were disgusted with the action of the Marton Jockey Club m not putting on a weight-for-age event at the coming Spring meeting. Surely it is time that such a centrally situated club got out of the old rut and made a forward move. The projected weight-for-age contest had been eagerly looked forward to and would have received substantial support. The committee should go into the question again and. should bear m mind that owners who bring a weig-ht-for-age horse to the meeting would also bring a couple of handicap perfornicrs. One could bo pardoncrl for thinking that there were enough horse owners on the committee fo have carried this very desirable institution.

Racking- Papalcro at Marton was like getting money from home. Prin temps is an early winner. A handicap at Riccarton should not be beyond A. Goodman's horse. Halifax is now looking like he never looked before. He has built up into a very fine horse, and if his wind trouble does not come against him 'he should win plenty of races. J. Farmer is now training some of Mi. W. Higgins's team. He has Parorangi m steady work and at the conclusion of the Trentham meeting he will take up Blackhead, Island and the Absurd— Lady Eta rising two-year-old As it will not be long before some of the female, progeny of Absurd will be retiring from the turf to the paddockit would be well for owners thereof to note that one of the greatest horsesBlack Jester— sireid by Polymelus, was out of Absurdity, dam ol" Mr. Curries horse, which suggests Polydamon as a likely successful mate for such mares. Jones took his wife to the races. Mrs. Jones knows nothing about racing, but Jones is a "shrewdie," or thinks he is, ■ and knows any amount of trainers' owners, 'prads, knowledge-boxes, wise guys, and deep- thinkers. Wishing to impress his wife, he worked extra hard getting ''information," with the. result that at the end of s the day he had not backed a winner. As the disgruntled pair tramped it to the railway station a beautiful motor car rolled past on velvet springs. "Who owns that car?" said Mrs. Jones, "Belongs to one of the big bookmakers," grunted her better half. "Then I'll tell you what we'll do,' dear. Next time you want to know what to back — ask a bookmaker"