Northern Notes

NZ Truth, Issue 869, 22 July 1922, Page 9

Northern Notes

■ ', v '■ ■'■'<!8y "WaiJ»ejnj?u.?> //-.'-../ ; The defeats. of Sir Burnet at Trent-' ham cost Au'cklanders a fair' parcel of moi/ey. He is not good enough to punt on except on right-handed tracks. : There seems to be '..an impression that when the placed horses are returning to. the bird -cage after the Grand National jHurdles- -at .Christ-, chuy eh Gladful. will be there. ' '. There will be a sprinkling ..of .Auckland horses ..racing at \ the ; Gisbdrnv , Meeting, but there . are 'no champions' :i amc:ngst the/number. v ; .>, . .."' c ;.„ : / .;';/,..„ ; \ ,The . aff airsYof , the - AvpndaieJan d^ Ta- "' kapuna* Jockey " Clubs'' are^o' be'-irr-v dr,ihto .bywMesSrs^ Flo-Ear r, K. /C: ;a-r&LiW:?E. Bidwlllvsand .atifepore'^urh-^ /ished to-. the; RacingVConference.. !'.* T* • '■ Word front Ehgiarid'states''that,Hector Gray is riding a fair'share of win/ rier3- for' th'e-Cuniiffe'T Owen stable., i In, a recent letter to a. friend .m Auckland Gray stated that he had steered six winners for the' c fable m"a fortnight, i ' After racing m the south the mare Tireless was. brought^back to. Auckland and then shipped to Gisborne, where she is to; race. . ;■ „ . -, The annjVal general meeting of members' of the Auckland Racing Club is fixed .'for August 14. - Poanui seems to have' run a poor race m the Winter Hurdles. , The chestnut was raced on the flat the first day. and there was reason to- believe that his party ; fancied his chance, However, . he found, the company too . good for him, and his prospects, of winning at the National Meeting are by no v i.cans bright.,. . ••'' : Kohu appears to be an unlucky hort-e. As m the Great Northern he was well m the Wellington Steeplechase when he toppled over a couple of fences from home. However/jump', ihg if the first essential to steeplechttis-. in* ■■ v • v '"-" :-" ; // '-' -■"■"-. - : ''

It is said that the Avondale Jockej Club will have.no difficulty m satisfactorily ' explaining ;the £ 1600 figuring m the balance -sheet and debited against the Racing Commission. No Bother must have cost his parts some money at t?ie Wellington Meeting. There was always an inclinati.or to. over-rate his quality. Because Miss Gold wag bracketed With another when she won at Trenthamsome 'of. the-, bookmakers .only paic a. £3 15s limit. 'The mare paid nearlj three times this amount on the machine. The veteran Waimai, although nol raced at the Wellington Heeting, is doing satisfactory work at Ellerslie and he is to be taken to Christchurcr, for the Grand National Meeting. Suci. a finished jumper must always be? considered over the Riccarton country. Totara Jack^ does not appear to rur a decent race at Trentham. This "is not surprsiing, as the chestnut is nol mu;h good, and it takes very little tc make him give m. Jollle Princess did no good at Wellington. She was lucky to win at Ellerslie, and good company will always find her out. J. Lambess can generally be relied upon to pay exes, when he travels with horses, and the successes of his pair, Ar^h Salute and Lady Ridicule, would, no doubt, be well anticipated by those connected with the stable. Golden Bubble has been getting through a> heap of good work at, Ellerslie, and it would appear that he is booked for a trip to Christchurch for the National Meeting. Most "'of the trainers at Ellerslie are paying attention to rising two-year-olds m their teams. There are some fine-looking juveniles about this year, but we shall have to. wait till later on to. find -out if they are any good.