NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 881, 14 October 1922, Page 11

NEWS AND NOTES.

Cold Steel, who won on the concluding day at Otaki, was also successful at Hastings, where ho will- m future be trained if not sold. He has been m the private sale list for some time, but no one would give the price asked.

Mort Avis has been turned out owing to knee trouble. A. Orrell and K. Trucker, at one time attached to Kemball's stable, have, been riding successfully m Australia ' recently. GaisfoTd's team, including Mattock, Mark Time, Koauaoi and Projector are reported to be doing good work at Bulls. Celmisia has gone' sore, and is being rested. Bathos is so far unbeaten and looks like being another Epitaph for the Jefferd stable. Unfortunately for his owner, he was not engaged m the "Wellesley Stakes. R. Reed and L. G. Morris each rode two winners at Hastings. These two horseman, bar accidents, will be well up on the list at the end of the season. King's Trumpeter cost his present owner lOOOgns, and he won .that amount m stakes at the Avondale and Hawkes Bay meetings. He is a splendid advertisement for Clarenceux, who lias sired classic winners m his first two seasons. Zouave ran his best race to date when he finished half a length behind King's Trumpeter m the Hawkes Bay Guineas. Another member of Hazelman's team m Bonnie Heather also ran second m his race. Both are showing good form, and should get on the winning list at Masterton. The" waikanae sire Kilbroney got a good advertisement at Randwick when Peroration (full brotheroo Killieceankie) won" the Kensington Handicap, of 1000 soys. His dam, Flowery Speech, by Cicero — Persian Lilac, was bred by His Majesty the King. ' Several of the runners at Ttfapier Park showed up at Ha&tings, but Tairawhiti • was the only one to score. Tairawhiti is one of the useful King Mark breed, and is trained by the veteran Jack Mahar for Mr. G. C. Ormond. Supporters of King's Trumpeter and Bathos at Hastings had to accept very short prices. Bonetter ran good races at the Park arid Hastings, and should get some more stake money at Masterton. The Victorian Spring Carnival opens at Caulfield to-day. ; Concluding day at Masterton to-day. Recently the writer was asked the question whether Midnight Sun raced m Australia prior to winning the New Zealand . Cup, -and, thinking that the performer named had only made one trip to the other side, replied m the negative. On looking up ,the records, however, I find that Midnight Sun did race m Sydney before he won the New Zealand Cup. It was not the same season, but the previous one. The races he .contested were the Chelmsford Stakes, Spring Stakes and Trial Stakes, but he failed to get placed m any of them On returning home he raced at Riccarton, being unplaced m the Spring Plate and winning the.Otaio Plate, Later on .Midnight Sun paid another visit, to Australia,' winning among other races the Adelaide Cup. , Sweet Memory scored her first straight-out win m the South at Kurow, but her owner lost the stake through the rider being unable to dr^aw the weight. . This is the second similar case this season, the previous one being at Wanganui, and it is a pity the Conference, at the request of the President, altered the rule previously existing. It will be remembered that' m the Challenge Stakes at Riccarton last autumn Gloaming beat Winning Hit and Geoi.ge Young had to get the pound and a half allowance formerly allowed before he could draw the weight. % Racing at Whangarei this week. The flags will be flying at Trentham on Saturday next and the following Monday. H. Gaisford intended to / take Cambric and First Born to Ellerslie for the Pakur,anga Hunt meeting, but missed the acceptances. Charlie Emerson is riding, heaps of pinners m the South. lsland and looks like being hard to beat m the winning saddle-sitters' list this\ season. The plough track is being put m first-class order at Avondale. This will be appreciated by those who work horses at 'the suburban course. At the prices quoted about Beauford and Gloaming m the ... Spring Stakes it was possible to back both and show a profit, no matter which'' of the pair won. Of bourse, there was always the possibility of both being defeated. Tlve cross-country horseman,' W. Eowe, had a collar bone broken at Avondale when John Bunny turned a flip. - ' Fabrinade and Hiero will be put into solid work at Riccarton as soon as their owner returns from the North Island with the hunter Paul Pry. Sunny Loch, Pyjama and Quarrelsome are a useful trio for J. McCombe to do the South Island fixtures with. , The Waikato Hunt meeting: is to be held on October 23. >, A decrease of &S9IS was recorded on the tote receipts at Napier Park compared with last year. Money must be pretty" tight over that way. The fact of Maioha running second m the open sprint at Napier after being off the scene for a long period suggests that . the chestnut will be a payable proposition m big handicaps this season. The good-looking Anomaly showed a burst of speed m the early part of the Park Stakes at Napier. He only wants a run or two to enable him to see the trip right out. Mr A. B. Williams did not start Rapine m the Hawkes Bay Guineas, but relied upon Kirk's Trumpeter. The latter made no mistake and duly arrived home first. Bonnetter began better at Hastings than she usually does, but over the last part of the journey "Snowy" Morris had to keep her going to hold off Heathersprigr. ■; W, .• .1 When Gloaming goes out v of the racing game Dick -Mason will not improbably go, too. The bookies ought to make him a presentation, because had Mason been a betting man he would have sent them all broke time after time. A big man m Anglo- Australian sport went out when /Lionel Robinson succumbed to the fell' disease that had for so long held him m its grip, writes "Truths" London correspondent. He made a fine fight for "it, too, hopeless though, it was, for many mbnths past. There are many Australian cricketers . who will remember as one of the outstanding events of their tour of . this country the . fine hospitality they enjoyed at Old Buckehham Hall, where Lionel Robinson loved to entertain them. But that real old English home was noted for something other than cricket. In conjunction with his partner, William Clark, Lionel Robinson had for years maintained there a very notable stud farm. A number of good winners have been bred .there, perhaps the best of all being Prince Galahad, who would certainly have gained classic distinction had all gone well with him. Before he went wrong he had beaten Tetratema m a formal trial on level terms. About fifteen mares of the best type have been kept m the paddocks of Old Buckenham Hall. Messrs Robinson and Clark gave £10,000 for the mare Pamfleta and her filly foal by the Tetrarch. They afterwards sold, the latter (Idumea) for 5100 guineas and for Pamfleta's next foal they took 2400 guineas. Last year Reine Des Peches was sold . by them for 6000 guineas and Petrea, who had won some good rac<js, , made 5000 guineas. The successes the partners gained on the Australian turf need not be chronicled here. They were among the. first to send good class horses from England to Australia, and they certainly reaped- a reward many times over for their enterprise.

.Percy Johnsfon has Income very well, and his followers should again get then* tax out of him very soon. \ Trespass has incurred a five-pound penalty for the New Zealand Cup. Hardly likely to start. A race for Bonnie Heather soonl The first of the -Romeo foals appeared m Christchurch last ' week, when the mare Thurley produced a bay, filly to the English sire. Rational looks like scoring a rational amount' of money this season. Roy /Reed was never riding better than at present and he has no superior, and very few equals, m the saddle, to-day. • " ' ... After riding m the hurdle race- at. Hastings a number of riders left per motor for Palmerstoh, and, linking up with the Auckland exprets, were riding work at Ellerslie the following morning. , Quick work. - After ■ Cupidon's failure at v ' the A J.C. meeting he ma) go out of favour for the New Zealand Cup, but on Tressayr'sv^showing m the Graritham Stakes he should, make things interesting for Rapine and Co. m the Derby at Riccartpn. Still Sea has been' bought by Mr. H. Brown, who is now domiciled- m Australia. The son of Absurd is now under W. Dwyer, and, belng^ very brilliant, should soon repay purchase money. Foolish -again had a following at Hastings, and after showing pace for half a mile died away as at Wanganui. Considering the good "seasoning" she has had, this youngster should fracture her maiden status at Masterton. Grotesque made his first public appearance for the current season at Hmwlcgs Bay. He looked on the "pretty side" when saddled up, but ga.ve a good display m the race, and from now on one must have the son of Absurd on his side. The Waverley Qiub omitted to add the word" "hack" to several of the handicaps ' on its programme. The horses Ruatara and Kuia were nominated- for the events, but, they not being eligible for hack races, the club's weight adjuster did not handicap the horses named. As a consequence, tiained Dwyer claims that according to the" programme published officially Kuia and Ruatara should have been handicapped. The dispute had . .not been settled at time of writing. The innovation of issuing only 10s tickets, tried by the Hawkes Bay Club at their la\e meeting, could not be described as an unqualified success, seeing there was a decrease of! about £10,000 on the totalisator turnover compared with the corresponding neeting last year. As the cost of running a te.n shilling "tote" is considerably more expensive, "the experiment was disappointing." J - Of course, the extra fractions inseparable" from this form of betting must "be a big help m the meeting- ■ of- extra expediture. ' • j Royal Mac will take.' a power of beating in' the Electric Handicap at Dunedin. He is very 'well -'just now. The Dunedin Jockey Club forwarded their late starter, 'A. ("Brushed 1 )' Wood, a cheque for .£IOO • as- a token of recognition of the' valuable . services rendered to the club during his ' many 'years, at "the handle." ... ' It/was intended to race The Reaver a 1 - Trentham,. but his form" at" "Ashburton was so poor that F, D. Jones withdrew., him before the acceptances closed. . .„ / ' . - THerman has gone amiss, and will not be a competitor at the Dunedin meeting. The ;Chokebor,e stable will br- represented . by A^igelo, Counterstroke and 'Top Score. • Should Ballymeiia run up to form at' Dunedin he^is to be a starter at Wellington. • ' j The one-time Wellington- owned mare Sweet Memory failed to 'draw correct weight at Kurow wheri she got home first. in the'-sprint,, and the race went to . Jackaroo. - "Pat" Hogan's team for Wellington will be Songbird, Almoner, Liqueur, and Kilkee. The first-named is to contest the' Champion Plate. Heathersprig ran an excellent/ race at Hastings, and 'on his showing should be the "goods'" for Poverty Bay.' ' / • • ■■' ••• -

Forbury Park is giving £500 more m stake money for Us forthcoming meeting as compared with last year. According to present intentions Corn Rigs is to start m the New Zealand Cup. At Wingatui D- P. Wilson has a very useful sort m Linhope m his stable: The Autumn Stakes at .Randwick has been Gloaming's unlucky race, as m both starts m the event he has suffered defeat — by Poitrel m 1920 and by Beauford m 1922. In 1919 a hot favourite ; in Desert Gold went down,' Poitrel once again being the culprit, __ According to a returned Dunedin,, sportsma^i The Cypher, who was' sold to an Australian owner last season, is likely to collect at Flemington next month. The same authority is of the opinion that Eurythmic would give Gloaming and Beauford the father of a hiding from a mile and a half upwards. , Some punters are already • following" J. H. Jefferd's stable and Roy Reed. They would not get fat ori tile dividends Kings. Trumpeter and Bathos paid at Hastings. Albert Goodman is acting as advance agent for Jackaroo on the South Island trip. "Printempa had two hard races at Otaki, and may be feelingthe result of the hard going there, as ' he was allowed to forfeit his Masterton engagements. .After the good showing- he" made on the concluding day at Avondale, Callaghan was expected to get m the money at the Pakuranga Hunt Club's meeting, but failed. His owner went up to see him race. -. Ma Boughal and Guzeworthy are galloping m great style at Trentham, and -whichever T. Quinlivan" starts m the. October Handicap at Trentham shoftld get m- the money! King's Trumpeter won his purchase money at Avondale and Hastings, as also did his stable mate Bathos. Tho pair cost 1600 guineas, and they won m stakes at the meetings named 1935 soys. David has now won the Randwick Plate, equalling the performance of' Foitrel, who had Kennaquhair to beat en both occasions. The record for the race is four wins by Ti-afalgar, which is likely to stand for all time. R. J. Mason won it twice with Martian and Nightfall. , Fancy Dick winning the Dowling Steeplechase at Randwick. The race was. worth 700 soys to the owner of the winner- This tiny- "last year the old Gluten -gelding was racing , at Trentham and won the hurdles* on the first day. Last year Epitaph *.oqk the Wellesley Stakes, but there is no chance of the stable repeatmsr the performance, as the breeder of Bathos, after so many years without breeding ' a good one, never thought a classic winner would come Pis way. Mr. Gleeson got 25 soys oat of the Avondale" Stakes win as fie breeder of Eathos. Gisborne owner-trainer W. Howard engaged two boxes for the Trentham meeting, but one" of v his team showed signs of lamsness af-tcr ..racing at Hastings; and he may not come down. Insurrection is to have another race at Masterton, and if he does not incur a penalty there .may run well m the Wellington Handicap. Local trainers are of opinion that he is the best of the Trentham-trained lot m. the race. Solfanello has a good horse's weight m the Shorts. He did not run m that event last year, but was unplaced on the second day, whin the lightweighted Astinorrie scored. The latter is nicely m With 6-9. She generally gallops best when* fresh, and has been showing plenty of dash m her work. Two previous" winners of the Wellington Handicap m Gasbag and Sunart are engaged m the Wellington Handicap. Gasbag has 9.9 against 7.2 when 1 he won two years ago. That is a difference of two stone and a half, and trainer Jefferd may rely on some other member of his team. Sunart has 8.12, which is omy two pounds more than he scored w'th a year ago. Black Art has been turned into a. proficient jumper by V. Colello, and wil' pay. his way over the battens. .His next' appearance, will be m the hurdle races at Trentham. ; (Continued on next page.)