Northern Notes

NZ Truth, Issue 931, 29 September 1923, Page 10

Northern Notes

(By "Waimangu.") Avondale onened m brilliant weather. The AXCjWa very lucky, as there had been a, lot of dirty equinoctial weather abop^' The sun ano^ wind dried the surface, but the course was saturated below and was very holding. Killochra looks like being brilliant. Son o' Mine and Best Boy flew fast out of the barrier, and when they entered the straight de^r of the field it Beemed as though the Davis. pair would run one-two, bijit Best Boy died , on it, and Son o f -Mine was fading fast when Killochra and Lady Rewa got him on the post. . v ; . , . Most of those near the finishing line placed Lady Rewa second. The public made Tinopono hot for the Maiden, and If . Holland had hundled him decently the result might have been different. He kept him well behind till. the finish, and then Just foiled to cateh-.Just Quietly for second money, PQia&li : winning easily, two\ lengths m fronts All the do||nocarded lined up for the hurdles. - Afafn another change of jockey was tried on the favorite, Tinokaba, E. Warner having , the mount, while Highway, from Gisborne, was a good second fancy. . Although top weight, Warner took Tinokaha to the front, and led till five furlongs from home, when' he struck hard' $nd dropped right out of the picture, V A bad jump by Highway at the second last fence lost him ground, and Pentagram, nicely handled by Henderson, beat him m the run home.. Highway should be heard of again. L' Amour, after bleeding on the eve of the Cup, dropped out, and Stork, Equitable, and Penona were also scratched. The .Cup was a great betting race, the machine going over five figures. To Kara, a half-brother to Lucius and Queen March, was a surprise as a better backed favorite than Glen Canny, and Highland, who had been a strong early favorite, paid a false price. The Lowry moke had the race m hand at any stage of it, and won comfortably from the fast finishing Marble Bell. Te Kara and Glen Canny never showed out of the ruck m the Cup, and the fancied Zircon ran where Z does m the alphabet. Bright Day and Perfect Day ran well, and should win any day later on. Fingoland was fancied slightly more than King Quin m the Welter, and flew along from the barrier till near the finish, when he was fading fast. Sir Burnett and King Quln came with a great rattle, and the former scored nearly a third of a century, with Fingolond lucky to be second/ from King Quin, who came at him with Sir Burnett, and seemed to get up m time. Lucius, Rafa, Tama-a-roo, FlnelU, and Smoke Concert fell out of the Flying and Queen March was made a hot favorite, Tactful being the second fancy. The Davis filly looked a picture of health and fitness when paraded m the bird cage, but came back bleeding and distressed after finishing absolutely lost. Prince Abbey and Queen March were quick out of the barrier m the Flying, but the diminutive Bound bounced Hipo to the front and flow for home. He got thero by half a length trom Prince Abbey, with Tactful, who had got the worst of the start, finishing fast for third money. Bute Sound was the public fancy for the Henderson, with Gold Rain solidly supported. Some Fashion, followed b> Bonny Canny, led from start to finish m that order, the favorite being four lengths »ick third. Gold Rain and Queen March were picked to fight out the Avonda c Guineas, and both finished last m. their races the first day. The Swanson Hack event wound up the day, and the English filly. Pebble 11.. was the favorite fancy for a recovery. Sentinella led to the distance, Vut the favorite finished full of running and won easily from Marble G!n«8, with Dancing Doll a nose away third. Tho machine showed a drop of £2000 on tho first day last year, but "it ■wasn't on account of any money being shut out. There was a. big attendance, but the tedlouu delays had the effect of sending a crowd away before the meeting ended, the last bnrrler liftlnß lonff after tho ndvortlsod time. Tho Avoncklo Club should rcallso that racing m tho moonlight has gone

out of fashion with the public, and any attempt to reintroduce it is not likely to be popular. The fields on Saturday were not unduly large, and there were no accident or, "inquests" ■to cause delay. True, most of the staff were 1 new to their duties owing to re* organisation, and with more experience may be. able to. speed-up a bit and keep nearer to the appointed times at future meetings. After his smash -up over hurdles last winter m England Hector Gray is sidestepping this English winter, and private advice m Auckland says he will b© here before Christmas rolls' round.* Mr. Wilfrid Stead passed through Auckland last week on his return from Sydney. W.Q. expressed himself as very pleased with the prices his horses fetched on the other, side, the eight he sold bringing approximately five figures. The sale was a great advertisement for the Dominion as a. breedIng ground and Mr. Stead's contention that the N.Z. climate and pastures were far superior to Australia : for rearing, thoroughbreds received wide publicity m the Aussie Press.- .W.G. Btick's, to the opinion he expressed- to a. Sydney interviewer that the restrictions and luinous cost of the racinggame . here makes it not worth while compared, to racing m Australia. When m England m ,1921 the Hon. E. W, Alison purchased Kastasha with a foal at foot by the Persimmon horse, Ulster King, and the youngster will race here as Allegiance. -Bosh (Absurd — Steinheil) went sore before the sale of Mr. W. G. Stead's horses and failed to fetch the reserve, so the Hawkes Bay sportsman shipped the colt back to Hastings. A number of sports left Auckland by the Marama last Friday to attend the A.J.C. meeting which opens today. Among- them' were Messrs Jim Gleeson.W. Ryan and Vie Casey. The Whangarei R.C, got fair nominations for their spring meeting, thirteen being entered for the Whangarei Cup and fifteen for the Park Handicap. A half-brother to Loyal Iriah won the Moonee Valley Steeples on September 16. The second day at Avondale was cold and Bhowery, with a greatly diminished attendance. A short thunderstorm, with torrential rains during the night, had made the course heavier than aver and sloppy underfoot. Only blx of the eleven carded came out for the Hurdles, and Highway was made favorite. King Abbey, as was expected, made all the running and led over every hurdle, with Scottish Knight m hot pursuit. The latter won by a length m the run horns, Tinokaha bringing up the rear. Half a dozen two-year-olds turned out for the Nursery Handicap and Lady Rewa was.' better backed than Best Boy. Best Boy got the best of the field when the barrier lifted, but Keesing soon caught him with Day Guard and kept going long enough to beat Voltore, who had a bad run. Voltore is a Gisborne-bred youngster and looks like a/ufleful one. , < s - All eyes were on Queen Maren" when the field paraded for the Guineas, and she looked bright after her breakdown the first day, carrying sufficient public support to make her favorite. Miss Egypt was the first to show out, with Gold Rain and Queen March following her In that order. The trio were first into the straight, when Gold Rain was gone, and the two fillies wore fighting it out on the rails m good style, when Pompey appeared on the outer and McFlinn punched him home by a nose from Miss Egypt, with Queen March m line. It was a classic finish. The winner is owned by Mr. H. Fried - lander and is trained by Jack Williamson. Gold Rain ran lost again. Queen March ran a game mile and seems to have recovered somewhat from her bleeding bout the first day. A dozen handicap horses started for the Plumpton. and Bright Day headed Illumination for favoritism, with To Kara well backed. Bretland, Ustowel and Tinohoro made most of the running and led to the bend. Tinohoro was first Into the straight and looked like getting home till Te Kara tackled him, and then old Surveyor came on the scene on the outer and beat the pair easily to pay double figures. Twenty-three roughies rolled out for the Hack Welter, and King Pellicule, with R. Bagby up, was a better favorite than White Comet. King Cheops got homo from King Pellicule by v neok, with Potoanul close up. Eleven started for the President's sprint, Pavo being a hot favorite, but King Quiri was too good for him and lasted long enough to keep' his noao In front and score. A hoavy shower saw fifteen parade for the hacks. Pebble II declined tho engagement nnd Goldfinch ucorod easily on Qlenldlo, with the fancied Sontinella second. Tlnopono wum ulosu

up third and seems to be a bit unlucky. . The final event for a recovery was the Nihotapu "Welter, and Stork, who missed his' first day's engagement, was supported as though the child was safely, landed m the basket, but history repeated itself and the baby carrier, scored, a, second as he did when Hector Gray rode, him as a maiden at Ayondale, Gold Jacket got the judge's decision, with Mimiwhangata, with fourteen tickets on him and paying a dividend' as long as his name, just chopped out for second. The . second . day's arrangements showed a distinct improvement on the first and the last race finished not so far behind time.