Turf Tattle

NZ Truth, Issue 935, 27 October 1923, Page 10

Turf Tattle

One of the fittest horses stripped at Trentham was Happy Days. Ted Penman has the Merry Moment gelding well just now and he should soon catch a stake. Some 'riders have the brains of a kingfisher. It was nothing short of criminal to. see three riders at Trentham trying to set their mounts through an opening caused by one of the hurdles being knocked over the first time round. Of course, the trio had a nice time, and also a nice view of the finish. Over the laet bit of the Wellington Handicap Pilliewinkie did not receive a great deal of assistance from his rider, and had the boy held his mount together he would have been second. The second day, with a change of riders,' the Winkle gelding was again handled indifferently, and it was only a great finishing run op the horse's part that landed the thick end of ti^e purse. The effort was one of the best seen on the course for many a. day. Kilbird was m the market for the big handicap the flrst day at Trentham, and he 'was '-always m the picture till a furlong: from' home. He then faded out and finished well back. The shorter distance the second day was more to his liking and It was only on the post that he was caught. Ten furlongs is as far as he likes to go. Still as fast as ever is Bon Spec. He cleared out from the Hurdles field the second day at Trentham and at one part looked like winning by a furlong. Had' his rider taken him at the fence instead of trying to get through the opening made. by one of the hurdles being knocked over he would have been m the money. In the Ruahine Handicap at Trentham Refrigeration showed all the characteriatice of a Martian. She -was giving the leaders a fair- start over the last part of the race, but she responded nobly to her rider's call and In the last few strides got up to win by a narrow margin. From the Press stand Soliform appeared to win by a long neck. Ardour always manages to follow up a good race with a bad one. The flrst day at. Trentham she won nicely, after 'meeting with interference, but the second day she was m the picture only when the field turned for home. W. Dwyer is a shrewd judge of hor.se flesh. He made no mistake when he purchased Alaric for £250. The son of San Fran has already won him a couple of races, and should place others to his credit very shortly. Anomaly!* sister, Penelophon, showed a dash of pace m the Rimutaka Handicap the second day at Trentham. When she is more solid she will be very dangerous over short courses. Aeriform very nearly created a surprise m the Wainui Handicap and it was only In the last hundred yards that he was cellared. If placed rightly he is sure to pick up races. Relic was backed and beaten both days at Trentham. The Soekburntrained horse is better over six than seven furionps. Judging fey (he manner Otauru Kid runs along m the early stages of her races she will soon be m the money. Her behavior at the barrier is getting worse instead of better. ! 'Admiral Codrington seemed to bo I fed up with the 1 whole business at Trentham and he did not put m the usual dash he generally imparts into his work. . Says a Sydney writer: The New Zealand bred filly Giggle (AbsurdChuckle) was an old-fashioned lady to look at, being well muscled up arid 'set" m appearance. She was perhaps a trifle over-done, and appeared to move a bit short m her preliminary. The finishing: effort of Scion m the Peni'ce Handicap at Trentham wo-a Impressive and below the distance he looked like being m. the money. He should not be long now m getting his name on top. Peut-Etro is too big for the average punter to get his tongue around so the said average punter has taken the line of least resistance and renamed the youngster Potato. "Perhaps" the punter is right On track work Glaive Is one of the beßt animate at Trentham, but so far he has failed to reproduce the work m a race. The first time ho doeswell, it won't be a race. Trentham running, points to Zouave picking up a decent stake In the near future. He was prominent for a big part of the Pearce Handicap and the gallop. would do him good. The three-year-old filly by Hallowmas — Rosie Desmond m \V. H. Dwyer's stable has been named Rosamond. She appears fo be Improving 9teadily, and may turn out useful. Pirouette, the three-year-old filly by Bonlform— Pelrene, looks as if she would do better over a distance than m sprint events. She Is not too good at the barrier and this tells against her In short events, though she has a lot of pace. She Bhapes like a stayer and never looKed better thnn she does at present. Mr. E. A. Connolly has received private advice from India that Rostrum, with whom he won the Epsom Handicap, 1922, has won another race for his new owner, M. Goculdas. The flrst, day at Trentham, Mlreusorita was. a bit. unlucky, and, recognising this, the punters made him a less than even money favorite the second day. The Woodville-tralned horso had every chance, but he had to go down to the nicely-tvelfirhted Ilipo, who won with a bit to spare. ' Motley had been doing su »h good work before leaving WnngumU thru some of the best Judges fancied her chance In the WeUesley Stakes, hut others hung off her because -*he hud not raced. The Absurd — Pennon filly can so very fast, and with tho txporlence at Trenthnm will bo worth watching at KllersUe. where nh»j will be a runner m the Welcome Stake.?. W. Rayner intends taking Thespian and Listowel on to Rlocmun. but Motley will go to Auckland, unl will be picked up by Veil. The Ins; named i«t credited with having dorr, wall since the Wunpanui meeting, and will he handy m the open sprints at Ellerslle, Five out of tho eight races on tho first day at Trentham were won by WiUrarapa-owned horsos. Both Insurrection nnd Vagabond are to start m the New Zealand Cup. C. Reed will rldo the former, nnd tho apprentice C. Smith will be on Vagabond. Foolish is such a quick beginner that despite her 9st at Carterton tha Kembnll filly will lead tho others v > • iry diiiiro over tho five furlongs. Bonnie Monther has been making a noise recently when galloping at Tauhcrenlkau. and P. Hazleman does not count on him for distance handicaps any more. Prince Hnl always docH best In n Mrtr.ll field, nnd ho will not meet a pood !ol In.thy Bunny Mcmorlnl nt Cnrtorton. Tho little fellow waa never brtter.

As Insurrection is the only horse from Mr. Kemball's stables nominated for the principal events at the Auckland Cup meeting, it is probable that his large team will do the Manawatu and Wairarapa meetings. Old Gladful is being kept on at the Kemball stables merely as an educator to the young horses,"^ The old gelding is looking big and. well, with a barrel larger than ever before. Though the Kemball stables have only raced Killorum an--'' Solrald so far this season, there are more two-year-oJds to come m from the stud farm. There are Kilmint (Kilboy— Mint Queen), De Luxe (Kilboy — Conceit), Kiltntha (Kilboy— Cerintha). Miss Wayward (Boniform — Lady Wayward iL), Waingawa (King Soult — Nativu I^ady), and Kilhopeite (Kilboy — Hoponte). The veteran trainer R. Knox has not been m good health for some months now, and has decided to take matters .1- little more leisurely. He intends aisposing of most of his team if opportunity offers. Bumptious, .put his foot m a hole vthile galloping at Opaki recently; an 1 was. off the scene for several days. He is all right again now. Those who saw Popoff race at Awanuni m the autumn will want to be a little with Mr. Blgar's three-year-old m the Trial at Carterton'. ■ The two-year-old Dangle, which Dwyer has m his stable, is the makings of a good one. He has buen on the easy list since the Wanffanui meeting, but he will be put into commission again very shortly. The Belgian sportsman, M. J. Wittouck, marked the first victory for his colors m France by giving 2000 francs for the benefit "of the poor of Deauville and other donations to French racing charities. When thq connections, of I'allymena. the A.J.C. Derby winner, arrived home from the racecourse they found a small crowd of people assembled, who wanted subscriptions or donations to various objects. Nominations for the Feilrling Club spring meeting close on Wednesday next. . The Levin meeting held at Trentham attracted a yery poor attendance. Lochson, m. the Hurdles, was always well placed and won handsomely at the finish. ..-.■•• . Comical went his best race at the meeting, but his rider is no Stan Reid. This is one to keep m mind for the National. Till Bon Spec's rider takes hold of the Boniform gelding he will never win. a race. At the present he takes too much out of himself over the early stages. Rouex smothered the two-year-old field at the finish. He did not go away well, but at the business end he was the only one m it. Miss O'Dille has pace, but she does not stay well. La Revc is a small, undergrown filly and the fields will need to be weak for her to win.' Misgovern was unlucky to not get the thick end of the stake m the Hokio Handicap. She was slow on her feet and, the first two furlongs she was tailed off. McArten, however, did notbustle his. mount and when they turned for home he was m behind the. leaders. In a slashing finish he caught Glaive, but it was on the post. The Trentham-tralned Heathcote is a solid sort and she should soon strike a race. • Hall Mark shirks a hard finish and he did not relish the hard stuff at the finish of the Hokio Handicap. He seems to be like all the Tressady stock m this direction. Stork was responsible for a nice I effort m the Cup. He waß well back early, but once into a. favorable position he went ahead and won comfortably. Trespass got into trouble around tht? back stretch and lost ground. Bonetter was on the rails, and was disappointed m not getting an opening. Helen Rufus was again last away. She would have been hard to dispose of had she left with the rest. Lady Ben went with them for just over a mile. She will be dangerous at Carlerton on Saturday. Printemps showed his best form of the meeting. A furlong from home he looked like being hi the money, but he could hot sustain his run. A rotten race is what Rouen ran. lifi was never prominent, being always well' back. Stork was with him for five furlongs, and he went on to get tho verdict. Al&rie was well beaten into second place m the McDonald Welter. He was out of the picture m the first half • mile, and it was only over the last furlong and a half he became prominent. Under punishment he finished on gamely, but Aeriform hnrl too mucn In reserve. The two hard races the previous days left their mark and Alaric was sore. Last Crust ran honestly, but Lady. Kotlripo Is a squib. Counter Attack was handy for five furlongs and then punctured. Gnzeworthy outstayed Hipo In tho Flying Handicap. She was always m tho front; Ktlris was with her for four furlongs, but she then retired. ElAvette won the Lake Handicap from end to end. They wore a poor lot. With a furlonir pono Knlak.nua wos i.oarly down. Still he would nt>l have von had he had a clear run. The Mountain Crag party wore cheeky m putting up 201 b ovorwelght. ■fhe Fellding- trained horse was second M the tinish, but next time ho In hunt'lenppert ho will suffer. Bubbly, m S. Reid's stable, hns boon sold to Mr. J. Patorson. owner of Surveyor. In Klkl Trainer OlDonnell has a youngster endowed with pace, but an yet she Is somewhat green, but will win when more seasoned. Ardour's form at Trentham on Saturday will euin her fresh supportorH for the New Zealand Cup. but the odds are the distance will find a weak npot In the armour of Gay Lad's daughter. Scion is getting plenty of easy racing and by the time the big long dlstnnco hnndlcnps roll nrountf, the Boniform gelding mny once again show his groat staying powers. In n. measure Sollform'a success at Trenthnm was due to the good riding of R. Bngby, as he jumped the Solferino gelding to the front at the word go, and made tho advantage gained a winning one. Tho racing Gazeworthy had at Trontham should work a lot of improvement In ihi« fast filly, and providing sho goea on the rlcht way sho will pay expenses at Riccarton. The succonaefi of three New Zealand Cup candidates m Roseday, Pnleatrlna nnd Muraahi m tho Gore, Rnnßlora and Wnverley Cupa will reassure their sup'porterK for the bite raco at Riccarton to-day week. Of those named Muraahi

will. carry the confidence of most- North Island followers of the game. - Roaeday will strip very fit this 'year and those who remember the great race this gelding put up last year when not ready, will certainly give Roseday a good chance and he shot*., beat all the southerners. -. Although a promising gelding; the form of v TCenmore at 'the Wellington meeting h was not up to the form required to win a Stewards. Possibly a minor race may fall to this useful gelding at the Canterbury meeting. Although the race track was In good order at Trentham last Monday, the Champion Plate was a slow run race, taking 2.12-for the ten furlongs, whereas Sir Fanciful ran the twelve furlongs m the Hurdles m 2.45. Previous to leaving Fordell, Padonna was responsible for excellent work and the astute trainer of the brother to Tamatete and Tukla, gave his charge an excellent chance of beating Killocra. but two days previous to the Wellington meeting Padonna developed a bad cold, and besides missing the Wellington fixture the son of Absurd has dropped out of the rich Welcome Stakes run at Riccarton next month. In Inferno Fred Tilley has a worthy substitute for . Padonna, and many good judges are selecting the Absurd — Ayah colt to beat Killocra if the pnir meet m the Welcome at Riccarton. After seeing the pace of Inferno m his first effort, not many owners will be looking for his scalp. Considering the unbeaten record of Kijlocra, that youngster paid a fair , price m the Wellesley Stakes. He won In a generous manner, but considering Motley is not seasoned she made the finish interesting, and it certainly looks as if Padonna would have turned the tables on nisi' Wan garni i victor had ho made the improvement claimed. Mireusonta ran a good race on the second day of the Wellington meeting, and with the advantage of this race the son of Absurd should hake a great showing m the Stewards' at Riccarton next week. Being- one of the most brilliant beginners m commission Mireusohta always has a chance. Rational is as well just now. as at any time- of his successful career and although the Hawera trained gelding ha 3 already failed twice m the Stewards at Ricearton, he can be ticked off as ono of the dangerous brigade m the coming contest. In his first' attempt m public over battens (at Wariganul) Liistowel gave a fair exhibition, but at Trentham his display was very bad. Possibly had McSweehey bustled this jade at the fences he maf have dope better. Sir Fanciful Is better now than at any previous time of his career. He will make his next- appearance at Riccarton arid if he retains the present form, some easy- jnoney will come his way there. ,' Although Mark Time is ; remarkably well just now he will not go to Ric-carton-for the Cup, as. Trainer Cox is, afraid the King Mark gelding would lose much, condition if put through the trying- final preparation necessary to win the big two mile handicap. Mark Time will win plenty of good handicaps this season, up to say one mile and a half. ' Relic took charge of young Voight on the opening day at Trentham, and but for running hirnjieif' but it is claimed the Calibre vgeidlng would have won. Relic has now run well on several occasions, and should tafce out at some of the southern meetings. Rouen was fancied by his trainer for the Wellington Handicap, but there is no excuse to offer for the defeat, as he tvas just m behind the lenfling pair, Quest and Admiral Godrington.'at the home turn. From this point Rouen went back. At Wanganui (second day% the^idpr of Lochson had that gelding intoa'ibt of trouble and then was only narrowly defeated. . On the first day of the" Wei- : lington meeting the same rider' "was,: guilty of the sante tactics, and afte£ meeting trouble on three occasions' Lochson finished better than any other runner. Third day showed how true this was. ' After the field raced past the post for the Rimutaka Hack at Trentham last Saturday, the number 23 was hoisted m, second place. This number was Bonomel's (scarlet, royal blue sash) a gelding that was not near the front. However, although the number still remained there it was ignored and the correct horse Tlnohari, No. 20, was passed into tho bird cage. Tinohari's colors were red with black braces. The double. Mark Time — Rational, was backed for a ton of money at the Wellington meeting: the former duly landed, but imagine tfce feeling of a multitude of backers when they found that Rational had been withdrawn. It appears that the owner did not fancy risking a penalty for the Stewards with Rational, and claiming that he was not concerned about the betting of others, withdrew the brilliant bay. Although not well placed over the early stages of the Wellington Handicap, Mark Time soon took up a more favorable position and had the event won over any part of the last halfmile. This lop-eared son of King Mark Is now very solid looking. Cox having solved the problem of keeping beef on this once lean customer. With increased poundage Mark Time will r.ot take on the Canterbury meeting, but .leoompftny Reremoann and Lady Rentinck north to EUerslle. Quest showed a bold front for about nine furlongs of the Wellington Handicap, but then nuickly faded out of the contest, and the performance was not one to make the supporters of tho disappointing Martian gelding feel at all confident nbout his Cup prospects. Still, the racing at Trentham will do Oupst a lot of good and he Is a possibility for any handicap. Warhaven looked very light and tue.ked-np when produced on the second dny at Wingatui and ran accordingly. He wants a lot of buildlngr up»