Northern Notes

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

Northern Notes

(By "Waimangu.")

Poverty Bay concludes to-day. Eller.slie on Saturday next for the opening of the A. R.C, season.

Most of the migrants are back from Sydney with talon of varying fortune. 1 ; find a general good time.

Jack Williamson was laid out with ptomaine poisoning, and hns a poor opinion of Sydney (Ish suppers.

Loyal Irish was on the trnck last week, and looks none the worse for his fruitless voyage.

Gcorgo Jones brought bark GcrfU'l Stead's pair, Royal Box and Tarleton, nnd will train :vt Canibriilfff for that owner. George reckons afior a spell of training m Sydney that "Pig Inland" is good enough for him. Me came into prominence a dozen years ago In Gisborne, v-hca ho cleaned up tho Gram! Nation*! Hurdle two years In BUfi. cession with Pnisnno (12st> and Continuance (list 11H0. Tn™ .lonca went with A. Li. and K. S. Williams when the brothers Klartod m the game, and did well with Chortle and Co. He then tcok up Wilfred Stead's team and peered heavily with Sasanof and Co. Mr G. L B toad- hn.s some good younfi: stuff at his Waikato stud, nnd no doubt Jones will train them into winning ways.

J. O'Shea took on the Waikato Hunt Mid Poverty Bay T.C. m preference to Wellington on Labor Dny.

Mr. B. Tobin. who is secretary nr the Suva Turf Club, is Inquiring about finmo frexh blood for the FIJI mooting*. Tho hacks nt Ellemlie could »tond a bit of culling.

Royal Box has a leg, and Tarelton tcok on an attack of flu m Sydney, so both will be on the easy list for a while. ; B. Rosen, the Aussie lightweight, went to txisporne to rifle Bert Lowe*3 team, Kings Up, Qaeeris Up, and CuvV ier Light. : r .. The Takapuna J.C. engaged "an expert from Christchurch to overhaul and test their patent scales, and they are now guaranteed accurate from 6 stone to 14 stone. Meanwhile the gentleman who is organising the Cool Stimulants crowd will shortly make' a move towards recovery. His ad. m "Truth" brought him m touch with several hundreds of ticket-holders. Had Tarleton won the A.J.C. Derby, Mr. Q. L. Stead would have collected a £600 contingency /on the sale of his sire Nassau, b\it he forgot to stipulate Ballymena, and received no bonus for his win, Pitts worth was unlucky and un;. popular. \ The Hamilton Club received record nominations fbr its meeting on November lOth and. 12th. The club have been rewarded for sticking to the juvenile events, for over a score appear m each, and the steeplechases caught o0 nominations. The Whangarei R.C.s cheque to the Treasury was £2729. . The Auckland R.C. has not definitely decided on the. site for the new suburban training track, but it will probably be somewhere near Fred. Davis's new quarters at* Papakura. The country there is ideal for summer or winter i galloping, and fresh grass tracks will be a boon for visiting trainers. The imported mokes. M,usketqon, Drawbridge, Importer and Whin Rock went to Gisborne la,s,t week m: charge of Skipper Ryan, but 'onlj-' the ' lastnamed accepted for the first day. The others may run to-day, and are all fit. - Royal Present has not gone on too well since Avondale, and is having an easy time of it. . Joe Conquest, who has been out of the saddle for some months through sickness, is riding work again at heedquarters. .'. .■■'.. J. Wallace has a big string at Ie Aroha now, and the smart lightweight, E. Keesing, is kept busy putting thorn through ' their tasks. -, Racing: Is still dull In Poverty liny. The Gisborne R:C, aftof -paying the Government £ 3500, showed a loss of £730 on the season's working. Pine Arch continues to fence well ever hurdles, and should be an early winner. . Colds have been prevalent among the horses at EUerslie, and the trip >~t Heatherleaf to Gisborne had to be called off. Aucklanders. who saw the, Randwl -*k Place reckon Rapine was -"unlucky to miss, and have left a bit for Him. on v the Melbourne Cup. The Waikato Hunt meeting on Labor Day was the most representative hunt meet this season. The Australian youngsters, Sunbar, Sandstar and Serene are m work at Whangarei and going well m W. O'Leary's ohai'jte. Their first appearance will probably be at EUerslie during the Christmas meeting.