NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 946, 12 January 1924, Page 9

NEWS AND NOTES.

' A good word comes ' from Opaki for Desert Knight, a gelding by Mountain Knight — Merrie Gain. He has shown W. Garrett some good gallops over a short course. „

Tom Hlggins has pyt Mountain; March into work again after a long spell. The mare was brought m early m the autumn.Jbjjit lisid to be sent out again owing to unsoundness." '

Gladful ,is to join W. Hawthorne's string after the Wellington meeting. The old golding is looking big and well, but is being put Into work more as a schooling master than m" the hope of winning another National. .

Penury Rose has been taken up again' by Bob Knox m view of contesting the hiirdlo races at the > autumn and winter meetings. ' The gelding looks much benefited by his long spell.

Merry Day was badly 'cut abodt through being galloped on m the President's Handicap 'at' Tauherenikaui and it vrl\\ take Walter Garrett all his time to get her to the post m the Wellington Cup. '

Black Ronald is .doing easy work again, though he is still showing symptoms of unsoundness. Hazelman was unable to give the colt a wlndin#-up gallop at Ellorslie so Mr. Elgar would not risk a breakdown m the Derby.

Bumptious , Buffered a badly-torn fetlock as the reßiilt of beinK galloped on during the holidays, «nd It' will be some time before he will race again.

It is a long time since such a poor lot of two-year-oldg were seen out m tho Wairarapa. Tho Kemball stables will have a fresh batch racing iii the autumn, but; it looks like being a very lean year for owners of youngsters m that district. ' ; . ' ,'P. Hazelman is at 4 lossvliow to place Popoff. Tho son 6t Kilboy— Ararat has been given every chance this season, but he has failed. even m the poor-i est company. >

Hose Martian has broken down and is to have a good spell. Tfie flliy has been a failure so far, but like her brothers, Raceful and Zouave, may improve with age, , ; . v- i

liookout, who won a double m convinoinjr fashion at Invercargill, is thought by the authorities to be a masquerader and the police and others are Inquiring into his past history/ At Invercnrglll he was cleverly handled by W. Williamson; who at one time was attached to Scotty Bryce's stables. He is alleged to bo an agisd ielding by Ravenachlld and ' has., Btarted jjeveral times m and aro.und Chrfttchurch. '■

Inferno trained off prior to racing at EllcrsUe, and consequently was not eeen at his best there. ''*> Motley returned to Wftnganul apparently as fresh and well as ever. W. Rayner hopes to have the fllly m work again m a iew days as the injury which prevented her from running m the Royal Stakes is very slight.

Early m the spring Mr. Bert Russell could have got £700 for Siaosl^ but did not want to part with tho colt as hp felt confident the youngster would turn out good. It looks as if he will have no reason to regret having stuck to the son of Elysian, the best of whom has not yet been seen by a long way.