TURF TATTLE

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

TURF TATTLE

W. Galbraith is taking Bitters, Prince Hal and Debate to Foxton. The trio Will all be improved by their racing at the Wairarapa meeting. - .

All going well Motley will be a starter m the Wellington Stakes at Trentham and. she will no doubt be a hot favorite. However, Tukia is m such great form that she will take a power of beating, while Mr. W. McA. Duncan also has Padonna engaged. It' is said that this colt has gone on the fight way, and the brother to Tamatete -is expected to prove a brilliant youngster. ' ; , Glenross, the son of Absurd — Bronze fqr whom Mr. W. Duncan paid 1250 guineas as a yearling, but has not yet faced the starter* is m the Trial Plate to.be run at Trentham. He is now a four-year-old and is reported to have thrown oft! the trouble which has prevented him racing to date. ' ; F. Tilley's team for Trentham will include Enthusiasm, Tukia, Glenross, Padonna, Kinsem,. arid a colt by Kil-broneyv-Ribble owned by ■'. Mr. T, A. Duncan. U ', ; . ; '. The steeplefiha^j^Sanprorte-is-^ookr-ihg well at Kaponga and will be heard of this jwlnter.; ■-;[.■, i: ; ■ -A , '.':■■: ■■ /..U;. _,':;, T •"•,■■•';; ■-■'■ All going well In the meantime Cold Steel will be given a run m the Wei* lington Cup. : '■/. Kaforte has been sold out of W. Pine's stable, and m future N. McDonnell will train this gelding. The Solferange boom burst at Strat* ford, where he failed badly .after :gettingr the best of the jump out. " In Bbnoghe Billy Pine has a fast two-year-old, but as yet he Is slow to* get moving. When .he Jearnji to jump, out quickly Bonogiie -will pay his way. - The money Won .'over Sunny Jim .at Feilding was coughed tip over his <&e---feats at Stratford. ; i • : , ■.__.' , ; The owner of Cold Steel was at Mafton choosing a. level money bet oh Sunshot and missed a limit dividend off Cold Steel m the Stratford-Cup., ' If kept to sprint racing for 12 months Avola would pay her way,' but trying to win ton furlong races at this stage is courting disaster. i ■ The Trentham trainer R. 6'Doririell intends again visiting the Taranaki and Egmont meetings with a team of horses. . . . . ! . An Auckland contingent consisting Of, Lapidary, Knighton, Archeen and Town Bank have gone on to -Foxtqn for the meeting, and as they are well and useful, should pay expenses. y '.; After winning at the; Marton meeting it was found that Anticipate, was lame and m, consequence will want a spell. ■■■■'•.'■■ ."■■ . . ';■, :--. ; '..-■;, After a light season at the stud an effort is being made to prepare Gasbag for autumn racing, but as he isa very big horse the task will be a difficult one. Midnight Camp, a halfi-brother to Passin' Through, showed great pace at Stratford, and should ; soon catch a heat.' ' . ■', • ■■■.'. .'..'.■*,•■•' : ■:'■ Kareao has trained off and ran badly m, each of his races at Stratford. A short let-up, and the brown should be right for Egmont and Taranaki autumn meetings'.- ' ■ ■.-, ■; V :■;• . .■"... v. •-: The two-year-old x Troilus was suffering from kidney trouble at New Plymouth and never, flattered his backers, but at Stratford he: won like a useful sort. Fleeting and Te Kawa will be taken to Foxton and with ordinary luck should run well m their engagements there. . Muraahi arrived back from Auckland on Saturday and is now looking all/ the better for his racing. He will' probably go to Trentham for the Wellington Cup. Muraahi was accompanied to Hawera by a yearling 1 which claims Heather Mixture — Gold Thread as his breeding. As the youngster is a half-brother to those once good pair, Slmonides and Crenides, he should bo useful. After running a close fourth on the opening: day at Stratford, Snatcher was punted on m the Welter the next day, but ran last all the way, so it was decided on to spell him for a while. *' ■There was a fair number of horses Weeded out of Taranaki stables after the holiday racing and amongst the number was Master Lucerne, who showed pace m private, but always failed with the colors up. Qne of the Lord .MuUifld tribe In The Lamb showed some of his daddy's pace at Stratford, and providing lie settles. down (he is a bit of an outlaw at present) ho will win some good races. Esthonia was only produced on the second day at Stratford, and after giving Halgina six lengths at the home turn got within half a length of him at the post. Esthonla is a possibility at Takapuna. The northern-owned Murla was given plenty of racing at the Taranaki and Stratford meetings and. ran m an honest manner without much luck. Her record read six starts for one first and flve seconds. . '■ Just prior to the Stratford meeting Glengariff ran half n mile m 49secs, and on the strength of this the youngster's trainer (C. Jackson) gave him a good chance against Solf range and Co. In the actual race Glengarltt won nicelyand when well seasoned should secure some stake money.

..Income won like a good one on his second appearance at Stratford. He looked nice and bVJght, but is not by any means at his best. If sent down for- the Wellington Cup Income will have a good following from the butterfut district.

Although Marqueteur was beaton nt Stratford little notice must be taken of Buch, as m the Cup he got hung up In the tapes and took no part m the race and m the Malone Memorial he did not cet any assistance from his rider; m fact he was very badly ridden. Marqueteur suffers from a form of rheumatism, but may be capable of doing well m a race like the Egmont Cup.

During the holiday racing Mr. E. Barnes disposed of Millcmetre to an Australian buyer for 600 guineas and In future the miniature daughter of Solferlno will figure In the pony ranks m New South Wales. On anything nhown by her In thl« Dominion Mlllemetro was remarkably well sold.

To one following the racing: game closely It 1« surprising how limccurnte the telegraphed lists of handicaps are. as compared with the official net of weight*. Whether the**) nnnoylw? mistakes occur In the Mending or reeelvlnu nt the telegraph, office ov whether the mistake* take plnce nt the linotype In never wtlHfactorHy explained, but n« the point Is an Important «one. H should be inveKtlgated.

That Ncata 1*« thn beat one Hired by Mnninpoto In Kenerally admitted and of hln Innt four starts he hn.i won three Unr»p« In a convincing manner when opposed by pood fleld«. Njtatn Ih now Mt«lrrj?o!jv< a preparation for the WelHtißtop Cuj» nnd although the bay fei\n tvwlll encounter the best "cattle" In the Dominion. Rood Judges soy his chance ia eccor.d to none.

Fleeting was m the market at Stratford, but never looked a winner.

The English -bred Lapidary, who cost his owner 1000 guineas m England, was produced twice" on the second day of the Stratford meeting- and \n each start was Jheavily "poulticed" both on and off thfe course,, although on the first occasiori^the commission was luckily (for the VVpunters) too late. Lapidary appears to be a moody^ customer and poor starts any chance he held. . ;

The Wanganui Jockey plub.' have renewed their lease; ,pver the property and : the public will tipi have to -worry about any" shift \f rom • this prettily-situated track. ;

" Though she failed to ;run up t$ expectations at Tauherenikau, remember that Refrigeration goss lot * Wetter with the sting ojit of the jatround. Mr. X. McDonald does not 'intend to persevere much longer \vit;h ith^/ disappointing; Bugle ;^6te, who^haifi tons of pace on the tracks, Taut-Vinonffian a race, ■■ ■ .f^.'-^^l" • ' X^&u^ was after Civil* form last,week^-{y^^;.:-^>/;:.;;.v.'.v : -;'-; ' ■■''■ 1 j ' . Though he. started off with a goodsls^edvteam .this season,,- nil that Mr. Eric Riddiford.has now is Scion and Royal Divorce.., T. F. Qujnlivan went to ' Woodville after the Ellerslie meeting to get ttie' Softer tracks. 'He will comejpn to Trentham next week. ; Prince^' Hdl tihd Bitters should pick up some money at Pbitbh.., The former" is not getting any younger, but he showed -good enough fbrlri at Tauherenikau to be a likely one any time j. the .class is liot too rich. Prior i to tK^ holiday racing Kyia was reported to have a flying machine licked dyer!, five/furlongs, but on her displays over that .period she is no bobby dazzler. ..■• She^ will always be at a disadvantage m a large field, her Inches being" against, "her. ... Miv" ; C r p. yailance received a request from a- lady who had supported- Little River m the Cup: at Tauherenikau for he ;to part -'out the dividend-' She based her 'claim, on the. report that he (Mr. yailance) took, all, responsibility | m the matteryof the ■weighing out of I the jockey. I) Mr. Vallance! reckons he has lost enough over the deal without paying out dividends. . •:, In a trial fofc; Hastings during the \ ra,ces . last ,'w.eek Father's (r/Voice was given', a sprint In . company with a couple of others and he shaped very well. r>'He : is to, be given a run at Trentham. - v • ; , Desert Gold's full brother, Nigger Minstrel, is idoked on as one. sure to itaprove with his' holiday racing. He Will : be a starter at ;Trenth'am m the ! handicap eyehts. ; . .-

An incident t^at happened the first day at Hastings met with a lot! of adverse comment. In the big handicap Westerner was \yelghed otif and after doing his prefiminai'y . showed marked signs of beinfe on the Verge of breaking down. Hid party wished to scratch him 'then atid,, there," but rafter, sotne wrahgling his 'bandages were^ removed and he was^agdih giy«n a ; ruft down the straight i-t After' this he returned to the birdcage ahd> was^scrqlWhed. A few unknowing ones had invested over a scored on him by the time all this had happened, but as under the rules of racing the horse was m the starter's hands the money invested could not be returned. Another point was that Westerner: was the^ sixth runner and the ■ scratching caused there to be no second dividend. More growling by punters. It would 'be a wise move on the part of the Conference at its next sitting: to alter the rule so that clubs be allowed to use discretion when such matters arise.

One of the mb6t consistent hordes racing m the South Island is the Dun-edin-owned Mantua. She must have a constitution of iron to stand up to the racing she does. And, 1 strange to say, she nearly always races better on the second day, of, a meeting.

In the south Palestrina is given a great chance ; m the Wellington Cup, even before' the weights are announce ed, According to those present she should have vwon both big races at Invercargill. ' ...-',,

Gold Town Is one that Is likely to win a race at the Trentham .meeting. He will bo very well "by the time Anniversary Day is here.

There f is a lot of wild talk m,, the dailies at the present time about all the funny business the Stipes fail to catch a glimpse of, and most of it makes* amusing reading. ■ This Writer would like to. know how some of these self same critics would get on if there was not a word said m the Press room after the running of races. Some of the papers, would come out with very bald reports.

With Tukia, m the Wellington Stakes and Padonna. to fall back on Pred Tilley holds a very strong hand. •.

A big disappointment to his owner this season has been the Egypt gelding Uleaborg. Early m the year Jack Murphy made no secret of the. fact that he thought the Kemball cast-off would win good races.

Bonnie Winkle is being indulged m walking exercises by his trainer at Wingatui and when the ground gets a little « softer it Is intended to Be^J him along. . If Masters gets the Winkle gelding bnck to his best form he will have accomplished a small miracle.

The winner of the two-year-old race the second day at Hastings Is a brother to tho tjonsistent Prince Perouz. Fallodeen, as he is known, is looked on as a likely one for autumn racing.

All the Rlccnrton trainers went home after tho Elletsllo meeting, but they will commence to arrive back at Trentham next week-end.