Northern Notes

NZ Truth, Issue 977, 16 August 1924, Page 10

Northern Notes

(By "Renown.")

C.~Cbleman is bringing two recent additions home , with him. from the south.; One of them, Eonmark, has shawjvfair form m jumping events decided m- the Wellington district. Royal Abbey showed fair form for his first outing on the other side,, but he ran very badly m the Australian Steeplechase .. list Saturday. Pittswprth was a starter , "m the Australian Steeples, But came to grief. The Harrow gelding is not as good as some people • think. , Llewellyn looks as though he Is going to turn out a good sort later on, and he. was seen to advantage with Totara Jack In a schooling task recently. 'The' pace, was too hot for the latter, who . lost ,his, rider at the stone. 'Wall. Several of; the Ellerslie -.trained two - year-:plds. were given a spin over two furlongs laßt Saturday morning. Charts, a filly by. LKicullus — Duchess Endorus, shows promise of turning out useful, w.hile others that impressed were the Absurd—^Molra Mac'hree colt and the Rotneo— Cadence gelding. • Glenotus is looking "very fit at present arid "was .- seen ' to advantage over the steeplechase fences on the flat last week-end. J. Preston has Daddy's Girl m work again after a long spell from the track. If this mare returns to her best form she should not have much trouble m collecting a couple of good stakes decided over the battens. A. Rutherford, who received injuries when Eißton fell with him at Ellerslie m June, is now, able ito get about, but he will have, to attend the hospital as .an out-patient for some time yet and will not be able to resume riding until Novexnber. 1 Praiseworthy is working under the supervision of F. Dowding. J. Tourig has six horses to prepare for the spring racing.. Winkie's Wheel and Jolly. Princess are the only horses In the teanri that are attending the traqks at present, but Dorlnda, Penona, Smoke Concert and Lord Thurnham will resume training operations when G. Young returns froiri. the southern fixtures. '"-. -■ ■ j kos Heaton has. a three-year-old full' brother to Broadwood attending the "tracks regularly. The youngster has not been named as yet. The Thurnham two-yoar-old who was until. : recently a member of J. Chishoim's team, is how an inmate of F. Gilchrist's stable. Royal Present looks very robust to start his spring racing. l W.Sharpe put Gold Rep ove"V the ponies recently, and the half-sister to Gold Kip gave an encouraging display. F. Davis is keeping his charges up to scratch at Avondale. The team includes three youngsters, and a filly by Lucullus from Perseis is said to shape fairly well. ; Thursley shows, a nice turn of speed m his training efforts. . Princess Ronnie has made her reappearance at headquarters, and on her form on the track last autumn she should prove herself to be useful as a three-year-old. Flnmack changed hands recently for twenty guineas. Finnote and Gala Day are both displaying plenty of dash m their work. The latter gives promiso of turning out a good norsc. The Te Aroha trainer, J. Wallace, will feel the loss of the Brierly-owned horses, but as he la -a capable man with, horses ho should not be long m getting fresh charges to look after.

The well-known horse-owner, Mr. L. C. Brierly, who was disqualified by the Auckland District Committee recently for a period of three years; had five horses m training, including three two-year-olds. The horses affected by the disqualification are Vaccination, Prince Albyn and the two-year-olds, a colt by Romeo out of Takahau, an Archiestown filly and a gelding by Glen Albyn. Gold Plane has shown a lot of promise m her schooling tasks. Recently she gave a disappointing display m company with Prince Charleroi, who has been on the easy list through getting injured while schooling. J. E. Thorpe is working the unlucky Righ and Left, who looks very burly aftefliis spell. The son of Merry Moment and En Parole has given his connections the necessary encouragement to keep him "hi training on two occasions during the past season, but when raced on each occasion he struck trouble and had to have a let-up.