Northern Notes

NZ Truth, Issue 979, 30 August 1924, Page 10

Northern Notes

' (By >Renowri."> ', Boomerday and Broadwood are back from their Riccarton '.trip, and there does not appear. to be much the matter with either of them. Boomerday has been m work for. a lengthy spell now, and although he appears to be fit arid well, It is quite possible that he has gone stale on his racing. v : . ' The • Archtestown -filly m P. S{enriing's stable' .shows a lot of toe, and promises to turn out a. fair sort. Bizarre, the two -year -bid half brother to 'the .southerner Royal. Mac, is one of the Ellerslie- trained youngsters of ' whom - great things ;are expected. Being' by Absurd, he should be able to gallop as well as -his' half-brother, who was a good sprinter a couple of seasons back". •,.:■.. . The local, two-year-old parade has been" set down 'for September 11, and good nominations have been received for the show.. Messrs D. and M. J. Lynch have named their Nassau fllly Kitty Barlowe. i '•-.•■ It is cabled that the Williamson team will return . home by the Ulimaroa on her next trip. The horses have been on the sick' list since going to the other side, and m consequence did not. show very good form. According to Australian .riles to hand, Pavo and Loyal Irish had a particularly bad spin when they contracted the influenza m Sydney. The maiden performers, that were included m the team were sufferers with this complaint. Thurnrbsae is again on the active list of horses under the care of J. Lambess. tast season Thurrirosae showed an inclination of waywardness, but she appears to have Improved considerably during the winter months. ' F. Dowding is getting: a fair team together, and may transfer- his quarters to Avbndale shortly. Once again Matinee is spoken of as a likoly runner at race meetings. The Aucklander Vaccination is among those nominated for the New Zealand Cup. Vaccination is at present under the ban of disqualification through her owner, Mr. L. C. Brierly, being outed recently. In speaking to Mr. Brierley recently, the writer was -in formed that he (Mr. Brierley) had appealed against the disqualification, claiming that the Auckland District Committee's request that he should furnish them with an I order on his' bankers so that they might Inspect his bank account and lodgment slips covering a period of about six weeks as unreasonable. Under part XXXII. of tho Rules of Racing such a refusal is counted as a

corrupt practice, as the rule plainly states that "any person who refuses to supply any information" is deemed guilty of . a corrupt practice. . Mr. Brierley's contention that this rule means such information as the , committee may reasonably require, ' fin "3s no mention m the actual book of rules. Therefore it remains to be seen when • the appeal is heard, whether this technical point will win out or not, but it is quite safe to say that there are plenty of men connected with racing who would not appreciate an order from a District Committee to hand over their bank pass books. F. Gilchrist has a fair sort m the Maniapoto gelding Torchy, who should more than pay for his feed bill when he becomes seasoned at the jumping game. The question of installing the tenshilling totalisator on the lawn enclosure at the Alexandra Park and Ellerslie courses has been brought up at the Auckland -Trotting and Auckland Racing Club's annual meetings, held recently. In the case cf the latter club's fixtures, Sir Edwin Mitchelson stated that the ten-shilling bettors were well catered for, as there was a ten-shilling machine installed on each of the other enclosures. A committee had been set up. to inquire into the installation of a ten-shilling tote on the lawn, but they had decided not to do anything m the matter. It had been pointed out that other centres had the tenshilling totalisator, but as far as he (Sir Edwin) knew they would like to be able to get rid of them. At the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting the president, Mr. Rowe, stated that he did not think that the question would find much support, as tenshilling patrons on the lawn had every facility to get to the ten-shilling tote on. the outside, which was not far away. . The trotting public seem to be better treated m this respect than the followers of the gallops are, but, of course, the lawn at Ellerslie becomes more exclusive with the pound bettors there, except for the fact that the Orient is well represented. On the lawn it is a common sight at Ellerslie to see women standing up m the grandstand while the product of the East occupy seats and blandly watch the races run. ■ Nominations for the Avondale Meeting, which is only three weeks off,' are due o;ut to-day. -;; Jack Roach's run of bad luck appears to be continuing, and it will be a pleasing day to all followers of the same when he meets with his wellearned success. - Town Bank is m good nick to start his three-year-old career, and at present he looks a credit to his trainer, A. Julian. Finelli will more than likely be seen under silk for the first time this season at Avondale. Good reports come from Papakura about the Jamieson- trained youngsters, and the writer is informed, that they are not being hurried, but, are being given every opportunity of building up before they start racing seriously. Marble Boy and Lucky Lou are at present working on the roads at Ellerslie. Their owner. Mr. T. E. Kilgour, has not met with much success with the pair so far, but they may pay their way this season. Bustler is at present running at the hunts, W. Paterson wanting to qualify the Royal Soult gelding m time for the Waikato Hunt meeting. J. F. Young is working Octoplete on the track at Ellerslie. If put to the I jumping game, this fellow may do some good. The Westcburt— Wolaroi Lass colt ; owned by Mr. E. Alison is "reported to ,be an attractive worker and, on breeding, more should be heard of him. Ampng A. J. McFlinn's mounts at the North Taranaki meeting . to-day are the Mantle-trained animals, Mountain Ore, Mountain Bell and Lady Ristori. Queen Rewa, the full sister to Hipo, m P. E. Pope's stable at Ellerslie, has a nasty-looking leg at present, but with careful handling she will no doubt strip fit and well at Avondale. One of the most improved horses attending the Ellerslie tracks is Steel Bar, who seems to have thickened out wonderfully since last season. The steeplechaser Glenotus is to be taken to Australia early next month. Glenotus is very fit to go on his journey and it will be interesting to see how he, shapes, when he meets the best on the other side. One morning^ recently a trio of two-year-olds, Thursby, the . Absurd — Moira Machree colt, and the Romeo — Cadence geldingr were given a gallop over three furlongs,, which they traversed m 39 3/5 sec. They all moved well, especially the Absurd colt. The Romeo youngster is one of the smallest two-year-olds m commission at headquarters, but he has shown every promise of coming to hand early. The Lucullus — Avon Park two-year-old m F.* Gilchrist'fi stable was also given a run over three furlongs on the same morning. This fellow is a big, upstanding horse who should be a good investment after he has a few races into him. The Whangarei Club has drawn up a- 1 attractive programme for its meeting which is to be held m October. The big event at the meeting is the Cup, for which a stake of 350 soys has been set aside; The winner of this year's Cup will become possessed of a handsome piece of plate- in the shape of a cup presented by the New Zealand Breweries, Ltd. Good nominations should be received for the hack and the open sprint events. The Hack Hurdles will give trainers a chance to try out any promising young hurdlers. Nominations close with Mr. F. Sinclair Yates, Auckland, or with the Secretary at Whangarei on September 19.