News and Notes

NZ Truth, Issue 996, 27 December 1924, Page 9

News and Notes

Racing everywhere. > v '[ Begins on Boxing Day. \ ) The Auckland Cup, is decided. Also : Railway ., Handicap and. Foal Stakes. ;■ : ; '■.-. '" /■■ '•/. ■■'•." : '; ':' • '.'■' A very small field will 'start m the MaAawatu Cup- ! . ' ' What will Tamatete pay m the Palmerston North Stakes? / . ;' With ordinary luck m the. running Mimetic yvill win. the Foal Stakes. Recent forrh points to Avola ■; and Suhart being one and two inj the Manawatui Cup. ; : .' ■ ":'•' :'■'■.'; -V . ■ •' Mimetic should show , at Ellerslie what his quality is. He will run out six furlongs better than most. In the south Limelight is' given a royal chance m the Auckland Cup. The right hand going may trouble her. Count Cavour : won the New Zealand Derby at Riccarton, but he, will not be a hot pop at; Ellerslie on: NNcrw r Year's : Day,j ■■■; ■'■■'■ ':■ )■ ';:'■ v v :;.v ■'© : -,' .■■•'.-,• ;If Overdrawn's running at Riccarton was, hot correct lie should contradict at at Wingatui. ; The weight shouldn't stop him. ■„ ;; " : .-.-./: ■■'■■' -.:'; .; ; , : - _' ; . '.- ■ The sales of. the Ellerslie and the Burnside Studs are set: down for January 16, 1925. The breaking' up of these two ; establishments '> ''is a great pity- "■■ ■":/. : . .1 ■';/.."/ -■'. ;' ; -'.'-- '.' : - I. Hungry Hill has only to have; gone pn the right way' since the New Zeafland Cup; fixture, to prove : himself am m the Salisbury Handicap at .Wingatui. :x; : ; '/■':- ;'. ; ■' : ■--,:.. . "'\ ■ '■' ■■'.- •Percy Hazleman has been doing yery well of later with : Mr. .Elga'r's team. ;Liciriius, who won afr Woodville, should add another.; race to his; account at Awap'uni. ';?-■■■/;.' ; : ■''■.'":].,'' :•.'■"'; '■ ;i -,. ''■! ' ; Jack Barry ''won last '•■year's Manawatu; Clip oh Mark "Time, who by the .way has not had a race how for ail 'but twelve months. Barry will be at Ellerslie; this year; 'for; Boxing Day^ , GiantkiHer with 9st 61b m the Otokia Welter at reads nicely: kia Welter at Wingatui cads nicely. His form at the New Zealand Cup meeting Svas the beat, and the Dunedin course has ho terrors for him. The ,twb stallions doing duty at the Ellerslie aii d Burnside, Studs, Archery and Solferinp, are to go- up when the brood mares and youngsters are being sold. Will they be kept m; the vcoun-try?V'v'-^v.^-'- ■ : _y- :: '- : . ■■<■■, ' ■'■.■,■.'- --: "Gauntlet did -not show his true form at Woodville. If hei is going to have a chance In :.-. th'e "Great ; Northern Derby he shouldi: show up m the Queen's

' Plate to be run at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. He will have. to carry, Bst. There is not much talk about Musketoon for. the Auckland Cup, m which race he has the same weight as ne carried into third position m the New Zealand Cup. In the latter race he had it all against him as the race, was x*un at a snail's pace over the first bit. I Musketoon wants it on all the way. ■\ If she has .improved a little since, Woodville, Addlepate should be Jiarcl to head off m the Nursery Handicap at Waipukurau. } The Tokomaru *Hurdles at Awapuni will most likely see Puwhero ana Waioeka Jack out m front from the barrier rise. If the race .-were a mile and a half they would run one anci two/but the extra quarter of a mile may find them out. Still, the rest of the field , is of very poor class.. In the big race the first day at Woodville, Festivity went a very good race just behind the placed horses. On that running he should not get beaten at Waipukurau. / The judges of , the Conference have decided against Jack Richardson m his appeal over the disqualification ct Roseday at Gore. The Wilson brothers withdrew their appeals. Most of Fred Tilley's team will be at Ellerslie, but the Fordell trainer will have a couple at Awapuni. Tamatete is one and Para is the Otnv.. 1 . The pair will pay exes. ' ' Polonett has come through his Auckland Cup preparation! with honors thick upon him. ' : The actual race on Boxing Day will see him m no way disgracing the record. This year's winner of the New Zealand Cup, Sunart, is not m at Ellersliei Rod McKenzie being a yery Wise man and staying at Awapuni.; That fact alone should be enough for punters who intend' doing the Awapuni :meetihg.^' '■• ; .-.- : - , ■!■;..;■■■■■.'■. - ! ■. •.■■■t> ;.' ■> In the spring' at Wi.ngatui, ' when half ready, 1 Loughrea carried lOst 21b into second place, and then was only a fraction behind the winner.; Wwh a pound more he should be prominent on the same course on Boxing Day. His most dangerous opponents are Happy Warrior and Mantua. -.'. The failure of Tarleton to pay UP for the Auckland CUP was a blow to ante-post bettors, as the Riccarton horse was thought to be /nicely placed. This. writer will always hold that had Gray hot been snowedi m at the moment he was starting to. make his tun m the New Zealand Cup Tarleton .would have been 'in the money. ; The last day «.at Riccarton saw some good money for Comic ,/ Song,' and though -the Dunedin-o^yned : horse was not m the money he : went well enough to be on him m the Trial at Wingatui. Should Royal Blood win the Railway w.ith 9st. 91b he will establish a weight■carrying record for the race and he will be the first horse to win. the race twice. King Lupin won m 1913 : and dead- heated with Hymestra;' m 1917. Those two records will take some negotiating.,; . y ..'-_. v It is ; expecting a lot for a maiden two-year-old to win a» race like the Great Northern Foal Stakes, but when the maiden is m the hands of a master iike J. H. : Jeff erd and will be; ridden by Roy Reedi the task is appreciably lightened. The maiden: is Mimetic. ■'■ Quite a lot will be interested m the display of Bullford over the small fences at Ellerslie: The chestnut has had only three races for a like rtumber of wins, and m his only effort over the bobs gave promise of turning out a top-notcher. . :•■. .■ ..■■ . / Fool's!' Paradise was ? one of tlie leaders into the, straight m the Stew-,: ards, but then dropped out/ Over another furlong and ridden m behind he did better on .the last two, days — tt<

win and a third. The Railway at Ellerslie will see him m the picture. It will he a case of shut the gate with Shut Eye at New Plymouth. Like getting money from home. A correspondent writes asking what is the hest wager for the holiday meetings. It's agin the law, but if I had a letter, to post ■from Palmerston this week-end Jack Barry with T'amatete would no doubt provide the necessary stamps. There is no Lackham engaged m" the Trial at Awapurii, so Newbury King i should have a -first- slice instead of a second helping. I They talk about the men who' 1 pro down to the sea m, ships. What about the mugs, who go down on a raceI course on stiffs? Pick the winner of the Gillie Handicap at Awapuni. Ken you? No, that's not right. Kenyou. • The Strand at present ranks' as a maiden, but with the first race over at Waipukurau he should no longer be included under that heading. Welter races are Battle Knight's special sweetmeat, but Para may give him something to go on with m the Grandstand Handicap at Awapuni on Boxing Day. Included among the yearlings to be sold from , the Burnside Stud at the dispersal sale next month is a full brother to Roseday and Solfanello. There will be competition for this i fellow. y. Master Sandstone has been accepted for at Awapuni, and he may • be a starter. His running, should he go to tne post, will be watched with m- 1 terest. j The game is not worth the candle if Allrnarimba gets slogged at Waipukurau. Then there's Hastings, too. , T ! le P ocket edition of the New Zealand Turf Register is out at the time it is most needed— for the holiday racing. All galloping; and trotting meetings from the beginning of August -till December 13 are covered m the publication, which will be invaluable to sportsmen over the Christmas and New Year fixtures.

■..Most of : the Wairarapa horses engaged at Awapuni will ' do. better as the meeting^ goes nn. They have done very little track work during the' past fortnight.' ■ - One of the regular workers at Opaki duz-ing the wet weather was Lady Fin-, gers, and Bob Knox's mare revelled m her work. She has only to get a track to her, liking to win a couple on end. . ■ / .When W. Hawthorne teikes up his jumpers next month he will have something to work on as the quartette were never m, better condition than at present. Vagabond is much benefited by /his long spell. v Just when Merry Day was being taken up again after a short spell the tracks became flooded, and the .mare has not been able to gallop. , She is looking well,' but will need a race to sharpen her up. Bonetter and Martian Miss are not ; engaged on the opening day, at Auckland they are at Ellerslie, and will be racing later. . They will want a few good gallops before they are right. Bonomel is to be given a short spell after' the holiday racing and he will jthen be schooled over hurdles m earnest m view of the jumping season. He has already shown some pi'omise. Kilceit is one that can be marked off as likely to win a race during the holidays. This mare ran well enough at Riccarton '•. and Woodyille to give the impression that her turn is near., L. Pine will ride her at Awapuni , in' the Grandstand Handicap. The heavy tracks, lately have h.elped Black Ronald a little, and he will .be fairly well forward at Awapurii on Boxing Day. But there is still room for improvement m the black gelding. Hallmark is one of the forward members 1 of Percy' Hazleman's team, and is sure to pick: up another race shortly. He has improved.; since- coming back from Riccarton; . Jack Gravestock says It is .only a matter of Little River settling down a little and. he will make good over hurdles. There is not a cleaner.jumper at . Opaki when he is on good behavior. ■..;.;. ;•. ; One of the worst sufferers , by the bursting- of a dam at Mastertbn last week was Tim Daly, private trainer to Mr. KembalL Besides losing most' of his household goods he had to wade waist deep m water to get to. his horses m their boxes. Earle Sande, the crack American, who was m a srhash-up m a. race some time backi is once again on his feet. Sande, who rode Zev m most of his engagements, says he will ride again.