SOUTHERN SIDELIGHTS.

NZ Truth, Issue 1017, 23 May 1925, Page 12

SOUTHERN SIDELIGHTS.

(By "The Toff.") Oamaru to-day. Oakland at Oamaru. j A mile and a-quarter will suit Noiseless. Nelson's Guest^ our guest at Oamaru. Peter Mac bolted last week, and fell and broke his neck. Is Lady Petersen going to be allowed to start m any more harness races? , Wildwood Junior was destroyed last week. Old age was the cause. Native King is trotting good for Jock. Henderson at Oamaru. / Wharepiana is a bit above the average. t i Rebel can go fast, but he is tricky, at the peg. How would you like to own Desborough? Acron is coming, hurrah! hurrah! Tomkinson^ is making a habit of winning the last race at the, Forbury meetings. He won it m January with Adair, and recently with Bell Harold. Glimpse was a competitor at Forbury, but he declined to leave the mark. What a good horse Jolly Chimes will be next season! i Brentloc will reach society. He is only a three-year-old. Harley Dillon was off colour at Dunedin. Guy Fawkes was a big disappointment at Dunedin. x The pacing mare Kate Thorpe is now m Arthur Smith's stable at? Waimate. Daphne Bird will make her owners sing next spring. - Some days Waitaki Girl goes like a train; another day she doesn't want to go at all. Sunny Jim is racing well m •harness, but there is a hoo-doo on him. He cannot win a race. Alto Chimes was all to pieces at Forbury. He has rejoined Nelson Price's stable at New Brighton, What a great horse Great Bingen is. One of the best, sir! Delavan Quest had every chance oh the second day at Forbury, but with a mile and three-quarters covered he commenced to tire. He will be right for June events. Dolly Dillon is all 'the better for her Forbury efforts. Another race for her shortly. • St. Maura runs one good race, then two bad ones. Oaknut was too sore to pace at Forbury. What a job Lady Embrace will make of the opposition the first time she leaves the mark. She is now out on 2.17. Lenamhor is found gut. He will now have to wait till it rains. Gee! can't Choubra go, once he leaves the mark. Queen's Own lost a lot of friends at Dunedin. Firelight goes like smoke. Up m the air. Logan Hanlon is a good three-year-old that will soon win a race. He ran third at Forbury. What a mess Dillon Gold will make of his field the first time he is set for a mile and a-quarter. • They say that Gala Pointer can stay m her work. Well, she can't m a race. The American pacing stallion Silk Thread, is m work at Addington'. He is a bold pacer and amenable to reason. Buck Up was backed on the second day at Forbury as if there was nothing else m the race. He led for a mile arid a-quarter, and ..then got the stitch. So did the punters. Logan Lou has started work again at headquarters. She has put on a lot of condition. It has been decided to give Great Bingen a few weeks' spell'; He will not be required till August. Audobell has gone into retirement for the winter. What a great trotter he will be next winter. ; The old grey pacing mare Coronel is again m the stable of F. P. Claridge. -'. Pihevale - has just concluded a •well-earned -holiday,- 'and is again m work under G. S. Smith. An aged mare by the name of Hui Good recently arrived from the Commonwealth to go into W. J. Tomkinson's stable. ■ The training trjick at Addington is being graded and widened. That's a good job. Joe Deyell has brought Nelson Ata m from the paddock. The rest has done the three" -year -old good, and something will have to go wrong with him to prevent him from being a good stake-earner i next year. There i§> something m the talk oC: Jas. Duffy, after all. Last year he 1 shouted to the v>orld that he had a two-year-old brother to Logan Chief that was better than Bogan Chief. The youngster is m J. J. Kenncrley's stable, and is said to be threatened with all the qualifications its breeder said it was. Its name is Native Chief,. and it is engaged at Oamaru. What a birthday it will be for those that think of Peterwah m the Poverty , Bay Cup. - M. B. Edwards has the consistent Dalnahihe m beautiful order. The short spell did the chestnut pacer a wealth of good. How do you like Kean John off the front of a, 2.11) mile saddle race? He is m one at Oamaru. Avalanche is a new addition to Jack McLennan's stable. Cameo ran a nail m his "foot ..at Dunedin, and so could not be started m his Forbury engagements. Locanda Mac is suffering from some injury to the shoulder. It happened" during • training operations after he arrived m Auckland. Haero Ra was on the big side at Forbury. He is much better for the racing, and has gone into* Jock Hen-

derson's stable to be topped off for his Oamaru engagements. The popular Dunedin sportsman" Mr. J. Samson "bought Clonmel and placed him m J. J. Kennerley's stable. "Tomkey" got enough at Forbury to keep him m coal and firewood for the winter. He brought Swiftbine back with him, so it now looks as if he is well set for the spring, too. Copra has become erratic at the start. Jigged on the mark - both times at Forbury. Rumours are flying to the effect that "Billy" Rudkin is relinquishing the position of Judge at Forbury. Realm will be first home m a twomile race shortly. It is his turn soon. J Mr. F. C. Hogarth has bought Try Soon and placed her m Joe Wilson's stable at New Brighton. ; But for a record winter fixture, the Forbury Park Trotting Club would have finished well behind last year's turnover: Despite the increase of over £8000' at the recent meeting, the grand total investments recorded on the machine just failed to reach last season's figures. The amounts were, this year £189,268, last year £190,575. The starting at the Forbury Park Trotting Club's Winter Meeting was a perfect disgrace. Direct. Tod began fairly- well at Rangiora. With a furlong covered he ranged alongside the leader, where he remained for a mile and a furlong. Then he drew to the front, but with a mile and three-quarters covered he got the stitch. . . Sparkling Chimes was expected ai Amberley. He went a genuine race, m fact he was first into the straight, but when it came to business third place was the best he could do. • But for leaving his feet m the first half-mile, Succession would have won the Fernside Handicap at North Canterbury. As it was, he only got beaten by a length for the biglend of the money. Lord Clan was cleverly driven by "Drum Withers" when he won .at ■ North Canterbury. The son of Dillon Child stsiys well. Later on he came out and won the mile. My Sonny was picked out to win the Ohoka Handicap, and m a- field of twenty-six he was sent out a good second favorite. But he must have got away badly, for he was never m the picture. In . the bad light and . big field it was difficult to sort him out. Yen, riden by P.-.8. Jones, 'was a big fancy at Rangiora, but again he failed to materialise. He led into the straight, but t once m line for home he soon Cried "sufficient." Logan Lad ran prominently m the mile * saddle at, Rangiora, but just couldn't see it trut; Awamoa looked a winner \n the mile saddle at North Canterbury till Lord Clan came with a wet sail and beat her on the post. If Albert Logan was sound what a great horse he would be. '