Otago and Southland Jottings
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1 liksier ruslv wiirjsb'bn. be on. • •"■' '.' ''.■•:' ; "-. T - v : *■:•: .■'-'«•■'',•■;: #'. . "... . v 'Set.' Sail Will have .a multitude of v sbuth'ern , suppqrtensf : m her , Easter engagements; ' "■''■ . : i .'..../ .;'■ ,' .* '■..- J. •'.':'' . ■ -' : ■ i Tione, is •back.in. the hands, of his i old .mentor, .Dave T^ilson. He , has ■"♦.buugjit a,' .share.^in . him. ' .'. • . . -.; . " ' "'.* ' ; "'. : V.*; '■ ' .'" *•' . . They '■•Syii.i'''b'e' ; ' lucky -if : they .get -> ti'eir money .back with Roseday. He has been . fired . and, is out .for a ■ long .srell, perhaps for. keeps. . , - I * ' ■■':."■ * .- V .-' '=* : '*. ■'. : - ,* " : <'•' If QKaVley. Christie.takes, Tholompn tp • L'awrehce 1 and ., Beaumont, '■ then thegirls will only have them<-. selves to blame if they don't get some pin money. \\;>. ,:■•.;/ . .•#,■■:;•■ ,-. # ... • ,■■'■■■ * Casseis was m a bad way after the Invercargill meeting, and can be writ? | len out .for ;'^ome time. This is bad Muck,, .fpiv. he looked,, .certain to r. win races, duriiig. the coming jumping.. 'sea-i SCn.v'iV'Vv'.^ '-, ■' .. ,•'-,-.■, . '■ '! • - :■ ■-\r.; i ■ *■ • •• It is Avithin the bounds of probability that Listening Post will be •nominated/ for • the Grand National llurdieg; ! He is .credited with being a great jumper.' ' *■ '. ■■■ "' *■ , ' ' * ' ■*■■..-••;. Greenstone is losing his greenness and promises to win a good steeplechase .before the season, is very much older. , He will be at % Riverton at Easter.- ■< ■■■'■* ■■'"■•' '■'■* "•.■ ■ ♦ ■ ■ - Apple Dighton has been doing it nicely m his work, and is well placed fti handicaps "ahead. He is a yery useful sort when properly right. i .'; , i':- ' *■•: f•■ •• :■ . -■■ •* . < Francaise ; is; - still a 'handful at the peg. She wouldn't face the barrier m the -big^neat at Invercai^ill on the . second day, and she practically ran her race before the tapes were skied. : ; ■ ■■: .•:; '_ :} '. .. « ■ .' * ;' . . ■. is- back oil" the tracks iktcv a 'spell ■ :.' He has pace aiid jumps well, -but is a bit inclined to hesitate' v*^: ■ -.-.. ;, -.-, # -, ±' ...". Jack 'Vyhite has nominated All Style and" Jolly Glad for the upat ' Easter. They . I are a useful pair, and should WU -gather some money' between them. ■Uf f ;':.'■'.* :'.-. ■■-'.. * ■.:".■' .x B^^Bbbligio.';has a- record number of to her credit, and is climbine: the handicaps without getting much H^H the v rtibney. • ■ ' -* ' -i '■'-■.*''■■ ■..■■ '•' '■;■'' ■♦;.■■ .■ ' jS^m T h proTnising two-year-old Battle I^^Baghas'be'eh sold, and m future will H^H trained' at Riverton. - : BBnB ■;'.■*".-.' #..■..•■■'. :■*•'' ''■:"# ■ ''■■■ is to be put m work again H^Brortly. ■'. - ■■'■■. ■HL ' ■* ■: '; «',,'# ' 9R Rag Tag is a bit better than his HHLame suggests. He is down on ■HOB'S "minimum m hurdle heats, but ■^■Shouldn't be there long. HH * •< ■ •-* * MB There are two or three prohiising HHfehtweigTit horsemen down south, and HRjiic of them is young Dwyer, who is ■Biß>prenticed M to Rowlands', stable. He HhlLi son of Jack Dwyer,.' one-time rep. and now. associated with the i^HPnning •■of trotters. '■ : H _•*;" '■/ ' «;■ .'■'.* ■'■:■'■: Hv Mr.. A.. S. Cambridge's horses are |H9"i' salo, and the.' Salisbury squire HButtcs that he is giving" the racing HBame' up.' This 'is Uad news for some clubs, for he has been a proBBVfic nominator at their meetings. tKm. ' '■. *"' ' ' : 9 "''..' '■. '•'*- " . ■ ; JS Rightiy or wrongly the impression that more than one club down njrthis way is practically controlled by Bp one official. There, certainly have been H^nciden,ts that give color to the im-' Hwiession, and the ..result will .be deHdfcv eased ' patronage arid returns. . * . .* . * JHP Overdrawn next time out. - , HP Coastguard lost a stirrup m. the hur-. Bj'fljes at Waimate and Bert Ellis had a By rough .spin -over the last 'tllree fences. Hi He couldn't havo.beaten the winner all. H.i^e. tfaraei- ' ■ ','.
Wharncliffe was a winner a long way from home and romped m. lie is a. big, upstanding chestnut that looks capable of winning m. better company. Red Admiral looked more like a cot case than anything else. He had a, swelling on his off foreleg as big as a football. . • . . . ■ .x . #■" • > • " # : Mountain Lion was soon but m front m the Cup and was never headed. Two furlongs from home it looked as though he was tiring, but he cleared -away again and won well. . * . . # ■■ . # Tarleton finished like a. train and would have liked a longer journey. :_ * * .... ♦ Overdrawn was not ridden with the best of judgment, being allowed to drift too far away from the leaders m the -early stages. The race served to show 'that he is very well for Easter racing . ; * ** ■.'.'*? Corn Money got. chopped back at the sLart ( of the sprint and had a good view pf the others for most of the way. He put m fine work m the straight tc finish second. • : . ■ , ' * * ♦ Sun Up got well away and did it nicely*- right-- 'through the piece. He is ready for the Easter, campaign. '■■-,* ,*>./■:* ,* , ■ . ' Volant went' fast, but not' very far. He 16st his breath a long- way .froir home. ■■'■•': ' * * ■ ■■ * : Reonui won the Trial nicely by coming at, the right end. He is a two-year-old by - Saxby and is. m Free Jones's stable. . -. ':■ ..-''■.- ;'■ # '* \ #■■ Moratorium, is a Jong way from heinu a good one. He had every chance ir the Trial and was well whacked. . -;■ :•■:..,.#• *■ * It wasn't a good field that Frivolous beat, but she I ' did it very nicely. She is galloping well at present. * « * Silver Lining won't be long now. Just the last bit found him out and the race would do him a heap of good. .# ,'..■#-. w Kapuna got badly away but showet a fine burst of speed and made up a 'big s '.retch- of ground. He is one oi the unlucky sort, but it can't always be that way. ■-"*•* # There were, only five m the Welter, but there was more bumping and block ing than if there had been 30 runners ■■■>.■. * * Zaragoza was sorted out as the best of good things, but &he got it m the neck at least three times. She should do better soon. * # # . At the end of a furlong Courtley Rose was pinched on the rails and sent bacli last. With half a mile gone she go; near the- leaders, but was sent, bacl* again. Finally she was brought on tht outer and galloped over everything, ir the run home. * ■#._.* Make a note of Exide for a hack flutver any time now. He ran two good seconds. '.■'•'* " ■*■.'■ *" : ;' Apple Dighton went sore just before the Wairriate meeting and had to be eased; He was galloping well at the time. . ■ r . i Lava was a long way below her besf fc'rm at InvercargiH,. and never lopkec like .a winner. , ' ■ ■ "BOLS" GIN. A 356-YEAR-OLD TONIC! Although the oldest m the workl "Bols" Gin and Liqueurs have not beer long enough on this market to become known , to everybodj'. In England and the Continent; "Bols" is recognised . b> connoisseurs: 'as "the' only possible brand." This is gradually being fount .out here. It's .worth some trouble tc get. Any club or hotel can supply.*
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NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 13
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1,091Otago and Southland Jottings NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 13
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