"Heads" and Tales

NZ Truth, Issue 1126, 30 June 1927, Page 9

"Heads" and Tales

SHIRLEY has done nothing since she raced last May, but she is to be worked along again. "The mare looks m great heart to start the season's work. ■-' ' A .•■.■-.•• ■ ■ *'■•'.■•■" 'A* -7 ■ ' ■■ » ■.„'.. NO' more will punters have to, put up with the vagaries 70.f. Merry Day. She has, beenTretired^o stud7and is going to" Hunting - : .Spng. 1; V . ' , -■■ ■■■ • '*_- A ■''"'- *■ * '•' "&"■ WON THE ISSUEiV ) y y THERE were three gentlemen jockey * races . during the' week's racing up m the Bay,' and- Jim" Morris won the issue. . : . .'•.-■'.'. - : :i-';-.'> .••'■'•'.'' A' • He scored twiee'on Tameterangi, and the other success was on Ramblin' Kid. " ' 7' :- On two occasions it was his superior horsemanship that galye him victtiry. . Especially was this, the case when he beat Mint Lbaf on" Saturday last. ' *■■■■'„ . ■ '*'•'-' .■.'•*■ A soft track and a bit of weight .does not trouble Coot. She is as game as they are made wherf it comes, to a finish. •'.-■■'..'•'■'. 7»,"' ' * THE i&ea of plowing the Hastings ■*• track up has been abandoned — for _ the present time at '.any rate. . *: ' - *•■'-. ' ,- ■ .*. A 'youngster, the -property of ; A.. Potter, "with some good stout blood m her is one by Bisogne, out of a Wolawa mare. She has no fewer than five crosses N of Musket m her pedigree.

TT has been stated that Roy Reed will 1 stay m Sydney till after the A.J.C. spring- meeting. Mdre than likely he y ill- -be. ba*ck. home some time, before' that. .*■'..-* * CTEWART WADDELL made a good recovery from his illness and was up and about again last week. * ' ' '■ » '* HAS THE REUAtiONS A rising' two -year -old m Stewart^ ■ Waddell's care is the Paper Money -Simper filly. A She is a half-sister to Gold' Light, Razzle Dazzle and Beacon Light. Just whether she will live up to' her relatives remains to be seen, but at present she gives indications of going very fast. ■■#.-.-.• •'. ■*'' " '■*•"' A horse that has made big . improvement m rfeceht: weeks is Romantic, which won a double at Hastings. !< ' '. 5. ■ * i ! UARRY McSWEENEY had his first ' winning "hoop" since .his return when Banjuke won the Hunt Cup at Hastings.. ... 7 : ]T\UO'S half brother, which is under .■ Bill Donovan's care, is a solid gentleman. He looks more like a stayer than an early speed merchant. ' * ' * ' - .. , pAY BOBBIE ended his career last week when he came down whilst out hunting.