STRAIGHT BITS AND SPURS

NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 14

STRAIGHT BITS AND SPURS

RECOVERED DAPIER has recovered from the injury he received when he was galloped dn m the New Zealand Cup, and his great effort m that event will ensure that he will get somewhere near i the maximum poundage for the big Ellerslie two-miler. x Last year he carried 8.10 first past the post, but, so far, this year, nothing definite has been decided on by his connections. UMERICK 1 J TIMERICIO is still being pottered about at Riccarton and has a jog around the plough almost every morning. ; , .■ - He has put on a lot of ■ condition, and looks bright and well, and the foot injury seems to be responding to treatment. . The champion is not likely to do anything serious for some time yet, and original intentions to take him across for the Easter Randwick carnival are being adhered to. CILVER PAPER and: Aspiring have ■ been physicked and -are being treated to a brief spell. The former's loss of form is difficult to understand. TOO CLASSY rYLD Sunart' was far too classy for V the Hack Hurdle field at Levin, anihe was only -going a good threequarter pace to win. ;. ■ His trainer, "Doc." Knapp, stripped the big fellow m good condition, and his old mentor, Tom Lloyd, Avould have, been darn pleased to have seen his- old favorite last Saturday. • . . ■ ■ . ■ \ ,, QNE jride for one win was "Snow Morris' record at Levin. Morris deserves all the credit for the success of Thrift, his getting through dn the inner winning the race. , ' STILL OUT COMMENDATION will not be. racing over the Christmas holiday period. The mishap he met with at Riccartpn has not cleaned up as quickly as was expected. • His stable-mate, Chelone, is quite right again and will race at Feildihg. TERI can do nothing but run seconds. •*■ -He was m that position at Levin and he had a hock cut about during the running. ' ' '.* ■ . ■ TT is going to take little racing to bring Vertigern back to his best. That race of his' at Awapuni, last autumn was a great effort. ASKED a jockey at Levin: "What do 1 you do when, instead of the advertised gold-mounted whip, you receive a silver one?" In case of accidents, he was not referring to the whip Bert Frecklington donated to the winning jockey m the Levin Cup.

IMPROVEMENT^ • PEILDING is next week, and visitors to the meeting will notice that several improvements have been made since the last gathering. ' A new stewards' stand has been erected and this will minimise the crowding: experienced m recent years. The track down the home stretch has been widened and a new sevenfurlong starting-post has been put m. As time, arid finance allows, further improvements are to be made to the course. < »T PAYS THE Levin Club had a big cjrowd m attendance last Saturday. The executive was very liberal with tickets and the response was made the public. T*he tote was not up, however, but the shortage of money at the present' time is against all returns being up to par. During the day officials were vicing with each other to entertain visitors and the added accommodation on the .stewards' stand was sorely taxed. Other clubs could well follow the lead set by Levin m the matter of com- j plimentaries. HIS PRICE A WELLINGTON owner who is look- . ing for a horse asked for a price to be put on Bin Tin Tin the other day. The' thousand wanted was not forthcoming, and after Winton, . where Rin Tin Tin failed twice, the wouldbe owner is not at all peeved. * TOPERE was expected to win the ■* Maiden at Levin, but getting carted off, the course at the turn upset the apple cart. With any luck, the I half -brother 'to Gaze would have won. THEIR SIZE A CORRESPONDENT writes wanting rt to know which was the- taller— Warstep or Reputation. ' Inquiries made during New Zealand i Cup week from people who should know gives the honor to Reputation. As Fred Jones _said, he was taller than he looked, being high m the wither. ' s " • pEORGE NEW bought Mooregas beV fpre the last day at Christchurch and collected a second with him. Last week he passed him on to Jack McCombe— kt a profit of one hundred, it is said. ' "''■-., THE report that Jack B*arr/ is to 1 ride Hoylake m the Auckland Cup is quite correct. Barry was engaged 'during the progress of the New Zealand Cup meeting. 'V V " ' • . . ■ . ~ • '•■ i ■■•■•■ KALOS came up at Levin looking fresh and well. He did not get too good a run m the race and did rei markably well to get so clos&