RACING NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21280, 10 March 1931, Page 5

RACING NEWS.

i: . By Sentinel. >' ;*. ■ r. D. P. Wilson will leave for Trentham .to-morrow with Kin Tin Tin and Black ; ‘Duke; ' ■ .• ■■ ■ Jf It is reported that Compensation is a, . 'doubtful starter at the Trentham meetf'air Exchange has been turned out for * 'la long spell at his owner’s farm at 'Decks. He bled after his races at Crom’t-, This year's .field forfhe North Island, • Stakes is a : remarkably fine one, |with Nightmarch, Hunting/.Cry, , Paganfellii Lady Quex, Kareppti; -Tbxeuma, and Supremacy constituting<half the' number., "Then there is Lord Argosy and Esteem * ; iiamong the juveniles. ■ i* 'Six dropped out of the St. Leger. IStakes field, leaving 13,- including Ball Dress. Lady Pam is the only one who .[‘has won at more, than a .mile and a-; 'quarter, but Appledore, ■ .Rosshire, AriSa, Ball Dress, and King March should vive the journey.,. Howev.er, Lady Pam: ks.next to a certainty on paper, though . ifillies ..have not a gpod record in this face, the last winner of ter sex having been Mr G. D. Greenwood’s . Afterglow,

12 years ago., The performanceof Karapoti in the Jecksou Stakea .made a big -impression, and he is strongly fancied to beat Nightmarch and the remainder of his opponents im the North/Island Challenge Stakes .' at Trentham nexi Saturday.;'*, :' : Lancer, who resmiled work recently, is striding along in useful tasks. He may be ' raced in; the autumn, but he is . being got ‘ ready for winter hurdle races, in which ;v.v he is likely to perform with : great credit, provided he stands up to his preparation. He was going well last winter, but had to ; be-retired on the , eve of the Grand National carnival. ■ „ ' . 'Tautbow, the winner of the first division of the Motukarara Juvenile Stakes at .. the Banks, Peninsula was bred for'the late Mr J. S. Batrett, who had high hopes of the youngster’ turning out well. He: is a two-year-old by Arrowsmith whoV ran second, in a New, Zealand Cup. ■ Tautbow did not , jump Ti ,out , well, but he liras' running- on very strongly and he, looks like making a good horse. - " Ms Belle Polly registered a smart performance when she was runner-up to ; vWhStnot in - the-second division..of the . Motukarara Jhvenne. Stakes.. She. got ,4gut-weir in the second bunch, but was , standing Whatnot up’ several lengths; Her ■ fininshing effort was-: brilliant, and" the A future, of-this Polazel filly looka bright j Channeuse, who . disappointed in the Craven Plate at Riccarton, made amends ' ; by' winning the. : Kinloch Handicap. She was. always iii the picture, and never looked like being beaten,-after she took "the lead'-in the straight. ' The Paladin ■ mare. is'- a smart galloper and likely- to-'oh-to further successes in better comv , piny.-- ’ v • - •; -'AirLaddie, who is engaged in the Great V and Great Autumn Handicaps, is ' A tSined by Fi Davis at Woddville, where : he Won a habk race recently. He will require' to improve on that form to wm A:-; bile of-the big events at Riccarton next K : r- mhnth, hiit,his trainer should have a good i ’idea Of what is required, so apparently ijr Laddie is expected to improve. Waterline provided a sensation on the ; final day of the Victoria Racing Club’s ' meeting by beating Pbar Lap in the C. M. Lloyd Stakes, a race run v over amile weight-for-age, with penalties. -Waterline met his great rival at an advantage , ’ ii the weightL .but it t WM » notabk jier- ." mmanee, as Wntf sequence, of : If wjns by PhaV-Lap. . hfed by the late Sir; George Clifford, being by The Ace from Sailor s Hope, by from Fairhaven, .hr Pilgnm’a v Vpiogress from Elusive. He made . his first appearance in public in , : 'of last - year •;;»>••••« three*. •-G year-old, when he , won at Trentham. ' and he continued to show•: good form until late in the season, when he was pur- : chased hy a well-known Melbourne doctor, who races his-1 horses , under ; the asmimed name of Mr S. A. Rawdon. He J; showed useful form in Melbourne last spring, but, went amiss on"the eye of the " • big meeting in Sydney, - necessitating a ' : spell. Up -to that stage it was expected '..that he would do best , as a stayer, but since he resumed work recently he has distinguished himself as a sprinter. After providing a surprise, by winning a sixfhrlong race last month, he was second ■ ip the Newmarket Handicap, beaten by / Saif ! a head a week ago, while on Wed- ; nesday he won a division of the Bourke A ; Handicap, seven . furlongs.. Those were -' v t%6 good efforts;:but they appear to have improved him considerably, and nis win fjoyer Phar Lap was his outstanding per- . - formance., If he goes to Sydney for- •} ■ ‘Easter racing, Waterlinc.will now attract 4 .a,;lot of attention, and he will have to be f considered a . serious candidate for the Doncaster Handicap, - in, which he will meet.a strong field of milers. ■