AUCKLAND TOPICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 55

AUCKLAND TOPICS.

Bt Taiko*. January 11. Approached while in Auckland with regard to the prospects of his getting a satisfactory return for Perle DOr, the two-year-old sister to Golden Slipper, the Canterbury sportsman Mr G. D. Greenwood gave a doubtful shake of the head, and added that he was not quite su,e that he would not taka a couple of hundred guineas for the youngster that cost him 10 times th T h r»b°"L of the 50.,1t «lly &*«£ Stakes at the metropolitan club c autumn 'barf Ro*a looks nono tlif wor~e for the three race* extract ed frc:n hnn at the \KC rmctincr, but his ruri'sing gave the in.pr^ioi. that his heart i, not m the n«jl.t Place. H* will hare t; - .ai"o off his <lo>:4 piopen^ltie* beforv backers will be inclined to iol!o\v him m lutiuv. _ The Takapuna JocVey Club lmc received capital nom^dUions for tho bummer meetin cr. commencing on January 2It was no surpiiFo to see Master Soiilt returr-a to D. Moravian's stable afier the ret-nt" Uocd stock sale*, without changing har.d- a-, thu re-,ar\e on the Mm of Soult -a= 2COogs. Master Sou It. is a well-exposed hoiee and a,s Australian handicapped hold an e-a'trd opinion of Xow Zealand horse* it would probably not have pa, d to take the Souit gelding acro&> tae faaman S:ea._ Befo-e leaving Auckland tho Hat* ices Biv Mr T. H. Lawry made it p.»t'v e'ear that the rumour that he con-Tr-i~n,l'ited "taking Bobrikoff and others of his "horses to Australia this autumn w -roundic^. Thi* is to be regrefed. as it would have been interesting to have seen Bobrikoff under silk with the Australian cracks in ths Champion Slakes and in the Ea-!way Handicap and Victors' Handicap at the A.R.C. suramea- meeting. Armlet"* -. ic-iorj in the Local Stakes on the closiar dav came in the light of a m>rpri*=. as the owner, Mr G. D. Greenwood, only ha^ l a modest sovereign on the daugh-tr-r'of M-erisc-hikoff in th~ Stakes. Curacoa (Cuirassier— Rubina), the threeparts sister to Machine Gun, who with a colt at foot by Senilt was krotked down to Mr W. Waltd- at the sale of Mr Dudley V hor&~? for 160gs, will join the stud mares at Glenora Park. Lookinrr at rhe su<-cc*«.ps that havf> attended th" progeny of th- imported fire Fo-,K, md the fact that th« v-a.-lings offer.- I rt Glr-r.ora Park Stud this y?ar vroic* pe.-ht ,t? the hest-looking lot ever r-üb-•nittcl to the hammer at tho P.-ijv'iura I'l-ec'ing e=tab!l=liment. it was iin*ic ipatod tli-:t n.i.hfi- bettor i>ricc-p wouVl have obtpincd. Tlov.-p-.-pr, I <-npio c e that wiih an average of 13Ur<; for 13 lots Mr Walters ran ha\ " no roi*on to comnliiin. The brown ro!t by Poult from T«dv Muskft who tnnnod th^ list at 500?s, falling to the bid of tlv Waifrato sportsman, Mr Eo«, i« romarkahl" 'vpll-gro*vji, and one who looks all over hkc fui niching into a racehorse.

The 16 voungstera offered at the CarabriS 1 Park Stud gave an average o£ 70|gs. I