WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3994, 30 September 1930, Page 54

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

r P , , . September 25. ,!? annual meeting of members of the Wellington Racing Club will be held on Monday next. There will be an election °, £ steward— caused by Mr O. o. Vyatkins being elected president of the Racing Conference—for the first time t? v t x? e A rs * Laptain Edkins and Mr hi. Kathan are contesting the vacant seat in the stewards. A “? r being in a private hospital, Mr . Higgins, the local owner and steward, attended the \V anganui meeting He is at present on a trip to Suva Messrs R. J. Murphy and C. Bovle, local owners, leave for Sydney by 'the Maunganui tq-day. The last-named has three horses in training in Melbourne. Mr 1. M Intosh leaves for Melbourne by the Maheno with the four-year-old Gossip, by Gasbag—Helen Rufus. Wanganui form worked out well at Avondale. Cylinder, winner of the Guineas, repeated the performance at the northern meeting. King Colossus, runnerup in the Debutante Stakes at Wanganui, was first home in the Avondale Stakes. He is the first of the progeny of Colossus, a Polymelus horse, to race. The Trentham contingent at Ashburton failed to return their stay-at-home followers a dividend. Third by Royal Game in the big race was the best they could do. there was nothing at the meeting in the same class as Chide and Pink Coat, who were among the winners last year. Balloon King, winner of the Rosehill Guineas, is trained by R. D. O'Donnell, formerly of Trentham, for the executors of the estate of the late Mr John Brown. For the sake of the ex-New Zealand trainer, it is hoped he will win the A.J.C. Derby. Last spring Historic won the Avondale Cup, but a rise of a stone- in the weights stopped him this time. The best he could do was to run third to Prodice, who was runner-up a year ago.

Waterline, who made his last appearance in New Zealand at Wingatui, ran his best race to date in the Rosehill Cup, when he carried 9.0 into fourth place

behind three opponents to whom he was n p weight. As the Victorian L carrlfcd a stone more than his I<; i an and put up a record, n ea j 3 hlm at Bandwick shduld bill rode Ga y Crest at Kbsenll, but it is reported the South Island in U " MeU«pdS. will b ‘ tI,C Since they left home, the members of netpd Ar r \ S Blenheim team have com1 Ti Marton > Wanganui, and Avon-: thnrpfn,. y Wo . n a race at eaeh Place, and theiefoic paid expenses. Their next appearance will be at Ellerslie. lnok S fr«™ « n i l A V lklw 'ai were expected back fiom Sydney by next week’s steamer! 7rivnX n reported that the latter may be' alien a lace or two before returning. He ' va s. n °t entered for the big meeting. Lhe Irentham-trained filly Lineage ran third^in 1 ?! th A e Wanganui Guineas and thud in the Avondale Guineas. She will pa ,ni "' a y later on in the season. lhe Te Awamutu trainer F. E. Loomh lad a great run at the Avondale meeting, turning out six winners and two seconds! His patron. Mr E. H. Cucksey, provided noth winner and runner-up in the Nursery Handican in Barascope (Weathervane —- Lortrix) and Princess Bede (Catmint—s Lady Bede). lliey had Australian en-j r,agements, but were taken out at the beginning of the month. -tlie owner of Cimabue got word from xi. B. Lorrigan that the Leighton gelding is standing up to it all right, and with a little luck is expected to win a race betore he returns home. Recent recruits to the jumping business ii ?i! en c ar , e Tourist an d First Money, 15 q’ n 1 en ? l iavc shaped satisfactorily, 1. Day will take Hynanna and some other members of Mr W. R. Kemball’s team through to the Hawke’s Bay and N apier Park meetings. ’ s reported the Wanganui Jockey Club made a loss of £lOOO over its recent meeting. The stewards went the wrong way about the economy business by cutting a few shillings per day off the gatekeepers’ wages instead of chopping £ooo or more off the stakes. Satisfactory nominations have been re-* ceived for the Otaki Maori Racing Club’s meeting, to be held on October 10 and 11, oome beginners in Goblin Market, First Money, Tourist, Kilniezzo, and Limited are in the hurdles races. 1 The Hawke’s Ba.y contingent for Avon-, dale that did the long journey by motor float took two days on the road. That would not improve their chances. Com-, mandant, one of. Mr Lowry’s team, did not start.

TT Reid stayed at Auckland with xiistoi’ic ana Lineage. Panther and Typq were brought back to Trentham after racing at Avondale. There is a chance of the Wellington, owned Autopay being shipped to Sydney a ? eald Y date. He won his wav out of the hack class by the win at Wanganui, Singleton, the East Coast champion, ivith an accident and was unable to fulfil engagements at the Marton and Wanganui meetings. He is evidently all right again, as he has been paid up for at Hawkes Bay, where he is top weight. On his best North Island form. High Court appeared well treated in the Geraldine Cup with 8.11, considering the companj’ he was asked to meet. W; Hawthorne, who for some time past has been training at Opaki, has shifted quarters to .Awapuni. which is a great centre. Trainers there can attend most of the meetings around, leaving home by motor float on the morning of tho races and being back the same night. Horses are thus always in their own boxes.