LATE SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 20002, 16 October 1926, Page 8

LATE SPORTING

WANGANUI TURF NOTES THE CARTERTON MEETING PROSPECTS FOR RICCARTON. (Special to the Times). Wanganui, October 15. Grand Knight is to be a runner at the Carterton meeting to-morrow, the open sprint being his mission. He has a big weight but he must go well if he is regarded as a likely winner at Trentham. B. H. Morris will have the mount. Lucky Days, another of B. H. Morris’ rides to-morrow is not overweighted in the Carterton Hack. David Garrick, the Comedy King three-year-old, is a promising sort and he should have made just enough progress since Wanganui to account for those opposed to him in the Taratahi Hack. Although backward, Note ran prominently here this month and in the Electric Hack of five furlongs she should beat Polonaise who showed some speed at Otaki. The young Hawera horseman, Len Pine, must by now be getting used to coming croppers off his mounts. When he was about to pass the judge’s box at Feilding in September of last year he was on a horse that fell a few yards past the post and was nearly buried in the mud. His whip was lost and it is not recorded that it has so far been found. Not so long after Pine had a similar fall off that deceiver L’Amour and the result was a broken arm that kept him out of the saddle for many months. The falling stunt was repeated at Otaki on Saturday, Kilmezzo, a certainty for second, crashing five yards from the post and sending Pine a purler into the mud and slush and he did not pull up until he had skated well past the judge’s line of vision. When he came to the surface again it was noticed that the jockey had maintained his hold on liis whip. He had learned his lesson at Feilding. When the nominations for the Auckland Spring meeting are announced it will be found that Fred Tilley had made engagements for Mandane, Tukia, Bank Note and that two-year-old Ruanui remains in the Welcome Stakes. This youngster, by Limond from Rose Queen is a half brother to The Thorn. The mere fact that the gelding is to be taken north should be sufficient to show that he is well forward and his debut will be watched with interest. It is doubtful if Shining Armour will be a runner at Ellerslie but he may be entered for the Auckland Cup. Engaged in the principal events at the C.J.C. meeting next month are Reremoana, Lady Cavendish, Helen and Lady Desmond hailing from the Hawera stable presided over by Orney Cox. In addition it is quite on the cards that Enare will pay a visit to the old scenes if he shapes satisfactorily at Waver ley next week. Reremoana has come on a lot since winning the New Zealand Eclipse Stakes last month and it will take a very big weight to stop him if the stable sends the chestnut out for. the Stewards’ Handicap, indeed Riccarton visitors next month will see Reremoana in better fettle than when he impressed them on his last visit. Jack Barry is to ride him in his engagements. Although nominated for the Canterbury Cup it is unlikely that Reremoana will be a starter. Lady Cavendish is a smart sprinter and she should be better this season than last. It has to be remembered, however, that Absurd mares do not last long and at three years they generally show signs of losing their pace. About the ’two best examples of this were Epitaph and Motley but .the latter regained much of her dash at four years of age. Lady Cavendish has not been overdone and with the care and attention that 0. Cox has paid her in an endeavour to get over the apparent weakness she may continue her winning way. Lady Cavendish has been doing good work on the Hawera tracks and she is so brilliant over six furlongs that she will not return home empty handed. It is rather surprising but none the less illuminating to find Helen flying at such high game as the C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap. Early in her two-year-old career the Limond filly showed considerable promise by running into a place in good company and one naturally thought that here Mr G. F. Moore had another Lady Cavendish but afterwards the filly went back and she earned for herself the reputation of mediocrity. She was not raced unduly in the first year and last season and she has yet to be seen out as a three-year-old. The mere fact that Helen has been entered for important events at the forthcoming Riccarton gathering points to her having made a vast improvement but to what extent we will probably learn at Waverley next week. Perhaps like several of the Limond breed Helen will improve with age. It is pleasing to record the fact that the particularly smart filly Lady Desmond is still going on the right way and with a lot of work on the roads she gives every appearance of being, well on the way to earn a reputation becoming her name. The stock of Limond are a bit inclined to waywardness for Commendation still retains a will of his own although he is not bad with it. Lady Desmond will be given a run at Riccarton before contesting the Derby and the Oaks and a better idea of her chances against the brilliant Commendation may then me gauged. The filly has only raced once this season, when she displayed real gameness, running second in the open sprint at the Marton meeting, six weeks ago in very heavy going. It is on the score of condition that Commendation will possess a big advantage over Tom Newman’s smart galloper. With J. Barry doing the stable riding it means that no doubt he also will be on Lady Desmond at Riccarton in addition to Mr G. F. Moore’s horses, the latter sportsman haring retained him.