RACING

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 6

RACING

More Schooling There has not been a great deal of schooling of late over the hill at Ellerslie, but matters in this direction should liven up in the near future. The Great Northern favourite, Kawini, will probably put in. an appearance at Ellerslie on Tuesday morning to indulge in a schooling task. To Ride the Favourite G. Holland, who was successful on Kawini in the hurdle race the second day of the Hamilton meeting, will also pilot the Formative gelding in the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase. This will give Holland a chance to get his name inscribed on the list of winners of one or both of these big jumping events for the first time. Riding Engagements H. Dulieu, who piloted Red Comet to victory at Te Rapa when he paid a sensational dividend, has been engaged to ride King Smock in the Cornwall Handicap, Hoariri in the Members’ Handicap, and Thurnrosae in her engagements at the Great Northern meeting. Booked for Sydney

Piuthair and Clarinda are to have a short spell, and it is possible that they will be raced in Australia in the spring. If they go across the Tasman there is everjr chance that Novar will go with them. Novar is another to have a holiday in the paddock for a couple of months. His Bid

There was a dramatic interruption during a sale of racehorses. The master of ceremonies, after a whispered consultation, announced: “A gentleman present tells me that during the progress of proceedings here he has lost a wallet containing five hundred and eighty pounds. lam authorised to state that he offers a re\Vard of seventy-five pounds for its return.” There was a short silence, and then a Jewish gentleman who stood at the back of the crowd nodded his head to the auctioneer and said “Eighty.” Shrewd Buyer No housewife waiting in the early doors rush at a city store has a keener scent for a bargain than Mr. Harry Taylor, of the Macquarie Stud, New South Wales. He paid 525 and 375 gns respectively for Courante, dam of Valicare, and Galtee Queen, and sold their foals for 5,500 and 4,loogns. Now he has received four figures for the foal of another mare that he purchased cheaply. That mare was Lais, who was bought by Mr. Taylor at the dispersal sale of the Mungie Bundie Stud for 190gns. At the time she had a Mountain King foal at her side, and the youngster grew into such a fine yearling that Mr. Taylor was able to sell him for l,loogns. The Macquarie studmaster also bought wisely at the Sledmere dispersal. Realising that the stock of Great Star would be valuable, he got a couple of mares that had foals by him. For Cooghal he paid 2Sogns, and last week sold the foal, now a yearling, for 700gns. Mai toff cost him 360gns, and the Great Star colt she had at her side realised 500gns.

Not a Beau Brummell When his Majesty gives a trophy to a racing club there is naturally a keen desire by wealthy owners to win it, so that it may grace their expansive sideboards. The other day, when Star d’Or had to be scratched, robbing the dignified chairman of the Victorian Racing Club of his chance of winning the King’s Cup at Flemington, one of the Melbourne visitors to Sydney remarked, “What a lark it would be if Mr. Mackinnon had to present Bill Leyshon to the Duke to receive the prize.” The point of his remarks is that Leyshon is a rough-and-ready Flemington trainer, who in ordinary life is not exactlv a Beau Brummell. Well, it has come to pass that Leyshon not only trains, but owns, the King’s Cup winner, Spear Maiden, so that the tableau our visitor had visualised was actually staged. The win was popular, too, as Spear Maiden started one of the equal first favourites. Leyshon has had considerable success this year, notably with Cornus, whose ways he seems to understand. Now, he not only has the King’s Cup, but a gold watch which the Victorian Racing Club gave to the trainer of the winner.