Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 274, 9 February 1928, Page 14

Turf Notes

Conducted by "EARLY BIRD”

Racing at Rotorua The annual meeting of the Rotorua Racing Club is to be held on Saturday and Monday. Splendid acceptances have been received for the first day’s racing. Out of Everything Rapine, Town Bird, Upoko and Marble King have been scratched for all engagements at the Taranaki Jockey Club’s meeting. Doing Better Sir Roy is a regular attendant at Riccarton, and appears to have thrown off all effects of his Wellington trip. He will probably make his reappearance under silk in the Midsummer Handicap at the C.J.C. meeting this month. The King’s Hurdler In the last week in December it was announced in the English Press that the King had put St. Sylvestre in training for hurdling. St. Sylvestre is French bred. His best performance was to run third to Servus and Samphere in the Zetland Plate at Stockton in August. The King has a halfbrother to St. Sylvestre, by Friar Marcus, entered in this year’s Derby. Lysander for Jackson Stakes Lysander, with a light-weight up, was sent along over half a mile, covering the first furlong in 11 4-ssec and the four in 50 3-5, doing it easily all the way. Lysander’s only engagement at Wanganui is the Jackson Stakes on Saturday week, which his owner-breeder has not yet succeeded in winning. A victory for the son of Absurd and Pennon would be a popular one. In An Easy Race The Leighton filly, Golden Armour, has done really well since the Trentham meeting, and she should soon be led in a winner. She claims an en-

gagement in Hie Trial Stakes at Riccarton this month, and among such a field of moderates she is almost sure to wind up the public fancy. In the Classics Childe, who remains in the Middle Park. Plate, to be run at Riccarton on Saturday week, has only faced the starter on two occasions. He ran third to Silver Paper and Silver Rule in the Spring Nursery Handicap at the New Zealand Cup meeting and ran unplaced on the concluding day. He has been doing fair track work at Riccarton of late and on Saturday beat his stable-mate, Starshooter, over six furlongs in 1.18. An Interesting Affair Whether Shrapnel would be allowed to start in the Australian Jockey Club January and Anniversary Handicaps, has been a subject of discussion in racing circles since F. J. Marsden gave notice that he intended to lodge an objection against the gelding being raced. Marsden’s appeal was entered on the grounds that he had presented Shrapnel to Mr. P. Simmons with the understanding that he was not to be raced again. The A.J.C. committee held a special meeting to decide the question befor© the racing began recently, and it was subsequently reported that following its usual procedure in such cases the committee had rejected the entry of the gelding until Mr. Simmons definitely establishes his ownership in a court of law. Legal action is pending. Outdoes R. Lewis When Trivalve won the Melbourne Cup the ovation accorded him on his return to scale was directed at his rider, R. Lewis, just as much as to the colt. It was a wonderful feat on the part of a man in the forties to pilot Trivalve to victory. Should Lewis determine to continue riding, he will probably show to advantage for several more years. But Lewis is not the only elderly rider before the public. Advice was forthcoming from Mudgee that W. Walsh, 65 years of age, rode in six races at a meeting at Lue. WaSsh was on th© second horse in two of these races. He rode with a maximum of vigour. In his spare time Walsh breaks in young horses on a station property in the Mudgee district. King Medallist a Bargain Buyers failed to appreciate the full value of King Medallist when he was offered for sale as a yearling in 1926, and allowed him to go out of the ring at 275gns. Their bad luck, however, meant a stroke of good fortune for the sportsman who purchased him at the dispersal sale of the Woodlands stud, in August of the same year. This time King Medallist was submitted as an untried two-year-old, and was knocked down to Mr. H. M. Henderson at 160 gns. The gelding was leased to his present nominator, J. Fahey, and the late J. Tuckerman, a former Randwick trainer. As a two-year-old he failed to win a race, but this season he has improved with every run, and his recent success in the Three-year-old Handicap at Randwick was his third win in a few weeks. King Medallist is bred to stay, as his sire, Shepherd King, and his grand-dam, Lady Medallist, were both Caulfield Cup winners. He is held on lease until January 17, 1929, and in the interval his lessee looks like picking up some good prizes. Luminary, Ripon Abbey, Quinsilia, Menance, Oliinemuri, Oscar, Always, Whaka King, Young Pretender. Tourist Handicap.—Clarus, Barometer, Quincoma, Judge's Box, Archeno, Pelham, Queen Arch, King Lu, Baby Bun, Rarakau, Siaosi, Desert Glow, Te Koroke, Ti Tree, The Immigrant, High Pitch, Miss Egypt, Flying Juliet, Bright Day, Prince Lu, Macroom, High Rose, Branson, Romford, Archeen, Regent, New Moon. Farewell Handicap.—Abbey Day, Palmares, Dave, Daylight, Pelham, Ballymoy 11., Some Lady, High flown. King Lu, Ballachulish, Nancy Lee, Ruffles, Valkon, Berinthia, Tea Time, Ti Tree, High Finance, Prince Otto, In the Shade, Kingfield, Billikins, Prince Lu, Macroom, Archeen, Regent, Town Bird.

Civility’s Return F. Lind sent Civility four furlongs at Wanganui recently. With her usual pilot up, the Elysian mare completed

For Australia Martarma, who will be ridden by M. McCarten in his Australian engagements, is booked to leave Wellington on March 16. The Great Northern Derby winner'will be nominated for th© Banks Peninsula Cup, to be run at Motukarara next month, and will then go on to Trentham to contest the New Zealand St. Leger. Unlucky to be Caught The Taranaki owner of Calamine was, it is stated convicted as a result of the prosecution of a bookmaker at Eltham recently. Mr. Startup, who frankly admitted taking a small double, was not abl© to race Calamine at the Egmont meeting. Denier was another horse he was interested in, racing the Bisogne gelding in partnership with his brother. With a big percentage of owners dealing with pencillers it can be said that this Taranaki man was unluoky to be caught. Payment for Broadcasting In spite of the decision of the New Zealand Trotting Conference at Wellington recently not to allow the broadcasting of future trotting meetings, the Otahuhu Club has granted permission to the Radio Company to broadcast the summer meeting on February 18 and 22. This is in keeping with the promise given prior to the conference, which has communicated with the Racing Conference, requesting that body to work in conjunction with the trotting control and refuse permits unless payment is made by the Radio Company. Scarlet’s First Foal Mr. J. I. Winter-Irving evidently showed good judgment when he refused 2,400 guineas for a colt by Valais from Scarlet at the last yearling sales in Melbourne. For sentimental reasons alone he had good reason to place a high value on the youngster, who was the first foal of that once fine galloper Scarlet. The lattpr had won the Sydney Cup, V.R.C. Oaks and Sires’ Produce Stakes in Mr. WinterIrving’s colours, and there was every reason to hope that her Valais foal would develop into a galloper above the average. Seemingly he has, for under the name of Stalden he won the Holiday Stakes at Caulfield a fortnight ago. The prize to the winner was worth £ 450, and as Stalden won by three lengths it should not be long befor© he repeats the dose. He is trained by C. T. Godby, who on the same day also won the Tooronga Handicap with Sans Culotte. REMINDERS Nominations for the Franklin meeting will be received by the secretary, Pukekohe. or by Mr. A. J. Farquhar, secretary, Avondale Jockey Club, up till 5 p.m. on Friday, February 17. Handicaps are due on Tuesday, February 28. The Ohinemuri meeting is to be held on March 17 and 19. Nominations will close with the secretary at Paeroa, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Co., High Street, Auckland, at 8 p.m. on Friday. February 17. Acceptances for all events at the Wanganui Jockey Club’s autumn meeting will be accepted up till 8 p.m. on Friday, February 10.