Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 665, 17 May 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

CONDUCTED BY EARLY BIRD

I nteresting D. Campbell will leave for Ellerslie in a few days with Radiate and Battle I'olours. Both geldings are galloping well. Radiate has practically no schooling, and many are of opinion that the lack of it will find him out at Ellerslie. comments a Christchurch writer. The excuse made for not Schooling Radiate is that he won't school. There is something wrong about this as prior to last National meeting the bay gelding performed so brilliantly in a schooling gallop once round over the country that he was looked upon as next to a moral for the Enfield Steeplechase. He was going well when he fell at Cutts. In the Beaufort Steeples he again fell at Cutts, but in the Lincoln he survived the long three-mile journey and finished second to Rangi Sarto. In this race he had to contend with Cutts’ brush twice. Among those who finished behind him were Tuki. Ranui, J'ouri, Brigadier Bill, Passin’ Through and Jovial. The three last-named did not complete the course.

Where the Ticks Are P. ID. Jonees is in a quandary about J taking Limerick and Paquito to race i Brisbane in August. He is anxious j to take Limerick to try and win a j second King’s Cup with him, but he is afraid of the tick pest. The Brisbane Club has written Mr. H. A. Knight i asking him to enter his champion, and ; he would accede to the request with | pleasure were there no ticks in Queensland. The position is that racehorses ; going into Queensland are sprayed by

Government officials with a disinfectant and are sprayed again when leaving. Trainers who have subjected their charges© to this treatment allege that their horses have been seriously affected by the disinfectant used, and neither Mr. Knight nor Trainer F. D. Jones is at all anxious to subject Limerick to unnneoessary risks. Limerick and Paquito will be taken to Randwick early in July; that is arranged. Whether they will go on* to Brisbane depends upon circumstances.

Wanganui’s Second Day The Wanganui J.C. winter meeting : will conclude tomorrow. The princi- ! pal events are the Grandstand Steeple- ! chase, May Hurdles and Empire Handicap. 1 Off to Fiji 1 Jockeys C. McCarthy and L. A. Pine | leave for Fiji tomorrow’ morning. They j should get plenty of riding there, for j the racing season is just about to i commence in the Islands, j Improved ! Cool Mint was a different horse at : Wanganui yesterday from what he was ! at Ilawera, and on this occasion he i stayed out the six furlongs '-without any difficulty. He lay in behind the leaders all the way and at the death cam© along and took the race off Grand Acre without the slightest effort. On this form he is capable of winning more races before he quits the ranks of the hacks. R. Brough has taken a lot of pains to get him right and to him must go the credit of the success he has scored in the colours of the Auckland owner. Mr. H. R. j Mackenzie. First for Some Time Grand Acre had his first run for some time at Wanganui yesterday, and in the circumstances he did well to run second to Cool Mint. George New has a good opinion of this horse and expects him to pay his way a little later on. Began Badly The failure of Second Thought among the hack sprinters at Wanganui is not easy to explain, but it can safely be said that his running did not: represent his best form. He began very badly and did not improve in the run to the judge. The best that can be said at the moment is that he should not be long in giving a better account of himself. Not Sound Richfield is not too sound and the fact that he was not started at Wanganui yesterday in a field that looked easy for him suggests that he is giving his trainer trouble again. Rode to Win Good riding by J. Barry had something to do with the success of Flying Binge in the Hack Sprint yesterday. Barry nursed her nicely and brought the filly along with a good run at the right end and just got up on the post. She is no stayer and had she been brought to the front any sooner she would have failed. Favourite Unlucky j An unlucky runner among the hacks yesterday was Propaganda. He showed a lot of speed and with a vigorous man on top would have scrambled home. | Shrewd’s Form ! Shrew’d might win a hack race soon. I The middle distance event tomorrow i may suit the Hastings hack better j than yesterday’s sprint. He finished j right up to Royal Acre and Skyrider at Marton recently. Hit the Tops Mountain Crag was going well till near the end of the Hack Steeplechase yesterday, and then he started to rap his fences. This soon took the steam out of him, and he wound up by beingout of a place. He will improve with time and experience. Doesn’t Like It? Alaric gave a very bad exhibition of jumping in the Hack Steeplechase yesterday, and was never a possibility. ! Coming to Hand Nukumai has fined down a lot sire© he raced at Marton, and the race he had in the Wanganui Steeplecha.se will advance him a lot in condition. He is not a good cross-country horse yet by any means, but he did not do as badly in the Wanganui Steeplechase as his rear position might indicate He was very careful at his fences, and got round safely, but a long way from home his chance of winning was extremely light.

For Tomorrow? Puwhero seems to have a fancy for the Wanganui course, just as Passin’ Through used to have for Riccarton. and his race in the Wanganui Steeplechase was a big improvement on the showings he made at Hawera. In the Short Steeplechase, on the second day, he might have a much better chance than he had over yesterday’s distance

The Gallant Brigadier The winner of the Wanganui Steeplechase, Brigadier Bill, has done nothing < to cause one to enthuse about his pros--1 pects for a race like the Great Northj ern Steeplechase, though his owner is ! such an enthusiast over jumpers that many would like to see him get an- | other good one. It was fairly patent a long way from home in yesterday’s race that Brigadier Bill would win, but | there might have been a very different tale to tell had Roman Abbey stood up. i Roman Abbey over-reached at the double in front of the stand, and that was what brought him to grief. He was going exceptionally well at the time. Wharncliffe Promises For a novice at the steeplechasing business. Wharncliffe made a very fair showing at Wanganui yesterday. He does not seem to possess any brilliancy, but he can plug along well, and when he becomes proficient as a jumper he will make a good one. Squarely Beaten Blimp had every chance and was fairly beaten in the Connolly Handicap at Wanganui yesterday. Black Mint ran a great race in this event and is not altogether the forlorn hope he has been written down. Doubtful White Fang, doing slow work only : is a daily attendant at the Hastings i tracks. He is engaged at the Auck- ! land winter meeting, but the odds are i against him making the trip.—“Tribune.’’

Still Going Strong The Hawk, carrying a light weight, ran once round on the plough at Hastings last Saturday in 1.43—a fair gallop. He may be brought up to Ellerslic, but it all depends on the promise of the going. Trophies for Feilding Mr. A. E. Sandford, president of the Feilding Jockey Club, recently announced that a supporter of the club, who in the meantime wished to remain anonymous, had intimated his desire to present a 100-guinea gold cup for the big race at the jubilee meeting, to be held in November next. The anonymous donor also promised to present a gold replica of the trophy to the trainer of the successful horse. These trophies will replace those which the club contemplated giving to mark the > club’s jubilee. The 100-guinea cup ! presented by Mr. R. L. Levin will be | added to the prize money for the big I race during the next Easter meeti ing.

Auckland Acceptances

Acceptances for the G.N. Hurdles, j Cornwall Handicap, all other first day | events at the A.R.C. winter meeting, j and also for the G.N. Steeplechase, j close at 5 p.m. next Friday. Taranaki Horseman Here The Taranaki jockey, A. McCormac, put in an appearance at Ellerslie this morning, and will remain here until after the winter meeting, in which he has engagements to fulfil. So far he ' has not got a mount in the Cornwall Handicap. In Disgrace

Matu ran a discreditable race in the Wanganui Steeplechase, and those who boomed him as- such a g-ood thing for the event felt thoroughly disgusted with his running. He was hopelesslv placed nearly all the way, and though he made up some ground over the last round he finished near the tail of the field. On the showing he made yesterday he can be counted out as a Great Northern Steeplechase possibil- [ Ity. So The Sun was right when the ; following paragraph was published in ! Wednesday’s notes:—"lf Matu was not | , qu A te „ r ead - v "'hen he won at Marton j last Saturday week, then he should be i regarded as next door to a certaintv lor the Wanganui Steeplechase. However, Matu finished so strongly at Marton that those who considered he was short of work must have been under a misapprehension, for he could not have accomplished what he did.” Genuine Surprise One of the surprises of the Wanganui Steepelechase was the good ?acerl Ul fn,.°f Ban S Sa rto. who has not laced for a considerable time, but gave plaee dl Tt iPR quite . a sood so for first SA Ce -' 11 looks as lf a great chance of nlf • son ?® nion<? y was missed by fiefd Pl S hlm 111 a some "’hat easier A Great Improvement Of the hack hurdlers at Wanganui dld best - and in doing so he gieatly improved on some of his recent showings. It would be interesting to know why he should have done so much better than he has been doing of late, queries The Sun’s Wanganui correspondent. Tiega Goes Well I ‘° l ' a novice Tiega made a great start at Wangmui. He is a big, strong horse, and there is every likelihood of ™ d ? m S well as a hurdler. A minor lace for him m the near future should oe a racecourse certainty. Cybele Was Very Unlucky They have not seen much of Cybele at the southern end of the Island', but on her showing at Wanganui yesterday she was never a possibility. She was slow in settling down to her task, and over the last six furlongs sprinted au the way to finish fourth. Good judges consider that she was a good thing that came undone. Will Do Better Red Bank ran up to expectations yesterday, but met more than his match in Gala Hay. Red Bank will pay his watr this winter. Likely Improver Otairi is coming on nicely. The racing he has had on the fiat has done him good, and he is a possibility in a hack hurdle race, judging by his third at Wanganui yesterday.