Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 689, 14 June 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

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"EARLY BIRD"

Next Week’s Bill There will be racing at Hastings next Friday and Saturday, and at Washdyke (Timaru) on Thursday and Saturday. For the Hawke’s Bay meeting the weights are due on Monday and the acceptances at mid-day on Thursday—only 24 hours before the fixture opens. Jumping at Caulfield Only Glendowie and WharnclifCe have been entered from the Dominion for the V.A.T.C. Australian Hurdles and Australian Steeplechase, each of £2,100, to be run at Caulfield early in August. These events should not be confused with the V.R.C. Grand Nationals, run early next month at Flemington. Wellington Entries

Nominations for the Wellington R.C. winter meeting at Trentham on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, July 10, 11 and 13, are due next Monday night. It is expected that there will be a good number of horses entered from Auckland stables. Pouri, the winner of the last Wellington Steeplechase, will be missing, for he has had to be turned out for a lengthy spell. Won Good Money At the recent Dunedin J.C. winter meeting D. O’Connor collected £134 4s in riding fees, E. Shaw £7O 10s, A. Eastwood £6O Bs, L. J. Ellis £SB 4s and ; D. McMullan £36 18s. Flying Binge Scratched for both her engagements at the Hawera fixture on Saturday, Flying Binge may yet be seen out at the Waverley meeting at the end of the month. The Chief Ruler filly acts better on a firm track and therefore it was considered inadvisable to start her on Saturday. ; A Generous Gift | Owing to having suffered it severe loss by the death of Millais just after he had purchased it, Mr. Cecil Louisson, has been presented by Mr. Frank Ormond, who sold Millais, with a yearling by Arausio (imp.)—Getyne, writes “Hermit." The stock by this wellbred sire promise well, and the youngster may amply repay the loss suffered by the death of Mil lias. It. will be pleasing to chronicle successes for Mr. Douisson’s colours, no matter by what horse they are carried. A New Jumper The big Polydamon gelding Tanagra is due to make bis first appearance in hurdle races at the Hawke’s Bay meetings. He is a good type of horse for this department, and it is understood he is showing pleasing aptitude too in his schooling. 1-Ie is in the right hands to be prepared for hurdle racing, for he has been in V. 11. Colello’s stable for some time past. If he goes on the right way Tanagra should more than pay his way in hurdle events, for he can carry weight and is no mean galloper when right. It is possible that he may be given an outing tomorrow at Napier Park. A Real Black List There are so many horses being raced on the Perth course who have been so long failing to get into or near the money that the officials of the W.A.T.A. are compiling a black list. This will mean that many owners will receive notification before the end of the current season that the nominations of horses on the black list will not be received. The rejected ones will be relegated to the country meetings, of which there arc plenty, for no fewer than 21 clubs conduct meetings outside the metropolitan area. Now in His Place

When racing on the Mar ton- Hawera - Wanganui circuit Royal Damon was asked to go rather further than he was capable of doing in most of his races, while in his last race at Wanganui he was saddled up among the open sprinters, being by no means disgraced, says an exchange. He is in races to suit him admirably on the Hawke’s Bay circuit. Being a master of weight and really good in bad ground, it will be surprising if he does not repay those who have been waiting patiently for him in these types of races. A Super-Machine

If the totalisator that is being installed at Hurst Park (England) is able to do on the scale required for an important race meeting all that is claimed for it, it is a wonderful [ machine. Called by its makers "The tote that gives tlie odds,” it is in ! very deed a Robot bookmaker. The machine is the invention of Mr. R. M. Hamilton, an Oxford mathematician, and has been considerably improved j since it was noticed in these columns a few months ago. The machine prints and records the sale of every ticket, and can stamp on each the exact odds about a horse at the time it is being backed. It goes further, and tells the public on indicators the ruling odds about each horse in a race. Months ago, it was pointed out that there could be no true odds about a horse at a very early stage in tlio betting. This difficulty has been overcome by arranging that the odds shall not be calculated until betting lias been in progress a certain time. The purchaser of a ticket may choose liis own period in the subsequent betting, at which he will have the odds stamped on his ticket. Showing the odds as it does, as betting proceeds, the machine is ready to pay out immediately after a race. All that is required now is a totalisator that will indicate the winner before the race. V.R.C. Grand Nationals

Laurelmond. the winner of the recent Onkaparinga Great Eastern Steeplechase, arrived in Melbourne last week from Adelaide. He is engaged at Moonee Valley next Saturday, and is also in the Grand National Steeplechase at 9.12. Double betting has been a feature of the latest operations on the Grand National Hurdle Race and Steeplechase. Last week Kontle and Nyangay was a combination supported to win nearly £IO,OOO, including £5,000 in one line. Longlands and Johnny Cake came under notice for a couple of thousand, while Cobranveil and Johnny Cake was supported for about £1.500. The V.R.C. Birthday Handicap winner. Tiki, was linked with Chaumont for £5.000. Cobranveil and Cobbon were coupled for £2,000, and Adsum and Cobben for a similar amount, while Adsum and Nvangay was mentioned for £I,OOO. The Indian, which ran third in both hurdle races at Flemington, was backed with the Sydney-owned Grosvenor for £2,000. Cobranveil and Chaumont was a £3.000 proposition, and Cobranveil and Nyangay was also mentioned for £3.000. Valbee’s name cropped up. with Nyangay for £2.000. In a straight-out commission for the Adelaide horse, Ilesley, in tlie Grand National llurdlc, nearly £5.000 has been written. The Lanius gelding, i Heckler, which won the Dulwich i Hurdle in Adelaide on Saturday, was i mentioned in the G.N. Hurdle for about I £ 1.500. The A.J.C. Hurdle winner, W. 8.. and May Day also claimed a j little attention.

Back to Randwick Magdaff, a good handicap perfor- j mer in New South "Wales, was ship- 1 ped back to Sydney by the Ulimaroa this morning. The operation for respiratory troubles recently performed by Dr. W. C. Ring appears to have been a success, but of course that can only be proved by actual racing. However it will be rather surprising to learn that the operation has not been successful, for Dr. Ring has achieved a series of remarkable successes with Dominion horses similarly affected. Team for Australia The Wanganui owner-breeder. Mr. G. M. Currie, at present enjoying a lengthy holiday in Australia, may be represented by a big team at the A.J.C. meeting at Randwick in the spring. Mask, Thaw. Ceremony, and perhaps a couple of two-year-olds are expected to make the trip if all goes well in the interim, private trainer Walter Rayner being in charge. Mr. Currie is such a liberal patron at tlie Wanganui, Avondale and Auckland spring meetings that his absence will be a matter for regret. In Clover Now Cali the, who was the joke horse last season on account of the amount of tramping that he got through to compete at many race meetings, comments ‘tTlie Squire,” came into the glare on Saturday, when he silenced those opi posed to him in the Hunters’ Flat at the Egmont- Wanganui Hunt Club meeting. It marked his first success out of a great number of attempts. During last season the son of California competed at Marton, Wanganui. Dannevirke, Manawatu, Otaki, Carterton, Masterton, Ashhurst, Feilding, Wai-pukur-.u, Hastings, Wairoa, Gisborne and Waipu, without much expense being incurred for transport, /the gelding having the job of shifting himself in the major number of instances. Of late he has struck a better vein as regards having transport provided for him, with the hoof padding episodes a thing of the forgotten past. He is now in excellent hands, his owner, Mr. D. R. Jackson, of Waverley, riding him to victory last Saturday.

Going in Big A Melbourne “Globe” writer furnishes some interesting particulars of the career of a South Australian sportsman who has a strong leaning to Maoriland and the thoroughbreds produced in this great horse-breeding country: “Son of a Northern Territory millionaire, a new owner has arisen in Adelaide. He is Mr. E. E. Jolly, who, although only a young man, already has spent thousands in getting together a team in Adelaide. So far only on© of them lias raced in Adelaide, but when his string are ready they should do well. Mr. Jolly married a daughter of Mr. Leslie Penfold Hyland, and one of his purchases will run in his wife’s name. He always has had the ambition to own horses, and when he went to New Zealand a couple of years ago on his honeymoon ho decided to buy there, as he thinks that New Zealand horses are always more forward than those in Australia. Mr. JoHy, when in the Dominion, was one of the bidders for Honour against Mr. G. D. Greenwood, but the latter stayed better. Mr. Jolly paid I.4oogns for Jet Black, by Magpie from Daffodil Queen, and 3,075gns for a filly by Absurd from Rose Queen. She is now known as Roseglow. Salt Petrel, by Saltash from Mother Carey, cost Mr. Jolly l,ooogns, and Concentrate 11., by Claro from Eugeny, caused him to lay out another 500gns. Mr. Jolly also has Hot Spring and Catilex. Considering the money spent in getting together his first team of horses, Mr. Jolly is deserving of much success with them. All Mr. Jolly’s horses will be trained near a beach and on a private training track by B. Matson, who is a firm believer in the open-air treatment for horses. The Matson family has had wonderful success on the Adelaide turf, and now they have a golden opportunity of improving on their many important triumphs.” Coming Good

Riccarton experts, who proclaimed Magna Charta a novice hurdler of exceptional promise prior to the D.J.C. winter meeting, were correct in their judgment, despite nasty remarks as to the ex-North Islander being a “much boomed” jumper, writes “Sir Modred.” He is a big fellow and will take some seasoning, but, in the meantime, he went into his fences straightly and honestly and took the obstacles in his stride, while his display in winning the. Greenfield Hurdle Race was full of promise. He has only to carry on to become a batten performer of class, as the son of King John is a smart galloper.

LIMERICK TO WORK GETTING READY EARLY Guided by the experience he had with Limerick here in the autumn when he failed to strike form as quickly as he had in past visits, his trainer is making an early start on his preparation for tlie coming spring, says the Sydney “Guardian.” Advices from New Zealand state that already he has done a power of strong work. It will not be long before Limerick sets out on bis Australian visit, and the probabilities are we shall see a much more advanced horse than last autumn. Limerick usually won “first up” on previous visits and he was always fit enough to see out a race to the bitter end. But in the autumn Winalot beat him at Rosehill and even Loquacious put him into third plfi.ee. He failed again at Warwick Farm. Getting Older It was only after these winding-up efforts that he struck good form, which enabled him to win the Autumn Stakes at Randwick. Jones then realised that Limerick had become more gross with age and needed harder work to strike his best form. He is giving it to him this time, and Limerick will probably be ready to do his best when first he races in tlie coming snring. Realising that in Streplion’s absence Limerick is still ;l good prize-winning proposition in Australia, Jones will leave nothing to chance in his effort to have the champion at his best. Paquito, who did well here with two wins in the autumn, is working with Limerick and will probably come again. A brother* to Limerick, named Dunraven, two years old, has commenced his education, and may come too. Tlis dam Medic** died at foaling, but Dunraven was given a. foster mother who had lost her foal, and he was reared well, and is said to show a lot of promise.