TURF TOPICS TERSELY TOLD

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1930, Page 5

TURF TOPICS TERSELY TOLD

Maori Boy S’milel * * # * When Elysianor tripped and fell he wasn’t the only one that came a thud. # =» • # Brighter racing results: Aurora Borealis and Luminary. ##* . # Mr. J. T. Lippiatt left Perth at the end of' last month 'for New Zealand and he intends to purchase some horses here. He had the New Zealand-bred Prince Paladin on lease and won four races with him.

The presence of two National winners, Nukuinai and Wharncliffe, and the latest Great. Northern, winner, King’s Jest, in the Hawke's Bay Hurdles, to be run on Saturday week, gives the race more than usual interest. • Classic Entries.

The winner of the Oaks Stakes last week, Rose of England, is a brown filly by Teddy-Perce-Neige. Her owner, Lord Glanley, has been a lavish spender on bloodstock and, though his few successes are not commensurate with his substantial outlay, Grand Parade won the Victory Derby of 1919 in his colours

Private advice has been received at Bulls .to the effect that Habit will remain under George Price’s care in Sydney for at least a fortnight, and if all goes well will race on this coming Saturday, and on the Saturday following. Mauric McCarteu will do the riding in future, and the filly is. reporter! to be the best of nick. ##• * *

Rahelagh was a consistent performer at Dunedin last week, winning the Brighton Handicap and running second in the Invermay and Farewell Handicaps, these two events being in open company.' Prior to that meeting Ranelagh hail won a race and run a second in his last two starts, so he has now paid five dividends on end; As he looks none the worse for his hard he must be considered in the big events each day at the South Canterbury meeting;

Entries. for. classic events will be taken up till to-morrow by the following clubs: Taranaki J.C. (Seventeenth Taranaki Stakes); Dunedin J.C. ..(Champagne Stakes, 1931, Dunedin Guineas, 1931); Manawatu R.C. (Palmerston North Stakes, 1930, Palmerston North Stakes, 1931, Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes, 1931, Manawatu Stakes, 1932, Ma-oawatu Sires’ produce Stakes, 1932); Canterbury J.C. (Welcome Stakes, 1930, Middle Park Plate, 1931, Champagne Stakes, 1931, Thirty-ninth Challenge Stakes, .1931, N.Z, Derby, 1931, N.Z-. Oaks, 1931, Fortieth Chal-lenge-Stakes, 1932); Wellington R.C. (Wellesley Stakes, 1930, Wellington Stakes, 1931, North Island Challenge Stakes, 1931, N-Z.' St'. Leger, 1932); Feilding J.C. (Twenty-fifth Feilding Stakes, 1930); Auckland R.C. (Welcome Stakes, 1930, Great Northern Foal Stakes and Thirty-sixth Royal Stakes, 1930- Great . Northern Champagne Stakes, 1931, Great Northern Guineas, 1931, Fifty-eighth Great Northern Derby, 1931- Great Northern Oaks, Great Northern St. Leger, 1932); Wanganui J.C. (Jackson Strikes and Wanganui Guineas, 1931) Avondale J.C. (Avondale Stakes, 1930. Avondale Guineas, 1931, All-Aged Stakes, 1931).

Hunt Cup ’Chasers. When Huirangi Girl won the EgmontWanganui Hunt Club Cup last year she was conceding 01b to Waitaunaha, who carried 10.3 This year the pair jointly hold pride of place with 11.9, but as Waitaunaha. has had much more racing this season he looks, a much better proposition than the mare. Maidos, who was favourite last year, drops nearly a stone, and at the difference in weights may upset both of the topweights.

Mangani. Last year Mangani looke to have the Winter Steeplechase in safe keeping, but ho came down at the second to last fence. Misfortune again attended his efforts last week, when he had only to clear the last obstacle in the Campbell Hurdles to be a certainty. Mangani, who has proved himself a clever jumper in th© past, has developed a bad Habit of running down hie fences, though those who are more acquainted with him consider that he will do better on lefthanded courses. It will. be. remembered that Manganui’ won the National Hurdles very easily last year, and it is more than likely that the public will see him in better form at the Wellington and - Canterbury winter meetings.

From a Great Family. Inevitable, who was one of the best sprinters seen at the Dunedin meeting, by Thurnham from Comment, by Provo-cation-Wailethe, by Lethe-Waiora, by King Cole, traces back to Manto, the most prolific taproot in the New Zealand Stud Book. A long line of winners traces to the Manto taproot, and among the ‘most notable members of the tribe are Altair, Bloodshot, Trenton, Disowned, Day Star, Euroclydon, Havoc, Niagara, Oudeis, Sant Ilario, Zalinski, Vladimir, Siege Gun, and many other good winners. One could not fail' to be pleased by the way Inevitable won his race (says a southern critic), and he may be found only on the threshold of more important fame as a racehorse. Alan “Mac” in Form.

When S. Henderson was riding at the top of his form at Ellerslie he showed uncanny judgment over the steeplechase course, and “Henderson’s run” down the hill became a byword. Last Thursday Alan McDonald on Aurora Borealis gave a complete exposition of Henderson’s tactics, and each time down the hill he and his mount gained many lengths on the opposition. McDonald has, been riding in fine style in steeplechase events this season, and he has given the opposition a heap of points on cutting corners and saving ground. This was also a marked feature of his riding at Ellerslie. It is reported that he contemplates retiring from the saddle this season, and therefore is anxious to bring off a notable victory or two. With a Great Northern Steeplechase to his credit in his last season of riding, he has .achieved something of his ambition. Master Lupin (1919) and Sir Roseberry (1925) supplied him with earlier winning rides in the race, while on the latter horse lie won the Great Northern Hurdles in the same year.

Punters cannot stand a New Boy. # « * * Ellerslie: the place of big stakes — and bigger mistakes! # * * * If an anodyne relieves pain, punters must have thanked Chromadyne when he won the final event at Auckland. ••■# # * * Although the report of the sale of Waterline is denied from Christchurch, all arangementa have been made to ship him direct to Melbourne via the Bluff this week-end. ' # * * * Tohwai continues to make good progress at Riccartion, and he is likely to perform much better at the South Canterbury meeting than he did at Ashburton'. -His full-brother Arikiwai is also likely to Ikj raced at Washdyke if present intentions are adhered to, and he may find the tracks here more to his liking,'

•Elysianor is back home at Bulls, and appears to have made a good recovery from his Ellerslie mishap. Tlie Elysian rreldincr its to have an easy time for a

few weeks, and if his leg trouble does not reappear, will be put into work again in vjew of the racing at Riccarton in August. #«# # • Reports from Wanganui show Zarene to be very well, and when she beat Paleta over half a mile run in 52sec during last week-end many track watchers ticked her oft to give the .hack sprinters a headache at the Egmont-Wanganui Hunt meeting this month. Honiton is Smart, One of the best fillies in the Auckland district is Honiton, the daughter of Mountain Knight and Lacemaker, and despite her accident just prior to the Northern , meeting she ran a fine race in the Members’ Handicap. The dam of Honiton is by Lucullus from Avaunce by Advance-Stepfast by St. Hippo- Stepfeldt by Nordenfeldt, a son of Musket, so it is seen that she is stoutly bred. To date Honitioii has raced on only nine occasion© for three first and two thirds, and next season she promises to be equal to good quality handicap company. Disappointing Satrap. Among horses being schooled over the hurdles at Randwick at present is the former New Zealand Satrap, by Paladin from Persian Lilac, one of the best three-year-olds in the Dominion in the 1927-2*B season, and winner of the New Zealand, and Great Northern .St. Legere, as well as second to Agrion in the New Zealand Derby. Satrap was sold by his owner, Mr. J. S. Barrett, at the conclusion of his three-year-old-career to the Australian sportsman, Mr, R. S. White, but he did not live up to expectations across the Tasman. It was Satrap, it will be remembered, who forced Star Stranger to establish Australian and New Zealand record two-inile time in the 1928 Trentham Gold Cup, figures that still stand, and if he could muster such pace again he would be a dangerous opponent for the best hurdlers the Commonwealth can produce. Elysianor’s Mishap, When Elysianor failed to rise at the hurdle in front of the grandstand during the running of the Great Northern Hurdle©, most onlookers were at a loss to explain how such a capable fencer could make such a wretched attempt to fly a well-placed obstacle. The explanation is that the horse, probably through striking an uneven piece of turf, twisted a fetlock, almost coining down, and Dulieu was in the act of trying to pull the horse up when the hurdle loomed ahead. Elysianor, then ciip-

pled, could not rise an inch, and crashed heavily. This is the second hurdle horse which Trainer A. E. Neale has taken North recently, and both have met with serious mishap. The other was the veteran Opa, and both Opa and Elysianor were expected to run well at Avondale and at Ellerslie respectively, and their failures, both costly, wore intensified by both horses being placed out of commission for the time being.

Prince of Orange would give anyone the pip! # # * #

British toebailers had a taste of “Prime Canterbury” on Saturday.

The Knoc-kato football team contains some striking players.

Many shrewd judges would not have Matu a winner of the Great Northern Steeplechase, but had it not been for the hill, the Polydamon gelding would have been in the picture. It- is well to remember that he always races well at Riccarton.

The following horses have been nominated for the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase: Flying Swift, Matu, Bendower, Brigadier Bill, Handy, Kowhatu, Maunga, Master Arch, Ponjola, Birkbeck, Perle de Leon, Red Bank and Rangi Sarto. They are not a good lot, and in the absence of Aurora Borealis and Omeo, Ponjola may come into his own again. »-* * * R. Hannon has a great record with jumpers, but so far the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase have proved beyond him; He owned Wedding March, the winner of the hurdles in 1927, but at that time he was leased to Mr. M. Wells. Mister Gamp was at his best last year when he beat Roman Abbey, and the same Hannon representative met a remarkably improved horse in King’s Jest this time. i # « . .# . . # . Mr. F. R. Waller, the popular Roxton owner-trainer, was the principal stakeI winner at the Great Northern .meeting, I Aurora -Borealis bringing in the tidy sum of £2,250 as the result of a third placing in the Great Northern Hurdle Race, a first in the Great Northern Steeplechase, and a first in the Winter Steeplechase. The mare is not up in the weights yet, and further successes may be recorded before the winter racing season concludes. * * « To-morrow horseowners will be required to send in their entries for future classics, and it behoves all to nominate liberally. No money is required at time of nomination', and first forfeits, in most cases, do not fall due until the end of the year, so that nominators have plenty of- time in which to ascertain whether 'their young horses are worth going on with. Each year horses have to stand down through ommissions of their owners, leaving valuable stakes' to be won by often inferior racehorses. # * * * When Allegro won the Great Northern Steeplechase of 1888, she led from end to end. Within a few days of scoring her memorable victory at Ellerslie, she was drowned while endeavouring to swim ashore from the wreck of the Hawea at New Plymouth. Manly is billed to make his debut over the battens at Hawera this month. The Archiestown gelding should need only to stand up to be a put in and take out proposition in that company. ' _ ‘ An expensive failure at Ellerslie was -Ponjola, but the ’Bay timber-topper is too good to be dropped just yet. Stipendiary Stewards Corrected. At a meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association, held last week, it was ruled that the Wanganui Trotting Club was in error in fining H. J. Woodfield £5 for lengthenin'. the hopples on his pacer, Baron Derby, at the recent meeting, the club having placed a wrong interpretation to the rule which refers to alteration of gear, hopples not being included. The fine was remitted, and it was resolved that a letter should be sent to the stipendiary- stewards, on whose recommendation the club took action, drawing their attention to the misinterpretation of the rule. Miss-ter Gamp! .

Circumstantial evidence may take a big part in this story and again there may be no foundation for it at all. Anyway, the Man On The Corner opines that the “Woolbrokers” should be called “wild pigeons” probably inferring Government protection. Bert Ellis rode a poor race on Arikiwai in the Birthday Handicap at Wingatui, and this, combined with the bad track, accounted for the defeat of the Paladin gelding. However, he has now struck form and he should early make amends. Now that the Dunedin meeting is over, Lord Ranald will be pushed along in view of his engagements at the National meeting, and the Masterpiece gelding will be seen out at £ome of the minor meetings before that date. Taumai is Good.

Purchased for £34, Taumai won £llOO at Ellerslie last week. The breeding of Taumai, as noted in race-books, is°St. Amans—unknown. About two years ago inquiries were made in . the rfo'ht quarter, and the information gisen was to the effect that the mare Foremost, and was taken to the Waikato from Taranaki by Mr. R. Slattery. Both of her progeny, Taumai and Ah Wera, were sold cheaply at the Waihou saleyard*!, the former being purchased by Mr. P. A. Swney and the fullbrother by Mr. E. Bygrave. The mare is now owned by ft Te Aroha resident. Those who know him state Taumai would not be such a good performer on left-handed courses as he is at Ellerslie dwinw to his being “mouthed” only on one side. This may be so, but he is such a good o-alloper and fast clean fencer, wh'lc his condition is so beyond reproach that he could not be discarded on any-,course at present. Prior to the meeting it was stated that he was a Northern horse, and he has proved himself in that class. He was far too solid for the faint-hearted Prince Lu in the Remuera Hurdles. Prince Lu retired when he found he had as agile an opponent and 'one with more courage, Taumai. moreover, went too fast for Mister Gamp, on whom Bowden was busy a long; way from home. Taumai was perhaps lucky to beat Mangan! in the Campbell Hurdles, but, nevertheless, he ran up to form, and if kept sound he should do ever better* ‘ '

INVADERS IN FULL FORCE.

PREPARING FOR SPRING “PLUMS.” The complete entry lists for the principal spring handicaps in Australia will not be to hand until next week, but from the list of nominations for the Melbourne Cup it appears that Now Zealand will again be strongly represented in both weight-for-age and classic events over there in the coining 1930-31 season. ftightmarch and Paquito, winner and runner-up in last year’s Melbourne Cup, are again engaged, and it will be interesting to see how the handicapper weights the first-named in comparison with the wonder horse, Phar Lap, Other notable cup entries are Limerick, Concentrate, Pink Coat, Rabbi, Hunting Cry, Goshawk, Arikiwai, First Acre and Gay Crest, so that it may be said that the best horses of the Dominion have thrown down the gauntlet to the Australians. Trainers B. Burgees and A. D. Webster are already in Sydney, and J. T. Jamieson contemplates taking, a big team

across at the end of this week. Although none of the trio has horses of outstanding merit, still some of them may be classed as useful, and they should pick up stake money at the smaller meetings over there. Burgess took six horses, Atholspear, Spearmiss, Austerity, Werata, Ben Hur and Lady Glen, and Webster (who seems to place his moderates well on the other ride) has First Acre, Second Thought, Borsalene, I’m Alone and some young ones. Jamieson’s team will number sixteen, and will include Eaglet, In the Shade, Le Choucas, Mithra, Wild Time and lesser lights. On his last trip the Takanini trainer did not have much luck, but he goes forth better fortified on this occasion, and possibly the strongest members of his string will be the rising two-year-olds, which are stated to be well grown and very forward in condition. ■ There are very valuable stakes to be won by youngsters in the spring in New South*Wales, and Jamieson hopes to get some of them. In addition to the above-mentioned there are many ex-New Zealanders now owned in New South Wales and Victoria, and with these engaged also, early sprin'ff racing should be of more, than usual interest to Maorilahders.