TURF TOPICS TERSELY TOLD

Taranaki Daily News, 21 November 1930, Page 4

TURF TOPICS TERSELY TOLD

Levin races to-morrow. * * * * Autopay in any sprint company. Njghtmarch beaten—by Heck! Fordoll’s fastest: Laughing Sprints! o * « # Feilding acceptances close on Monday Di £ ht ‘ * # * . * Chief Cook should keep the kettle boiling for Mrs. Armstrong. * Wrackler had a regular trot at Addington. • # # Nippy’s breakdown is reported to be more serious than at first anticipated. He was a good soft at his best. * « * * Don Quixote, whose most important win in New Zealand was in the Great Northern St. Leger, has been disposed of to an Australian sportsman. « « • • Judging by the way the machine is netting knocked about at present, the “tote turnover” will soon be literal, not metaphorical. * * Cruachan, a good middle-distance hack in the Auckland district, is a halfbrother to Hymestra, being by King Mark from the Birkeuhead mare Straga, « * St. Ames has contested six hurdle races for two wins, a second and. two falls. When his jumping improves he should develop into a useful performer. Wrackler, winner of the New Zealand Trotting Cup, has won £0230 in stakes as the result of 13 firsts, six seconds and four thirds, in only 33 starts, * ' * * * _ Hector Gray does some travelling. He rode at Riccarton on Saturday and was. on hand to ride at the Waikato meeting on Monday, However, two thirds were his only reward. **• * # Poor old Kawini ran the worst race in his career at Waikato on Monday. The field was lamentably weak, hut he was more than a quarter of a mile away last. He has fully earned his pension. • * * * When First Acre (Acre—Oka) won the V.R.C. Handicap in record time he started at a nte® price and presumably “Doug.” Webster had a good meeting. **• * • * Crennatown is weighted on the minimum in the hack middle-distance event at • Feilding, but, though th© Archiestown gelding is very well, the turning track will not be in his favour, Still going up! Latest advices from Sydney are to the effect that Mrs. Vanderberg supported the Amounis- —Phar Lap double to win £30,000. The lady is some plunger. * # The good South Auckland sprinter Chromadyne appears to be particularly well treated in the open

sprint at the forthcoming Takapuna meeting, # # * * ’ At the Ascot ‘’ponies” on November 5, Officer Kelly ('Kilbrouey— Thames) won the first division of the Encourage Stakes and started at an outside double figure price. p ■ #. * * * Tfie five successes gained ,hy H. Gray at the New. Zealand Cup meeting helped to place him at the head of the list of jockeys’ fees with £155, and he was followed by R. Reed with £126 arid by the apprentice K. Voitre with £lO9. Both divisions of the 14.2 Handicap at the Victoria, Park Ponies on November 1 went to'New Zealand -bred horses. Little Queen (Birkdale— -Pretty Girl) and Valpria (Valkyrian—Conqueror mare) both started at double figures and won comfortably. ' ■’# * * The five-year-old Hymestra-Melting Moment gelding Shortly will do his future racing in the South Island. At the New Zealand Cup meeting he was gold by Mr- W. R. Kemball to Mr. E. H. Cuthbertson, .Shortly should pay his way down south. #•# * , * Two young sires got on the winning list for the first time at the Waikato meeting. They were King Lu, who sired King Win, artel Lapidary, who was represented by First Lap. Both sires promise to be in the limelight, again before the end. of the season. #. . . • * • * In the opinion of Mr. P. D.. McNab, the best-behaved fields of two-year-o)ds he has ever dealt with during his career as a starter were paraded at the Riccilr-t-on gathering. Although Mr. McNab’s work was. faultless throughout the week, he considered- the best dispatches he effected word attached to the four juvenile events on the programme. . # * * * Yesterday's Track Work. I The New Plymouth track was inclined to be holding after the heavy rain, but some interesting work was done yesterday morning. Lady Quex, who was brought- home from the. quarter mile peg by Jjtdy Lulu, covered, half a mile nicely in 52sec. Gibraltar and Te I Atiawa were together over three furlongs in 41sec., and there was nothing between Orapai and Crennatown over five furlongs, which occupied Imiri. fisec. The latter pair, however, wqre not bustled, Royal Finance ran away from Hinepurii in a flutter from the two furlongs poet and rati the distance in 27isec. ' Singer, Gold Dawn, Belle Star, The Swell and Barlow’s team were all given steady pace work.

All praise the Oaks winner. **• * * Tenakoe will soon be winning again. We now Concentrate on the Auckland Cup. * * * « * * * Unlucky at Te Rapa, Karangapai is ready for a “killing.” i ■. # * * * Pegaway will be ready for the holiday meetings. # * • * Admiral Drake is in great fettle juat now —keep him in mind. # * *■ * Arrow Lad unlucky at Riccarton. Missed the mark, #. * # * Rosshire ha,s cost the Auckland punters a mint of money, and it will take more than one win to square the ledger, *.# * * The consecutive winners at Addington: Writer, Editor and The Authoj>-“Gen-tlemeri! The Press!” * # * * Roman Music (Romeo— Orpheum) ran a good third in the Juvenile Stakes at the Moorefield meeting on. November 8. # # # * Praise is the first filly credit the Desmond sire Limond with a win in the New Zealand Oaks. ##* * . ' Opa was entered for the Highweight at Levin, but the hack flat conditions of the race barred the dual Foxton Cup winner. / . ♦ * * * Alf. Neale now has Latakia and Partaga in work at Bulls, in addition to Opa, and the’ ex-Taranaki horses are. all intended for hurdling. # # * * Australia has its Autopay too and the two-year-old Tea Tray colt ran second to Heroic Prince at Williamstown on November 10. * # * * Sir Russell fqiled at the Waikato meeting, but as he had not raced since April, it was lack of condition that beat him. He will be greatly improved by the race. ■». * * * Gold Dawn, the half-sister to Bright Glow, is back in work again after a good spell. She is still carrying a.lot condition, but a few good sprints should have her ready for the holiday meetings. *** ' * Lady Quex appears to stand a great chance in the Feilding Stakes, but will not contest the event unless she shows her best track form beforehand. # # /* * ' Gesture is rapidly coming back to form, and this brilliant filly will be ready to show her best before very First Acre was the outsider of the Melbourne Cup field, starting at 100 to 1. The second and third horses in the race, Second Wind and Shadow King, both started at 50’s.

Autobiography (Sutala -Egotism) won the Bellevue Plato at the Helena Vale meeting on November I. Lilt ran second in the Farewell Handicap at the same meeting. # * *• Taranaki bettors who were at Waverley will not be inclined to forget that Royal Routine is in a hack sprint at Feildihg. The turning course will suit him. « a a * Phar Lap’s four wins at the Melbourne Cup meeting add a trifle of £12,229 to his stakes tally, “Lapping up” the prize-money.' * * * * That versatile horseman “Sammy’’ Henderson, who has been out_ of the saddle for nearly two years owing to a bad accident, is now riding work at Ellerslie and may be seen in public at the Auckland Cup meeting. _ Twelve months ago Pegaway, ridden by H. Gray, won the sprint on. the opening- day of the Waikato meeting from Prince Vai. This year the Valkyrian gelding got up on the rails to defeat Pegaway, and the victory appears to have been a lucky one. #■* * * New Plymouth was kept well in the limelight at. the Waikato meeting by that capable young horsemaan C. Goulsbro. “Shorty” rode Black' Maire, Cruachan (twice), Haviland and First Lap, all starting at good prices. Enter The Sweep. The Commonwealth Government has removed the restrictions against forwarding money to Tattersails in lasmania, and' it appears as if'it will only be a matter of time before sweeps will be conducted on the mainland of Australia. A queer position obtained in Australia in regard to “latte., the Commonwealth and State. Governments barring direct communication with “George Adams,” but at the same, time the Commonwealth collected a large percentage of the money foru aided to Hobart. “Tatts.” was, officially, illegal, but acting .on the principle that ‘’all rrionev is g'ood.’ 5 the C? omni on we it. -ii grabbed its portion of the filthy lucre. It is well known that large sunir> of money are sent opt of i\EW Zealand to Tasmania by every mail, and why a percentage of this money should, go to other States and to winners outside New Zealand is hard to understand. Hie New Zealand Government freely permits “art unions” to be run here, and it is only logical to ask: Why not run sweeps, taking a percentage for thenrunning, and after dividing the prizemoney, handing the remainder to charity?