The Wellington Stakes.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1931, Page 4

The Wellington Stakes.

Karapoti is undoubtedly brilliant, but he will be set a difficult task to give away considerable poundage to some of the two-year-blds engaged in the Wellington Stakes. Records favour the two-year-olds, who have won 25 of the 34 contests held so far. Cruciform, Achilles, Solution, Cunieform, Desert Gold, Gloaming, Thespian, Limited q.nd Paganelli are the only three-year-olds to succeed, and they were all champions in their day.

Another 5s Tote. At a meeting of the Dargaville Racing Club’s committee last week, it was decided that if the totalisator contractors were agreeable two 5s totalisator windows should be installed on the outside for the club’s annual meeting next month, and also two. 10s windows on the inside. Will Bred. Distortion, who raced well for Mr. W. E. Bidwill at the Wairarapa Racing Club’s meeting, is a well-grown youngster of exceptional promise, and he may have to be reckoned with in important juvenile events letter in the season. He is by Chief Ruler from Termination, by Kilbroney from Culmination, by San Francisco from Stepfpldt, so that he represents a very successful faniily, with a great record for producing stayers. Stone At Trentham. ■ . Horses carrying the colours of Mr. T. B. Dwan will in future be trained at Trentham and it is probable that W. Stone will not return to Riccarton. blit will continue to train Mr. Dwan’s horses. Stone has a very useful in commission at present, comprising Mr. Dwan’s pair, Lord Thomond and Painkiller, and also Tray Bond and Si"ht' Draft. In addition he bas'd couple of two-year-olds of his own, Tea Kettle (Tpij, Tray—Unit) and Brown Paper (Paper Money—‘gaily Brown). Both remain in tha- Wellington Stakes.

Three dead-heats are recorded in connection with the 'Wellington .Cup, the judge having been unable to eep&rate Gladsome and Convoy in 1890, Red Ribbon and Rewi Poto in 1919 and Kilmoon and Oratress in, 1920. In 1890 Gladsome, who was ridden by F. D. Jones, was subsequently disqualified for being ridden by iff apprentice unlicensed to ride. Versatility! • •

At the Greymouih meeting, J. W. Jennings established 'a -record...’of versatility perhaps unique in the history of the New Zealand for tiirf, besides riding aiid winning on the flat, he rode in a hurdle race, drove-in a tyqttiijg event, hfid rode a trotter in the saddle- race. Strephon’s Owner. ;

The Vjctprian sportsman, Mr. Sol Green, will. Ijave probably next month or early in .March' to be present at the oppiiipg of. English sepsop. He wishes, to be io England in plenty of time to see the final staged of the preparation of hi» horse Strephon for his. races this season. According to latest advice ‘ Strephon is doing, well, and Mr. Green ia hopeful that the Saltash horse will be sufficiently acclimatised to reproduce hi? be?t form tjiip season. . Last season Strephon wae given, two races.. In otie of his outings at Lipgfield he finished third to Acera hpd. Lcrhqtietta, apd in the other, .at Kempton, Park, hi. ra» tacond to Baytown.