HORSES FOR TE AROHA

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1935, Page 2

HORSES FOR TE AROHA

matorni gallops well DOUBLE WINNERS AT DUNEDIN. PROSPECTS OF BROWN BETTY.

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“Hurry On.”)

Double winners over hurdles have been frequent recently at WingStui. At the Cup meeting last February Rasouh won each day, and in tha spring Lycidas repeated the feat. Then Black Duke scored his double • at the summer meeting, and repeated this performance last week. A Smart Hack.

On the first day of the Taranaki Jockey Club’s meeting Brown Betty scored in the hack sprint in attractive fashion. She failed rather badly on the second day but a split hoof was the cause. She figures in the County Hack Handicap on her home track at Woodville tomorrow, when she is likely to receive solid support. Likely Maiden.

High Tea, who is engaged in the Waitoa Hack Handicap, at Te Aroha on Saturday, was responsible for a good gallop at Takanini on Tuesday. She and Ballymoney covered five furlongs in the smart time of Im 1 3-ss. This was a smart effort for a maiden. Good Gallop.

Though he finished a shade behind Nun Nicer at the conclusion 6f seven furlongs in Im 30 l-5s at Takanini on Tuesday morning Matorni was responsible for a good effort as he was conceding his opponent a good deal Of weight. Matorni will go to Te Aroha to-mofrow to fulfil his. engagement in the Hbt Springs Handicap on Saturday. As the opposition is not strong he should run prominently. No Decision Yet.

Gay Blonde figures among the acceptors for both the Herries Memorial and the Waihou Handicap at Te Aroha on Saturday. So far no indication has been given as to which event will be her mission, but as she was worked over a distance on Saturday morning it would appear as though her connections have ideas of tackling the long race.

Should Go Well. His connections were confident regarding Golden Wings’ chances in the Taranaki Stakes, but he lost his rider when the tapes went up. The class opposed to him in the Ruahine Handicap at Woodville to-morrow is not nearly as strong as the New Plymouth field, and it would not be surprising to find the big chestnut starting favourite. Big Win.

Grey Abbot’s win in the Hurdle Race at Rosehiil last Saturday week put the supporters of the stable in high glee, as the horse was- backed for a substantial sum. W. H. McLachlan, who trained the winner, rode several winners while in England some years ago. He was on Masked Marvel, who won the Cambridgeshire in 1925, and completed a double which cost bookmakers £lOO,OOO for an outlay of only £5O. McLachlan was handed a substantial present in addition to his fee for having won a fortune for the owner. Leading U.S.A. Owner.

Mainly owing to the successes of the three-year-olds Cavalcade and High Quest, Mrs. Dodge Sloan deposed.Mr, C. V. Whitney in the winning owners’ list for the United States lakt year. Mrs. Sloan’s horses won £50,227, of which Cavalcade, the leading horse of the season, accounted for £22,247. Mr. Whitney, who had headed the list of owners every year since 1928, experienced one of the leanest seasons he has ever had, largely due to the fact that his chief horse, Equipoise, did not have many races. Mr. Whitney won £33,704, just beating Mr. J. E. Widener, whose stable was responsible for £32,704. The only other stable to pass the £20,000 mark was Mtfi. Payne Whitney’s, with £22,167.

Making Good Progress. Although Of the type who do not unduly exert themselves in track work, Brown Abbey has been getting through some useful work at Te Awamutu, and he bears a more racy-looking appearance, says a northern report. He is working much more freely than fomerly, and the patience extended him during the last few months should prove beneficial when autumn and winter racing commences. The Quin Abbey gelding is regarded as a promising ’chaser, and the racing he will have at the coming meeting should do much to bring him back to his best form. Jockeys for Te Aroha.

Riding engagements announced for the first day of the Te Aroha Jockey Club’s meeting include:— A. G. Parsons: Fleetwind, Kurapae, British Jewel. S. J. Cammick: Tai Ao, Keith Lu.

H. Goldfinch: On Parade, Lucidus. H. N. Wiggins: High Tea, Application, Fersen, Miss Lorraine, Sir Abb, Trishna. L. Dulieu: Kilberis, King Musk. T. Green: Tfay Bit. W. E. Pine: Nun Nicer. E. A. Keesing: Greek Gold. Weight of Racehorses. Swivel, the young mare holding the distinction of being the best racer sired by Walter J. Salmon’s Swift and Sure, may also hold a record of some kind regarding size, says the Thoroughbred Reord. In the December of her yearling season this strapping filly weighed 1180 pounds. On the track, where she distinguished herself until she went wrong early in her three-year-old season, she was one. of the largest horses in training. Now at the age of four and carrying her prospective first foal, by Display, Swivel weighs 1435 pounds, according to Dr. Robert Bardwell, manager of Mereworth Stud. Swivel is a bay daughter of Swift and Sure, a brother to the N.S.W. sire, Bold and Bad. When Twenty Grand was recently put into training he weighed 13501 b, according to an American exchange. When he began to display something like his best form on the tracks his weight had come down to 11301 b. Mr. J. A. Estes (“The BloodHorse”) describes Twenty Grand as the “grandest thoroughbred horse he has ever seen.” The son of St. Germans (by Swynford out of Hamoaze) has been doing brilliant wOrk on the tracks and not a few expect him to “come back.” If he does he will make it interesting for his rivals with the colours up, no matter hdw good they msy be. “Take ’Em to the Front.” Gordon Richards has now ridden more than 1612 winners. He still has a long way to go to reach the aggregate of either Fred Archer or George Fordham. Archer rode 2746 winners from 8084 mounts in England. Fordham rode 2576 winners. Concerning Fordham, the late Mr. R. Kelly Maitland, noted amateurrider, owner-trainer, and handicapper, used to tell a story of a visit paid to stables where Fordham was encountered. Mr. Maitland, then a small boy, accompanied his father, who, somewhat indiscreetly, asked Fordham, “Do you ever pull a horse, George?” “No, sir,” was the answer. “Never.” “Well, what do you do when you do not want to win? asked Maitland senior. “Take ’em to the front, sir, take ’em to the front.” The Grand National. This year’s Grand National Steeplechase to be run at Aintree on March 29

received 60 nominations compared with 73 last year and 66 the year before. The record Was in 1929, Gregalach’s year, when nominations totalled 121 and 66 horses went to the post. The entrants, with the names of their owners in parentheses, are given in the appended list, which also states the age of each horse: —

GRAND NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE, a handicap sweepstake with £4OOO added (including a trophy value £200); second £BOO, third £5OO, fourth £200; six-year-olds. and upwards; maximum weight 12.7; about 4 miles and 856 yards.

Yrs. Avenger (Mrs. Mundy) .. 6 Alpine Hut (Sir Alfred Butt) ........ 10 Alexena (Mr. J. A. Redman) 9 Alarmist (Mr. F. Myerscough) 7 Blue Prince (Lady Lindsay) ........ .7

Ballybrack (Lt.-Col. R. W. Tweedie 11 Brave Cry (Mr. J. C. W. Lewis) ....’ 13 Bachelor Prince (Miss M. Lark) .... 8 Brienz (Mt. G. Beeby) 9

Buck Willow (Mr. G. Roddick) .... 7 Codlavach (Lord Stalbridge) ........ 8

Coup de Chapeau (Mr. H. W. Blyth) 11 Crafty Alice (Mb T. Walls, jun.) .. 10 Castle Irwell (Mr. G. H. Bostwick) 7 Delaneige (Mr. J. B. Snow) 10 Double Crossed (Mr. J. H, Whitney 7 Dreamship (Mr. James V. Rank) .... 9 Drintyre (Captain C. N. Brownhill) 12 Emancipator (Mr. P. V. F. Cazalet) 7 *Forbra (Mr. C. M. Parsonage) 10 Fouquet (Mr, M. D. Blair) 8 Francolino (Mr. T. L. Patke) 8 Golden Miller (Miss Dorothy Paget) 8 Glenhazel. (Mrs. J. C. Lewis) 10 Gomar (Mr. J. Morris) ...; 8

Harpooner (Capt. C. Noel Newton) 9 Huie Holloa (Mr. W. Waddington) 10 Jack Drummer (Mr. G. Roddick) ... 7 Jimmy Jarnos (Mr. Bertram Mills) 8 Kakushin (Mr. F. Hartigan) 12

Kiltoi (Mr. J. Metchlf)

Lazy Bones (Sir Geoffrey Congreve) 9 Monte Fiurne (Capt. W. R. West) .... 8 Master Orange (Mrs. D’Oyly Mann) 10 Moorland View (Mr. A. F. Nicholson) 11 News Item (Mr. S. G. Freeman) .... 7 Noiseau (Mr. Lydig Hbyt) 8

Near East (Mr. H. B. Brandt) 10 Oeil de Boeuf (Marquis San-Miguel) 8 Prince Madoc (Sir lan Walker) .... 9 Princess Mir (Mr. D. A. Jackson) ... 10 Quite Calm (Mr. R. E. Motel) 11 Remus (Mr. A. E. Berry) 10

Really True (Major Noel Furlong) .. 11 Ready Cash (Capt. C. Cartwright) .. 8 Redpark (Lady Houston) 9 Reynoldstown (Major Noel Furlong) 8 Richborough (Mr. J. A. C. Lilley) .. 10 Royal Ransom (Mr. J. H. Whitney) 8 Southern Hero (Mr. James V. Rank) 10 Slater (Mr. G. S. L. Whitelaw) 10 Southern Hue* (Mr. A. R. Smith) .... 11 Society (Mr. G. P. Shaketley) 9 Shoreman (Capt. H. Ford) 12 Tapinois (Mr. F. E. Peek) 7 Trocadero (Mr. G. F. Perry) 11 Thomond 11. (Mr. J. H. Whitney) .... 9 Theras (Mt. J. Metcalf) 10

Thrumster (Mrs. V. G. Harmsworth) 8 Uncle Batt (Mr. H. B. Brandt) 9 ■Torbra has been killed since the entries were taken.

The weights were declared on January 24 and h cable of that date announced that Golden Miller, last year’s winner, had been awarded the maximum (12.7), being required to give two stone to 32 out of the 60 entries. Thomond It., who was third last year, was set second topweight with 11.13, and the third topweight was the French horse Noiseau, with 11.9.