TOTAL CAP & JACKET

Observer, Volume XXXV, Issue 46, 24 July 1915, Page 20

TOTAL CAP & JACKET

[By the Eahly Bird.]

On the 31st the Pakuranga Hunt Club meet ing will take place at Ellerslie, and it only rests with the weather for an aeeured! success. The acceptances totted up to a hundred, not including the twenty juveniles that have been nominated in the Two-year-old Parade. When the nominations open on the Auckland Welter Handicap, money is bound to talk. Tryfluke, the son of Brookby, is looked upon as an almost unbeatable proposition. Tripoli lias been absent on the owner's farm at Rama Kama for the ipaist few weeks, but the daughter of Obligate is daintily handled with 9.3. Her ooindlition is not known. Glueian is only a little fellow with 9.5 An the saddle, but can handle himself, and is a good stayer, especially if the ground happens to be heavy. No less than twenty-two have cried ©ontent in the Sylvia Park Handicap, with Mr Tom Stuarts Dan Caster in the pride of place carrying 10.3. A pair that are favoured by the track watchers a«t heiadciuarters hail from F. Stenning's successful stable in Monathol (10.0) and Lady Gwendoline, which latter is nicely treated with 9.4. There is plenty of good! roxigh material for a surprise and a dividend in this event. Miss Avalanche and Brookfield are a pair that will pay any old price. Fifteen have accepted in the much coveted Ladies' Bracelet, and although the tqp weight, with 11.8, on the first blush seems to have enough, the son of Pukaka-Paulme is remarkably well seasoned. Mollyhawk is nicely treated with 10.2, .and is very fit, as she recently settled some companions across the hiHs at EUerslie. Dandy Breeze has plenty of pace, and a win for Mr Patten's horse would be popular, but the horse on the same mark (Inspector) has been doing well on the tracks and hails J. Rae's stable. None of those in ■ the Hunters' Hurdle Handicap are unduly, handicapped with weight, and it c a moot question which are the best stayers. Advancer avi,ll (probably be the .magnet on the tote. Golden Glow, which recently won at Ellerslie, but returned home empty handed from Gisborne in moderate company, will jprobablycarry the bulk of the bullion invested m the Liverpool Steeplechase. Black Northern with 11.9, as far as figures go, is the pick of the ten engaged, but he is a horse of moods, and is none too partial to any of the tracks at Ellerslie, and runs more honestly anywhere else. Valentine has been pleasing the track watchers and eypert® by us trood showing over the country, Din he chances his fences a good ».eaJ and only has 9.7. The Maiden Hunters' Steeplechase has fourteen engaged, aiid Mollyhawk (10.12) and Master Leslie (10.10) have been hunted faithfully, and', have also been over the EBerelie country quite recently, shaping well in the jumping bouts.

Haesen and Captain Lock have done most of their schooling at headquarters, and know . every inch of the. country. They will have to be reckoned with in the run home.

Although Advancer has 11.0 up m the Pakuranga Hunt Cup he has his recent win at the old tryst to recommend him to the JoUowers lof form.

A rising three-year-old at Ellerslie that is making rapid improvement is the Grafton-Alfa Alfa gelding in Mobberley'is care. He is coming on every day.

Peggy Pride, which formerly raced in the pony ranks, has been singularly unlucky at the stud. She had two fine colt foal's to Marble Arch.

They both died. She has now a foal at foot by the same sire and revisits him. Armagh has not been pleasing the habitues at the track side. He went over the big country twice last week, and came home each time after emptying his saddle. On Saturday Ceil was given a lead over the sod wall and the double jump by the hunter Kaipara, but first fence of the double proved too formidable, and she threw a somersault and broke the rider's (Clark) leg. Mr Willie Gxiy, the Tamaki sportsman, had his favourite hunter Merry Dancer schooled at Ellerslie across country last week, when the gelding broke down. Valentine put up two good displays over the big country last week in company, both on Thursday and Saturday mornings. He downed the opposition on both occasions. Dunrobin, the hunter, gave his pilot a fall last week, but Anderton suffered! no inconvenience from the fall, and remounted and jumped the other fences. Btiury Lad, by Gladstone-Miss Drury/did some good schooling last week", running away from Ambassador over the steeplechase course. His dam, Miss Drury, was a really good hunter. Mr R. T. Reid, the Waiuku sportsman, has soldi the. lease of the Kentish Hotel. Mr Redd is at present amusing himself by training Prince. Rufus, the trotting horse, and! wi.ll take him to Addington, Christchiurch.

Gordon Stenning, Who had his first mount on Parirawatu some years aigo' at Potter's Paddock, riding 5.7, finishes up his riding career next Saturday on Monathol, ](),(), n\ the Sylvia Park Handicap. Cordon was forced to abandon the pigskin on account of increasing weight.

J. Bryce, the trotting trainer at Sookburn, Christchurch, lias probably the biggest crowd of trotters ant}/pacers ever trained by anyone in New Zealand. He lias about thirty in full swing.

Cliff Malcolm drove a very fine race when he won with Flora McKinney in the concluding event, the Farewell) Handicap, of the Waikato Trotting Club meeting. Cliff has

taken Mr AY. Austin's horse to the Wainmte T. C. meeting run on tlie 28th inst.

J. Ohaal'e's quartette (Rita C, Gokll Lac, G-oQtlsize and Hinia) are all standiing up to the collar. Last week they all did #ock! servic-eabJe wo?'k at hieadqxiai-teas.

On Saturday, Ta,kanini, Lone Moor a,ndi Goldifast ran liome in this order, CQvening .six furlongs in very fair time.