CAP & JACKET

Observer, Volume XXXVI, Issue 43, 1 July 1916, Page 14

CAP & JACKET

[By the Early Bird.]

The Napier Park Winter Meeting opened in dull weather on Friday, a fair attendance being present. Some good racing was witnessed.

The third favourite in the Moteo Hack Hurdles beat Golden March, Jeni and ten others. Czaronus won by three lenghts. the ex-Auckland gelding, Nicomar, being among the starters.

Goldinlyte, 9.4., ,who ran some good races at the Poverty Bay R.C. Winter Meeting, accounted for the Stewards' Handicap, beating the second favourite, Kooya, 11.4., and ten others.

BransfieW the public choice in the Petane Hack Steeplechase, beat the placid division decisively. Nita, second, and- The Chef filled the places, nine others starting.

_ The consistent Braeburn won his third consecutive steeplechase when he ran Home an easy winner in the Napier Steeplechase on Friday. Vacular and ;3sTaupata fell.

■= Eight was the main in the Ladies' Necklet Handicap. The fifth fancy, Atuatoro, downed Multum and Hylatus and five others, winning by a length.

Pursefiller was a hot proposition in the Ahuriri Hurdle Kace, and although having 10.8 in the saddle disappointed her numerous supporters. Gladful won by half a length.

; Eighteen came to the post inj the Settlers' Hack Handicap, Anzac carrying most of the bullion. The third fancy had no trouble to stall off her numerous opponents, winning easily by four lengths.

Kooya met with bad luck in the Stewards' Handicap, getting tangled in the barrier. Despite this handicap beeide the poundage, 11.4, the mare ran a meritorious second.

• The' Auckland gelding, Taihape, ran wretchedly at the Napier Park Winter Meeting in the Petane Hack Steeple with 9,7. He was never dangerous, and ran again unplaced with 9.7 in the Park Steeplechase.

The second day of the meeting a big attendance was present, and the racing again was good. The totalisator handled £30,064 at the meeting, against £31,934 —a"shortage of £1870.

Only a head margin separated Golden Glade from the second horse, Admiral Beatty, in the Meanee Handicap, Perrier filled the third place. Thirteen horses started. The latter is spoken of as being promising in future events.

'Golden March, the runner-up in the Moteo Hack Hurdles on the opening day, supplied the winner in Waiohiki Hack Hurdles. Fifteen started.

~ All started in the Winter Oats Handicap, Whakahaki, Sea Lord, and Goldinlyte filling the places. Ten 'faced the barrier. It was a stirring finish all the way up the straight.

•,The good field of sixteen ran in the Park Steeplechase. The Chef, Captain Mack'ay and Precious Metai came to g r i e f_falling. Bravest, Queen's Post and Nita, all carrying. the .same weight (9.9 each), ran home in this order.

Seven horses started in the Hunt Club Steeplechase. The winner, Waiparapara, won by over twenty lengths, the field being a moderate lot.

Only five horses came to the post in the Poraite Hurdle Handicap, Styrax, 11 stone, beating the lightly-weighted Aruake, 9.4, and Austin, 9.7.

The meeting concluded with the Newstead Hack Handicap, seven horses going to the pibst. St. : omer' won by overtwo lengths, Cherry Blossom, and Colonnade filling the places,

J. Scobie, the Victorian trainer, has no less than thirteen two-year-olds in his stable to be prepared for the coming season.

The New Zealand bred Tim Doolan would cost his supporters pockets full of money by falling out of the V.R.C, G.N. Steeplechase. He wasTieavily supported in the doubles.

The Sir Laddo-Tuhurangi gelding, Braeburn, has made a good start for the lepping season, winning at Wanganui, Gisborne aad Napier Park. The opposition at each meeting seemed no use to Mr V. H. Colello's useful chaser.

Dan Caster's bruised heel does not seem to trouble him much now. The son of Salvadan will probably be given a run at the Wellington and C.J.C. winter fixtures.

Marabout, Lady Penury's full sister, has gone into winter quarters. The rest is bound to do the big daughter of Penury-Lady Gwen good, as she was growing very fast.

On Saturday morning Parsimony had the hunter Kerry to give him a lead over the pony battens. 'J he son of Penury got over the two first in good fashion, but when put at the big hurdles in company resolutely refused. His stable mate, Worcester, was also given a lead by Kerry over the small timber once and then stuck his toes in and wouldn't look at the battens.

Kaiwhakahaere and Spontane were mates in a turn over the big battensj The pair jumped five of the hurdles without putting a hoof wrong, and showed promise of making good over the timber.

Rose Soult, Soult-Gladys Rose, the Auckland-bred filly racing in Sydney recently, won the 14 hands handicap at the Kensington Race Meeting. The filly started favourite and won handsomely.

R. Hall has Mr Swaffield's hunter, Heather Bay, in nice mellow condition. The gelding is very susceptible to improvement, as prior to the Auckland Winter Meeting the horse had only been up a couple of months. The horse is being hunted regularly, and will be qualified for the P.H, Club on the 26th of August.

Taking the present track work as a guide, Mr J. E. Thorpe has designs on some of the rich prizes at either the Wellington or the C.J.C. National Meetings. He is keeping Bluestone and Fisher up to the collar, and both are in fine form.

Master Regal is sure to make the trip to either of the above meetings. If the handicappers are not unkind, Te Onga may also visit both of these fixtures. The little Regal chaser is very well.

Marconi's defeat on the second day of the Gisborne R.C. Steeplechase meeting made a difference of £700 to the owner, Mr J, O. E. Jackson. One turn of the wheel may reimburse this plucky sportsman.

It's quite a pretty sight at the present time at headquarters to see the baby racehorses being put through their daily toil, the young ones are full of life and as playful as kittens.

The middle grass track is one of the favourite rinks among the heads at Ellerslie. The sole of grass has started to feel the heavy wear and tear of the number of horses using the track. It will be returfed right round and should be ready for use by the A.R.O. November meeting.

The trotting .trainer, A. Cameron, reports all well with the horses under his care at Mangere. The weather has been so bad that most trainers have not yet started seriously to eperate on their 1 cattle. Mr W. A. Scott has leased Miss Hum, junior, the straight-out trotter, from Mr Alf Lowe, Otahuhu. This useful straightout trotter was formerly trained by Mr Harry Chatteris. Neither of the horses Taihape and Golbourne .running at the Napier Park Winter Meeting, which were sent from Auckland, managed to run into place money. MrW. G. Stead started the imported filly, Cheloma, by Langioyn Chelys, at the Napier Park Winter fixture. It was the fillies first appearance in public and she may have suffered from crowd . shyness.

Mr Jas. Farquhar, the Sporting writer of the Auckland Evening " tStar," is confined to his room suffering with his eyes. His many frienns' will be pleased to hear he is on the mend.

The 266 entries received for the Melbourne Cup constitutes a record for the race.

The winner of the York Welter Handicap at the Port Adelaide race meeting, Muttawarra, paid the remunerative dividend of over £32.

The prize money given away for the season at Randwick for- the A.J.C. Tattersall's and City Tattersail's Club meetings amounted to over £109,000.

Quite a number of New Zealandbred horses are making their way S'ydneywards. The following are working on the Randwick tracks: — Bee, Martin, Briar Patch, Peg, Zulandj Corrie, Silent Way, Down, Deltonia, Revel, and probably Tryflukej which was recently shipped. l

H. French has.Lady Glen and Marble Star doing useful work at headquarters. Both these useful mares will be ready for the spring

fixtures

Mr P. Boulton has Patetonga doing well, the son of Marble ArchChiara having thrown off all the ill effects of the heavy cold he was suffering from.

Barbwire, by Gluten-Chiara,, a half-brother to the above gelding, trained! by owner Mr P. Boulton, is now putting in useful tasks again, but still looks very rough in his coat.

Messrs W. Casey and W. Patterson were present on Tuesday morning to see their juveniles cover a few furlongs on the two-year-old rink. Both, the youngsters, are well forward in their preparation.

Mr W. Ryan has gone to Melbourne to see his gelding Merrimae run in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race. His many friends in the Dominion would be pleased to see William win.

A good 1 few of the talent are wondering if Messrs Collis and Casey will again throw down the gauntlet to the Australians by sending Colonel S'oult for the A.J.C. Metropolitan Stakes.

The steeplechase and hurdle races for the. Wellington Racing Club's winter meeting filled well. There are 24 and 25 respectively of the best the Dominion can produce.

The following Auckland horses, have entered in the Wellington R.C. winter meeting:—Waimai, Captain Jack, Ngatoa, El Gallo, Tararua Jack, Tenacious, Tragedy King, Master Regal, Grluepot, Marcohi and Te Onga.

On Tuesday morning Kaiwhakahaere alone put up a good display of clean fencing over five of the big , schoolers. Jackson has the gelding very well.

i The maiden steeplechaser Hopye, in J. Williamson's stable, which has Wellington engagements, was sent over the steeplechase fences 'in the centre of the course, acquitting himself well over the mixed fences.

Dan Caster, who had Kerry as a guide over the little sticks, jumped very - carefully over six of the battens, and never attempted to turn his head.

The gelding Silver Lupin is going on the right way and piling up condition and the good opinion of the track watchers by the free style he is moving along.