KING’S GUARD HAS VERY GOOD RECORD

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 146, 22 June 1931, Page 13

KING’S GUARD HAS VERY GOOD RECORD

EFOBTING (Continued.)

GLENROSSIE PREFERS THE AUCKLAND TRACK. (By OBSERVER). A feature of Saturday’s trotting at Auc."eland was the success of Mr J. A. Mitchell’s three-year-okl. King’s Guard. ; in the 4.55 class two-mile trot. King’s ! Guard is proving so solid and success- ] ful that his ancestry is interesting. His , dame, Lady Xan. is by Petereta from j an unnamed mare (1906) by Mauritius from Boudrie, by Blackwood Abdallah i from a mare supposed to be by a thoroughbred. Boudrie produced a number ; of winners, including Coin and Florin, Coin also proving herself in the matron’s paddock in producing Talaro. King’s Guard’s first outing in public was at the Hawera meeting on April 4, when he was sent out second favourite and won the Matapu Handicap, 3.4 S j class, one mile and a half, from Hue Coronado, in exactly the time he was j handicapped to do. lie was produced on the following day of the meeting, but was unplaced. At the Manawatu meeting he was tried at two miles, and from 12yds behind in the 5.5 class M'Donald Handicap won by a head from Mokanna (72yds) on a heavy track. He was then taken to Hawke’s Bay. where, from 72yds behind, he defeated Mokanna (84vds) by a length iy the 3.5 C class Havelock Handicap, his time being 3.42. A feature of King’s Guard’s racing is the number of times • Mokanna has run up against him, as Mr Corrigan's gelding was again second to him on Saturday. On form. Mf.Vanna should have been better backed than to go out sixth favourite. With four wins in five starts. King's Guard has an impressive record, and the fact

that he has been first favourite in each of h ; s last three starts is somewhat significant. For a three-vear-old he is showing great stamina and solidity, and, as he evidently commands considerable pace, he should prove a really good trotter in the future. Auckland for Glenrossie. Glenrossie's good win at Auckland on Saturday serves as a reminder that he has a very marked partiality for this track. Apart from his win in the Bollard Handicap at Wellington early this seaj son, Glenrossie has earned all his place- | money since August last on the Auck- , land course. At the spring meeting he i won a mile and a half race (Grey Lynn j Handicap), 3.32 class. At the summer meeting he won the 4.3 S class Grandi stand Handicap from the 12vds mark j on the first day, and the 4.35 class New j Year Handicap from 123*ds bhd, on the j second day. j Returning for the February meeting, he was unplaced on the first day, but ! improved on the following one, when he was beaten a neck by Free Advice in the 4.30 class Mackenzie Handicap, and, later in the day, won the 2.47 class Forbes Handicap, of ten furlongs. It will be seen that in his seven starts on the Auckland track he has scored ; five wins and a second place, and it is i evident that Auckland is the course for j him and Addington is not, as in each of his Auckland trips he has won £ race. Glenrossie's pedigree, by the way, is much more interesting than the bald statement —“ Matchlight—Harold Dillon mare ” —appearing in the race book, would indicate. This Harold Dillon mare is the 1920 progeny of Bright Alice, dam of Kohara, Rawhitiroa. Tumatrkuru, Tobermory, Pakoti and others. On his Auckland form Glenrossie is a pacer of class and he has the | stamina to qualify fbr inclusion amongst our best stayers, but, at present, he appears to much greater advantage on a grass track. First Flight Rewarded. After a somewhat exasperating run of four minor placings on end, First

Flight’s consistency was rewarded when she won the Mangere Handicap on Saturday. Her form suggested that she would be one of the hardest to beat in whichever event she contested of those she had accepted for. In the 4.40 class Cambridge Trotting Cup she was second to Gold Treasure; in the 4.40 class Te Aroha Cup, second to Xella Dillon: m the 4.38 class Waikato Cup, second to Grand Canyon; and in the Waikato Winter Show Cup (4.3 S class) was third to St George and Peter Pirate. First Flight is by the 1923 Auckland Trotting Cup winner, Blue Mountain Kmg, from Guiding Star, by Logan 1 otnter-—Marie Corelli, sister to Wildwood Junior and Authoress, by Wildwood—Thelma, which is about as good breeding as we can show in this country. AUSTRALIAN RACING. Victoria Amateur Turf Club. (United Press Assn,—By Electric* Telegraph—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, June 21. At Caulfield yesterday, the principal events resulted as follows: — TOOLAMBOOL HURDLE HANDICAP, of 500 SOVB. Two miles and 65yds. COCKHOW, Mr H. N. Leonard’s br by Orowdcnnis—Appoline, _Syrs, 9.5 (Howson) l OLINA, Mr H. E. Connelly’s b g. by Flavjol—Bavina, syrs, 10.9 (Inkson) 2 LONGLAXDS, Messrs V. O’Neill and H. L. Spry’s b g, by Persbore— Barlycred. aged, 0.6 (Knevitt) 3 Fourteen horses started. Avon by three lengths. No time taken. WANDA STEEPLECHASE, of 500 So vs. About two miles, one furlong and three-quarters. RAKWOOL, Mr E. Y. Shiel’s b g, 12.5 (Inkson) \ VAUXTRTM, Mr J. F. Ryan’s b g, by Cool trim—A T auntie, aged, 0.12 (M’Jnness) 2 TETCOOT, Mr H. Miller s blk g, by Yeneda—Miss Moore, 6yrs, 10.7 (AVraight) 3 Sixteen horses started. Won by twelve lengths. Time—4min I4jsec.