Topics of the Turf

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 386, 31 March 1932, Page 12

Topics of the Turf

/Votes and news from everywhere

r PHE Riverton Racing Club made a profit of £6OO on its three-day Easter meeting. * * * * Mister Gamp, winner of the Great Northern Hurdles of 1929, is to undergo another preparation. Mr T. W. Wills, owner of Fitzquex, has secured a lease of him from Mr E. W. Collins, until February 1, 1933. A NEGLIGIBLE TLAXCE. Australian sporting men were apparently not at all prepared for Jacko's win in the A.J.C. Doncaster on Saturday. One of Sydney’s foremost critics wrote a few days before the race:— “ Another Doncaster pick of a few weeks back who is an unlikely starter is Jacko, for his welter failure on Saturday (March 19, at Bridge Celebration meeting I showed that his chance would be negligible. Jacko is only a three-year-old who has done little racing, and a severe run in the Dpncaster might adversely affect him. He is, however, one of the most promising horses in training, and his connections will probably reap full benefit from their present actions. Jacko is the type who might win at Epsom next spring.” WOX FIRST I P Kaihoro, the six-year-old full sister to Kaiti and half-sister to Impost, Dissertation and Souchong, made her reappearance after a twelve months’ absence in the Flying Handicap at Waipukurau on Monday, and she brought off a surprise victory, being outsider of the field of four. Early in her career she was ver3 r successful, but she failed in the two races she had last season. At her best she is a fine galloper. LUCKY DEAL The South Island trainer. W. Stone, made an apparently lucky purchase when he bought the three-year-old chestnut filly Alpinist (Gainscourt— Mountain Lass) from Messrs D. H. M'Leod and C. H. Slater recently at

the recent Dannevirke meeting. Alpinist won and was second in Stone’s colours at Dannevirke, was placed second at Feilding on Saturday, then won a double at Waipukurau on Monday. -The stakes earned in these five starts have amounted to £205, which was very much more than the price at which Alpinist was stated to have changed hands. However, Alpinist’s former ''Owners still apparently hold some interest in her, as she was bracketed with their horse, Tigerism, when they both started in the same event at Feilding. < RQUPIER CASK The Croupier case, in which Mr J. J. Uorrv and the Messrs Paterson are to j figure as litigants, is due to come be- j fore the Supreme Court at Auckland next week. There is reported to be a fair prospect of the issue being settled out of court. ♦ * * * * * S. J. Reid will shortly resume work at Trentham with the three-year-old Forestry (Limond—Forest Girl). Forestry was in training last season, but grew so rapidly that he was turned out for a year. He now stands over seventeen hands. AU r kLA X D WIX X F.RS Principal winning owners at the Auckland Easter meeting were the Messrs Smith Brothers, owners of Peter Jackson and Gaine Carrington, who secured £llOO. Mr T. Tmpey. owner of Greek Gold, won £675, and I Great Star tredited J. H. Prosser £650 H. Gray rode only one winner on the j two days at Ellerslie, but he had a mount in every flat race and his gross ! cheque for riding fees was £59. * * * * Xominations for the Manawatu Racing Club’s autumn meeting -close to-morrow at 9 p.m. Forfeits for the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes and Manawatu Stakes are due at the same time. * * * * When Appledore won at Tauherenikau on Monday he registered his first success since he was purchased by Mr ! J. J. Corry for 50gs last July. He had. i however, gained ten minor places in the interim. As a yearling. Appledore cost the late Mr Charles Elgar 1600 gs. * * * * Owing to the departure of 11. B. Lorigan for Australia. Mr H. Murphy has decided to hand his horses over to W. "Marks to train at Trentham. Marks looked after the team when Lorigan was in Australia last spring, and prepared Cimabue for his C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap success. < OMIXG TO RI« < ARTOX Early Cup, another of Mr R. J. Murphy’s horses, will join the Riccarton team of C. Emerson within the next fortnight. He is a two-year-old gelding by Tea Tray from Bonnie Dawn. He was taken to Sydney in the spring by H. B. Lorigan, but went sore and was sent back to Trentham. Early Cup has been spelling since.

WILL ROGERS OX PHAR LAP. Mr Will Rogers, popular American humorist, has a laughable paragraph about Phar Lap recently. “ The name sounds like a mouthwash,” he writes, “ but he runs like a racehorse. All that the American horses saw of him was his tail and his dust. ” This racehorse makes a sucker out of the United States, and with England holding the motor, aeroplane and footracing records, there is only one thing in which Uncle Sam excels., Our international bankers have lent more of other people’s money to foreign countries on less security than ever was lent before even on security.” SILVERADO MAY RETURX. The success of Silver Ring, Berate and Silver Scorn will increase New Zealand interest in negotiations opened by Mr Ken Austin, of the Elderslie Stud, for the return of their sire. Silverado, to the Dominion. Should the negotiations be successful, Silverado will become one of the Elderslie stallions. He was originally imported to Australia by Mr Foy, of Sydney, and was used at several studs in Australia for a few seasons, after which he was brought to the Dominion by S. Ifiggs, who had him on lease for two years, when he was returned to Australia. He was then leased by Mr J. J. Leahy, a wellknown New South Wales breeder, who purchased the horse a couple of months ago. RACING FIXTURES. April 2*—Greymoutli J.C. April 2—Hawke’s Bay J.C. April 2. 6—Avondale J.C. April 6—Reefton J.C. April. 9—Hawke's Bay J.C. April 9—Oamaru J.C. April 9. 11—Te Kuiti J.C. April 15. 16—Masterton R.C. April 16—Karamea K.C. , April 20, 21— Manawatu R.C. : April 21. 23—Nelson J.C. April 21. 23—Wliangarci R.C. April 23—South Canterbury J.C. April 28, 30—Marlborough R.C. April 30—Amberley R.C.