NOTES AND COMMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 190, 13 August 1931, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS

i Ti '■ ■■ Kcstrel ” ; ihc Canterbury Jockey' Club's Gran National meeting will be continued tc day and will be concluded on .Saturday i hen will follow the Pakuranga Hun Club meeting, set down for Saturda of next week. The only August inee; ing in this quarter of the Dominion i rhe Taranaki Hunt Club fixture o August 29. Knollmere Beaten In the Winter Cup on Tuesday Knol mere was one of the well-backed cai i didates, but the Wanganui-trained gelt j ing was unable to finish on after hav ing every chance three furlongs fror cue e. At this stage of the seaso I -‘vDcllmere may be found showing t i : :.jrt« r advantage over a shot ter di: I tance and he should make amends. ! Kabikatoa’s Win ■ The winner of the Winter Cup, Kali. I ratoa, is given credit for a very in passive performance. After meetin itb interference half-way on the joui ■ :;«-v he was brought along by Gray i ! f i'f* straight and scored handsomely. Th ; runners carried the tapes with thei I for over three furlongs and this cause : • o rferenee with Koval Saxon an j High Pitch. j Real Sportsmanship j A (Teasing instance of sportsmanshi ' has to be recorded in connection wit j rhe ownership of the three-year-old co: ; Croupier, who scored a brilliant wi i under adverse circumstances in th ■ Cashmere Plate at Riccarton on Tue: ; day. Mr J. J. Corry, of Blenhein bought him very cheaply from h: | breeders. Messrs J. and J. Paterson, o I Auckland, who owned his sire (Su * veyor) ami also bred ami owned hi ' dam (Pellet). Mr Corry also purchase ' several other horses sired by Surveyo: i among them being Make Up, who wo i for him £l4*3 in stakes last seasoi i and Landmark, who won £896. Croi , pier, in four starts, won three race ; and ran third in the other, earning £l3 i Ids. Having done so well with stoc •purchased from Messrs Paterson Bros ■ and feeling confident that Croupic i would turn out a tine three-year-ol I with classic prospects, Mr Corry d( I ided to give the breeders a half ir ■ rerest in him dating from the con i mencement of the new season. Augu? I. Thus they will share equally wit I him in the £l4O stake money won b J Croupier on Tuesday, with the pro. ! pect of many more prizes to follow. i Interference Alleged i During the progress of the openin ! day of the C.J.C. meeting on Tuesda ■ a meeting of the judicial stewards wa held to investigate interference wit Lyn Du by Make Up in the Jumpers Fiat Handicap. After hearing the ev deuce of A. McDonald. A. F. Ellis, an J. Mcßae, the stewards decided t ' For Melbourne Cup. ! [n view of the fact that Compri I tilled third place in the Winter Cup oi I Tuesday it is interesting to note tha Ihe is to be taken across to Melbourn ' via Bluff and will leave about, the em of September. So far, states a South i ern writer, no horseman has been cu gaged for this gelding in the Melbourn. Cup. as his owner considers that it wil be time enough to engage a rider afte arriving in Melbourne. By the way Compris is not the only one of Lad; Halina 's sons engaged in the Melbourm Cup. A three-year-old half-brothe called Dark Blue is also in the race. Paganelli Prepares. The first appearance of Paganelli ii the new season may be made at th> Avondale spring meeting. It is report cd that the Lord Qucx —Ringdove geld ing has been working at Te Rapa fo the past month, and although he has no been asked to go fast so far he has hi out nicely in his work. His trainer M •L Carroll, has Paganelli looking ii very forward condition for this stage u the season. Paganelli is to race fron this out in the interests of his traine: and of the Taranaki sportsman, Mr R W. Roberts. Veteran Pilot. A. McDonald, who piloted Omeo in th< Grand National Steeplechase, is tin veteran horseman of the field. He lirs rode in the race in 1916, when hi mount, New York, fell. The next yea he was unplaced on Braeburn. In 1911 he was second to Lochella on Mastei Lupin. In 1921 he was unplaced or Stnrdee. In 1922 he was unseated ofi Omahu. being unplaced on the same horse the following year. Firebligh feP with him in 1924, and in 1925 he also ran on Sir Sosebery. In 1926 Onia hu gave him another losing mount, fol lowed in 1927 by a similar performance on Kawini; and in 1928 on Passin I hrough. Last year he was second or Corneroff. H.- had do mount in 1918. 1920, and 1929.

A I remising Sort al Palace, wiv finished third to Crou- , a •• : ei and Belvoir in the Cashmere Plate y; Tuesday, is like the pair named, a pa three-vear-old. He is by Grandcourt r 0 and d’Oro, a sister of Desert Gold, and p t as it was only his second race it was g a ' a very promising effort. th Forward Juvenile. ou Reports from To Rapa are to the ef- . feet that a particularly forward two-year-old to be seen on the tracks there _ is Lady Whirlwind. This filly by Whirlwind from Cione is to carry Mrs ' K. T. Reid’s colours, and will be seen ' in action in the juvenile parade at the V Pakuranga meeting. Lady Whirlwind : is a nice mover and is developed on lines above the average. Cione is by Catmint from Hyades and is a fullsister to Prodice and a half-sister to Ammon Ra. There are two promising th two-year-olds in F. Tutchen’s team. & These are Rippling Waters, a fdly by Chief Ruler—Boynetto, who ranks as a sister to Ruling Chief, who was trained by Tutchen last season. The other youngster is by Whirlwind —Serita Thurnham, and this half-sister to Speedmint looks like turning out useful.