NOTES AND COMMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 230, 29 September 1931, Page 4

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By “Kestrel’’) A considerable amount of Wanganui interest will be evinced in the spring meeting of the Auckland Racing Club, which will be held next Saturday and Monday at Ellerslie. Walter Rayner left yesterday afternoon with a team of four for the fixture, while Arisus was also a passenger on tfto train, en route for the meeting. It would appear as if a fair share of the stake money offered should come this way. Cessation in Cup. Cessation, who won the Marangai Handicap at Wanganui is a New Zealand Cup candidate, and on breeding lines she has much to commend her. She is a four-year-old sister to last season’s Wellington Cup winner. Stanchion, by Limond from Termination, by Kilbroney from Culmination (a sister to Elevation) by San Francisco from Stepfeldt, whose other progeny included several good winners, the best of them being Reputation, a high-class performer by Martian. Cessation ran some good races in minor company last season and sho has started the new season well enough to suggest that she will reach much higher class during the next few months. It will occasion no surprise if she develops stamina up to New Zealand Cup standard.

A Colt from Homage. Among the latest arrivals reported from the Koatanui stud is a Limond colt from Homage (Absurd —Eulogy). The newcomer is a full brother to Episode, Honour and Courtesy. Showing Promise. Royal Love, winner of the Geraldine Cup last week, was a useful performer in hack company last season. He has shown indications of staying on in several of his races and should be equal to winning some good middle-distance handicaps before the season is through. He is trained by A. B. Pearson at Riccarton, and is a four-year-old colt by Royal Divorce from Orellana. There are not many of this sire’s progeny racing, but the majority of them show' good promise. Auckland Racing Club. Acceptances for the first day of the Auckland Racing Club’s spring meeting, also final payments for the Welcome Stakes and Great Northern Guineas, are due at 5 p.m. to-day. One to Remember. Duo to make her second public appearance when she contests the Maiden Plate at the Otaki Maori Racing Club’s meeting, Mr. J. J. Corry’s three-year-old filly, Miladi (Weathervane —Frenzied Finance) is sure to attract attention. If she is as good as she appeared to be when given her initial run at the Marlborough autumn meeting she will be hard to beat in her early engagements. It will be remembered that the only horse to finish in front of Miladi in the race at Blenheim was her stablemate, Croupier, who was having his third start for the second win of the sequence that he continued till beaten on Saturday. Croupier won comfortably by two lengths, but it will be further recalled that after the race the stewards expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which she had been ridden by the apprentice, W. Taylor. Miladi nevertheless beat the third horse, Shootist, by a more decisive margin than she herself was beaten.

Dunraven’s Win. Dunraven ran his best race when he won the Belfield Handicap at Geraldine last Thursday. He has disappointed more than once but on this occasion he stuck »to his task resolutely and finished very strongly. He was vigorously handled by T. Green and his performance left the impression that he required the services of a strong horseman to get the best out of him. The brother to Limerick will not reach the class of his relative, but he should win more races as the season advances. He had none the best of the luck in his latest start, as he was hemmed in on the rails part of the way, his rider having a boot torn and a foot injured as evidence of the rough experience.

Compris for Flemington. It is understood that Mr. P. F. Campbell has decided to send Compris to Australia, to contest the Melbourne Cup. It is probable that C. Davey will leave this week with the Kilbroney gelding, travelling by way of Sydney. Compris registered a good performance when he ran second in the Geraldine Cup last Thursday, as he was conceding 241 b to Royal Love, a useful and improving four-year-old. Richards “On the Mat.”

Gordon Richards, who at the end of the first week in August held a lead of twenty points for tne season’s riding honours in England, was “ on. the mat’' at the Lewes meeting on August 8. The inquiry arose from a complaint by Michael Beary concerning an incident during the running of the Nevill Maiden Plate the previous day, the winner having been R. Perryman’s mount Riviere, with Beary’s mount, Tel Sheria, second. It was alleged that Gordon Richards told his brother, Cliff Richards, to pull in and so prevent Tel Sheria from coming through on the turn into the straight. The stewards heard the evidence of Beary, Gordon Richards, Perryman, Steve Donoghue, and J. Sirett. They were satisfied that Gordon Richards and Clifford Richards pulled their mounts to the rails after running wide at the bend more quickly than they/should have done, and cautioned them as to their future riding. Soon Made Good.

Quinopal was making his first public appearance over hurdles when he won at Geraldine last Thursday. His performance was full of merit. Amorist had been working well and the journey was just right to show him at his best, yet Quinopal ran past him in the the straight in impresive style. On Saturday he won again. Like many others of the progeny of Quin Abbey, he is a natural jumper and he may build up a good record over hurdles this season.

Stealth Wins Easily. Among the winners at the Canning Park (Western Australia) meeting on September 12 was the former New Zealander, Stealth, who scored decisively in the Flying Handicap, seven furlongs. This five-year-old son of Night Raid has had considerable success since being sold to the Western Australian sportsman, Mr. W. J. Winterbottom, and is probably the best outside Pliar Lap and Nightmarch of his sire’s stock.

Hunting Cry. Hunting Cry, who was reported recently to be amiss, was working on the track at Hastings recently and appears quite sound again (says a Hawke’s Bay writer). The Hunting Song gelding has been more or less unsound for some time and has not raced since he won the Easter Handicap at Ellerslie in April last. Hunting Cry,

when in form, is one of the best handicap horses in the Dominion, and it will be hard luck for his owner if the gelding fails to stand a preparation. Defeat of Cameronian.

Cabled messages to Australian papers show that the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby winner, Cameronian, who started favourite for the St. Leger this month, disgraced himself, and ran last. In the result of the race cabled to New Zealand papers he was not mentioned at all. It appears that ho played up at the post, kicking other horses, and his rider, F. Fox, said he fairly went mad. Cameronian ran himself out very early in the race, and finished last. After Cameronian won the Derby opinions differed as to whether he was a real champion, but his form was palpably wrong in the St. Leger, as he had previously proved himself a high-class colt. Solwit Again.

Solwit made a good impression when he won a six furlongs race at Ashburton and he gave further evidence of improvement when he ran out seven furlongs successfully in the Ruakapuka i Handicap at Geraldine last week. Ho had nothing in hand at the finish, lasting only long enough, but it was a useful effort, and he should do better yet before the season is much older. Most of Solferino’s progeny benefit by age and Solwit should race with credit in open company later on.

Change of Names. Stay-at-home racing enthusiasts were caught unawares yesterday in connection with the winner of the Nursery Handicap at Avondale. It was noticed that one of the contestants was called Tankard, but few were aware that this candidate for two-year-old honours was identical with the Tea Tray-Zany colt Teazan, which was formerly a stablemate of Gay Court at Trentham. He was recently purchased at a good figure by Mr. C. B. O’Connell, of Wellington, and went into A. Cook’s stable at To Awamutu. The name Teazan was disallowed by the Racing Conference, but that did not deter Tankard from winning “first up.” Veteran’s Triumph. Many congratulations will be forthcoming for the success of the veteran trainer, F. Tilley, who provided the winner of the Avondale Guineas yesterday in the Hunting Song—Haligan gelding View Halloo. It is some eight een months since Tilley departed for England on a holiday voyage, and when he returned in May he resumed training at Fordell for Mr. W. McA. Duncan and Mr. Russell Grace. The latter is the owner of View Halloo, and as he is one of the stewards of the Wanganui Jockey Club, the first success of one of his representatives in a classic event will be all the more pleasing. In his first start this season View Halloo finished third to Croupier and King Colossus in the Wanganui Guineas.

Breeding of Te Waipu. Te Waipu, who led the field home in tho Avondale Stakes on Saturday, is a bay filly by Musketoon from Wairarapa, by Sunny Lake from Arai-ti-Uru. Wairarapa was fast in her day, but could not stay. She is owned by Mr J. 11. Walters, in whose colours Te Waipu won on Saturday.

King Thomond. In the maiden races at Otaki appears tho entry of a promising sort in King Thomond, by Thomond from the Finland mare Northern Rose, thus a three-quarter relation-in-blood to Ephialtcs. Northern Rose has already produced many good performers, among them being Miss de Vai (afterwards dam of Degage, Roi de Vai, and Joi de Vai), Alabama, and Beaumont. King Thomond had only one race as a two-year-old last season, that being in the Novice Handicap at tho Wellington Winter meeting, when he was quietly tipped in some quarters and was prominent over most of tho journey. He was bred and is owned by tho Foxton trainer, F. J. Carmont. A factor that may tell against him for a time is that he was a February and is thus still several \>rt of being three years old.