NOTES AND COMMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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"Kestrel."

With tflie Te Rapa meeting concluded yesterday, there will be. no racing till next Saturday and Monday, when the Wellington and Ohinemuri meetings will be held. Manawatu Weights. Weights for the opening dav of the Manawatu Racing Club’s meeting are due to make their appearance to-day. Auckland Programme. A booklet programme for the Auckland Racing Club’s autumn and winter meetings is in circulation, and receipt of a. copy is acknowledged. The Easter Handi'cap (£900) and the H. O. Nolan Handicap (£650) are the principal events at the Faster meeting. Chief Ruler Winners. The defunct Chief Ruler was again in the limelight on Saturday as the sire of winners in Chief Marionette (at Te Rapa) and Secrecy (at Napier). Last Wednesday Chief Marionette and Ru.lan.ut, both by Chief Ruler, carried off the winning “ double” at Bulls. High-Priced Colt. The 2100-guiuea Limoud-Veil colt purchased by Mr. E. E. Jolly, of Adelaide, is being put through an important stage of his education at Westmere by M. Grogan, stud groom. With the Chief Ruler colts purchased by J- T. Jamieson, the high-priced colt is shaping splendidly, and all three promise to be models of behaviour when they are taken across to Australia. Limond Leads. The Australian Turf Register statistics for the first half of the »current racing season show that the leading sires are Limond £16.591, Pantheon £15,573, Heroic £.12,318. Treclare £9089. and Windbag £8044. Another Change. Kamal Pasha, who ‘claims engagements at the Wellington meeting recently, had his sixth change of trainers. He left the stable of A. E. Didham for that of F. Shaw. Thompson Record. The race record time for the Thompson Handicap is jointly held by Reremoana (1927) and Auto pay (1933), who ran the mile in lmin 37|sec. Reremoana carried 9.8 and Autopay 9.4. In winning last year Golden Hair registered lmin 391 sec. For Pahiatua. Provided that a favourable reply is received from Stratford, the first club to use the system, the Pahiatua Racing Club will run a win machine and a pla*ee machine, two dividends, 75 per cent, and 25 per cent., at its meeting next month. Silver Ring. At Riccarton last week Silver Ring was sent seyen furlongs, going a second pace and doing his work comfortably, states a Christchurch writer. He is nearly back to his best, so he should show up at Trentham, where he figures in the Thompson Handicap and the North Island Challenge Stakes. D. O’Connor will ride him. Rader for Nightly. One morning last week at Riccarton Nightlv was allowed to stride along on the plough, finishing with a smart three-furlong sprint. He made a good deal of noise, but a feature of the trouble is that it appears to vary from day to day. As far as his condition goes he looks very well. A. E. Ellis will ride him in the Thompson Handicap. Back to His Owners. The Tiger, who up till now has been ra'eed by Mr. G. Richards on lease, has reverted to his owners, Messrs. R. F. Aldie and M. T. Savwell, who have handed him to IT. Dulieu to prepare prepare for future racing in their colours. The Clifford Team. Tt is probable that W. J. Broughton will do the riding of Sir Charles Clifford’s horses at Trentham. Silly Owl will not make the trip, her poor form at Motukarara giving no engagement, and the team will consist of Fracas, Knock Out, Owlsgleam, and Hororata. Riding at Trentham. A. E. Ellis has been engaged to rile Nightly, Nightform, Beau Gallante, and Legatee at Trentham. A. Messervey will be on Silver Sight, Greek Shepherd. and Knowledge, and D. O’Connor will handle Silver Ring and Haeretonu. promise in work, while his third at Riccarton last month was an attractive per To rm an co in \ iew of bad luck ntHio start. Moonbeam at Trentham. Although Ajoonbeam, who is engaged in the hack mile at Trentham next Saturday, was overhauled in the straight and beaten into third place in the Terawera High weight Handicap at Motukarara, is would be unwise to accept the form as evidence that she cannot stay a mile. She looked a winner a furlong from the post, and she might have held her place in front had she been more vigorously ridden before the threat of trouble became so ous.