SUB-EDITOR SURPRISES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 4

SUB-EDITOR SURPRISES

WAIKATO HUNT SUCCESS POINTERS FOR WHANGAREI to “Chronicle.”) ( AUCKLAND, Oct. 26. Once again the Waikato Hunt Cup . has proved a most difficult race Lo * win. Last Monday's contest proved no . exception, for the forlorn nope Sub- j Editor led a good field home to pay the best part of a century, only a ( few pounds short of what Lapidarian bad returned at Ellerslie nine days earlier. Two proved cross-country performers in Saint Musk and Bride- , groom did not complete the course, . me latter never travelling well. The late Mr. W. Patterson raced J and trained Sub-Editor for most of his . career, and the horse was named after 1 an unknown journalist. Previously c Mr. Patterson nad owned The Sun, * and that horse had come by his name ‘ when the newspaper of that name was 1 launched in Auckland over 12 years ; ago. It was tlius not surprising to find tne owner adhering to newspaper as- ( sociations with Sub-Editor, although v it must be confessed that The Sun f never was much good on the turi. 1 The day Sub-Editor won the Waikato f Hunt Cup it was also the gelding’s 1 | actual birthday, his tenth, by the way. < Our Jean’s Success e As anticipated the sprint at Cambridge proved the good thing lor Our Jean that Ellerslie running indicated. She had little difficult*/ in holding her own at the finish, after being a bit siuggish in the early part of her race, whicn is a characteristic ol her racing. Our Jean is a very tine type, r She is in the Auckland Railway e Handicap next Boxing Day and must r go a good race, but it is just possible r Lhat in a big held she may be hamp- I ered. In tne meantime Our Jean c should be a possibility in cups and c handicaps on the provincial circuit. s Up to a mile Very Glad is always a liable to make his backers feel that way, for his success in the Members' [ Handicap at Cambridge, over that j distance was clear-cut. He is a very free galloper without being of the j“pulling” type, and while he sets a c warm pace he is ahvays liable to run t on. He has scored quite a number of i: mile successes in second-rate com- rj pany, and it is surprising that he has r not been entered in this class at a Whangarci next week, for it was there c he first revealed his ability over his favourite distance. c Novice Hurdlers Among the novices due lo make their deout over the sticks at \vhangarei next week, are Bachelor King. I Royal Abo, Romani, Ringshot, Lana [Girl and Noisy Nignt, quite a formidlable coterie of beginners. There are 'plenty of hurdlers in the north, but I i only one of class —Ennation. Tne f advent of successful flat performers I Hike Bacnelor King ana fair sorts like r I the others mentioned is certain to 1 liaise the standard all round. Both \ Bachelor King and Romani have dis- r played proficiency in their schooling t at Takanini. One of the speediest two-year-okls .a the province last season was the I Australian-bred filly Heroic Maid and, her career as a three-year-old will be j keenly followed. She is due to have) her initial outing of tne season at! Whangarci next week and this course ' should suit the lilly, tor there shc| snould be capable ol running out six furlongs. Sii - was unplaced in hoi ! first two runs ana then m the follow-! mg I'J races she always weighed m, • th.ee successes being inc.udea. Heroic Maid i-. by Maruomgram an i she) ought to develop into a lirst-clas> | sprinter. h it is pos ible that the thrcc-year-1 < olus will continue to race prominently, ( after carrying ncany cve.yihing be- j lore tnem so Ln m Ino province. .Several promising youngsters of this age ait- uuc to compete at tne Whan- j garci fixture next week and one 01 J uicm is Royal Tray, the lea Tray liny i hal shaped so wen al Avondaie last j month. Clipper is another that should i come into tnis category and then mere 1 ,are also Valc. iun ana Gay Movie, and, I iof course. Heroic Maia. All those • mentioned are potential winners ncx. {week. = “ < Peerless, who claims an engagement in the New Zealand Cup, wm oc rid- 1 den by B. H. Morris, wno nits yet to 1 steer a winner of tne big Riccarton < event, though he went close to winning on 'l'he Buzzer last November. On Disdain’s displays al Trentham ■ ithc Robespienc male would have 1 to show considerable improvement to ( I have a chance in the Stewards’ Handl- : leap witn 8.8. She does not appear to Ibe the same filly as last year's Railway ’ I Handicap winner. The much-debated question as lo which is the better ihrec-ycar-old, ' Beauiivre or Beau Vite, may well b * decided at the Auckland summer fix-| turc. Both line colts have been en-1 tered for the weight-for-age events ] and therefore they may be expected . to meet also in the Great Northern Derby. Few three-year-olds contest the Auckland Cup these days and the nearest one has got to winning in 40 years was when Reputation was , beaten a head by Warstep in 1914. Recently Nightly finished fourth. In 1890 . '.CrackshotlB92 (St Hippo), .1893 (Pegasus) and 1896 'Nestor) threc- ] year-olds were successful. This year no three-year-old is engaged. A notable absentee from the weight- , for-age at Ellerslie at Christmas is Defaulter, so it is probable that he and Beaupartir will not meet again this season, unless they happen to clash in Sydney next. Easter. The Defoe horse defeated Beaupartir each time they met at three years, but the latter improved and he may offer stubborn opposition lo the three-year-olds at Ellerslie. The tenth anniversary of the birth of Sub-Editor, a gelding by Surveyor from Bunty, was marked by the winning of the Waikato Hunt Cup at Cambridge on Monday. Sub-Editor . was first trained by the late W. Patterson, of Takanini, and was later in the hands of J. F. Tutchen, the Te Rapa trainer. For two years SubEditor was used as a hunter in the Waikato. Mrs. P. G. O'Connell, of Kopurika, Galatea, resumed ownership last year and trainee! the horse herself. Her efforts had a successful culmination by the fine victory achiev- j ed on Labour Day, with a “win” divi- 1 dend not far short of the centurv. • 1