GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19665, 27 August 1935, Page 11

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato-trained horses accounted for £370 in stakes at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting at Ellerslie on Saturday. The stake earners were: Gay Lap (Matamata), £100; Silver Briar (’Hamilton). £7O; King’s Archer Cambridge) £7O: Ardmanning (Cambridge). £7O: Knight of Australia (Te Awamutu), £4O; lllumlnagh (Hamilton), £2O.

Faded In the Straight. Ganpat should not bo long in improving on his third in Hie hack hurdle event at Ellerslie He was travelling well to the last fence only to fade out in the straight.

Never Sighted. Square Acre was held in estimation in certain quarters on Saturday and was a solid third fancy in the betting. However, lie never at any stage nattered the hopes of his supporters.

Sold to \Vest Australia. The nve-year-old geldings Leprechaun (Peach Brandy-Arras)' and Royal Guv (Royal Dlvoroe-Panette) and a 2-vear-old Ally by Lackham — Dominant, Have born not d to Hie West Australian. Mr L. V. O’Hara, and will be shipped to him at the end of the month.

Like His Brother. Among the youngsters at Rlccarton is Kow Tow, a chestnut colt by Limond from Homage, thus a brother to Honour, whom he greatly resembles, though he Is not quite so solidly built as Honour was at the same age. Cerne Abbas, a sister to Custodian, is the image of her brother.

Bir Musk Refused. Sir Musk failed lo get far In the Harris Memorial Hack Hurdles on Saturday refusing at Ihe fence by tho ■seven furlong post and returning lame lo tho birdcage. The Te Rapa horse has acquired an unfortunate habit at late of running off at his fences. Before going up to the meeting he acted similarly in a schooling trial at headquarters.

Youngsters Named. i The appropriate name of Gay Step has been claimed by Mr C. Boyle for liis Australian-bred filly by Gay 'Lothario from Tickle toe, by Sir Anton (son of St. Frusquln). The youngster cost her owner 300gns at the Melbourne sales. Royal Doulton s offspring, a filly by Vaals, has been named Royal Vaals. Principal Boy. It was a piece of bad fortune for the connections of Principal Boy that he should have fatally injured himself when he fell at the final fence in the Hack Hurdles at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting on Saturday. Ho had been shaping encouragingly in his schooling efforts in preparation for the meeting. An aged gelding by Day Comet from Principal Lady he was trained by J. Smith at Te Rapa. Won Well. King’s Archer on tho strength of his .Tune form and the fact that he had been working and schooling well at Cambridge prior to Hie meeting was the public’s choice for the Harris : Memorial Hurdle race at Eilerslie on Saturday and he won well after leading over tho last fence. He was piloted by L. Dulleu, who arrived back from Sydney on the Mariposa only that morning. UnhapDy Selections. Bouillon, first jockey for Baron E. de Rothschild, has not been in luck this season. The stable had Penlche and Vignes de Seigneur engaged in the Oaks. He chose the latter and Penlche won. Tho Baron had three runners In the Grand Prix do Paris— Penlche. Rnkhul, and Crudlte —and again Bouillon’s luck was out. lie preferred nm-bul. who ran nowhere, whilo Crudlte won. Record Race Accordances. j A Now Zealand record is believed to have linen established in- the nr- j ccpianccs for I hn combined limit ; clubs’ race meeting at New Plvmnulli. , Handicaps were allolled for I7*‘> horses in (he seven races. Only seven . entries have not been followed by acceptance. and only four of the horses rntere# have no! been paid up for In at least one event. Should Improve. Roth Lornacre and T.a Femme Noire showed early pace in Iho Sylvia Park Handicap on Saturday and while I lip v failed lo go on with il the outing thev had should go a long wav towards worki""- improvement in Hietr condition. The former, a fullhrollier to Funny Downs, is a tine upstanding St,'unn of gelding who looks as' tf lie will stand up to racing. La Femme Noire, who Is now under the charge of A. G. .Tones, showed speed on occasions last season but. tins yet j to realise expectations.

Re-registratlon of Colours. To date 790 owners have reregistered their colours, leaving about 2250 more to come. The Racing Conference advises that re-registration ceases on August 31, and after that date colours not registered will be allotted to the first applicant, as well ns costing the full registration fee of £1 Is. Exceptional Sprinter. England’s notable sprinter of this season Is the three-year-old colt, Bellacose, who Is by Sir Cosmo from Orbella, by Golden Orb. There are no gradients specially favouring fast time on the Newmarket July course, but, in winning the July Cup, of £IOBS, on July 4, Bellacose carried 9.10, and cut out the six furlongs in 1.9 4-5. The well-performed six-year-old Strathcarron was second with 9.5, and among the unplaced runners were Flamenco (10.8) and Knighted (9.7), winners of good races this seasonFinished On Well. Hunting Maid was responsible for an encouraging effort in the Sylvia Park Handicap on Saturday. After not being too favourably placed early she sorted herself out In the straight to finish solidly and get /to within three lengths of the winner. The Hunting Song five-year-old revelled in the conditions and appealed as one of the likeliest improvers of the meeting. She should not be long In making amends.

Horse-racing In Fiji. “After having been abandoned for two years on account of the depression. racing in Fiji is now better than ever,” said Mr D. B. Costello, honorary secretary of the Suva Racing Club, upon his arrival in Auckland recently. “The object of my visit is to buy six to eight, racing mares for various owners In Suva,” Mr Costello continued. “I am not wanting first-class horses, but, just those that are not good enough to lie winning in Auckland. We abandoned racing about four years ago in Suva on account of the low price of copra. Two years ago we started up again. lam now beginning a racing club twenty miles from tho Tavun goldfield. The first meeting will be held there on September 14. Tho track is a mile in length."

His First Suooess. When Znne Grey won tho Greenmount Hunters' Steeplechase at Ellerslie on Saturday it was tho first success of Ills career. He had been racing for several years without success and while numerous minor placIngs came his way due solely to his good jumping ability Saturday’s exhibition was his best to date, although It is doubtful whether he would have carried the day had Gascllle and Parkhurst kept their feet. Zane Grey was purchased for 200gns as a yearling in Australia.

Fell Through. For several months early m this year the polico were making things unsettled for the many hundreds—some papers said “thousands” —of illegal bookmakers who were doing business In Ctiicago, Then, to the astonishment of most people, a hill to license bookmakers, and sponsored _ by the Movor of Chicago, E. J. Kelly, was passed by the Illinois Legislature In June. The bill, however, was vetoed By [be State Governor, and the police still have the bookmakers on the run. The opinion was general that If the bill had become law, it would have administered a knock-out blow to Chicago racing. Bookmakers would have made their offices so attractive that, scarcely anyono would have gone to the races.

Sliver Briar Easily. Solid condition stood to Sliver Briar tn the Auckland Handicap at the Pakuvangu Hunt meeting on Saturday -and after moving up on her field In the straight she gave nothing else a chonce In the very final stßges. The Silverado mare, who is trained by C. Moran, on the trotting track at Claudelands was produced in splendid fettle and she fully justified tho promise she had shown in her final work-outs in the heavy going at. Te Rapa prior lo being taken up to Ellerslie. Was To Be Expected.

There was nothing surprising In the hacking of Synagogue for Ihe Epsom Handicap, comments the Sydney Referee. Weighted at S.ll for that, against 8.7 in the Metropolitan, 8.13 in the Caulfield Cup. and S.B in the Melbourne Cup, there, seemed little doubt, as to the race likely lo he chosen for him. Four-year-olds have done well In the Epsom, and Synagogue, with 31b less than w.f.a. has less than some others of that age successfully carried. In summing up tits chance, however, it must not be overlooked that when lie dead-heated Keros for the Caulfield Futurity Stakes he was tn receipt of 171 b from tho latter. The w.f.a. scale provides for 91b improvement in Synagogue since then, ami none in Heros, which, sticking lo llu: scale, would put the tatter in at 9.5. There would be no particular demand for him at that weight, hut Synagogue, with S.ll, would represent a much better chance, bemuse of the extra furlong in his favour.