Ellerslie Items

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1483, 26 September 1918, Page 13

Ellerslie Items

During the week plenty of horses have been doing useful tasks at headquarters, and most of them are pretty well forward. Spanner and Hineamaru have been companions in sprinting tasks, and there is not much between them at the end of their essays. Canzonet and Thrace had a spin over half a mile on Saturday. Thrace is putting on condition. St. Diamond jumped four pony hurdles and had Northland to keep him company over the last two. Mullingar was led by Arch Lassie in a grass sprint. General Stephens and Declare ran seven furlongs strongly. Bedford, Independence, Gluterino, St. Francis, Pierrot and Royal Prince worked usefully. The first-named covered a circuit of the inner grass on Tuesday strongly. Lady Una led the Popinjay gelding over three furlongs on Saturday, and moved attractively on Tuesday. Duchess Eudorus put in sound work on the tan alone. The Finland — Finery colt sprinted nicely over three furlongs with Fabriquette. Carmen Sylva has filled out during the time she was having a spell off. Tenacious and Bingham are getting through useful toil. There is plenty of Isingarch, who should be useful when matured. Billie Burke and Whitehall were companions over three furlongs on Saturday. The former had sweaters on when worked on Saturday. Gwenette and No Mistake led the King Rufus—Condamine filly over three furlongs on the two-year-old rink. Colonel Soult sprinted too fast for Vandubhe on Saturday, and continues to do nice track work. Ohaupo and Pre-eminent schooled over the pony hurdles and then took on the bigger ones, Ohaupo falling at one of them. Army also had a fall on the same morning (Saturday). Gold Plane and Moneta ran three furlongs, the last two fast. Malaya, who has not been up long, showed more speed than Demoiselle and The Broke over five furlongs on Saturday, but Demoiselle led the pair in a shorter task on Tuesday. . Sanacre registered useful work on the tan. Pukeatua registered a solid circuit alone. Comedy Prince covered six furlongs on the grass nicely. The Soult horse Cordite is in work again. Mossman is another to put in an appearance. Whitford Belle, Llanisnor and Auldana finished together in a sprint on Saturday. On Tuesday the last-named tired at the end of a circuit. C. Coleman has the Multifid—Necktie gelding' Mountain Gold .and a full sister to the hurdler Vestal in hand. The Penury—Eton Lass gelding Peneton was on the track on Tuesday. Egmont Park galloped six furlongs strongly on Saturday and again on Tuesday. Energy, Taiamai, a gelding by Elysian from Miss Nelson and a mare by Penury are in A. Mitchell’s hands. The Elysian gelding was schooled over a. few hurdles on Tuesday. Olga Petrova and Magaloire sprinted together, and the Pendil colt in F. Stenning’s team worked alone. Loyal Arch ' and Penniless were schooled over hurdles on Saturday, the mare going in improved style. Blue Cross and Comedy Prince were sent five furlongs soundly on the grass. Miss Leslie and Lady Glen ran a useful circuit on the grass. The Channel and Ma Copper are working, but are in the rough. Sir John jumped some of the schooling fences well, and is very fresh. Calais, ridden by his trainer, and the two-year-old Ariti were each worked. Newlant, Platoon, Koiwi. Marble Star, Hopye, Cambridge, Prince Charleroi. Platoon. St. Francis, Lightning, Hau tore, Falstone, Don Patch, Reparation, Hessian, Princess Charming, Phyllona, and Jeweller are some others' that worked at Ellerslie during the week. It is a subject of comment that no Ellerslie or Auckland-trained horses have been nominated for the New Zealand Cup. “Snowy” Macmanemin was one of the lucky ones on the troopship on which so many lives were lost through an epidemic. Windorah, Notability, Larry, Meltchikoff. Dancastor. Glucian, Dunrobin, Welshman and Totara Jack are back from Egmont.