TURF TOPICS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 81, 30 October 1939, Page 2

TURF TOPICS

A CUP FAVOURITE

La-\y Furs'-. winner of I in; Vv'el!Handicap, o seven furlorfi.v is :i black i'.uii'c by S:< I from Vii'.i innee by Lord Q- -'.ViilwUH i'.v Signalman. On the maternal -side she is Ijrod on Hie same linos a' Auckland's best handicap horseIlound Up-

CHANGE OF PROFESSION

j\li- Frank MeMancmin Jr. of Auckland, who Tor many years has been sporting writer to leaning papers, has decided to lake up the profession of trainer In Auckland. Hi" journalistic confreres will be much interested in ]ii:> progress under the new heading.

CHANGE OF LOCATION

The Auckland owner Paddy t!:? Rip, by Whirlwind, lately brought back from an unsuccessful trip to Australia, has now joined Hector dray's team at Ellerslie, and with ordinary luck may once more be n payable proposition.

EXIT—LONG SPAN

Badly injured as the result of a collision with a motor cvclc at Wait.oa the Raceful ge' d ing, Long Span had to be destroyed. He was owned by Mr E. Norman, of Waitoa, near Tn Arolia, and a few months ago was on the winning list. This season he was intended for hurdle racing, m which department he was expected to be a payable proposition.

BRILLIANT SPEED

On the Hastings tracks this season there are a number of very speedy thoroughbreds. Included in the list is the Bulandshar filly, Nora Gvegor, who one morning last week, during work over a circuit, galloped two lur longs along the back a ticlt under 22 seconds. This time is seldom chronicled in any part of the Dominion, even on Metropolitan traces, so it would appear that Nora ranks as one of the most brilliant of the morning's sprinters.

FLYING VIXEN

One of the class fillies seen out at Cambridge on Labour Day was Flying Vixen by Foxbridge from Flying Juliet, a mare by Romeo-Penella that a few years ago registered a fine run of victories in the Auckland province. Sturdy in conformation, admirably coupled up, the possessor of good bone and beautifully turned this three year old filly is one of class. She ran in the ownership of her breeder, Mr Seton Otway, but unfortunately has a very strong aversion to lining up at the starting barrier, whicii means that until her waywardness can be eon I rolled her chance of winning a race will be minimised.

THE WEATHER

This month the combined Bay of Plenty Club and the Rotorua Hunt Club held its combined meeting under very wet weather conditions. The attendance was comparatively small and the totalisator turnover was just over £9000. On Labour Day the Waikato Hunt Club held Us annual fixture with perfect weather prevailing throughout the day. Tin* attendance was one of the largest eves- registered on the convincing ground. and the totalisator investments totalled over £-10.000. It is understood that the combined clubs

\vill 'apply for a dale for one day's racing for later in the season. If line weather be experienced a very successful gathering will he assured, and the leeway in revenue ma-,lc i;«i.

AS A SPRINTER

Th<- IV;.!! colt. eon t ' 11 : s wip nin;.i ca-eer, by victorious in two cvenl:; at ihe S\ '-'i--1 ins-ton moots n-\£ last w-M>k. It K u-nily sinh-d that his ncx ! start in nubile wi!'i bo in tiio Steward's Handicap at Riccnrton on November .M!i. iuul following that ho ! will contest the New Zealand Dcrbv Ho lias already !:eon proclaimed •; potential winner of the Stewards Handicap, but the fact should not be overlooked that as yet lie has not been rednired to show his speed rit'llt fror.} the rise ol' the tapos, and unles:: tie gets out quickly is likely to 'he hemmed in by the biu field, and therefore bo precluded i'roni usin?i iiis speed. As a r:de this particular race is .generally won by a sprinter capable of hitting the front rigid in tiio early stages. It is also probable that in view of the Derby the colt is being allotted long, steady work, and this often has the eifect of taking off the edge of speed reciuired for sprint races.