RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 181, 3 July 1940, Page 8

RACING NOTES

Well Named. Mint law's yearling Half brother, by Mr Standfast, has been named Four Square. ; For Trentham. The Riccarton trained Haughty Winner and Trench Fight are jejxpeeled to be in the moniey at t'he Wellington meeting this month, - their track ;recently being of ' a high standardHalf Sister to Old Bill. To compete at the Woodville meet ing is Jumina, by Bulandsliar. She is a half-sister to Old Bill, who will be long remembered as the winner of the Wellington Centennial Cup, 1940. , ; - ! Hard on the Backers. In it he final event at Te Awamutu Bronze 'Trail lost his rider, am| thus inconvenience Avas caused other com petitors. Rival, who finished third, would have done better but for the mishap. . ./ 'A Budding Steeplechaser. A steeplechaser in the course of development is the Canterbury horse, Surcoat. He is a half-brother to Shatter, antl is ishowing promise of making good in cross country events. * " !< ' r Brazen Bold Spelling. . The Te A'roha - colt,' Bra!zen Bold", sustained a slight rick a few days ago and therefore" could not "fulfil his Te AAvamutu engagement. It will not be long, however, before he is again galloping merrily on the Te Aroha tracks. Highly Regarded. Although the Ace mare, Llangollen, has been out of the picture for several months, the Opotiki owned thoroughbred, is still regarded as first class by the Waikato Racing Club's handicapper. In the Hamil--ton Handicap she was allotted the welter weight of 10.8. Fast Time. At the HaAvke's Bay meeting the H. 8., Stakes went to Endorsement, who scampered over the six and a half furlongs in 1.19 4-5 sees, Avhich is only one-fifth of a second outside the time recorded for Gloaming, and better than that of any other ' * ■ - * ■ winner of the race, including The,. HawkJewelled Girdle for "South. The successful Jewelled Girdle, is to compete at Trentham this month, and as he has shown capability in heavy going, the trip should be justified. The Kilbroney representatiA*e is of, strong conformation, otherwise his chances in the pugg'y clay going could be considerably discounted. Striking Form! The Wellington owned Beaulivre has-opened his Avinning account in Sydney for he "was successful in a division race last Aveek. His next effort will be in the Doomben Newmarket Handicap to be run at Adelaide, for a Stake of £3150. His 101-< lowing engagement Avill be in the Doomben Cup, of £2000, the distance being eleven furlongs. Over a Mile. Arrangements are in course of pro gress in respect to a match beUveen tlie Australian champion, Ajax, and | the Te Awamutu bred High Caste, the distance to be one mile and "Rhe weights under the Aveight for age .scale. The profit oa'Cv the contest, presumably by Avay of gate money, will be donated to the Red Cross Fund. Since the match has been mooted the owner and trainer of Reading have inquired why their horse should have been oA*erlooked and J. T. Jamieson has magnanimously signified his willingness to withdraw Higli Caste if the Reading stable is at all confident it can beat Ajax. Gladynev's Weight. GJadyinw, whose Aveight, (>.7, in the Caulfiekl Cup has created some comment in Australia, Avas sent to Sydney about a month ago to join J. T. Jamieson's team. He is oAvned by Mr Colin Anderson, of Auckland, who, in conversation, stated that some years ago lie ( sent Mithra to Sydney with Jamieson. This" fiLly, who Avas a two year old, had good •winning form in the Dominion, but at Rosehill, Avhich Avas her first ■ start in Australia, she Avas let in very much lighter than expected, her Ncav Zealand form apparently not having been taken into consideration, and she. won .-easily. Perhaps history may repeat'itself. (Continued at fool of next ii.un)

Took Exception. X/ When the Lord Quex —Dominant colt was sold some years ago he had been named Mussolini. B"ut the purchaser, a Sontli African sportsman, did not wish to penalise a nobler thoroughbred, so quickly changed it to The Haka, which on the other hand could be deemed a compliment to the Maori race. The half-brother ' to Beau Vite, lias registered several successes lately in the African UnT* - ion. 1 .. Too Good. Hagen. a fresh "Tior.se, prevailed i\t the Tainui Hack Handicap at Otaki. ■ This Siegfried four year old, who. ' gave H. Dul in his third winner during the day. w.is having his first outing since last spring", Hagen was simply a class above the field, and. he has the .size not to be tro'iibled by weight. Ho was third a\«iy; ', and raced to the I'ront past Wakarar.i: and Shining Flours at the hoin& turn, and scor-d without being rid- r den over the last furlong. " '