RACING NOTES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 186, 15 July 1940, Page 8

RACING NOTES

aw in the Bagby Stable. The Chief Ruler gelding, Tutor, lio accounted for the Hunters' eeples at Te Rap a, is now a mem:r of the Bagby stable and which r the time being at least has lost j e services, through lameness, of e steeplechaser, Makoi, rand National Hurdles. -] Streamline, winner of the Great I i>rthern Hurdles in June, brightled up considerably after his nor- c iern tour, but is again in active £ ►mmission. The Day Comet geld- ( g is nominated for the National > urdlcs, but not for the Great Nor- * iern Steeplechase. s oyal Dance. 1 Mr J. H. Greenhead, of Rotorua, t as effected the purchase from Mr ' Clothier, of Matamata,, of the £ jear Dance gelding Royal Dance. 1 he Rotorua sportsman has the 1 jry happy knack of producing win £ 3rs season after season, and as ( test purchase has shown ability l hurdle racing, further successes ] iay follow. ] atriotic Race Meetitng. I;n view of the fact that the pro- j ieds from the second day of the } jmbined Hunt Club and Racing ( lub totalisator meeting to be held , t Arawa Park this month, will go ( ) the patriotic funds, it has been greed that so far as the second day ( ; concerned, all free passes, free j inches and other privileges will ] e cancelled. The usual privileges ill,, of course, apply on the first ay, which is under the jurisdiction ( f the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty ( 'unt Club. lie Australian Match. The proposed match between Ajax ' nd High Caste is not likely to even 1 nate, but one may take place be* ween Ajax and Reading, as train- ; r J. T. Jamieson is quite agreeble to allow the latter to take the lace of High Caste in this partiular instance. Doubtless he ie of lie opinion that the Bulandsihar olt would be quite as happy in his omfortable box partaking of his fternoon delicacies as giving batie to the mighty Ajax. 'reparing Steeplechase Course. The preparation of the stceplehase course which will be used for he first time in connection with he • combined hunt club and racing lub meeting at Arawa Park on uly 27 and 29 is at present proceeding. The steeplechase event ach day will be over a distance of bout three miles. The coiurse proides for seven jumps in each cir:uit of the course, including post md rail, sod wall, and double brush, iml with three additional jumps on he course proper will provide 17 obstacles in all over the full disance. Jeaulivre Amiss. Last week it was reported that he New Zealand colt, Beaulivre, vas on the sick list, it being houglit he had been affected by competing i'n the Doomben Newnarket was consequently largely liscounted. Later the trouble was liagnosed as colic, and colic it must lave been, for on Saturday the 3eau Pere representative competed n the particular race, but again 'ate was against him, and he finshed in second place to fexpressnan, the six furlongs being dashed Dver in the exceptionally brilliant time of 1.10% sees, a record. The question now is—if Beaulivre can skip over three quarters of a mile in when still affected by the after effect of colic, what time could lie register when he is again in "the pink of condition." An Auckland sportsman answered the question last week by saj r ing Yoil would have to stop the chronometer just as soon as you started i;t."