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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 261, 22 January 1941, Page 8

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WELLINGTON CLUB LIST OF ACCEPTANCES FIELDS FOR TO-DAY The following horses may find public support:- - Kelburn Hack Handicap: Last Acre, Taleta, Titter. Wallaceville Highweight Handicap: Thrasos, Happy Ending, Black Musk. Hopeful Stakes Handicap: Prince Plato, Corn Prince, Burra Sahib. Melrose Hack Handicap: Maharajah, King's Toast, Augment. Summer Handicap: Orelio, Belle Cane, Serenata. Kaitoke Hack Handicap: Gemara, Black Majesty, Battlegain. City Handicap: Sit Beau, Black Thread, Density. Thordon Handicap: Native Song, White Rajah, Kathbella. For the third and final day of tli« Wellington Racing Club on AVednesday, fields are:— 12.12: KELBURN HACK HANDICAP £350; one mile and three furs. Last Acre-3.13; Laughing* Song 8.9; Iceland Spar 8.(5; Taleta 8.3; Titter, Martini 7.8; The Monarch. Gay Thread 7.7. 12.54: WALLACEVILLE HIGHWEIGHT HDCP, £350; 1 mile. Esperance Bay 11.5; Black Musk 11.1; Great Night 10.1; Happy Ending 9.12; Twenty Grand 9.7; Rustum 9.5; Boat Song, War Cloud- 0.3; Doctor Defoe 9.2; Arabic, Moderate, Namesake, Thrasos 9.0. 1,37: HOPEFUL STAKES HANDICAP, £500; 5 furlongs. Burra Sahib 9.2; Cambria 9.0: Corn Prince 8.9; Golden Moon 8.4: Bird of Prey, Prince Plato 8.2; Gun\ r ha 7.11; Gennet 7.6: Willow Wood 7.2: Ae'quaduet, Fleche d'Or, Kevin, Night Ward, Ring Chief, Sir Reynard, Sports Flash 7.0; Divorced 7.6; Lady Aeora 7.10. 2.20: MELROSE HACK HANDICAP, £350; 7 furlongs. Rakanui 10.0; King's Toast 9.8; Dainty Dell, Leighnor 9.(5; Blue Border, Augment 9.3; Twenty Grand 8.3; Sham Boy 8.2: Alexcetra, Beau Ciel, Fauvette, Gentility, Maharajah, Parchment, Phyto 8.0. 3.2: SUMMER HANDICAP, £1000; one mile and three furs., Royal Chief 9.10; Orelio 8.7; The j Buzzer 8.5; Belie Cane 8.3; War- i dress 8.0; Serenata 7.12; Amigo 7.9, Trench Fight 7,6; Dc Friend, Little Robin, Schoolgirl, The Ring, Gay Mimic 7.0. 3.45: KAITOKE HACK HANDICAP, £350; 6 furlongs. Black Majesty 9.5; Queen Beth 8.1; Gemara 8.1; Grey Night. 7.13; Battlegain 7.10; Sham Boy 7.10; Cheetah, First Round, Parchment, Pillory, Royal Vision, Wild Fire 7.7. 4.27: CITY HANDICAP, £750; 6 fur. Sir Beau 9.8; Black Thread 9.6; Enrich 8.6; Density 8.3; Mittie 7.12; Night Eruption 7.12; Hearth 7.7; Cheerful Lady 7.4; Kentucky 7.3; Vascones 7.0. 5.0: THORDON HANDICAP, £500; one mile. Kathbella 9.2; Native Song, Trench Fight 8.12; .Gayest Son 8.5; Hearth, Not Out, Siglow 8.2; The Ring 8.1; Wiifning 'Rival 7.13: Schoolgirl 7.12; White Rajah 7.10; Dainty Sue, Charles Edward, Colonel Bogey, Pleading 7.7.

Very Speedy. The two year old Caroline Bay, trained at Hastings, lias the track record there this season. Her admirers are quite confident that she Avill in the very near future be ready to register another v.': a Leaving for Melbourne. H. N. Wiggins the well known Auckland rider "who last week rode the winner of the Wellington Gup, leaves to take up his permanent residence in Melbourne' after the southern fixture. He is to do the lightweight riding for the Lou Robertson stable.

NOTES AND COMMENTS Up-to-date Nomenclature. The well known N.Z. sportsman, Charles Robertson, has named his two year old by Foxbridge—Marchette, Ever England, which under world conditions can be considered a patriotic title. A Reserve Sprinter. The M. B. Abbott Opotiki stable is at present allowing Merry Vaals and Llangollen a brief cessation from active work, but is now bringing out the sprinter Sir Robin for close at hand events. He is very forward in respect to racing condition, and may.carry the Montgomery colours prominenjly. Have Resumed Work. After a lengthy spell King Rev has resumed work at Matamata. It is not likely thai he will be seen out under racing colours until late in the autumn but as he races well under winter conditions, he may yet increase his already large winning tot 11.I 1 . The Cardinal, after a "let up" of several weeks is again executing track work at Matamata. A Big One. The two 3 r car old fdlv, Mindo, by Bulandshar—Just So, has joined the Wanganuj team presided over by W. Dwyer, who has lately gained fame through the victories of Sir Beau and Belle Cane. Mindo is one of the biggest juveniles seen out in the Wanganui district for some years, but it is reported that she knows how 7 to gallop. Return of Valmint. The winner of the Cornwall Handicap last yeu* Valmint, a good winter performer is, after a lengthy spell, again among the Ellerslis track gallopers. It is expected that he will be specially prepared for the next Cornwall Handicap to be run in June. He has already competed in four Cormvalls, with a record of three seconds and one win. A Canterbury Bargain Just recently/ Night Shift, by ! Nightly from Mineliead, was sold by Fred Jones and E. McC'ullough, of Riecarton, for the truly manilicent sum of 20 guineas. The buyer Avas 1 Fred Christmas, who took the geld- i ing over to Reefton, where he won the Christmas Handicap and more than cleared the purchase money. Another tribute to the art of.placing entrants properly. For America. Beau Pere, who heads the list of successful sires in Australia and New Zealand in the past two seasons passed through Auckland last week on the way to America., Mr Louis, Mayer of California, has arranged with the owner, Mr W. J. Smith, of New South Wales, that the horse shall be located in the States this season, but will be returned to Australia about September next. Now Heads the List* Pirate King's double victory at Ellcrslie recently must have duly impressed the liandicapper, for lie has allotted ilie King Lu gelding 9.11 in the sprint event at the Auckland meeting this month. However, if he can the mark as quickly as he did a fortnight ago the opposition will have to be very speedy to head him off, for under the heading of consistency he still ranks high. Very Highly Assessed. Information, now being published, is to the effect that intimates of the Bagby stable al Ellerslie, are of the opinion that the- successful three year old Kindergarten, owned by Mr E. Fitzgerald, of Gisborne, is quite as good as High Caste. If that be so the Kincardine colt is a very valuable proposition indeed for the winnings of High Caste now total well over £20,000. After seeing Kindergarten at Ellerslie recently, and last week witnessing a gallop in which he defeated Arvakur pointless, a leading New Zealand trainer, said: "That's the best colt since the days of Gloaming.'' That he is very much in the boom just now is a certainty. J