SPORTING

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23964, 3 June 1943, Page 7

SPORTING

TURF GOSSIP Well-Bred Juveniles A yearling gelding by Coronach, fro the Paper Money mare Lady Leigh hi joined F. D. Jones's stable. He will t raced in partnership between his breede owner, Miss L. Gates, and Mr H. i Cook, Jones is also educating Mr H. Williams’s filly by Battle Song fro Knocklynn. Like others of her dam offspring, she is on the small side, bi shows plenty of quality. She will rai as Trumpet Call. Early Education Mr M. J. Moodabe’s yearling colt t Battle Song from Princess Doreen, da: of Dorla, Royal Writ, and Langue d’O who has been In T. H. Glllett’s stab since being purchased at the late Mr ! Hay’s sale, will be trained by Gillel The youngster has everything to recon mend him and will be an intereslir cand’date for early two-year-old honour Names Claimed Recent names claimed Include:—Liquit ate, by Defaulter from Divinette; India Sky, by Bulandshar from Fondle; Josec Conrad, by Night Raid from Cloram Scene, by Nightly from Playaway; ar Court Judge, by Croupier from Convli tion. Evans Head Mr A. L. Seifert, owner of Evans Hea states that he hopes to run the Nightl gelding in the Great Northern Hurdles th week. Since being pulled up in the Han llton Hurdles because of bleeding he h< been worked at Te Rapa and shows r further signs of the trouble. Interesting Lineage Amorlad traces back to Lass of tt Hills, a mare bred in South Australia i 1872, writes “Sentinel.” She was by Tal of the Hills, and her first contribution ( the New Zealand Stud Book was Cock < the Walk, by The Assyrian, winner < the Melbourne Cup in 1882. She produce five foals, all of rather moderate calibi on the turf. Red Riding Hood, the four! dam of Amorlad, was a Le Loup mai with a malformed leg. due to an acciden The third dam, Red Start, was by tl Castor horse Casket, who won the Gre; Easter and the Dunedin Cup, but le nothing of note at the stud. Pallas, tl sire of Amorlad’s granddam, was a brl liant performer, and won the D.J.C. Hai dicap twice, in addition to other win Balboa, the sire of Scarlet Lady, the da; of Amorlad, was a good winner and stud success under difficult condition Balboa won the Auckland Cup, the Ne Zealand Derby, and the New Zealand £ Leger. It has been said that any sire apt to get at least one good horse, ar Philamor has achieved it with Amorla Philamor is by Son-in-Law from Loi Oil, and was foaled in 1926. Schooling at Elierslle Kanui te Pai (Temperton) was slight in front of Slayer (Jenkins), Erinatic (Barr), and Dozle Boy (Brady), who wei abreast, after completing a round over tt steeplechase fences at Ellerslie on Tuei day, says the "Herald.” It was a fine piei of schooling, Kanui te Pal. going wi plenty of dash and jumping cleanly a r quickly until he reached the stone wa just above the double, where he ti hard, but retained his feet clever! Slayer, Erinatlon, and Dozie Boy jumpi evenly throughout, Slayer going vei nicely toward the end. Melvanui besa with these horses and, although hebalki at the second fence on the hill, he event! ally got round safely.

TROTTING NOTES

An Unwieldy Field With 31 out of the 36 horses engagi on the limit, the Trial Handicap of tv miles at' Ashburton on Monday, appea a most difficult race to win. The b course at Ashburton is one suited stayers, and as the majority accepted f in the race are in the maiden class, is safe to assume that their stamina hj not been tested. The American stallio Light Brigade, may see out a fast-run tv miles; and Tnrverso, a four-year-old geli ing by Jack Potts from Regal Voyage, hj a reputation in keeping with his sele breeding. One of a strong team controlli by B. Grice, Traverse may be one of tl favourites. Regal Voyage, by Hapi Voyage from Logan Princess, was a gre two-miler and held a record of 4min 3-ssec, New Secretary Appointed At a special meeting of the Tima Trotting Club held on Tuesday, Mr F. i M. Raymond was appointed secretary place of Mr H H. Fraser, who had he the position for many years. Tgpllowii the appointment of a new secretary, tv members of the committtee, Messrs Gilmore and L. T. Wood, handed in the resignations. System of Handicapping The system of handicapping adopted f the A'l Aged Stakes is much more favou able to older horses than it was whi the race was first introduced in 191 when three-year-olds started from scratc four-year-olds from 60 yards, five-yea olds on 84 yards, and six-year-olds ar older horses on 108 yards. Experiem quickly showed that the system was t in favour of the youngest horses. ar three-year-olds won five nut of the fir six races decided The sequence was n broken until Gold Bank won on a hear track In 1936, the race being run at Ai dlngton. The handicaps as arranged t day give three-year-olds a chance at do not unduly penalise the older horst In Monday's race, Volusta and Wee Log: are the only three-year-olds engaged, at they do not represent the best class, whl all others are on 36 yards.