RICCARTON GALLOPS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1890, 27 October 1913, Page 5

RICCARTON GALLOPS.

y INTERESTING WORK. . (By Telegraph— Special Correspondent.) 6 Christohurch, October 25. ® The weather conditions at Ricearton j this morning were entirely favourable for training operations, and in consequence a good deal of , interesting : work was accoihplished. Tho plough, sand, ami grass trades were thrown,open,' s but trainers showed a. decided ( prefer--0 ence for the plough, and on this gallop e most of tho work was done.' Thtf grass = was very fast, but very little work was ■ done on this "track, while only slow d pacing was indulged in on tho sand. ? Fred Thomson, who is in charge of tho Enfield Lodge horses during his father's absence in Gore, was tho first to work 81 and lie sent May Dalrymple six fure longs, which in lmin. 18 1-5 0 sec., and _Martial ran half a. mile on tho >- grass in'*s2 _ l-ssec. Martius. (lightc weight), assisted by Madama'' (M'Kearg ney) over the last mile, ran a mile and a quarter in 2min. 14 2-ssec., tho last I- nine furlongs being run in 2min. 2 1-5 a set;., and the last- mile in lmin. "47sec„ i- It was a satisfactory gallop._ Tho y Derby colt finished up his task in good s style, and Madama must also ho given y credit for a nice performance. ■ Countess i- of Tolstoi was well beaten by Waitara g over half a mile, run in 53 l-ssec., and if. Quarantine (M'Donald) and Brown Owl e (M'Cluskey) galloped a mile and a quar- >, ter on tho pionigh—ih 2min. 19 l-ssec. Both horses finished Up. the gallop in great stylo, and Brown Owl, who ' had: n milch tho worst of the weights, was n going especially well. Mumura, who had much the better of p the weights, was well beaten by Joah. y at tho end of seven furlongs, run in 5 lmin. 34} sec., and the- latter is now j showing her true form. Gnome and j. Choral ran a mile in lmin. 52see,, and l'i Marsa (M'Cluskey) was indulged in e half-pace work. Fijst Flight and Briarpaten were companions in a five-furlong flutter, which occupied lmin. 3 3-ssec., j ,while Peg ran the same distance in lmin. 4 4-ssec. ■ ' t Warstep was given trotting exercise j! in tho middle of tho course, ami Tagus ' showed improved form in getting to tho i„ end of six furlongs in lmin. .Chrysotis (T. Musson) and Query (R. W. King) ran tho last half-mile of a five-furlongs gallops in 52sec. _ Free re» i° gistered o nice performance in defeat* I" mg Bonne Bouclie and Snowraker over • a mile in lmin. 46 3-ssec. Stevedore, who was assisted in the last six furlongs _bv Veritas, ran a milo and a quarter very pleasingly in 2min. 10 15 l-ssec., and the Derby colt wan 3 ' going lv'eil ivithin himself at tho coii--10 elusion of tho gallop. Merry Trick de-; 3 ' feated San Francisco over five furlongs l " in lmin. 91see., and First Glance was £ indulged in a fast sprint. Mowbray put *} up a very nico gallop in getting to the end of seven, furiongs in lmin. 31sec., and Lady Marci;* was 111 going very nicely after registering ?' a similar performance. Mere was given 13 easy work on tho tan, tvhilo Sveaborg 10 ran six furlongs in lmin. 20sec. Star's dancer (T. Musson) got to tho end of £ six furlongs in lmin.. 16scc., and though I l } the filly only carried a feather-weight, her gallop was a good one. Ijr Ovar was going well within himself 10 at the end of six furlongs, run in lmin. 18Jsec., while Jeannot ran a milo in lmin. 44 4-ssec.\ This was really a good gallop, and tho Charlemagne II a' gelding did his work very nicely. Oxenhope spurted half a mile in 50sec., while :r Cherubini, Banksia, and Histariotte finislied together, after running seven furIj l longs in lmin. 31isec. Glenowl covered ' seven furlongs in lmin. 32sce., and Salz)o burg ran a mile in lmin. 50scc. Ladrono !li ran six furlongs in lmin. 19-isec.,. and 10 Ogier got to tho end of seven furlongs in lmin. 33 2-ssec. Golden Morn was not fully extended when running half a milo in 52sec., and Speedometer was going pleasingly after running five furlongs in lmin. 3-15 sec. Martel oecupied lmin. 36 2-ssee. while running seven fuiTonss, and Cortes spurted three J furlongs in 38sec. Atheldene (W. Scohie) ran half a mile in 53} sec., while Sir Malt and Silver Shield, working separately, . were given strong work. , After breakfast a nor -west wind t sprang up, and this greatly assisted 5 horses when running down tho straight,, 0 but nothing sensational in the w;iy ot 7 time-making was accomplished; Thrax 7 and Tannhauser ran a milo in 45sec.. the Uit »is furlnnas occ»ujhw[ lmui. IS i-fl

sec., a nice performance as both geldings finished comfortably. Orton rattled over livo furlongs in lrnin. 5 4-ssoc., and the Martian—lngloncuk filly, from a standing stort, reeled off half a. milo in 50 1-osec, Nithsdale ran nine furlongs ot a gool solid paco, and Sentry got to the end of livo furlongs in lmin. 4 3-ssec. Wharfinger and Court Martial sprinted five furlongs, and Kilmeny, assisted by Overton over tlio last six furlongs, got' to tho end of a milo and a quarter in 2min. 14 4-ssec._ Kilmeuy wont at a good oven pace all thrlu'gll. and this performance was entirely satisfactory. Glencannich and" Downstroke galloped tho last seven furlongs of a nilio in lmin. 38see., and Combination took lmin. 20sec. to run six furlongs, whilo Nanciforai sprinted half a mile. Judith and Flower of the West ran six furlongs on tho grass in lmin. i 15Jsec., and Medalist, who walked lamo nt the conclusion of his gallop, covered five furlongs in lmin. osec. Crib was not fully extended whilo running six furlongs in lmin. 25sec., and Politician ran a similar distance in lmin. 20 45sec, Back Chat sprinted throe furlongs, and Mooiiglow ran five furlongs at a good paco. Sartosta had Colleen Mary well beaten at the end of five furlongs, run in lmin. 6sec., and The Cornet covered six furlongs in lmin. 19see., while Asgard and Signorana spurted three furlongs in 36 4-ssec.