SYDNEY WINNER

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 94, 15 January 1935, Page 13

SYDNEY WINNER

Advertising New Zealand NOTES AND COMMENTS Australian Visitors for Sales (By “The Watcher.”) Saecula, the winner of the Nursery Handicap at the Canterbury Park meeting in Sydney on Saturday, further advertises New Zealand thoroughbred stock, as he is the Posterity—Veil colt purchased at the last sales, 12 months ago, by Mr. E. Mose. Mr. Moss, who has had great success with this particular family, paid 500gns. for Saecula, whose performance is enhanced from the fact that this was his first start. A half-brother to Saecula, and a brother to Veilmond, being by Limond, -is in this month’s catalogue, and as Mr. Moss will be at the sales, there is little doubt he will keenly inspect this latest addition to the family. Several Australians are due this week, who intend to make purchases at the sales. Team for Australia.. The Hastings trainer J. M. Cameron has no horses with immediate engagements, and he is spending a fishing holiday tit Taupo. It is likely that he will be taking a small leant over to Australia before long. Turned Out. Catalogue showed promise of returning form when he first raced this season, but the hard tracks were against him during recent meetings and he has been turned out for a spell. Hastings Improvements. The Hawke’s Bay club has asked its course committee to bring down a report on a scheme for watering the racing track at Hastings. May Go to Melbourne. Lord Hereford has been sent up to 11. S. Greene at Hastings, and it is reported that he may soon be going to Melbourne in Greene’s charge. For the Sales. J. T. Jamieson, accompanied by Mrs. Jamieson, has. arrived in Auckland from Sydney. It is Jamieson’s intention to attend the yearling sales at Trentham. Revisiting Dominion. G. Jones, now private trainer to Mr. W. R. Kemball at Caulfield, is due iu Wellington this morning on the Wanganella. A further batch of young horses will be taken back by Jones to be trained for his patron. Southdown. Southdown, was turned out on his return from, the Auckland meeting, but as he may be required to race at the C.JC. midsummer meeting next month, he will not have a very long holiday. Southdowni is a disappointing racehorse, for there is no doubt that, on his day, he can hold his own with the best. May Prove Good Policy. High Grader and Royal Feast are being hacked into condition by. their owner, Mr. H. Jones, and they will not be galloped on the tracks until they require.to be sharpened up for racing at Napier Park. Open Class Prospect. Colossian raced consistently under big weights in hack races at holiday meetings in the south, and looks a good prospect for open company (says “Sentinel”). When 'he won a trial plate at Otautau and a novice event at Waimate in the autumn he gave the impression that he would never be other than a sprinter, but his finishing efforts lately over a mile under 9.7 leave no doubt concerning his ability to go further with lighter burdens. Umbohm’s Prize. After the New Zealand gelding Limbohm had won the Kyneton Handicap in Melbourne, it was found that he had not been registered for racing in Australia. On arrival from New Zealand Limbolun defeated Regal Star in the Handicap, and the owner of Regal Star, Mr. H. Morrow, of Sydney, recently applied to the Victoria Racing Club for the amount of the first prize on the ground that Limbohm’s owner had not complied with the rules of . racing. Mr. Morrow was informed last week that his claim could not be considered, as the time for lodging an objection, one month from the date of the meeting, had lapsed before his application was received. Should Make Good. Before the holiday meetings Spender was galloping so well at New- Plymouth that he appeared sure to win some stake money on the circuit (reports the “News”). However, in his five outings he proved most disappointing. He was only raced over sprint distances, and he has always given the writer the impression that he would require a distance to show his true worth. He has been leased by his owner to the Bulls trainer, A. E. Neale, and it will not 'be surprising to find him winning good races later. His Ambition. Mr. Tom Walls, famous now’ as a film star, theatrical manager, and ownertrainer of racehorses, always had two racing ambitions. One was to win the Derby, which he accomplished with April the Fifth, and the other to win the Grand National Steeplechase. According to present intentions, Crafty Alice is to run for him in the last-mentioned race this year, and she is to be ridden by T. Walls, junr., who has already proved himself a good amateur jockey. Echo of Redlock Case. The disqualified horse Ehbie, who raced at Murray Bridge and Kadina as Redlock, was sold at public auction in Adelaide last week to Mrs. W. G. Watt, of Strathalbyn, for 48 guineas. Mrs. Watt intends to use Erbie in the hunting field. The Strenuous Life. After racing at Stratford, a steamer trip and more racing at Reefton, Korero w T as left without a punch on the Thursday (says a southern writer). ll l ' was always at the tail of the field in the President’s Handicap, which show’s that too much can be expected of even a hardy hack like Korero. Revision ran a good race, but she could not get her head in front, going down by the narrowest margin to Royal Sceptre in the Cronadun. A Big Haul. In Ireland on November 27 the police stopped a private motor-car travelling in the direction of Belfast and seized a large quantity of Irish sweepstake tickets representing about £OO.OOO. Tickets, which were found in two large trunks, were in envelopes addressed to foreign centres, and had British stamps attached ready for posting. 'The trunks had labels addressed to an English town. Inside the envelopes with the tickets were slips of paper bearing instructions in the language of the country for which they were intended. Two men ryere detained by the police and W’erc handed over to the Police Customs Patrol. Belfast Post Office officials are kept busy searching mails for sweepstake tickets. Answers to Correspondents. “Knud,” Hurleyville.-—The second day of the Southland meeting was January 3. 'The first day was January 2. Which day do you refer to. as , your query applies equally to both days I , Correspondents asking for Thames scratching times are informed that the information has been written for. The trotting information from Greymouth is still being awaited. eo/ir/e “Int crested,” Wellington.—£2/16/6.