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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 70, 19 September 1930, Page 6

HERE AND THERE

Well-bred Importation. Lord Argosy, who figures in tho. Trial xiate at Ashburton to-morrow, 'is the chestnut colt by .Argosy (son of Bachelor's Double) from Miss Hazelbrook, by Mr. Brian (sou of Ardoon), purchased early this year in Ireland by the Dunediu sportsman, 'Mr. J. M. Samson. The nolt is attached to F. Trilford's stable at Washdyke. : . ■ Racing at Montone. Horses o£. interest to New Zealand who have been entered for the Men tone (Victoria) Meeting to-morrow are:' Mentone Plate, sis-furlongs: Amor, Mavkinint, Gold Cup, 1.0. U.; Mentone Handicap, ten and ji half furlongs: The Swell, Waicullus, Red Sea, Second Wind; Welter Handicap, one mile: The Swell, Beau Gcste, Princess Betty. '.;.'.,■ The Swell Defeated. The Swell, who was taken over to Victoria by the Taranaki trainer, R. Johnson, was a well-backed candidate in the Sandown Plate (sis furlongs) at the Sandown Park Meeting last week, but he was never really dangerous. It was a poor Plate field, and his fifth was only a coriparatively moderate effort. However, he may be seen to better advantage over a longer distance. Spill for C. Eastwood. ' C. Eastwood, who resumed riding at the recent. Grand National Meeting after having been out of the saddle since a bad fall •at the Takapuna Meeting last January,' had a heavy spill at Riccartqn on Wednesday .'morning when bringing in Distrait from barrier practice. Fortunately he fellx-'leav and.was only winded. Big VictorlSn Cups. Latest Victorian files show Amounis to be outright favourite now for the Caulfield Cup, and Phar Lap to be at considerably shorter quotation for the Melbourne Cup. Following Amounis in Caulfield popularity are . V'Sou'lton, Cragford, Phar LapV Nightmarch, Tom Pinch, Waterline, Wise Force, Paquito, Calmond, Walvin,- Taisho, Prince Viol, and Hazrat. For the Melbourne Cup the subsequent selections are Glare,-'Carra-dale, Nightmarch, Calmond, Veilmond, Cragford, Paquito, Soulton, Rigadoon, The Doctor's .Orders, Waterline, Loquacious; Salvador, JJadean, Hazrat, The Happy Warrior, and Taisho. Epsom and Metropolitan. ■ Tho market for the Epsom and the Metropolitan has not shown much change during the. last fortnight, except that Pentheus holds the post of favourite in the, former to himself now, High Disdain following on terms with Holdfast and Tom Pinch, and Paquito is undisputed top-liner for the. latter, with Waterline and Cragford most sought of the remainder. Subsequent selection in the Epsom is First Sight, Dominant, Mollison, Amounis, Eaglet, Gay. Ballerina, Eillarney, Loquacious, lluffler, Mystic Peak, Toper, and Wangdola; and in the Metropolitan, Concentrate, Daiston, John Buchan, Gay Crest, In the Shade, Bawn-na-Glas, Jeypore, Loquacious, Papatu, and Western Lass. Queensland's Hope. Queensland's hope for the Melbourne Cup is Prince Seremond, who has won two decent handicaps in Brisbane recently, TattersaU's Gold Cup and the September Handicap; at the Q.T.C. Meeting. The former he. won from the ■ front and the latter from behind, and he beat the same two horses- on each occasion. His four starts this season have, been productive of three wins and a fourth. He is not in the Metropolitan. Dominant's Maiden Win. The syndicate of four (Messrs. E. M. Pearce, J. Fell, F. F. Robinson, and 11. E. H. Hope) who purchased Dominant as a yearling in 1928 for 6750 guineas had their first success; with him in the second division of the Doona Trial at Caulfield on 6th September. > -Dominant has been started.on only six occasions, and his best performances: before this were,to run second to Standard Bearer in. the same race last year, and; second to Paniona early this year,- again at Caulfield. Dominant,1 now four years old ( has taken a long while to win, being.a hard horse to train, and he has a long way yet. to go to recoup his- owners for the bid that was made on their behalf. The underbidder for the Saltash youngster was James Scobie, who was actingjfor -the Queenslander, Mr. A. B. Nagel. ""Hc'-]>vent~tcf 6500 guineas for him. Since then Mr. Nagel, popularly known among his friends at "Bunny," has frequently expressed his gratification that his representative was outbidden. Returning Home. The Palmerstpn North horseman, T. Metcalf, has now recovered sufficiently from the injury he sustained at the New Plymouth Meeting last month to permit of his returning home. The nature of his injury on this occasion was the fracture of a bone.in the knee, and the limb is still somewhat swollen, which will necessitate his attending the local hospital for treatment; 1 It was on 30th November, 1928, that Metcalf was placed on the inactive list as the result of a fall at Feilding when his mount, Briar Hoot, fell over Borsalene, who had come to earth immediately preceding. Metcalf had recovered his feet when another competitor struck him to break the lightweight horseman's left wrist and the little

finger of his right hand. Since coming to the North Island, the former .English jockey has had more than his share ot falls, and it is most unfortunate that, following upon the winter season, which restricts his activities to a lnvge degree, he should suffer a compulsory interruption. Some little time will probably ellipse before he is able to return to the saddle. More Australian Blood. A two-year-old gelding by Australian Sun from Rosewell has boon purchased by Mrs. C. M. Brough, of Wellington, through the agency of Wright, Stepheusou, and Co., Ltd., from its breeder, Mr. W. j-hompson, of Scone, New South Wales. The gelding will be shipped at an early date and will enter 11. Pritchard's stable at Trenthain. !' ia-Ora Stud Sires. Tho stallions now standing at Mr. Percy Miller's Kia-Ora Stud, Scone, New South Wales, are Magpie (foaled 1914), Pantheon (1921), Spelthorno (1922), Legionnaire (1923), Baralong (102-1), Caledon (1924, brother to Coronack), and Constant Son (1925). Saltash, a brother, to the English horse Buchan, and specially famed as the-sire of Strephon, was sold recently to Mr. B. J. Moran, of Cowper, Clarence River. Odds and Ends. Nominations for the Otaki Maori Racing Club's Spring Meeting close to-day at 8 p.m. The Doctor's Orders is to have only one race at the A.J.C. Meeting, the Derby. That engagement having been fulfilled, the. Tippler gelding will be promptly taken back to Melbourne. He was due to cvive at Randwick. early this week. Among the two-year-olds who were paraded at Wiugatui last Saturday were two whose naming was inspired by the feat of Miss Amy Johnson. A bay filly by Ravenna is named Amy Johnson, and another bay filly by Shambles out of Subterfuge has been rather inappropriately titled Flying^Amy. Shatter will nofffulfil his engagement at Ashburton to-morrow. This- two-year-old should turn out useful later in the season.