SYDNEY TURF NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 80, 1 October 1931, Page 10

SYDNEY TURF NOTES

WEBSTER LANDS COUP

,: (From "Vedette.") SYDNEY, 24th September. A. D. Webster sprang another of his betting coups at Koaehill on ( Saturday, once again the. ring and public being unsuspecting. Tho medium was th'b Claro gelding My Talisman, an Australian purchase. The gelding has given Webster a good deal of trouble' through bad; feet, and being paddoclr trained he was a'worthy stablemate of First Acre's for polished sleekness. K. Eeed took the mount in the see-, ond divisipa ofa seven-furlong higtf-; weight. He brought My Talisman alongat tha^finish to score by-a narrow-'War-gin.: As -My: Talismaa opened at jjvery' liberal double-figure oddsj~and started at just a Moderate price, it can be assumed tnat the stable showed, a good profit. ' : • -:■' Chief Joy was' A. very' hot favourite for this race, but after an indifferent nin;was beaten narrowly ' into third place. He may make amends at Bandr wick. , • •'■.' •. ■ \ '■'■■■ :","i . Gemlight has gone wrong, ( and has been withdrawn from all tlie major spring handicaps. . The ex-New Zealander Chide is working particularly well at Bandwiek. His wind infirmity is much iess'pronouncod, and, taken altogether, his prospects are brighter than at any stage during the past twelve months. Havaspot has outworn the patience of'his connections. After failing agaiiy at Kosehill on Saturday he was taken to Menangle on Tuesday for the Cup.; Running more or less unbacked, he won at decent odds. •■..-'■' ' ; Bayacre gave a poor display in the; Camellia-Stakes at- Eosehill. Ho-^waa, inclined to J)O unruly-at the birTieri He will have to show miraculous im-! provement to have any chance in the Epsom 'Handicap. ■■■■■■-' ' ; Amnion ..Ka's; sister, Prolyxo, .has gone shin-sore, and has-:been eased. Thisi is bad luck, for she was the fastest! filly, at. Eandwick. .Voyageur continue^ to gft'on tlte.right way, .and is CeH tainly .useful.: ''."■ ; -■'■'- ', ' --"' !' '•, Tlie :Epsom and;MetTopolitan favourites,'' Pentheus fand Veilmdnd, continue to doeiteellentwork.: The'■•former is reckoned to be next to invincible in the niile.: Oonc'entrate,' ilrst Acre, Salvador, Chide, and Talkie are Metropolitan fancies of considerable standing. So far the spring campaign has been uneventful, with no casualties of note and no alarms;