THE AUTOPAY LIVERY

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 124, 22 November 1932, Page 4

THE AUTOPAY LIVERY

SOLITAIRE II IN FORM'

The winning doubleperformance'.of- Soiitaire U at C'artertbh oii Saturday'/w'as- not out of turn, but it was- rather/ Surprising' that, she was.backed (}o^n;;tp.-/6itol^rrela-f tiVely/;/short -prices, - .had.: the ability-, to : ;/Bbt~::(Jou(3J:6di' for she has been recording winning gallops' at' Trentham for the past/.three.'months,1 but one had to take the risk of hei\ starting" decontly when backing her," 'nnd in the >'recent -past she had repeatedly failed to do v thte;.i Her eonne'ctions'must thank Mr. H.; E;: Cotmop,' the Carterton starter; in.largernieasure for1 the'oppqrtunjty-'they hadv.at iast of.turning her;/tb;sbwe .account again. ■^"'■■y~:.li ■-':. -.'■'■■ ■■;',",•■■ v"-::-' -. . .- ■•: This Australian-bred'mare,has been: iii the Dominion just; over''twelve mouths now, .and she has won four races for her: jojnt^owners,;Mesgrg,",'N.'.B, ■ Ai'tken an' 4 H, .i 1./ Wood,'; j» 'whose colours Autopay also' races;', ''Indeed.- it/was 'one result :o£ Autopa^s. suceesstin./-Australia last year that shecame to- the. Dominion.. She: was put up for gale'by auction after the A.J.C. Spring Meeting, and Messrs. Aitkeu and Wood, who desired to possess another horse or two, purchased her for lOOgns and sent her. to the Dominiou with Autopay. . She is a. five-year-old mare by imported Saltash (son of. Sunstur) from.the Irishbred Fairy Lass, 'by Irishman (son of Desmond) from. Belle of Cloiimel, by General Symons Cson of Chil(Hvick). Fairy Lass was a fair*winner in.lreland before being imported to Awstralia; her successes including the Irish Breeders" Two-year-old Produce Stakes at Phoenix' Park, worth £100Q.'.. At the ;sl;ud in England she left F.A.D., a. usefiil performei-, and her progeny in Australia, besides Solitaire, have been Bay Queen- (also by Saltash), who was imported to the 'Dominion and won in. the South' Island -m Nightmarch's colours, and Prate';(bjvMagpie), now th'reo years_ old, .. . ■ ' .. ; . . • Solitaire was purchased as a yearling for llOgns and she was "the winner of three races in, Australia, one of "them, being over a.,TOJlq;'at Gosfcird... In'eaqb. season while in Australia she- won just -one Yace, the. most valuable of''them.:b'eing;the"/WarWickFarmllaitlen Ivnrsery'ais a two-year-old' (worth '£191- 10b). Her winnings prior to-her sale amounted to £404 JOs,«of which £24V:XOs;.was:far the. three.:firsts:,. '!/ Since coming .to! the' Dominion, where she'became known as" : Solitaire. 11, she has had .twenty-six, starts .for, four ly-jiis and six minor placings, and her -winnings for her present owners amount to £294, of which .£248 is-for per four■ flrstsv-.' As her earnings, for. her/.:seven firsts reach' only £459.10s in all' she 'is still .'not -yet quite out of hack class, but another success will stop her into open company. Her complete record for her forty-nine starts to date gives Jier seven wins, twelve minor placings, and thirty non-pl'acings. Her aggregate stake winnings amount to £698 103.'. Hsr next racing will be at Levin on Saturday, where she has three engagements, including the open sprint, and it is quite possible that she will keep.two of these engagements. She-is quite fit enough to add another success to her record, but she may not be so well served in the starts as at Carterton, and those who intend to support her may do well to. remember that she has often lately been left in flat-footed dispatches.