DIVOTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 23, 11 February 1937, Page 8

DIVOTS

"The Delver.")

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DON'T FORGET that nominations J'or the Napier Park autumn meeting on March 4 and 6 must be in by 8* p.m. on Friday next, 12th. inst. The pfogram.ne is an attractive one and should induce something like a" record entrv. * # * Recprd nominations, totalling 479 for 16 races, have been received for the Te Aroha Jockey Club's meeting on February 27 and March 1. • • • I Plato's new owner is Mr A. McMulJian, of Stratford. Mr McMullian- lias had several horses racing in his colours, but nothing of account in recent yeaw. * • * Reports from Hawera state that Lled .Manfred continues to make satisfactory progresi in his education as «!

hurdler. He jumps big and slowly, but does not attempt; to shirk the fences. # • # Sixteen three-year-olds have already won the Dunedin Cup. The record for weight carried by horses of this age is held by Silver Scorn, who was successful four years ago iiiticler 9-2. Amythas won under 9.1 in 1920. w « The hurdler Calcutta came into further prominence as the result of his eff ortless win in the Tirau HurdJes at Matamata on Saturday. H© took the fii'st fence in front of the field, and wit-h the exceptiomff one taulty jump his fencing was first-tiass. In four starts the chestnut has registered two wins, a second and a third placing. m m « Though Sansfoy won the final event at New Plymouth on Saturday, he had to prove himself a good and ganie horse to do so, says a Taranaki writer. He was awkwardly placed racing for tho.turn, where three were lacing pi'acticaily abreast in front -if him, but Burgess moved him out and seizing an opening was almosc on tcrms w~ t7 fche leader (Export) at tho distance. -n a great finish Sansfoy just won by a head, the vigour of his ridci having a good deal to do with the result. Sansfoy was the onJy horse to win two races at the meeting. • ' • • Most 'of the better Beau Pere lot» at the.receut National Saies were secured to go to Australia, but, writes "Kestrel," there is one youngst,er by this sire who was not sent down to the saies and who may be one of the stars among Beau Pere's first crop. This is a colt out of the Absurd — Bonny Portland mare -Lady Cavendish, the riam earlier of Golden Hair. The Lady Cavendish colt is a blood bay with black points, and he is a handsome individual with Son-in-Law f-haracteristicS. He was bred at Kai Iwi by Mr G. F. Moore, who will ailow him plenty of time before racing him. • r " • Martara, who has done. all his racing to date under lease to Mr O. W. Bjyd, of Palmerston North, has now b'pconte Mr Boyd's own property. Mr Boyd was given an option over the three-year-old recently by the owners, Messrs A. and A. Harrison> of Auckland and he exercised the option after Martara had won the Taranaki Cup last week. The price is not disclosed, but it may be assumed that it was a bigh one. The horse was secured at the yearling saies for only 20 guineas, and Mr Boyd had a three years' lease over bim that would not have termin.ated till the end of July, 1938. In all he has eamed £1435 to'date in stakes. • • «

Though bnly three horses poraded for the Taranaki Stakes ©n Saturday, the race provided a sensation when the hot favourite Oratory was beaten by Cheval d© Volee, the outsider of fche trio. Cheval de Volee was three or four lengths away at the High School bend and was still -last at the home turn, but vigorously ridden he cut down Oratory over the last 50 yards to scor© by a neck. He was accorded an enthusiastic reception on his return to eeale, the crowd not being slow to recognise the sportsmanship of his owner-trainer, Mr A. Rowan in starting Cheval de Volee in an 'apparemtly hopeJess quest in oi'der to help the club. Oratory had every chance and looked all over a winner wlien she headed off Greenwich at the straight entrance, but she was in trouble as soon as Cheval de Volee challenged. She is not the mare she was at Christmas. Greenwich ,led ior half a mile and then petered out. — "Taranaki News." • • • One of the oufcstanding performances at Matamata was Lornacre, who annexed the Waharoa and Walton Haudicaps. In the former event he jumped out well, but was then pulled in behind the pacemakers until a furlong from home, where he came through, to i score by half a length, though he won more easily than 'the margin would suggest. Penalised 51b. in ihe Walton Handicap, Lornacre was responsible for a realiy good performance, as he was standing up the leadert Wahine Reihi, about eight lengths two furlongs from home. When they straightened up Miss Lu ran through aud headed Wahine Reihi, and she then looked fche winner, but Lornacre, »idden right out, got up to score by a head. On Saturday's form, says the Auckland Star, Lornacre is one of the most improved gallopers seen out this season, and there should be more successes in store for him. * ' * . • During the recent meeting at Kew I lymouth, racegoers were rather- surprised to find a horse racing as Kiag Korolci on the first day and as Fiyiag Chiei .n the second. It is most .»nusual for a protest to be received against any name finally allowed b.y the New Zealand Racing Conference, but objection was taken in this ea&e by the Kingitanga Maoris, a Waikato tribe, to the name of King Ko- ; roki. King Koroki is the present cluef ; of this famous tribe, and it was felt j to be an affront to give a horse the !, name. The name was accordinc.'y changed to Flying Chief. Flying Chief is a three-year-old by Chief Ruler from the Lucullus mare, Sea Gull II. and is trainecl at Hawera by Mr J. Fryer for Mr3 E. Montgomery. From the nu.niifcr in which he won on Saturday theie should be further successes aticad of Flying Chief; • * ' • Vintagje, who was destroyed afc Ri,. carton on Saturday, was the outstandmg perfornter of the New Zealand tir i durmg the 1934-35 season. Having in the; p-evious season wound up a seri^ of minor successes by winninj the Dunedin Cup, he then, in a periud of just over two months, won the Can tc-rbury Joclvey Club's Fendalton Hau dicap and Metropolitan Handicap th. A.R.C. Handicap and Clifford P'ar at Ellerslie,, and the Wellington Om In the last-named event Vintage coi ned 9.9 and beat Cuddle, 7.10, in eas fashion by three lengths ra the rn> time yt 2m. 30*s. This is the weight carrying record for the race since > has beau run .at Trentham. Vinti-r was then taken to Melhourne bui after miraing second in nis first st-art he tvent wrong and had not been prop er!y scund since. He raced in the Wellington Cnp last month but he was omy a shadow of the horse who Lad

won two years before. Vintage was a seven-year-oid gelding bys; Shambles from Quality by Clarenceau from Lady Majesty, a mar© tracing back to Rose of Denmark.