DIVOTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 34, 24 February 1937, Page 8

DIVOTS

"The Delver."

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DON'T FORGET that nomiuations for Wellington (with forfeits for the N.Z. St. Leger and N.I. Challenge Stakes) are due at 5 p.m. to-day (Wednesday) and those for the O.J.C. Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps at the same hour on Friday next. • • m Two of Trumps who, won the nine furlongs Doombeen Handicap at Brisbane (Queensland) last Saturday is a five-year-old gelding by The Ace — Ro'se Willonyx, a mare whose pedigree runs back to the well knoWn Mermaid (imp) taproot. He is being raced by the executors of the late Mr E. Moss, the reserve placed upon him not having been reached when he was offered at auotion a week or two back. The winner and runner-up in th© Inglebum Nursery Handicap at Warwick Farm, Sydney, on Saturday, are both New Zealand-bred colts. Sturdee, the winner, is by Captain Bunsby from Merry Twinkle (imp.), the dame of Bay Duke, while Normandy, the iun ner-up is by Gascony from Auratum (Absurd- - Gold), and he is i'a.'?d by Gold Rod's owner. Mr E. J. Watt, ■who paid 650 guineas "for him at :-he Trentham saies last year. • . • • Silver River, who won the concluding event at Woodville on Saturday, was bred at Riccarton by Mr A. Louisson, who disposed of him as a yearling for 95 guineas to Mr'C. P. Haldane, of Hawke's Bay.i Saturday'A winner, who incidentally . returned the best dividend of the day, is *a three-year-old gelding by .the Oamaru eire Roydon, from Starmist, by Autumnus, eire of the dam of Wild Chase, from' Stardancer,. by Martian — StepdanGer, by Stepniak— Pibroch. Mr A. Louisson has Daymist, . a two-year-old half-sister by Nightmarcb to Silver River, in training at Riccarton, .• • • Though the aged Potoa gelding Calcutta scored his fifth successive win when he just got home first in the hurdie race at Te Rapa on Satui'day, it does not look a& if he were the making of a champion at the game. The fenoes, says the Auckland Herald, were larger than thoso he encountered at Thames and Matamata and he failed to jump with real coniidence, hesitating as he approached each obstacle and in consequence losing ground. Only for this he would have won comfortably instead of iust scraping hom© and having to be vigqrously ridden after being headed by Modem. Maid at the last fence. The way he came again after appearing beaten, however, was impressive. • • • By winning the Caulfield Futurity Stakes .on Saturday* Gold Rod secured the ninth win. foi a New Zealand-bred horse in that event, the first New Zealand success dating back as far as 1905 when Gladsome, by Seaton 'Delaval' scored her initial win' with 9.7. In the following year, with 9.13, she again Won. Three yeare later Soultline, by Soult, carried 9.8 home in front "of 20 opponents. Fourteeu years then elapsed before another victory went to a horse hailing from the Dominion, The Hawk, by Martif/i, winning under 9.5, in 1924. The following year, 1925, Father' s Choice, by Absurd, 8.5, and The Hawk. 10.4, fought out the finish, the former scoring by a narrow margin. In 1931 Phar Lap, by Night Raid, carried 10.3 to victory, and Mystic Peak, by Romeo , who also came from New Zealand, was , second. In 1932 Ammon Ra, by Limond ' won under 9.3. and in the follow-

ing year Gaine Carrington 8.12, finished -third. In;' 1935 Synagogue, 8.5, rau a dead hehi for firSt with Heros, 9.8, and last year. Cuddle, 9.8, ran second to Regular Bachelor, 9.0. Another Auetralian campaign is to be made' by a team of Mr G. J. Barton's horses, to be shipped to Melbourne by the. first boat leaving in March. The team. will consist of Desert Chief, Gay Circle, Silver Bond, the Australianbred two-year-old Bobali'nk. G/anvin, Sir ken (Night Raid— Lady Violet) and the Limond— Curtain colt i*irchased at the January saies. An addition to the original team will be made by Mr J. Richardson's Limond — Anklet colt,Royal Garter, who has been leased with a purchasirig clause to Mr Barton. ' " • # • Mrs Gaine Carrington, whose stud is now established at "Hillcrest,'' Cambridge, has eifected the purchase of a new English sire, the 6-year-old Baffles, by Blandford from Waffles, by Buckwheat. He cost 6000gns. as a yearling and represents some of the most fashionable blood in England. Blandford sired Bahram, winnor of the triple crown; Trigo and Windsor Lad, Derby and St. Leger; Blenheim, Derby; TJdaipur, Oaka; and Campanula, One Thou-

sand Guineas. Blenheim i© the sire of Marmoud, "another Derby colt. Waffles is the dam . of Manna and Sandwich, both St. Leger winners. Manna also won the Two Thousand GuTneas, while he' sired Coloinbo,' another Two Thousand Guineas winner.