DIVOTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 105, 20 May 1937, Page 15

DIVOTS

"THE DELVER")

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DON'T FORGET that nominations for the Napier Park winter . meeting must be in by 8 . o'clock to-morrow (Friday) evening. • • • The annual meeting of delegates to the N.ew Zealand Racing Conference is to be held this year on Friday, July 9, between the last two days of tho Wellington Winter Meeting. • • • Among riders booked for Te Rapa are ; R. Horne, Gay Rose, Royal Appellant, Keno, Far Land and Hutana (second day); C. G. Goulsbro, Quadroon, Korero, Black Thread and Hunting Star. • • • Latest reports from Te Aroha state that King Key is training on in a satisfactory manner and will be in good trim for his engagements at> the Waikato meeting. A proved galloper under winter conditions, it should not be long before King Re.y rewards his new owner witb a win, and he should be worth i foliowing during th© rest of the season. • * • Last week-end Streamline gave a very attractive display at Riccarton over eight fences in company with Nocturnus and Grey Boy. Nocturnus ehaped pleasingly, but appeared to be always held safe by Streamline. Great thingis are expected of Streamline and the result to-day of his first attempt in a steeplechase will be noted with much interest, * * ' • The two-year-old Rhodesian, who registered a surprise win in the Waikanae Hack Scurry at Otaki last Saturday, L&., a pedigree of interest to Hawfcy a Lay. He.is a brown colt by Vaals UoUu Mint Belle, by Catmint, from Whitford Belle. by Demosthenes from Oppidan, by The lland from Etona, by Castor from Lady'Walmsley, by Musket from Mersey (dam of Carbine), by Knowsley. Rhodesian is trained at Feilding by H. J. Batten for Mr A. E. Patrick, and has not done a great deal of Tacing. • • * An interes.ting feature aboufc Polydora's first public appearance over country, at Washdyke to-day, is that it will mark a change of colours. For some time she has been racing in the nominaticurof Messrs Rhind and Rutherford under a lease, just expired, from last week from a trip to England, and her owner, Mr G. Hall, who returned has taken her over again. • • • Riotous was a bit above himself in condition at Hawera, but he displayed all his old-time jumping ability in the Adamson Steeplechase on Saturday. The Birkdale gelding will no doubt be greatly improved by that race, tind he should be back to something like his best form when the Wanganui meeting comes round, in which case he will take a lot of beating in bis engagements tho.'O • • • On eacb occasion tbat Surella had been galloped prior to his trip to the Egmont meeting he had acquitted himself well, therefore, it did not surprise to see him make a return to the winning list at the Taranaki meetings A feature of his two victories was the excellent manner in which he handled the soft going, particularly on the second day, when he scored in the open sprint event. • * • The Australian-bred steeplechaser, Bonnie Rollox, is engaged in the crosscountry events at Wanganui, and, if he can reproduce the form he showed on the other side, he will make things interesting for the best of the others. Te reason Bonnie Rollox did not run at. Egmbnt on# Saturday was that one of his legs filled. He was not appreciably lame, but it was thought inadvisable to risk accentuating the trouble. • • • Day Wind is to fulfil his engagement in the President's Handicap at the Waikato meeting on Saturday, and will be ridden by S. Tremain, says the Auckland Star. At his first start the son of Whirlwind ran second to Gay Talkie in the H. O. Nolan Handicap at Ellerslie, and that form will warrant him getting support at the end of the week. The fact that Day Wind has previous won on the Te Rapa course when the going has been heavy is worth remembering, as these conditions are likely to prevail on Saturday. • * *

Black Marlin had first first race over country at Pukekohe on Wednesday. He is reputed to have jumped carefully and was a long vvay back with -a round to go. He moved up into third place about half a mile from home, but Roxy and High Quality had too much start on him at that stage, and he had to be content with third place. However, it was a very satiBfactory beginning, and it should not take long for this good hurdlfer to acquit himself much better over the more formidable obstacles. , • • • In the eveut of the open mile, the Te Rapa Handicap, to be. run on the second day of the Waikato Coronation meeting, exceeding 28 acceptors, the race will be divided into two separate races, stake money being increased to permit prize money of £350 for each division. In the eveut of this step being necessary the first division wiJl be the l'ouvth race on the programme and the eecond division the sixth— foliowing on the Waikato Steeplechase. # # • The 11.13 auarded the dual Grand National Hurdles winner Jolly Beggar in this year's Great Northern Hurdles is the highest iuipost given for the event since Nukumai was asked to carry 12.0 in 1929, and declined the invitation. In the 11 contests for the Great North6rn Steeplechase slnce 1926 nine of the winnorg have carned under 10.0. In recent years therefore the most profitable search for the winners has been among the light-weights. • * * Lord Val will revert to hurdle racing at Te Rapa on Saturday, where he is an oceeptor in the Waikato Hurdles, By finishing third in the King George Handicap at Pukekohe last week, Lord Val ciearly demonstrated that he is in i the right condition to commence his )

jumping campaign. On each occasion that this horse has been schooled over fche battens recently his displays are said to hav© been good and his pi'ospects appear bright. F. E. Baker will ride Lord Val in his engagements at Te Rapa. • • • Tementi, a three-year-old gelding by Lapidary, from Colosseum, had his first race in a division of the Windsor Handicap at Pukekohe on Wednesday, and, aceording to an Auckland writer, he showed quite a lot of pace. He went away well, and was in the picture for the remainder of the journey, eventually finishing fourth. His dam is by Potoa from Bellacity, by Achilles from Sweei. Aiigelus, by Multiform from Curfew Bell, by Bill of Portland. He is thus a half-brother to Bellkyrian and Vallar. Both the latter have been good performers,' and Tementi looks as thougb he will uphold the family reputation. • • • ' The Australian-bred jumper Bonnie Rollox was scratched ior all engagements at the Auckland Racing Ulub's Great Northern meeting. As a result of the marked difl'erence in the way he has been treated by the handicappers, Bomiie Rollox has been in the limelight just recently, and his future will be foilowed with interest. When' bandicapped for the Egmont Steeplechase, m which he rau unplaced, he was awarded 10.7, whereas he was assessed much higher at Ellerslie, beiug allotted 11.9 in the Great Northern Steeplechase (about 3J miles), and 10.11 in the Great Northern Hurdles. • • • Tidewaiter, who has replaced Martara in the stable of G. W. New, was , uot long in repaying his purchase price and he will be a bargain. He came solidly at the rigiht end of his race at Otaki, and he should make a good handicap horse. The stock of Tidal stay well, and Tidewaiter's dam, Ballymoy II., is an English mare by Sonning (grandson of Stinbridge) from Bally Kill, by His Majesty. Tidewaiter is the first living foal of his dam. She missed to Chief Ruler in 1930, had a colt (dead) by the same sire in 1931, and rndssed in 1932. • * • The purchase has just been conipleted in England by Mr G. A. -Kain, Orari, South Canterbury, of one of the

most notable young stud horses yet acquired for the Dominion. This is the six-year-old bay horse, Man's Pal, a very close relative to one of the English Derby favourites, Fairford. The latter's dam is a half-sister to Man's Pal. Fairford is sired by Fairway, and Man's Pal is by the Derby winner, Manna, both being sons of Phalaris, a foriner champion sire of England. * * • A recommendatlon that has been going the rounds lately deals With the "limits" for hack races, says the Wanganui Chronicle. At present, winners of a race worth £200 or more go out of hacks, as do winners of a total of £400. It has been suggested that the Racing Conference should again impose the £260 and £500 limits which obtained up to a couple of years ago. This would be a retrograde step. The distance handicap fields in the past couple • of years have been built up through the rapid promotion of hacks, which hitherto have been able to win, eight, nine, or even ten races and still retain their hack status. This .good work would be undone were the Racing Confereiice to aceede to the other recommendation. A. horse can now win two races worth £195 to the- winner aud still be eligible for a hack race.