NORTHERN TOPICS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 157, 21 July 1937, Page 15

NORTHERN TOPICS

-Erom "Early Bird")

Owners' Plans for New Season RELATIVE TO KELLY

(By Telegrapb—

AUCGLAND, TJiis Day. It is not often that Auckland horses make the trip to Gisborne for raciug purposes, but a small team is engaged at next week's fixture there and they skould do well with. the restricted opj position they are likely to encounter. A hack hurdler that should be heard from early in the new season is Gay Broney, who in his iirst attempt over the sticks acted as runner-up to Collision on the opening day of the Great Northern. meeting. The bad tracks at present, are' against Gay Broney, and 1 this would account for his failure at his next start, bnt in his present form he should be ready to give of his best when asked, which may be at the Avondale meeting. Smart Sprinter For sheer speed, Rainier would have taken some beating among the two-ycar-olds of the season just concluding, to it will not be surprisig if he wins an open sprint before the new season is much advanced. He is in cxcellent order just now, and the prospeets are that he will be raced at the hunt fixture next mohth, when he should be forward enough to show up in the short hack race, Very wayward when iirst raced, Rainier has now settled down a good dcal, and if he progresses as much as anticipated it would uot oceasion surprise to iind him raeihg in Australia later. A trio of two-year-olds that trainer J. M. Buchauan has ou hand aro Bronze Wing, Clansman and Briglit idea, and they ahould be ready to start rac.-ng at the Avondale fixture, for they have not been bnstled and they ought to be all the better for the patienen thcir trainer has expended on them. Bjonze Wing is by Bronze Eagle from Lady Latour, a daughter of General Latour, and he is beginning to show the quality of his sire, Clansman may also do well, for he is by the successful sire Vaals from a sister to Kelly in Judy Kelly. gon of British King When British Ambassador waa produced at the last Waipa meeting it marked the Teappearance of Mr W. Evans's colours after many years. This sportsman enjoys,the distinction of being fhe northernmost ow.ner and breed* er in New Zealand, for he is domiciled at Houhora, which backs on to the famous Ninety Mile Beach. The last good horse he raced was British King, who was a fine type of thoroughbred, a bronze chestnut by King Sol from Lys Rouge, by Torloisk frpm Lady Lys, by Sunstar. Mr Evans imported British King from Australia in 1926, ond after winning several races he was put to the stud at Houhora, with the i-esult that several pf his progeuy will be racing next season. British Ami bassador must have revealed some speed, for he was made favourite in the maiden event. After racing unsuccessfully at two two years by her breeder, Mr G. M. Currie, the fine looking filly Genesta was not gone on with, but was sent to the brood mares' paddock/ where, as becomes a great-granddaugh-tof pf Eulogy she should make good. GOnesta was by Thespian from the Great Northern Ppks winner Pamarjs, and hor latest olfspring, a colt .by Posterity, jS at present in work at Ellerslie, and tliere is every prospect of his being inpluded among the bRby classic eveuts Ut Avondale add Ellerslie, although it is uot intended to hurry him along. Tliis Qeuesta youngster will race as Royal Abb, and as the namQ impliea be will sport tbe colours pf Mr A. H, bong, who is af. present representad by Lord Val, Glen Abb and Prince Abb. ^ In at Martop Brilliant Acre is the only horse from the Auckland provinee entered for next Saturday Js Hunt fixture at Marton, and he will need to improve considerably if he i5 to-beat even the moderate haeks ojmosed to him there. There » no no' doubt about his speed, t'or he has pace to bum, although he has not ita-yed on sufficiently well to win a Tace lc pate. His best efforts were at Whangarei last autumn, and then he did well enopgh to suggest that he was improviiig, If tried over the sticks tbe 'pur-year-old may be made mere solid. Tooley Street, who is to go to Me_lbourno this week in charge of hifc owner-trainer, H, Rama, wiW be accomnapied by the rising throe-year-old filly Miss Appellant, who has revealed some racp in the few races shp contested this season. Good mouey can^ be won in Australia with a maiden if proved good enougli, and Miss Appellant can be placed to advantago ip this division. Tooley Street, surpnse winner of the Ijist Auckland Easter Handicap, is engaged in the Melbouruc and Oaulfield b ups, as well as the Cantala Stalies, rmd the mile of the last-mentioned event and the weight, 7.11, makes hira a possibility. Tooley Street may stay a mile and a haif too, so htat- he should not come back without picking up a good stalte,