ON THE TURF

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 14 January 1931, Page 9

ON THE TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS

The winner of the Goldfields (tup at Thames, Antique is a gelding by the now defunct Tonbridge from Unique. He started the new season by winning an open sprint race at the Waikato Hunt meeting. He had started twice since winning at Cambridge, his best, effort being a second in the Tauwliare High-Weight Handicap at To Rapa. He answered all demands in satisfactory fashion and scored decisively on Thursday and the opinion is expressed that be should soon score again.

It is the intention of Mr T. Dwan to have his horses trained at Tronthain in the future, and it. is understood that W. Stone, who has Painkiller and Lord Thomond in his charge, will make arrangements to settle at Wellington headquarters, taking also Tray Bond, Sight Draft, and the two-year-olds 'l’ea Kettle and Brown Paper. Tile Te Rapa-trained galloper I’aganclli figures in the chief sprint races at the Wellington summer meeting to be held at Trent.ham this month and will probably make the trip south. In the past .Pnganelli lias run some of his best races on the Trenthani course, and as lie displayed a glimpse of his previous good form at Ellerslie recently his prospects cannot he overlooked. With the going in its present hard and fast state Pnganelli will he racing under favourable conditions at Treutlmin, and his performances there should prove whether ho is now as brilliant as in previous years, which at tin 1 present time appears doubtful. Korokio is looking bright and well. She had only one race during the holidays, running second at Awapuni to Hampden on Boxing Day. She is expected to make her next appearance, all going well, at Trenthani next week. Limerick has made his reappearance on the tracks and be was given light exercise on (he plough last week. He has had two months’ spell jn a good paddock and he looks big and healthy, carrying more condition than ever previously. F, 1). Jones will try his old champion out again, but if be shows any evidence of going wrong again he will be thrown out of training for good. Praise is missing from Mr G. D. Greenwood’s team for Trenthani. She ran a good race in the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie, but she developed leg trouble on the trip and P. V. Mason has eased her up, though be hopes to have her racing again in the autumn. If she trains on, Praise should will some decent stakes later on, as she represents good class, but she is a difficult filly to train. An incident without parallel since the introduction of the totalisator at Broken Hill, South Australia, occurred at a meeting last month. There was not a single investment in the Hurdle race. for which there wove three starters.

Cylinder is a notable entry for the Wellington Cup and is the only three-' year-old in the race. Probably he will he given the chance to emulate the feat of Rapine, who, after being beaten by Enthusiasm in the Great Northern Derby, came on to Wellington and won the Cup. The recent running of Silver Paper showed him to be on the improve, and as lie is keeping sound he may reproduce his best form before the eml of the season. 11. It. Telford recently sent to New Zealand for 200 bags of dun oats for Pliar Lap and other members of his team. If those New Zealand oats can make Pliar Lap do much better than hitherto (says “Pilot”), the outlook for his autumn opponents, whether in long or short races, is anything but bright. In the Shade, though a good horse on other courses, including Riccarton, does not appear to show his best form at Ellerslie. Ho failed ill the Auckland Cup, while he raced badly again in the Cup, while he raced badly again in. the Racing Club Handicap. Possibly be will make some amends if he makes a trip to Trentham this month. Karapoti lias met Cylinder three times this season, and lias won each time. Excuses wore made for the defeat ol Cylinder in the Great Northern Guineas, and backers were prepared for a different result in the King’s Plate, but it was not forthcoming. Each of those events was run over a mile, but Karapoti showed clearly in the King’s Plate that he could stay as well as sprint, as ho won easily. He is by General Latour, who left a few useful gallopers, though nothing else of the best class, and probably lie gets a lot of bis quality from bis dam, Kilbeggan, a Kilbroney mare from Rouge, by Cliarlepiagne 11, from Madder, the dam of All Red and Ukraine, the last-named the dam of Sasanof. The Victorian sportsman, Mr Sol Green, will leave Melbourne probably next month or early in March to be present at the opening of the English Hat-racing season, lie wishes to he in England in plenty of time to see the final stages of the preparation, of his horse Slrephon for his races this season. According to latest advice Streplion is doing well, and Mr Green is hopeful that the Saltasli horse will be sufficiently acclimatised to reproduce his best form this season. Last season Strcphon was given two races. In one of his outings at Linglield he finished third to Accra and IjCinoiietta, and in ‘he other, at Kcmplon Rail:, lie rail second to Baytown. Shortly was lame after his racing at Invercargill and he will have to he treated to a spell, lie won the Wyud-li.-mi Cup on New Year’s Day, so ho lias already proved a bargain to his South Canterbury owner.

First Sight disappointed F. 1). Jones in his racing .at the Auckland meeting. He was in excellent health throughout Ihe trip, with no sign of unsoundness, but he failed to show up prominently in his engagements. Provided he goes on all light, he will he given a chance to make amends at Trentham.

Autopay, who won the Stewards’ Handicap at Ricearlon, was a disappointment at Ellerslie. lie ran prominently for a while in the Railway Handicap, being tho leader into the straight, lull he then faded old. lie wholly failed in his subsequent engagements. Autopsy seemed a bit wayward, and there is no doubt this colt has a will of his own.

L. l'\ P.erketl. of Hope, took twelve trotting horses to the West Coast, liolidav race meetings, his reward being eight wins, two seconds and a third. Todd Bingen won three races, and one each was scored by Nelson Chum, Nelsonian, Wikiloria., Travis and Van Newton. Travis also gained a second place and Nelson Parrish a second and a third. While on the Coast, Rerkett gave away Smithlield and Creat Wilkes as he considered them unpay-

able horses. He also left Ockley Wood with the owner. While in Berkett’s charge this horse proved to he a better jumper (ban racehorse. It was usual for the Woodland Whispers-Cohra mare to roam all over the plain, jumping fences as she came to them. Ockley Wood won a race at the Marlborough meeting last year and also one at Wanganui. Morrison looks as though he is on the improve and lie may race -better in his future races over distances up lo a mile and a half. The West (’oast-owned mare Olive Nelson is a high-grade lrotter, who carries every promise of developing into one of the smartest in (he Dominion. She is only a four-year-old, and so has llie best of her racing days in front of tier. St unlay T. has exceptional speed, bat lie is now on a mark from which he will have to mend his ways at the barrier lo succeed. Mercury, who scored a surprise win id Addington, was bred in Australia, and is by the New Zealand sire Adonis, lie was owned for a time by Mr Fuller, of Blenheim, and was in M. B. Edwards's stable, but recently he went into the ownership of E. R. Husband, who trains him at New Brighton. He was ridden by M. B. Edwards, who thoroughly understands the pacer. Erin's Lynn, who got among the winners at the Canterbury Park meeting, Was bred by her owner, Mr C. W. Hammond, and is by the llal Zolock horse Erin's King. who was a good stayer in his racing days. Erin’s Lynn looked like. making a high-grade pacer over two miles early in her career, hut she trained off, and if is only recently that she has shown signs of returning form. B. Jarden, who for many years was one of the most prominent trainers and drivers in the Dominion, has been out of the trotting sport for some time. His application for a license lo ride, drive and train was refused about two years ago and subsequent efforts to secure official recognition met with a similar fate. Following on the turning down of his latest aplication lo the Trotting Association, made a few weeks ago, Jarden appealed to the New Zealand Trotting Conference against the decision. The case was heard by three judges appointed by Mr 11. F. Nieoll (president of the conference). The judges were satisfied that the Association’s decision was right and that the, appellant's application for a license was properly refused. ’They therefore dismissed the appeal.

PHAR LAP BACK IN WORK

BENEFIT FROM HOLIDAY CAULFIELD FUTURITY STAKES The champion Phar Lap, after a spell of six weeks at Mr Sol Green’s well-grassed Umlerbank stud farm at Bacchus Marsh, returned to Caulfield on 2!)th December to lie put into work for the autumn. If appearances go for anything, Phar Lap did exceedingly well in the paddock. He looked big and burly when taken from the motor float at Caulfield, where he was taken in preference to being sent to 11. B. Telford’s training establishment at Braosidc, Mordialloc, where the training track is likely to lie on the hard side in the next month or .so. Phar Lap’s mission is the rich Caulfield Futurity Stakes, to be run at the V.A.T.C. autumn meeting on 21st February. In the Futurity Stakes, worth £3500, Phar Lap’s weight under the conditions of the race will he 10.3, lib less tlia.ii Amounis carried when lie won last February. The event, which should he a gift for Phar Lap, was won by Eurythmic, carrying 10.7, in 11)22, while Top Gallant, with 10.2 in the saddle, was successful in 1920, and Gothic got home under 10.0 in 1928. Tile weight-carrying record stands to the credit of Amounis, 10.4.

ASHBURTON-POHANGINA RACING CLUB

ACCEPTANCES FOR 22nd JANUARY PALMERSTON N., 12th January. The following acceptances have been received for the Ashliurst-Pohangina Racing Club’s Annual Meeting oil 22nd January Hack Hurdles Handicap, of 150 sovs; one mile and a half—Disrank, 10.13; Evening Hero, 9.13; Wyeford, Tenacre, 9.6; Day Lass, Wanderlust, 9.1; He Wlianga, Braggart, Winter Day, Star Lupin, Doe, Itellecto, 9.0. Siberia Hack Handicap, of 150 sovs; five furlongs—Tray Bond, 8.13; Baskier, 8.6; Painkiller, 8.6; Golden Shadow, San Quex, 7.13; Rule Britannia, Abbey Queen, 7.8; Quinola, 7.4; Protomint, 7.3; Night Speaker, 7.2; Nimble, Sir Ronald, Jocose, Navalio, Gaswyn, Pimple, Sliootist, 7.0. Aslihurst Cup, of 300 sovs; ono mile and a quarter —Olairj, 9.0; Ruanui, 8.9; The Swell, 8.2; Billion, Llyn Du, 7.9; Balloon, Paiko, 7.7; Mount Shannon, 7.5 ; Spearforin, Grand Jury, 7.0. _ Maiden Race, of 115 sovs; six furlongs; weight 8.7 —Blacksmith, Delia, Mon Boi, King Ha], Lady Makere, Protomint, Thrasher, Lady Ronald, Night Speaker, Toiliau, Jadarino, Katarina, Black Plane, Scales, Infusion, Merry Bov, Okapua, Lack-a-Day, Valueless, Killogie, Raugimahoe, Acre colt, Lone Raider.

Pohangina Handicap, of 200 sovs; six furlongs—Freehold. 9.0; Ridgemount, 8.11; Kaiti, Portray, 8.8; Dobbin, 8.5; Silver Rule, 8.1; Sight Draft, 7.12. iManawatu Gorge Hack Cup, of 200 sovs; one mile and 110 yards—Acmil, 9.0; Spearform', 8.9; Merry Melody, 8.3; Easterly, 8.2; Ex Dono, 8.1; Lucretia, 7.13; Brambletorn, 7.11; Some Acre, Kilorell, Airforce, 7.9; Warlille, Seneschal, 7.8; War-zone, Protomint, Fallow, llatteras, 7.7. Komako Hack Handicap, of 150 sovs; six furlongs—Silver Rule, 9.0; Baskier, 8.1; Golden Shadow, San Quex, Leisure, 7.9; Abbey Queen, 7.4; Palearoa, Winlock. 7.1; Valorous Knight. Navaho, 7.0. Rauinai Handicap, of 200 sovs; one mile and 110 yards—Paiko, 8.13; Maui, 8.11; Billion, 8.9; Balloon, 8.8; Tcnaerc, 8 3; Belle Star, 7.13; Broad Acre, Chopin, 7.12; Briar Root, 7.10; Atareria, Pale Star. 7.7.