Southern Sidelights

NZ Truth, Issue 1153, 5 January 1928, Page 11

Southern Sidelights

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WUMATAKURU will make them *^ hurry at Greymouth. He is a halfbrother to Kohara.

Author Wood only has, to go right to win at Greymouth. • • • Donard only has to leave the mark kindly to be hard to beat in the Greymouth Cup. * # *

Mac Dillon won so well at Westport that quite a few expect him to go pretty well at Greymouth. Transport 1b now attached to C. Donald's stable at Belfast. • # • Tommy Dillon is pretty useful. He should win at Greymouth. • • *

Bonnie Wrack is the first of Wrack's stock to win. She did so at Westport —and did it well. * # •

T. H. LJcKenzie got home with Sylvie Logan at Westport. She goes well on small courses.

♦ » * Few could have dreamed Kreisler would have won a two-mile race. It is a feather in Davey Bennett's cap to get him to stay. * w *

The small pacer, Nellie Parsons, won a 12% -furlong event at Westport. She will never be a champion. • * •

Mac Dillon earned a stake at Westport; he will prevail in metropolitan company before the season ends.

I Fancy Trampcrisp winning three [ races at the South Club's ! meeting! The American must have come right. It was very sudden. # * * Tui Wildwood has improved. She annexed the two principal races at Carterton and shaped as if she will win again.

# * • A hot pot from Christchurch in Vecto missed paying a dividend at the j South Wairarapa meeting. Gee! it • was a hard knock. ♦ * •

Dorle, the brother to Rebel and Riot, won at Carterton. He is a speedy pacer, but whether he will stay remains to be seen. # • • The good-looking filly, Nella Dillon, opened her winning account at Carterton. • • ♦ But for making a. bad break, Nelson Boy would have won on the first day at Auckland. • # • * Daytime is in for a high time. Now that he has struck form he will win races. # # • Had Jack Potts not shied and swerved at the bend for home in the Auckland Trotting Cup, he would have won. • * Machine Gun was beaten on his merits in the Auckland Cup. *He is a gopd horse, but met two better ones on the day. • * • They have not found Native Star out yet. She rolled home at Auckland. * * * The Shrew was too shrewd for Native Prince. . She beat the Australian pacer on the first day at Auckland and King Pointer did it to him on the second day. * * # The southerners think a lot of Royal Star. * * * The three-year-old filly, Nelbar, is by Nelson Bingen from Barooga. She will be all right when she is seasoned. ♦ • • Lingfield outstayed the bunch in the Gore Club Handicap. She is an everyday sort that is always likely to bob up. « # * Nelson McElwyn got a bad spin in the big race at Gore or he would have won. * * * Firelight gave the punters the stitch at Gore. # * # Lady Matchlight went to the pack on the Gore trip.

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Stevenson and McMath produced a good sort in Red Swithin at Winton. Won very easily. * # « Look out for Jolly Pet. * # • Stockade Junr. is coming into his own. * • • Sea Hawk has peculiar ways. * # # Revolt has plenty of ability. * • • Generator, the half-brother to Vilo, still leaves his feet in his races. * # # Reta Corena has improved since the Oamaru meeting. At Gore she never put a foot wrong and won nicely. * * * Four Belts is as big a cheat as ever. * # * Needles is a real sort, and one that will do all right at country fixtures. * # * Tennessee's Child duly arrived at Winton. He will pick up stakes on metropolitan courses. W. T. Lowe landed a race with Spring Note at Winton. The gelding has plenty of speed and in saddle he is pretty reliable.