South Auckland Scratches

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 11

South Auckland Scratches

(From "N.Z. Truth's" South Auckland Rep.) j/ERRY DAVIES is one of the most ** improved looking horses working at Te Rapa. # • • Aussie's winning distance limit is a mile, 'but he is likely to get further than that during '28-29. ' # • • Transformer did not do too well last season, but he is by no means a back number. # • • Frank Tutohen, who has Pouri m the big steeples on Tuesday, trained Peter Maxwell when he "did the job!" If fitness will aocomplish it, Pouri will make it two! # # # G. W. Vercoe and F. R. Seddon have been elected unapppsed as President and Vice President respectively of the Waikato Racing Club. # ■♦ • Waltzer more than earned his oats last season and the Hymettus gelding is useful m the "soft stuff." He Is going: to do it right over the hurdles this season. # # # Stormy is to be m the hurdling ranks this season, and he is going to make good, if his preliminary schooling is any guide. Frank Tutchen will get right down to business with the eon of Quln Abbey and Gypsy Martian when he gets 'back from Riccarton. # • • Te Koroke, who "dropped his bundle" to some extent last season, is to go for a spell at Mart on and Wanganul for the first of the season. #• * . If all goes well with Paganelli, he will be tried out m Australia this season. Mick Carroll is working the Lord Quex-Ringdove speed merchant at Te Rapa, # # # Tea Time is pn the tracks at Te Aroha and the Tea Tray gelding will be out m early spring races at Marton and Wanganui. # # • O. Mclnally, a promising apprentice ■attached to M. Carroll's stables, rode 14 winners m 1927-28, his first season Of public riding. #* • ■ Nancy Lee is being wound up steadily at Te Aroha. The solid daughter of Lucullus - Flagship should be good for many more races. # * # Wiltshire is going to carry some good Waikato coin m his Riccarton engagements. Unless his schooling at Te Rapa was all wrong, he will be a "tough gentleman." # # * George Gillett, of "original" All Black fame, owns a particularly promising young jumper m Master . Rowley. The 4-year-old, son of Cynio and Miss Rosoland can go over the hurdles m great style for It novice.

AT no stage of the Hunters' Hurdles ** was Home Made going right, and it came as ho surprise to find him falling with seven furlongs to cover. * * # TWO years ago, at the fence m front 1 of the stand at Riccarton, Pearl Ryder staged a wonderful recovery and the crowd applauded him. On Tuesday, Roy Orange, on Erin-go-Bragh, repeated the performance at the self- same hurdle, and he never even received a ohoer. • * • MINE OF SPADES fenced very badly A ' the first day at Riccarton and dropped out with a mile to go. • • * THAT the fqrm he showed at the * Hunt meeting was no -fluke, Diana's Lad proved when he came home on his own m the Hunters' Hurdles the first day at the National meeting. * # • A THREE- YEAR- OLD that ran a ** fair race for five furlongs m the Cashmere Plate at Riccarton on Tuesday was First Raid. He has a; lot of pace and' when he hangs on a little longer he .will win one. * # # MORTH ISLANDERS expected Locarno to come home m the Cashmere Plate on Tuesday, but he didn't. The gelding was asked to cover a lot of unnecessary ground, to say the least of it. • # • W/AIHEMO has any amount of early " speed, but he cannot keep it up. He led early at Riccarton on Tuesday and then died out when the pressure was applied. # # # THE race that Roi de Val had down A south on Tuesday would do him a lot of good. He looked In need of it, and oh his showing he will soon win a race. • # * THE long spell of fine weather recent--1 ly experienced has been taken advantage of by F. Tilley to give his team for Marton and Wanganui some solid work. The Fordell .mentor will take three or four to Marton and will have a big string at Wanganui.

THE recently- tubed Tarleton would have carried a lot of money: had he run the first day at Riccarton, but he broke down the day before the race. ♦ # • TN addition to Bright Glow, J. Fryer will have Paitonu, Orazdne, Mendip, Airtight, and Sagittarius engaged at Wanganui. The Hawera trainer has a couple of promising two-year-olds both by Tonbridge m work, and the chances are that they will also bd seen out at the , river city meeting next month. • • • TROILUS has been responsible foir Borne good work recently, and this gelding will have something to say m the hurdle events next month. # # • A MONG the horses being got ready for ** the Marton meeting are Nucleus, Marcia, Bonus, The Immigrant, Vast Acre, Ruby Ring, Nurmi and Risk, all of which lot are getting through their work well. ' * # # FREEHOLD is said to be looking and going well and will probably be seen out m the Guineas, but though he will most likely run a good mile, Episode should prove his master, judged on last season's form. A bigger field than usual is expected to turn out for the classic event next month. # * # TN M. Carroll's team at Te Rapa, the progeny of Lord Quex and prominent Paganelli (Lord Quex-Ringdove), Gay I>uke (Lord Quex-Salvette); Fasty (Lord Quex-Blended) and Spa (Lord Quex-Steinhill), are the inmates of Sunnyslde Lodge. The" three latter are two -year- olds. Carroll also has The Sun, an Australian-bred 2-year-old, by- Sunstar from Persianello. . * '■ • • * TN W. C. Wood's team at Te Rapa is | •*• a 2 -year-old by imported Polymestor from Crema; A. Tucker has a juvenile by King Nassau from Arizona Maid, while another 2 -year- old m training is Ruling Chief (Chief Ruler-Boynette), the latter youngster being m F. Tutchen's stable;