BAY OF ISLANDS MEETING.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 123, 16 January 1932, Page 7

BAY OF ISLANDS MEETING.

The annual race meeting of the Bay of Islands Racing Club is set down for to-morrow at Kawakawa, and although the fields look large on paper there are so many h'orses claiming two, three or even four engagements that it is almost impossible to sum up each separate event. At Thames last week Alloy won from Illuminagh (receiving 41b) in the High-Weigbt the first day, but the former was third the second day, Illuminagh (in receipt of 101b) again being second. In the Kawakawa Hack Cup to-day, Alloy has to give Illuminagh 201b, and so on the figures the latter ought to be a good thing. However, Illuminagh is still a maiden, but now that he is being raced over a middle distance he ought to pay his way, especially if his rider can handle him to advantage in the big race at Kawakawa. Bronze Tray's impressive win the final day at Ellerslie, where he was last away in the hack mile and first home, draws attention to his prospects at the Bay of Islands meeting. Ile has a solid impost in the Cup, 9.1, but he is a fairly big gelding and ! is a good sticker. The Cup issue | appears to rest between Illuminagh ! and Bronze Tray.

Hoihoma, after her successes at I Waipukurau and Marton, will he one | of the prime fancies in her engagej ments at Kawakawa. She has a bij: i weight in each of her races, and it ! remains to be seen if she is capable ! of carrying 10.1 home first in any of her three engagements. The opposition | is only ordinary, so that Hoihoma | should be able to get on the winniug list once — a rehandicap may stop her from being a double winner at the fixture. Alpina is a smart filly, but she is i only a small lady, and it is doubtful if she can carry 10.1 in her tWo races at Kawakawa. Evidently a high opinion is held of this filly and the well bred Hoihoma, for they both remain in the Wynyard Plate, the £500 hack classic to be run at Takapuna at the end of the month, so that their efforts in the far north during the Bay of Islands and Waipapkauri meetings will be watched with interest. Simeon was one of the big disappointments at the recent Auckland j summer meetings, and it is probable that he found the foi'midable hurdles [ at Ellerslie altogether too much for | him. It is remarkable that Simeon was fully capable of defeating Russet Moor over the hurdles at Gisborne, but at Ellerslie Russet Moor proved himself hy far the more accomplished performer. Simeon is to contest the hurdle races at Gisborne next month, and the Cambridge horseman, W. Rennie, who was aboard at Ellerslie, will again have the mount. Booked for Trentham. The Takanini trainer, E. Pope, is booked to leave to-day from Takanini with Tea Trader, High Comedy and Ganpat for Trentham. All are in good order and should perform well. J. L. Gray also goes south to-day to the Wellington meeting with Heremia, his sole representative. K. Voitre will ride Tea Trader in the Wellington Stakes, in which he will have to put up abont 61b overweight, bringing the colt's impost to about 7.4, and High Comedy in the sprint. H. Gray will ride Heremia in the Douro Cup on the second day. Auckland stahles are strongly represented in the Apprentices' Plate, to be run at Trentham on Wednesday next. Heremia, Ganpat and PrincesS Bede are all good hacks and should make their presence felt, provided the boy on top is capable, and what is more, these hacks are good enough to hang on up the long straight at Trentham. . It is probable that N. Craig 'will he on Heremia and C. Walters on. Ganpat. Both apprentices have ridden a winner, but will otherwise be able to claim the full advantage of the allowanees. In the Apprentices' Plate the fixed weights benefit .both Heremia and Ganpat, who in a handicap would be pretty near the top. Ganpat and Heremia are sdt to carry 8.2 and 7.6 respectively under the cpnditions . of the race and with the apprentice riders named no penalties could be. imposed, for riders of eleven and up to 30 winners are penalised 51b and over 30

winners go up 101b, but neither could claim the 51b allowance for not having ridden one winner. Off to Australia. Ammon Ra will he accompanied by the two-year-olds Closing Time. and Timorous when he is sent to Australia next Friday. The three-year-old has been sprinting well at Takanini and a few more gallops will see him ready for serious business on the other side. Closing Time is probably as good as any of the two-year-olds seen out to date, while Timorous has lots of speed and shows signs of sticking on. Yoicks was to make the trip too, but he developed a splint and is to be left behind. Although J. T. Jamieson's horses go next Friday, the trainer will 'not leave until a few days afterwards. It is probable that this time Jamieson will have a lengthy sojourn on the other side, while it has been suggested that he may stay over there for good. HovYever, he has a lot of interests here, especially at Takanini, and while he many spend a good deal of his time on the other side of the Tasman, he will no . doubt continue to use Takanini as his headquarters. R. Miller will look after the Jamieson string in the meantime. Tea Chat is a brilliant sprinter, but the fact that there are few sixfurlong races in Australia was probably one of the reasons why J. T. Jamieson decided to quit him. The deal has just been completed, and in future Tea Chat will race in the rose and black stripes of Mr. B. Hart, of Auckland. The latter was probably influenced to purchase the Tea Tray gelding on account of losing, temporarily at least, the ftservices of Royal Ruler, who has developed bleeding tendencies. Trainer W. Stone will take over Tea Chat on Friday next for Mr. Hart, and he will take him to Wellington for the Wellington Stakes. So far no rider has been announced for this three-year-old in the Trentham classic, in which he escapes a penalty. Rather Poor Lot. The two-year-olds raced at the Thames were by no means an outstanding lot, and it is difficult to see any of them making a mark in the racing world when they are opposed to some of the well tried youngsters. | It is possible that Tin Lap and Gigantic will make considerable improvement and they may come good, while Welcome In, who was taken with her relative, Tradesman, on the Taranaki circuit, may develop more

stamina than her sprinter relation. Con Fuoco is of a nice type, and later on Master Brierly may get on the winning list. Of the few two-year-olds seen last week Tin Lap and Gigantic, the two winners, were easily the most impressive, and both are in A. E. Gox's Te Aroha stable. Gigantic is a half brother by Colossus to Mosque and Mosaic, both good performers in the Auckland province.

The maidens seen out at the recent Thames meeting were hy no means a brilliant lot, and the majority of them will still be on hand this time next year contesting the same class of event. Silena was one of the hest of them, but she is on the small side. Royal Gallant won easily the first day, having too much pace for the others, yet he was easily heaten in the hack handicap class the second day. Snow Lap was noticed finishing on the first day, so that her good price the second day was rather surprising.

For the past couple of seasons Eager Rose has been performing- well [ in Cup and other middle distance ! events round the Auckland province, l and at the Thames meeting she was j seen in the role of sprinter. She | wanted the race and she was finishing : on, so that there was every induce- ! ment to select her for the open seven the second day. Eager Rose duly won, so that from now on she can be expected to do more than pay her way. Two years ago Eager Rose won both the big events on the Te Aroha programme, and although she has done very little in the interim, her Thames form suggests that she might do well again when tve country cups come up for decision again in the near future. Perhaps she will do better over distances extending from seven to nine furlongs, but she is a good one to follow from this onwards.