SPORTING.

Shannon News, 18 March 1924, Page 2

SPORTING.

Mr. E. liiddiforu/s English colt by (Skyrocket —Ladas‘Maid, is having tha name Sky Blue proclaimed for him. Sunart, who is trained at Woodville, is reported to go through his daily tasks in a satisfactory manner. Sunart will race at the Trentham fixture. / In the Autumn Handicap, li miles, to be run at the Masterton meeting, Merry Day is nicely placed at 8. (. Prince Hal figures in the Flying Handicap, his poundage being 7.9. J. M. Cameron’s cheque from the Victoria Turf Club came to 3350 sovs., the result of The Hawk's victories in the St. George Stakes and Futurity Stakes.

T. George, formerly of Palmerston North, but now located at Ellerslie, has an addition to his team in the shape of a five-year-old gelding, Finmack, by Finland—la.

A southern paper states that the two-year-old by Great Audubon—Ncarette, in N. C. Price's stable, is regarded as one of the best of his age seen on the Christchurch tracks for some time. The Wairoa-bred Ruapapa has, since, ho was purchased by the Auckland owner, Mr. W. Scholium, captured stake money amounting to £2BOO. He was bred by Mr. T. F. Walker, of Ruapapa, Wairoa. The Formby gelding Cambric, owned * by Mr. W. H. Gaisford, is to be put into work shortly in preparation for the coming jumping season. Mr. Gaisford has .turned down some tempting offers for this horse, one, twelve months ago, being £IOSO. Messrs Harle and Barlow, who own a younger brother to . Roburite, were recently offered a thousand guineas for the youngster, but while one of the owners was prepared to take the tempt- = ing offer, his partner ?? a s »°t favourable to the sale, so no business resulted. . Successful gallopers can pick up great* money in the U.S.A. Last season twelve horses won over £7OOO a-picce. Zev, of course, headed the list, his stake earnings being £34,401. In Memoriam notched £17,344, and St. James £17.336. ChacoleTTollowqd with , £14,800/ Vigil with £12,535, and Wise Counsellor with £12,122.' The Finland—Landrail gelding Landbird, who won both the hurdle races at the recent Thames fixture, is owned by J. H. Jeflerd, but is trained in the Waikato. He is a /five-year-old brother to Chimera, and as he won both his races at the right end he should be capable of holding his own in more select company during the jumping season.

Mr. T. M. Burke, the Melbourne horse owner,, has come into the limelight through lucky purchases of horseflesh. Evidently he is a good judge, and he doesn’t mind what he pays as long as he gets good hordes. He recently bought El Dorado, and immediately won the rich A.J.C. Anniversary Handicap with him. Then he paid a tall figure for Quintus, and the three-year-old won the Newmarket Handicap,-so that he has good reason to feel pleased with his purchases. The same sportsman was after The Hawk, but the New Zealander was not for sale at any price, which shows that MrJ. M. Cameron knows a good horse too.