SPORTING NOTES.

Shannon News, 7 October 1927, Page 4

SPORTING NOTES.

D. Robinson has set up as a public trainer in-Oamaru, states a Dunedin

pa.per. Three mares have been sent across fro-m Australia to visit Tea Tray at tlte Elderslie Stud, near Oamaru. The two Sydney jockeys, E. Dawson iml M. Sullivan, who took up service with W. J. Donovan at Taradale," have returned to Sydney. Tuki is to be treated to a spoil, foxlowing which he may be sent across the Tasman to compete in Victoria. The southern owner, Mr. G. J. Barton, was recently invited to price Arpent and Royal Head for the Austra lian market, but he declined to sell. Apache, who has been spelling for some time past, has been taken to Ric carton to join Mr. W. T. Hazlett’s string temporarily located there under the charge of F. J. McKay. Silver Coot is reported to have been galloping in good style in the south of Tate. He gives promise of being a very useful performer in sprint races this season.

The three-year-old Rotor, by Tractor from Apache, is reported to have been galloping in good style in the south of late.

..Nincompoop has again joined the active brigade at Riccarton and it is ' stated that his trainer, J. Boyd, purposes trying'the 1924 A.J.C. Breeders' Plate winner over a distance. He next races in the Rangiora Cup over a mile ' „ and a-quarter. The ex-New Zealander, Fool's Paradise, has had a change of mentors, the ; son. of Absurd being now trained at >’ Moorefield, Sydney. He has not proved an easy horse to train since being in Sydney, ns one of his feet has been "troubling him. New cognomens had to be applied to four of the juveniles despatched by Mr. ' W. G. Stead to Sydney, Static taking the name of Ridgemount; Wavelength „ changing to Pearl, Filament to The ' Earth and Letty to Greenmeadows. v. . Perle de Leon has returned to the Dominion from Sydney. He went wrong almost immediately following his arrival at the scene of activities and did not take part in a race. The mis- . hap was indeed unfortunate for he hau been showing good form over, the battens prior to his departure. Golden Shoe, who had been purchased •' in Sydney on account of Mr. W. G. Stead, has arrived at Flaxmere, states "The Squire." She will be one of the - ■ inmates of the stud mares' enclosure at Mr. Stead's breeding establishment. Amongst the yearlings running at the Elderslie stud is a sister to Pink Terrace, daughter of Tractor, who won last year’s Oaks Stakes, comments a southern writer. The yearling is a bay with a blaze and two white hind ean- - - nons. She is well grown without running too much ’n that direction, and is a very fine type of youngster. Centrepiece is going on well in his preparation for spring racing states the .; Christchurch Star. He will probably make his first appearance for the season at Trentham next month, and a couple of raees assist to get him', to his best form for the November carnival at Riccarton. Countersign is going on well in her preparation, and her recent track doings suggest that she will soon be in her best racing form states the Christchurch Star. She is a good mare to be associated with, being of a contented disposition and reserving her most scri- ; ous efforts for race day. There was some good-natured banter during lunch time at a certain race meeting last month, comments a northern writer, when several owners, trainers, officials and a handicapper met at table. Handicapping cropped up as a ' -, subject Of conversation, and an owner made the remark in a joking way that " "if the handicapper put all his t 'friends’ horses at the bottom of the scale everything would be lovely!" The "adjustor of weights," without a second's hesitation replied, "yes, and in a year's time we should have no friends. Beau Cavalier fell and injured one • •' of his knees when being exercised a couple of days agp. The mishap will call a temporary halt on his training. An English visitor who saw the Chesterfield gelding mce in the North holds the opinion that tho Grand National winner would be seriously troubled by the big country at Ainfree. Which boy who can ride would not like to be a jockey —that is, a successful one, when he reads of the money ; which is to be made? How many now will envy 18-year-old Keith Daniels, who a few days ago. had bought for hint with his season's earnings a substantial property costing a considerable way into four figures? It is not easy to recall an .Australian apprentice in his third year who, like Daniels, rode the winners of three such important races as Tattersall's Cup, the Challenge Stakes and the Doncaster. Daniel's regulation share represented nearly £3OO and he received handsome presents • • beside from the winning owners. As i : Daniels has ridden many other winners { during the season, his earnings have been much more than those of many business managers. An apprentice's y. earnings have to be banked by his cm- - ployer, who periodically has to give an account of his trusteeship to the racing authorities. Thus the lad is wisely protected. Daniels is apprenticed to his ■<' father at Newcastle, who has realised ;■/. ' that landed property is more remunerative than bank interest. h Black Ada, the dam of Clarinda and V* Piuthair, now in Australia, and also jit , of Clandu and Novar, yesterday morning foaled a chestnut colt to the wellB" F‘known sire Tea Tray. ■; Vertigern ('Rossendale —Pansy) who f. led the field home in the County Hack ?' Handicap at Napier last week is ins:■ eluded among the Australian bred -horses racing successfully in New Zeafeyland. He was bought as a yearling in I;,; 'New South Wales by Mr. C. Elgar for jry; 800 .guineas and was still running in f| Hack company when he won at Napier i;: Park and his total winnings so far | total £854. :Aberfeldy is a very fit horse at pro- 1 as a result of a hard campaign ■ wmiKtZiib- flhe.hurdlers during-the winter.

Now he is to be tried out on the flat, but whether he is up to New Zealand Cup form will not be known until lie has liad a few more races. He is booked to start at the Geraldine meeting.

Footfall pleased his Cup admirers by his effort in the Ashburton Handicap last Saturday. He was going remarkably well half way through the journey when he got a bump from Margaret Birney which sent him a long way back. It apparently settled a good winning chance, as when lie settled down again he came with a great run and just missed getting second money. He is being .given a solid Clip preparation, and is going to be a hard horse to beat at Riccarton, while he may win a race before hand.

Count Cavour is going on smoothly in his New Zealand Cup preparation. He has not, according to southern reports, been seriously tested in his recent gallops, but he will soon be ready for all requirements. There is no apparent effort about his work, and it need occasion no surprise if he improves this season on his good deeds of the past. Even with 9.6 in the Blue Ribbon of the New Zealand Turf he must not be hastily dismissed from calculations, as he is a proved stayer. Rapier put up a good performance in the Ashburton Handicap. He was last five furlongs from home, but from that point he ran on in fine style, and finished a close fourth. He is hardly at his best vet, but he will soon be much dispose of. His pros pects in the New Zealand Cup look a great deal improved as a result of this effort. ■

Beau Geste disappointed many people by failing to show up in the Ashburton Handicap. He was travelling as well as anything else in the field over the last furlong and may do better ere long. He lacks brilliancy, but shapes like a stayer. Mr. Tilley’s horses from Fonlell and Mr. Brown's horses from Ilawora are expected on Wednesday and will be quartered at Mr. L. Kilmistcr's. Len Buttenvorth has arrived back from Sydney. He reports having had friends.

An amusing incident occurred some little time back, when L. Dunn., a .veil-known Queensland trainer, was wired by an , acquaintance of small nurse, and less principle: "Wire me five of the best." Dunn’s reply was: Gloaming, Heroic, Windbag, Valicare and David.

Mr. J. McMahon, chief stipendiary steward for the Dominion, but who has accepted an appointment in Australia, will return to the Dominion on October 11 and will again leave for the lane of his birth on the 21st. Since being stationed in the Dominion, Mr. Me Mahon has proved a zealous, but sound official, and his loss to racing circles will be a severe one.

Mr. G. Gould's Palestrina, by Olaren

ceux from JuTith, by Martian from Hebrew Maid, has foaled a colt to the imported horse Shambles, by PEUaris. states the Christchurch Star. This is Palestrina’s first fo"al and she will be rested this season.

There was an inquiry after the Ash brnffon Handicap into a charge that Margaret Binnev had interfered with Footfall. After hearing evidence i was decided to take no further action.

Some of the form at Ashburton on Saturday may not prove quite reliable as a guide to future prospects, com merits a southern writer. Alany of the horses had not raced since last season. being; backward, they uffll bo greatly improved by a bit more galloping.

Air. J. Dooley, owner of Eaton Bells has purchased an Acre two-year-oh.l and placed it in J. Rutledge's stabh at Wingatui.

The Gay Lad gelding Jolly Glad, owned and trained by Air. J. White, died at Wingatui a few days ago from an internal complaint. Jolly Glad never achieved much success on the racing track.

A promising two-year-old and one that lias a good deal of pace is Look Out, a filly by Valkyrian from Keep Watch, the dam of Day Guard, comments "Whalebone." Look Out was a starter in the Nursery'Handicap at Ellerslie and was badly left when the field was despatched. However, she set out after them and at the finish was fourth. Look Out is trained by J. T. -Jamieson and may bo harder to dispose of the next time out if she leaves the mark promptly. v Air. Sol Green, owner of Gothic, predicted that if his horse won the Campbelltown Handicap he would go through the season unbeaten. Gothic won tin Campbelltown Handicap, but Limerick falsified the prophecy of Air. Green by decisively defeating the English horse in the Hill Stakes. As Gothic has been beaten at a milp, ho will recede in favour of races the distances oi which are g-eiuer than a mile. A new mcvliof! of calculating dividends is being tried in New South Wales, and it appears to have failed to catch the popular fancy. One Sydney paper contains the following:—"Yesterday's figures leave no doubt that the totalise tor has lost much of its popularity owing to the new method of calculating dividends. The crowd at Warwick Farm was quite as largo as that at the corresponding meeting last September, and there were six races on each occasion, yet yesterday only £13,was invested, compared with £IG,354.”

The Horse and Hound says that one of the best horses that ever ran in France was Sardanapale, winner of the ,i-vouch Derby and Grand Prix de Pr«ris of 1914, and ha aim won more money, viz., a total of £42, 905, than any other racer in that country, an amount that would have been materially increased had not his racing career been stopped by the outbreak of war in the August cf 1914. Sardanapale sired Fiterari, winner of this year's Grand Prix de Paris.

Battlement, the four-year-old .son of Martian and Polymnia, who is engaged in the New Zealand Cup, will, it is stated, be sent up to auction in Sydney after conydeting engagements at the Australian Jockey Club’s Spring meeting next month. That announcement,

of course, gives room for a doubt being entertained as to the bay gelding fulfilling his engagements in the big race at Riccarton in November. A London writer, in the course of a recent article on racing and the English turf, remarks:—"ln many ways the turf is slowly, but none the less surely, changing out of all recognition. The ring of to-day contains few of those remarkable men who made the profession of bookma-king so lucrative men like John Rdbinson, now a millionaire, Steel and Peeeh, who used to be porters in the Sheffield meat market, and Charlie Head, once an operator in the telegraph office, who from "information received/' as the police say, put the proverbial shirt on the winner of the Cesarewitch and abandoned the Morse code for the more exciting tic- ’ tnc of the racecourse."