SOUTHERN TOPICS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 147, 12 September 1927, Page 6

SOUTHERN TOPICS

SOME FINE STOCK A SOUTHLAND PROPOSAL ONE JUDGE REQUIRED (Special to THE SUN.) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Reports from Riverton are to the effect that Some Rose, winner of the classic, the McLean Stakes, at Dunedin last year, is satisfying her trainer, W. McKay, that she has retained her pace. She is a charming juvenile and looks like adding to her winning score before the new season has advanced beyond the spring term. McKay will produce another McLean Stakes candidate this year in the shape of a gelding called Baby Bliss, by Solferino —Lady Wayward. He is splendidly developed as to body, but stands on the shortest of legs, and looks to be on the small side. He is reputed to be a smart mover. NOT SERIOUS There was consternation at Endeavour Lodge one day early this week when Celerity 11. came to grief. While at play in her paddock she toppled over and struck herself in f.rcnt, inflicting a cut above the fetlock joint. The wound yielded to treatment, however, and she was walking soundly on the tracks, after being eased in her tasks. The trouble, it is expected, will have been overcome by next week. His owner did not keep Bilbo in the New Zealand Cup, but this does not.

indicate that there is anything wrong with the stout-hearted son of Greyspear. He is a regular worker with the string from the establishment of F. W. Ellis, and it may be said that he is doing fair work, and moving along soundly. A GOOD PROPOSAL

A proposal is afoot in the Southland Province to appoint one judge to act for the whole of the clubs in Southland, but it is unlikely to bear fruit during the current season, as various judges have already been selected for the current term. The idea is a good one, however, and one could be named who would fill the bill to perfection. 1-Ie has already displayed coolness and discernment in officiating where trotters and pacers race home in close order, while he has spent a lifetime among thoroughbred horses. The Winton Jockey Club has considered the question and has decided to erect two asphalt or concrete steps in front of its inner enclosure grandstand. It is to be hdped that this is only a beginning of a plan, embracing a wider scope. ENGLISH MARE SHOWS PROMISE The English mare Spean Bridge, by Righ Mor—Annie Laurie, is exhibiting marked progress in her training studies. She is putting dash into her efforts and J. A. Rowland has reason to expect that she will carry Mr. Chisholm’s well-known colours with success this season. Her sire’s name, incidentally, has been incorrectly published in many instances. He is registered in the Old Country as Righ Mor. The two-year-old Money Mint, by Paper Money from Martifors, is somewhat on the small side at present, but he is growing up, and gallops with a reaching action that betokens racing ability. Mr. J. S. Samson’s representative has been slightly shin-sore during the current week, and J. A. Rowland has not been very exacting with him in consequence. ATTRACTING ATTENTION

Having displayed improved form on the Southland Racing Club’s tracks of late, the Australian-bred three-vear-old gelding Aranoah has attracted some attention, the result being that offers have been made for him from several quarters. Mr. A. Chisholm, who purchased him in Sydney, will be tempted to part with his importation, as he has quite a number of young Australian and Southlandbred youngsters coming to hand, and he does not wish to unduly increase his team in training. Aranoah is a gelding of size and substance, and compares more than favourably in this respect witii any juvenile In this district. OF HIGH DEGREE He is particularly well-bred, as he is a son of Duke Humphrey (John o’ Gaunt —Valve) from Otterform (sister of Boniform, Sungod and Sunglow, and a half-sister to Martian). It is also interesting to note that Aranoah is a half-brother to Otford, the dam of Manfred. If sold he may still remain in J. A. Rowhnd’s stable. Baldowa is roaming out in a paddock adjacent to G. Hope’s training quarters, but he is moving around as if the autumn season will see him on the tracks again. Mr. R. B. Stiven, it may be mentioned, also owns a brother (two years) and a sister (yearling) to the Thomson Handicap winner of 1920.