Crack ’Chaser is Out of Action

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 323, 7 April 1928, Page 8

Crack ’Chaser is Out of Action

MISHAP TO SIR ROSEBERRY

According to a cablegram from Adelaide yesterday, the New Zealand gelding Sir Roseberry is suffering from a badly-injured tendon, and lie will be unable to contest the Great Eastern Steeplechase at the Onkaparinga meeting on Easter Monday. With Sir Roseberry among the competitors in the Great Eastern Steeplechase groat interest in Auckland would hav© been evinced as to how the Auckland-owned gelding would perform. The event he is set down to contest is run over three and a-quar-ter miles and 21 fences hav© to bo negotiated. Seventy-two were handicapped for the race, and the top-weight division were allotted imposts as follows: Clan

Robert. 13.4; Fleetstone, 11.12: Wanda King. 11.7; Epergne, 11.6; Adit. 13.4: Sir Roseberry, 11.3; Fortasse, 11.3. It will thus be seen that the Sh* Knox gelding received a weight well within his capabilities. The race is the stiffest test of its kind in Australasia. Advices to hand credited Sir Roseberry with training on in a satisfactory manner prior to his mishap, and in such case he had an excellent chance of adding to his already brilliant record. At the commencement of his campaign this season W. Garrett’s representative showed sufficient form in hurdle events at the Christmas meeting at Ellerslie to enhance his prospects. His next attempt was in the Dargaville Cup, and he scored with such ease that owner-trainer W. Garrett was encouraged to nominate him for events in Australia. At the conclusion of Monday's activities at Adelaide Sir Roseberry was to be immediately entrained to Randwick, to compete on the lust day of the A.JiJ. meeting. Now he may have to return home without having an outing. One-Time Winner of Easter Four years ago Hipo won the Auckland Easter Handicap. and stored handsomely. Many tides have- come and gone in the Waitemata since then, however, and Hipo has kept on winning a fair share of races during that period. Now the Taranaki reuses ntative is at middle-distance racing, and only a fortnight ago scored over a mile and a distance at Bulls. He is in the President’s Handicap to-day. Successful Jockeys Of the jockeys that have been aboard the winner of the Auckland Lust'-r Handicap, only a couple will be . idina in this event to-day. They - ie H. Wiggins, who scored on Hi no four years ago, and L. G. Morris, the pilot of Reremoana when he establish id Uptime record for the ra--*=». jockeys will be on Laughing Prince and Bright Glow respectively on Saturday, so it will be seen that boJi have an excellent show of getting their .- nit - on the. list once again. V.\ S. '.aguv rode last year’s winner, but of ]..te ne has been operating in ; , ; . nc j will be at Riccarton on Monday.