Trip Postponed

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 335, 21 April 1928, Page 6

Trip Postponed

i Jockey T. Williams intended to leave ! for Fiji to-day, but owing to the post- | ponement m: a meeting there he has I cancelled the trip and will not leave until about the end of next month. Golden Wedding Back The chestnut filly, Golden Wedding, looked very lean when she returned to Ellerslie a few weeks back, but is now better conditioned, although it appears as if it will be some time yet before she is in racing trim. A Smart Sprint That the number two grass was conducive to fast times was evident this morning, when Princess Ronnie moved over six furlongs in 1.15 1-5. The mare jumped off well and got to the'end of the first couple in 24 3-5, and for three furlongs registered 36 1-5. Schooling at Ellerslie Beau Cavalier (E. Stanaway) was given an essay over a couple of the schooling hurdles at Ellerslie this morning. The initial fence was jumped admirably, but at the second, he nearly came to grief, owing to the greasy reins slipping through his rider’s hands. Rahepoto (G. Holland) was also schooled, his task being a round of the hurdles. He jumped carefully, but notwithstanding it was a good exhibition. Domiciled at Headquarters The New Plymouth trainer, E. George, will have Hipo, Melissa, Oration and Kyngzone in attendance at Ellerslie until Te Rapa. The luck of the game has not been associated with this stable lately, and a reversal of the wheels of fortune would be appreciated. Out to Grass Owing to no further opportunities being available this season for two-year-olds after Te Rapa, W. Taylor has put aside the Tea Tray colt, Tea Tattle, for a couple of months. On several occasions Tea Tattle lias shown plenty of pace, and as he is yet to appear in public it will be interesting to note how he performs when the real test comes. Moliison’s Future If present intentions are adhered to an unusual programme has been mapped out for the champion two-year-old of this season. Mr. Pearce’s present idea is that Mollison shall not be entered for any of the important spring handicaps, but be reserved for the set weight and w.f.a. events. Thus he will avoid the hurlyburly of the Melbourne Cup, the winning of which seems to have thrown a pall over the futures of so many gallant horses. For Soft Tracks On his showing the first day High Pitch was regarded as a distinct possibility in the Waitakere Handicap on Wednesday at Avondale, and it must have been disconcerting, at least to his backers, to see. him toiling along the back at the tail end of the field. He finished well in the straight, but all the same it was a disappointing effort. Probably we will have to await softer tracks before seeing the Railway Handicap winner of IS months back to something like that form. Something New An English exchange states that there is a likelihood of a more scientific method being adopted of hoisting the winning numbers on racecourses. The arrangements are still decidedly antiquated in the Old Country, and • behind, colonial ideas. The new scheme goes very much better, however, and is an electrical device, whereby the judge can make the necessary numbers appear simply by pressing a button. For instance, by pushing down button No. 2, that number instantaneously appears on the semaphore. Accuracy, time-saving, and labour-saving can all be claimed for the new idea.