Truf Notes

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

Truf Notes

Next Week's Racing The comiqg week will be a busy one for racegoers, with fixtures at Timuru and Hastings on Friday and Saturday, and at Te Rapa (Hamilton) on Saturday and Monday, in addition to the concluding day on Monday next of the Marlborough meeting at Trentham. Trentham Jockey For Te Rapa

It is understood that the Trentham lightweight, R. Beale, who has been riding prominently since being associated with Goodman’s stable there, will be riding at the Waikato meet?* ing next week. Young Beale can go to scale at about 7.2.

Adjuster Schooled The Avondale trainer, G. Henderson, brought Adjuster across to Ellerslie on Thursday to give the Adjutant gelding a tryout over the schooling fences. His first attempt was three pony hurdles, and, notwithstanding that he jumped carefully, it was a good exhibition. In a later effort over the bigger battens, he pleased by his clean jumping. Returned To Ellerslie

The daughter of Quin Abbey, Betty Zane, has returned to Ellerslie, and her future trainer will be B. Cowan. Shortly after the Pukekohe meeting, a few weeks back the four-year-old left S. Tooman’s establishment to enter that of W. Kirk, who resides at Avondale. Like the prodigal son, however, she has returned to the Ellerslie fold. Beau Cavalier Prepares

Carrying more than his share of condition Beau Cavalier is now' receiving more strenuous exercise in view of fulfilling engagements at Te Rapa next Saturday. It is probable that the Chesterfield gelding wfill require racing to bring him to his best, and he should be in excellent condition to carry out his racing during the winter months. A New Recruit

T. George has received an addition to his stable in a three-year-old colt by Romeo from Thamley, who is owned by Mr. J. D. Jones, who also races Dave and Solanio, this pair being trained by J. Williamson.

Stable Mate For Sir Archie Lady Val, a yearling half-sister to Sir Archie, is the latest member of P. Stenning’s stable. The chestnut filly is* by Valkyrian from Lady Marble, and she has only to live up to the deeds of her half-brother to make a name for herself. Fernden, who also recently came under the care of the above mentor, displays plenty o£ quality and should do well.

Cruelty of Steeplechases In the House of Commons, Sir William Joynson-I-licks, Home Secretary, states that he does not intend to legislate for steeplechases. He points out that the existing laws are sufficient to deal with any cruelty. Probably this statement was made after the recent Grand National debacle, wherein only one horse out of 42 starters completed the course without mishap.

May Win Again Soon Early in the spring Miss Mercia was running prominently in hack sprints, and during the festive peiuod she was running over middle distances and winning, too. However, she has not shown much since she was brought here for the Auckland and Avondale meetings, her best effort being last Wednesday in the Waitakere Handicap, in which she finished a fair fourth. Where the company is not too select Miss Mercia should hold her own, and as she is not averse to bad ground she should do well during the winter season. Te Atiawa Promises Well

They were not a particularly good lot of two-year-olds that contested the Nursery Handicap at Avondale on Wednesday, and with Te Atiawa consenting to do her best, this bold galloper gave nothing else a chance, winning comfortably, although he was doing just about his best at the judge. This gelding is by Chief Ruler from Wake Up, a mare that was retired to the stud in the autumn of her three-year-old career as the result of being injured on the Wanganui track one morning, after which she was in slings for a week. Wake Up was got by Benzonian from Somniform, by Boniform—Dreamer, and was developing into a smart sprinter at the time of her accident. Te Atiawa looks like developing into a good sort, too. Went Out Sore

Oration was very sore when he contested the Waitakere Handicap on Wednesday, and to get third as he did was a sign of returning form. He may

do better from now on with the sting out of the ground, and in addition there is little doubt that he is staying on much better than formeriy, when five furlongs was his limit. In the Slings When a racehorse breaks a leg its destruction is customary, but more than once it has paid to save it if possible. Swynford was in slings two years consequent of a broken leg. He eventually made such a good recovery that it was possible to use him at the stud, and he has been a great success. It is also mentioned by a London exchange that a steeplechaser named Father Collins broke a leg. but he was patched up, and subsequently won at three miles. When New Hope fractured a small bone in Sydney last year his destruction was contemplated/ but he is again quite sound, and though he has not run up to expectations in his recent races, has shown excellent track form.

Back In Work

J * W. Lowe has Star Ranger in work again at Trentham afteh a lengthy spell. Lowe intends to leave on a short holiday to Sydney in a week or two. Sister To Vertigern

Panola, who finished second in the Easter Stakes at Randwick on Easter Monday, is a two-year-old sister to Vertigern (Rossendale—Pansy), who won the Easter Handicap at Tauherenikau two days earlier.

Trotting Men With Gallopers J. J. Kennerley was a visitor to Riccarton this week, when he worked his four-year-old gelding Great Spear (Greyspear—Tokarahi) and W. J. Tomkinson’s Royal Flower (sister to Ark Royal). They showed useful pace in a half-mile sprint. Spying Out the Land

J. M. Cameron, the New Zealand owner-trainer, who had a sharp and serious attack of double pneumonia when he was in Sydney last spring, was an interested spectator at Rand-

wick last week. His many friends were pleased to see him looking so well, he having thoroughly recovered his health. Cameron, while enjoying a recuperative holiday, is doubtless spying out the land in the interests of his small team. He does not often come to Sydney without any horses, but The Hawk and Goshawk had a fairly busy summer, during which they both a couple of races in New Zealand. Cameron hopes to be in Sydney again with horses next spring.

A Repeat Performance Lomint had her first race at Avondale this week since winning the Cornwall Handicap at Ellerslie last June, and for a short way she was in the picture. She is by no means ready as yet, however, and consequently she was not long in tailing off. By the time "the Cornwall Handicap comes round once more, however, Lomint will be very nearly ready to repeat her performance of nearly twelve months ago.

All Right in the Country On the country circuit recently Matinee showed some good form, but it was entirely missing when stepped’ out in the city recently. On Saturday he was off the course at the turn, and on Wednesday was the pacemaker for most of the journey, to finally finish in the middle of the field. It was expected that the roomy Avondale course would suit him, but the reverse would seem to be the case.

King Merv At His Best Seeing that he had come down so much in the weights, it was not surprising to find King Merv a dangerous candidate for the Waitakere Handicap at Avondale on Wednesday, and the fact that he was made favourite showed just how good a thing his connections considered him to be. And so he was, for he scored comfortably at the finish. King Merv is still handily placed in the weights to win another race or two before being retired from racing.

Ti Tree Is Game There was little doubt that Ti Tree was unlucky in the Waitakere Handicap on Wednesday, and yet she would have had to do something brilliant to beat King Merv, who had interfered with her along the back. This might have cost Ti Tree the race all right, for she was running on well at the end, and when she was knocked back it no doubt took a lot of the sting out of her. The small filly is not built to stand bumps and knocks, and that she should be as brilliant as she is is sufficient. testimony as to her gameness. Tin Cats!

Four greyhound dogs, mistaking a stray cat for the tin hare, rushed wildly down a Sydney street one night last week, dragging with them their master, Mr. Montgomery, to whom they had been securely leashed. Unable to extricate himself from the leash, which only tightened every minute as the dogs chased the cat, Mr. Montgomery was dragged to the end of many other streets. After some time the dogs leapt through the window of a door at a grocer’s shop and dragged Mr. Montgomery with them. He suffered severe lacerations on the right arm and right thigh, for which he was treated at the hospital. Dunedin’s Handicapper The committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club, after advertising recently for a new handicapper, decided not to make a permanent appointment until the beginning of next season, but has arranged with Mr. C. E. Hassall, of Timaru. to do the handicapping for the winter meeting, extending over three days, in June. Mr. Hassall has had a good deal of experience as a handicapper, having acted for a number of clubs in Canterbury and Otago, especially during the last year. He did the second day handicaps for the Oamaru Jockey Club's meeting, held at Wingatui last month, and probably his good work at that fixture brought him favourably under the notice of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s officials. He is well known in racing circles, also, in other directions, as he acts as judge to several clubs in South Canterbury and North Otago, while he is the assistant to the judge of the Canterbury Jockey Club and the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club.