Durf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 356, 17 May 1928, Page 6

Durf Notes

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EARLY BIRD

For the First Race Apparently the mission of Ladies’ Boy at Wanganui was the hack sprint this morning, for this fine sprinter was scratched for the Borough Handicap (the last race) at 2.20 p.m. yesterday. To Ride Archibald H. Burt has been engaged to ride Archibald in the Great Northerns. Unless present intentions are altered, Archibald will run in both the hurdles and steeplechase, and he will probably be schooled over the country in the near future. Well-Bred Colt Dead Mr. W. R. Kemball's three-year-old colt Sarchee (Sarcliedon—Welkin Queen) died at his stables at Masterton on Monday. He won two races and had been placed on several occasions. Ladies’ Boy on Tour Among those entered for hack and open sprint events at the Otaki meeting next month is Ladies’ Boy, who is racing at Wanganui this week. Athenry figures in the hack hurdle contests at Otaki. Schooling At Wingatui Decision and Dubious were schooled over fences at Wingatui recently. They began at the stand double and completed a full circuit by finishing over it again. Decision gave a good exhibition, white Dubious was inclined to be careful although giving a good display. It is a pity that Decision makes a “noise,” and hence is not likely to last a long course over country. Quiet Time The slack period in racing is fast approaching. After the Wanganui meeting to-day and Saturday there will be a lull for a fortnight, when the Great Northern fixture commences. At the same time the Otaki and Dunedin gatherings will be held. In the interim doings in connection with the Great Northerns will hold the interest. Change of Stables The Ellerslie trainer, F. Gilchrist, has expended a good deal of care and patience on Daylight since he recommissioned the Day Comet gelding, but he will not receive his due reward, for the gelding., has been transferred to another stable. Daylight has registered several placed performances since returning to the active list, and Gilchrist has him in such condition just now that most of the credit will go to him if the Day Comet gelding should perform attractively at the coming June meeting. Preparing For Ellerslie Perl© de Leon has been schooled over steeplechase country with a view to the Great Northern Steeplechase;, and according to reliable reports he has shaped very well indeed —so well, in fact, that his connections anticipate that he will run an even better race in the Great Northern Steeplechase than in the hurdles. From this it can be taken that Perle de Leon will be the stable representative, and not Gaze. A Bad Accident Star Stranger 11. was running close in behind the leaders in the Trial Plate at Ashburton on Saturd.ay when she galloped on the heels of a horse in front of her, after two furlongs had been covered. A. E. Ellis suffered a nasty fall, and was badly knocked about by the horses following. Later in the afternoon an inquiry into the mishap was instituted by the judicial stewards, and after the evidence of D. Cotton (The Viscount) and L. J. Ellis (Red Jazz) had been heard it was decided that the fall was accidental, and no further action was deemed ne es' sarv. Was Unlucky Zuexis made a very favourable impression by his effort in the Hack Handicap. He began slowly and he was a long way back at the home turn from which point he put in a great run. Pie came along the straight "n the outside rail, finishing under the judge’s box. Many people on the grandstand thought he had won, their viewpoint favouring a horse on the outside. Had he jumped out decently, Zuexis might h ve won easily and his turn will come soon, as he should be L -nefited by racing experience. Wellington District Dates The following dates submitted by racing clubs in the Wellington district for the season 1928-29 have been approved by the Wellington District Committee: —Wellington Racing Club: October 20 and 22, 1928; January 22, 24, 26, 1929; March 16 and 18, 1929; July 9, 11, 13, 1929. Wairarapa Racing Club: January 1 and 2, 1929; March 30 and April 1, 1929. Masterton Racing Club: October 27, 1928 (applying for additional day, 26th); December 26 and 27, 1928. Otaki Maori Racing Club, December 6 and 8, 1928, June 3 and 3, 1929. Levin Racing Club* November 17, 1928 (applying for additional day, 19th). Pahiatua Racing Club: January 30 and 31, 1929. Carterton Racing Club: October 13, 1928 (applying for additional day, 12th). Marlborough Racing Club: March 7 and 9, 1929; May 3 and 4, 1929. Well Related On Mr. Appleyard’s farm at Nolantown, Hawera, is a fine rising brown yearling by Gasbag—Moorefield, full brother to Mooregas and half-brother to Crown Area. He has already been named Gasfield. He is very solidly built, of a much bigger stamp than Mooregas, and will probably piove the biggest of his sire’s progeny once he begins to. race. He much more resembles Crown Area in build + han his full-brother. Gasfield has a wide blaze covering the whole length of his face, with a narrowing constriction just between and beneath the eyes. He should prove very easy to distinguish in a race. His dam, Moorefield, was not mated in 1925, so there will be no two-year offspring for the approaching season. She is at present in foal to Acre, and it is Mr. Appleyard’s intention to put her to Nigger Minstrel this year. She is only nine years old at present, never having raced owing to an injury to the fetlock of the near foreleg. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT “Wager.”—J. won, for it was under eight.

Jockeys to Tour Jockeys J. Barry, B. H. Morris and L. G. Morris contemplate a holiday trip round the islands after the Great Northern meeting. They will return at the end of July. Another Fine Jumper Indian Chief, owned by Mr. James Bull and trained by Miss Maher, lias of late been jumping the steeplechase fences, showing great promise for a hack ’chaser.* Maybe he will furnish into another Brigadier Bill and win at his first attempt, which will be at Hastings next month. Australian Barrier All the starting points at Longchamn (France) are now provided with the Australian starting barrier, and at practically all the other meetings around Paris this machine was in position at every starting-point for the opening of this season. Even Marseilles had adopted this method of dispatch. Yoma Well Toma looked very bright and well at Hawera, and gave every sign that he had done plenty of work. There was also no lack of signs of confidence in his ability, and the Stratford folk supported him with good money. He for once held a good position all the way, but foxmd the task of conceding weight and a start to Day Guard too much for him, writes “Vedette.” Yoma may not be a forlorn hope for a race like the Cornwall Handicap. Old Rider Again? Comical appears to be better now than he was at this period last year, and probably he would have made quite a respectable showing in the Egruont Steeplechase if C. Taggart had remained in the saddle. Horse and rider appeared to hold different ideas as they went into the fence which caused the dissolution. Comical may not win at Ellerslie, but he looks a better horse now. Although it is said that C. Taggart is to ride him in his races this season, it would not be surprising \o see A. H. Burt on his back before long. Back to the Old Home Finding that his old equine friend, Tommy Dodd, was on the market in Melbourne recently, Mr. W. H. Broad repurchased the Solferino gelding by cable, and he arrived back here this week by the steamer Manuka. Tommy Dodd looks well and already has gone into the stable of F. W. Ellis, to be hacked about before being tested to see if he possesses any of his original speed and stamina. Tommy Dodd was a useful horse when he left here for Melbourne, but apparently he did rot retain his form in Victoria although he got on the winning list. Brother to Set Sail C. Gieseler has five rising two-year-olds in his stable. One of them is a very nice youngster ranking as a fullbrother to Set Sail. He is well grown and hard to fault. Another is a Paper Money—Sunny Corner filly that was picked up at a fire-away price at the November sales. She looks sure to gallop. Another couple sunning themselves on the roadside consisted of the Solferino —Marsa. youngster, and the Night Raid —Bendovvn gelding. Each of the quartet looks sure to turn out more than useful. The remaining youngsters in the team is the brother to Royal Lineage, who has been doing well since taken in hand. Silver Paper Back The rising three-year-old, Silver s*aper, has furnished and filled out in a noticeable fashion since he went into retirement after injuring a foot at Trentham, when he went North from Riccarton to compete at the Wellington R.C. summer fixture. He is now being hacked about the lanes and grassed roads in the vicinity of Invercargill, and moves soundly. He has practically grown a new hoof, and so

far as can be ascertained he is sound again. His yearling half-sister. by Some Boy II. —Silver Peak, is being carefully handled in the meantime and will presently be put into work again. She is developing into a charming youngster, and possesses the equable disposition of her well-performed dam. Red Lion May Race At Trentham In an endeavour to having Red Lion in rare buckle when the Wellington Racing Club’s winter meeting comes up for decision, the local trainer, W. Ryan, is spending a good deal of his time in attending to the four-figure purchase of the Messrs. J. C. and P. S. Gleeson. It has not yet been definitely decided as to whether the Solferino gelding will race at Trentham, but providing that Ryan can have the two-year-old at his best at tl*at period he will probably make the trip. Red Lion’s best effort this season was third to Avon Court and Volimond, on the occasion of the Thames Jockey Club’s annual meeting at Ellerslie in the spring. Shining Armour’s Jumping Lesson At Wanganui Shining Armour (W. Easton) was given his first lesson over the pony hurdles. Previously he had been jumped once or twice over brush at oFrdell, but this was his first actual experience over hurdles. These were not well placed, and there was little run at them. At the first attempt he jumped the two fences, screwing at each. At the next he dropped W. Easton, and again at another attempt he bumped his rider off. At the fourth attempt he cleared both fences well enough, although jumping high. Possibly he would have done a great deal better with a hunter as a schoolmaster, and he is likely to be a promising recruit to hurdle racing.

Left Out of the Book , Although Monsogne paid such a sub - stantial dividend at Hawera on Saturday, she would .have paid more to have won on Thursday, carrying only £47 on the first day as against £55 on the second day. The pool on Saturday was very little bigger, and she was not even carded in the race book. She was never prominent at her earlier essay, and the extra support *vas probably due to superstition, her name being omitted from the acceptances in the correct-card, as well as in the telegraphed list. An additional factor influencing a few was undoubtedly the coincidence that apprentice Murray had been taken off Desert Lad, an extremely hot favourite, and was on the Bisogne mare. In the race Onward, Desert Lad and Monsogne jumped out together from the tapes in that order from the rails and raced thus to the straight, neither of the latter two being able to get ahead on to the rails, or attempting to drop back. Monsogne thus had a far out passage over the whole journey and to top things oft Murray’s saddle began to slip a chain from the post, and he passed the judge standing bolt upright in the stirrups. There was thus nothing of a fluke in the win. Only One Northerner Pouri has been entered for the Otago Steeplechase and Otago Hurdles. He is the only Northerner nominated. Apparently Peter Maxwell’s programme has been changed. Black Duke, who is entered for flat events at Ellerslie, is also among the Dunedin nominations. Following are the entries for the principal events at the Dunedin fixture: Birthday Handicap, of £3SS; 15 miles.— Apache, Black Mint, Bilbo, Carnot, Celerity 11., Fresco, Heather Lad, Ring Sol, Overhaul, Overdrawn, Queen Balboa, Soltoe, Tintoretto, Taboo. Otago Steeplechase Handicap, of £510; about 35 miles.—Dubious, Greenstone, Mainspring, Pouri, Pamplona, Royal Fashion, Ranui, Royal Wink, Scamp, Thistlecrown, The Babe, WharnclifEe. Tradesmen’s Handicap, of £255; 6 furlongs.—Antrim Boy, Black Duke, Booster, Carnot, Corn Money, Gay Sonnet, King Balboa, Martis, Money Mine, Miss Winkie, Nine of Spades, Royal Game, Ronaki, Tip Tree, Taboo. Otago Hurdle Handicap, of £385; 2 miles (run second day).—Bonatic, Beauty Light, Coastguard, Guncase, Hymestrason, Heisler, Kaikahu, Koauau, Oriflamb, Pouri, Royal Land, Scion.