Turf Note

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 390, 26 June 1928, Page 10

Turf Note

(By

EARLY BIRD)

At Ellerslie Next Saturday The annual race meeting of the Te Kuiti Racing Club is to be heid at Kllerslle on Saturday and Monday next. For The Second Day Llewellyn does not claim an engagement on the first day of the fixture at KUerslie on Saturday, but it must be remembered that lie is nominated for both the King Country Hurdles and the Maniapoto Steeples on the second day, and it was with the objeet of keeping the latter engagement that he was schooled over country last Saturday. Star of the Hast accompanied him. and neither put a foot wrong, their clean display forming the subject of favourable comment. Riders On Saturday. A few riding engagements for the Te Kuiti fixture, which is to be held at Kllerslie on Saturday and Monday are announced as follow: —R. McTavish, Thursby, Serang and Nassock; S. Tremain, Storm Fiend and Wyoming; and L. Husband, Hoariri. G. Holland rides Rahepoto, Saucy Lass and Appellant; J. Cammick, High Fitch; F. Foster, Beau Cavalier; L. Hiilieu, Mountain Guide, Day Guard and Muecari; and C. Regan, Rafferty and Lord Bruce. Doing Well The Te Kuiti Handicap candidate. King Emerald, continues to progress pleasingly in his essays, and the fact that he recorded an excellent performance in the Cornwall Handicap isr* v .e to entitle him to no little support in his engagement on Saturday. The racing ho had at Ellersle recently is sure to be of considerable benefit to the Nassau gelding, and consequently it would not be at all surprising to see him put up more than a decent showing at the end of the week. Poor Money Kaitl won the open sprint on each of the three days racing at Hastings last week. For accomplishing this nat trick the sprinter captured 11290 in stake money, a striking illustration of the paucity of stakes on the East Coast. The financial support accorded racing at Napier, Gisborne and Hastings these days is exceedingly poor, but it is to be hoped that with the better times coming in the near future, as promised by the optimists, the Hawke’s Bay racing fraternity will once again pl°ee their district on the high plane it has held in the good days. Conditions At Trentham Rain and finally snow was the lot of Trentham trainers, and some of them did not visit the track. Several horses worked on the trial grass from the mile post down to the half-mile mark, but they were not after time. Missed The Bus There Is an .angry owner in Dunedin. His trainer did not nominate in the McLean Stakes, where the owner was particularly anxious to “measure swords’* with anything in the field. Another annoyed Dunedin sportsman is he who turned down Mister Gamp for £250 a couple of months ago. Riccarton Schooling

Oriflamb (E. Shaw) was schooled over the double brush at Riccarton. He ran off at the second, but in another attempt over the two fences he gave a fast and clean exhibition. Shaw will ride Oriflamb in forthcoming engagements-

Penalties For Te Kuiti Winner The winner of the Te Kuiti Handicap at Ellerslie on Saturday, if engaged on the flat the first day at Trentham, will be mulcted in a 51b penalty. The value of the other 15 races on the Te Kuiti card is insufficient to incur a penalty. Penalty For Winter Hurdles The great majority of horses weighted for the £I,OOO Winter Hurdles, run on the third day, are also engaged in the open event over the sticks decided the first day, the Trentham Hurdles, and the horse winning the latter race will have to put up 51b penalty if started in the Winter Hurdles. With a horse fairly high in the weights, this is an excellent invitation to run a bye. To Visit Diacquenod To bo mated with Mr John Donald's recent purchase, Diacquenod, next season is tho Llmond—Cowl filly that was purchased by Mr. G. F. Moore for 500 guineas but was not raced owing to getting into a wire fence. This filly is a full-sister to Mask, and a halfsister to Curtain, The Monk, Rational, and Veil. Deadly Poison George Jones stated at Hastings that the effects of the blistering of Commendation had not totally disappeared, and that was the reason why the big gelding had not been sent to him at Awapuni. It seems certain now tnat Commendation was In a really had way when he was brought back from Australia, and the poison he picked up worked with deadly effect. Watching Their Steps E. A. Connolly’s disqualification in Melbourne is bound to create a scare, says a Sydney exchange, and some southern trainers and jockeys hitherto more fortunate than they deserved will probably be very circumspect for a few weeks at least. It is probably due to sheer luck, but how some trainers and jockeys have for so long avoided collision with the stewards puzzles many Melbourne racing men. Winner By Turveyor Tripod, by Surveyor—Stein, was th« winner of the second division of the Flying Handicap at the Rosebery Racing Club”s meeting on June 13. The New Zealand-bred Carol Singer ran a dead-heat for second place in the Encourage Stakes at the same meeting; and another New Zealand-bred one, Reremai, ran second In the first division of the 14.2 handicap. Beaumont As Hurdler Among those engaged in hack hurdle events at Trentham next month is Beaumont. This horse has a good deal of pace, but has yet to make his appearance in public as a jumper. He is the right type, however, and has proved a good weight carrier. Some time back C. Christie, private trainer to Mr. R. Acton Adams, made overtures for the purchase of Beaumont, as he took his eye as just the sort to make good over fences. All In Order The last mail from Australia had the complete list of entries for the big spring events, and apparently W. Donovan’s entries were in order after ! all for Tea Miss, Lysanias, The Earth, and Amplifl. • in the Epsom Handicap, and Greengrocer, Lysanias, The Earth, and Amplifier in the Metro- | politan.