Truf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 493, 24 October 1928, Page 12

Truf Notes

Reminders Acceptances for the first day of the Dargaville meeting (to be held at Avondale on Thursday and Saturday, November 1 and 3) are due with Mr. A. J. Farquhar (Avondale Jockey Club) at 5 p.m. on Friday. Nominations for the Takapuna spring fixture, to be held on November 30 and December 1, close on Friday, November 2, at the same time; final payment for the Takapuna Plate is also due. Not So Bad Rillet was not so badly injured at Masterton as generally supposed, and it is expected to have the daughter cf Acre and Rill in work again at the end of next month. Her cuts were in a * fleshy portion of the armpit and should not take a great while to heal. For The Cup Haze continues to do well in his preparation for the New Zealand Cup. He has got through a lot of useful work, and he is in good order to take on more strenuous tasks during the next week or two. He has not raced since the autumn of 1927, but at his best he was a good horse, who had more than his share of bad luck in big races. As he stays well, he may be worth keeping in mind, but more will be known of him soon. Interference At Wingatui It is not often trouble arises at the finish of a race, but the stewards’ stand is where most of the stipendiary stewards watch races from. At the recent meeting at Wingatui several horses met with interference about three furlongs from home, but, judging by the reports supplied to the Press room during the meeting, no inquiries were made into the causes. With two stipendiary stewards in attendance, surely one of them could have found sufficient energy or interest in the racing to have posted himself on some part of the course where trouble was more likely to take place. At the present time the public in the South Island are getting a very indifferent service from those appointed by the conferenc-U to control racing.— “Dunedin Star.” One For Fool’s Paradise Fool’s Paradise, now owned by Mr. Falkirter, is trained by M. Poison. The ex-New Zealander was at a good price in his start at Sydney last Saturday week. This because of the solid backing for Bravado, who had been galloping well. But while Bravado went out favourite and had every chance, he took no part in the finish.' Fool’s Paradise went into the lead, and there he remained. Boaster made a good effort to overhaul Fool’s Paradise in the last furlong, but failed by three-quarters of a length. Another Problem The absence of totalisator investments on Feisole, who ran third in the first division of the Flying Handicap at the Rosebery Racing Club’s meeting on Wednesday last, has led to several wrangles between bookmakers and their clients in the Newcastle district. A number of bets had been booked with ringmen on Feisole at totalisator odds. Bookmakers now claim that as there were no investments on Feisole these were no bets. Backers, on the other hand, state that there were investments on Feisole in the Leger at Rosebery, and that the Leger dividends should be used as a basis for payment. A ruling is being sought in the matter. Not The Stars! Luck seems to be with certain jockeys in Victoria, commented a Sydney correspondent last Wednesday. Two were not under a favourable star on Saturday, Kneyitt and Brady, and they were put out for a month for interference to Martimah in a Welter at Caulfield. J. Daniels, for interference to The Gay Mutineer, later in the day, while riding Mollison, escaped. To-day, Duncan, the jockey who rides most winners in Victoria, ran under another horse’s neck during a division of the Moora Welter, and won the race on Pinnacle. He was merely cautioned. It will be Duncan’s luck to ride the Caulfield Cup winner, Maple, the mare lie has been engaged for for some time. D. Zeally was suspended for a month for crossing Dismal, who ran second in the Hurdle. But for this he might have won the race. • The Dominion's Edinburgh Quite recently the president of the Dunedin Jockey Club. Mr. A. C. Hanlon, commented on the apathy of the Dunedin public generally in regard to racing. He was supported in this by the financial result of the recent meeting at Wingatui. It is understood the club will lose about £I,OOO. It is extremely difficult to suggest a remedy, states a Dunedin writer, as no club could have provided two better days’ racing, nor attracted a better class of horse. The stakes, if made any less, would probably fail to draw the good class horses that raced at Wingatui, and with so many horses racing and likely to be engaged at the big carnival of racing at Riccarton next month a better attendance of the racing public might reasonably have been expected. Certainly the climatic conditions were not the best, but were not bad enough to have kept lovers of good horses and racing away. Fortunately the other three meetings of the club are more popular with the public, and this deficit will be easily wiped out. A Late Plunge • Last Wednesday—three days before the race—Maple was heavily backed to win the Caulfield Cup. She did, too. Here is what one critic wrote last Wednesday: “After the defeat of Sharp Son, Vaals and other Caulfield Cup candidates at Caulfield to-day, the issue was apparently reduced in next Saturday’s race, and the conclusion come to by many critics was that the only one who might possibly beat. Gothic in the Cup is Maple. Maple, at a disadvantage of 261 b, ran Strephon a great race in the Herbert Power Stakes of a mile and three furlongs She comes down 61b, is a sure stayer of a mile and a-half (having won the Derby and other races over the distance in Perth) and is fit. She was heavily backed to-day after the last race at Caulfield, and one well-known Sydney punter who saw his horse beaten by her to-day put £250 on her. Others followed suit, and she became a very pronounced second favourite for the Caulfield Cup. People know that she will stay the mile and a-half. She will be running on when others are tiring.” And how she did run on!

RACING FIXTURES

October 20. 24.—Waikato R.C. October 25, 27.—Poverty Bay Club. October 27. —Banks Peninsula R.C. October 31.—Birchwood Hunt Club. November 1, 3.—Dargaville (at Avondale). November 3,5, 7. 10.—Canterbury J. C. November 8, 10. Whangarei A. C. November 17. —-Levin R.C. November 17.—Waipapakaurl R.C. November 14, 15. Winton R.C. November 21, 22.—Otaki Maori R.C. November 23, 24.—South Canterbury J.C. November 24, 26.—Te Kuiti R. C. November 30, December I.—Takapuna J.C. November 30. December I.—Feilding J.C. December 7, 8. —Cromwell J.C. December B.—Taumarunui R.C. December B.—Ashburton- C’ty R.C.

A Relapse The friends of the veteran Hawke's Bay trainer, S. Waddell, will regret to hear that he has suffered a serious relapse from his recent illness. He was making a good recovery when an apparently premature return to the training track had serious consequences. He is again confined to bed, and according to F. Waddell, now at Trentham with the team, his uncle is dangerously ill. A Timely Interest At least two trainers and owners expressed dissatisfaction with the way their horses were handled in races on Hho first day of last week’s meeting at Wingatui, and in consequence put up other horsemen on Saturday. l£i one case not only did the rider in question handle his mount indifferently in the race, .but owing to the late hours he kept, his employer did not consider him fit to ride the next day. It is good to see owners and trainers taking a firm stand in these matters. Melbourne Cup Another who pleased immensely was The Banker, says a Melbourne writer in a review of big handicap prospects He has not raced much in the past few months, but he is evidently lit and well. On the tracks he has done everything that has been asked of him, and to-day’s ra.ee led to an impression that he is preparing for his Melbourne Cup engagement in the best style. Sore Three-year-olds Starshooter was withdrawn from the Dunedin Guineas on account of being sore. He had to be spelled last season through shoulder lameness, a nd his trainer did not care to risk a recurrence of the trouble. With a few days’ rest he should be all right again. Prickles was sore as the result of her collision with the rails on Thursday, and it would have been risking an aggravation of the trouble had she been started in the Dunedin Guineas. No serious results are anticipated, and she should soon be in solid work again. Hawera Track Notes At Hawera the other day a strong wind and a heavy track slowed up the horses. The most interesting gallop of the morning was performed by Mendip, Orazone, Bisox, and Animated, who were associated over six furlongs. Mendip was quickest to begin, and Orazon slowest. Mendip was soon joined by Bisox, closely attended by Animated, the latter being eased after going four furlongs. Bisox and Mendip finished strongly, with Bisox half a length to the good, and Orazone a couple of lengths away, in 1.27. Silvermine and Silver Rule jumped off from the seven-furlong post, and ran four furlongs down the back in 55i. Royal Acre worked a strong half-mile without being sent against the watch. Partaga did a couple of rounds of useful pace work on the sand, a similar task being allotted Polyphemus on the same track. Coolmint worked at halfpace to the three-furlong post, coming home from there in 42 in attractive style. Egeria worked half a mile comfortably in 58 1-5. Black Odin finished up his work by running home two furlongs in good style. Bright Glow and Sagittarius were companions over four furlongs, run from the seven-furlong post, finishing together in 55. Calapat, Paitonu, and Gasnapper did useful pace work on the sand. Bonogne, after a short let-up, has resumed work on the tracks again.