WAIKATO NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 558, 10 January 1929, Page 9

WAIKATO NOTES

HORSES FOR THAMES WENDAY’S CONSISTENCY (Special to THE SUHJ A.fter * Rood innings at the big festival, co: didates in the Auckland | country stables are on the Qui vive for ! more At the coming week-end they 1 will turn their attention upon the take gathering market at the Thames, “ a W ;11 have the wider fields of Taka- ' „ na and Wellington before January runs out The Sun’s South Auckland [ravelling correspondent thus discourses on events of interest dealing | with horses in his territory. Ramblin’ Kid Comes Right Ramblin’ Kid has been through the ! h inds of several trainers in his time, but none has met with the success that ■■■is attended 11. Barr, who took the Winterbourne gelding into his team a couple Of months ago. Ramblin’ Kid had not been entirely free from bleeding troubles prior to the latest change ,d Quarters, and his only win over a laree number of starts had been in a Indies’ Bracelet at Hawke’s Bay. He had been tried at fiat and hurdle racing While he showed speed above the ordinary in both branches he could never be got to run his journeys right „ut Trainer Barr gave the Ramblin’ one bis first outing under his regime on the flat on the opening day at TV Kuiti but he was carted off the course in the ear!v stages of the running and that settled his prospects which file stable at anyrate, thought were good. That there was justification for the contention was proved on the second , y w hen lie beat his hurdles field lerv decisively and gave a return nigh o a third of a century Believing that mall fish are sweet. Ramblin Kid was next engaged at the non-tote gathering it Pirongia, where he icon the Cup and a seven furlong race „n Boxing Lay, to place half a hundred ind a cup to his credit. With further wisdom in placing the hurdles on the list day at Bllerslie was chosen, and a -.iod £350 was gathered in in what uroved an easy success. Now that he is on the right road constitutionally, ramblin' Kid is likely to show the way home in other events before the season runs out. L kely to Improve V hack who created a. favourable im,,cession with the writer by a double victory at Te Kuiti was Valroe. The Valkyrian gelding has had no public engagement since, having had to be eased owing to a cold after his King Country efforts. He has thrown oft' the effects of this mishap and is stretching mi* in impressive style on the tracks at ilatamata. Valroe is a very free mover and is likely to Improve a lot yet. He is down for engagements at the Thames meeting, and providing he looks the part when he is saddled up at Pa*-awai on Saturday and Monday, his number will be called for with particular frequency. In the latter part «>f the season Va roe should be an even better proposition than he is at present, with the improvement that racing is capable of effecting. When Berinthia was known to the track as a flat galloper, the daughter of Mountain Knight, while she had plenty of speed, was invariably run out of power before the end of six furlongs. Her fractious habits at the barrier at times could be put down as vet another reason why she failed to deliver the goods when expected. Now Berinthia is in- the hurdling branch of the game and a change has come aver the scene, so fur as she is concerned. The erstwhile Wanganui trainer. Albert Jackson, who is located at Frankton these times, has had Berinthia’s education in hand, and he has made a good start, seeing that it is only about three months since his charge's preparation was begun in earnest. At Stratford last week Berinthia cracked it for her first win over the battens. The veteran, “Paddy” Maguire, was the pilot, and getting his mount to the front early, kept her there till the “all clear” signal was hoisted. With a further degree of confidence in her fencing, Berinthia. will go on to better things. On the circuits in the country she will be especially well suited by the conditions, as a break on her rivals over the first obstacles is always valuable. The Credit is Theirs Although Bee had left Te Aroha prior to keeping her engagements at the big festival at Auckland, if can be reliably claimed that the Waikato centre referred to provided her with the preparation that enabled her to win two of the important sprints at the meeting, viz., the Railway and the Electric Handicaps. During the couple of seasons the daughter of bucullus and Flagship made Te Aroha • her headquarters she won numerous races, and sporting folk round tlie Waikato were well represented when the financial! reward was doled out, through tctalisator channels at the holiday period. Nancy Lee, always a consistent track galloper, could be followed with the colours up with a degree of consistency that is fairly rare among racing thoroughbreds. She has been on deck for a good many seasons as a stake earner, and while she must »nce more advance toward the top of the weights!, judicious placing will provide her with further opportunities before the 1925-9 racing term runs its course. The most remunerative, from the stake earning point of view, of the Waikato horses to do the Taranaki and meetings at Christmas-New Vear was Wenday. In four starts, two at each fixture, the little chestnut daughter of Day Comet and Weno nah was never out of a place, registering a win. a second and two thirds on fhe trip and placing some £350 to the credit of her Hamilton lady owner. Wenday’s trainer, Phil Brady, is due a lot of credit for the fine condition in which he produced Wenday for her recent engagements. The one victory • was achieved in the Malone Memorial Handicap, the main event of the second day's card at Stratford. As Wenday has some form to her credit as a hurdler, she may be found giving some attention to racing over the sticks during the coming autumn and winter months. Among the Minor Brigade A maiden who has come under notice during the few' outings he has Had on the country circuit is Arcade. While there is nothing outstanding in the matter of constitution about this three-year-old black gelding (by Marble Arch from Glenelia), who is trained by *>ank Tutchen at Te Rapa, he has Sdven some evidence of being capable galloping fast. Arcade is in the Tapu Handicap at Thames, and a good marble on that occasion would be an advantage, as he can hop out pretty smartly. Ic may turn out, however, that his condition may not hold out °ver the final pinch of the journey. Transformer more than paid his way by gathering in £ 350 for his second in

PAGANELLI FOR TRENTHAM T>AGANELLI is likely to be Headed toward Trentham near the end of the month to have another crack at the top sprinters. He has done well in the past on this Southern surface, where he has not the turns to bother him as happens at most other places, writes our travelling turf correspondent. Last season the Lord Quex gelding toppled over some good ones when he won the Wellington Stakes. There will be found some people to argue that PaganeHi is overrated and they present recent Eilerslie happenings in support of their contention. Unwittingly, or otherwise, they do not give due credit to the fact that his inability to fulfil engagements on the First two days, owing to the wet weather, was a serious handicap to the Te R ff a i galloper who, let it be added, also had not been previously tn action since the Stakes at Feild'n9 November 30. While THE SUN S travelling correspondent does not hold that he would have beaten Aussie under the best of circumstances when the pair met m the Newmarket Handicap on New Year’s Day, the latter’s rac. j ing trim was the more perfect for i the reason that he had had a run at Te Awamutu in mid-December ?u ,?. not , her 9°od pipe-opener in the King s Plate. If Paganelli had been fully tuned UP Vi® F lars "? on Ne w Year’s Day would have been narrower than tf L® * w ,? and a_half lengths that was officially recorded. f.' I .®, Rac -iSS Cl Ji l> Handicap at Auckland When this figure is put alongnl? I r ?r e ? I V'e that came from wins in n'i Kuiti and Alison Cups, the lhiinham gelding has kept his end up in the financial sense this season. While fiis Auckland Cup showing gave no line on future results, the going was an adequate excuse for that. With an improved track and also a distance to siut him at his second start the 1 names -owned galloper was more in hm element. It is noted, too, that he had a change of riders that afternoon which not unlikely played its part in the results reached. With the Thurnham gelding figuring in events at Wellington and Takapuna there will be a query for turf followers. %ut the Shore track, from past experience, reads the best attraction of the two for Transformer. Off Colour at Present Results, added to what tlie writer has gathered first hand from good judges, show that Kingfield gave his supporters no reason for enthusiasm by the deeds he registered at Auckland. This is not the true form of the King Lupin sprinter, especially when it is recognised that he likes a spongy surface to put his hoofs into when the pace is on. The Cambridge-owned galloper was not in a good way physically for a period after the opening part of the spring racing, and it is quite possible that he is still feeling some effects of that setback. His recent failures under the light imposts he had to carry is proof that he was not himself. Awarere has been extended an entry for the coming racing at Trentham which indicates, although he failed at Ellerslie, that all is well with the chestnut son of Swift Flight and Sibford. At Te Awamutu, his headquarters, the regular followers of track deeds are not undaunted because there was no return from this particular direction during the holidays. Awarere will still retain a prominent place with them whenever and wherever he has duty to fulfil. It is a conclusion that the sporting patrons at Waipa’s headquarters are not likely to be alone in. H. Spinks’s team at Paeroa is small, but it is able to more than pay its way each season. Billikins and Ohinemuri are the pair to bear the heat and burden of the day, and there has been no more consistent gallopers saddled up during recent racing terms. They were in the money at Auckland, which was their iatest appearance. In the nick they are at present, the familiar

and popular black and white hooped livery can be relied upon to be at or near the front again before very long. Both horses are possessed of good beginning Qualities and. on the country courses particularly, this is an advantago that can contribute to no small extent towards the winning of races. Also in the same stable is Anom. a fine big two-year-old blade filly by Mountain Knight from Mavourneen. A Good Word for Him Prior to his success in the Plate at the Waipa meeting, Patere had;a reputation on his home track at Parawai for pace beyond the average for a maiden. His actual showing in the weight-foi-age maiden event bore this out to some extent, as he jumped away smartly wrom No. 4 at the barrier and resisted several cha lienees to win by a head and cover the six in 1.16 3-o. Tlie Quin Abbey— Tetrazzini threevi ar—old is taking on material a shade better in the Puriri Handicap next Saturday, but he is going to face the task in the right order. Generous deduction made from the gossip anent Patere leaves the horse still to bo viewed through favourable spectacles. Indolent will be one of A. E. Coxs team saddled up for duty at Thames. While the three-year-old son (shown in the Marton correct card as a nllyj of General Latour and White box has not made the measure of progress that some looked for after his running a ■ dead-heat for riret with Te Ngeru at i the Waikato Club’s spring gathering, he is setting better equipped tor business with each gallop in public. It 1 onlv requires Indolent to come in foi ■l little fortune in the running at any ! stage from this out to be capable of I keeping the best of the opposition hard ! ir it when the respective knights of the pigskin are riding hard with hands | and heels. A Game Finisher The Thames trainer, W. Donaldson, i whose colours have been carried to useful effect in public this season by

Takutama, will have tlie Quin Abbey gelding racing at the coming weekend. Takutama is likely to take on the Flying Handicap on Saturday, and it is not going to alarm followers, in his home port at least, if he is giving a bit of trouble on the journey. Takutama has had the galloping to lit him for the job, and he will look the part. If his pilot can punch him right out in the last piece of the six he need have little fear about meeting with a fitting response, as Takutama is a very game finisher. Among the Thames horses who will give tlieir support to the week-end racing is Lucilius. The Lucullus horse has done very little in the way of racing, and his form up to the present has not been of a very impressive character. Still, he is not an old horse, and the prospect of him doing something toward his keep is not altogether remote, especially if his pilot can keep him handy to the pacemakers in the High-weight. About Hakanoa Huntly figures more prominently as a coal-hewing centre than as a training ground for racehorses, although many good performers on the flat and over -jumps in days gone by have been owned in and around that district. Today the equine fame ,of Huntly is entrusted to Hakanoa and Maurea, trained and owned in the township. The Valkyrian—Fanny Homer gelding Hakanoa is not much past the tyro stage, so far as winning races are concerned, but he has the correct credentials for a galloping career, and keen followers of the sport are keeping this hack on their side with a confidence they feel will not be misplaced. Maurea is an aged son of Potoa and Rangira, passed his best ’tis true, but still capable of bobbing up with a little of what is called “the breeze.” Flying Juliet’s form at Ellerslie during the recent carnival was not up to the anticipations of some people round these parts, who, if I have been informed aright, do not make financial decisions without sound and cogent reasoning. From what the writer knows of the black daughter of Romeo, track conditions, such as were experienced on the early days at Ellerslie, would not suit her. She has failed more than once in the “sticky” ground, and, it’s only a natural deduction, will do so again. Anyway, the followers of trainer “Dick” Edwards’s charge at Te Rapa should not be required to wait very long before they are on good terms with themselves again, providing the clerk of the weather does the ef - fect thiiig|