Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 587, 13 February 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

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"EARLY BIRD"

Te Aroha’s Annual With such splendid fields accepted for the opening day next Saturday, there is no question that the Te Aroha meeting will be anything but a pronounced success. In some instances the number of likely starters is too big. but no doubt these will fine down a bit by starting time. A special train leaves Auckland at G. 20 a. i. on Saturday and Monday, returning after the last race. The course is reported to be in splendid order, and with improvements made since the last meeting 12 months ago. the result, should be even better racing than that then witnessed. Jackson Stakes Paganelli will be on hand to contest the Jackson Stakes at Wanganui on Saturday next, and among his opponents will be Reremoana, Gascony, < ’iraabue, and Lysander. On his Trentham form. Reremoana, if he has got properly over the injury he met with there, should be able to make matters very interesting. On a track with the sting out of it Gascony, too, can be expected to play a prominent part. The Jackson Stakes is run | over six furlongs at weight-for-age, without penalties, and thus Paganelli will have the advantage. Consistency Itself One of the most consistent sprinters seen out this season has undoubtedly been Lady Quex. So far this threeI year-old filly has won no less than seven races, and she has proved a little gold mine for her owner, Mr. W. G. Emeny, of New Plymouth. Lady | Quex is to contest the open* sprint at : w'anganui to-morrow, and it is quite likely that she will be in big- demand. The filly wilj probably dispute favouritism with Lysander, who has been registering some brilliant gallops at : Wanganui, and must therefore be at ; his best now. It will be remembered I that the Absurd horse was unlucky ii ! the sprint on the second day at Trentham last month. Star Area's Show The small course at Wanganui wil' at least suit one horse, and that is | Star Area. Following on his excel- ! lent showings at Awapuni and Martor during the holiday period, the Acre voiding failed at Trentham anc

ITawera. At both these places, how- : ever, he was always with the leaders j up to the final pinch, and it is that fact which inclines one to favour him t for the Stewards’ Handicap to-mor-i row. The run home is only a furlong, and is particularly suitable for ‘ a non-stayer. Brilliant Effort | Paganelli’s time for the Taranaki ’ j Stakes on Saturday, 1.12 4-5, which is ; ; a record, beats the previous best by 1 ' l-ssee. Two horses. Desert Gold (1919) and Motley. (1925) ran 1.13. In- \ oidentally Gloaming (twice) and 1 Rational are the only horses that have • carried the full penalty of 101 b. and ‘ ! won with 9.10 up. Desert Gold carL I ried 8.11 and Motley 8.4 when they • j ran the previous best time, so that v ; Paganelli’s gallop is remarkably bril- ? j liant. There is every prospect ot y Paganelli doing his racing next spring ■jin Australia.

I ( Country Picnic’s Family - ! Included in the team H. Rama brings s ! daily to Ellerslie are two two-year-d i olds, namely. Wild Country (Antag- - I onist—Country Picnic) and Thunder - g i storm (Antagonist—Country Air). Neither has yet made an appearance under silk, but if qualifications go for anything, the pair should be a welcome addition to Rama’s establishe ment. Wild Country, as her breeding e denotes, is a sister to Hoariri and Taneriri. while Thunderstorm is a a half-brother to Airtight, the first foai of Country Air, and the only progeny .1 of this mare to have raced. It is in- _ teresting to note that Country Picnic ~I is the grand-dam of Airtight and j Thunderstorm, a The Beau is All Right 4 j Though he has no immediate enlL i gagements that versatile performer, Beau Cavalier, is doing nicely under S. Tooman’s direction at headquarters. , Maybe we will see the Chesterfield n i gelding out among the hurdlers at the , n Faster meeting at Ellerslie, and if such is the present intention of his connecJr lions it will need to be a pretty fair . sort of a hurdler to head him off. Providing he continues in the right mans ner the ’chaser will strip in perfect } health, for even now he is thoroughly fit to essay anything that is set for ie him.

Fining Down The New Zealand Derby winner Ag’s rion continues to get through serviceable work at Riccarton, and has lost a little of the surplus condition he l " carried when he was recommissioned L- some short time back. So far he apl_ pears to be standing up to his work well, and everything points to his sura viving the preparation. The four-year-b old son of Limond won the New Zea:s land Derby at Riccarton from end to end, and the comparatively easy man- _ ner in which he disposed of the opposition left little doubt concerning his galloping prowess. It is to be hoped that the colt stands up to his work, for undoubtedly he represents highclass form, and he would be an acqui- ! sition to the ranks of weight-for-age performers. Agrion’s dam, Water--1 wings, was a daughter of Absurd and i Sea Elf, by Seaton Delaval from St. ■ Evelyn, by St. Leger from Lady Evej lyn, by Perkin Warbeck from Pul- | chra, and bred on such stout lines it j is* little wonder that he can gallop j fast. After being retired in his threej year-old career, the Limond colt was j given a light season at the stud, but , whether this will have any detrimental i effects on his future racing career re- ! mains, of course, to be. seen.

Good Hurdlers Two ex-North Island horses in j . Rangatahi (from the Waikato) and Troilus (Taranaki) promise to play : prominent parts in the hurdle races at Wingatui to-morrow and on Saturday. ' 'The former has been displaying good 1 form this season, and so, too, has Troilus. The latter would be a first- ; class hurdler if he could be prevailed i - upon to race more consistently. Will He Be Kind? It was not till the final day at Trentham that the three-year-old Full Feather showed his true form at that three-days meeting, when he ran a good second to White Fang-. The < Tiokebore representative is engaged in the Stewards’ Handicap, one mile, j at Wingatui, to-morrow, and as the j class is considerably below that a.t i Trentham Full Feather would onlv need to consent to do his best to make him what one could regard as a cer- | tainty. But he is said to be a horse j of moods, and has to be caught just I right. Mile and A-quarter Hacks Ellerslie racegoers at the summer j carnival a few weeks ago will remember the consistent running of Amor, I and the manner in which he was run- ; ; ning on at the end, after which he was I : allowed to contest the Wellington Cup. ; losing his chance by getting chopped ! i out at the start. Amor figures in a > i ten-furlong hack race at Wingatui to- i i morrow, and although he has a good ! j .gut. the race seems made for him. i i . ei haps the danger to the topweight ; may come from Toawai and Royal j „• ,ower. ■* The latter was also here at; ' | Christmas, and in one race in par- ' ! ticular was very unlucky not to win. Paquito’s Chance

The mere fact that lie hailed from the Limerick stable caLised considerable interest in the appearnace of Paquito at Trentham last month. He ran two great races, failing to go with the field over the early part, and then putting in a finish that carried him to within a short distance of the winner. Paquito is engaged in the Trial Stakes at Wingatui to-morrow, a seven-fur-long affair, in which there are 11 acceptors, so that there should be every opportunity for the maiden performer to earn promotion from that class. Paquito is a half-brother to Malaga, a : winner of the Auckland Cup a few j seasons back (when the stake • amounted to its highest, £3,500), and as he was finishing on at Trentham i he maw prove partial to a distance of j ground. He is to accompany Lim- j erick to Australia next month. The Dunedin Cup When Nightmarch won the New Zealand Derby there were many who questioned the merit of that victory, i the race being run at a moderate pace j and the company generally regarded : as weak. When the three-year-old j failed to get on the winning list at j Awapuni at the Manawatu summer } meeting the doubting Thomases ap- ; peared to have a lot in their favour, but it subsequently transpired that on the final day 7 there he should have won ' instead of going under by a head to Historic. Therefore it was not surprising tq find Nightmarch at a short price four days later in the Marton Cup, a race which he won handsomely, and sufficiently convincing to cause good judges to look upon him with increased respect as a really smart three-year-old. Two failures at Trentham followed, but his task in the

Dunedin Cup to-morrow should be more congenial. Pink Note is regarded as his most dangerous opponent, and then there are Royal Saxon, Papatu and Beau Geste to ensure a stirring contest. His Lesson Learned Last year L. G. Morris on Reremoana learned to his cost that being on the rails with a horse in front and one outside of him was a dangerous position, and it cost him the Taranaki Stakes. In the concluding event on Thursday on Gold Dawn he was able to put Havering, his only real dangerous opponent, in a similar place on the turn. The result was that the sister to Bright Glow scored well, while Havering could fill only third place. Havering might not have done better anyway, but- Morris’s tactics insured victory for Gold Dawn. i Silver Paper Under a Cloud The Riccarton-trained three-year-old Silver Paper is under a cloud at present. When his trainer, W. Stone, visited his box on Saturday morning, the horse was found to be suffering from severe injuries. He had lost some skin from his near hock, which was ! very much enlarged, while a tendon j in the off hind leg was also affected.

It is thought the trouble was causec through the horse being cast in hi* box. As a result of attention, tin swelling in the hock was reduced, bu the injured tendon remained very sore It was an unfortunate experience fo; Silver Paper was doing very well. Red Heckle Doing Well Riccarton trainer F! Christmas lia: not done a great deal with Red Heckl* since the Auckland Cup meeting, bu the three-year-old looks very well, am in a couple of fast sprints lately In has shaped most promisingly. He ha: filled out a good deal tfince the earl; spring, and looks more solid now thai previously. Probably he will be givei an outing at the Banks Peninsul; meeting, in preparation for the Nev Zealand St. Leger. Pie has not ; great deal of opposition in the two re maining classics, and so his owner Mr. D. IT. Roberts, can look forwarc with equanimity to the prospect o adding considerably to the prize-mone; that Red Heckle has already earned. Consulted An old Scottish doctor was a mem ber of a golf club in the South. N one knew his age. and the old mai made such a secret of it that all th members were curious. At last th poor old boy died, and the club especi ally deputed one of its members t attend the funeral, read the bras plate on the coffin, and settle the ag controversy at last. On the day afte the funeral.the mourner turned up an several people asked if he had see the brass plat.e “Y'es,” he saic “Well, then, what was his age?” “Ol it didn’t give any age. It simply sail •Dr. Timothy MacFarlane. Consult ing Hours 9 io 10 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.'

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