Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 598, 26 February 1929, Page 11

Turf Notes

CONDUCTED BY Franklin Acceptances The annual meeting of the Franklin Racing Flub has been set down for Saturday w eek at Pukekohe. The weights appeared yesterday, and acceptances are due to close at 5 p.m. next Friday with the secretary at Pukekohe, or with Mr. A. J. Farquhar, secretary, Avondale Jockey Club, Auckland, facing at Paeroa Weights for the first day of the Oliinemiiri Jockey Club on March lti and IS ~r e due next Monday, and acceptances .lose the foil..wing Friday March S, at s p.m. w ith the secretary, Mr. 11. Poland. Paeroa, or with Messrs. Elomfield and Company, Auckland. Useful Quintette F. D. Jones will leave Christchurch nexl Thursday lor Wellington with Limerick. Paquito. and Catkin, who will be shipped to Sydney on the following day. J. McC'ombe will travel at the same time with Crown Area and Moorgas. Heavy Loss A well-grown promising cult by Paper Money front Silver Peak, and thus full-brother to Silver Paper, had to bo destroyed at Cromwell railway station on Saturday morning. Prior to being trucked the colt attempted to jump the high cattle yards, and had •ot his foot caught in the rails, a log being broken at the fetlock. Trainer W. Stone was personally taking him from Pembroke to Inevrcargill. his opinion of the colt being so great. For Trentham? The future programme of Pink Coat has not yet been settled. lie w ill be left in the North Island Challenge Stakes, to be decided at Trentham. and if he goes on all right he may be a competitor in that event, with the Canterbury Champagne Stakes and Challenge Stakes as probable engagements, necessitating another trip to Riccarton at Easter. Pink Coat is a very big colt, and for that reason he has not boon worked very hard this season, hut he should make a high-class three-year-old if he trains on all right. Coming to Hand Comical made his reappearance at Woodvi 11c, running twice on the flat. The first da.y he was never conspicuous, but on the second day he made quite a good showing, being up with the leader right into the straight. T. Clarke has Comical looking as well as ever lm did, and as it has been definitely decided that ho will be confined in the future to hurdling, and will not again attempt steeplechasing, the ranks of the first-class hurdlers will be considerably strengthened. It is a striking coincidence that two contemporary hurdlers of the highest class, and both National winners. Comical and Nukumai. proved complete “duds” at the cross-country game. Red Heckle’s Programme F. Christmas is keeping Red Heckle

going in strong vrork, and the C.reat Northern Derby winner looks in excellent order for autumn engagements. It is intended to start him in the Peninsula Cup next week, after which a trip to Trentham is in contemplation. He is the outstanding candidate for the New* Zealand St. Reger, while he may bu a runner on the second day in the Trentham Cold Cup. lie may also go on to the Manawatu meeting, for the Awapuni Gold Cup, and then he will visit Auckland at Raster to contest the Great Northern St. Reger. Red Heckle has not been overtaxed, and he should make a high-class four-year-old. More Prizes

Far-reaching changes are likely in tho Calcutta sweep lor 1929. There will probably be two or three “first” prizes of £IOO,OOO each, instead of onn of £250,000. The same principle will apply to other prizes. Captain Douetil. assistant-secretary ot' the Calcutta Turf Club, nus sent it letter to members, pointing out that the stewards are computing the value of the pool, will decide whether one, two or three numbers will be drawn against each horse. Thus, while the percentage of money to the winner and the placed and other horses will be unchanged, each percentage will be divisible by the number of tickets drawn against each horse. Not in the Know

All sorts of contradictory talk went abroad concerning the suspension of L. J. Ellis when riding in the Gore Racing Club Handicap, says a Dunedin writer. Some of the stable patrons were talking, so it is said, about scratching their horses for the rest of the meeting. Then it was said that Ellis admitted the but thought that he was well clear at the time. Another story was that he did not know that it was necessary for a horse to have two clear length’ lead before ( hanging line. It was also said that the case was unsatisfactory because only one other rider gave evidence. No further evidence was necessary, however, because Ellis admitted the offence. All this goes to show that the findings of all such inquiries should carry some information to the public as to the why a and wherefores of the case. For Motukarara Riccarton trainer R. Ellis turned buoyant out in splendid order for the i’ost Handicap at the Canterbury meeting on Saturday, and the Solferino gelding never looked like getting beaten. Emerson had the handling of him, and securing a good position early n behind Pangolin waited until the ’urn. where he pushed Buoyant forward and never left the race in doubt. Amor issued a strong challenge 100 yards from the post, but his rider left it a little too late and just failed to

catch Buoyant. The latter is to race again at Banks Peninsula on Saturday, and although he will have plenty °f avoirdupois he is sure to take a Power of beating.

“EARLY BIRD’* Bay of Plenty Fixture Nominations for the Bay of Plenty meeting close at 5 p.m. on Friday next, March 1, with the secretary, Mr. Willcock, Tauranga. The fixture is to be held at Tauranga on Saturday, March 23. Off to Sydney * • Green it* going to Sydney next month to ride Houour in his classic engagements. R. S. Bagby leaves on 1* riday to do the riding of Crown Area and Moorgas on the other side. Cup Riders iv. Gill will ride Gold Money in the Franklin Cup. while in the same event Eager Rose will be ridden by E. Rudlow. If The Rover is a runner Me* Tavish will have the mount, and in all probability A. Stead and Sir Archie (last year’s winner of the Cup) will be associated. Golden Wedding Back Haying made a rapid recovery from injuries received while essaying a schooling task recently, Golden Wedding is again an attendant at Ellerslie. She is rather poor in condition just yet, but she has no immediate engagements and will have plenty of time to get back to her best. Change of Quarters Rosing the services of Jolly Money at the Te Aroha meeting recently left owner-trainer J. D. Kemp without a horse to potter about with, and in order not to lose interest in the sport he has taken over Te Money (racing in his ownership), but who was trained by F. Gilchrist. Te Money was thought to have splendid prospects at the Te Aroha fixture, but she received slight injuries when being put aboard a motor-lorry and thus had to be left at home. She is quite all right now, however, and with the improvement she is expected to make, thes Paper Money filly should take a power of beating at her next couple of starts. Did Everything What Chide had to do to win the Trial Stakes at Riccarton on Saturday was a revelation of how good he really is, and if ever there was a high-class racehorse in the making it is surely he. Rast to leave the barrier—he got chopped out at the start — he was trailing along behind them for the first three furlongs, but at the half-mile young Eastwood made a move on him. with the result that he had caught the field before the turn. Chide was four horses out as they swung round the bend, but from the distance it was never questioned which woul win. the Paladin gelding going on to score handsomely and decisively at that. To have Chide on their side backers were prepared to accept odds-on —something akin to a Gloaming price. Now In Form When Beau Geste finished fourth in this year’s New Zealand Cup it looked like him turning out a good horse, but his subsequent efforts were disappointing. However, he made amends on Saturday when he stolid off a hot challenge by Rapier in the Midsummer Handicap. The Boniform gelding was always going kindly in a prominent position, and the fine burst of speed he unwound at the end was deserving of

success. "With the exception of Rapier the field was not very good, and having shown winning form Beau Geste will have every chance to go on and do better, especially as lie is still nicely placed in the weights. Not Encouraging

Tho manner in which he raced at the Christmas meeting at Ellerslie led one to believe that Count Cavour was

on tho decline as a top-notcher, and his running in the Midsummer Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday was certainly not encouraging. He was last but one. Battle Colours, also a big disappointment, being behind him. The Oaks winner. Pride, ran a decent race after being in the van all the way, and as the race w r ill improve her to some extent, she is sure to carry the public’s confidence at her next appearance.

Appreciation The following paragraph from the Dunedin "Star” is both appropriate and instructive: “The sporting writers are at one with the unprofessional public who attended this year’s Dunedin Cup meeting in declaring the racing and the management thereof to be all that could have been desired and quite worthy of the old traditions of the Dunedin Jockey Club. Now that the business of the meeting has been brought to account, it is very pleasing to learn that the financial outcome is also quite satisfactory, making the meeting a conspicuous one in the club’s history. The attendance on the first day was 5,329 as against 5,733 last year, and on tho second day 7,060 as against 5,502, the totals being 12.359 this year and 11,235 last year. Mr. R. G. Hill, the secretary, has his returns so systematised as to show these things at a glance, and this is the proper place to give a well-earned word of appreciation in regard to his plannings and carrying out of the fixture — nothing could have been more businesslike. The returns from the sale of ladies’ tickets came to £268 for the two days. The balance-sheet show’s a profit on the racing of about £l,lOO, the best result for years. Last season it was about £ll. From all points of view Mr. Hanlon (president) and his officers are to be congratulated on what may be deemed the commencement of a new term of prosperity, and in this connection it may bo added that Mr. Hanlon leads the chorus of praise in regard to Mr. Hill’s able work.”

Arrowsmith). Moabite was purchased in England for 9,000gn5., and Mr. Ken. Austin, an authority on breeding and the thoroughbred, contends that he is one of the finest horses imported to Australia. His purchaser was Mr. Herbert Thompson, of Tarvvin Park. New South Wales. Blue Blood It will be seen, therefore, that the colt lacks nothing on the score of breeding on the sire’s side. Now his dam, Marriage Bell, was not raced, and very likely her progeny—she has been stinted since to Canusa (Swynford—Scotchlike)—will be all the better for that. Marriage Bell is out of that good mare Gold Treasure, the clam of Amytlias. her sire being Tea Tray, a son of The Tetrarch. So that on both sides the Moabite colt has enough blue blood in him to win anything.

The condition of the mare and her foal was excellent when taken from the Maunganui this morning and loaded straight on to Mr. Norman Cunningham’s motor horse-van for transportation to Messrs. Gleeson’s farm at Otahuhu, where they will be allowed to browse on the rich pastures there.

This colt is probably the first of the Moabite youngsters to arrive in New Zealand. Yearlings by the son of Phalaris are to be submitted for the first time at the forthcoming Easter sales at Sydney, and it would not be surprising if they bring big money. Certainly if there are any others like Marriage Bell’s son then there should be the keenest competition for them. One can only hope that the enterprise exhibited by Messrs. J. C. and P. S. Gleeson will be fully rewarded, for they have left nothing undone in the pursuit of a champion. ELLERSLIE TRAINING PREPARATIONS FOR FRANKLIN The course proper (40ft out) and number two grass were available for trainers at Ellerslie this morning. The tan was also in good demand. Course Proper Gold Money and Eager Rose, both Franklin Cup candidates, were sent a mile in view of that engagement, getting over the journey in 1.53 3-5. Neither was required to do its best, and both were travelling together in easy fashion at the end. Corinax and The Lover jumped away at the six furlong post, and after moving over the first two furlongs in 27 4-5, were hitting out strongly at the finish, to record 1.22. They are in fine order at tho present time. The two-year-old Catoma travelled comfortably throughout a half-mile task in 56 3-5. On the Tan Modest Boy rattled off six furlongs in 1.22 3-5, and did it nicely. Sulla pulled hard throughout a halfmile task in 53. Hyde Park was given sound threequarter pace work over a middle dis tance. while later in the morning Sir Archie executed a similar task. Both are to race in the Cup at Franklin, and at the present stage Hyde Park looks the better proposition. Bulolo was worked over a mile in company with Baylydamon, but was not timed. Number Two Grass Bonny Day and Tukunoa were companions over half a mile, the forme? giving his companion a start, and then beating him home in 51. Gay Cockade and Dineroo were given a sound sprint up the straight. Both these horses are looking much improved in condition. V.R.C. FIXTURE NOTES FROM FLEMINGTON (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) MELBOURNE, Monday. The following scratchings are announced: — Newmarket Handicap.—Gilt Edge, Rady Beth, Abbot’s Lad, Attraction, Durward, Creensil, Zanibar, Switzerland, Cimbrian, Kelloni and Quirk. Australian Cup.—Black Duchess, Ken tie. Stowe and Arley. Final acceptors for the Newmarket Handicap will be published to-morrow. E. O’Sullivan will ride Crowdel in the Newmarket. Sineonsfor has joined H. McCalman’s Flemington team.