Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 652, 2 May 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

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Related to Duo The Awapuni trainer, Mrs. A. McDonald, has taken in hand the halfbrother by Tea Tray to that one-time good performer. Duo. The youngster, while somewhat highly strung, is a likely looking sort. The lady mentor has also a Chief Ruler youngster in active work, he being the property of Mr. A. Symes. Grand National is back in the active ranks. looking vastly improved as the result of his spell. On Tuesday morning he was given a strong round on the grass, and pulled up well. A Good one back R. E. Hatch has again taken Piuthair in hand at Awapuni in order to ascertain whether the brilliant daughter of Kilbroney and Black Ada will stand another preparation. The GrandcourtClarinda youngster, the property* of the same owner, is moulding into a particularly nice sort. A Stop Watch A week ago Alan McDonald, the well known hurdle horseman, while engaged in riding at exercise at Awapuni, lost a wristlet watch. A search failed to find it, and it was not till following the advent of rain that the timekeeper exposed itself on the plough. Despite the fact that the hoofs of hundreds of horses had gone by, the watch was little the worse for its experience, the glass and one of the hands being alone missing when picked up on Tuesday morning. Short of Wind Fee Simple has proved a disappointment since being leased hv 11. H. Doyle, and the Awapuni trainer found the trip to the Nelson fixture a profitless one. As he has gone amiss in the respiratory organs, there is a possibility of the Acre gelding being operated on. Honour for A.J.C. Derby Honour returned home to Riccarton from Sydney last week. T. Green is booked already to ride him in the next A.J.C. Derby. Preparing Nukumai faces the starter again at Marton on Saturday. He made his last appearance on the fiat at Levin in November. A Good Gallop At Marton on Thursday morning Royal Damon and Papatu galloped seven furlongs together, the pace being on all the way, and they finished together in 1.32—a good gallop. Marlborough Penalties The Marlborough Racing Club has the fixed penalty system in operation for its meeting, but the conditions are not included in the programme published officially. Ronaki, Miss Mercia, Dainty Ways, and Maui will all have increased poundage if they race at Blenheim this week on account of theiisuccesses at Nelson on Saturday. Another Guess “‘Possibly we have seen the last of our old friend Limerick, a gelding that, like his compatriot. Gloaming, may within a couple of years or so be pensioned off to browse in a well-chosen pasture.” Thus remarked a Sydney writer after the close of the recent Austi-alian J.C. meeting. Apparently, from what has been heal'd from Riccarton of late, the Limond gelding’s owner and trainer have quite other views.

Auckland Entries Nominations for the minor events at the A.K.C. Great Northern meeting on June 1, 3 and 3 close at 5 p.m. to-morrow (Friday). Franklin Acceptances Acceptances for the Franklin meeting at Pukekohe on Saturday week, May 4. close at 5 p.m. to-morrow (Friday) with the secretary at Pukeor with Mr. A. J. Farquhar, Avonda*3 Jockey Club. Auckland. Doing Marlborough Two horsemen who will be missing the Marton meeting and riding at the Marlborough fixture are T. Metcalf and C. W. France. Metcalf has been engaged to pilot Modern, Dancing Star, Reckless, Dainty Ways, and Half Aci'e. For Next Season In view of the fact that the Racing Conference will meet in July and at the same time the racing fixtures for next season will have to be dealt with, the majority of clubs have already notified their selection of dates for the 1929-30 season. The Wanganui Jockey Club has applied for the following dates for its fixtures next season: Spring. September 12 and 14: autumn, February 20 and 22; winter, May 15 and 17. The dates do not differ materially from those for the present season, save that the autumn meeting will, it is expected, be a week later than was the case last February. Concentrate Concentrate has been causing his trainer some anxiety during the past few days owing to a poisoned leg, but over the week-end he made a good deal of improvement and an early lecovery is expected (writes “Vedette”). When the Australian trip was under consideration again by Mr. R. J. Murphy he had first of all the idea of entering his horses for the Queensland meeting, held dui-ing the June holidays, with Concentrate to carry his colours in the Brisbane Cup of £4,000, two miles. This would have meant, however, the horses leaving this week at latest for Australia, and the idea has been abandoned. The horses will leave some time in June to race in and around Sydney, as they did last year. A Good Win According to the Wanganui “Chronicle,” a party of Wanganui racegoex-s is x-eported to have had a good win over the Waikato Racing Club’s fixture on Saturdai’. They were in on Wiltshire in the opening event when he paid a fine double-figure dividend, and then they played it up on another outsider, Rose Lupin, with the result that what they collected off the totalisatoi* is i-epox-ted to have run well into four figures. It is not often that such a sum is won on the machine in New Zealand for an initial outlay of less than a “fivex*.” Got Out of It When Lucy Rose won the big mile at To Rapa last Monday, she was x-aised for the sprint (run three races later) by Mr. W. Russell, 61b. This looked like absolutely throwing the fitly into the short race, but she finished third after meeting without any luck. So the plans for a good coup went amiss. Then, again, she had to do her best to win the mile after getting left at the post. In the spi'int, Lucy Rose was originally weighted at 7.5, and her penalty made it 7.11, only to be i*educed to 7.6 when young Chandler claimed the full apprentice allowance. A Big On® A tremendously big horse. Marcellus, who claims engagements at Egnxont, is a five-year-old by Lucullus from the brood mare Signal March. For a long time he appeared to be seriously wrong in the legs, his action being particularly awkward and cumbersome. Trainer W. Bailey, in whose care the gelding is at Awapuni, possesses a wide knowledge of veterinary work, and it is pleasing to record that his efforts have not gone unrewarded, although whether the gelding will completely get over the ailment which had affected him time alone will show. Takes the Eye

A particularly stylish and x-acy-looking filly at Wingatui is the one by Paper Money—Papliia, that has joined J. Feilder’s stable at Wingatui (writes ‘“Sentinel”). She is well grown, and built on speedy lines, and her dam has produced Paphian. a vei-itable “whip-the-wind,” but unfortunately he became troubled in the respiratory organs. Still, despite the infirmity, he could win races by his superior speed. Paphia also threw Arcs, who won the Dunedin Champagne Stakes of 1922. She was got by Birkenhead from Aphrodite, by Apremont—Waterspitc, by Traducer—Waterwitch, by Camden —Mermaid.

WORK AT ELLERSLIE

LITTLE DOING THIS MORNING There was little work at Ellerslie this moi-ning, and the few gallops that were recoi'ded were not illuminating. Both the course proper—the ti-estles out 25 feet —and No. 3 grass tx-ack were in use, the going if anything being conducive to slow times. An innovation recently put into force by the caretaker is the pegging off of a portion of No. 3 grass, thus pi'otecting the inside going, and incidentally making times a bit slower. Course Proper The Lover and Welkne were aasociated over seven furlongs, and with little between them all the way they ran home in 1.35 4-5. the first halfmile being cut out in 52 3-5. Palmares and a companion covered six furlongs in 1.23 1-5, while later in the morning Bizarre was ahead of Diamond Queen and Killute at the end of a similar journey in 1.22. However, Diamond Queen gave her companions a start. Lady Suzanne slipped over half a mile in 52 1-5, and was not unduly exerted to record that time. No. 3 Grass Hyde Park and High Pitch covered a circuit, but it was not until the sixfurlong disc was reached that any pace was clapped on. Even then they were not travelling in their best possible style, and both moving comfortably. they ran over the six furlongs in 1 1.22 3-5. With not a great deal separating them at any part of the journey, Lineroo and Roman Pearl i-aced over frve furlongs in 1.6 2-5. A few other horses were worked on this ti-ack. but were not out for time. Bayly Damon (Burgess) negotiated two of the schooling hurdles pleasingly. though he fenced a trifle high at the second obstacle. He was then taken to the stone wall on the steeplechase course, giving no cause for displeasure by the manner in which he iumped this fence.