SURF NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 700, 27 June 1929, Page 12

SURF NOTES

CONDUCTED BV

'EARLY BIRD

Wellington Acceptances Acceptances for all first day events, also the Winter Hurdles on the first day of the Wellington winter meeting, close at 9 p.m. tomorrow. C.J.C. Winter Meeting Entries for the principal events on the C.J.C. Grand National programme close tomorrow night. First Class Hack 5 Few hacks have performed more creditably in the Auckland Province this season than Maori Boy, whose consistency will surely be rewarded if he makes the trip to Trentham, where he is top-weight in hack events on the opening day. Maori Boy has been brought across to Ellerslie lately- for the purposes of galloping, and he shaped attractively at Ellerslie on Saturday morning, when, accompanied by Taneriri over half a mile. On appearances Maori Boy is as well now as ever he was, and though he is not a big horse he has demonstrated his ability to carry weight. Maori Boy’s usual pilot, E. Manson, will do the riding at Trentham. Casualties » R J. Mackie, who suffered an injury when Lady’s Boy fell with him at Ellerslie, has his arm out of the sling, but in all probability Trentham, will be his first meeting following his return to the saddle. A. G. Murray, the apprentice rider attached to G. W. New’s stable, who met with injury when Wilmoreana fell with him at Hastings, is still confined to hospital. Although his, injuries are fortunately light, a cracked bone in the leg will keep him inactive for a brief time at least. T. Metcalfe was suffering with the common complaint, influenza, during the course of the Hawke’s Bay fixtures and was consequently an absentee. In all probability he will not make the trip through to Waverley, the nine stone scale disadvantake to the diminutive horseman at present. A. E. Ellis Going to Sydney * Jockey A. E. Ellis has had a wonderful run of successes since he commenced the present season, and with the opportunities he will receive in the spring he should win many races,- It was announced on Wednesday that he had been retained to ride Silver Paper in his Australian engagements, and he will leave for Sydney probably in August. Ellis has not yet ridden in Sydney, but apparently he realises that riding Silver Paper in all his pring races is going to be profitable. If he can win the £3,000 Epsom Handicap he will be amply rewarded, and it will mark the most important success of his whole career. Ellis has previously ridden Silver Paper. He was ‘astride the gelding when he brilliantly defeated Reremoana in the J. D. Ormond Gold Cup, while he also has scored other successes on the three-year-old. But apart from the riding he will get from W Stone’s stable, he probably will have many outside mounts, so that he should he n busy man during his sojourn at Sydney.

Not Definite It has not yet been decided whether Kauri Park will be sent down for the Wellington meeting at Trentham next 'month. A Smart Sprint At Ellerslie this morning, on number three grass, which provided heavy going, Taneriri finished with a slight advantage over Maori Boy, although the latter could have done much better, at the end of five furlongs in 1.5 3-5, the last four taking 53. It was a very fair test. Jumpers Gallop Once round on the soft number three grass was the. task allotted the Trentham candidates Master Doon, Kamehameha and Kauri Park at Ellerslie this morning, the time recorded being 1.45 4-5, the final five furlongs occupying 1.12. Kamehameha finished about three lengths behind the other pair. Kamehameha’s Rider E. Garrett will probably ride Mas-- »• Boon and Kamehameha in their engagements at Trentham. If Garrett should steer Kamehameha horde to victory in the Wellington Steeplechase it will not be his first success in the event, for he rode Birkenella when that chaser won this important crosscountry event three years ago. Promised Well The two Aucklanders, Princess Rain and Merry Mason, are both useful sorts, but they found the company a bit better than was expected, and they went on to Waverley (records the Napier writer, “Hermit”), without collecting much stake money, though a few tickets on Princess Rain when she ran second would have helped to pay expenses. Paid a Price Ranking as a novice at the hurdling and fencing game, Aurora Borealis had shown such promise in her schooling efforts that her victory at Hastings did not come as altogether a surprise to her connections. Previously on the flat she had recorded some good finishing efforts without gaining a major placing, and the £l5O forthcoming from her effort at Hastings raised her stake earnings for the present term to the modest figure of £l7O. Useful Jumpers The Thurnham gelding Home Made has proved a very useful performer since being put to the hurdling branch, his record for the present season reading six firsts and two seconds, although two of the major placings have been forthcoming in Ladies’ Bracelet events, while one of his seconds was recorded in the Nolan Cup—a contest which furnished a field of smart hacks. At Napier Park Home Made led a fellow Awapuni candidate in Novar home in the Ahuriri Hurdles, but Lhe Sarto gelding reversed the positions at Hastings on Saturday, the £SO credited Home Made raising his stake earnings for the present season to £705. Since being put to the hurdling game Novar has also enjoyed an equally good record. Since scoring in hurdle events at Otaki last November, the Sarto gelding has registered four major placings in addition to three seconds and a like number of thirds, and his success in the Hawke’s Bay Hurdle's on Saturday brought his stake earnings up to £B7O. Doing Better

The Australian-bred Atareria continues to do good service for his owner in the jumping branch, and, despite the fact that he is somewhat of a moody customer, his record is becoming more and more formidable, it now reading four firsts, three seconds and a third for the present term. The Rossendale gelding has now placed £553 to his credit in stake money, apart from a trophy valued at £45 which he by filling second berth to his stable companion. Home Made, in the Ladies’ Bracelet at Waipukurau. A Good Filly Moutoa Treasury, who possesses a considerable amount of the family speed, has yet to really prove • herself over a distance. Her success over six and a-half furlongs at Hastings last Friday was freely anticipated, the price the Paper Money filly returned being somewhat cramped. On Saturday she essayed a mile distance when she ran an honest race to fill third berth, there being little between the first three to finish. Mouioa Treasury’s record for the season now i;eads four wins, three seconds and three thirds, her stake earnings amounting to £620. A Bracket Great Lady, who broke her maiden status in the Trial Handicap at Hastings on Saturday, is a Bisogne—Lady Elgiva filly from G. New’s stable who carries the colours of the Manawatu sportsman, Mr. C. T. Keeble. The winner was coupled on the totalisator with another of the Bisogne products in Adventus, who is incidentally a fullbrother to the ex-Northerner Bulolo. Great Lady was originally apt to be a little flighty, but she is now settling down nicely. A third at Otaki when she came “from the clouds” over the last bit was the first occasion the filly had figured in the stake distribution prior to Saturday. Useful Team Despite the fact that up till recently J. P. Coyle has had but a comparatively small team to upon, the Manawatu trainer is hoT’.ng an excellent position on the trainers’ championship table, the success of Novar at Hastings giving Coyle his 25th win for the season, which placed" him one point in arrear of the Fordell mentor, F. Tilley, who occupies the third rung on the ladder. Another Awapuni trainer in L. Knapp advanced to sixth position as the result of the victory of Atareria on the opening day at Hastings, that rung being, however, shared with the Northerner, F. E. Loomb, and the lady trainer, Mrs. A. McDonald, the trio having 21 points each Will They Meet? In the Great Northern Hurdles Mister Gamp was in receipt of a stone from Red Fuchsia, but the pair will meet on even terms in the Winter Hurdles, though Mister Gamp receives 31b in the Trentham Hurdles. Mrs. McDonald is anxious to throw the gauntlet down to Mister Gamp, but as Red Fuchsia has been likewise entered for the Wellington Steeplechase, it may be that the stable will rely on Elicit and Locarno in the hurdling contests and the All Red gelding essay the bigger fences. The opinion entertained by the handicapper of Mrs. McDonald's trio is apparently a high one, for Elicit is within 31b. of Red Fuchsia, with Locarno a further 21b. away.