Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

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"EARLY BIRD"

The Next The Wellington winter meeting on ; Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday of j next week is the next race gathering jto hold attention- Excellent acceptances were received last night. • Generous Offer | The Gisborne Racing Club will pay i the steamer freight one way only, from Napier or Auckland, on any horse j accepting and starting at its meeting l on July 25 and 27. Entries close on I Friday next. Drawing To a Close | The 1928-29 racing year is fast drawing to a close, for next August 1 will see the 1929-30 season entered upon. There are only eight days more racing this season, live in the North and three in the South Island. In the lirst month of the new year there are to be ten days racing, this being the prelude to the spring meetings. | Racing Legislation ! The delegates to the New Zealand j Racing Conference will meet in ses- ! sion at Wellington next week. The usual number of remits will be pro- ! dueed, and no doubt there will also j be the usual number washed out. One ! important item has again been overj looked, and that is a recommendation ■to all clubs concerned that judge’s i boxes be placed not less than 30 feet | back from the outside rails of the i course proper. In acknowledging a ! parting gift last month upon his retirej ment as judge of the Dunedin Jockey Club. Mr. R. H. Aldworth urged the ; club to have the judge’s box at Winga- ! tui shifted back. Many clubs have | already adopted this policy, but much j remains to be done to make the move a general one on the part of other ■ clubs. Juniper Back W. G. Hobbs has recommissioned the two-year-old Juniper, who promises to develop into one of the best three-year-olds of the year. That is the optimistic forecast ol' a Christchurch writer. For Gisborne Ponjola, who shaped most promisingly in his two recent outings over country, is to be taken to Gisborne next month, where the Taunaha gelding should.go very close to picking up a race. For King’s Cup Valparaiso, who ran Limerick to a head for the King’s Cup run at Randwick in the autumn of 1928, is expected to make an effort to capture the same : event when the race is decided at j Brisbane in August. Stormy beat ; Valparaiso last Saturday. Nightmarch To Go i Although the connections of Night- ; march do not consider their horse very ; well treated by the Australian handi- • cappers, the owner, Mr. A. Louisson, i has expressed a desire to make the ! trip, and, this being so, A. McAulay j will leave for Sydney on July 19. t Such Is Fame ! The Sydney “Sportsman” is respon- ! sible for this:—The New Zealander i Mintage was pretty well backed by his owner at the ponies, but didn’t mint j any money for him. He belongs to the man who mixed up Prince Humj phrey and Cragsman, a feat which ] brought him more fame than the | ownership of Mintage. * i Belies His Looks I Hunting Cry, the promising halfj brother to White Fang, by Hunting j Song, is a mean looking youngster, j and since being wintered has not put |on an ounce of condition. In fact, he : carries less than when he won at Hastings last autumn. This gelding can gallop fast, but his looks belie him, comments the 11.8. “Tribune.” Coming Along Bon Rose drew No. G and Red Boa No. 7, the extreme outside berth at j the barrier in the Electric Stakes at I Timaru recently, and the former got i away much better than the Southj lander. At the turn for home Bon Rose was five or six lengths to the | I good from Red Boa. who run out very I wide. The latter finished on well | under punishment, but never had a chance of beating Bon Rose-, who is a very smart filly and likely to win in much better company. Classic Candidates At Hastings, Mr. Griffiths has his three rising three-year-olds, I-lead teerang, Royal Parade and Merry i Melody, in excellent buckle, and all j three impress as like.y classic winners jof the future. White Fang, in the | same stable, is in the pink and for early spring racing promises to be in great j order. The Polvdamon gelding is i almost sure to make the Sydney trip, A Sweet Filly No rising two-year-old at Wingatui has done better during the past few weeks than the Lucullus—Miss Muriel filly in C. Christie’s stable. When she came to Wingatui she looked on the small side but since then she has filled out well, and is now one of the youngsters that commands a second look. She has done practically no fast work yet, but when moving at threequarter pace is inclined to “dish” with the off fore leg. This is not marked to a degree of condemnation yet, and no doubt with careful shoeing can be remedied. Other than this she is a | very sweet filly, and when standing. I almost impossible to find a fault with. Bulolo’s Improvement | The improved and improving horse at Riccarton is Bulolo, comments the Christchurch Sun. R. Ellis has wrought remarkable improvement in the Bisogne gelding since his arrival in the South Island, and to such an extent has lie filled out since he competed at Dunedin that he now bears a solid appearance. He is not a big horse, being on the small side, but lie is a very compact fellow, with a straight back, and should be able to carry weight. Bulolo is freely engaged at the Wellington meeting next month, and he may be successful at that fixture.

Sneerer's End The New Zealand hurdler Sneerer injured a stifle in the hurdle race at the Canterbury Park meeting on Saturday. It collapsed and died later. Sneerer had previously run second in a hurdle race at Moorefield. Much Reduced Over thirty horses from the Auckland Province were entered for next week’s winter meeting of the Wellington Racing Club. After the acceptances were posted last night it was seen that this number liad been reduced by more than one third. Nevertheless the 21 horses paid up for tomorrow week at Trentham should make their presence felt. Fairly Strong Auckland’s representation in the Whyte Handicap, the principal flat event at Trentham on the opening day, is better than in either the Wellington Steeplechase or Winter Hurdles, for we have five remaining in—a potential winner in Paddon, and other useful sorts in High Pitch, Ohinemuri. Taneriri and Tinokoa. In the open sprint we have a modest hand with such as Biliikins, Marble King, Takutama and Waltzer engaged. Expensive Ante-post bettors have been let down badly so far as the Wellington double is concerned. In the Steeplechase the defections of Mangani and Wiltshire were, of course, anticipated, but few people expected to see Uralla and Roman Abbey drop out at acceptance time last night. Of Auckland’s original quota of 11 in the race five only remain—Kawini. Glendowie, King s Guard, Kauri Park and Kamehameha. It is a comparatively poor representation compared with the original list. The position is even worse in the Winter Hurdles, for Bright Land, King’s Guard and Prince Lu are the only survivors of Auckland’s dozen entries. However, the early financial loss in this respect is by no means so severe as in the Steeplechase, for even the most optimistic could hardly fail to foresee a win for Mister Gamp. Treatment for Respiratory Trouble The fame of Dr. W. C. Ring’s treatment of horses for respiratory trouble continues to grow, and in face of the many successes he is able to lay claim to his reputation is extremely well deserved. By the Maheno from Sydnev late this afternoon there was due to arrive the four-year-old son of Sarchedon and Primeness named Prime Don, a horse with a pretty good record on the other side of the Tasman, who is to go into the charge of trainer J. Williamson, at Ellerslie, preparatory to being treated by Dr. Ring for respiratory trouble. Another Australian galloper of note, Magdaff, was a few months back returned to G. Price’s Randwick stable after having been under Dr. Ring, the operation in that case being considered most successful. In the past some New Zealand horses have been sent to Australia for treatment of the respiratory organs: now we have good Australian horses coming to Auckland. About Glendowie A writer in a Taranaki paper, who is domiciled in "Wellington and is usually well informed, has the following about Glendowie: “Some months ago Glendowie was operated on for a growth inside one of his forelegs. This was not the success desired and after his efforts at the recent meeting of the Auckland Racing Club, Glendowie suffered some ill effects through the old wound opening. W. J. Tomkinson is best known as a trainer of trotting and pacing horses, but of late he has taken a number of gallopers into his stable. He was recently offered Glendowie and bad practically decided to take him. Just at present Tomkinson is undecided on the matter. Glendowie’s name appears among the nominations for the coming meeting of the Wellington Racing Club, but he can bo regarded as a very unlikely starter at the meeting. Glendowie was disappointing at Ellerslie, and some keen judges say that the best of him lias been seen.” In the meantime it is interesting to note that Glendowie has been paid up for in his two engagements at Trentham on opening day. A Riccarton String

R. Ellis has recommissioned the Paper Money filly, Te Awliina, who has had a lengthy period in the paddock. Mentone, from the same stable, was recently shipped to Sydney, having been sold to an Australian buyer for £2OO. Two other members of Ellis’s team, Arrowmir and the Grandeourt youngster, have been sent to their owner’s property at Waikari for a spell.

Not Thir, Year When Ballyfarnon over-reached himself in the Hawke’s Bay Steeples a very nasty wound was inflicted. It is yielding to treatment as well as can be expected, but the nature of the wound is such that some time must elapse before even it heals, so it is fairly safe to say that the promising young ’chaser will not sport silk again this jumping season, says a Hastings writer. Mr. Langely is most unfortunate in losing Ballyfarnon’s services just when he did. Honour Well In „ One of the most interesting features in connection with the Australian spring weights is Honour’s 7.9, in the Caulfield Cup. This is only 21b over w.f.a., and in view of the fact that Gay Ballerina got 51b over that standard in the Epsom and lib over in the Metropolitan, Honour seems well handicapped. The handicapper has evidently regarded him as not likely to stay, but in the meantime his record suggests that a risk has been taken with him.

A Rosenor Colt The colt by Rosenor from Monoxide now in Gieseler’s stable at Wingatui, is an exceptionally well-grown youngster, and as he will not be a two-year-old until late in November he promises to be a big one. If Rosenor is to leave stock like this colt he is certainly going to be an acquisition to the list of many imported stallions at the service of breeders now available in the Dominion. So far he has been only ridden along the roads, but his action there is very nice and even, and in marked contrast with many of the other youngsters now being educated at Wingatui, coming from a sire who in his short and unlucky turf career showed brilliant pace, and a dam that won over every distance she was asked to run. For The Guineas

Admiral Drake is wintering wonderfully well and gives every indication of stripping an ideal Derby colt in the early spring. His work will soon be increased, so that when the Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay Guineas come around in September the Chief Ruler —Tame Duck colt will require for nothing in the nature of condition. Many astute judges are of the opinion that Mr. F. Armstrong’s colt will prove one of our best three-year-olds next season.