Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 705, 3 July 1929, Page 11

Turf Notes

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"EARLY BIRD"

Leaving Next Week Those two good horses, Aussie and Paganelli, together with that promis--1 ing two-year-old, Tasty, will be shipped i from Auckland for Sydney on the j Ulimaroa on Friday week. The Early Birds ! The first of the Auckland contingent [ for Trentham left last night. They j were Glendowie and Bright Band. It is understood that the former will run ! in the "Wellington Steeplechase in p.rej ference to the Hack Steeplechase. Matu Pleases Wellington sportsmen are hopeful of winning next Wednesday’s Steeplechase with their own Matu. In a much weakened field, Matu possesses an undeniable chance, for he showed at the back end of last season, also at Marton a couple of months ago, that he is capable of doing really well between the flags. At Trentham yesterday morning Matu gave a faultless display over four of the big fences, and was then sprinted smartly half a mile. For Trentham Taneriri and Maori Boy both galloped well at Ellerslie yesterday morning, covering six furlongs on No. 3 grass in the smart time of 1.18 4-5, there being little between them at the finish. The first three furlongs took no longer than 37 2-5, and with the track holding, it was a smooth j>erformance. Taneriri is taking on the open milers at Trentham next Wednesday, and as yet they may be a bit too good for him, but next season the full-brother to Hoariri should be able to bold his own with the best. Mari Boy is a long time getting out yf the hack class, but he has his chance at Trentham, where he may get on | the winning list. Jockey's Union | French cross-country jockeys have ! formed a trade union, which has been i joined by several Frenchmen classing j as fiat horsemen. Joining Up I Amor will rejoin T. 11. Gillett’s active ! division this week. Pie has had a spell j for a couple of months, which he had ( earned after a strenuous season, and ; he will be got ready for spring eni gagements. How It Goes ! Hastings trainer Harry Greene, on the first day at Napier, won three j races on end, when his luck was rightly considered to have changed. Then, on the second day, Crishna, through the worst of luck, was beaten in the Park Steeples, which was followed by accidents to Ballylarnon, Mouri Bangi and Crishna. That is how the game goes. Apprentice’s Injury A. G. Murray, an apprentice to the Awapuni trainer, G. New, was admitted to Palmerston North Hospital on Saturday, having been brought from Hastings on the mail train. Murray was injured in Hastings on June 21 at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s winter meeting, when Wilmoreana fell on the flat. The rider suffered injuries to the right leg and foot and has since been in a private hospital at Plastings. As his relations are in Palmerston North, arrangements were made for him to enter the local hospital, and he was accordingly brought down on the train, making the trip in a stretcher in the guard's van. His friends expect that he will be confined to hospital for about three weeks.

Uralla’s Condition Although she was not accepted for the Wellington Steeplechase, there is little the matter with the Great Northern Steeplechase winner, Uralla. Recently she injured a leg, and it was deemed advisable to give the Trentham meeting a miss. It is probable that Uralla will be on hand, all going well in the interim, for the Grand National next month. Riding Engagements The latest riding engagements announced for the Wellington meeting are as follow: R. Reed: Bisox and Kaiti. T. Green: Royal Game and Vinella. It. J. Mackie: Air Laddie (Trial second day). IT. Dulieu: Kauri Park and Master Doon. L. Dulieu: King’s Guard and Tinokoa. H. Wiggins: Hop wood (Trial second day)\ IJ. IT. Morris: Historic and Roi Ue Val. J. Cammick: Taneriri. R. McTavish: Black Mint, Marble King, Merle and Adventus (second day). F. Foster: Glena Bay. R. Olive: Ivawini. E. Manson: Maori Boy. Jumpers Gallop The three Ellerslie jumpers for Trentham, Master Doon, Kauri Park, and Kamehameha, were sent about a mile and a-half on the flat at Ellerslie yesterday on No. 3 grass, this distance being covered in 2.47 3-5, the last round taking 1.49 1-5. Kauri Park, with the best of the weight, was well clear of the other two, but they did not appear to be bustled at any stage. Unlucky Waverlcy Club It has been shown in the past that the benefits, accruing to the floating permits are not always what they seem. This was once again illustrated by the experience of the Waverley Racing Club last Saturday. For the seven races the totalisator receipts fell just short of the poor average of £I,OOO a race. The stake money amounted to £1,150, but against this nomination and acceptance fees reached £ 225, leaving the club to provide £925 to make up the stakes. The club’s share of the totalisator receipts would not amount to £7OO, so it would have to find £225 out of its gates and privileges to make up its stakes. Seeing that the weather was very bad, it is quite on the cards that the Waverley Racing Club will be called upon to face a substantial deficit on the fixture. The club was very unlucky, however, for in addition to the atrocious weather—and the • Waverley course is the last place in the world to be on a bad day—there was the train accident near Wanganui, which held up traffic and prevented the special train from Wanganui departing, as well as keeping the Wanganui horses at home. It was a combination of circumstances that placed the club on the wrong side of the ledger, and this fact will be regretted by all sportsmen, for the Waverley Racing Club has fully earned its present popularity in its efforts to cater for everybody. On Names

Some of our owners, those of the older school especially, have shown an inveterate dislike to naming their horses at all; others maintain that a horse should not be given a name until be has earned that distinction by the winning of a race (says an English writer in the “World”). In this category was the fifth Earl of Glasgow. He usually had a number of horses in training. Most of them were bad, and inasmuch as they were incapable of winning a race they remained nameless. Now and again his friends, the Earl of Stafford, General Peel, Admiral Rous and Mr. George Payne, would take him in hand and endeavour to find names for some of his horses. It is on record that on one occasion, after spending hours in the attempt, they succeeded in inducing him to promise to name three of his horses without delay. The old earl kept his word, and the three following names were duly registered with Messrs. Weatherby: “He Has a Name,” “Give Him a Name,” and “He Isn’t Worth a Name.” : Locked In During the past two or three weeks i the metropolitan and near country racing clubs in West Australia have been making a serious attempt to assist the police in suppressing - street and shop betting by endeavouring to prevent racing details from leaving the course immediately before or after races are run. At the Canning Park meeting, the scratchings and jockeys’ names were written on blackboards placed in positions where they could not be seen from outside the course. No persons were allowed off the course until a quarter of an hour after a race had been run. Results were not broadcast. According to all accounts, starting price bookmakers were considerably inconvenienced. It is said that several persons inside the course tried to communicate with men placed on the outside, and ono or two men pleaded sickness as an excuse to get outside the enclosure before the quarter of an hour was up. They were told that if they were sick they could receive attendance at the casualty rooms. Among those endeavouring to communicate with an outsider was a woman. Foyal Elm According to a Hawke's Bay writer the win of Royal Elm in the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase was far more meritorious than most think, as he got into one fence badly, taking six inches of skin off his stifle, but like all descendants of Soult, he gamely stuck to his task to worry the Aucklander, Voting Thurnham, out of first money, but his accident prevented him from starting on the second day. Considering that this gelding has contested so very few jumping events his record is most creditable and speaks most favourably for his future as a ’chaser. Fortunately his accident at Hastings was not attended with any serious results, and he is now quite himself again and bowling alone fine in his preparation for the Wellington Steeples. New Trainer P. A. Waddell has taken over the stables near the Napier Park Racecourse, formerly occupied by W- McKinnon. He has got a team of live to start, and most of them have to be broken in. However, they are a wellbred and likely lot, and as Waddell is a painstaking mentor who has shown his ability both as a rider and trainer, with a number of first-class performers he should do well. He may too take the seat on some of the animals himself when the weights suit, for he is at home on a horse over any distance, and has won many of the principal races on the New Zealand turf. The animals which Waddell has in hand are a rising three-year-old bay filly by Lackham (imp.)—Putorino, rising five-year-old brown gelding by Tribulation—Hastings, rising four-year-old biown filly by Tribulatoin—Hastings, and rising three-year-old bay filly by Lackham (imp.)—Hastings.