Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 784, 3 October 1929, Page 7

Turf Notes

CONDUCTED BY "EARLY BIRD

Auckland Meeting The spring meeting of the Auckland Racing Club is to be held at Ellerslie ! on Saturday and Monday. Waikato Hunt Fixture The annual race meeting of the AA'aikato I-lunt Club is to be held at Cambridge on Labour .Day, October 28, Nominations close at 5 p.m. next AA'ednesday with the secretary at Cambridge, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Co., Auckland. Closing Tomorrow Nominations for the Wellington spring meeting close tomorrow night. Tomorrow' there also falls due the first acceptance for the New Zealand Cup and entries for other leading events at the Canterbury fixture, next month. Clockwork Back The Ellerslie owner-trainer, R. Lewis, returned from Sydney with Clockwork on Tuesday. The son of Robert the Bruce went unsound while on the other side, and only one race—not a winning one—could be exacted from him. Has a Chance Marita has been kept hard at it since he raced at the Pakuranga meeting a few weeks past, and he promises to strip a better horse in his steeplechase engagement on Saturday. Pie is a polished jumper, but does not stay too well, and although he will be a tired horse at the end of two and ahalf miles there will be plenty of others in the race on the same footing. Doing Nicely Red Lion is working pleasingly' under Mr. M. Ryan’s guidfyice at Ellerslie, and one or two gallops down to his credit lately indicate That his sojourn across the Tasman has been responsible for improvement. Red Lion is bearing a bright and well-con-ditioned appearance, and. as his first outing since returning from Sydney will be in the Cordon Handicap on Saturday, he will attract some interest. Calithe’s First Attempt Although in both the steeplechase and the hack mile, the Gordon Handicap, it is understood that Calithe will contest the former event. He has had several schooling bouts since arriving at Ellerslie a couple of weeks ago, and with every effort is making advancement. Calithe shaped very much like a stayer when he scored in the Ladies’ Bracelet Handicap at the Pakuranga meeting last month, and a horse of undisputed pace, he promises to add interest to Saturday’s steeplechase, notwithstanding that it. will be his debut over country. H. Dulieu is to pilot Mr. D. R. Jackson’s gelding, and the success this horseman has earned for himself in jumping events should ensure plenty of support for the visitor. Small But Good There were many inclined to the opinion that Flying Prince would fight out the Avondale Guineas with Eaglet subsequent to his excellent winning performance in the Dunedin Handicap a month earlier. He failed in the welter sprint on the first day at the suburban course, lifter being prominent for part of the journey, but it was not art impressive Guineas trial, as the Australian-bred colt showed when lie mad© only a fair effort two days later. Flying Prince is not -very big, but what lie lacks in size is made up for in courage. Still, compelled to lump 8.10 over a mile does not seemingly appeal to Flying Prince, and it may be found that he will do a lot better under a lighter scale of weights. Pie will contest the G.N. Guineas on Saturday, and is to b© piloted by C. France, who lias been associated with the horse in his engagements lately. Talisker’s Chance \V. r>. Moroney brought both Talisker and Vertigern to Ellerslie for the coming fixture, but only the former is engaged on Saturday, his mission being the Mitchelson Cup. Talisker last t sported silk at the Wanganui Jockey Club’s spring meeting, when he-. Was favourite in the Marangai Handicap, and although he was in fourth place at the end, there was more in his performance than actually seemed, for the half-brother to Kick Off had to be hard ridden in the early part to get a position. He carried 8.2 in that event, and with an appreciable drop to 7.1 he may have something to say in the decision of the big mile and a-half on Saturday. The fact that Vertigern was withdrawn in preference to Talisker ! points to the stable favouring the chance of the light-weight on Saturday. Getting the Best Riders The possibility of at least two Metropolitan candidates being nonstarters has encouraged hopes in the breasts of connections of other horses that they might get jockeys for the race, wrote a Sydney writer on September 26. Loquacious is an unlikely starter for the Metropolitan, end that might release J. Munro. If Tidal, who suffered an injury a week ago, doesn't recover, it will mean the release of AV. Duncan. Injury to J. Crowley left Leadlight without his previous pilot in the Rosehill Cup on Saturday, and AY. Duncan took the ride. Now there is a hope that if Duncan is free he might be on this horse again, though in getting such a poor response from him in Saturday’s race, the form was not sufficiently encouraging to make him eager to take it. Deadlight's connections have assured Duncan, however, that he always runs a better race at Randwick than at any other course. AA'ith Loquacious likely to hasten to Melbourne after her Epsom run, thus passing over the Metropolitan engagement, to contest the Caulfield Cup, it wip perhaps leave J. Munro free in the Metropolitan. Munro had been approached previously with a view to the Leadlight engagement. So now there is a possibility that either might accept the ride on this horse. But so far it is all in the air. The owner of Kavalli, Mr. AV Logan, would like to get Duncan for his horse if he is free, for he still gives his candidate a chance. J. day has inspired confidence in his form. Keen critics says it was his best performance since his victory on Windbag in the Melbourne Cup. Hence the eagerness for owners of stayers to get his services. In long races at Randwick and Flemington, he is at his best.

Admiral Drake Consistency appears to be Admiral Drake’s forte, for in his last three starts he has finished in second place, while his first outing this season resulted in an unplaced performance. By Chief Ruler out of the imported Tame Duck (by Earla Mor, a son of Desmond, out of Duckshot, by Gallinule"), Admiral Drake is well enough bred, but the fact that he was nearly beaten for second place in the I-lawke’s Bay Guineas on Saturday would appear to indicate that the Chief Ruler colt is not quite up to classic standard. AA'lien the best of the Dominion’s tliree-year-olds return from Australia he may find it hard to win in good company. Coming To Hand There are indications that the Rossendal© gelding Vertigern is likely to play a part in some of the later spring handicaps or early in summer, that is if the handicappers do not treat him I so unkindly as they appear likely to j do, comments the “Chronicle.” At AA'a- l nganui A T ertigern ran quite a decent ! race in the New Zealand Eclipse ! Stakes "oil the second day. and no : doubt he will be a greatly improved j horse before the season advances much further. Last season his best performance was his victory under 5.3 in the AVellington Cup, and after winning the. Paul Memorial Handicap at the Taranaki Jockey Club’s February meeting he developed leg trouble, having to be thrown out of commission. He Didn’t Win If Holdfast had won the Rosehill Guineas—in which he ran well —McCarten might have been on him in the A.J.C. Derby. Holdfast can now be put down as an improbable starter for that

race, and McCarten will be at liberty to take the mount on Comanche. Under the Knife At Randwick the other morning, IE McGrath mentioned that Mr. J. Brown had decided to have Magnifico and Bob’s March operated on for respiratory trouble, says the Sydney “Guardian.” Bob’s March, who gave great promise as a two-year-old, went wrong in the wind early in his three-year-old career, and when Magnifico was put into training by F. McGrath a few months ago, he was found to be similarly affected. Magnifico is AVindbag’s three-year-old brother, and cost 4,ooogns as a yearling. Dr. AA r . C. Ring will operate. I-Ie has had remarkable results in New Zealand, and it is to be hoped he adds to his success with Air. Brown’s horses. New Zealand owners and trainers swear by Dr. Ring, who, however, does not flatter himself that his method is infallible. In such operations there must be occasional failures. NAPIER MEETING ACCEPTORS FOR SATURDAY Press Association NAPIER, AA'ednesday. Acceptances for the Napier Park races at Greenmeadows on Saturday are as follow: PRINCE OF WALES STAKES

Racing In Victoria The Victorian Legislative Assembly yesterday passed a Bill to abolish main midweek racing fixtures, also Monday pony meetings.

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