Turf Note

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 14

Turf Note

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"EARLY BIRD"

One More To Train Ellerslie trainer J. ' Buchanan has added to his team Patutahi, a sixy ear-old gelding by Polydamon from Lionskin. At the Gisborne winter meeting Patutahi was successful on two occasions, efforts that point to him being on the upgrade. Providing he has the ability his new mentor will give him every encouragement to display it. To Ride at Wingatui Following on the Ellerslie fixture at headquarters today and Monday, T. Metcalf and B. H. Morris are due to go South for the Dunedin spring meeting. The former has engagements in the McLean and Trial Stakes, and Morris is to pilot Chide in the Birthday Handicap, an event in which the gelding is likely to see a short price, and also Meprisant in the Dunedin Guineas. Automne’s New Trainer Owing to .P. Conway being indisposed, another trainer had to be found for Automne, and he has entered T. Carmont’s establishment. It is intended to make a jumper of Automne. and although he has certainly shown ability in this direction, it is doubtful if he will ever be a good proposition. Trainer Carmont is commencing to gather together quite a useful string, and with Lady’s Boy, Bennie. Mountain Guide, Tukunoa and Automne to work on, he is in for a busy time supervising their preparations. For the Second Day The Bulls trainer. A. Neale, has Elysianor at Ellerslie in readiness for the open hurdles on Monday, and his charge gives every promise of making the trip payable. Racing during the winter months has benefited Elysianor and he looked bright and muscular when worked at Ellerslie this morning. The Elysian gelding has the confidence of the polished jumper, and up to a mile and three-quarters invariably races prominently. The two furlongs' farther in Monday’s race should not impose too great a strain, for the calibre of the field he will be opposed to cannot be classed on a par with those he has defeated previously. E. Stanivay. who has ridden Elysianor several times lately, will have the mount. Holds a Strong Hand F. Tilley’s team for Trentham and Riccarton will include Laughing Prince, Cashier, Glenartney, and Consent. Cashier is to run in the New Zealand Cup. Glenartney has not been pro-

duced since the Marton meeting, and next time out be will have plenty of friends. The big courses should suit him. Smart Youngster Pomp, by Absurd, owned by Mr. George Currie, is credited with doing some gobd work on the tracks at Randwick. He recently put up one of the best gallops of the morning over four furlongs, and is a greatly-fancied candidate for the Breeders’ Plate, which comes up for decision on Metropolitan day at Randwick. Crowded Out It is very unusual to hear of a horse being crowded on to the outside rails in a race, but this happened to Aspiring at Geraldine, where it is said she brushed three posts when racing along the back. The field was started on the outside of the narrow track and some of the horses got crowded to the far side of the running. His Second Metrop.? New Zealand sportsmen will be specially pleased at seeing Mr. E. J. "Watt’s name figuring as owner of the winner of a fairly big event. In the Spearhead gelding Spearman—a great grandson of Carbine —he has quite a promising candidate for the Metropolitan, in which he is weighted at 7.5. There is thus quite a possibility of Mr. Watt repeating next week the success he achieved with the All Black horse Pershore nine years ago. Still Winning The Solferino —Mazabuka mare Millimetre^ who first did her racing in the Dominion in the colours of Mr. E. L. Barnes, of Palmerston North, has been a marvel of consistency on the pony tracks in Sydney. Now ten years old, she has not only been a gold mine at the ponies, but she is still winning. At Ascot on September 16, she won the 14.1 handicap, worth lOOsovs to the winner, by a length and a-half, in 49£, starting at a good price. Incidentally, Hard Words, a two-year-old trained by J. T. Jamieson, is a half-brother (by Chief Ruler) to Millimetre.

Franklin Club When the Franklin Racing Club met this week, Mr. Dynes Fulton presided. It was agreed to recommend the Auckland District Committee to grant a gentleman rider’s licence to Mr. W. J. Homewood. of Runciman. The club decided to affiliate with the New Zealand Country Racing Clubs’ Association. The tender of W. Crum and Son of £177 10s for the installing of a four-feet by four-feet concrete boxculvert of a length of 300 ft in the main drain was accepted. A subcommittee was appointed to wait on the Franklin County Council relative to the lowering of the stream crossing on the Buckland Road to allow for the free flow of water from the course. Auckland's Second Day The Auckland spring meetingopened today at Ellerslie and will be concluded on Monday. The second day’s acceptances close at 9 o’clock tonight, and these, together with the prospects and a review of the fields, will be published in ihe Sun’s late issue a few minutes after 9 p.m. Small Percentage Of the 25 two-year-olds remaining in the Wellington R.C. Wellesley Stakes on October 26, only four —Chrysology, Lineage, Cylinder and Oil King—were among those carded for today’s A.R.C. Welcome Stakes. Northerners For Trentham Prince Humphrey and In the Shade are the only Auckland horses entered for the Wellington Handicap, the principal event on the opening day of the Wellington spring meeting on October 2G and 2S. Eaglet. Lady’s Boy, Paddo n, Prince Humphrey and Paganelli all figure in the sprint, six furlongs. At Wsight-for-Age The weight-for-age event on the second day’s programme at the Wellington Racing Club’s spring meeting is the Harcourt Cup, run over ten furlongs. Aucklanders engaged are Bennie, Eaglet. Paganelli and Prince Humphrey. A mile slnd a-quarter journey will be something new for Paganelli, who won over a mile on this course last autumn. Outside of the two Aucklanders mentioned, the three-year-olds entered are Pink Coat, Admiral Drake. Hunting Cry, My Own, Night Lad and Speed Light. Ceremony’s Programme The mapped out by M,v. G. M. Currie for Ceremony before he left Wanganui was not a heavy one, for the Absurd-Pennon three-year-old is booked to make his first appearance in New Zealand at that age at the Trentham spring meeting. Ceremony is entered for four events at the A.J.C. meeting, these including the Shorts Handicap (six furlongs) on Monday next, the Suburban Handicap (one mile) on Wednesday, and the Chester Handicap (six furlongs) and Clibborn Stakes (one mile) on Saturday next. With Ceremony well on the right side of the ledger as a result of the great price obtained about him when he won at his second start, Mr. Currie may not ask much of him at Randwick, though he will be prominent in whatever events he starts in.