Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

CONDUCTED BV

Te Kuiti Entries On Friday Nominations for all events ii t the annual meeting of the Te Kuiti Racing Club on November 23 and 25 close •' ■ • at Te Kuiti at 9 p.rn. next Friday, or at 5 p.m. with -Messrs. Biomfield and Company, Auckland. No stone is being left unturned bv the executive to make this fixture a great success. Whangarei Acceptances The spring meeting of the Whangarei Racing Club is to be hold atlVhangarei on Thursday and Saturday of next week. Acceptances for the first day are due at 5 p.m. on Friday next, with the secretary at Whangarei, or with Messrs. Biomfield and Company, Auckland. Waikato Handicaps Weights for the first day of the Waikato R.C. spring meeting at Te Rapa on Saturday and Monday fortnight, are due to make their appearance on Saturday next. Te Monanui's Offspring Oazelia, the dam of the two-year-old Iluntique. foaled to Te Monanui recently, and is again visiting the son of Potoa. Cambridge's Sporting Attraction Jt can be safely claimed that no matter what opposition there is, even a race meeting at Ellerslie, Labour Lay at Cambridge will always see a great gathering of sportsmen from all parts of the North Island at the annual fixture of the Waikato Hunt Club. There is no gainsaying the wonderful popularity of this sporting event, and whatever differences of opinion there may be anent the “Labour Day date” (as it is now widely known!), there cannot be any question as to what is one of the most popular of the provincial fixtures. It was indeed illuminating to note among those present racing and hunting enthusiasts from all over the North Island. The annual race meeting of the Waikato I-iunt Club is as much a social as a sporting fixture. So much has the club’s meeting grown that it is obvious that the executive will have to seriously consider' an extension of the existing lawn and stand accommodation, a requirement that is not going to be easy tb meet, for the lawn enclosure is a necessarily restricted one, confined to a narrow strip with the course proper in front and the public road at the rear. Wet weather has marked the last couple of meetings at Cambridge, but when the club docs get a warm spring day there will be an uncomfortable jam. This in itself is an indication of the popularity of the Waikato Hunt* « dub. and so long as the meetings art* as well conducted as was that this week, then this well-deserved popularity will increase rather than diminish.

C.J.C. Scratchings i Silver Paper was scratched for the I Stewards’ Handicap at 2 p.m. yester- ; day, and Commendation was scratched i for all engagements at the C.J.C. meet- ! ing at 4.35 p.m. yesterday. ; Auda, My Own, Kick Off and Simba | were scratched for all engagements at j the meeting at 9 a.m. today. Cup Candidates 1 Corinax and Palmares were taken I round to the mile post, and from there i ran home in 1.53 3-5, the former finish- ! ing a bit stronger. They moved over : the first three in 43. and the last six jin 3.27 2-5. Palmares has an abundance of pace and is more than a mere 1 possibility in the Whangarei Gold Cup. jif it is decided to let him keep his I engagement. And what of Corinax in I the Auckland Cup at Christmas? He ! has not been over-taxed in the matter ; of racing since he won this event last ; year, and with a run to bring him to j | concert pitch, he is sure to have many j I friends in the big two miles at Ellers- I ! lie. Only One To Go The Te Aroha trainer, A. E. Cox, j has both The Lamb and Ah Wera en- j I gaged in the hurdle events at the forth- j : coming Whangarei meeting, but only j the former will make the trip. In his j only start over hurdles —at Ellerslie ; . recently—The Lamb fell at the initial j fence. However, not a great deal of j notice can be taken of that effort, and providing lie lives up to the opinion held of him it should not be long before his connections are on the light side of the balance-sheet. It. Olive will pilot The Lamb at Whangarei. Absentees A. J. Julian, the popular ownertrainer of the ’cliaser Sea Comet, was not present at Cambridge to see his horse contest the Hunt Cup on Monday, for he was busily engaged in a sulky driving Belle Axworthy to victory at Epsom that day. Another prominent Ellerslie trainer missing at the Waikato Hunt meeting on Labour Day was J. Williamson, who was officiating as starter at the trots at Epsom. The next local trotting meeting is that of the Otahuhu Club, on Wednesday and Saturday, November 20 and 23, the second day of which clashes with the opening day of the Te Kuiti R.C. fixture. Op the Easy List T. Garment's three-year-old Bennie is not being worked on Ellerslie tracks at present, but his absence is only temporary, and he should return very shortly. Bennie injured a shoulder when he fell while galloping recently and until the affected part has yielded to treatment he is having an easy time. Out for a Spell Chansonette, a two-year-old in W. | Gall’s stable, is heavy with a cold and j will probably be relegated to the pad- j dock until the autumn. The other j juvenile, Grand Spirit, is also a j | sufferer. One More to Prepare R. E. Brown, who usually has several horses sheltered in his stables, has strengthened his team by the inclusion of a two-year-old by Peach Brandy from Orma, a mare at one time under G. Paul’s charge. The youngster has need of building up, and although he has his weak points, he can be looked upon as promising. Whangarei Next The majority of trainers at Ellerslie have horses engaged at the Whangarei meeting, and track-work at headquarters is* now commencing to assume real importance. Still, yesterday morning’s gallops afforded no criterion as to the prospects of the various candidates at the northern convincing ground, for generally most horses had something in reserve at the end of their gallops. The course proper was placed at trainers’ disposal, and. with a few exceptions, all fast work was carried out on . this track, horses being obliged to travel as near to the outside fence as possible, owing to the trestles being out that far. Poor So Far Salamander and Brampton were j worked jn company over half-a-mile | in 55 2-5, and the former surprised a i bit by finishing ahead. As a racing proposition, neither has proved itself, but Brampton has raced encouragingly at times, and it usually is “good race today, bad one tomorrow.” Both horses are nice and forward, and a win for their respective trainers would be pleasing to chronicle. Patutahi and Good Idea, both from J. M. Buchanan’s stable, covered five furlongs in 1.12 3-5, and were under j restraint. | May Be A Good One A likely looking sort of hack is Marechal, the four-year-old half brother, by General Latour, to Awarere. This three-year-old chestnut gelding was produced in the second division of the Bardowie Handicap at Cambridge on Labour Day, and after being a long way back at the home turn lie was finishing(* strongly at the end to get third money. Marechal will probably get out of the maiden class before this season is far advanced. Smart Gallopers Volimond gave nothing else a chance in the Bardowie Hack Handicap at Cambridge on Monday, and she won easily. She is a four-year-old daughter of Limond and Tivoli who ; promised well when trained by G. Paul ! as a two and three-year-okh Twelve j months ago she was badly galloped on 1 at Te ltapa, and this meant .a lengthy spell, after which her owner. Mr. p. j Swney, of Te Aroha, took her up. His j patience was rewarded on Labour Day. ; and it may not be long before this smart mare wins again. She had little difficulty in beating Te Hoia, the ball' brother to Te Kara and Queen; March, and this maiden is a good type. Pegging Away At the last Auckland Racing club .summer meeting JVgaway won three races on end. and should have won the j fourth, but he was unlucky. Hi s «. ;i sy i win at Cambridge last Monday, when j b° l f ‘ft fair field of sprinters stand- ; ing in the straight, indicated that he j once again will be a power to reckon i with in future affairs of the turf. He I wed all the better for bis run this Slapped Him Home ! L nocu was made such a hot favourite I fc,r tsie hack mile at the "Waikato Hunt meeting that he should really. the 1 j figures., have Avon very easily. As a j matter of fact, he had a very close call. 1 for at the finish he had 'got up to j snatch the victory right on the post. MoTavish did not have whip or spurs : to hunt the chestnut along, so near- • ing the judge he had to smack his ■ mount with the open hand to urge him on. The unusual method of applying! the ‘ urge ’ worked, blit quite a number | of those who found themselves laying j odds on must have suffered a tempor- ' ary dilation of the heart.