Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 819, 13 November 1929, Page 12

Turf Notes

CONDUC ILL) BY

"EARLY BIRD"

Not Deng Well ; The Romoo mar*--. Flying Juliet, lias ! krrn » I,, nr=r her work in rather slovenly a t Tc liapa, and this, together I with her disappointing display over a | middle distance at Cambridge on j : Labour Uav, is not encouraging to j f many iVuph. who. on her form of last j ' would like to be with her on ] ; Saturday. .Seasonal trouble has been ! 1 against Edward's charge of late, and I sh*- lias only to show a glimpse of old I ■ form to bo dangerous at the weights ls n '->w receiving. In the mean- j j however, slic cannot be rccom- j Stops Quickly I !'• fe lia pa-trained jumper. Xed * ; Kelly, has not been in work very long ; but shaped in pleasing style' over hurdles the other morning. lie is in good order, but although he is likely to be prominent for a time in the hurdle event on Saturday. it appears as though he will peter out I before the really serious business commences. Good in the Class ! _ Asmodeus, who will represent Tinker’s stable in the second division of tlie Trial Plate at Te Rapa, is a ! good-looking sort that has been wovk- | ing along in satisfactory manner at ! To liapa. The Nassau gelding has been tried before and, although he j has shown nothing that would cause j one 10 enthuse over his immediate I prospects, he is a hack that may show j up in the maiden events. Cheap Horse? j iso easily did Golden Wedding beat i the opposition in the hurdle event on | the lirst day at Wliangarei that many ; owners of the “also-rans” began to j ask themselves this question—Were their representatives to be classed as hurdlers? Possibly Mr. .3. Sutcliffe, ! the owner of Automne, viewed the I answer in the negative, for during the i afternoon he made a present of | Automne to a Wliangarei sportsman. Won Impressively i An excellent gallop practically on j the eve of departing for Wliangarei caused many sportsmen to estimate Sir Archie’s prospects in the Wliangarei Gold Cup as exceedingly bright, but the chestnut had let his supporters down on numerous occasions this past 3 2 months, and a good percentage of his followers were waiting for him to show form—but they were left lamj enting. 11. Wiggins handled the r Archiestown gelding really well, and jhe did work in very businesslike fashion at the end. Unfortunately j the horse received a kick on a hind i leg while at the post, and although j not thought serious, it filled so as to j necessitate the scratching pen being I put through his name on the second i day. Now that Sir Archie has struck i form he should win more than one | middle distance event, for he appeals | as a class galloper. Serious Loss i Pom harder was going very strongly • in the Jlikurangi Handicap at AVhanga- j ; rei on Thursday when he was bowled j over and fatally injured, although he I had a good bit of ground to make up I which would have taken a lot of doing jso near the post. He won the Keni sington Handicap very easily earlier jin the day, and the chances are he i would have annexed another race [ before the return journey was made. It is a serious loss for his Australian owner, Mr. Andrea, and trainer J. Williamson, for Bombardor was makI ing improvement. An Addition j Sleepy Sol. having been allowed to I drop out of the game, the owner. Mr. | F. W. Stonfx. has decided to place in j training a two-year-old, a colt by { Peach Brandy from Omana (Kilwinning—Solitary). He will be placed l under W. Gall’s tuition today, and the ! name Grace will be applied for. Failures ; A alorient showed a lot of speed in i the Spring Plate at Wliangarei on j Thursday, but could not go on with it. ! When seasoned sufficiently she should capture a maiden at a minor fixture. Xorval Tea. too. was another who was ; early prominent, but she stopped very ; quickly after going five furlongs. She j j had Hector Gray to steer her in the ; Hvo furlongs of the Trial Stakes on ; Saturday, and punters stepped in. 1 ! only to meet with a hearty rebuff. Again it was ;» ease of unfavourable } Soing. s ‘ ie is no near champion is Xorval Tea. but her lady owner should ! meet with a return very shortly. I Valuable Race ' . A ® okl cup, of the value of £IOO, is j being given by .Mr. J. A. Taylor,' a I J«ember ot the Wanganui Jockey Club to so to the owner of the winner of the Wanganui Cup race of 1930. There Pro-Peet of £9OO in specie being added by the club, making the race a thousand pounder. Carbine's Challengers Era- since Carbine left the scene—been , ,S ! ke 33 years ago—we have I , een tkpeetmg another equine wonder i to come along and take his place. Sea- ! son after season, wrote the Melbourne i'‘ Vy l ernhill ■ on the eve of the ‘ "out ne Cup. there have been hopes ot such a phenomenon, but Carbine I ,; ‘s nyt been equalled, though he may be said to have had challengers for his title. is Xi gin march to reach the pinnacle hitherto only accessible to the I great Musket horse? It may be safe to predict that even Xightmarch will i;ul a little below the Carbine stand- | arcl in the end. but there can be no i question concerning his position today. 1 ll 1? reputation has not been cheaply : gained. Xightmarch has proved his i N y°rth. both at weight-for-age and in t.ie handicap department. Beaten he ' V ; IS 111 the Metropolitan Handicap, but uhat a gallant failure. In point of actual merit it is about the best thing m his record up to date. Solferino’s Demise The death is announced of the ' stallion Sol fori no at the age of 24 j v earss * Bv’ Solimarj (son of St. Simon) i rum Little Red Spinner (granddaughter of Isonomy). Solferino cost 4.i'Uogns as a yearling. He won at two and three years, and was retired to the stud. lie was imported to : Aew Zealand by Mr. J. F. Reid, of the ! Burnside Stud, and his first crop of foals appeared in 1916. Solferino’s i stock did not mature early, but they proved solid with age. and in 192 4-25 j was at the head of the list of winning stallions with L2S.2SO. Altogether I stock have won approximately L 1 50.000 in stakes, and he was represented by a two-year-old winner last month, when the filly Satisfy won the Dunedin McLean Stakes. When the Burnside Stud was dispersed. Solferino passed to Mr. G. A. Ivain and a few months ago was purchased from Mr. i Kain by Mr. AY. Gordon, of AVaimate, who had him at the time of liis death. < ount Favour was probably Solfcrino’s best son. He won the Xew Zealand | '’up. both Derbies. Dunedin Cup. Trentham Gold Cup and other good stakes. Other good stake-winners were Roseday. Sulfa n0i1,.. Foo Chow, j Mantua. S.-t Sail. Solifnrm. Solfcrite. j Listening Post. Booster. Battle Colours. , Taboo, Great Star and many of lesser I . note. I

Hcr Debut F. Gilchrist takes British rrincess to Te Rapa on Friday, the filly claiming engagements in the two-year-olcl events at the Waikato meeting. This will bo her debut under silk and hopes can be entertained that she will race really well. Her trials at Fllcrslie have shown that she possesses speed and she is built on becoming lines, too, so that seemingly she will be returned a winner in due course. An interrupted preparation has brought British l’rinccss to bear a bright and muscular appearance, and it goes without saying that l'ew of her opponents will strip better. Conditions Against Him A good race in the sprint at Cambridge on Labour Day caused followers of The Begum to be enthusiastic about his chance of pulling off the six furlongs at Whangarei last Thursday. and when he was in the firing line at the turn it certainly looked as if there was some justification for their contention. However, he failed to go on with it and just struggled into third place. Bad track conditions were in a measure responsible for his failure, for he appeared to flounder at several stages of the journey. His effort the second day was even worse* than the first, and it was pretty evident that this capable sprinter needs only a dry track to regain caste. Nearly Tore It Off Nothing raced more consistently at the recent Whangarei meeting than Thursby, and bis connections must be considered unlucky in not meeting with better success than Seconds and thirds in as many starts. Thursby set a torrid pace in the Whangarei Cup and looked like giving trainer It. E. Brown a turn of Fortune’s wheel, only to succumb to Sir Archie’s overpowering run in the last couple of furlongs. Track conditions suited Thursby to a nicety, and be revelled in the going, a factor worth bearing in mind when the Thurnham gelding appeal's again. Was Not Present Mr. C. M. Emanuel, the ownertrainer of Tetrarchate, left Whangarei on the. Saturday morning last to come to Auckland, and thus did not have the satisfaction of seeing his horse win his initial race. He had been doing brilliant track work prior to leaving for the Northern. fixture, and a bit unlucky on the first day, lie should not have returned the price he did, that is. in proportion to other winners. Shaped Well Many sportsmen had heard about the speed possessed by Sea Song, a maiden housed in W. Townsend’s stable at Pukekohe, and there was some truth in the rumours, too, if one can form an opinion from the efforts of the five-year-old at ‘Whangarei over the week-end. She was prominent

part of the journey in her debut last Thursday and racing is obviously what she requires, for she shaped in far better style in Saturday’s Kauri Handicap. AVhen more seasoned Sea Song will prove a source of annoyance to her opponents, for she has the speed and will only need to run on. Retired Sleepy Sol’s poor showing in the Hurdles on tlie first day of the AVhangarei fixture brought about the retirement of the Marble Arch gelding, and his connections intend to dispatch him to the country today. Sweeping the Board B. Rosen, who rode with success in New Zealand some few years back and who subsequently went to India, where he steered a number of important winners, journeyed later to Ceylon, where he has also put up a fine record. A Ceylon journal remarks: “One of the outstanding features of the Ceylon Turf Club’s August meeting was the remarkable record set up by Ben Rosen, who more than fully maintained his reputation as Ceylon’s champion jockey. On the third day of the meeting he gained his great success, when he won the Channel- Stakes on Lady Glendoe and incidentally rode four consecutive winners. Rosen’s record during the 1925-29 season of 23 firsts, 12 seconds and seven thirds, up to the time of writing, will take a lot of beating.”