Turf Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 870, 14 January 1930, Page 12

Turf Notes

CONDUCTED BY "EARLY BIRD

Waipapakauri Next Week The annual race meeting to be conducted by the Waipapakauri Racing Club at its course at Waipapakauri on Saturday week, January 25, is attracting the attention of Auckland sportsmen. The excellent programme has attracted a splendid lot of entries, and with the prospect of pretty good fields for the eight events carded, the sport should be full of interest. Weights are due to be declared by Mr. F. J. McManemin at 8 p.m. next Saturday (after the races at Kawakawa that day), and acceptances close two days later, on Monday next. January 20, at 5 p.m.. with the secretary at Awanui, or with Messrs. Blomfield and Company, Auckland. Made to Order Apparently, the popular Paeroa sportsman, Mr. J. Brenan. knew what he was about when he put Keesing up at Silb. overweight to ride his horse, Snow Prince, in the Parawai Hack at Thames on Saturday, and it was not surprising to find a horse with this name revelling in the mud. He won easily by four lengths, and there was a good deal of merit in his performance. Snow Prince drew the outside at the seven-furlong barrier, which is in a particularly bad position, and he was always at least three horses out from the rails, even when the field negotiated the top bend. He was first into the straight, and finally won as he liked. Snow Prince has not been racing twelve months, and he promises to develop into a very useful performer, especially in soft ground. A Good Meeting It was indeed unfortunate that the Thames Jockey Club, after such a good start on the opening day, should experience such a wretched day on Saturday for the conclusion of its annual meeting, but for which an increase in totalisator returns would most certainly have been recorded. As it was, the result was not so bad as it might have been. Apart from the unpleasant conditions the meeting was a splendid success, and should encourage the club to face the future with confidence. It was surprising to find a. large number of sportsmen from far afield in attendance, and this in itself is an indication of the popularity of the fixture. The course has been improved considerably of late years, and it is now quite a good race track. Fields were on the small side on the second day, two being of one-dividend proportions, and this necessarily restricted betting. Nevertheless the sport on the second day was much better than on the first, when good and close finishes were not in evidence. All sportsmen will wish the Thames Jockey Club better weather conditions when this particular gathering comes round again twelve months hence. .

Reminders Bay of Islands acceptances are due at 5 o’clock this afternoon. Wellington acceptances close tonight at 9 o'clock. Takapuna Jockey Club . first day handicaps are due next Friday. Nominations for the Matamata, Taranaki and Gisborne meetings close next Friday. Rotorua, Poverty Bay and Wanganui entries will be taken up to Friday week, January 24. Now Working The maiden galloper. Operatic, has resumed work at Ellerslie under K. Heaton. Operatic is an unraced four-year-old' by Hyllus from Gleaner, and owing to a cold had to be thrown out of commission last year. Trentham Rides Following on the Foxton meeting, H. Wiggins will continue on to Trentham for the Wellington Racing Club’s Cup fixture. He has been engaged for Panther in the Cup, and in addition will pilot Richfield, Equitant, Duaraven, and Coroner. Given Away Several attempts have been made by the Lucullus gelding Luxurious to show his worth as a racehorse, but he has been a consistent failure, and after his poor efforts in moderate company at tlie Thames meeting, his owner, Mr. J. W. McCoy, made a present of him to a farmer in the district. Big Dividends It was perhaps something more than coincidence that the opening event each day at Thames last week was won by a horse trained on the course. This makes the huge dividends returned—over a score and over a third of a century respectively—all the more remarkable. Apparently there are few r of the class known as “touts” who get up early enough to see and clock the early morning gallops at Thames. Vital Promising

The form of Vital when he won the Tapu Handicap at Thames was no mere flash in the pan. In that event Vital hit the front early and remained there, finally winning by a couple of lengths. Cn the second day he contested the hack sprint, and was on the rails all the way, a position that got him into all sorts of trouble in the heavy ground, but he was finishing on in fifth place, about three lengths from the winner, Big Bertha. It was a rather impressive effort. suggesting that Vital will get on the winning list before very long. He has started racing somewhat late in life, for he is now a five-year-old, and claims Greyspear as his sire and Vitella as his dam.

Beaten at the Start Trig started at a fair price in the Tapu Handicap the first day at the Thames meeting. He was drawn very wide out, being 19 horses from the rails, and he missed the jump-out, after which he was never sighted. Trig appeared in the telegraphed list of acceptances for the Kopu Handicap the second day, but this was an error, for he was not paid up for. Owner-trainer G. A. Reid has Trig in pretty good shape just now, and no doubt the Te Aroha sportsman is hopeful of the three-year-old turning out as good as Lucy Rose did for him last season. In Good Fettle Although Envoy was assisted materially by catching the jump-out in the Flying at Thames, there was little doubt that he Avon strictly on his merits, for he finally defeated a pretty good sort in Hakanoa by a couple of lengths. Taking into consideration Envoy’s form in his last tAVo races before going to Thames, the Absurd gelding Avas remarkably A\ T ell treated in being let in at one pound above the minimum, for a couple of months ago at Whangarei he defeated Lady’s Boy in the sprint and Avas only beaten the second day by three parts of a length by Maori Boy over a mile. On Saturday Envoy floundered badly in the mud, and a poor fourth in a field of a quintet of practically poor hack class showed what a hopeless proposition he Avas under the prevailing conditions. Envoy, who was an odds on favourite on this occasion, should do very Aveil for his owner, Mr. T. Impey, during the autumn, and is one to be strongly recommended while the tracks are firm during the next two or three months. Liked It Better The hard course at Thames the first day was all against Hakanoa, but all the same he made a valiant effort in attempting to concede Envoy 131 b. It is doubtful if he could have beaten the Takanini trained sprinter at level Aveights. Hakanoa made amends by capturing the Farewell Handicap on Saturday. It was a very good performance, for the course was sloppy and muddy, and Hakanoa carried nine stone. Good Boy caught the Valkyrian gelding 50 yards from the post, but he responded gamely to Goldfinch’s Avhip and asserted himself to score by a neck. Hakanoa looks like winning a cup event on the country circuit during the next few weeks.

Taneriri’s Successes The best of the handicap horses seen out at Thames last Aveek was Taneriri, the younger brother to that good sprinter Hoariri. Taneriri was ridden a most judicious race in the Goldfields Cup, which he won easily by four lengths. His apprentice rider, Parsons, Avaited on the leaders till the home turn was reached, when he sent him round the two pacemakers, and, making e\ T ery post a winning one, he went away from the field. On the second day Taneriri again Avon. The horse pulled very hard early in the Thames Plate, and probably his rider let him run along rather than fight him. Consequently he Avas a tired horse at the end. Half-way up the running he Avas four lengths in front of Sir Russell, but then began to fade, whereas Sir Russell put in a great run. Tanerir was kept moA'ing to get the verdict by a length. It Avas a particularly smart performance, for he and Maori Boy and Flying Juliet made the pace a cracker in the mud. Perhaps Parsons made the most of a bad job in letting Taneriri go when he wanted to, for had he fought him he might haA'e been beaten.

Rider Weighed Out Too Light AN UNUSUAL OCCURENCE THE THAMES INCIDENT ; The Mashoor incident at Thames on Saturday shows that clerks of the scales at race meetings cannot be too careful. The incident referred to was when Mashoor finished second in the Highweight on Saturday (he had won the first day). Apparently his rider, M. Dulieu, was under the misapprehension that his weight was 9.10, instead of the 10.0 indicated in the correct card. That was the keynote of the whole trouble. The jockey approached the clerk of the scales to weigh out, and said, “9.10.” The scale touched 9.10, and all right was given. One can imagine the consternation on the part of the rider when, afer finishing second. he weighed in at 9.10, and was declared 41b under weight. Then he must have rect weight was 10. realised that his correct weight was 10.0. There was nothing to be done but to disqualify the horse for second place, and to bring War Officer from third to second and Foxhound from fourth to third. The figures indicating the pounds and stones on the scale are of similar size, it was reported, so that the apparent error on the part of the clerk of the scales was not difficult to understand. However, Mashoor’s backers lost a good second dividend, and the owner £lls in second stake money. There have been cases where riders weigh in light after a race, having lost some lead during the race, but it is very seldom indeed where a rider weighs out light—to the extent of 41b. Fortunately it was not a big race, nor was the horse concerned a winner, but in any case the error was serious enough. ASHHURST FIXTURE ON WEDNESDAY WEEK THE ACCEPTANCES Press Association PALMERSTON N., Monday. Acceptances for the AshhurstPohangina meeting on "Wednesday week, January 22 (Anniversary Day) are as follow: HACK HURDLES

RAUMAI HANDICAP Of £210; about 1 mile. Merry Damon 9 9 Cerf .... 7 10 The Swell ..92 Second Bonogne . . 810 Thought ..79 Rameses . . . 8 S Captain Thrift .... 8 2 Gazeley ..77 Discourse . . 710 March On . 7 7 Moepai . . . 7 10 Australian Entries The signs of the times point to the approach of the Easter season and in this connection it may be remarked that entries for the Sydney Cup, of £6,000 (2m) and the Doncaster Handicap, of £3,000 (1 mile) are due today (Tuesday). A gold cup valued at £2OO is attached to the Sydney Cup by the Australian Jockey Club. An Addition A newcomer that made an appearance at the Ellerslie tracks this week is a two-year-old, by Kilbroney or ; Paper Money, from Dancing Doll. She is attached to J. Chisholm’s stable, and will endeavour to carve out a career under the name of Gay Idea. Although on the small .side, the filly displays plenty of quality, but as yet she has only completed the rudimentary stages of her education, and it should be some time before she is fit for racing purposes. BILL’S BRAINWAVE Mary, Bill’s wife, had been run-down and irritable for a fortnight—not ill, just “fagged out.’* Bill was worried. Then he remembered reading a Marshall’s Fospherine advertisement—how this wonderful nerve food soothes, nourishes and strengthens ragged nerves and recharges the whole system with energy and vitality. He got a bottle. Now Mary is well again. Bill swears by “Marshall’s”—“lt’s the best brainwave I ever had,” says Bill. You should keep a bottle of “Marshall’s” always in the home. All chemists and stores ► stock the sixsided carton. You get 100 doses for 2s 6d. 1

Of £200; 15 miles Aurora Wilmoreana 9 4 Borealis . . 11 2 Fiery Comet 9 0 Omeo . . . 10 2 Jokeform . . 9 0 Vinella . . . 10 1 Birkie . . 9 0 Rouex . . . 9 13 Good Acre . 9 0 Rakauponga 9 8 Four Aces . 9 0 Borsalene . . 9 7 March On 9 0 Air Force 9 6 Frilford . . 9 0 MAIDEN STAKES G* furlongs Bourgeoise . 8 7 Emerald Lucretia . . . 8 7 Abbey . . . 8 7 Elicit .... 8 7 Our Nancy . 8 7 Black Acre . 8 7 Derry Belle . 8 7 Lookout . . . 8 7 Evening Hero 8 7 Spearform 8 7 Paiko .... 8 7 Roundelay . . 8 7 Potoaform . . 8 7 Pont d’Or . . 8 7 Hortense . . 8 7 Acress .... 8 7 Merry 8 7 Melody . . . 8 7 Adventus . . 8 7 LTisogne . . . S 7 Acreline . . . 8 7 POHANGINA HANDICAP Of £210; 6 furlongs Ridgemount . 9 1 Moa Bird . . 7 0 The Raider . 9 1 Broad Acre . 7 0 Bonogne . 7 13 Juggle . . . 7 0 Blimp . . . 7 11 Hopwood . . . 7 0 Dobbin . . . 7 9 Birkie . . . 7 0 Veronese . . 7 0 Moorland . . 7 0 SIBERIA HANDICAP Of £200; 5 furlongs Brown Sugar 8 3 Golden Mandy .... 8 3 Shadow . . 7 3 Tea. Taster . 8 3 Tapestry . . 7 3 Green Acre . S 1 Abbey Queen 7 1 Acreline . . . 1 Society . . 8 1 Lady Belle Star . . 8 1 Lucerne . . Joygerm . . 7 13 The Perch . . 7 0 Lackham . . 7 11 Evening Hero .... 7 0 Britannia . 7 10 Royal Queen 7 0 Miss Quex . 7 8 Basaloma . . 7 0 ASHHURST CUP Of £330; li miles. Merry Damon 9 0 Royal Game . 7 6 Otairi .... 8 13 Rameses . . . 7 « The Swell . . 8 5 Billion .... 7 G 8 2 Briar Root . . 7 0 Avro 8 2 Discourse . . 7 0 S 1 Balloon . . . 7 0 Admiral Kawhakina . 7 0 Drake . . . 7 9 Fine Acre 7 0 MANAWATU GORGE HACK CUP Of £210; about 1 mile. Briar Root . 9 0 Mothplane . . 7 7 S 9 Rakauponga 7 7 8 4 Kilorell . . . 8 2 Daylass . . . 7 7 8 1 Fallow . . . 7 7 7 13 Hatteras . . 7 7 13 Callamart . . 7 7 7 13 Handsome . . 7 7 Plane .... 7 13 ROMAIC A HACK HANDICAP Of £200: 6 fur. Brown Sugar 7 12 Rule 7 12 Britannia . Royal Opera 7 11 Miss Quex . . High Society 7 10 Abbey Queen 7 10 Lackaday . . Green Acre 7 10 Derry Belle . 7 0 Joy Germ 7 8