AUSTRALIAN TURF

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 974, 17 May 1930, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN TURF

NOTES AND COMMENTS Melody Queen, owned by the Auckland sportsman, Mr. W. Scholium, won in Sydney last week. She is by Lucullus from a Martian mare and was sent over by Mr. Scholium to F. McGrath to train. * * * Since M. McCarten rode two winners at Rand wick on New Year's Day, lie has had 75 mounts for three wins and a dead-heat, no fewer than 23 seconds, and eight thirds. * * * General regret was expressed in New Zealand when it was stated a year or S ? ?F° o h j t Slr ‘ J ‘ F ’ dexter, “Pilot,” of the Sydney “Referee,” had left the staff of that paper. Tt is learned that Mr. Dexter is going back again to his old job. the “Referee” having been purchased by the syndicate of newspapers owned by the Sir Joynson Smith proprietary, by which “Pilot” has been employed of late. *■ * * The Rand wick trainer, F. McGrath has just returned from a visit to Wills Gully one of the properties of the late -Mr John Brown. While there he selected three horses which will enter his stables. Later. McGrath and "wo ° th , er „ R f r,dwlck trai ners in B. Pavten and R. p .O'Donnell will leave Svdnev for Darbalara Stud (Gundagai), an’other of the establishments of the coal magnate, and they will select horses Sydney they WIU prepare for racing in