HABIT’S WIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 984, 29 May 1930, Page 14

HABIT’S WIN

ROSEHILL ON SATURDAY STARTED AT SHORT ODDS Mr. H. J. McManaway, who took his I Thespian filly Habit to Australia some weeks ago, has not had much luck with her up to date, as she has been getting left at the po.st in her races. The tide turned on Saturday at Rosehill, however, when Habit, starting at fairly short odds, won the event which she contested. This information in gained privately from her New Zealand trainer, E. J. Murtagh, of Trentham. The cable man in Sydney sent the result of the Newcastle Cup, in which Dominion interest was negligible, but he did not regard Habit’s success as worth a line. Habit may return from Sydney this week, though this is not definite. WHEN HEWITT WON THE TOORAK HANDICAP In connection with the story of the early days of L. H. Hewitt, ■which appeared in a Southern paper, a. correspondent wrote to say that Hewitt when employed by the late H. Goodman was suspended for three months. The following week he slipped away to Melbourne and got a chance ride on Alva to win the Toorak Handicap. “Fancy,” says the correspondent, “a rider these days getting away with it.”' JOCKEY’S FALL INVERCARGILL SCHOOLING A considerable amount of interest was taken in a schooling bout over the battens on the Southland Racing Club’s tracks on Saturday morning, in which Banner Boy (A. S. Ellis) and Gayoma (J. L. Cotton) were concerned, says the Southland “Times.” It was the first appearance on the S.R.C. property of the former as a hurdler. The novice and his more experienced companion went at the first obstacle at racing pace and without the slightest hesitation, but Gayoma slipped on landing and came down, giving Cotton an ugly fall. A nerve in the horseman’s knee was affected and he was otherwise badly shaken, but he subsequently came round and pluckily resumed ordinary riding out exercise all power departed from the injured limb for some time. Banner Boy jumped the second fence alone and gave a good display. At a later stage when his owner arrived on the scene the Some Boy 11. gelding was given another turn over the timber and cleared it unhesitatingly in the experienced hands of A. S. Ellis despite slippery and uncertain foothold. Banner Boy is a bold aspirant for hurdle racing honours, and it will be interesting to see how he shapes later on when be learns to slide over his fences instead of leaping highly and expending his vital forces. A. S. Ellis also rode Gayoma alone over the battens and the son of Gay Lad, who had not faced a fence for some months until Saturday, improved with each attempt. He was unlucky to meet: with disaster the first time out for his winter campaign, but the mishap did not lead to hesitation and if he jumped into the air to some extent he got away fairly well on landing and should quickly attain his former proficiency as a batten-crosser.

IN THE FENCE MOA BIRD INJURED That speedy performer, Moa Bird, met with a severe accident last week at Hastings. It appears that she was having a run in the paddock when she got into an argument with another occupant and, in getting out of the mixup, had the misfortune to get her near hind-leg foul of the fence, with the result that she gashed the limb for several inches. It is anticipated that she will have to be laid aside for some considerable time. RIDING IN GERMANY MUNRO’S EIGHT WINNERS When J. Munro decided to ride for Baron Oppenheim, of Germany,. Sydney sportsmen anticipated a successful season for the stable. Mnuro made an auspicious start by riding three winners at his first meeting, and although he has not been able to maintain this remarkable average, he nevertheless hag done exceptionally well. In a letter received by a Sydney friend of the jockey last week, Munro said that he hkd ridden eight winners out of 20 mounts. FOLLOWING THE HOUNDS Included in the big field out following the Manawatu Hounds on Saturday were those old warriors, Askari, Rangi Sarto and Birkie, apart from the younger brigade such as Airforce, Jiu Jazz, Callamart, Poppy Hay, Blacksmith and Magic Land. PROMISING HACKS In Flaxbird and Night Recital, O'lvner-trainer F. T. Buchanan has a pair of promising gallopers, who will improve from this onward. Both were bred by their owner, Flaxbird being a three-year-old by Songbird from Gay Sonnet’s sister, Electric Lass, and Night Recital a two-year-old by Night Raid from Gay Sonnet’s dam Elocution. Gay Sonnet and Flaxbird are booked to race at the Dunedin Meeting. The latter was not on the list of acceptances telegraphed last Friday night. PROTEST DISMISSED The protest entered by E. F. Lunn, owner of Aden, against B. P. Richards, owner of Monarch Lad, receiving the stake for the Franklin Hurdle Race at Cheltenham (South Australia) on May 3, was dismissed. The stewards found that the charge that the breeding of Monarch Rad was wrong was not sustained. They ordered that Lunn should pay the expenses of the inquiry and that £5 deposited by him for the protest be forfeited. The objection was heard under rule 120 of the Australian Rules of Racing, which reads: "An objection on the ground of fraudulent mis-statement or fraudulent omission in the entry, or on the ground that the horse which ran was not the horse, or of the age which he was represented to be, or that he was not qualified under the conditions of the race, or that the name of such horse or of any person having an interest in such horse is in the Forfeit Rist or Rist of Disqualifications, may be received within one month of the conclusion of the meeting.”-