TRENTHAM NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1004, 21 June 1930, Page 9

TRENTHAM NOTES

WELLINGTON ENTRIES STAGHUNTER’S NEXT Special to THE SUSf WELLINGTON, Today. j After the pessimistic talk in certain j carters to the effect that there would be no jumpers for the Wellington steeling, the entries which were rewired this week indicate very clearly <4%; there is ample material at call to a race meeting. That the entries only 19 behind the record which was established last year is sufficient answer to those who took too gloomy ■ i view of the situation. In fact, in the last half dozen years this year’s entry has only once been exceeded. There is nothing to complain of on the '-core of quality of the entries in • eneral. The class in the Wellington Steeplechase does seem to be rather poor to race for a four-figure prize, but the other races provide compensation. As to the steeplechase it may i>o said that, with few exceptions, the best of the season are there. Perhaps tbe most notable exception is the dual Grand National winner, Wiltshire, who was unable to run at the recent (Treat Northern meeting. The South Island contingent would have been strengthened by the inclusion of Top Gear and Snowfall. The former, of course, injured himself at Dunedin early in the present month, but it was hoped the latter would make the trip. The hurdle races and the flat events have tilled exceptionally well. So far as the racing material is concerned the club seems to have collected ample tor a most successful gathering. Off the Scene As Maunga has not been entered for t he Wellington Steeplechase and is missing from the acceptance for the Hawke’s Bay ►Steeplechase, it is presumed that the Mountain Knight gelding has gone wrong again. It was reported that ho had recovered from the trouble that afflicted him at Ellerslie and necessitated his withdrawal from the Great Northern Steeplechase, but such can hardly be the case. One of the most interesting of the runners at Hastings and Napier Park this week and next will be the Aus-tralian-bred Conjurer 11., who is trained at Trentham by his owner, Mr. Charles Boyle. Conjurer 11. is a line track galloper and should do well in his races. Ho lias had plenty of solid work, and will not fail for lack of fitness. He is highly related, being a full brother to the Melbourne Cup winner, Poitrel. White Doe and I>ady Rene, two of Albert Goodman’s team, broke away from their attendant after working at t!ie Tracks on Monday morning and galloped some distance along a bitumen road to their stable. Fortunately neither was seriously hurt, though Cady Rene has a lacerated tongue caused through her galloping on her bridle. A motor-cyclist is said to

have been responsible for frightening j ihe mares. The lad in charge of them, ! who was riding one and leading thm \ other, was thrown and had a narrow : escape of being dragged. He was not j badly hurt. A Smart Gallop Pat’s Bay continues to do good work j ot Trentham. He went as well as j Htaghunter over half a mile on Tues- j day morning, and nothing lias been j working better than Stagliunter up to j the present. Pat’s Bay has not been 1 in training as long as his companion, and the gallop, viewed from all angles, •: was a smart one. Stagliunter has been * ntered for t sprint events at the Wellington win- i ter gathering, and it is expected that | if he acquits himself satisfactorily here he will betaken on to the August ! meeting of the Canterbury Jockey j Club and probably will contest the i Winter Cup. There was a heavy storm at Trent- S ham in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and the tracks at present j aro in a bad way. However, as the j weather has cleared again they should ! The Trentham trainer, 11. B. Lori- i gan, is at present on a visit to Roto- ' rua. His team is having an easy