NEW HEADQUARTERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1070, 6 September 1930, Page 12

NEW HEADQUARTERS

SUCCESSFUL TRAINER FOR ELLERSLIE INTENTIONS OF G. JONES Mr. W. IT. Gaisford’s announcement that lie intended to retire temporarily from tli© ranks of owners' grave private trainer George Jones a long-desired opportunity—that of following his occupation as a trainer in the Auckland district. The former Greenmeadows mentor will probably decide on Ellerslie for his future headquarters, and to that end he is in Auckland finalising arrangements. During a lengthy association with the game extending over 18 years, Jones has been wonderfully successful, the total number of winners under his direction in that period aggregating 243, including several good Australian successes. Previously Jones’s candidates sported only the livery of Mr. W. G. Stead, but in the last five years Jones has been under appointment to Mr. Gaisford.

It is the intention of trainer Jones to make the change to public training, and the experience and continual success he has enjoyed on the turf should ensure him a full measure of patronage from Auckland owners. The following list is an indication of the number of good races won by horses which have passed under Jones-. Sasanof —New Zealand Clip, G. G. Stead Gold Cup, Awapuni Gold Cup (twice), Ormond Gold Cup, Trentham Gold Cup. Paisano—Grand National Hurdles. Continuance —Grand National Hurdles. Chortle—Awapuni Gold Cup, Christmas Handicap (Ellerslie). and Hawke’s Bay Cup. Multiply—Dannevlrke Cup, Raukawa Cup. _ Surveyor—G. G. Stead Gold Cup, Tar.inaki Cup, Waterloo Stakes, Taranaki Stakes. Truthful —Rotorua Cup, Hamilton Cup. Absurdum —Sires' Produce Stakes. Commendation —Nerv Zealand and Great Northern Derbies, Hawke's Bay Guineas, Avondale Guineas, Awapuni Gold Cup, Great Northern St. Reger. Gay Ballerina —North Island Challenge Stakes, Sires’ Produce Stakes, Great Northern Champagne Stakes. Avondale All-Aged Stakes. Australian Winners Paisano —Rosehill Hurdles, A.J.C. Hurdles. ~ . . Sasanof —Flying (Canterbury Park). Delight—Gimcrack Stakes. Radiant Light—Denman Stakes, Holiday Handicap, Anniversary Handicap. Night Raid—Granville Stakes, Novice Stakes, Chelmsford Stakes. , Nigger Minstrel —Rosehill Guineas, and second A.J.C. Derby.