TURF TOPICS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 357, 11 February 1937, Page 7

TURF TOPICS.

Round the Racing Realm. With “Top-weight.”

A GOOD LOOKER. Night Dress is a half brother by Nightmarch to Day Dress, and closely resembles his sire. He has yr t to appear in public, but has shn D very pr ) rising form on the tracks. A SOUND PROPOSITION. The Surgeon is in the private sale list owing to his owner-trainer, J. J. Lewis not being able to devote as much time as he would wish to the gelding’s training. He proved himself one of the best of the South Island handicap horses last season, and is thoroughly sound in wind and limb. The big Shambles g Iding is at present in the pink* of racing con dition, and should soon do good service for a new owner. SUCCESSFUL FIXTURES. The Southland Racing Cl.lb’s oreday spring meeting showed a profit of £638, and its two-day s/nmer meeting a profit of £1750. HACK PRICE. Stealth, the former New Zealand galloper, who ran second to Roseburn in the King’s Cup, run at Perth in 1931, changed hands recently at auction for 10 guineas. WIDESPREAD SUPPORT. The nominations for the Dunedin I Cup meeting consist of 132 different I horses. Wingatui stables supply 56, i Riccarton 35, Oamaru 10, InvercarI gill eight, Washdyke eight, Riverton | five, Orari three. Central Otago ! three, and Ashburton, the West : Coast, and Palmerston North one each. A PROFITABLE TRIP. Convivial paid a surprisingly good price when she won at New Plyfcfeiuth, in spite of her creditable form at Trfentham, wl|ere shie did not have the best of luck in any of her three races. She should race well in the future, and with further hack engagements at the Egmont an Woodville meetings to fulfil, her trip should turn out very profitable. Convivial was bred by Mr J. M. Sai.* son, but showing deformity in her young stages, was condemned to destruction. Mr A. W. Douglass, of Waikouaiti, however, took her over, as a present, and she came right,. Convivial is now held on lease from Mr Douglass by Mr M. M. Friedlander, of Waikari, who decided on the northern trip after ascertaining that the mare's nomination for the last programme at Riccarton v.'js not received in time. A PROMISING DEBUT. Gold Standard, the two-year-old by Iliad from Anne Shakespeare, had his first outing at Canterbury Park, Sydney. He is in the Silver Standard stable, hence the name, for formerly he was known as Will Shakespeare, the change being due to the p/’sent season’s three-year-old Shakespeare. Gold Standard showed a good turn of speed, leading into the straight, but then his condition gave out. He sported rather a substantial middle piece, but the race (says a Sydney writer) was of considerable benefit to him, and he looks a better colt for it. THE YEARLING SALES. The following is a list of the totals 'made at the national yearling sales at Trantham: — Total Average

Lots sold Gns. Gns. 1927 . . 48 16,600 341 1928 .. 59 14,900 1929 .. 12,620 382 1930 .. 50 20,750 415 1931 . . 122 14,665 120 1932 .. 8G 10,080 170 1933 . . 65 10,140 156 1934 . . 67 16,650 2481 1935 .. . . .. 86 20,7225 2405 1936 . . 88 21.032’ 239 1937 . . ... 108 25,505 236