TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 December 1938, Page 9

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BRILLIANT SURMOUNT DESTROYED

(By “The Cynic.")

The brilliant Surveyor—Cometary Surmount, who ran second to Paper Slipper in the C.J.C. Stewards’ Handicap and was greatly favoured for the Railway Handicap was destroyed at Awapuni on Saturday morning. Surmount had run the first furlong JH*.of a half mile gallop on the trial grass track when he cut in a little too close and struck the hurdles guard, inflicted fearful chest injuries that necessitated his being destroyed. J. L. Lewis, who rode the colt, injured his ribs and sustained a bruising, being taken to hospital. Surmount had not been extensively raced, but he was very unlucky in a number of impartant races. He started on 19 occasions for four wins and no fewer than ten seconds, while he won 1 £l5OO in prize money. A few months ago Surmount’s ownertrainer, Mr C. W. Boyd, received a very substantial offer for the colt from the Indian sportsman who paid him 3500 gns for Martara eighteen months ago. Farm of Sly Fox. The Gisborne owner-trainer, A. MTntosh, who was successful with Blonde Princess at Ellerslie on Monday, states that Sly Fox has taken no harm from his racing at the New Zealand Cup meeting, and would be on hand to contest the Auckland Cup at Christmas. I

Plans for Dictator. A. McAulay will leave with Dictate today on his way north. The horse will be joined in Wellington on Wednesday by Arctic King, and the pair will both compete in the chief event at the Waipa meeting before competing at the Auckland Racing Club's meeting, where both of them will run in the Auckland Cup. The other Riccarton teams for Auckland will also leave next week—H. Cutts on Thursday and F. A. Roberts and Mrs J. Campbell on Friday. Happy Memory Sold. The three-year-old Magnus gelding Happy Memory has been sold by the trustees of the late Sir Charles Clifford to an Australian owner at present visiting Invercargill. It is intended to race him at the Dunedin, Oamaru, and Waikouaiti meetings, while it is also possible that he will be raced in Southland later on. His owner then intends spelling the three-year-old before taking him to Australia. O. Howard, a Sydney jockey who goes to scale at 7.10, and who will be visiting New Zealand on a holiday trip, will ride Happy Memory during his holiday engagements. The new owner of the gelding is connected with the side-show business.