TURF NEWS & NOTES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 March 1939, Page 9

TURF NEWS & NOTES

CURRENT TOPICS FROM STABLE fir COURSE

Views on Racing Facts and Fancies

BREEDING OF PEERLESS

(By "The Cynic”)

Peerless is on the way to being another Cuddle for Mr R. J. Murphy, whb paid 425 guineas for her as a yearling. She is as much at home in handicaps as in classic races, and now her record to date reads five wins and nine placings in 22 starts for £2770 in stakes. It is probable that she will be sent south at Easter for the Great Easter and Great Autumn double in preference to going north for the classics, unless she receives more than the anticipated weight in the handicaps. A bay filly of good proportions and standing over a lot of ground, Peerless is a daughter of Beau Pere and the Limond—Homage mare Prestige, a full-sister to Honour, Episode, and Courtcraft, hence she is another member of the highly successful Eulogy family. Prestige herself did not do a deal of racing, but she was a.winner in Australia before going to the stud.

FltH’fvnce Mills. Florence Mills is a four-year-old brown mare by Nigger Minstrel from th? 'Lord Quex—Lovematch mare Liaison, hence she is a full-sister to Quadroon, winner of the Parliamentary and Wellington Handicaps on the Trentham course during the last twelve months. It is a pedigree that suggests stamina, but this mare has so far been purely a sprinter. She is raced by her breeder, Mr H. H. Pharazyn, of Hastings, and her record now comprises six wins and three seconds in 17 starts for £1220 in stakes. The celebrated Hebrew Maid family to which Florence Mills belongs appears to have a particular penchant for the Trentham course. Menelaus was an important winner there, and Gaine Carrington won his first race on the track. At the last four meetings its representatives have enjoyed success, Quadroon last winter, Quadroon and Florence Mills in the spring, Old .Bill (a half-brother to these horses) land Beau Vite in the summer, and now Mills and Beau Vite again. Florence Mills's grandam (Lovelorn) is a full-sister to Beau Vite’s dam (Dominant). RACING FIXTURES March 23, 25. —Oamaru J.C. March 24, 25. —Manawatu R.C. March 25. —Birchwood H.C. March 25. 27.—Bay of Plenty R.C.

MANAWATU MEETING ACCEPTANCES FOR FRIDAY. (By Telegrapn—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N„ March 20. Acceptances for the first day of the Manawatu Racing Club’s meeting on Friday and Saturday, when single-pool betting will operate, are: — ( 12.15—Karere Hurdles; IJm: Entheos, Riotous 10.10; Red Rufus, Hanover 10.8; Southern Blood 10.4; Sunee 10.0; Ohanga 9.13; Warehi 9.0. 12.55 —Autumn Plate; 7f: Brazil, Cuddler, Colin, Colonel Bogey, Cuisinier, Charmante, Cherry Picker, Floral Robe, Hunting Squire, Little Dorrit, Mon Acre, Strolling, Snigger, Tom Tom, Travail, Verey Lights. Yed Prior, all 8.7.

1.40 — Woodhey Hack Handicap; 6f: Trebor 9.9; Red Cat 9.6; Ecstatic 9.1; Filetto 8.0; Eurotus, Blonde Princess 7.13; Hunting Royal, Royal Pageant 7.12; Tidal Gift, Deficit 7.9; Golden Flame, Dorak 7.7. 2.20 — King George Handicap; IJm: Arctic King 9.0; Queen of Song 8.12;Play On 8.8; Siegmund 8.5; Big Dook 8.0; The Crooner 7.12; The Bigot 7.11; Corroboree 7.8; Hunting Cat 7.7; Old Surrey 7.6; Dainty Sue 7.2; Entail, Galteemore, Royal Choice 7.0. 3.0 —Cloverlea Nursery Handicap; 51f: Submission 8.11; La Bru 8.8; Lufanist 8.5; Pearl of Asia 8.4: Aranui 8.4; Prudent Prince, Vascones 8.1; Serenata 7.12; Chevy Chase, Lively Lady, Social Credit, Moradabad. Miss Leighon, Newbery Queen, Kriemhild, Kehua, Goldburn, Caution 7.0. 3.40 — Awapuni Gold Cup; weight for age; L|m: Royal Chief, Smoke Screen 9.0; Oratory, Queen of Song 8.13; Beaupartir, Gay Son, Old Bill 8.4; Homily, Peerless. Taurangi 8.1. 4.20 — J. M. Johflston Memorial Handicap; 6f: Florence Mills 8.1; Laughing Lass 8.0; Rakahanga 7.13; Top Row 7.11; Race Call 7.8; Wildflower 7.4; Silver River 7.0. 5.5 —Te Matai Hack Handicap; Im, If: Te Huia 9.8; Inquisitor 9.3; Settlement 8.11; Yours Truly 8.9: Sudan 8.7: Bumble 8.1; Ruling Star 7.11; Thrasos 7.10; Classical, Birkology 7.9; Windsor Chief, Master Hector, Etzel 7.7.