GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20257, 28 July 1937, Page 12

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

The winter meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club will open at Gisborne to-morrow and conclude on j Addition to Stable. Tybalt lias Joined F. Gilchrist’s stable at Ellerslie* On the Schooling List. Hunter's Morn, who proved trouble- ‘ some at the start of engagements at the Trenfham meeting, has been placed . on the schooling list. The Ruling Fanoles. The ruling favourites for the Win- j 1 ter Cup are Trench Fight and Eprls, I while in the Grand National Steeples Burglar, Irish Comet, Streamline and Nocturnus hold pride of place. Jolly Peggar arid John Charles are the early, fancies for the big hurdles. Ticket. A stable companion to Billy Boy now at Riccarton is a three-year-old halfsister by Paper Money to Shy. Their cam, StafscTight, was got by Limond | —'Tivoli, by Absurd. , Enniskillen. The hunter, Inneskiilen. was very! lame after schooling at Riccarton the : other morning and is an unlikely starter j at the Christchurch Hunt. He was accompanying Royal Limond in a schooling bout when he ran off at a ; hurdle, took Royal Limond with him, j and crashed into the wing which he flattened. • j Champion ’Chaser Killed. Bushranger, America’s ohamplon steeplechaser of last season, and who J was owned by Air J. E. Wldener, fell j and broke his neck in a schooling les- | son last month. No matter how j cleverly they may Jump few steeple- • chasers get through their racing [ careers without a fall. Unexpected. •Unexpected, winner of the Rosebank / Hurdles at Marton last Saturday, Is a j six-year-old gelding by Malapert from i Jeanette, by Romeo from Dixieland, by j Berriedale from Georgia, by Bobadil. Malapert is by Lucullus from Bleriot,! who was a good performer, and he sired Unexpected when he was only a three-yea^-old. A Useful Team. M. B. Edwards has five gallopers In work on his track at Yaldhurst. Ponty ! and Wlno are In excellent order. Cock- 1 sure has* done well since he raced at Ashburton, while Banker's Choice is a novice liable to improve with racing, Joppa is a steeplechaser who has also been doing well. Red Sun. Since racing at the recent Wellington meeting Red Sun has gone on the right way in his preparation and he will strip fit. and well for engagements ; at the Grand National fixture. The j heavy nature of the, going at Trentham ! militated against his chances there and \ with the likelihood of a good racing surface at Riccarton lie may make full amends for recent failures. Growing In Favour. At most of the loading French courses of finishes is being adopted. it. has been long in use at. Le Tremblay, and was recently tried at St. Cloud. At La Tremblay it lias been extended to bring in the fourth horse, as well as the place-getters. In America most courses of importance now have their photographio equipment. La Femme Noire. La Femme Noire has proved herself a rather erratic customer yet on occasions she has demonstrated she possesses a useful turn of speed and will have to he. taken on trust In engagements at the Poverty Bay fixture, which opens at Gisborne t.o-morrow. She is an acceptor for both the Park Hurdles and Hack Flat (6 furlongs). French Oaks Wlnher. En Fraude, a filly by Pharos—Aude, won the French Oaks at Chantilly on June G. Run over one, mile, 2$ furlongs, the race was worth 200.000 j francs, and F.n Fraude, who Is owned ; by Lady Granard, won by a head. Her , success was not. generally anticipated, ( as she paid odds of 77 to to for a. win. Leading French Jockey G. 1 Duforez had the mount.

May Bong, May Song’s early brilliance will stand to her at Gisborne to-morrow and as she appears to be a better mare for her race at Tauranga last month she may be seen to better advantage on this occasion. Recently she has •become somewhat skittish on the j tracks but it is in her favour that she invariably behaves herself on race day. Signaller's Progress. • The form of Signaller at the Wel- ! lington meeting did not come up to . expectations but he has been school- ! ing in attractive style at Riccarton and j reports from that centre suggest that jhe may do better 8t the. National meeting. He is very well and the other morning was asso-ciated in a ! schooling bout with Golden Lap over j six flights of hurdles. ! Tot© Record. Totalisator investments on the Royal Hunt Gup at Ascot last month aggregated £42,150, against the previous English record of £41,707 on the recent Derby. Added money for the 28 races at Ascot totalled £45,850, and. with the addition of owners’ forfeits and sweepstakes the distribution for the four days was £81,69-8. Horses trained by J. Lawson for Sir A. Bailey won five races and, £10,640 in stake - money. Another of Lawson’s patrons in Lord Astor had a win with Rhodes Scholar. The Aga Khan was in form, his horses winning £9315. Curlew’s Chances. The encouraging schooling efforts of -Curlew in his preparation for steeplechase engagements at the Poverty Bay meeting, at Gisborne, tomorrow, suggest that .T. F. Tutchen's -charge will have to 'be taken into account in the summing up of the Hack and Hunters’ Steeplechase in which the class is only mediocre. Lack of stamina has been against 'Curlew in his latest efforts, but he is Tore solid now and he will need only to fence correctly to pay expenses on the trip. Prevalence of Heel-Bug. Heel-bug epidemics occur year after year in England, and run through entire stables and training -centres within a day or two. This year has been no exception, and one of the horses affecte-d, though only slightly, was Le Grand Duo, who finished third In the Derby. The ailment usually yields quickly to treatment, but the resulting debilitation and loss of form endure for weeks afterwards. A curious fact about heel- bug is that It attacks only those horses ->vho work In the first strings. Those sent out at li o’clock are Immune. Veterinary opinion is that the harmful germs which lurk in the wet grass become innocuous when the sun has evaporated the dew. Royal Mistake. Royal Mistake is entered for the Malden event and Publican's Purse 'Handicap at Gisborne to-morrow and interest will attach to her showing at the southern fixture. While as yet she has failed to win a race this member of the Winder establishment has •shown encouraging form on occasions, her bpst. exhibition being her second to Tip Toes at, Whangaret during the. Autumn. Before leaving here she has been progressing pleasingly in her trials at. headquarters and she will not, lark support, when she goes into the -starter’s hands.

GRAND BCORE.

Grand Score, prior to leaving Te Rapa for Gisborne where on the first day he Is entered for the Park Hurdles, had been working In much Improved style and It will not be on the score of condition If he fails to show to advantage In engagements at the meeting. In recent starts the form of Grand Score has not been good, but he now appears to be a better horse for the solid preparation allotted over the past several weeks. He Is to be ridden by J. H. Mcßae to-morrow so will be well served on the score of horsemanship.

Another Good Mount. M. McCarten has had three winning rides in the A..T.C. Derby, being successful on Ballymena, Amnion Ba. ami Then. In Ajax, lie is assured of another good, mount, and that colt, is such a free goer that his rider may he forced to attempt to win all the way with him. Provided Ajax does not, pull hard that, might, not, be impossible, though It. is unusual for any horse to lead throughout a mile and a half rare In a good field. Although Ajax is prominent in the betting charts on the Caulfield Gup. it might be advisable for backers to accept a hint that at. present he is an unlikely starter for that race, states the Referpe. Tf he runs In the A.J.-C. Derby and then In the Caulfield Guineas it' will probably he considered he has done sufficient, until the commencement of the Y.R.C. meeting.