GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21209, 4 September 1940, Page 10

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

The Wanganui Jockey Club’s spring meeting opens tomorrow at Awapuni and will conclude on Saturday. Master Brierly Master Brierly is progressing steadily in the useful tasks allotted him at Te Rapa. He appears on the minimum (7.0) in the Avondale Cup this month. Royal Chief As a result of one win and a dead heat, in addition to place money, Royal Chief earned £2857 10s for Mr A. K. Firth in Australia last season. No Time Wasted No time is wasted between races in Australia. As an illustration of this, at Moorefield last Saturday, a programme of 11 events commenced at 11.55 a.m. and the last race went off at 4.55 p.m. Montessa Saved The Oaks winner, Montessa, who broke a bone in a leg at.Orari some months ago, was put in slings, and has been saved for stud purposes. His 34th Success When Ajax won at Moonee Valley last Saturday it marked his 34th success and brought his earnings up to £38,725. On Saturday he won in his best style. Towards the finish El Golea looked like making a race of it but once H. Badger asked Ajax for an effort the big chestnut bounded away. Judge Appointed Mr H. Dent, Of Ngatea, has been appointed to the position of judge for the annual meeting of the Waikato Hunt at Cambridge on October 28. Mr Dent has been officiating in that position at the last two meetings of the Matamata Racing Club, and his Cambridge appointment should meet with general satisfaction. English Horse Dhoti, who recently finished second at Moonee Valley when making his first appearance in Australia, is one of the English horses which was sent out with the intention of carrying the colours of the Duke of Kent. When the Duke’s appointment as Governor-General was cancelled the horses were sold. Shaped Well Tooley Street, with P. McD. Brady up, gave a most encouraging display of jumping over four flights of hurdles at Te Rapa yesterday morning, it being his first attempt over the serious obstacles since being taken in hand by A. McGregor. Tooley Street is not a big horse but has the appearance of a potential jumper and interest will attach to his progress in this department. A Good Lead The decision of the Canterbury Jockey Club to keep up the stakes attached to the New Zealand Cup to the same value as last year is a good lead to others, and the minor clubs are following in the same sporting spirit. An instance is supplied by the Geraldine Racing Club, which lost £6OO last year, but has decided not to reduce stakes. Form of Raceline Ilaceline, who made the trip to New Plymouth last week to contest the Halcombe Memorial Handicap on the latter day of the New Plymouth meeting, put up a solid performance to beat all but Noble Fox and, according to reports, he may have turned the tables had he been closer in the early stages when the pace was slow. Raceline is bearing a healthy appearance and appears to be coming more solid with age. Good Result Mr 11. E. Tancred, who lived in the North Island before taking up his residence in Sydney, raced only the Bulandshar horse High Caste last season, but his 104 wins brought in a total of £12,150, giving Mr Tancred second place on the list of winning owners. In addition, Messrs G. and H. Tancred earned £2250 while they were racing in partnership. Formerly at Riccarton Rex Maitland, who scored in the second division of the Sylvia Park Handicap at the Pakuranga Hunt was trained earlier in his career at Riccarton. He is now with Ivan Tucker at Ellerslie, but is still owned by Mr W. Hosking. Rex Maitland is a five-year-old gelding by Vaals —Presumption. Chance for Midland The distance in the Kingsland Hurdles, one and a half miles, will provide Midland with an opportunity to make amends for his defeat at the hands of Bright Idea at the Pakuranga Hunt at Ellerslie last month, where on that occasion he was found wanting over the last furlong of the mile and three-quarter journey. He is handily placed with 10.4. Above the Average The Takanini-trained Verulam demonstrated that she is a hack above the average by the quality of her achievements at the recent combined Hunt meeting at New Plymouth. On the first day she drew the rails and was always travelling easily in front, but on the latter day. in drawing the extreme outside of seventeen runners, she had to make an extra effort to obtain a position racing out of the back. She covered extra ground at the turn, but again proved too superior over the last furlong. Needle in Tongue Noticing that the hurdler, Curie, was having trouble with his mouth, owner-trainer Mr W. McKinnon, of Greenmeadows, recently made an examination, as the result of which a broken needle was removed from near the roots of the gelding’s tongue. Apparently, the gelding had swallowed the needle while eating grass cut from a lawn, and the trouble was not noticed until the actions of the animal brought attention to cuts on the roof of his mouth. The gelding was snaffled and an attendant reached down Curie’s throat and pulled the tongue out as far as possible. The broken end of the needle was then discovered

Progress of Black Musk Among the restricted activity at Te Rapa yesterday morning was a schooling essay over four flights of hurdles by Black Musk, who, after pecking at the first improved to give a solid display of clever jumping. Later he was associated over six furlongs on the flat with Cappy and Gas Acre, the trio negotiating the

distance in 1.22£. Black Musk is to contest the Kingsland Hurdles on the first day of the Avondale meeting and though the handicapper has formed a high opinion of him in his assessment he should give a solid account of himself and prove one of the hardest to dispose of. At his first attempt over hurdles at Rotorua Black Musk achieved a runaway success, making up for any deficiency in style by cleverness at his obstacles. J. L. Muir has him in splendid fettle just now. Beau Repaire Beau Repaire has been nominated to open his new season’s racing at the Avondale spring meeting on September 14 and 16 and interest will attach to his showing if he is produced. He has been working along pleasingly at headquarters and on the score of appearances has much to commend him. Following his impressive Trentham running last season Beau Repaire lost form through soreness but he appears to have thrown off all signs of that now and he should strip in great fettle for engagements early in the new term. Beau Vite According to Frank McGrath, who is training him while he is in Australia, Beau Vite’s mission is the Melbourne Cup. The veteran Sydney trainer was impressed with the horse’s condition when he arrived from New Zealand. He carries that healthy and well-trained appearance usually found in a stayer. George Price, who won the Melbourne Cup with Windbag, is greatly taken with Beau Vite. “I think he will take a deal of beating in the Melbourne Cup,” said Price. “He ran an excellent race in it last year and I am certain that he is a much better horse this season.” Beau Vite will take on the weight-for-age races at Randwick, and his clashes with Reading, High Caste, and other stars, will make these events more than ordinarily interesting.