GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 10

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS

i i rndiratloris a~e for a heavy track it Avondale over the "week-end. Training Hours Restricted Owing t ■ the large number of soldiers encamped at Te Rapa at present it has •he closure on late--1 comers among- the trainers at headquarters ! ar *d all horses must now have Unislied I galloping- by 9 a.tn. Amigo Improving i Am;? i 1- coming - back to form and .-how Id “l>.- ready to give a further i ta-te of his quality at Trentham in October. Army to Use Course I The military authorities have been granted the u-e ~r ihe racecourse at Ila-t----iegs for territorial training purposes on ! each Sunday during September. Stella Lux's Defection i rstelia I iix'- defection from the fields ; i? Vwapuni was caused through her being ! kicked ~'i the stifle while running out m ( a i a ldo -k along with Golden Memory. j Don Quex Rehandicapped Following Ills win in the Moutoa llandicap at Awapimi on Saturday, Don <„>ue\ has been rt handicapped 61b. making 8.1 for iiie 'waiison Handicap at the Avondale meeting. In the Seifert Stable The rour-year-old Cornaro, who was purchased for IOuO gns by a syndicate oi lianiilio;, -por:-; 11 *• 1 1 , i- now located with A. L. Seifert at Te Rapa. Last season Gornaro was produced unsuccessfully on ten occasions when under the care of 11. Telford. A Remarkable Gallop One <>r the most remarkable gallops in the turf history or Australia was that ot Aurie’s Mar in winning the Whittier Handicap at ITemington on Saturday in the record time of l.sj for six furlongs. Alwas assisted by a following wini, Auric's 'tar carried 10:2, and he won a- lie liked. if he bail been extended he would have clipped the existing record still further. Condition of Padishah According to a southern report, Padishah is still In his box at P. McGrath’? 'table. Although showing si?ns of yielding to treatment, it is not likely that m* will be lit enough to return to HastingJ for a few weeks yet. Was Game I'nder the disability of a broken collarbone, Mrs F. H. Bird gave a game performance at the Te Awamutu Light Horse A^-nriatioii's picnic gathering at Te Awamutu on Saturday. Competing In tne Ladies’ steeplechase, her mount, Captain Dick, fell at the last fence and she rereived a broken collarbone. L'ndeferred. she managed to remount and complete the course for third. An Even Lot So far. the three-year-olds in Australia appear to be an even lot and a large field is likely for the A.J.C. Derby. Apart fn.ru .\iglrtbe-am. John and Tunisia gave promise of staying, and there are reports from Melbourne that Sun Valley. Sir Richaid and Fur Trader will lie sent over as well a< Lucrative, making a formidable quartette from victoria L. G. Morris in New Role Because of the resignation or Mr W. C. Price as udlcial starter to the Hawke’s Ray Jockey Club, the club committee at its monthly meeting tlitn week appointed Mr L. g. Morris, of Palmerston North, as starter for the ensuing season. 'Mr Morris will act for the llrst time at the spring meeting on October i and 5. Sister to Phar Lap The three-year-old filly by Nightmareb from Entreaty, now an active member ot J. C. Tomlinson's team at Rlccarton, will carry the colours of her breeder. Mr F Armstrong. This illly is a three-quartei sister In blood to Phar Lap and Ls only the second of the progeny of Entreaty to be sired by other than Mglit Raid. Those by Mght Raid, in order, were Fortune s Wheel, I’hnr Lap, Nea Lap. .Night-guard. All Clear, Friday Night, Te lira, who wa* sold to an English breeder for 2000 gns. and Raphls. Then came Ilam Way, sired by Iliad, and the three-year-old filly by Niglvtmarch. As Mghtmarch is by Night Raid, th> relationship to the others it very close. Te Rapa Improvements Extensive improvements are under way at Te Rapa at present, a large area lr front of the totalisator being prepared l'oi asphalting and also a wtyie strip extending from the entrance to the inside en- . closure along the back or 'the members ! stand. When completed, dampness tin* I Uerfoot, as was experienced at the last Te Rapa tixture, will be obviated. A var i iety ot shrubs nave been planted down 1 one side of the main entrance drive and when properly established they should ; add much to the general appearance oi i the course. •

Fop the Stud The decision of her owner, Mr E. Simpson, or Trentliajn, to retire Liane from racing- closes the career or a mare who had al one time promised to reach great heights. I nfortunatcly, expectations were hardly realised, uljhoug-h it is not improbable that her offspring will prove to be above the average, lor this young mare comes from a brilliant family. By Captain Bunsby, a son of the Derby winner. Captain Cuttle, Liane was from Deg-ag-e, a mare by Kilbroney, a leading- sire ol producing- mares and one of the best staying racehorses ever imported to the Dominion Deg-ag-e, who was a class performer on the lurf, was out or Miss de Val, by AIJ Hed—Northern Hose, by Finland—Rose Shield, who traces back to Rose or Denmark, one of the best staying- mares oi »ier time.