TOPICS OF THE TURF.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 68, 22 April 1929, Page 3

TOPICS OF THE TURF.

(By "The Squire.")

JOTTINGS DAY BY DAY.

! lt was not a pleasant day at all on Paturday for witncssing outside sport, ias a keen. biting wind, with plenty jor' driving power in the rear of it, was jgoing good and strong at the rendezvous of the Hawke's Bay Jockeyi' C'lub, at Hastings. * * * Under the circunistances it was surprising to «ee the excellent muster oi patron.s wlio, under great discomforts, seemed to enjoy tho sport. Although the tote investments did not cjuite reaeli tiiat of last season, on the coneluding day of the Autumn meeting, the figures when totted up at j the conclusion of iiostilities sliowed i tliat when compared w'itli the hxture last A]jril an excess of £'4o0 had been s handled, and m the present state of ; matters, even a small inc-rease makes j pleasant reading. j • * * Baekers who went for the first fav- ! ourites to get them out of deep water fared none too well, as tho much fanciecl brigade won but a couple of events, being irlaced second in a braee of otlier races. Still, the second dividend in one instance was sevqral Khillings'to leeward of tlie original purcltase price of tlie tieket, conseqnently in that partic-nlar case 110 profit accrued. * • O If a tieket had been taken out on eroh first selection, a loss of a little o\er a couple of sovs would have been sliown. On tlie other liand, pnnters who make it part of theip business to support tlie outside pack, would liave fai-ed exceptionally well, as there were two l'eturns of over double figures paid out, one of them being in excess of soore, the producer of wbich was Road Hog, wlio does not often win, but when he does leaves pleasant remembrances for those fortunate enough to have supported liim upon the occasions. » * * * He was due assuredly, as during the present term his ten essays had onl.v been produetive prior to last week of one second placing. In the prccedmg term he had also failed to seeure a win, hut was placed second in a couple of his efforts. so that his constant followers must have been getting tiied of following him. Tliose who did not get their reward on Saturday. t * • It has been said everytliing comes to tliose wlio Avait, hut that is a virtue that requires patience. The majority of baekers are not well supplied with that, which means they no douht probahlv missed the opportunit.v of partici]iating in the good dividend that the gelding paid last week. « » » He had a tigbt squeeze to get there, as the margin amongst the threo placed horses was very small. ^ * Altliougli a great price was partieipated in by supporters of Road Hog, a better oue would have come tlie way of followers of lmperial Fame, who v.as only inches away from the winnei-, for liad Mr Armstrong's representative been victorious his tickets would have had much more value attached to them. * & The other double fi^ure producer was the Australian bred St-. Ulelba, who is now trained by B. Burges.s, in the absence of liis regular mentor, R. S. Bagby in Sydney . « Shortlv, wlio finished in second herth to St. iielha, would also have gladdenod the hearts of his partisans with a two-figure pareel, had he been able to vanquisli St. Melha, who, by the way, must have been thought. sornething of as a youngster when led into the sale nng in Sydney, as 1ns present owner, ^lr A. MoDonald, had to go to 4o0 guincas to secure him as a vearling. * » • Tlie speeulation on the J. 1). Ormond Memorial Gold Cup was. practically speaking, eonfined to Silver Papei- and Toxeuma, this pair having more tlian lialf the pool, a good one, recorded on their numbers out of seven contostants, which incidentally ; is the laige.st numher of competitois j tliat has rangcd up to dec-ide the race. ! * .1 Silver Paper. wlio was installed first i choicp. he having £102 more mvested j on his chance tlian the second pick i Toxeuma. was alwavs well placed and t over the last bit d'd not experience j uineli difficulty in securing the pre- j rnier award bv a ncck from tliat gume j old battlor. Reremoana, who made a I great effort in the last few vards. but | ere 1m eoulc! get to tlie favourite it u as all over. I * * * _ j , It certainly looked as if Silver j Paner could hav been fnrtlier aliend j had it so been desired. His time for j the ciglit furlongs was Imin. 41 2-5 j soes, a bit in the rear of the record for | Ihe event. wliiHi is lield bv Rere- 1 moana, wlio, when he triumohied in j the 1925-26 sefton, covored th° route | in Iniin. 3R l-5secs with 9st 101b up. j * ! i Altliougli beaten, Toxeuma was not 1 disgraccd, as it has to he borne in ' ' mind that tbe pair who finished in ; frnnt of him were hotli fresli liorses, j wliile h e the jvevinus day had a sevore. : ' tusk set liim in winning thn Porangi- : liau Handicaii, in wliieli. witli Rst. 91b. I on liis back. lie accomplished tlie trick , in lniir.. 14 4-5secs. Tliat probablv , took a bit of tlie vim out of him. j Auyliow. he had to go under and that , s^ttled the business. Like all of his . . efForts he sfuck to the bitter end, > exerting himself to the full of his ; ' powers in generous fashion. Tlie good thing went to jheces in j the Burke Memorial. AVhite Fang, on i lns running in the Hawke's Bay Cup, j would have taken a power of over- j throwing at ten furlongs, and with j that distance to go in the Burke Memorial it was argued by his baekers j that he would he home and dried. He wasn't, however, as he could only get third herth to Atholspear and Cashier, and he was over a couple of lengths I away from the winner as the mark wnn passed. '4 Atholspear, who lias been making history for some time past in minor events, is one of the pupils of B. Bnrgess, at Masterton, and had a good run at the fixture, as he led in St. Melha, a winner, in addition, and another of his students, in Spearmiss, was placed second in her brace of essays. H: * -U Atholspear is imbued with Musket hlocd on hoth sides of his family tree. as Greyspear, who sircjl him, is a j grandson of Carbine, Musket's best son, while Lady Athol, who foaled him, i goes back to Musket on the dam's sicle, | one of her ancestors being Hotchkiss ! (son of Musket). *

After the good showing of Braeman on Friclav, when, after meeting with interference, he finished a good second in the Mangatarata Hurdles, it looked as if the elevation of the gelding to the position of favourite in tlie Karamu Hurdles was quite justified. He, however, ran a had race and at no stage gave an3r indications that he

was going to be dangerous. He was a long wai* back when Atareria saluted the judge in the winning position. The Australian-hrcd gelding was in one of his generous moods, always being well placed. * =;= - Joy Germ, a visitor from Te Awaniutu, never gave the favourite an opportunity to get to liim in tho Paki Paki Handicap, for although she was adjacent to lnni at tlie bend she could not make anv imprcs.sion on him all *the way up the straight, the strhnger doing his job easily, having a good couple of lengths to the good at the end of the contest. Tlie winner is of disputed parentage on the nnile side, as ()uin Ahbcy or Lord Multifid is given credit lor lnni, his datn being Tinoroka, a nntre wliose liamo does not grace ihe pages of the stial books, I defection.s which did ra t have the j eil'ect of stopping Joy Germ in his on ward marcli to victor.v. j A -*4 | Valpre. wliose margin of defeat by Hunting Boy. in the Juvcnile HanchI cap, weiit a lot better tlian was tlie case with her on the opening day the liahy race, is one of the CJuer Rnler tribe, being got by tliat sire from Valerie, this mare being an e c er fuLl-sister to Reremoana, and, like him, was bred and is owned by Air GF. Moore. and trained by 0. Cox. * * ~~ r ' Ben TTur was consistent, as lie ed in lliird place, hut liis effort was not so attractive as when lie got second bertb to Hunting Cry on the opening day, for lie was well hacked — but lie had' a lot in tlie rear of liim. " * .5 The favourite in tho Akitio ITandioap Svlvan Dell, was badl.v drawn on tlie 'outside, with the result tliat she had to be sAirrod np to get a position which took tlie edge oft her, and at the finish it aifected her. as her reserve force was expended. ^ ^ -fi A none too brilliant mover when tlie barricr is released, she would, J opine,^ bo better suited bv a longer tnp, toi she would tht'ii have time to settle in her stride Avithout being bustled m tlie earlv sta^es. She was allowing tlie winner, St. 31e!ba, devon pounds, and Shortlv, the runner-up, 13 pounds, all being of the same age. i't ~fi ^ Shortly was got by Hymestra, out of Meltmg Moments, the latter ^niare liavinp; first soon tliG ligiit at Mi li* Hassairs breeding quarters at Soutra. * * Starhoard Light tvas the unlucky horse of the meeting, for in botli of his races lie had the misfortune to lose any chance that he possessed at the barrier. Xaturally he was thus obhterated from di.splaying his previous good l'orm. * * * Thrift, wlio was cstablished a warm selection for the Ohiti Handicap, tvas never proniinent, while Kaiti, tvlio was eieeted second selection, was done with at the straight entrance, having gone well to tliat point. Erc many moons liave' passed he will come into his own, and tliose who hacked him last week should not liave to warfc a very long time to retrieve their losses, as the gallpping in pubJic that he lias- had of late will be benelic-ial to liim. ❖ * Great Charter saw a short price in the Olcatva Handicap, Miss Raiisom, tlie second favourite, liaving £323 less invested in her favour, while the ultimate winner, Royal Duke, was separated from her from tlie hetting aspect h,v £178. It was_ a tight squeeze for the Trentham-trained horse to avert defeat, as the favourite only rvent under by a liead, and it looked as if had tlie distance been a bit further he would have prevailed. if :1: * He is oue of tlie stable comrades of Cimabue, Concentrate and Orairix, being trained by the onp-time Hastings edueator. H. B. Lorigan, i'or the "Wellington owner, Mr R. J-. Murpliy. if :r Tt is not often in a pool of £2000 that one of the contestants had such a sparse following as Birklad had, for there were only a couple of tickets taken out on liis prospeots in the Akitio Handicap, and Poyal Fstate and Highland Mystery were also treated as forlorn hopcs, as hut four tickets in eacli instance were recorded in their favour.