WITH THE SILKEN JACKET

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 101, 31 May 1930, Page 13

WITH THE SILKEN JACKET

(Compiled by "The Squire.")

notes on horses, courses and owners. i f DOMINION AND ELSEWHERE — ' \

for sydney. 1. T. Jamieson intends taking a trip to Sydney after the June meeting but has not yet decided which lie will take across the Tasman. In the Shade and Hards Words are almost certainties to go, and a feiv picked yearlings wili make u]j the team. if looks count. .Mr C. Smith, of Wanganui, the former owner of Elvsianor, has a "vvellhuilfc you n g horse by Chief Ruler out of Elysianor's dam, and A. Neale is xounding the youngster into sliape. If Jooks counts for anything, tbis colt fchcuTd be a good one. * * » wo break her in. F. D. Jones has seeured a lease of the yearling half-sister to First Sight, and has niade a start to break her in. Tiie filly is by Shambles from Snajishot. b.v Oalibre from the imported xuare First Glanee, who was a good class performer in her day. * * * ! 'about certain. As Z\Iagna Charta has not been seen on the tracks since Jie was scliooled a fortnight ago, it Jooks as _if he has broken down again. It is almost cortain tliat he will never again stand up to a reputation. * * ^ bit his up. I;Ir W. L. Thompson the owner of Flying Swift, was admitted to the Wanganui Hospital last week, and a jninor operation was performen on liis lip. When attending to the horse it hit 'his lip, necessitating medical treatment. (two years old . Mr Boyd Davis, formerly of Auckland, lias a number of proinising twoyear olds in his stable at Frantj Sussex. One of them, Canossa colt (Stratford — Oanossa), won the Lindfield Spring Plate, 5 furlongs, on April 4, by two lengths from an outsider, Lady Haine. The colt was always going hest and won decisively by two lengths. * * * rAT * the top. As far as the season has progresspd in the Sydne.v area, W. Booth lieads tbe list of winning trainers with 24 saiecosses and 16i placed performances of the value of £8362. G. Price was next with 19 wins and 281 places worth £14,313, and E. F. Walker next with l~l victories, and 18 places for £13,221.

promising. 9 One of the mosfc promising of the young brigade of liurdlers seen out at Wanganui is Town Bird. The Arcliiestown gelding jumped well for a noTice, and such a speedy customer should. not be long in winning a burdle race or two. in work. G. W. New has in work at Awapunui the first of the progeny of Colossus in a ehestnut yearling from Queen Elizabeth. A rieh ehestnut of goocl height and conformation, he showed distinet promise recently in a sprint down the straight in company with Merry Damon. He is a three-quarter brother in blood to Ruapapa. must ' come. It would seem to be only a matter of Laugliing Prince kecping sound to win a raee shortly. His perforniance on Saturday in rumiing second m the Winter Oats with 9.5 on his back was a good one. Unfortunately his connections are not too liopeful that the son of Quantock will stand much more racing. for the unemployed. The Dunedin Jockey Club has decided that many of the casual positions 011 the course during the winter meetings will be given to members of the uneraploi'ed. Already th«> secretary has receired a large number of applications and enquiries mado by him show that a very large majority of the applicants are genuine and deserving cases. Tbis decision will give employment to nearly twenty men for the three days. in work. T. H. Gillett is keeping Gustavo, the younger full-hrother to Connt Cavour, in work all the Winter. The colt will not be asked to do more than enough to keep him in good health, until the time comes for him to be prepared for his valuable_ Spring engagements. He looks a picture. will * start well. Geo>. Price will start off the next season with some valuable youngsters, as the yearlings he has receired to train include, the Rossendale — Pansv colt boughfc by Mr J. E. Brien for 20C0 guineas; the full brother to' Amouftis (Magpie — Loved One), purchased by S"r James Murdoch for 1300 guineas; and the Diacquenod — War Lady colt, for whom Mr J. S. Brunton gave 650 guineas.