TOPICS OF THE TURF

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 229, 30 October 1930, Page 10

TOPICS OF THE TURF

(By "The Squire.")

JOTTINGS DAX BY DAY.

Head Serang left Hastings yesterday for Wellington to join tlie other thembers of W. Griffiths' teain, Royal Parade and Merry Cry, apd witli 'them will iournev 011 to Riccarton to iulfil engagements at the New Zealand Oup meeting. * * Following jo'ckeys right througlkout a mdeting is, at times, a remunerative form of speculation. Had such been done at Trentham, in the caSe of J . Gunn, H. N. Wiggms and A. E. Eastwood a good profit would haye ensuecl, for with a ticket taken out ra connection with each of their mounts, a credit balauce of a little over £61 would have been shown. * ^ Followers of each of the above, they elected to support but one of them in each event, would have shown a profit of a quarter of a eentury and a a few shillings in the case of J. Gunn. * * * A credit of nearly £18 would have heeh collected from being associated with H. N. Wiggins' mounts, while those who backed the rides of A. E. Eastwood would have won a few shillings in excess of £17. * * * Saturday will see the Victorian Racing Clnb open its four days' Spring meeting. The principal event of Saturday will be the V.R.C. Derby, of 5000 sovs., of which sum the owner of the winner will receive 3,500 sovS and a sweepstake of 30 sovs. * * * The New Zealand-bred Veilmond (Limond — Veil) is one of those en-o-aged, and liis second to Tregilla,_ 111 the A'.J.G. Derby, points to his being a dangeroug opponent. * • - Contestanta bred in New Zealand have on foul- occasions proved victors in the race, the quai-tette' heiug Martini Henry, Nordenfeldt, Carnage and Pliar Lap, all of whom were owned out.side of the Doniinioti when they succeeded, On one ocasioh tlie race was secured by a eornpetitor owtied in the Domiuiono, Biplane having scored for Mr G. D. GreenWoSd in 1917. A ■ * * R. Hatch, of Palmerston North, undei- WhOsfe education T. Green and K. Voitrh gradixated as jockeys, has another apprentice to whom lie is impartjng infonnation in the person of L. Faulkiner, who had his first mount in public on Rory Mor, in the Cup at Waipawa on Monday. Although he did not win, the fault was ttot his, but just the fact that oii the day his mount was not godd enough. Tlie youngster has a goOd seat and nice hands, and there is no donbt that if he pays attention to the advice of liis employer, lie Will, with more experience, do credit to nis instructor. 5|C ^ * Hatch himself was a finished borseman, who has a happy kliack of imparting the necessary knowledge to his pupils, a feature that has been amply demonstfated by the tradesmaulike manner iii which Green and Voitre acquit thenisfelves in their calling. # % >? That consistent little raare, Acmil, put up a couple of excellent performauces at Waipawa, as her two essays were productive of a first and a second. Although not geuerally given credit for such she is an aristocratically bred filly, being by Acre, the Australian bred son of Linpcre and Miss Arlington, the latter mare being a granddangjiter of Musket on the sir© descent. Another nick of tlie Musket blood is inherited bv Acmil through her dam Millenary by California — 1VI1Ilenial, by Apremont — Millennium, by Carbine— -Tahoa by Malua (winner of tlie Melbourne Cup, V.R.C. Gratid National Steeplecliase) — Norna. 1 * % * The witlidrawal of the New Zealand bred Waterline from. his engagements in Australia. was owing to the gelding haviug burst oiie of liis feet wliilfe racmg in Sydney. The trouble' is very severe and it is anticipated that some fcoUsiderablfe tinie will elapse ere he is sound enough to be put into work again, * ® * Arr.ounis, who lia.s two Cantala Stakes Handicaps to his credit, Las been allottet] lOst 41b for this seasoh'S race, which will come up for decision on Saturday at Flemington. The event is rnn over a mile, the winner's share of the stake money coming to £1400, to which has to be added tlie sweepstake of £20 for each acceptor. ' :k T * Mr O. O'CoUnor, who lately resigned his long-lield office of starter to the Wellington Racing Club, has had a long associa'ti'on with racing, as lie first appeared on a race track in a working position in 1872, at the age of 12 years, when he piloted Fitz Yattendon home to victory in the V.R.C. Handichp, at Flemington. :Je ^ -•(! At that time he scale.l 5(St 71b. He, however, soon increased in avoirdupois, and had to forego riding in flat events. His first appearance in New Zealand was when he came over from Australia in charge of St. George, the fullbrother to Chester, winner of tlie Melbourne Cup and V.R.C. Derhjr, and became associated with several stables in New Zealand and engaged in riding .ovfer hurdles and country. c * * At the latter branch of the business he rode, amongst others, the locallyowned cream gelding Macarini, whom he piloted to suceess in the Midsummer Haudicap Hurdles, at Riccarton, for the late Mr W. Proffitt, Clarence, King Arthur, The Agent, Te Whetum ara ma, Peter Osbeclt, Scrutineer, and Kingask.