WITH THE SILKEN JACKET

Daily Telegraph (Napier), 13 December 1930, Page 6

WITH THE SILKEN JACKET

(Compiled by "The Squire.")

notes on horses, courses and owners. DOMINION AND ELSEWTIERE

Count C'avour is a sure starter in ihe Auckland Cup. Not half ready at the N.Z. Cup meeting the old fellow in each of his essays showed up at the entrance to the straight. He will strip a better horse at Ellerslie. Tliis does not mean that he will win the Auckland Cup, but he will beat more than will heat him. He and Gustavo will i>e takou north by T. H. Gillett when ihe special horse train goes from 'Wellington to Ellerslie. a team for auckland F. D. Jones has an idea of takiug i team to Auckland. All going well it will he comprised of Paquito, First Sight, Solvent and a hack. Of these,' Paquito and First Sight are always under suspicon of unsoundness. Unfoitunatelv for her owner Solvent -is not engaged in any of the two-year-old classics. - road'work Reremoana is being given plenty of road work by trainer Cox, preparatory to track exercise, Tbe old fellow is lookmg specially well. * on the lead Since August 1, A', Reed, the former

Trentham horseman, has had 60 mounts in the Yictovian Metropolitan district for 16 wins. He is easily at th© head of the jockeys' ladder. a stir Miss Nottava, who -ran quite a good race in the seeond- diviSioil of the Woolahra Stakes at Randwick last nionth, saj's a Sydney writer, is a sister to Gesture, the crack New Zealaiid tivo-year-old of last season. - . .. a rumour * v The newspaper rumours to the effect tuat "Veihliond would be gelded and not raced until next Spring were withpufi foundatiqns • Yeilmond is now speliing,: /v • ie hrought back hefore; Uhristmas and he will be prepared for the V.R.O. St. Leger. . continued wins Telford continued his winning . trot +h Tsom , ( Yictoria), where he " won ti e Seeond Drvision of the Two-Year-T -Race ^ with Old Ming (Gara'vel— * "Ar" t?'°c a coIt> which cos|