GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 142, 5 June 1929, Page 2

GENERAL NOTES

Nominations for the Waverley Meeting close on Thursday and for the Hauke’s Bay Steeplechase Meeting on Friday. Handicaps for the Napier Park Meeting are due next Friday.

P. V. Mason Ims the crack two-year-old, Honour, looking in the best of health (says a Christchurch writer). He is big and lusty and his tasks have been of a light description, but he is being kept going, in view of early spring engagements, which may involve a trip to Sydney, in search of Derby distinction. If this programme is carried out, he may he accompanied by Commendation’s yearling sister, Praise, whose work suggests that she is to be tried out early.

The Maori race keenly follows horse-racing, and at carnival time there is possibly some excuse for their thoughts turning to horses and horses’ names. A collector for the Plunket Society received a rebuff from a wahine at Onehunga op Saturday because of the latter’s suspicion that her ijiission was to “raise the wind for a plunge” at Ellerslie. “What for te box?” asked the dusky maiden when approached by the collector. “For the Plunket Society,” was the reply, and then, seeing that she to whom the appeal was made did not comprehend, “For the hospitall.” “Oh, te hoss, eh? You tink lie win?” was the rejoinder. The lady with the box, after much patient explanation, made her mission apparent, but the Maori dismissed her minus a contribution by remarking: “Oh, te babies, eh? No tanks for me; won’t have one.”

There was more than an average degree of merit in the win of Taneriri in the first division of the Jervois Handicap at Auckland (states “Whalehone”). The son of Antagonist was well back after going a couple of furlongs, and it. was just as the field had turned the bend at the five furlungs post that G. Cammick begun to fove his horse up. Going on the outside, Taneriri rapidly ran past those in front of him, and as the turn was made into the straight, he was alongside Roman Pearl in the lead, with Arikitoa handy. Roman Pearl began to weaken a furlong from the post, but Taneriri kept up a long run, and won nicely. Taneriri is trained by his owner, Mr. H. Rama, who also has that good sprinter in heavy going. Hoariri. Both are hg Antagonist— Country Picnic, and recently returned from a visit to Sydney, where Taneriri won a small race, but Hoariri only ran once, and was afterwards sore.

J. B. Pearson had an unfortunate experience last week, resulting in the death of a .young horse in his stable. The two-year-old Jgdburgh, by Arrowsmith from Chaeronia, reared up in his paddock and fell. He broke a shoulder and it was found necessary to shoot him. Jedburgh had not raced, but he gave promise of being u useful galloper.

F. D. Jones has some of his yearlings moving along in useful work. Limerick’s brother, DunraVPn, may net be so big as his famous relative, but he looks like making a good galloper, while Shatter (Shambles— Windshield) is another youngster who may carry Mr. H. A. Knight’s colours with credit later on. .

When Ripon Abbey came down nt the second fence from the finish in the Penrow Hurdles nt Aurkliind he made a clean break of one of hie legs,

and the gun was quickly brought into service and the horse destroyed. Ripon Abbey at the time of the mishap was bowling along freely in third position, and looked like being hard to dispose of. He was owned by the Waikato sportsman Mr. R. Hannon, who bred him, the gelding being by Quin Abbey—Bell Crispin. It is no new experience for Mr. Hannon, and during the many years he has been racing several horses of his have been fatally injured while contesting races. The Waikato owner is nothing if not a true sportsman, and after the race his first concern was for the rider. “It doesn’t matter a great deal about the horse,” he said. “I have plenty of horses at ( me. but I don’t like to see any of tne riders get hurt.”

Seatown's victory in the Cornwall Handicap was due to the vigorous riding of T. Green in the first two furlongs of the race (writes “Whalebone”). He diew No. 2 at the post and at jump-off hesitated just a fraction, long enough te be cut off in nine instances out of ten. But instead of allowing himself to be “snowed out,” Green rode Seatown hard till the first bend was rounded and simply pushed his way into third place by then. Afterwards he was always handy to the two pacemakers, King Emerald and Mosque, and having a nice run on the rails all the way Seatown ran a mile and a-quar-ter and not a yard more. Inside the distance it looked as though'■Paddon had him. hut ho came again and finished the stronger of the pair. Had Greer, not ridden Seatown hard in the liist two quarters the chestnut would have been beaten.

A. E. (“Bert”) Ellis, who won the Great Northern Hurdles on Mister Gamp, had to undergo a good deal of handshaking after the race. After he had been “shot” many times by the camera men he remarked that at no stage of the race was he at all anxious. “I was quite content to keep fairly well back till we went along the back the last time and tjren I thought the leaders were perhaps a little bit far away. My horse was just bowling along and when 1 asked him to move up, he went so fast that I think I really reached the front a bit too spoil. AYhen I passed Roman Abbey and Mangani before reaching the straight, they were being ridden hard while mv horse was strolling along very easily. He then made his only mistake when he got in a bit close to the last hurdle and rapped it. but he pulled over all right and there was no danger from there to the post.” Ellis, recognised as having no superior as a horseman at present in the Dominion, added that he had not ridden a horse over a fence until Saturday since last August (says “Whalebone”). He had previously won the Grand National Hurdles lit Riecaiton on Penury Rose and Wharncliffe. “This is my first visit to a winter meeting in Auckland and until .1 mounted Mister Gamp in the birdcage, I had never been on his back.” « » c •

Wlnle we hear a great deal with regard to the poor quality of the Sydney jumpers just now, it is perhaps worth while noting that the Great Northern “double” was won by two “Walers.” This is the first time that either event has been won by an Australian bred horse. With the exception of the English horse Cynic, who won the hurdle race ten years ago, home-bred horses have had these event very much to themselves. It may also be noted that the big hurdle race on Monday also went to an “outlander,” Mr. W. C. Ring’s Bright Land lining an importation by Orb —Landlady.

A hasty look through Australian files just to hand reveals only two successes attending New Zealand Mood during the week covered by them. At Moonee Valley (Victoria) last Saturday week ’ the second division of the Piccanniny Handicap was won by D’Oyley, a brown filly by Tea Tray—Agnestes. bred by Mr. E. Alison. Then, last week, the Fourteen-two Handicap at the Rosebery (N,S.W.) meeting went to Acquitted, a six-year-old gelding described as being by Paper Money— Subterfuge, which makes him look to be identical with Forgery, who was raced in the Dominion by J. McQombe and then sold by him to a Sydney buyer. THE ENGLISH DERBY. BEING RUN TO-DAY. The race that excites the greatest woi Id-wide interest is being run today on Epsom Downs. The cable gave us last week a list of over thirty final acceptors, many of them hearing names quite unfamiliar to us. Among the colts that attracted most attention when our latest mail left Louden were naturally those that, had already won as three-year-olds. These included Lord Astor's Crngndour, Major Dermott McCalmont’s Mr. Jinks, Mr Somerville’s TattersaH’s Brienz, M. E. Esmond’s Montclair, and Lord Derby’s Hunter's Moon. These had been responsible for a series of performances resulting in bewilderment regarding their respective chances. Other “probables” that 'are still left in were Lord Derby’s Bosworth. Mr. S. B. Joel’s Kopi, and Sir Victor Sasson’s Gay Day. A Popular Pick. No colt has attracted the experts more than Cragadout, and many see in him Lord Astor’s chance of at last gaining the blue riband that lie has so long sought, bill which has so tiiuinli-ingly. and Mien so narrowly, eluded lui grasp. Hu is by Craig au

Eran, a Two Thousand Guineas winner and an unlucky loser of the 1921 Derby. France's Hope. M. Esmond is a French millionaire ivho maintains extensive etables both in France and England. Ho is another who has not won the Derby, but Montclair, on breeding, is capable of enabling him to attain that distinction. This colt did not run as a two-year-old, but in his first start he won in attractive style the Newbury Spring Maiden Plate—a race in which Felstead last year gave his first glimpses of prowess before winning the Derby. Like Felstead, too. Montclair is by Spion Kop, a grandson of Carbine; his dam, is by The Tetrarch. Another from Manton. The Manton stable, that shelters Cragadour, has another candidate an which much hope is placed. This is Brienz. This colt, like his stablemate, is by a Sunstar horse, Blink. His dam, Blue Lake, is by Gainsborough (by Bayardo) from Miss Cobalt, while Cragadour’s dam is by Bayardo. There is thus similarity in the'breeding of these two colts. Brienz is bred to stay at every point of his pedigree, and he has justified his stamina lines in every race he has run. A Speedy Crey. On breeding Mr. Jjinks presents a pretty problem. He was brilliant as a two-year-old, and has retained his great speed this season. The doubt concerning bun is his ability to stay the Derby distance. . His sire, Tetratema, was a sprinter, but there is not any proof that he is not capable of siring a stayer. Mr. Jinks's dam, False Piety, is bred on lines suggestive of stamina. Whether Mr. Jinks will confound the critics who say that he will not stay the Derby coursq is one of the most interesting problems associated with the race.