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Australian Turf Notes By Special Correspondent CorrespondentMELBOURNE MELBOURNE Victoria VictoriaKindergarten Kindergarten glamor horse of New Zea ¬ land is sounder today than at any time since his arrival at Trentham Wellington Railway restrictions in the Dominion have made a change of plans necessary for many trainers and trainer P Spratt is dis ¬ appointed that the champion will have to miss the Taranaki Stakes a sixfurlong weightforage race which he won last year His next public appearance probably will be in the North Island Challenge Stakes sevenfurlong weightforage with penalties and allowances Kindy has won this race three years in succession Race judge for a Suburban Club in Syd ¬ ney New South Wales received 2261 after taxes had been deducted from a recent days work His decisions governed 646000 in bets embracing nearly 161500 on the tote and over 484500 made with the bookmakers Of the 16 fourfigure twoyearolds bought as yearlings at the 1943 Sydney Easter Sales for 71728 only one Majesty has earned his oats He cost 5440 and has won 6020 for two firsts and two thirds Majesty is a magnificent colt by the imported Monarch horse Golden Sov ¬ ereign whose stock are going to cut an im ¬ posing figure in the classic next spring Totalisator betting in Sydney and Mel ¬ bourne has been very heavy this season The racing halfyear ended January 29 and the following figures for 15 days at Randwick Sydney point to the probability of at least 9690000 being reached at that track for the full season which ends July 31 31New New Zealand Yearling Sales SalesNew New South Wales breeders with yearlings cataloged for the Easter Sales at Rand wick are hopeful that their returns will be as good as those of New Zealand stud masters represented at the National Sales at Trentham when 161 lots realized 2301639 an average of a little over 1431 The highest prices were as follows Brown colt by Foxbridge Adminis ¬ tration 6800 Bay colt by Robin Goodfellow Dres ¬ den China 6290 Brown colt by Felbridge Ann Ace 5440 Black colt by Robin Goodfellow Sunny Maid 5440 5440Brown Brown colt by Robin Goodfellow Falcon 5100 5100Brown Brown colt by Ringmaster Submis ¬ sion 5100 Brown colt by Coronach Canvasser 4760 Bay colt by Coronach Lady Phroso 4760 Brown colt by Battle Song Alma 4420 Black colt by Foxbridge Ruling Spi 4250 Brown colt by Battle Song Martial MartialLady Lady 4080 4080Chestnut Chestnut colt by Coronach Legality 4080 Brown colt by Bulandshar Kath Kathbella bella 3910 3910Brown Brown colt by Robin Goodfellow Lady Fox 3740 3740Brown Brown colt by Foxbridge Lalla Quex 3700 Brown GayBlonde filly by Foxbridge Gay Blonde 3570 Bay 3570Bay colt by Battle Song Lady Bur leigh 3400 3400Robin Robin Goodfellows Feats FeatsRobin Robin Goodfellow was a good performer in England as a threeyearold and won the Liverpool Knowsley Dinner Stakes one and onequarter miles and was runnerup to Bahram in the Epsom Derby He was re ¬ tired as a fouryearold in 1937 and before leaving England did service at the late Sir Abe Baileys world famous stud He is the sire of Merry Wanderer Nottingham Best wood Nursery six furlongs for twoyear olds Stop Press Windsor Speedy Plate five furlongs twoyearolds Rubina Newmarket Netheravon Maiden Plate one mile threeyearolds Smithereens Windsor Brocas Handicap one and one quarter miles and Maple Durham Handi ¬ cap two miles at Ascot Robert the Sec ¬ ond Pontefract Handicap one and one quarter miles Peaceful Robin Barnsley TwoYearOld Plate six furlongs Robin Goodfellow is by SoninHeir SoninLaw Cinderella from Eppie Adair by the gray Duncan Gray from the Hurry On mare Bess Hardwick Australian breeders are much more op ¬ timistic in connection with the sale of their yearlings in Sydney than they were last year W Inglis and Son then cataloged only 331 but this year the total was ad ¬ vanced to 419 for the sales to be held on April 11 12 and 13 As usual the Kia Ora Stud will have the strongest numerical rep ¬ resentations its contribution being 49 With interstate travel restrictions still operative this years VATC twoday au ¬ tumn meeting at Flemington was a local affair Caulfield headquarters of the VATC has been vacated by the military forces after four years and the next Caul field Cup will be decided at Victorias garden track trackKintore Kintore gigantic twoyearold son of Caithness amazed a crowd of 50000 by his smashing winning performance in the Fed ¬ eral Stakes run over five furlongs Bound ¬ ing to the front at the barrier rise under 136 pounds he scored by three lengths from the Manitoba filly Delina and Irish Myth Kintore one of the biggest colts seen since High Caste stands sixteen two and a half hands ran the distance in 101 Bred by L Aldridge Kintore is by Caithness son of the English Derby win ¬ ner Coronach from Bridal Path whose sire Manfred scored a sensational triumph in the 1925 AJC Derby at Randwick RandwickBurberry Burberry fleet fouryearold in Cecil Godbys stable set the seal on his sprint ¬ ing fame when he accounted for the 4845 Oakleigh Plate five and a half furlongs B Thomas standard bearer displayed daz ¬ zling speed drew away as he pleased in the middle stages and defeated Phildoll the rank outsider Valeena and twenty eight other shifty sprinters Burberry added 3230 to his owners coffers and stepped the distance in 106 Auries Star holds the Flemington and Australa ¬ sian record l04J Tranquil Star Australias queen of the turf staged a successful comeback in the St George Stakes a weightforage race which she won as a threeyearold Gay Lotharios bonny sevenyearold daughter was having her fourth start in this time honored event Carrying 125 pounds Tran ¬ quil Star outclassed Amana and Sun Val ¬ ley and covered the nine furlongs in 153 Last spring Amana thrice defeated Tran ¬ quil Star but the Talking horse appears to have mislaid his form Tranquil Star has won 62468 in stakes The Gay Lothario mare is now third in the list of great stake winning mares Desert Gold one of the greatest gallopers ever produced in New Zealand won races valued at 74719 and Furious accounted for the colossal earnings of 65155 Counsel the Law Maker gelding who fin ¬ ished second to Dark Felt in the 1943 Mel ¬ bourne Cup two miles and carries the colors of Mrs D FraserSmith began his 1944 campaign auspiciously when he made his first start of the autumn a winning one by causing the biggest upset in the history of the Caulfield Futurity handicap Stakes that topped the program on the second day Lou Robertson Victorias mir ¬ acle man of racing saddled Lawrence Simmering and Counsel Unwanted at 50 to 1 in the betting and ridden by the stable apprentice C Jarman who had never ridden a winner in nineteen mounts Coun ¬ sel trailed the fifteen runners into the stretch and unwound an amazing finishing burst to defeat Phoines and his stablemate Simmering Tranquil Star finished sixth with Amana and the 1942 VRC Derby win ¬ ner Great Britain among the tailenders tailendersSydneys Sydneys biggest woman punter is Mrs A O Harris mother 5f the AngloAustra ¬ lian jockey W Togo Johnstone who rode Colombo in the English Derby She asked leading rails bookmaker Jim Hackett for 19380 to 3230 on Buzz Off but he would only lay her 9690 to 1615 Buzz Off duly won the Encourage Stakes for Mrs Harris who has won nearly 33000 this year
