OTAKI MAORI MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 128, 2 June 1927, Page 12

OTAKI MAORI MEETING.

..KING'S BIRTHDAY PROSPECTS. ( Ily Telegraph—Special to "Star.") j WELLINGTON. Wednesday. The Otaki Maori Haring Club's winter meetinj: will be held on Friday and Saturday. Heavy rain throughout the district has soaked all the. track*, and the course will \>f in its usual heavy state at this time of the year. Fields for the opening day are large. Kalakaua heads the list In the Tararua Hurdles, and on his Wanpinui running he should perform well. Lady Passenger seems his most dangerous opponent, and amongst the light-weight* Snntonlo has recently given promise, of arriving in a hurdle event. There is a-Ms field In the Knku Maiden Rare. Tilley's stable has Avro engaged. This three-year-old gelding had his first start a. furtnicht ago at Wnngnnui. unci after cutting left at the post he ran fifth In the rare, won by Nastori. This, added to the services of L. G. Morris. Is good enough for Otaki company. Royal Picture has been working well at Trrntham. and. although he has in the past failed to reproduce hit private form with the colours up, he appears more like a potential winner at present than he did in the past.

There is a big field of hack* in the Wnitohu Handicap of six furlongs, and nothing is outstanding. Pangolin and f'arricallon appear likely, and loner down !'olnnni«t> may show up.

Treehnm is the ruling favourite for th«' Kaukawa Cup. Kei-enl form makes him look a good prospect. Diogenes wee not rared at Wanganul, but he has done all right lately, and he is a class above the majority oX fala opponents. Jwe Ukel/

llcht-weights are Shining Armour and Lady Anstnither. Paltonu is an Improvlns hack, who mat take n lot of bentine in the Otakl Handicap. MiTle nml Hi-nua may run promlnentlv.

The Huin Handicap lg b>-ad*d by Mlreusontn. a wlnnf r In his la.«t ufaxt. but on rivont form Bonogne. twWt third in stronj: company at WangauuL s<*vme a bettor pm« p*rt. Ir may bo ngalnst him that lie runnot tvjrin well, but tie opposition to-mor-row l< not nearly so stmne a« he mot In his last two or thr»e etart* Runynnt l« th«* ruling favourlt*. and. hplnj a hie h<T*r and ehle to po In th<> Din>l. h' , sliouM show up. Pop Off wn« tliinl to Ppstrcp nnd Avoin st Epnont, and in;'>- prove thp of the llsht w^l^hf!. Tli» T<> Horn Manrll'-ap. whlr-h <-oo'~linl<>« 'lie day'* pro^ramun 1 . Is li«-arl«»<l hy Arro<l .In «ironjrcr romp.-.nv nf W«nznmil h<* i mailn a good showlnjr orcr J moro troimd. and <I<>Kp|fp hl« 0..', h> ohoul.l I run woll. Bronstoll nnd IJonmntlc may I prove th«j b«-«t ..f the othrre. Trentharn Horses for Ellenlie. Tlip rn[iti(>< t!ons of Omahu arf prepared 'o .—o tlie Manlnpoto jrHrllne make a bold M'l for rhf Crfitr Northorn on Saturday. Omnhu h«« a very i rf<-oril In his wwral attf-mptu' at thU bljt . prize, ami aiihoi:cb now in bis d»rlitilnc :.'"'»<. his r.-<-<>nt form nt Krracnt and AVanennnl. I<>CPthfr with handy ««>leht of !•.". Indlrntf-s ih»t h» will ho on the tc+a* I if )i* K.inpWf* th<> rours« Kafply. ; The Tr'-nthnm trio. Rlark Mlct. Nadarlno ; nncl Indian Sact>. who «n l«>ft h<»rp on Monday to Join r>opni;p at Kll<>r«llp. were all in pood fhapo at th«> tirn*> of departnro. I althnnch th"y n>l~ht havo h-p n nil thp ; bptrrr for n Una! fanf cnllop. whlrh was j dpnlpd thorn ft« tho trarkx w«>rp water- ■ lorc.d !n»t wcfk-fnil. Nadarino lm« «-\r«>l. ! lrnt prosp«rt« nf r<-p«>2tinc I:i< flr«r da.v"s I»'rfortnain-o i.f twrive montlis 1./ i. it

NOTES. Mr. <■. IV Nn«h. of P«lm»r»f«ii North, who ha* been In Sydney during tb«> pant fwelre months, rpturnw) re<<t<><-dAr with Imperial Spark. He <ll*powrl of the other two bow* he took ncrn*« The Itnnrlwii-k tr«ln«>r. Georje Price. U dne to pay hl« natlre roimtrr another vlult .■•hortlr. Me is nbout the third week In June, by the Makura. KARAMU SCRATCHED. Knranni was scratched at 10..10 n.m. to-day for the Great Northern Hurdles.