SOUTHERN JOTTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 13, 16 January 1929, Page 15

SOUTHERN JOTTINGS.

HAWERA AND WANGANUI TRACK WORK. REREMOANA STRIKES HIMSELF. (From Our Special Correspondent.) WANGANUI, Tuesday. M. Gardner takes Star Area to Trentham on Saturday. The Acre gelding is in great fettle, and did a good gallop this morning. Benzora struck himself slightly recently, but the injury is not thought to be serious. At Hawera this morning the grass track was in use for fast work and was in good order. Llanore and Silvermine were companions in a gallop over *ix furlongs. The pair kept together for five furlongs, when Silvermine drew away to beat the filly by three-quarters of a length in I.KU.

Boundary, Yawl and Tenaere were associated in a five-furlong gallop. Yawl and Tenaere were several lengths in front of Boundary at the end of three furlongs, run in 30s. Finishing fast over the last two furlongs Boundary caught and beat the other pair home in 1.3 1-5. Bright Glow went a couple of rounds at three-quarter pace, and is looking really well. * Bgremoana and Valore went half a mile on the plough, the former finishing in front in oOAs. On pulling up Reremoana was found to have struck himself slightly.

Airtight (Conway) and Vivo (L. Edwards) went a round of the schooling fences, giving a good exhibition of fast jumping. For a "green" one Vivo is shaping well. San Fera has been returned to his owner for a spell, ami will be brought in again for the steeplechase season. The weather was fine this morning and No. 1 track at the Wanganui course was in good order fofclooal training operations, but not much fast work was done. Ceremony slipped over three furlongs very nicely in 30 1-os. The brother to Lysander looks bright and well. Cobham finished in front of Alloy at the end of three furlongs in 395.

Lysander, with a light boy up, went five furlongs by himself in 1.2, the first three furlongs being cut out in 365. He is none the worse for his racing at Ellerslie, where the going prevented him doing anything like his best.

Zarene, who has had three weeks' spell owing to having had a poisoned leg, was given slow work on the inside and then went two furlongs at fast pace.

Mask has been a bit sore since returning from Ellerslie, owing to having knocked himself, but is throwing off the trouble. He was given easy pace work this morning.