TE AROHA JOTTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 181, 2 August 1929, Page 12

TE AROHA JOTTINGS.

MARBLE KING STRIDING

ALONG.

BERT' HINKLER SETTLES DOWN,

E. A. Keesing has now resumed track work riding, in which department he is of considerable assistance to trainers, more especially with the two-year-old

division. A greatly improved hunter of late is Gay Comet. He is jumping really well while his condition is very solid. _ It is the owner's intention to race him at the Waikato Hunt Club meeting on Labour Day. Some of the more forward of the locally trained horses are to be nominated for the Pakuranga meeting. _ As training operations have been continuous throughout the winter, with the exception of one stormy day in June, those that enter the actual contests on the 24th inst should run prominently. Marble King is just about at the top of his form just now and is striding along in fine style. If properly placed at the Pakuranga meeting he should give his backers a good run for their money. At the Waikato Hunt Club meet on Wednesday among those that jumped proficiently were Star of the East, Gay Comet, Archeen, Every Day and Glen Maire.

Bert Hinkler, by Quin Abbey, has now settled down quiafcly to track work and is more likely to do well .in his races than previously.. When he .first made his appearance hers he appeared to be very highly strung, so much bo that it required a very capable horseman to manage him successfully. C. Mallowes has exercised great patience and may be recompensed for this virtue in due course. The two-year-old King Lu representative king Win is furnishing admirably, so much so that just now he does not look his height. On the tracks he behaves like one of mature age. Hines' other two-year-olds, Balfour and Art Gallery, are showing pace and will be racing before long. Queen Arch is in excellent trim and should race well this season, as for consistency she is hard to beat. G. A. Reid's stable will be represented at early spring meetings, as Trig, Glen Star, Archeen and Crown Arch are getting through nice preparations. Wee Prince.and King Lap may not be forward enough to show their best form until later in the season. J. H. Wallace lias leased the Archies - town gelding Sir Russell to Mr. G. Tutt.' On Thursday morning the plough and grass .gallops were in satisfactory order. Steady work was indulged in by Black Maire, Glen Albyn filly, 'The Lamb, Sir./

Russell, Queen : Arch, Lady Mester, Marble King, Berfc Hinkler and Grand Arch. Wee Prince and Belle Star cantered round and then strode along in nice style for the concluding three furlongs. Ah Wera and William of Orange put in a couple of rounds at a sound pace and the sister to Woody Glen moved pleasingly over six furlongs, thrashing home in the last furlong. Balfour and Art Gallery put in a three-quarter pace gallop, and King Win and King Lap did similar work pleasingly. Ljucky Alice scampered over a couple of furlongs very freely.