DERBY CANDIDATES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 244, 15 October 1929, Page 15

DERBY CANDIDATES.

GREAT PARRISH AND FIRST | GR&Ai LIGHTWIN . j

' The most pleasing items at Hamilton •to local followers of trotting « >** victories of Great Parnsh and Fxr^ XltthL both of whom are engaged in at the Auckland Trotting Club's sum .7;™ The Southern tnree-year-mer meeting. The b nd of olds have invariably had. conuu _ his work in a Btyle whicMeft no tion about him being a class a two-year-old he won . * Hastings, Saturday-B w more impressive, as he w» . —J. no chance a jaU when First Flight was> makmg on y her second appearance mjubhc wh went out for ** e ong as Great but the field was not so 8£° n o Parrish met. a °°f e an f^ 6 furlongs, distance was a mile ana uvo tax no trouble, and at the finish so. was toying with her opponents_to m bv four lengths. Her tune w»s 3.53 SMj SSr«»* *«- »"«S ed wS was As both Great Parrish and_First Flight won easily it is. interesting to analyse the times registered. Great Sr/ish won his mile and a quarter m 3.0 3-5, which works out at 2.24 .age mi le, or 18 seconds to the toton**"* Flight for a mile and five ra™Jg Metered 3.53 2-5, which also works wrflß seconds'to the furlong, so Sat on a S basis the performance SkS Flight was the more tapressw* as she had to go a mil*and fivjf trrj lonps against a mUe and a <F M f* /£ St Parrish. It is very evidentthat the Derby journey of a-mile and a mi wYKt trouble Messrs. McKendriek's filly, and it is hardly likely itwill trouble J. T. Paul's coll. Both Great Parrish and First Bight are en-aged in the Improvers Hancb> 111 oVthe opening day of the Auddand meeting on Saturday week, and should S start considerable interest will be taken in the meeting.

HIS FIRST WIN

ENGLISHMAN SCORES WITH FIRST

PLIGHT.

When First Flight led the field home in the Frankton Handicap she was driven by F. J. Smith, who arrived from England a few weeks back, and set up as a trainer- at Epsom. Behind First Flight he drove a fine race, but no better than he did with Nel de Beau in the Visitors' Handicap, in which she finished fourth. She did not begin well, and lost many lengths, but when she hit her straps Smith allowed her to get properly settled down before he set out afer the leading division. She then paced in fine style, but the ground lost at the start affected her prospects, and she just missed getting a place. The Englishman, has now opened his winning account, and providing he gets a decent horse or two to train should score in his turn, as he is very painstaking and knows -his business.