STOREY MEMORIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 24

STOREY MEMORIAL.

WAIKATO MEETING.

REVIEW OF THE FORM.

PROSPECTS OF JLADY MONTANA

The Stores Me, ~1. ( run on the first day ot the \Y.,ik.it,> |,\n ini( Club's summer meet in.', n In. h opens at Te liupa next Sniiirdi .\ Heek. u ill .itti.n I a -,»«( deal of attention. In, the 1.,1ae m.ijoi it v ~f the entranlH liKun< in the Hemes Memorial J "P. the pun, i,,.,1 .■μ-iii to be ,leci<le.| at Lβ Arolm the tolloivnm! week The hnndicapper. Mr. W. I*. Kussell. has placed Hound I'p at the top with Sl.O. This horse ran second in the Auckland Cup with 8.8. ,in,l on Ihe third day. with !).:!. won the A.K.C. Handicap mile and a half. With !U:i he was unplaced in the Tjik.ipiiiiii Cup. !),■ l-i i.-ii.t viiiiniiij; from Miilutiiui .iihl V.il.unilo. all of whom are als.. eliuiik'ed at Te I,'apa. lie w.is iriviiiK De Friend .Tilb, .\f.il.iiiiai '-Villi and Y.il.iiii 11<. 1411.. and ii..u |~,n to e.Hicede De r'ncn.l _*711». Mil.,..'i_'i •.'•Jib and Valainitn IMb. In Ihe It.ilph ll.nidi,ap on the second ,|.n. mi, mer :i similar distance. Itouml I'p. who had !•.!.'. «,,s a-.in, miplai ed. ( liev.,l .!•■ \olee IT. 1 , -, I uimim" Itoni <!.i\ Hose iT.iii and S,.|- M [T.I I. lie I l« < he\al dc \'..lce on nin, h better tcniis on i|,,s ... .si-ion, but he "ill have a h.ud i,i» to I t,, airain beat him. Ma/.ir il'.li »i« second to Hound I'p in the A.I; ('. Iliiiiilii-iip. which was his last start On that, o.caxiou I,'oun.l lp had 9.3 and Mnzir S.I-.', a ditl'deuce ~f .lib. Now Mazir has .•Iμ. the l>cM of it. and he. too, is likelv to be tumbled by .-nine ol those lf>Wer down. Yalaniito (S.TJ) has been u most

consiwtent performer this season. He won the Nathans' Memorial, one mile and a quarter, at the. Aiickliitul wiinnier fixture With »..">. while he was third in the Takapuna Cup with H. 13. lie is a little closer to Round L'p at T<- Knpii, while l)e Friend, Cheviil tie Volee, Maliigigi an<l Gay Rose, who were also in the money at the recent Klleiwlie meeting, are milch nearer to liiin. Villa mi to will have to be seriously considered. King Key (8.10) has no recent form, but he i« such a k<"><l stayer that he ciiiinot he entirely discarded. Cheval de Volee (8.») must also enter into calculations nfter lilt* form during the hiHt couple of nionth<i. Majority and Lady Montana have each 8.1, but the former in iuiimm and will not start. Lady Montana won the Wellington Racing Club Handicap, one mile and three furlong, at Trenthnm last month with 7.4, beating a Rood field, and wan only beaten by hnlf a head by Haughty Winner in the Summer Handicap, one mile and a quarter, with 8.1. In third ponition was Queen of Song. and, weeing (die won at Riccarton last Saturday, this makes Lady Montana's form really good. Master Brierly and Malagigi are on the 8.1 mark, and the latter in to be preferred, particularly after \>'m second in the Takapuna Cup. Gay Rose (7.12) won the Matamnta Cup nicely lant Saturday, and after her second in the Ralph Handicap at Kllerslie with 7.6 she is not at all badly treated. De Friend and Jonathan have each 7.10, but after his failure at Matamata last. Saturday J)o Friend has lost caste. Serbia (7.1) was third in the Ralph Handicap with a similar impost, while Black Musk (7.0). was third iii the Matamata Cup last Saturday. Day Wind, who is on the same mark, wan a winner at that fixture and appeals most of the others. Some who mav be in demand just now are: Lady Montana. Chevnl de Volee, Valamito, Malagigi and Mazir. The acceptances aro due with Messrs. Blomfield and Co.. Shortland Street, at H p.m. next Friday, or with the secretary, Hamilton, at 8 p.m.