WANGANUI CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 203, 29 August 1939, Page 16

WANGANUI CLUB.

THE FIRST DAY.

CHIEF FLAT EVENTS

GLANCE AT THE WEIGHTS

.spring lacing w ill ronniie.iie 111 eiinr.-t Willi I lie opening ol the Wanganui .lneke,\ Clubs l life till g In be l.elil nil Sept elll be I 7 ..lid P. ( onsldei able interest will lie t 1 ken in ( In. (ix 1111 e owing tn I,he fact th.il, jeveial in lli,. iioi si's engaged will be nut later at Avondfllr.

' clinT eveii'l is llie .Marangai flail'l'. ol 11 If and a quarto, „ud it "J bkrl.v to pnnulc a bettci lontmt than thai ni l.ist .Near, when on I % five horses w,,|| t In ill., post. Dungaiv.in. who heads the ii.ii, with ll n, has \\ 1111 over the dis- * siii i-essl ui in the Kginout < "p. "11l- mile ,im | ,| ij 11 >| I lei , in February. At. his l.irft, *tart I>uiigar\.i n i.in second to Might iiver a mile and a distance at the Wang ii winter meeting in .luue, Caiiving U.S. ;iml that lorm will ensure him mll |vp<it I next Week, I'll,. I'm 111 shown J>\ Lowen, berg at (In- Wellington nicel--1,111 llsl "ionlb. »hen he finished sec.mil •" "d Inll le iii llie Wiu'er (l,il>. ii.nl<al"d that, he Has let lulling to his best "■Mill. I'urther prnol nl t his was revealed ' Im ' I' land Natnmal a few weeU am. when |~,w, 1i1.e,« tigh led in a '• I 'lde .Ii a | lie.it i,ir lirsl with Tidewaitcr Jill.l Set I lenient, in the Islington Handicap. run (»\C| ,1 mile and a quarter. A I opel i| inn 111 that form will make Lnwenberg dilhi'iill in bent at Waiigauui. Entail has not, won since last Maich. but his •eeoiid to Ins stable mate floimlv in the ionnnll., lan,heap last. ,li„ne indicates Unit. h«* liUrlv (o Ik* ti'ouhloHoinr airain. In the past. Entail has always riicpd best on a 'irin track, and the going ninv not be 1 1, his liking next week. Kena failed m hm l.vii i-jieos at. the Orand National meeting, but. lias previously W on ovpr a mile and a .punier. Me is partial to easy going, and il ilioap conditions prevail at VV a nun mil it will assist linn. Hunting Cat is getting on iu years and has not won • nice lor snine time. At the Wanganui meeting in .lune Might registered an easv Wl " 111 ' 'le Kmpire Handicap. run in er a null' ami a distance. In that event he earned Ihe mine weight, 1.1. „« he has been awarded in the race under review. Diingarvan. who finished second to Might on that occasion, now meets him on 81b bettor terms and will probably he preferred in the coming contest. Curie has been racing prominently over hurdles, but the class in this event may be a bit beyond him. The latest efforts of Hunting Mint have been encouraging, for he has won twice over a mile and a quarter tins winter. Mo j N meeting stronger opposition next. Week, b.ut lias been improving nil the time, and will have to be connidered with his light impost. Centerpoise has been a consistent winner in hack company, and is a likely improver I his also applies to Windsor Chief, a recent winner at Riecarton over nine furlongi», I hrwe likely to be favoured nt this stage are: Lowenberg, Dungnrvnri, Hunting Mint, and Kena.

Th« Opan Sprint. Smoke Soieen. who hn« been placed at tiho top ot tho Hying Handicap, him not raced since the? autumn. He i« to J* "omewhnt backward. Black Thread nan hml plenty of riming and i* one of the uiiwt HciiHoiifd hovsPH jn the Held. Ho may be trouiblwome. Gay Son wim third in thin event laat nfiiwon, find Hiilisemientlv floored twice at Kliernlie arid once at Kicearlton and Woodville, while lie wim placed on other occasion*. Benulivrc is due to m ,,", l,iM '•PPewrance at .Vow t'lvmouth on In mutiny, and hi« effoit there will mve a irood guide. »« to hid prowpects. Kn<:eciill showed fair form hint hciiki.ii it ltd is iilwo engaged there, while Sly Fox would only need to produce his host,' to l>e in the money. N'otium is atmt'ed to be tfoni'jf well at Hwwera, while lm» been gnllopinu in great st.vle nt VVangaiiui. Ihe latter wn« n brilliant two-year-old Inwt term, Florence Mill* ha* proved hoinelf a good ••printer, while Hunting Blood, who m t'rnined at Te Itmpii.. possf»snPH plenty of «peed. He i« to be raced at fclie Taranaki meeting thin week. wan third in an open wt. FeiUlintf wt ftaater, und win* a useful performer during the «ea«on. Miittic and Rollicker may lie the b«*t of the other*. Some who may Ixi in demand are Benolme, Smbrn.lwMon, Black Thread, Florence Mills and Ecutntic.