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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 45, 22 February 1940, Page 17

HERRIES MEMORIAL. A GOOD FIELD. BEAU REPAIRE FANCIED. SOME RECENT RUNNING. " ~ ' ✓ The To Aroha Racing Club's meeting whirl, opens at Te Aroha on Saturday, is one of the most popular fixtures in the province, and if the weather is fine there is sure to be a very large attendance, while the club has fields capable of supplying excellent entertainment. The Herries Memorial Cup, named after the late Sir William Herries, one of ths keenest students of breeding this Dominion has produced, and the Waihou Handicap the open sprint, will form the chief races and something about the form of the acceptors in the.-ie events may prove apropos at the ill oin en t. Golden Sheila, who lias 9.8, still retains her place as top-weight in the Cup She raced on both days at Te Rapa dud-.» the week-end. which were her first out" mgs since going amiss in December last On Saturday she had 9.9. and though she was not much in the limelight she ran quite a fair race. On Monday; with lib less she looked as though she would take pait in the finish half-way down the straight when she attempted to come through on the rails, but her condition ga\e out and she faded away. But those two races are sure to improve her immensely, and when it is considered that ) von t}, « 1 ' P0 ". Cup, one mile and V quaiter, with 9.6 this season and had 9 12 in the Te Awamntu: Cup, in which she' went am me, sh e is not handicapped out of the race. Further, she was only beaten r'T J* i, ■by another great mare in Llangollen in the. Hemes Memorial last year. Royevnw (».8) gave a most disappointing display at Te Kapa 7a«t Saturi' u' c I" 8 Mitchelson CUp win, and the fact that he was only beaten bv inches in the Auckland Cup, gives him a show. His performance in the Storey Memorial seemed too bad to be trne Beau Repaire (8.6) is another who tailed to race up to expectations at Te Kapa, but he finished on and wa« doinjr ™Tf fu • fl,r - ,on * than several li & firm he should ■anT w / ibe . at,n « after bis Ellerslie and Wellington form. He has lib less than lie was handicapped to carry in the Memorial -a fe! Te Rapa, and despite p\i / 1,1 T' B V ,rtod - W 'H be one of the favourites, for he is a good colt. Royal Appellant showed a great deal of courage in winning on the second day at Te Rapa after being a good fourth in the Storey Memorial, He has only 3ft more ?.■ J s a .b'!f, strong horse and is .right at h»s best just now. That he can go the distance was well proved at- Etlerslre on ifNew Pay. .when he ,beat a good field m therA.R.C. Handicap™ orie inile half., He will hnve to l>e coMidered in his-present form. Kathbellit (8.3J Won "imile at the Auetland 'Slimmer nieet-. She .in the Summer Cup; : one 'mile ami a-Quarter, after being prominent to the straight. At Te Rapa elie ran two splendid races in sprint events, and it is in her favour that she has good staying blood on the dam s side in her veins, while Stretto, a sprinter, won the Cup at Te Aroha, Lady Montana (7.11) ran two good races at the Waikato meeting, being third each day, nftw'r j£ the weigltts. She wli forirth in tKe -Hemes Memorial last year after running second in the Storey M just previously. Eady "Montana has a Cardinal and Erlick are pos--8l?,. ,e9 » Rarotonga shown ability up to a mile, and a" and hw been going along, nicely-in hie work at' Ellerslie. Most /noney may go on: Beau Repaire, Koyal Appellant and Lady Montana. Th» Open Sprint has been awarded 9.12 in the Waihou Handicap, but that should not put nim out of the race. . he bolted home with 9.0, and mrice then'fie won the Suburban Handicap, six fqrlonga,at Trentham with 9.6 in 1.12, wm second at Ellerslie in November with 9.10, waa, beattffi by half a length by Bronwen .ii£ the Railway Handicap on the.same course on B® xin S'Day, and was third to Arvakur and Bronwen: with,9.ll in the Newmarket Handicap at the same meeting, the time being 1.12. He gave Bronwen 171b, and now has to give her only 111b. Brovtwen (9.1) won the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie with- 7.13, arid recently with 9.0 was beaten by only hijf a length by Sebrof in ' good ...time On tl>e same course. She has been galloping well at Takanini this week.'Maori Song (9.3) and Lorn acre (7.10) do not appeal; though the latter won at Thame*. Orelio and Oiwere are .also on the 7.10 mark, and both should go good races, particularly tHe> former, ■who was fourth and second respectively in his two outings at Te Rapa diirhiff the week-end. He carried -7iß. Orwette should felso run • good race- He was ia firing line till.fiaif-way down the straight at Te 'Bapa.last'Monday. Trilliarch (7.2) waa second to Besiege on Saturday at the Waikato meeting; wijth 73. He. disappointed on Monday, on which dav Lexden was fourth. The latter has performed iisefully in the Southern part of the North Island recently, and was a winner at: Ashhnrst over six furlongs httt month. Mon Acre and Olympfis seem the best of the Others. The chief fancies just now may be: Orelio, Suleiman," Bronwen. BEAU REPAIRE. — I DOES BEST TBXAZ* . GALLOPS AT TE AROHA. ' I (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") - 1 TE AROHA, this day. There was little fast track work done at Te Aroha this morning owing to> heavy fog which did not lift till 7 a.m. The course proper, on which the polea were 20ft out, was fairly fast, and was cutting up only slightly. Tlie best work-out waa that of Beau Repaire (Messervy), who finished six lengths clear of Peril (Farrell) at the end of a mile. _ Pirate King (Tremain) was cloise up, going easy. The time was 1.42 f-o, and the last six furlongs were covered in 1.16 4-5. Star Vaal (Skiffington) went hve furlongs with Mon Acre ,{Messervy) m 1.2 3-5. With-two furlongs gone, Mon Acre had a slight advantage, which she easily held to the end. Yogi (Midwood) covered «ix furlongs with Silver SticK i in"?' finished together in 119. In a five furlongs work-out Manda■rv beat Hunters' Night i-(lremain) and Rajanya (Messervy) by a; good six lengths in 1.4 3*. RIDING engagements. anlounced are uiounced for the Te Aroha meeting:—L.. -r.fiw. Beau Repaire, Marshall Hall, Bronwen, Veritable. S. Tremain: Hwtana. co't WM n: , Haile B°y- H. Turner: CharRTin.J "J] ' R'otous. A. Messervey: V nit Rarotonga, Bronze Emerald, 2 Skiffington: RUxv fowl.' X< Go ? ,a P« I?irat « Kin|-w. MudT 01 >' in P"8- R. K. Horna: Rovevrus. rarrell: Sharaiin. G. Gilchrist: Lady Moiane. Mid wood: Lady Montana, White Rajah, Lexden, Moynell. T. Gifen: ./Pasture, Kingcraft, Val, Gayiniss, LornaQire, Royal. Appellant. J. Burkcss: Grandora, General Riisp.' "P.' Cleaver: Ascot Bloom."Jf Logan: The" Dozer, Dniky' lJi. A. Spinley: Miss Jose.