RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.
(Br Spectator.) Tfr& surreal of fche balance of tie Kapler a&4 Duaedia contingents lute swelled the list of dally attendants da the Biecatton bracks, bafc if the Interest In the approach' Ibjc iseefciag coald be gaaged by the number ef vis'tore oatslde the actual attendaats Oα the i&&3" sears of. horses to be seen oat, Vb woald pmcfeicallj aaoanti to nil, for ntfrer ha* a smaller number been seen oat of & morning than ihis season* Friday Iβ osttally doll, and after t&e good wwrk dona yesterday by taoat of 4fea heta&t U «m tha« -
tljia nxomiicup wwild pKSTeao ex&btioa, batsGff© fairly Infeerestiostgaliopa weWpePtormedU Gmchfleld and Voa covered six toriOnffe fast. Duda-«ma Meteieted to walkS. please Bichlake eaad Stu Mado did two *| half speed. Wolverine and did steady pacing over two milea and a ba , '* Bragoa cantered. Freedom <jjjj two rounds* easy oat tha grass. Florrfean* Yattagbass aid a half mile spriat. Orackahot was seas long steady iiinaself below the knee, aaiTßay KinscandCheatet Lad were i Q fche tracfe together, the latter galloping the last four furlongs of sis with the son ol CadOff ao ' Occident was not worked, and Kotuka was only permitted to look over &*> boandary fence, while work wis proceeding. Aronoel, who is very like her daßS {a conformation, bat more like he? other parent's stock in disposition, did gteisdy work, end generally pleased the lookers I on. St. Andrew, who has a nattowsp-1 pearance, and is very fiat-ribbed, and * n some respects not unlike Tirailleur, does not at first strikd one as a colt to ifMnp Sst 101b to the end of a mile and a halt, I wad he, like the Cap winner of last season, ; wants a lot of looking at. An inspection ■ reveals a horse devoid of lumber sad of the wiry class, angular, andwith plenty of [libertyof action, with forelegs thafc ra* v I not stand him a great length of time if I severely strung up. He seems rather a la light barreled horse, but hJs appearance altogether betokens that of one that had done ro end of " hard grift," if not too mecn of it. Lcaore, Omtsca, Sfcrephbn s and Whisper, as also Angler were doing easy pace work. Hasel and Little Arthur did (& strong I -mile, the filly finishing well in front of her companion. Waterfall and Piz&rro did one round, striding along. Morpheus 'sprinted, and Dilemma and iEaoae did easy spacing. The Spy sweated. Madem and May jumped off at the mile and a half post-on the grass, and after going gflforfongs the two-year-old was palled of, end Peerswick and-Ruby brought her home fast, Peerswick going the stronger at the finish. gallop was a flrsS-elass ■one. Wanderer did steady work. Inea did long half-pace work, and Dandenonsc brushed over four furlongs on the grass fast. Rosebad did steady pace work. Crown Jevrel did a gseful task. Ision and Ruapehu did good schooling over the hurdles, their work being very interesting. Heather Bell wae sent along at an even pace for a mile. Catamoant did two and a half rounds steadily. Cajolery did a half mile and Hetotara, slightly lame, did «aey w<*k. Ben Trovato and Don galloped-a mile. The after breakfast work I die I*ofc atop to see. ' -
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Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7698, 1 November 1890, Page 5
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