SATISFACTORY FIELDS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 8

SATISFACTORY FIELDS

REAPPEARANCE OF GLOAMING!

(BY " S» IuU(CILOT."> Satisfactory field^ are engaged in all events on Saturday, and some good contests should be witnessed. The distance of the Wallaceville High Weight Handicap i s a mile and a half, the same as on the opening day. Enare, the second day's winner, is not engaged. Carawock has" gone up 61b, and Vagabond 21b. Comparing, the place-getters on the!opening day, Carawock is up 201b, Palamon 41b, and Vagabond: has the same weight. >, The winner of the Hopeful Stakes may come from one of the Wept Coast contingent, Lady Bentinck or Siaosi, both of whom ran, prominently on; the second day. Ifßachael could reproduce her second day's form she would take a lot of settling with 6.12. '■■'■'

In. the Melrose Handicap, Ihapotoa meets Penelophon on nearly a Btone better terms, than in the -Douro Cup. The latter allows Zero Hour. 71b for the beating. If Star Ranger could be induced to run up to his form,in.the Apprentices' Plate he. might 'get in. the money..' On her running in the Camp Handicap, Kilris-is entitled to a place among the, probables. ■• . ■ The Summer Handicap should produce a great race. The distance may be rather short for Roseday, but Gold -Light, last year's winner, may again show up. With the weights they have Lovesign and Martian Misß would only have to reproduce their form to have a chance. A. J. M'Flynn has left for Takapuna, and A. H. Wilson will ride Roseday. ..'; Mantua, who beat Loughrea and Little River, the Wairarapa. Jubilee Cup winner, ■ are lightweights well placed in the Consolation '.Handicap. Santonio /has been' raised 131b in the City Handicap,'; and meets , Civility on 101b, and; Rational ' on- 151b worse terms. If the! latter runs up to his first day's form he should nearly win. ' : . ;■. ■> ' Piquant was in froijt for five -furlongs in the Camp Handicap, and may show up at the, finish of the Kaitoke Handicap, run over the same distance^ Entre Nous, who was placed on the /two previous days, and Muria also go well over five furlongs. The champion Gloaming, who has not sported silk since he went wrong at Randwick,. is to make his reappearance at Trentham to-morrow. The Welkin gelding has pat up many track and race records, and the Australasian record for half ii mile, put up by him,' still stands. He will be opposed by his stable mate, Parody, imported Glentruin (whose performances entitled her to be compared with "Arrowsmith, Panmure, and other good imported sprinters), and Nigger Minstrel, a brother to the champion Desert Gold. x From a monetary point of view it may not be a good race for the club, but all those who love to see a race between the best horses should make the journey to Trentham to' see the champion, who is now eight' years old, make his reappearance.'

.' • After an expedition to Ruapehu Messrs A. A. Creamer and F. Grove, Auckland, and Messrs. Parker and Gordon, Rotoraa, returned to Rotorua on Sunday. The party journeyed to the National Park by way of the Taupo-Tokaanu-Otikou road. They described this as ' good in places, and • negotiable for a distance.of 116 miles. The ascent of Ruapehu was made with some difficulty, the air being very cold after the heat in the valleys. The view from the summit was magnificent. Ngauruhoe was pouring out great clouds of black smoke, and the huge geyser blowhole on the Keterahi side of Tongariro was specially active. The steam and i smoke, contrasting with the'brillinntrsfiftlit landscape, made a wonderful picture .(states the "New Zealand Herald"').' The members of the party are of the unanimous opinion that the Na-tional-Park and the ascent of wiapehu make one of the most wonderful trips in the Dominion, The accesa from Rctorua