AWAPUNI NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 68, 17 September 1930, Page 8

AWAPUNI NOTES

AVONDALE STAKES CANDIDATES

KING? COLOSSUS DOES GOOD

TEIAL

(By Teteuraph.) (Special to "The Evening Poit.") PALMERSTON N., This Day. With a short interval prior to local candidates being required to race under silk again, matters were somewhat quiet sA Awapuni yesterday morning. The tracks •were in splendid order, and the coarse proper was open to the youngsters, ■while the trial grass and plough -were also in 1330. Awapuni will have two candidates competing in the Avondale Stakes on Saturday, Teller (Paper Money—Tango), representing Mrs. M'Donald's stable, and King tfelrassuK (Colossus —Queen Elizabeth), carrying ,G. W. New's colours. The former was one of the pre-breakfast workers, but the colt was not asked to gallop, being restricted to pace work on the grass. He ■will be ridden in his engagement by H. N. Wiggins. While he finished well back in the Debutante Stakes at Wanganui on Saturday, the Paper Money two-year-old has command of a good turn of speed.

King Colossus, on the other hand, was given a working try-out on the course proper the- reverse way with B. H. Morriß in the saddle, the Marton horseman, who will pilot him in his classic engagement on Saturday, having come through to Awapuni for the occasion. In company with the Hunting Song three-year-old, Trojan Melody (W. Broughton), the two-year-old jumped off at the winning post to ran 3w»ad $q ths fivs-furloßg peg te Irain 4

J.-ssec, the first two fin longs being reeled o'l' in 22soc and-three in ."Ssee. It was a very satisfactory try-out for <l youngster. Tho two loeitl candidates were travelling companions on the trip north, which was undertaken lost night. FOR ELLERSLIE. Neither Mrs. M'Donald nor Alan M'Donald accompanied Teller to Avondale, the colt going north in charge of J. Bromley, head kd. ■ The lady mentor will,- however, follow early next week with Mirabilary . and the two-year-olds Chief Clerk, Chief Cook, and La Poupee. yesterday .morning Mirabilary was given pace, work on the .plough in company with Acred, but the grey mare looks in good order for her. more active role to follow. The trio of youngsters were also i-estricted to light tasks, but the Gasbag—Miss Love two-year-old was sent along 'over1 three furlongs with a substantial weight in the saddle to run ..home. in. 40 2-ssec. This youngster is riot so -far advanced as the other members of the stable, and is meantime a shade small. ' . L. Knap'p will also' be .represented at Ellerslie by.Otairi and Risk. The former ran an excellent -third'in the''-Marangai Handioap on1 the.opening day nt Wanganui after having drawn the extreme outaide positionin a .15-hprsa. field and, as ho has j not been up very long, he should be all the better for the ou'tiiifj. Risk, whose cognomen ' did not originally altogether