TARANAKI NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 78, 29 September 1930, Page 11

TARANAKI NOTES

3IELISSA GALLOPS PAST

(By Telegraph.) |- (Special to "The Evening Post") ~ '■ NEW PLYMOUTH, 27th Sept.

Tlie New Plymouth track was heavy after Iree'ent rain for\ work_ this:i motiiin&: and fpw/horsesw.ere given •'any.,fast worir. 'All the galloping topfciplace";dn.,|^'e"'.'ou&i side of the;'course, proper ; 5 t with" the./.flags' 'jvell tfut: '.;.:"-v,.,■■" ~; --'■'-.■<-^'*'<'.;>;"s:-i't:4v-''' * Melissa was.".'responsible, .fb'r'^tlie ."b'esf ', effort, taking lriiin ;9s^c.'-foi*'"fiye-ißilohg^ This, was her;;fijrs't fast ga)loip.-sJAefe'\'VV{a'i?'ga.:; tiui, and: shedid;it~iiicely. ■'■■■■■'• ,!■,•'■'■; The :Nigger^Minstrel''two-ye'af-oldV-Cbr-nerman, in. the-same:stable,- %vas.given an easy task. He is a...late foal, .ajid will not race untiriChristmisV,1 However^,",he is a fine cut of "a horse; and has already shown that he ■cahp'gallopv"'"" ,

Manly has..come on,a lot of. late. . Hei ■isto be schooled' as soon:,as::-a: Suitable horseman can be obtained,^ and will'pro: bably make his debut qver tl)c'fences' at Christmas. As he; has;aii'eadx::;6lio-*h; an aptitude for the jumping game he should; more than pay his. ''way; over the. battens. Omeo has .been in absentee from' the ■track during the .last-few days,■■'having ,struck" himself \yhile .galloping ;around':.jn. the paddock. However, the..trouble;,is..iiot serious, and 'he will, be,in 'work again shortly. ■ ■ '■•■ ''. ■■/ ■.■■'■-■■■: ■■'■ ■-■'■'::' ' ■■ . Mrs. A.- M'Donakl's. team of. :four-;horses-passed- through during .'the week, en.-.i'oute; for Auckland. .They were, quartered -£ttf«x-f ;night by the" Taranaki. Jockey, Club iji^thq :ctub's stables. ... . .; /;., ~;.,..'.■. .'-,";■■;