NOTES FROM AWAPUNI

Evening Post, Issue 2, 2 July 1932, Page 21

NOTES FROM AWAPUNI

NEW HORSES AT CENTRE

(Special from' "Binocular.")

:. •'■■;,.. V EALMEKStONN., This Da^ . Chief Marionetie,' the half-sister to San.tonio and Santiago, has grown into a big filly. Her three-year-old record should be good.' ■ ' -.:. •■. : .■.■■'.,.-.;' •. .

W. Stone did not return rt6" Awapuni after the Napier Park- Meeting, but is waiting for the Hawkes Bay Hunt fixture. His team is freely: engaged at Trentham. : Air.,-J..J.-.:Waller,.the owner of, Gaswyn, has leased a - Laokham two-year-old bred by, him, from .the Acre—Absurdity 'mare Accredit}'. The'dam ;was a. fine big filly, l\ut she proved somewhat of a disappointment on the racecourse. The youngster however, is a'shapely sort. 'r ' .. . . .Not-a great deal is being asked;of Inflation at the present, but the colt looks a picture of health. He continues to go through steady work, but it is not intended to fully,wind him up before he leaves for Australia. .. ; ; ■•

Mrs. A. McDonald: has a in the Lackham—Queen's Maid four-year-old gelding Joe. who was formerly trained at rTaradale;' Joe' is a big upstanding type and somewhat similar.in stamp to, Gibraltar; :.v, another Lackham representative, meantime, however, he is l somewhat light in. condition. . . ■■■.■., ■.....-

, Patearoa and Decree Nisi/both of wnorii w->-e, treated,.to a, spell some , little -'time back, look a]l the .better ; for their stay in the paddock, the former particularly. Decree Nisi is a big raking mare and the rounding off process is niore difficult with >her.- ■ .■•.■■ -. . ;-.. / .:■. ;■.-