NEW PLYMOUTH NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1932, Page 21

NEW PLYMOUTH NOTES

ROYAL BENGAL IS; WELL

(Special from "Hurry On.") }' NEW PLYMOUTH, This' Day.

"With the first meeting of the new season in. the-North" Island taking place on the NeWiiPJymouth=!Course=-,invfour. weeks'.-: time, local trainers are -beginning-to put the work into their charges arid should have them in good order-for-the-gather-ing. The track"iß.»an,wonderful,.order, nearly as good as in summer time, being dry and almost hard.

■Royal Bengal is looking.well, and.moved ■very freely over two rounds at an easy pace on.; Thursday morning. He galloped over six furlongs' on ' Wednesday with Tigerism and did his task satisfactorily. IL Johnson has worked a wonderful improvement 'in this horse, arid he still continues to go on the right way. Arvada has resumed work and looks I bright and well,'though-on-the- big side. ISo far she has been given only the easiest of tasks, and probably will not be asked to race for some time yet. Tigerism and the Catmint mare in the same stable continue, to thrive on the tasks that Johnson is giving thetri and should be in splendid' order: for the new season.; -. ; , %- Orapai. is looking -a picture and is re-; veiling in "his work. He looks a better horsey than he has eVer^do'ne ■ previously, and he has only to go-the right way to win good races. During the last two seasons the chestnut has "won thirteen -races:. ' ■

Merry Way has been galloping in good style and is almost ready-to race now. However, she is to have an easy time of things for a fortnight, prior to being tuned up for the meeting on the r 27th. She has. settled down: a lot and is now working more . tractably thai* previously. • >Glowlight -is showing improvement in her work, and was responsible for quite a, smart, half-mile last week. However, she' has not grown a great deal and may never be able' to handle weight. She is to be -raced over'a distance of ground in the spring.

Little Doubt moved' freely over a couple of furlongs on Thursday morning, and is evidently' none the worse for his three races-at Trentham. He is not being nominated for the -Paparanga Hunt Meeting owing to the .cost- of transit ior one horse being too great. - : Sparkling Morn is doing all that is asked of her, and is doing it well; There is no doubt that she is looking vastly improved, and the manner- in which she is .getting through,,her tasks suggests that this, daughter, of Hunting .Song is going to.prove-more than useful in open company, during . the. .coming season. She nas! mult up and thickened put. into a fine looting .mare. ,',.''■ '..".''"

JR< Barlow has had an; addition, to his team in; ihe shape of a well-grown rising fctft^year-old by" Paper Money' from the imported mare Santaliri'e. :, He is rather backward 'and inclined to be ! leggy, but has plenty, of sise ' about him and looks as though1-he will be able to gallop. ■■ _ Easter Time, : is} putting r a lot of dash into; his work .and on- Thursday beat Gibraltar r by three or ..four.- lengths over seven furlongs, the last .five taking '.'limn Bsec. He is certainly looking,and galloping in his /old. style, bjit.backers will probably be a little: shy of. him until he'does things with the colours "up.i ■ ' "■