FIRST-CLASS FIELDS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 46, 23 February 1934, Page 6

FIRST-CLASS FIELDS

OUTLOOK FOR TE AROHA (Special from "Early Bird.") ALCKLVM), llus Daj Hie lmpoitmcc of the 'le Atoha Jo'Uej Club's Annual Mooting is reflected in the fields that will be on'hand tomorrow.to contest the eight e^ents Hie mini item, the lieuic* Alcmonal Cup, has drawn n bullnnt itpioscntdtion of nineteen hoises, contiimng the leidmg hindicip pciionn eis. of the }>oith Isl md mj including tno fioni outside the Vuckhml l'lowmc In ill theie iic suentecn hoi'-cs fiom outside the }iiounce "-chedulod to into at 'lc Arolia tomorrow Ihc ip<-i'on-e fiom owncis throughout the Xoilh I land is an cntoun^ing one, md indicite the dimmg lioue; ot good stikos nnd n good counc Hie late liack it Le Violn is ntulj 1U miles lound, with a homo sti light ol nitt o\ei two finlongs Hie tmf is m good Older md -liould furnish five foi tin. mci.lin o tomorrow .and on Monday Ono of the mo«t likclj contendcis for tho Hemp Memoiiil Cup is Gland Jul\, ninnct of the Wellington Cup ■with 7D md the WR C Hmdicip v ith 8 2 Xow ho Ins, 810 but as compiled with Kings Knne he comes m 61b belter, this diffeieneo being based upon the comparison with the handicaps declared for-the third day's racing at Trentham last: month, when neither horse ran In addition to Grand Jury, southern stables are represented, by Vertigern (-winner at Woodville), Carfex (winner of.-the Tarariaki Cup), Aga Khan (winner of the Egmont Cup), and Gibraltar. There will 'be strong opposition to these visitors ' from Auckland performers, best of whom may be King's Knave and his stablemate Knight of Australia, ilaster Brierly, Master' jSTorval, Speedmint, King Ifarch, and Royal Artist. It is a very good field, with the element of surprise always there, but on form and figures Grand Jury seems to stand out. - : .:■'■ "'■ . • .-.-.•.;..;■:. ' <l Class is strongly: represented ' in; the sprint,' the Waihou Handicap, with those two brilliant three-year-old fillies, Gay Sheila and ; Star Artist. The latter is a very smart galloper, and in: receipt of '• half a. stone she is liable' to. prove a''difficult problem for Gay Sheila, who has not raced since the G.N. Derby. Cadland, Jonathan, and Puss Moth look the best of the others. An interesting ' contest: is going to be the Champion Hack Handicap, and there is every indication that Caliente,' a filly by Polazel out of "a sister to the one and only Phar Lap, will be the hardest to beat. In. the two-year-old event, the smallest field of the day, Gay Blonde is set a hard task to. win with 10.0, a weight that; is .rarely carried by youngsters these da.VB,-but-despite handicap, she. may hold^ her'; own against;moderate opposition; Betting'j will.ibe :conducted on the, win-and-plac'e.l System, -'and ' with 'excellent fields one or rtwo long prices may be es-pectedat>the-meeting.l; ' -. Form-horses'" are the following:—' ■•■ ; 11.50: VEtakaka Hurdles,—Mia Stellai Cruacha'ni"and;^Emancipation.. .-■. ' ■ '■:'ti2A3: 'Waitoa-.i: Handicap:—Waif' and See,- Bellkyriaiij ;and. Huskie.'. . r :,;V:,': -' - 1.20: Juvenile Handicap.—Qay ■'' Blonde and Royal ■ .., >, ■'. ,■.;..-•■.• ,;-C , v.2.5: HerriesMeriiorialiCup'.—Grand'Jurji Speedmint,/and-King's Knave. '•■', 2:ss:'Sliaftesbury Hack.'—Biagano, Oriel, and Lucidus; ~.,.":; '''..■.. 3.40.:;^AY ail"'v Handicap.—Star • Artist, Jonathan- 'and' Gay:Shcila. :•' ; :i ; ;;f 4.20: y ' Gh'ampipn ;■ i Hack -.-■ Handicap.— Calientei '■'Saltj''"jßj^W.r-.and Taitoru;"•■.. ' 5.10: Hot Springs Handicap.—Chief .Cook, King's Areherjlandtlmpastoi-,