ARIEL'S OTAKI CHANCE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 8

ARIEL'S OTAKI CHANCE

'Oriel's easy defeat of Pango antlijjed Eufus at Marton last month was j'a'.'Sunieiently\good effort to mark him.out'as a ipossibly .very.;,useful handicapper in, the makings,, and .his" "first, appearance "iii, open conipariy inthe RaukkwitCup at Otalci pn Saturday will therefore be keenly watched. Subsequent tb'llarton'he ran-(unplaced;in single outings at; Hitwera- and- Wanganui undei ;increased-ppundages,vsbut,;,:;tliose efforWishould notibe .^eighedfttoQ'heayily :as!\he;ilws?no^^ei-|iad racing;'despite his^five yearff^'a-ndfit'lboks as.-if he is going to'keep on, improving. Oriel's ;:first -start -was iat; S&itforil in January, wheii,he v ran third in a maiden. At his nextfstart only Kouhd Table was capable of'beating;liiin at Trentham; and shortly afterwarfJs<he opened his winning account decisively' by four lengths, in a seven-furlong hack race at Hawera, scoring again over 8% furlongs on the second day. and beating a useful field. Since then He, lias had eight further starts for two wins and three minor placings, the wins being at the" Waikato and Marton Meetings, over a mile and a mile and 137 yards respectively. Hi is a half-brother by Nigger Minstrel to that splendid sprinter Benzora, and his owner-trainer, J. Fryer, should reap some good harvests with him.