SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 15

SPORTING

ON TRENTHAM TRACKS THE FINAL TRIALS TEHERO LEFT AT HOME (By "Rangatira.") Practically all the horses who will be racing at the Wellington Meeting tomorrow and the later days are now on the scene at Trentham, but as the majority of the visitors have arrived 5 only within the last twenty-four hours [ there was plenty of bustle without a i great deal doing on the tracks this ' morning. Some fast galloping was [ done, but most of the work was steady I to solid pacing on the plough, which > was in splendid order for this type of t finishing-off. > The weather was again gloriously fine, with a sharp overnight frost. Mist i hung about the course early, lifted temJ porarily just before sunrise, and then t came down very thick as the sun ap--3 peared above the hills. When the mist . was finally dissipated there were not many horses left to gallop, the bulk j having come out in heaps on the 3 tracks, while most of the marks were j obscured, For a quarter of an hour about this time there was a horse or I two to every furlong on .the plough, j mainly pacing, and fast work on this 1 track was therefore out of the quesj tion. t GEIRA'S GOOD HALF. * Red Sun again gave evidence of his fitness by running a mile alone on the 'plough in lmin 44sec. Sunee and " Good Sun galloped an excellent seven " furlongs in lmin 2&lsec, the last half- " mile in 50 l-ssec. Mishna, looking well, came home the last three furlongs in 39 3-ssec. 1 A good early half-mile was Geira's, c the filly recording 48 3-ssec and pulling hard at that- Lowenberg, who ' looks a picture, just shaded Liekem } at the end of half a mile in 49 4-ssec. ; Malibu easily beat Dawning Light : over six furlongs in lmin 17sec, the last half-mile in 51sec. The other galloping was mainly done on the outside of the course proper, but much of it was missed because of the fog. Maori Song, with Min Lu to pick him up, ran six furlongs, but the mist, which had not quite lifted, made them hard to discern. The half-mile post, however, was clear, and Maori Song, who was easing up two lengths in front of his mate at the post, ran this portion in 50 3-ssec. Maori Song looks well, and his party are confident. LAUGHING LASS WELL. 1 Laughing Lass, another sprint aspir- : ant who bears a fit appearance, was " seen to advantage in beating Oratory ' by a couple of lengths over half a ! mile in 49sec. Great Hope, who was 1 making a noise, tan the distance m 49 ■ 4-ssec. White Gold was easing up in r recording 54sec. Soho was going better than Tiger ' Gain after running seven furlongs in lmin 31sec, the last half-mile in 51 3-5 * sec. Joviality and Lady Ina stepped t smartly over five furlongs in lmin 2 - 3-ssec, the last half-mile in 49sec. and ! there was nothing between them- Wag- : ner was in front of Suleiman after ; coming down from the three furlongs !in 37 2-ssec. ~ , ' Enge, working alone, took lmin 48sec 5 for a mile,, the last half in 53sec. Boug« r hal was easing up at the end of a mile, ; the last half taking 53 2-ssec. The bulk of the other work was pac- ' ing. A number of two-year-olds again 1 came down the course proper, including Minga, just ahead of Amigo; Pune- ' rua and Rakahanga, piloted by Black Thread; and Diana Tetrix, just in front ' of Lord Cavendish. Lord Cavendish ' is the biggest of the Beau Peres yet ! seen, and though he has some way to go in fully furnishing, he looks for- ! ward enough to make a creditable * showing in his first outing tomorrow. - The Avondale winner Te Hero has " not made the trip, his connections pre- ' ferring not to hurry him at the pre--1 sent stage of his preparation. A. Cook * has come down with only Suleiman, a * winner at his only start to date. Prime ' Quality, stablemate of Lord Caven- * dish, has also been left behind, and Rehearsal was not noticed with his " trainer's lot, Free Gold and Card 5 Sharper are doubtful starters tomor- - row, the latter having made a bad trip i from New Plymouth. : Although nothing definite could be : ascertained, it is now considered quite 1 likely that Small Boy will start in to- - morrow's Wellington Handicap. There - is nothing wrong with him, but his - connections desire to place him the > best way for going on to a particularly . desired success —the New Zealand Cup. r Should he run he will be one of the ; hardest in the field to beat. | ADDITIONAL SCRATCHINGS 1 The only additional scratchings for 1 the Wellington Meeting are Wild : Career (9 a.m.) and Great Baby. DULL AT CAULFIELD United Tress Association—By Klqctrlc Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, This Day. The weather is dull with intermittent sunshine for the V.A.T.C. Meeting at Oaulfield today. Flood Tide sprinted three furlongs this morning in 39* sec/ Willie Win i took 44sec. Desert Chief cantered at 3 Mentone. At Caulfield International , ran two furlongs in 25Jsec, and Wotan triree in 43sec.