TRAINING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 20020, 10 November 1928, Page 10

TRAINING NOTES

THE PARLIAMENTARY MEETING GUIDE TO WEDNESDAY'S FORM [Xot by the Racing Scribe.] On Wednesday racing will be in I'uTV swing ou courses throughout the dominion, ns that is the date fixed for the various parliamentary meetings. Satisfactory nominations have been received for the Dunedin events, but several of the performers, are of, a quality above the others. For all that the day’s outing should bo exciting. For the Dunedin South Stakes a classy field of three will go out. Todd, Taverner, and Hall have all been getting through their training operations in a most satisfactory stylo, and the public is not yet decided which will ho the first selection. Making their first appearance at a parliamentary meeting, the trio are all more or less unknown quantities; but according to stable talk Hall is likely to get home by a small margin, as the pacemakers, Todd and Taverner, are likely to make the pace so solid that they will both be gasping when tho distance post is passed. However, Taverner comes fresh from some good efforts on tho municipal track, and, should the course hold firm till Wednesday, ho is likely to upset all calculations. Tho Dunedin North Steeplechase should provide some thrills, as four have been accepted for. Tapley has lost many supporters since last winning tlnVcontest by his failure to clear tho liquor fenco during his preparations for the event this year, and, although a change of tactics has been adopted for the contest, ho does not give promise of seeing out the journey. In previous outings, it is held, Muuro has not worked too energetically, and his unwillingness to impart dash to his training was responsible for his failure to stay on in the Steeplechase three years ago. However, this candidate has been going along with more freedom, and when tho judge hoists the numbers Ins should bo at the top. Smith is a most promising candidate, but the fact that ho has not been “ up ” long will not help him in a wellconditioned field. He is a stamp of competitor who, given plenty of work before the day, would have set too high a speed for tho others to catch him. In some quarters Thomson is regarded as a dangerous competitor, but his previous failures to go steadily in any of his election engagements will lose him many friends. Some of the fences at which lie has crashed in the past will probably end his supporters’ hopes on Wednesday.

The next event for decision is the Central sprint, and that classy performer Sir Charles should dash home on the bit from his only challenger, Robinson. Sir Charles has been sncetssfu] in past contests. “ Horses for courses,” they say, and on performances alone he should have no difficulty in beating Robinson from the barrier out. Robinson's failures to get out of the hack class by winning a prize at the municipal meeting will not merit his being at all well backed to beat the hot favourite, who should return a Glearning price to liquidate the cost of afternoon tea only. Backers who go strongly, for what seems to ho gilt-edged security on the course will punt heavily on The Minister being first homo in the West Handicap, the long distance event. Carrying the Reform colours, bo lias trained on in his usual satisfying style since the conclusion of the .Wellington Harangue Stakes, and although quite a number of his past supporters do not feel inclined to back him with any certainty (following on the inconsistency of the .Reform stable candidates in the past three years), Tito Minister looks an easy winner. The change of stable by Moss since bis last outing might have been beneficial, but lie does not seem to have the same quality as The Minister. The us bettors will , plunge their hard-earned cash on Harrison, hut as the Labour competitor is likely to jump out smartly from the barrier so as to gain a big break on The Minister and Moss, the latter two will let him run his own race. The Minister has previously covered the distance with case, and with half the journey gone Harrison will probably bo found wanting. L pick The Minister to then hit the front, and while Moss and Harrison aro carefullv watching each other at the homo bend, the Reform contestant will scamner away from them. The Minister looks as if he will be backed down to a short price, as Trainer Coates has pronounced him “the goods” on more than one occasion.

The Chalmers Handicap promises to lie one of the best contested events on tho card. It is a aucstion whether Ansell will go at all _ kindly on tho country grass after doing most of his training on the roads, but in his provious outings at tho “emails 1 * tho “Otago Forever” colours have tJways been prominent. looks an even choice between Anscll and Walls. Tho latter, however, was under cover till a few weeks ago, and has since been hurried along to cover tho district in an effort to be cherry ripe for Wednesday. On the Taieri he has scored u« numerous occasions, but just how ho will see out tho journey after such a short preparation in iho rich event of doOsovs per year, with travelling expenses as n trophy, is a matter of guesswork. His supporters aro Malicious, and' they cannot see him beaten at tho weights, Despite his handicap, Walls deserves to bo supported with confidence. The Labour candidate, Campbell, has bec» working quietly at Port, but in this race competitors carrying the scarlet livery have failed m the past. History will probably repeat itself on Wednesday, 'i be competitor is iU'Lacblan, “ the dark horse.” He has not bbeji put through a very strenuous preparation, and ms aversion to several of the ieneos, particularlv the North-east Valley wall, puls him out of the race. As a matter of fact, many good track watchers declare that he is far from ready to win, and in that case tho judge, who is the returning officer, may mulct him in £lO for competing when he had no chance of winning.