SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 7 January 1930, Page 7

SPORTING.

HA AY ERA TRACK NOTES

(By ‘‘Limited.”)

With our six days’ racing hr Taranaki just concluded Hair era" horses are being indulged in a short let-up preparatory to more strenuous' work fot‘ the Wellington and Taranaki Cup meetings. A few horses from here are doWn to make the trip to Foxton, J. Brown taking Llanore and Tenacre, while J. Thacker has Hopwood and Green Acr--engaged and O. Cox The Warden. lining the three meetings just held Hawera-trained horses won over £oo\k> in stake moneys, winning 28 faces and beiug in minor places on over 40 occasions.

silver mine' at Auckland ran third in the Railway Handicap, while Richfield mid Awaken scored a urst and two seconds each-

j . Drown had Awaken, Tenacre, Llanore and Silvermine all out doingpace work this morning, the quartette looking in capital condition after their racing. J. Fryer also had his big team out doing easy tasks. Bright Glow* and Just So look quite ready to go on with the game. Vivo did strong pace work ,in view of the high-weight races at TVentham and looks well. Of O. Cox’s team The Warden continues to do strong pace work. Three tw-o-year-olds in Isa. Double Red, and Harry galloped three furlongs on the course proper, finishing as named m 88sec. The pegs were only 18 feet out.

J. Fryer is now Taranaki's leading trainer for the season so far with, 12 successes, and seems likely to eclipse his former records of 19 and 20 for th<V past two years.