GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 210, 18 August 1933, Page 2

GENERAL NOTES

Don’t forget that nominations for the Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club’s race meeting to be held on Saturday, 26th mst., must ’be in by 8 o’clock this (Friday) evening with Mr H. S. Moss, secretary of tho H.B.J.C. H. Wiggins has been engaged to ride Gigantic, Sinking Fund and Lord Vai. The last-named is a certain starter in the Dunedin Handicap, provided rain falls in the interim. If the going is heavy it is stated that Deputy Ruler will not run. At Ellerslie on*Tuesday Kiltowyn (Clark), from a stand, was responsible for the best gallop of the morning by running six furlongs in 1.18 2-5. He displayed a fine burst of speed over the first three furlongs in 38 3-5 s and also ran on strongly at the finish. Kiltowyn was lightly weighted, but ho worked pleasingly. * to • Wanganui reports state that Ganpat is shaping up and looks as well as ever he did. He is engaged in the Whenuakura Handicap at Wanganui tomorrow, but may not be ready to show his best until the Wanganui spring meeting next month, as he is not being hurried in his preparation. ' Three-year-olds likely to be seen out at the Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Club meeting to-morrow include Rust, Spiral, Midian, and Gipsy Love, and their presence will add materially to the interest in the day’s racing. W. Rayner has Midinette in great heart, and she is galloping in splendid style, says the Wanganui ‘‘Herald.” Her track work suggests that she will take a lot of beating in the Whenuakura Handicap on Saturday. Mr Geo. Currie also had Spiral engaged in that event, but the colt will be reserved for the Waverley Hack Handicap. • * * The same exchange states that Knollmere, who is to be a runner in the principal flat race at Wanganui on Saturday, went particularly well in running six furlongs on Tuesday. He covered the first two in 24 4-ss, the half-mile in 49 4-ss, and the full distance in 1.16 4-5. It was a good gallop, as he was wide out, though he had only a light boy in the saddle. He will be more forward than most of the others. In a six-furlong gallop at Wanganui on Tuesday Black Man drew away in the straight, and was doing it well at the finish. Black Man is said to have thrown off the soreness which recently troubled him, and bis prospects in the Bracelet at Wanganui on Saturday look very rosy. The son of Nigger Minstrel gives great promise. Waikato Times. Wee Pat has been hitting out freely in his preparation at Ellerslie, and Auckland reports credit him with being in better condition than ever before. » • • Flying Prince has failed to realise expectations in recent starts. In his last six essays he has failed to reach a place. The Pukekohe representative is engaged in the Jellicoe Handicap. The going should suit the Te Rapa mudlark, Chang, at Ellerslie on Saturday. He has been moving along freely in his preparation at local headquarters and, as his Trentliam running would indicate, he is in forward racing condition at present. * • » A poor field has come forward for the Hunters’ Hurdles. There is nothing outstanding among the acceptance list of eight. Maunga King, Sir Pathfinder and Glenade appear the most likely of a mediocre lot. » * » Sinking Fund’s- Raugitikei perform ance will claim him many friends for his Ellerslie outing on Saturday. He has been working freely at Te Rapa of late, and should be in fine nick for his approaching engagement in the Sylvia Park Handicap. On the way she won the second division of the Parnell Handicap at Ellerslie last month, Hushing will not be without support in the Sylvia Park Handicap. At the Auckland special meeting she won with something in reserve. • » • It was a promising exhibition tliat Gay Duke gave at Te Rapa the other morning over a couple of hurdles which he negotiated in company with RubyMeteor. With experience ho should he capable of opening his account over the obstacles where the company is not strong. Kiltowyn has been working impressively at Ellerslie, and it will not be on tho score of condition if he fails

to give of his best in his Saturday outing. He heads the list in the Auckland Handicap with 9.1, and will need only to go the way he did in his previous Ellerslie essays to be a solid proposition to account for. Tradesman has been working in satisfactory style at Te Rapa and, while Reilly’s charge is carrying a little more condition than when at the top of his form last season, he should give a good account of himself at Ellerslie on Saturday. Ellerslie, however, has never been Tradesman’s favourite course, and this must be taken into consideration in weighing up his Saturday prospects. • w w Neither Speedmint nor Protomint has done anything of late to justify a strong following in their Saturday engagements. Protomint has been out of a place in his last five starts and Speedmint threatened danger at no stage in hor recent Ellerslie outing. The latter, however, would only need to strike form to take a world of beating. Glenade negotiated a couple of fences at Te Rapa on Tuesday morning in fine style and appears in splendid fettle for his Ellerslie outing. He scored over the distance at the Rotorua and Bay of, Plenty Hunt Clubs’ meeting at Rotorua, but will find himself facing a more difficult proposition at Ellerslie. The opposition is by no means strong, however. Tavern Knight, who went qnder by a narrow margin to Grand Score on the concluding day at Trentham, claims a dual engagement on Saturday. He will probably be reserved for the sprint event on the card, the Dunedin Handicap. He is nicely weighted at 7.0, and on Wellington running should keep the opposition busy. Beryl Latour failed each day at Trentham and v ill have her opportunity on Saturday of making amends for her disappointing running at the southern fixture. At the x'e Kuiti meeting in May the Te Awamutu representative was in the oney on both days. Showing all her usual dash, Beryl Latour on Tuesday last ran half a mile in 51 l-ssec, a good effort. This was Beryl Latour’s first gallop since the Trentham meeting and she moved very freely. • « • Sir Pathfinder, who is entered for the Greenmount Hunters’ Steeples and Harris Memorial Hunters’ Hurdles, is built along solid lines and, as he showed at Rotorua, has jumping ability. He went under by a head to Glenade at Rotorua and should not fail to give of his best on Saturday. He will find the Ellerslie country more difficult than that at Rotorua, however. King March, top weight in the Jellicoe Handicap of the Pakuranga Hunt on Saturday, will, on recent Ellerslie running, be a tough proposition to account for. He was decidedly unlucky at the special Auckland gathering last month and, with a clear run through on that occasion, would in all probability have collected the thick end of the stake money. Despite the check he received he was a close fourth, barely a head behind the placed division. King March is reported from Auckland to be in great heart for his approaching engagement. Ruby Meteor claims a double engagement on Saturday. Tutchen’s charge is entered for the Greenmbunt Hunters’ Steeples and Ladies’ Bracelet Handicap. The Te Rapa ’chaser has been a disappointment in recent outings, having failed to reach a place in her last eight starts. She was leading along the back in the Harkaway Steeplechase at the special Auckland meeting last month when she came to grief. Provided she can stand up on Saturday, Ruby Meteor should not be unduly troubled by the mediocre opposition she will be meeting over the big Ellerslie country on this occasion. Te Rapa holds a useful hand in the Sylvia Park Handicap. Grand Score, Phiakuo and Sinking Eund are a trio who should not fail to keep the opposition busy. Grand Score’s debut at Trentham, which brought him into prominence, will be discounted by a large section of the public, as conditions at Wellington on the occasion of his success were exceptionally heavy. On the opening day of the Wellington meeting the Te Rapa mudlark was left badly as the barrier lifted, but was close up with the leaders at the end. Grand Score,' who is a half-brother to Chang, is a good sort, who will improve with experience. His approaching engagement will be followed with keen interest. Phiakuo recorded his initial success at the Te Kuiti Racing Club’s fixture at Te Rapa in May and, while the company was not strong, Phiakuo’s time for the journey compared favourably with that of the open sprint on the same day. The Raceful gelding, who is in charge of H. Tinker, has been on the easy list for some time, but is nevertheless in forward condition at present. Sinking Fund failed to reach a place at the Great Northern meeting at Ellerslie in June, but recorded a second and a first at Rangitikei recently.