HASTINGS TRACK NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 231, 16 September 1935, Page 2

HASTINGS TRACK NOTES

(By "The Barb.”) There was not a great deal of fast work accomplished on the local tracks on Saturday morning, due to so many Hastings horses and trainers being away attending the Wanganui meeting. • o • Shirred Ribbon was given a steady working gallop on the course proper. The mare impresses as being ready for early spring meetings.

A Garter Blue mare and the Royal Divorce —Crown Gem gelding ran their half-mile on the plough in oOsecs.

On the course proper Salon and Maine were together all the way, to run seven furlongs in 1.37 J. Maine leaves early this week to run in the Champion Hack Plate at Avondale.

Queen’s Pride, doing it comfortably, ran three furlongs on the plough m 41Jsecs.

Padishah had the measure of Tidal Song in a six-furlong gallop on the course proper in 1.22 J.

Speed had his first run along since coming in from his spell, going three furlongs against the bit in 41}secs.

The Tidal—Silver Strand three-year-old filly Version and the Danilof two-year-old ran four on the . plough in oljsecs., a very fair effort. ,

Sybil Song and the Hunting Song— Cynette three-year-old filly were well clear of Black Frost at the end of four furlongs (course proper) in S 3.

Royal Feast was restricted to a working gallop. The Grasper, by no means extended, got to the end of half a mile in 53£secs.

On the plough Silver Song finished strongly at the end of seven furlongs done in 1.3 f J.

* * * The two-year-old Gay Doll (Hunting Song—Tea Dolil) was too slick for Hard Times over three in the very fair time of 38|secs.

The Tea Tattle filly and Mdfning Quest were sprinted down the straight, as also were Cawbeen and the Baralong youngster.

Highgrader took 1-42 for seven in a working gallop.

Scandal was well clear of the Cockpit—Hinekapua filly at the end of three on the plough in 42sees.

Iddon (E. Deslandes) and Thrasher (Hepburn), for novices, gave a fair exhibition of lepping over a round of the schooling hurdles.

Salon, Maine and Gay Doll left Hast, ings this morning to compete at the Avondale spring meeting