MATAMATA MEETING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21098, 4 February 1932, Page 7

MATAMATA MEETING.

PROSPECTS FOR SATURDAY.

RUNNERS IN THE HACK CUP,

CHANCE FOR KING'S ARCHER

BY ARCHER. A country meeting which is always popular with racegoers is that of tho Matamata Racing Club, and this year's meeting, which is to be held on Saturday, piomibes to be well patronised. With the exception oi two races, the programme is confined to hack events, but the fields in the circumstances are very good, ihere are a number o£ promising and improving horses engaged in the back events, and form at tho meeting should be very interesting in view of other country meetings which will follow in the next few weeks. The course at Matamata is one of the best on the country circuit, and tho conditions for Saturday's meeting should be excellent. Considerable interest will be centred in the Matamata Hack Cup, which will be contested by some good hacks, several of whom will be going into open company shortly. The distance la luyds. over a mile and a-quarter. and horses ill the field whose past performances that they will have no duficulty in running the journey right out are King's Archer, Alloy, Princess Bede, Trishna, Valmario and Great Emblem. Aa a result of his very consistent form in the past few months and his decisive victory in. the Stratford Cup on Ne»v Year's Day, King's Archer will be strongly fancied, and in spite of hie 3 i he will make it difficult for the others. Alloy's Consistency. It is in favour of King's Archer that he will run tho distance right out, and at a difference of only alb. he should account for Alloy, although that horse i 3 likely Jo be one of his most serious rivals. King a Archer gave Alloy a lot more weight when he beat him twice over shorter distances at New Plymouth in December, but Alloy baa come on a good deal in the meantime and Ins form lately has been so consistent and solid that he will have to be treated with respect. So far Valueless baa uot been tried over a, middle distance and, although ho is a good hack, the fact that he belongs to a family which has been more noted for speed than stamina, may be counted against him. However, he appears to have more stamina than many of his relatives and. as bo is by VaUtyriun. hu may possibly run a middle distance solidly. On. her form in tins Waitemata Handicwp, in which she was just.beaten by &unny Sky at the end of a solidly-run mile and aquarter. Princess Bede must be regarded as one of the dangerous ones, but her failure to show her (rue form in tho Wynyard Plate last week raises a doubt whether sliu is quite herself at present. Princess Bede has had a good deal of strenuous racing on hard tracks in the past couple of months and may be getting just a little stale. Still, it is never safe to discredit a horse for one bad run and. if 3ho is produced fit.. L rmcess Bede should be capable of extending the best in the field, because she is likely to stay on better than most of the candidates. Trishna Nicely Placed.

On the strength of Ilia Wynyard Plate win Chief Jewel will have a following, but ho had had enough at the end of seven furlongs in that race, and he may oft tumbled to get a mile and a-quarter successfully iu thin field, which includes some fairly solid horses. Chief Jewel should he capable of showing up prominently for the greater part, of the journey, but at the difference in weights he will find horses like King's Archer, Alloy and Trislma very difficult to account, for at the end of ten furlongs unci l.lycis. Irishna, was unplaced twice at Ell oralie, but he ran two tfood seconds at To Awamutu in December, ami in a race of this description he is likely to prove very dangerous with a handy weislit like 8.0. At tho weights Trishna will be expected to account, for most of those below him. and he should give 81b. to Great Emblem, although that horse is improving, and is a solid sticker, if lacking in particular brilliancy. It is evident that Great. Emblem is improving with every run, and in the hands of a vigorous light-weight he should run a solid race, eveji if he is not quite capable of winning. Valmarie reads best of the others near the minimum, although Lady Lulu is an improving young mare who may have made good progress since lust she raced. It is c. well-balanced field that, should produce a fine contest, a/fc.l horses whew chances may be strongly fancied are King'a Archer. Alloy and Trishna. NEW PLYMOUTH MEETING. WEIGHTS FOR FIRST DAY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PtIKSS Assort ATI ON.] ' HAWERA. Wednesday. Handicaps for the first day of the Tnranaki Jockey Club's Autpnin Meeting, to be held at. New Plymouth next Thursday and Saturday, are as follows:

G. JONES' HORSES. LADY PAM IN MELBOURNE. [from our own correspondent. ] SYDNEY, Jan. 23. The Wellington trainer G. Jones is not wasting uiuch time in Sydney. He arrived on Monday and leaves for Melbourne with his team hy steamer on Saturday. All the horses travelled well and came off the TJliraaroa in excellent condition. With the exception of Lady Patn they were out for 6S6rcis6 on ilie trade H.t Rttndw itijt the day after arrival. Lady Pam baa had a dose of physic. _ Lady Pan) is the prime reason for the trip to Melbourne. The conditions for the weight-for-age events at the Victorian autumn meetings sive her a big advantage She can claim a 3lb. sex allowance and in addition a 111b. allowance for not having won a race this season of the value of £IOOO. This will give her a pull of 17lb. against all the best-performed horses and bring her weight down below that of (lie three-year-olds. The appearance of the_ team, in spite of adverse reports from New Zealand, bus been freely commented on, and if they are properly placed the venture should pay. TROTTING FIXTURES. February •>—Metropolitan Trotting Club. February 'JO. '22 -Auckland Trotting Club. February 27 —New Brighton Trottios Club.

WAITARA hurdles, Of £100: miles 100 yards. St. lh. si. lb. Tenacre . . . 11 13 Airtight . . 9 13 Goshawk . . .11 fi Whisoene . . 9 13 Moerangi . • . 10 13 The Swell . . 9 12 Blacksmith . . 10 5 C'allapat . . . 'J U Royal Acre . . 10 3 Call mi . . . . 9 0 NGAMOTU JUVENILE HANDICAP, Of i-'SO; o fur. St. 11). St. ll>. Hampden . . !) 0 March Alone . 7 5 Merry Way . fi 2 Tantoru , . . 7 3 Furlong . . . H 1 Change . . . 7 3 La Croivn . . . 7.1:1 Seniliond . . . . 7 .1 Ta-'ora . . . 7 7 Glmvlight 7 n Sparkling Morn 7 7 Miss Cavendish 7 0 Chief Royal Papa . 7 0 Marionette . 7 7 FLYING HANDICAP, Of £150; <5 fur. at. lb. at. lb. Laugh. Prince 0 11 Orapni . . . . 7 11 Hunting Cry . 9 5 Green Linnett 7 9 Lady Quex . . 8 11 Gold Dawn . . 7 0 Silvcrmine . . 8 i TARANAKI CUP, Of £2.">0; 1. mile 3 fur. at. 11). at. lb. Seatown . . . 9 0 Little Doubt . 7 3 .True do Val . 8 1 Calamine . . . 7 0 Chopin . . 7 12 Monaloff • . 7 0 Arikira . . . . 7 .12 Monsognc . . . 7 0 Nea Lap . . . 7 3 OKATO HACK HANDICAP. Of £90; Si fur. at, lb. at. lb. Green Patch . 9 0 Takahue . . . 7 5 .Toyspear . . . 8 <> Cereal . . . . 7 2 Constant Sun . 8 S A11 en t i ve . . . 7 0 Tigerisni . . . 7 in Potoleer 7 0 Kissless . . . 7 10 Rnn Eve . . . 7 0 Ooldzone . . . 7 10 Biflex . . . . 7 0 iliss ShcfT . . 7 b MIMI HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP. Of £115; about 7 fur. at. Lb. St. lb. Orapai . . - . 9 9 Calamine . . . a 3 Richfield . . , 9 '5 Royal Finance a >2 Awaken . . . . 9 r! Winger . . . . 8 0 ,Tust. an Idea . 9 0 Chief Savage . 8 0 Little Doubt 8 9 Callapnt . . . 8 0 Arvada . . 8 7 IviKsless . . . . 8 0 TtMARU HACK HANDICAP, Of £?.">: 6 fur. at, lb. St.. lb. The Tiger . 9 :! La Crown . . 7 8 Arvada . . 9 2 Alpinist. . . . 7 4 0 Rovsil Finance S 11 Silver Fern . 7 Orbv's Choice 8 10 Forceful . . . 0 Hampden . 8 f? Ripple bons . 7 0 Hystrido . 8 0 Jadarino . . . 7 0 Moatoa . . . 7 9