FIELDS AT HASTINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 9

FIELDS AT HASTINGS.

SECOND AUTUMN MEETING. ORMOND MEMORIAL CONTEST. HUNTING CRY IN FAVOUR, The Hawko's Buy Jockey Club's second autumn merlins; will be hold at Hastings to-day. Rain IVll in the district during the week, but the 'vtather had cleared on Thursday and it ' expected that tlio track would be in excellent order. Our llnwko's Bay correspondent states that the following horses arc likely to bo well supported:— Kara mu Hifch-weight.—Royal Lineage. Gold Ruler, Goshawk. Tomoiiha Handicap.—Hunting Moss, Chatter 0n,.: Joe, Juvenile Handicap.—Speed. Freeze, MarCaret Rose. Onnond Memorial.—Hunting Cry. President's Handicap.—Malahat, Statuary. Chopin. Akilio High-weight.—Gold Mag, Anotnome.ter, Lady Maliere. Twyford Handicap. Fondle, Monarchy. Okawa Handicap.—Tai Ao. Kaihoro. Imperial Fame. Great Charter is unlikely to start in the Orniond Memorial. Following are the acceptances:— KARAMU H ICIH■ WEIGHT HANDICAP, Of £75; 1 mile. . at. lb. st. lb. Royal Lineage 11 5 Ran Quex . . 9 3 Goshawk • ,11 -5 Royal Klyer . 0.3 Llandudno .10 5 Whakano ..00 King's Jest .10 5 T'ikete ... 0 0 Manuir! . , 0 0 Ex Dono ..90 Gold Ruler .93 Hard Gold . 9 0 TOMOANA IiLECTRIC HANDICAP, Of £7O; G fur. st. lb. st. lb. Hunting Mosb 9 0 Luna Lux ..SO Chatter On . . 8 G Gay Lass . S 0 Joe . ... 8 3 Lady Gain . 8 0 JUVENILE HANDICAP, 01 £7O; 5i fur. st. lb. fit. lb. Speed ... 812 Joy Stick ~75 Freeze ... 8 3 Miss Gain. . 7 3 Princess Bell. 8 1 Bluo Boy ..73 Aesculus . . 8 0 Foreign Queen 7 0 Margaret Rose 7 7 Martui; ~.70

J. D. ORMOND MEMORIAL, Of £125; weight-for-age, with penalties; 1 mile. st. lb. pt. lb Great Charter 9 (! Lndy Spy . 813 Hunting Cry . 1 Jenny Diver . Sl2 Chrysology . 0 0 PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, Of £120; li miles. Pt. lb. pt. lb, Chrysology . 9 3 Pewa ... 7 2 Chopin ... 8 (I Rapnllo ..71) Malnhat . . 8 5 Court Lady . 7 0 Statuary ..78 Primax ...70 AKITIO HIGH-WEIGHT HACK HANDICAP, .0:' £7O; I mile. st_. lb. st. lb. Anemometer . 8 10 Gold Mug ..80 Lady Makere. 8 8 Sum Up ..80 Fondle ... 8 1 Brown Sugar. 8 0 San Ques . . 8 3 TWYFORi) HACK HANDICAP, Of £7O: 0 fur. st. lb. st. lb. Monarchy . 0 Fondle i . . 7 i Royal Hunting 8.13 False Scent . 7 1 K asouli ... 8 2 intlame ...70 Court Lady .80 Kinross ..70 Hunting Moss,.. 710 Sabatini ..70 OKAWA HANDICAP, Of £100: 6 fur. st. lb. st. lb. Great Charter $ l;s- Teller . . .7.8 Tai Ao '. . . 8 <> Cuticle . . . 7 2 Moa Bird ..85 Manifesto. .'.70 Imperial Fame 8 0 Royal Hunting . 7 .0 Kaihofo . . 7'12 FINAL GALLOPS RECORDED. HUNTING CRY GOES WELL. [FROM OUR OWN CORKESrONPENT. ] HASTINGS, Thursday; Owing to rain during the last two or three days, the tracks are rather on the heavy side, although the going is fairly tirm. Most oil tho horses engaged at the Hastings meeting on Saturday galloped this morning. Goshawk, looking very much improved, ran a mile, covering tho hist six furlongs in 1.21. Hunting Cry, with Kapallo ns a companion. raced over six furlongs on the course proper in 1.175, doing it very comfortably. Bapallo shaped well. • I'llia was the best gallop »f the mornin™. Statuary and Shrewd went ijEven furlongs, the la-st six in 1.19. This was also a fair gallop, Statuary pleasing. Mala hat. Imperial Fame and l'rimax worked separately on tho plough and crass at three-nuartei pace. Llandudno worked steadily over a couple of rounds on Ihc inside grass. He will most likely start on Saturday, although lie is a bit. son?. Manuiri worked a couple of round;! on the inside grass, mcving freely. Gold Ruler and Gold Mas dashed over five furlongs in 1.4, Gold Mag shaping well. It was a fair gallop. Speed, carrying a fair weight, got to tho end of five furlongs in a tick under 1.4. It was a good gallop. Princess 801 l and Margaret Pose, both carrying light weights, did a similar I;isk in 1.4. Margaret Rose shaped the better of the two. , , ~ Freeze ran tho lust threo furlongs oil the course proper in 40s. . Blue Boy. who is improving, did a similar task in 395. . Lady Gain rin five furlongs in 1.5. bho did not finish 100 well. _ Ex Bono did half a mile in 555. He did not relish tho going. Monarchy worked once round on lie course proper, moving freely. 110 bled slightly on Tuesday. . Cuticle. dashed over half a mile in oIjS. showing freedom. , . # • , 1 Teller, who is a hit fractious# sprinted five furlongs if. a tick under 1.4. finishing Lady Makero. Rasouli. Hunting Moss. Kinross, Imperial Fame. Great Charter, lai Ao Moa Bird, Mountain Lass and Miss Gain all did light tasks on the grass and plough.

NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE. TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.. The EUerslio horsemen. H. X. Wiggins and H. Dulieu, left yesterday for Hastings to ride at the Hawkers Br- Jockcv Clubs meeting to-day. One of Wiggins' mounts to-day will-be Aiiemoineter and Dulieu will lido Royal Bipeage. The two riders are returning by fiotor to-morrow and intend to ride at To Kuiti on Monday. Twenty-four Carat, who is engaged ill tho Muiden Handicap at Te Kuiti to-day, is a three-year-old gelding hv Catmint from Boy net tc, henci! a ha If-bi otlie-i to Ri,jplni„ Waters, who ifon tho Auckland Vv cScoinc Stakes'in the spring. Twenty-four Carat is owned by Mr. 11. P. Matthews and to-day will be his fir.it appearance in public. A knock she gave herself while galloping necessitated S lene missing her Avondale engagements, out the trouble has almost disappeared, a id sho should be ready to race again soon. It was unlucky foi the connections of Silene that lust after taking her over froir I'. Scully, for whom she raced consistency, but unluckily, she should have to be stopped in her wont at a time when she wai in cood racing trim and seeminci.v doiin? well. , After a siren ous season's racing Karangaiia' has been t.irned out for a spell and he will probably be rested for a mouth or two before leturiiii. X to G. Holland s Stable at Kllcrslie. Ka langapa I raced fairly consistently through the season, but. did not meet with Die. aucccus he deserved, as he found it. diflicult to ivin up near the top of tjic weights in the hack class and in his attempts in op< n company lust found tlis opposition a. I; -tie too good. Several of tl s Gisborne horses who have been in Auckli nd for the autiinm meetings ■ire reluming homo in the course of lie 'next few days, but Autumn Sun and Kaliu,noke have been taken through to compete at Te Kuiti. Kahunokc is a four-year-old gelding by Collie from High Degree and is a solid-100' ling customer possessing a reputation for speed. Tie, is a candidate for the Maiden Handicap to-day a.ud will not require to be good to show up promi- : nently in the company he will have to meet.

TRAINER TO SELL OUT. (Received April 8. 8.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 8. Trainer K. B. O'Donnell, formerly well known in Nev, Zealand, finding two yean' biT-ine'ss at Hi ndwick unprofitable, lias decided to pell lii* plant. Probably he will return to New Zealand, but liia plana *ro uncertain.