WINTER RACING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21233, 13 July 1932, Page 7

WINTER RACING.

WELLINGTON MEETING.

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

the steeples contest.

keview of prospects. J Tho Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meeting will bo opened at Trentham today, when horses from practically all parts of the Dominion will be competing and some fino should eventuate. The chief even£. will be the Wellington Steeplechase and, although the field of eight is somewhat disappointing, an interesting contest seems assured.

Telegraphing last evening our Wellington correspondent stated that the weather continued fino and although tliero was every indication of a hard frost at Trentham during the night, the track should be in good order, soft on top but nothing like tho customary winter conditions here. Fast Passage and Megaphone galloped yery well yesterday morning. The following horses were likely to be well backed , jn their engagements: — Matai Steeples.—Town Beauty, Royal [Visitor, Okapua. Woburn Hack Handicap.—Azure, Lord Buchan, Merry Peel. Vittoria Hurdles.—Full Measure, Pahu, jßon Eve. Stewards' Handicap.—Lord Val,' Master Anomaly, Tai Ao. Wellington Steeples.—Paris, Master Lu, \Pangolin. / Trentham' Hurdles.—-Cruachan, Full Mark, High Pitch. Whyte Handicap. Fast Passage.. Colonel Cygnus, Littlo Doubt. *To Aro Hack Handicap.—Megaphone, Irish Chieftain, Flower. Cimabuef' will not start in the Stewards' Handicap, having struck himself. Fresh Breeze did not make tho trip. D. O'Connor has been engaged for Pangolin and H. Dulieu for Hard Gold in the Wellington Steeples. 11.. N. Wiggins will probably get/the ride on Megaphone. Details of tho fields are as follows: 11.45 MATAI HACK STEEPLECHASE. Of £150: about miles st. lb. St. lb. Valves . . . . 10 13 High EJoather 910 Town Beauty 10 11 Royal Reign 9 0 Hard Gold . 10 10 Okapua ••.90 Royal Visitor 9 13 Kowhatu ... 9 0 , Fresh Breeze 9 12 12.22—WOBURN HANDICAP. j Of £150; 6 fur. at. lb. st. lb. f Beacon Fire .'lO 0 Journct ... 8 3 Royal Bengal 9 12 Azure .... 8 U Solitaire 11. . 9 6 Arrowzone . 8 2 Normandy .93 Willowmere ..80 Woodful//; . . 8 13 Araios ...'BO Sport. Chance 810 Bright Song . 8 0 Sanguine King 8 10 Kotaki Eka . 8 0 Lord Buchan 8 9 Little Thrush 8 0 Lady Court . 8 4 Princess Star 8 0 Merry Peel . 8 3 Takahua ... 8 0 Rasouli ... 8 3 12.59—VITTORIA HURDLERS. Of £150; 11 miles. / st. lb. st. lb. Manuiri . . . 10 10 Bon Eve ..98 Moerangi ... 10 9 Clopton ... 9 7 Consent ... 10 7 Henry of Jayion . . . 10 5 Navarre .-.90 Full Measure 10 3 War Fille "..90 Fahu . . . . 9 13 I.39—STEWARDS' HANDICAP. Of £200; 6 fur. st. lb. et. lb. Cimabue ... 10 0 Fernden ..84 Tai Ao ... 9 10 La Poupee \ . 8 3 Mas. Anomaly 9 7 Water .Power 8 3 Paleta . . 9 3 Taboo .... 8 2 Imperial Fame-8 12 Tobacco Land 8 0 Lord Val . . 8 10 Orby's Choice 8 0 Chief Link .89 Lord Argosy 8 0 Adelphi 8 8 MS-WELLINGTON STEEPLECHASE. Of £500; about 31 miles. st. lb. st. lb. Billy Boy . . 11 3 CallamaTt . . 10 0 Wiltshire . . 10 5 Master Lu . . 911 Paris .... 10 3 Pangolin .... 9 8 Nukumai ... 10 2 Hard Gold ..90 2.S6—TRENTHAM HURDLES. .Of £250- 1J miles. st. lb. st. lb-. High Tenacre .... 10 5 Membo .... 9 4 Cruachan ... 10 5 Paddon .... 9 4 Full Mark . . 30 2 Simeon .... 9 3 Easterly,. . . . 911 Adventus ... 9 0 Conjurer 11. . 9 10 3.33—WHYTE HANDICAP. Of £250; 1 milo. st. lb. st. lb. Compris .... 10 2 True Blood ..87 Mount Boa • » 9 5 Joie de Val . 8 5 Rational 11. . . 9 1 Statuary . -.84 Fact Passage .90 Orby'e Choico ° Ranelagh ... 9 0 Calamine ... 8 0 Little Doubt . 8 13 Courageous . . 8 0 Imperial Fame 810 Royal Bengal 8 0 Col. Cygnus . 8 8 4.IO—TE ARO HANDICAP. Of £150; 7 fur. et. lb. st. lb. Retract .... 913 Thrasher ... 8 3 Beacon Fire . 913 The Mirror . 8 - Saltpot . . . 911 The Sun .... 8 2 Megaphone ..98 Irish Chieftain 8 2 Gay Court . . 9 3 D. Whittington 8 0 Night / Recital 8 8 Guerester ..80 Revision .... 8 G Silver Salver . 8 0 Flower .... 8 3 Traylavah ..80

SCRATCHINGS POSTED. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] t WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The following scratchings for the Wellington meeting were posted to-day:—Alpinist, at 2 p.m., for the Stewards' Handicap: Atholspear, at 1.45 p.m., for the Vittoria Hurdles; Tangiora, for all engagements; Jen, '&>yal Flyer. FINAL TRACK WORK. FAST PASSAGE IMPRESSES. [by telegraph.—press association.] , ' WELLINGTON, Tuesday. ■ Moßt of the visiting horses have now arrived at Trentham and the tracks were very busy this morning. Most of the galloping however, was of a short sprinting nature, find no schooling of account was attempted. The weallier was fine afler a frost, but the light wus very bad, on account of the mist, it was difficult to pick up horses, li..' The best trial of the morning was that ?f Fast Passage, who ran nearly six l'J I '- longs, and, picked up by R ticket at the Jour, canie home over (he last half-niuo in *9 4-ss. Little Doubt also went well in drawy lag right away from Roval Bengal at the «*nd of six furlongs in 1.22,' tho pace being <W only at the beginning and over the closstages. Vitaphone whs too good for Black M'ut ov er seven furlongs in 1.32 2-5, the last balf*»le in %2 3- oh. He is to start in the Parliamentary Handicap 011 Thursday. Eminent beat Megaphon® by a length over half a in 50 '2-os. Nonnandy, picked up by foab Queen at the five, ran s;x furlqngs S the lust half-mile in 51s. Colonel Cygnus bent Admiral Drake by a wuple of lengths over six furlongs in 1.19. Boing much better than yesterday. Rational ill f 1 - was a neck too good for Gold Sand over a niile in fj] 3-ss. Joie de Val ran a 'Oiart five furlong*. taking 1.5. Nisht Recital accounted for Adelphi by a length over half *nile itf 51 2-58. , • « JAt.ran away from True Blood over 1 w ? u >'longs to register 1.5 4-5. the hist • ri 4-. r >s. Merry Peel stretched out down tho straight. Chief aW* a big weight up, was going nicely ln»{15 81 °° March Alonp at the p"d of five ? B ,V ln 1-6 3-5. Retract and Courageous «>Uamil e in 525.; Gil^« Pu > 4 'A. Skipper), and Gaswyn (M. \con?t1 r6 ' , v '" re Ihe only pair to go over the tiori i 7, ®' v ing a satisfactory exlubibig obstacles. , , , ilihm ; ' i', n *' lo morning Okr.pua refused to ' !>oß*iL., n 1, ' ,nz J' light, and his school was Ills-AViIIJJSiL or an hour. - toonow 11610 ** an "nicely elarler to-