South Auckland Scratches

NZ Truth, Issue 1001, 31 January 1925, Page 9

South Auckland Scratches

(By "Quin Abbey.")

Great Fun will come back to' the fold at Te Kuiti.

Phil Brady is taking Firescreen to Rotorua. ,

Quinsilia, one of Tutchen's team, should pay her way at Te Kuiti:

Pinon goes to Te Kuiti. Geo. Hyde's gee-gee is useful, but unlucky.

Track reports say that Regent will be ready' when he hops out next. :

The Otorohanga Handicap at Te Kuiti will take some sorting as it is a well-balanced field.

Bill Cranston has Arch Opal doing well at Matangi. This double winner at Taumarunui J has lost all his cranky habits.

The Te Kuiti Cup should be a good race. Loyal Irish, Alfort, Polonett and. Bright Day form a useful quartette.

King Abbey is down to .have a cut at the Cup at Te Kuiti. " .

A poor lot of sprinters are engaged at the same fixture. v

Old Golden. Bubble might have a say over five on this course.

Mangapiko, one of J. Wallace's Te Aroha team, is reported to* show pace which will .be on tap when questions are asked.

White Comet looks all the better for his few months -in the paddock.

Heisler wasn't at Takapuna, oij Thursday, but the Lord Multifid gelding will be all right when he is stepped out next time. . '

r Peter Maxwell is improving: slowly at the. jumpingr g-ame, but I can't see him tearing off a stake over the fences this, season. , . ' .

Matamata cannot race on February 21 as ;Ngaruawahia have first, claim on that. date. March 28 may be taken by the former club. ...,, .

Rarangi is a consistent hack who should be m the money round the circuit. .

Curraghmore has yet to break his maiden status. The Archiestown— Lady Gwendoline three-year-old will have an opportunity at Te Kuiti.

Bright Comet -is one of the improving sorts working at Claudelands.

Monday is- a long time winning a race, but the stable-mate of Heisler hasn't anything- of great quality against him at Te Kuiti.

Miss Ford may soon ■ prove that she has more to command her than- looks. Frank Tutchen has wrought a big improvement m this mare. » Carleen, the Carl Rosa — Chlorino maiden trained by Jimmy Dobbs at Ma'tangi, goes fast for a term.

Waikaretu and ,Glentui, two of the most promising young cross-.country performers of this part of the province, have broken down. It may be for good. . V. ■■■R-:'-£'?'" V -' :-■

Dick Hanrion^will gather some more coin with Gureaf orm.

Why Yankee Dan and Submerge are persevered with, as hurdlers surpasses all understanding.. .-..,.

Ngarara ran well at Waipa and this will not be forgotten when the full sister to Snake is next saddled up.

York Abbey is ; being wound- up for duty on the country circuit. ;'

• Passionless looks an improved mare with the few races she has had. She is good when* right. : ■ ■

1 Matinee is getting plenty of worn and doing well on it. Worth keeping m mind, as a quick beginner has a show on the country courses. Te Aroha will 'be his first, start. .-.

-Multini has yet to win a race this season for Jack Whitten. The Te Aroha trainer has been putting the work arid the oats into the Lord Multifid mare, who will not be long m making a return. . ,

Criss Abbey, a ■ Ngaruawahia-trained hack, who won at Te Kuiti last season and paid three-quarters, of a century, will be •"' stepped out there again next month. ■ The- Quin Abbey gelding is unsound and it« will be' hard for him to win again. ,

Paddon was not taken to Takapuna because a cold following the Ellerslie meeting interfered with his preparation.'

Illingar,; a member of : McMillan's team at Te^Aroha, has been showing enough form 1 to indicate that his turn may not be' far off. "Master O'Rorke and Constellation are two other useful sorts m the same stable.