South Auckland Scratches

NZ Truth, Issue 1017, 23 May 1925, Page 11

South Auckland Scratches

(By "Quin Abbey.") Taumarunui to-day. , Be with the President. Waipa next Wednesday. : • Waikato nags m the South make their final collections to-day. ■ Multini starts winning any time. Ex-Te Aroha-trained King Amans jumps well for a newcomer. Zircon likes the mud, they say; but Cherry Ripe can't have deserted us permanently. '. Rarangi is m her right market today. Miss Vera is good enough to do it again. Miss Ford is belated m living up to track form. Arch i Opal won a double at Taumarunui; /m December. Horses for courses. < Little Loch Abbey goes well on country courses. •■'.-. .:.■;,.■ ■ ' Warnui, from, the; same stable, should have his wind.' gauge set for five. , . ;": .. ■•'■■.,.'..■. '•". ■,'•':• Gold. Glen is one with some experience m a, rough lot of hurdlers today. . ,".. . .-.■.,.■' '•' '-'■': Air Queen has gone on to the second-rate menu and no work for a term. " . - , Master O'Rourke and VDay Guard are a pair to keep m mind. Gold Jacket and Glen Canny are- the latest due to be trained at Te Awa-' mutu.: ■■■ ': : ■' • . ■•■,-" : ; ■■"'■',.. ... Ifei'sler. and White Comet are .being worked at Hamilton, but. neither has had sufficient, racing for a first time out label. Will Mangapiko or ', Orma be the first to crack it? Both have the chance to-day, and we've been very patient. ■■■ : -'..'. . . If Carawock doesn't start m (the: big Steeples on Wednesday, Explorer will carry the butter and eggs cheque. Wedding March arid Zanna are both expected m the near future. Monday is freely entered,, at Ellerslie. The stable-mate of Heisler is . overdue. , „ • . ■'•'.,. Though New, Moon is m debt to the pimters it doesn't mean that it will be ever thus v ■ Rahepoto and Quinsifia are a pair with recent successful form when next you survey the race-book. Regent is always sure to give a gopd run for the, bacon. „ , Curve isn't very, robust, but . he is not exactly a dud. among the jumping fields for, Wednesday. We; haven't seen the best of Tall Timber. . ' . Gold Rain o^ves us some recompense for ;Whangarei failures. . ' , It's worth putting it to the test again m respect of Black Cruiser, who has been trained at Tee-the-Moot for some time. ; • ; , "Nothing venture, nothing win," if you're thinking of King Abbey for the I Hack Steeples. It'll be a pinch, but it's possible. ■'.• . Right and Left may find Bright Day the most dangerous ■on Wednesday. iStarland has sufficient condition to next month if the handicapper is not

catch a minor cross-country event too harsh. Colonel Abbey has jumped country quite as testing as he will get next week. The Thames candidate, Transformer, may not disgrace himself m his big task next month. King Smock will have the Thames with him next month. A useful sort.