LOCAL INTEREST ONLY

NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 9

LOCAL INTEREST ONLY

Hawkes Bay Meeting Will Not Create Enthusiasm

THE HAVELOCK POSSIBILITIES .--.■•■ — — : — i ••'.■ . . '■ .-. ■■•■.-. - Racing m Hawkes Bay is ail but. a dead letter these days, and the Hasting-s meeting at New Year will create little enthusiasm. A

IN fact, outside of the district, very little notice will be taken of the . fixture. , » ' Kick Off, though he is at the veteran stage " will occasion attention m the President's, with perhaps Superb King the likely one of the handicap. ; ' There are two sprints. i \n the , Hastings Handicap Rapine' is top weight. . ■ The old champion one time would have the opposition look very small potatoes; but after his longspell it may. be different. ; _ \ ; . „ Huikai has a likihg; for. the" track, and this partiality should stand to him on the day. .'■':< The Steward's should riot be a jog for. Joy King. ' .. : Jeff erd's. horse has had some racing and is forward / enough to deal with the class opposed to him. t ■ Poor old Admiral Codrington is. m the High Weight. There is no rest for the wicked. P7irst Prince and Abispgne are; two that have prospects. ■'.['. Lord I ike had something of a reputation m the early spring, and if - he lives to, it the Juvenile will be m his keeping. Mpthplane has shown up m similar class, and eho may go well m the Mahoro Handicap. Last Mark, one of Waddell's team, was second m the aprlng at ' Green-

meadows. It is , all a question of the track suiting.---1 Repay . won at Woodville, the last furlong bein? only a .jog for her.Qoodwill should find the extra furlong suitable. ' '/ : Plimmerton has been looking the part of late, but lie does not run up to it. ■ ■. . :., '-;■[ '■'/,', ■ : ;. ..■;/".. •. The Havelock Handicap has drawn the biggest field of the day and it is full of possibilities. : 'Royal Xiineage and Kriightlike are respected, but betting will be determined :by running at Walpukurau — as, indeed, ;alr other races will be mr fluenced. ..'■.. ':;_y'.: '•/.'• • .'" ; .' : '■.•..■. .-.,.'• ■■'