LAST OF THE "SMALLS"

NZ Truth, Issue 1273, 24 April 1930, Page 13

LAST OF THE "SMALLS"

Cambridge Stages Its Meeting Next Month TE WAHIA IS A CUP PROSPECT (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) The ' Cambridge club's annual meeting- next month will bring the country circuit to 'a close m the North. ;

THE nominations are solid, as is generally the case at the "smalls," and as the coming fixture terminates a somewhat strenuous campaign, it would not come as a bomb-shell were the acceptances to show a falling off. But such is not likely to happen, for northern mentors comprise a hefty battalion and. the majority of them rightly believe that the bank account will never be swelled by remaining at home. Then again their representatives are now more or less m racing trim, and at a stage where there is a prospect of them laying by enough fodder for the winter. ; ' The betting fraternity will be • commencing to run the rule over the various heats but the Cambridge Cup will receive the early once oVer from the eye of the critic. / It is a 4.40 two-mile heat, and with outside talent m the shape of Mana-

watu and Taranaki pacers m the list, the majority of enthusiasts will probably wait for the acceptances before gettng'dowh to tin tacks. But several will go for an early selection, and on Thames form Te Wahia will be fancied. Up till his Cup race there, he was considered a" sprinter, but he exploded those ideas by finishing a close third. Te Wahia could have got a better run, which makes his effort all the more convincing by the resolute manner m which he was hanging on at the end. On that occasion he went 4.34 4-5 from 4.37, and was approximately two lengths behind the winner. Seeing that he had not started over two miles for twelve months prior to that heat is another reason why Te Wahia should have rosy prospects on May 3.