WANGANUI SPRING FIXTURE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1073, 10 September 1930, Page 12

WANGANUI SPRING FIXTURE

Review of Tomorrow’s Fields By “Early Bird.” THE important spring meeting to be staged by the Wanganui Jockey Club is to open tomorrow and will be concluded on Saturday. Tombrrow the leading event is the Wanganui Guineas, and on the concluding day there are the Eclipse Stakes (weight-for-age) and the iirst event for two-year-olds, the Debutante Stakes. “Early Bird’s” review of the fields is given below.

After the excellent track supplied at . Marten last week, it is almost a cer- ! tainty that the YYangamii course will be fast unless rain falls. /Big fields! will be the order of the day, and in one race at least, the Durie Hack, there will have to be a heavy scratching list to prevent it being run in divisions. A commencement will be made with the Maiden Plate A number of this held raced at Marton last week, those to make a fair showing being Baskier, Acco, Hinewai, Seneschal and Pandia. Of the others could be named good sorts in Jayson, Princo Desmond and Biflex, all three-year-olds that show ; promise. Tt is a difficult race, ith the j barrier draw having an important ] bearing on the result, but from what ; can be ascertained a division is un- j likely.* "With the Marten winner, Jma- j mint, ineligible, there are only three' over the safety figure. Favourites may | be: PRINCE DESMOND j BIFLEX * Okehu Hurdles On the last day of the Grand National j meeting Nukumai made a race of the ! Sydenham Hurdles with Carinthia, and ; he now pays the penalty by being sent j ; back to practically his old impost. I ■ Mister Gamp is not badly treated, but , j lie has disappointed several times this j J season. Avro is a likely improver and , Royal Acre has the performance to • warrant support. Luminary is a fast juniper and one liable to be a nuisance in any hurdle field. Ilis two wins at the Great Northern meeting three months ago—-his last outings over the j sticks—were achieved in nice fashion, the gelding winning from end to end. ; IM»rank should be all tlu? better for his [outing last week. Make Up won like a real class hurdler last Saturday, and the manner in which lie played with j his opponents makes one wonder just i how good he is. The event toomrrow j should certainly see the Southerner add | to his record. Opa broke down at j Trentham, but must have got over his * disability. Shining Armour and Li- ! mosa may be the best of the remainder. The best supported will probably be: MAKE UP LUMINARY Putiki Hack Handicap With only half a furlong straight run to the bend out of the straight, there is going to be some rare scrambling for positions among this field of twenty. The Warden scored easily at New Plymouth, and Mt. Shannon was a bit unlucky at Marton when heavily bafcked from the right quarter. Adventus, Ka- : liikatoa, Shortly, Auctioneer, Joyspear, [.Kilorel. Calamine, Grand Jury, Great i Lady, Spearopa and Annoy or are fair sorts, with a preference for Kahikatoa and Annoyer. Those whose recent form encourages support are: ANNOYER THE WARDEN Seafield Handicap ) The actual distance of this contest, described officially as “about seven fur- ! longs,” is seven and a-quarter furlongs, and is the same course that the Eclipse J Stakes is run over on Saturday. Fern--1 den. Broad Acre, Te Atiawa, Royal Game, Grecian. Oadland, Melissa and j Paiko will be very much at homo over I this journey. Fancies may be: FERNDEN 'CAUL AND Wanganui Guineas ! With this mile classic contest covered more fully in a special article, j there remains only the task —no mean I one—to fine the field down to backers’ [fancies. These may be: CYLINDER LINEAGE Durie Hack Handicap ! Included in this big field are the pen- : alised Marton winners. Pakitere and j Autopay. Just how their wins im- ! pressed the handicapper is reflected in their penalties, which were 101 b and 71b, respectively. Obviously the win of Pakitere was the more impressive. Many will agree with this view, for Autopay was weakening at the end of his 'five-furlongs/ task. whereas the

THE ACCEPTANCES 12 0 MAIDEN PLATE 2 WANGANUI GUINEA^

Hawke's Ray filly was going on at the. end of seven furlongs'. Other recent winners engaged are Taranto, Royal Finance, Orapai, Gowan Lea, Huntingdon, Acmil, Sporting Chance'and Little Wonder. Add to these promising hacks like Pomp, Brilliant Light, Zarene, Tentcall, Wild Country, White l>oe and Pass On, and there you have a pretty problem. As it looks like the race having to bo divided, the choice of backers in each division may be Royal Finance and Brilliant Light in the first and Pakitere and Autopay in the second. If run in one race the favourites may be: ROYAL FINANCE PAKITERE Marangai Handicap Black Mint won so well, at Marton on Saturday that even with a rise of Sib he must be considered if he condescends to give of his best—which he all too rarely does. Star Stranger has been galloping well at Wanganui, 4 and the race should do him good; the turning course may bring atoout defeat. Mendip is reported to be still in great order, and this course will suit him. Otairi is in good form now, and Blimp has been racing consistently. Marj joram failed rather badly last week,

I and Ruanui has not raced for a time, j Count Palatine' would only need to be i ready to be a possibility, and My Own, | a smart filly last season, may be imi proved by her run at Dannevirke. On the other side of the handicap nothing appeals more than a little, Tourist and Balloon (backed and beaten at Marton) probably being the best outside of | Black Mint. With the form disclosed ! to date there should be. more than lukej warm support forthcoming for MENDIP BLIMP Flying Handicap j Class as usual dominate* the open I sprint field, and from-all accounts most ! of the candidates are pretty well forward. Lady Quex may want a race; 'she is now on the same mark as Laughj ing Prince, a gelding that raced so j prominently in these events twelve i months ago. Havering has had the ! racing through the winter, although in ! some of his outings ho gave the impression that ho was not so brilliant in , the early part as hitherto, a factor that t means a lot at \Yanganui. Silvermine j is well forward and liable to be dangerous. Bright Glow and Vertigern J will not be at home over the short journey. Arrow Lad was second at Awa- ■ puni six weeks ago when having his j first run since his spell, and that form j read well. At 8.3 he reads extremely • well. Ceremony is reported to have j got through a good preparation, and ! his return to form will be welcomed, i Lady Pam was a smart two-year-old, j but she is not good at the barrier. Stag* j hunter is not very reliable, although ; nearly as fast as anything in die race. ' Love Song was a good two-year-old last term and may not be quite tuned up. Eauitant, as fast as they are made, will go round the bends, strongly, and Acora has a chance of repeating her Marton success, for she hung on well there when tackled warmly. It is a good field all through, and perhaps the favourites will be: ARROW LAD HAVERING

Of £175; furlongs War Scrip . 8 0 Prince Amundra . . S 0 7 Honewhero . 8 0 Rifiox .... 7 12 Baslder ... 80 7 12 Thunderstorm 8 0 7 Sir Mercury 8 0 Granchaco . . 7 12 Acco S o 7 12 Auckland Gas 8 0 Laconic . . . 12 Takahue ... 8 (J Arvada . . . 7 Jayson ... 7 12 Nightmare . . 7 12 Tar Baby . . 7 12 Pandia . . . P* . Spear Lad . . 7 12 7 12 Hinp.wai . . 7 12 Souchong . . 7 12 Seneschal . . 7 12 Danny Boy . 12 Solange .... V 5 12.40 OKEHU HURDLES Of £2 25; 12 miles Nulcumai ... 11 7 Opa 5 Mister Gamp 11 9 Avro 10 8 Shining Royal Acre . 10 9 0 Make Up . . 10 0 Marica .... 9 0 Luminary . . 9 12 Tall Timber 9 0 Disrank . . 0 10 ■J 20 PUTIKI HACK / Of £200 1 mile 110yds. The Warden 9 0 Ban bridge. . 8 1 Adventus . . 8 18 Kilorell . . . 8 0 Mt. Shannon 8 1 1 Calamine 7 13 Imateagirl. . 8 Grand Jury. 7 12 Kahikatoa , . 8 0 Calamart . . V 10 Shortly .... 8 0 Great Lady . 7 8 Auctioneer . 8 Pedestal . . . 7 7 Joyspear . . 8 Johneen . . . 7 6 Little Wonder S Spear Opa . Archeria ... 8 i Annoyer . . .• V U 9 Q SKAFIELD HANDICAP Of £225; about 7 furlongs Panther ... 9 7 Oadland . . S 0 Fernden . . 8 11 Melissa . . . l 13 Broad Acre . 8 4 IJopwood . . 10 Te Atiawa . 8 4 Paiko .... 7 8 Royal Game. 8 Grecian ... 8 1 0 Duellona . . V 7

Of £500 1 mile Lineage . . . 8 5 Paratoo . . . s 5 Cylinder . ' . 8 5 Huntingdon . 8 b Appledore 8 5 A Hsus . . . 8 Royal Routine . . S 5 3.20 m ™ E HACK, •Of £200; C furlongs Taranto . . . 0 2 Ganpat. . . . 7 S Pomp .... 8 8 Little Wonder 8 Autopay . . 9 0 Monoloff . . . 7 Royal Tentcall . . . 7 b Finance . . S 8 Lady Spear . Brilliant Abbey Queen 7 b Pakltere . . 8 7 Pat’s Boy . . 7 4 Light .... 8 5 Arrowzone 7 4 Zarene .... 8 3 Baskier . . . 7 0 Orapa/i .... 7 12 \V ild Country 0 Gowan Lea . 7 12 7 0 Huntingdon . 7 12 Catherine of Acmil .... 7 10 Aragon . . 7 0 Dancing Star 7 D Pandia . . . 7 0 Sporting 0 Chance . . 7 9 0 MARANGAI HANDICAP Of £400; 1 mile 110yds. Star Stranger 9 G My Own . . . 7 7 Mendip . . . 8 4 Tourist .... V 4 Otairi .... 8 3 Yoma .... 7 Marjoram . . 8 1 Balloon. . . 7 2 Ruanui . . . 7 13 Sir Limond . 7 0 Blimp .... 7 9 Kawhakina . 7 0 Black Mint . 7 8 Juggle .... 7 p Count Palatine . 7 7 J 4 “) FLYING HAND1GAP •Of £300 G fur. Lady Quex . . 9 S «? 3 Laughing Acorn . . . 7 8 Prince . • . !• 8 Lady Pnm . 7 Havering . . 8 11 Staghunter . Silvermine . hove Song . 7 4 Bright Glow Bquitant . 7 4 V ertigern . . S G Arrow Lad . 8 3 Veronese . . 7 0