HUNT CUP FAVOURITE

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1930, Page 5

HUNT CUP FAVOURITE

(HUIRANGI girl jumps cleverly. One of the best-known, jumpers engaged. at New Plymouth tomorrow i<3 Mr. 11. E. Loveridge’* mare, Huirangi Girl, and this bonny hunter has won (both the Taranaki and Egmont-Wanga-nui Hunt Cups for her proud owner. Two years ago Huirangi Girl first came Into prominence, though she had pre- ' JVidusly started once for a third, but in 11926 she revealed remarkable jumping ' lability and a nice turn of pare to run away from the held in the Hunte r s* • (Steeplechase, at New Plymouth. Two ' races later she was again produced, this (time in the Taranaki Hunt Cup. This ■ race was a chapter of accidents, only two of the eight starters completing ’ iffhe course, but the misfortunes of Ijhe- ' [others did not detract from tlie merit ipf Huirangi Girl’s win, and she passed ‘ the post a furlong clear of the ancient ‘ [Passport. Taken to Ellerslie for the I'lch Pakuranga Hunt Cup, she was unlucky to meet hunters of the class of Importer, Master Arch and Pompeiuj, [but nevertheless she ran a fine Mr. Loveridge id a widely known hunting enthusiast and a fine horseman, and when the mare showed a clean pair pf heels to Waitaunaha, Banjuke and a good field in the Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Cup at the end of the 1928-29 season, there was no more popular win. Huirangi Girl last season did not strike her best form early and it was not until the end of the season that she showed a return of her ability and ran la good second to the Rangitikci hunter, Risk. Since the Manawatu meeting Huirangi Girl has been steadily improving, und her track work indicates that she Is not very far from her best. A safe jumper and endowed with plenty of stamina, she promises to make a bold [bid tomorrow to repeat her 1928 vic|tory, and it is safe to say that the mare will carry the confidence of the majority of the members of the Taranaki Hunt Club. The following is a list of her performances to date:— At five years: 3rd. Hunters’ Steepled, New 'Plymouth 19 six years: Ist. Hunters’ Steeples, New. A <• '/ipiymoiith' ''' ' ’

Ist. Taranaki Hunt Cup J‘2o Unplaced’ Pakuranga Hunt Cup — Unplaced Onehunga Steeples — Unplaced Hack Steeples, Egmont ““ Unplaced Adamson Steeples, Egmont ~ Ist. Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Cup At seven yeans: Unplaced Taranaki Hunt Cup Fell Egmont-Wanganui Hunt Cup — 2nd. Manawatu Hunt Cup 30 At eight years: Unplaced Flaxbourne Steeples, Manawatu — Totals: 11 starts, 3 firsts, 1 second, 1 third, stakes, £370.