CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7684, 20 April 1903, Page 3

CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. SPORTING.

HUTT TRAINING NOTES. fl'jta Pkkss Absooiatiok.] WELLINGTON, Ajcaril 20. The raits of last week 'have mad© the Hufct tracks soft, 'but -should nain 'keep off -till Thursday the racing track will b© in splendid order. This morning oho weather was fine. A.' fairly stiff northerly wind blew till- 9.30 o'clock,. -when, showers began- to fall. All the work was done on the autside of the course proper. Prosscr and Cults were waiting for daylight to appear, and the former eenii Oetiak (Jenkins), and Porirua (Price) to the mile po3t, Ostiak soon cltured away from {his 1 companion, and finished & dozen lengths in front, the diatance^beir.g cov€Tcd"in lmin 59sec. Ostiak is very well. Treadmill covered six furlongs comfortably in- lmin. Sljsec. Cannie Chiel, with a big weigat up, accounted; for Ballyneety, who was ridden 'by a light-weight, 'in a gallop, of ■a, few chains over a. mile. The southern representative ran the last seven furlongs in lmin 37see. Achilles gave Exmoor a couple ol lengths' sia.it in a. six-fur-long sprint and beat him wi'ih a great deal to spare -by a length in lmin 20sec. This was i'hß best gallop of the morning. Tercelet took lmin 28seo to run the last cix ifurlongs of a mile. "Windwhistle jumped off at -the seven-furlong post, and- was picked up by Ahe-rlow five 'furlongs from home. The- latter beat his companion- 'by » "couple of lengths. "WindwihisUe covered' -the last «lx furlongs- in lmin 21isoc. TCaitarere and. Sen. , Lion- were restricted to 'half-pace work. Go.d; Crown* gave Clovelly .a six-lengths' -beating over five ./furlongs in- lmin Bsec, but H aura a and Position were about a match over six furlongs. Tsaritsa moved pieasingly over five furlongs, which «hi> : covered comfortably in lmin Bsec, and Ma&uicu, with a light-weight, easily eccounled for Ringman in a eix-furlottg gallop in- lmin 21aec, a good performance. Shrapnel *rd Pampero were associated!' in a mile gallop. The former, who 'held his companion, came home, irom the, "seven-furlong post ins lmin 86s.ee,', Pampero moved rather sore on . going to the gaping sheds. St Denis and Pallas .covered «. round' together at about half-paco, pulling ihard. BteTisott beat Lavalette in a half-mile flutter. E.fd Gauntlet and General Symonfl ran- from the six-furlong post in lmin 21see, i&ttd th ( ere was little between' •them. This was ' the second r best gallop of the morning. The Guesscr finished ia front of Pure Silver over eix' furlongs, 'but the latter could have done better.. Ballarat and Wind galloped six furlongs «jpa.rately. the latter covering, the distance in ■ lmin 22is«c, and- Ixia- eprin'ted ■half a mile in> 64J5«5. A number of other horses did light work.