ON HAWERA TRACKS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 428, 20 November 1930, Page 4

ON HAWERA TRACKS

TUESDAY MORNING’S WORK. The weather was fine on Tuesday at Hawera and the tracks were in fair condition, especially the course proper, which was available for fast work. Bonogne, by himself, went four furlongs on the outside of the course proper in 5245, doing it nicely. Bright Glow was bettor than Green Linnet over six furlongs in 1.224. Both kept together until the straight was. reached, when the former forged ahead. Kissless ran along four furlongs in 53 by herself.

Joyspear and Gasnapper were sent along six furlongs, keeping together throughout and running the distance in 1.23. Richland was too good for Drama arid Hampden over three furlongs, which they accomplished in 39. Mendip. Banbridge and Orazone were sent along seven furlongs. The two latter made the pace in the early stages, but down the straight Mendip made up the leeway to beat Banbridge and Orazone in 1.37.

Iciognc (H. Cook) and Goblin Market (I. Thacker) wore companions over a round of the hurdles. Both gave a fair display of clean jumping.

TRUE BLOOD’S RECORD

WINNER OF NEARLY £5006. For a horse who has been affected at various stages of his career by unsoundness True Blood, who accounted for the two leading handicaps at the Waikato meeting lor the second year in succession, has been a remarkably good performer. Purchased at auction by Air W. Scholium as a yearling for 350 guineas in January, 1925, he commenced racing the following' spring and, in the meantime, he has won £4759 in stakes, besides two gold cups. True Blood won three races as a two-year-old, and as a three-year-old he notched one win, three seconds and two thirds. As a four-year-old he did some racing in Sydney, where he . annexed the Suburban Handicap at Randwick. The same season he afterwards had four races in New Zealand without success, and it was about this time that he became unsound. The following term he only had one race, but la--t season he did well by winning four times. This season he has two wins ami a second to his credit and is right at the top of his form at present. True Blood has always had a partiality for soft going ami has usually

shown his best form on roomy tracks, having raced particularly well at Ellerslie, Trentham and To Rapa. For Te Rapa he seems to have a great liking and has three double wins to his credit there, the first when he was a two-year-obi. another last season, ami the latest this year.

NOTES AND COMMENTS (By “Kestrel”). The Winton Club’s meeting will be concluded to-day, while on Saturday the Levin fixture will hold the stage. In spite of the fact that in several quarters it has been stated that the Te Kuiti meeting will be held on Saturday and Monday such is not the case. Feilding Acceptances Acceptances for the Feilding Club’s opening day are due to close on Monuay next at 9 p.m. Off to Levin

Several of the Wanganui horses for the Levin meeting will leave here tomorrow for the scone of activities and will not be back till Monday. They will make the t>-ip by rail, no float being available. “Down and back in one day” would be the programme with a float, and it would not be amiss to suggest this to the Railway Depart-

Lady Quex Sprints Reports from New Plymouth are to the effect that on Tuesday morning Lady Quex hopped off at the live furlong*. She took 124 s for the first furlong, 24 4-5 s for two, 36 3-5 s for three, and, not ridden out. completed the distance in .1.4 4-5. It was a brilliant piece of work, showing that the brown mare is as well as she has ever been.

Otairi Jumps Well Otairi is due to return to hurdling at Feilding. In preparation at Awa puni on Tuesday he was sent over a couple of rounds of the battens,. A. -McDonald riding him. He maintained a fast clip throughout and was jumping cleanly at the close.

Dead-heats in England Proposals made by Lord Hamilton of Dalzell to abolish the run-off of deadheats was adopted by the Jockey Club last month. Under rule 144, ‘‘when horses run a dead-heat, the dead-heat

shall not be run off.” The question of whether each horse that divides a prize for first place in a dead-heat shall for the purpose of calculating weight for future races be deemed to have ws)n the race outright, will be the subject of further discussion.

Novar for Hurdles On Tuesday morning at Awapuni Novar was given his first turn over the battens since his return to the active ranks and showed that he had not. lost the art, improving as he advanced. Australian Three-Year-Olds. The question of the best three-year-old who has so far figured on the Australian turf during the present season remains in an open state, and it would seem unlikely that any will win a high certificate. Veilmond (Linioud — Veil) was the one who was popularly selected as a probable Derby winner, but he was defeated by Trogilla (Trcclare —Maltgilla, in the A.J.C. Derby, while he had to strike his colours to Balloon Kiing (Air Balloon—Princess Berry) in the Victoria Derby. Trogilla appears to be the one most likely to develop staying capacity, but the question of three-year-old supremacy will apparently not be definitely decided until the autumn meetings come round. A Trio of Bargains The luck of the sale ring is forcibly illustrated by the doings of Amounis, Phar Lap and Gloaming, the three geldings who head the list of winning horses in this part of the world. Amounis, whose earnings total £48,256. cost 300 gns. as a yearling; Phar Lap, winner of £46,842, realised 160 gns.; and Gloaming, with a total of £43,100, was bought for 230 gns.