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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 204, 29 August 1936, Page 6

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t 1 COMBINED HI NTS MEETING TRACKS REPORTED HEAVY ej e It is reported from New Plymouth ’• that the tracks, following soaking 'rain, were so heavy that they were . I closed for galloping on Thursday ♦ morning. Most of the trainers were J forced to work on the beach. 'I The Taranaki and Egmont-Wanga- ■ ! nui Hunt Clubs can be accounted fort tunate that the Pakuranga Hunt , Club's postponement last Saturday n 1 caused the combined meeting to be | rut back a week, writes "Moturoa. Thursday’s rain would have milita ed ’ against the success of the fixture had = i it opened as usual, but there is plenty -1 of time for the weather to clear prop- - i erly before next Thursday. v | It is to be hoped that the meeting y next week turns out a successful one. > for the fixture has been worked up fl into an attractive programme for ' ! hunt enthusiasts. It is also to be de- ! sired that the Wanganui meeting the i following week should be a success, and in this direction much depends on ' how fields are affected by the two K I days’ racing at New Plymouth. I i -Green” horses are frequently found I suffering a serious setback through 1 being required to undergo more seri--5 ous tasks than they are fit to under- " take. Some of these horses are engaged both days at New Plymouth ’ and are also nominated for the Wan- .' ganui meeting. It may be noted that, 'whereas seven of the 72 acceptors for 'lnext Thursday's races were engaged i at the Pakuranga meeting on_Wed--1 nesday, no fewer than 33 of Wanganui’s entries are down to race at New } Plymouth. I Had some of the seven horses re3 ferred to been railed to New Ply- '• mouth after they had raced at Ellers4 lie on Wednesday, they would have e been at their destination on Thurs--4 day morning. It would thus have been not unreasonable to expect them to fulfil their engagements on the opening day of the combined fixture J had that been postponed from Thurs- “ day to to-day. This argument is made all' the stronger when it is noted that , the majority of the contingent are 4 seasoned horses. But when “green" ® horses undergo two races at New ' Plymouth next week how many of '■ I them will come on to Wanganui for 4 two further engagements following , four days’ spell ? II It was for this reason that the e writer recently suggested that the postponement could well have been ” . arranged so as to avoid, as far as posn I sible, any chance of a clash with •’ I Wanganui. That surely could not be i considered purely selfish counsel.