ON HAWERA TRACKS
SEMI-FINALS FOR COMBINED HUNTS MEETING Keen interest was taken yesterday morning in the semi-final gallops of Hawera horses to race at the Combined Hunt Clubs’ meeting on Saturday. The outside of the course proper was available, the trestles being 40 feet out. The going was disappointingly heavy, after a couple of fine days and the course looks almost certain to be on the heavy side for Saturday’s racing, writes “Battledress" in the Hawera Star. The stable-mates Student Prince (Potroz) and War Effort (Neill) were associated in a gallop over five furlongs. Jumping off smartly, they covered the first two furlongs in 28sec., slowing up over the next furlong. They came home well over the final quarter, War Effort finishing solidly "a length in front in 1.11. Running from the seven furlongs to the three. Corday (Potroz) completed half a mile in 56Jsec. Corday handled the heavy going well. Gitana Lass (Grindlay) jumped three of the schooling hurdles in good style, and afterwards galloped half a mile in 58sec. The two-year-olds Killarney Boy (Clutterbuck) and General Saleve (Neill) sprinted a couple of furlongs down the back very pleasingly in
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 200, 25 August 1943, Page 6
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191ON HAWERA TRACKS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 200, 25 August 1943, Page 6
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