GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18229, 17 January 1931, Page 17 (Supplement)

GOSSIP FROM ALL PARTS.

The Wellington Club’s Summer meeting will be opened at Trentham on Tuesday. The Wairoa Racing Club will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday and Thursday. ’ : , ' :: " ; The Ashhurst-Pohangina, Club will race on ’Thursday. - Tenterden is a light-weight in favour for sprint honours at Trentham on Tuesday. Over 200 yearlings will be offered at auction at Trentham next, week. The Wellington Cup (one mile and a half), Stakes (five furlongs) and I Telegraph Handicap (six furlongs) star on the opening day’s programme at Trentham. . On the second day (Thursday) of the Wellington meeting the Racing ; Club Handicap (eleven furlongs) and ! the Douro> Hack Cup (one mile) will be prominent events. On Saturday the Summer Handicap (one mile) and the City Handicap (six furlongs) will he the' leading events on the third and concluding day of the Wellington meeting. The New Brighton Trotting Club will race next Saturday. Gay Crest, Cylinder and Nightmarch continue to hold the leading positions in the Wellington Cup discussions. Bayacre, Hunting Cry and Meadow I.arlv are well favoured sprint gallopers in the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham”* The hardy First Acre will not be neglected in the Wellington Cup. Concentrate won the Wellington Cup last season with 8.10. He has 9.0 in Tuesday’s race and a good showing can he expected on his part. The course at Trentham; will suit the Te Awamutu trained two-year-old Aspian, whose classic form at' Ellerslie was very promising. Solvent was net at “her best at the Auckland meeting where she suffered from a poisoned leg. She is expected to display better form at 'Trentham. Bayacre, on his second to Lady Quex in sprint company at Ellerslie, looks like being particularly hard to beat in’the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham. Tobacco Land was very costly at Ellerslie, but he will -again he followed during the Wellington Carnival. Charmeuse, who raced well at the New Zealand Cup meeting will be in favour for the Ruapehu Handicap at | Trentham on Tuesday. )» On January 5 in 'Sydney thousands ' watched the racing at Rosebery from the hills surrounding the course. The | ice cream and other, vendors did a wonderful trade. Playground, one of the Acre stock, ! is promised a solid following in the Ruapehu Handicap and the Douro 1 Cup at Trentham. | The Sun, who was formerly trained at Te Rapa but now has his headquarters at Trentham, will be seen out in the highweight grade on Tuesday. j The Waikouaiti Club made a profit of £looo’over Its annual meeting last ' season. The -figures for the meeting . held on New Year’s Day are reported j to be much better than that total. ■ Cylinder is better than his Auckland form suggested. There will be a confident following for the Limond — ■ Cymene three-year-old in the Wellington Cup in which he has weight-for-jage Impost (8.0).