WANGANUI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XV, Issue 886, 28 February 1907, Page 8

WANGANUI.

WANGANUI, February 26.

Frank Moore now works his horses on his private track at Tayforth. All going well. Armistice and Fontenoy will be started in the Cup here. Harry Jackson has these two horses looking very well at present. Walter Raynor has got Fishermaid in fine form at present, and this mare should score a win or two very soon now for her popular trainer. Horses in Tilley’s Fordell stable are reported to be showing first-class form, and Apa and Delamere have been taken very freely for the Cup and Flying. The Lark and Polycaste should be in capital nick .jy Cup time, judging by their Egmont running. St. Joe had to be eased In his work a week or so ago, but is now doing very solid work. Arc Light was taken through to Woodville on Monday, but never got placed either in the Cup or Autumn Handicap. Geo. Laing took Westward through also on Monday, but the Sou’-wester gelding could only get a second in a poor field. Ballarat’s half-sister Ancycle, by Addington—Brown Spec, has been sold to a patron of Mr. W. Davies’ stable.

Waihuku is now in T. Wilson’s stable at Bulls. Achilles was allotted lOst 6in in the Wanganui Cup, and not lOst 71b as ■most papers reported. However, he was scratched on Thursday, as was generally expected here would be the case. However, Rosser’s stable have two good ones left to represent them in Marguerite and Ghoorka. The Eltham “Argus” had the following in their sporting columns the day of the Egmont meeting:—“We are not giving any tips on the events. The fact is, it is so hard to get the necessary information on the matter. To give reliable tips a writer requires to know which horses are ‘ after it,’ which are running stiff in preparation for further events, which horses the jockeys are backing, and a whole lot of other information which is not available to the outsider.” Te Kainui (Tasman —Capucine) was sold the first day of the Woodville races to Mr. F. Felling, in whose interest he ran the second day.

Ryves Webb has the local track and ornamental grounds looking a perfect picture at present, and those who visit us at Cup time should find the picturesquue Wanganui racecouruse looking better than it has ever done before.

Toa Tuhi proved a little gold mine for local punters on the second day of the Woodville meeting, and pencillers had a very bad run. This gelding was bought by Mr. J. Lambess, of Foxton, after the Scurry, for 141 guineas.