WANGANUI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1125, 2 November 1911, Page 6

WANGANUI.

(By Our Own Correspondent.) ,

WANGANUI, Monday.’ The doings of Coromandel and Ta;ft at the Auckland Spring Meeting wjll be watched with interest by Wanganui sports. A. Jackson took the pajir named North on Friday, and with any luck both ought to get amongst the stake winners, as the form recently displayed m'akes them/but to be in excellent nick. It is doubtful whether Coromandel has ever; been so well, and the son of Menschikqff —Golden Rose should take a .power of beating in whatever event he So far A.' Tucker has not decided whether to take Euroco to Christchurch or not. The gelding is nqt engaged on the opening day of the Cup meeting, but is in the Hurdles on the second d'ay. In the circumstances no idea of the weight likely to be allotted the son of Euroclydon is ascertainable, and the trip would have to be made on the chance that the weights would be acceptable. . If he does go South it will take something pretty good to beat him in the shorter hurdle events. Seaman continues to make satisfactory progress, and from the way he is shaping there is reason to hope that he will get back most of his old dash. The chances are that he will be a starter at the Feilding meeting. Alex. Hall has St. Bill in work again, with St. Gate (a full-brother); The former might be given a run 'at Feilding, and later on the pair will be sent to Auckland for the big meeting at summer time. The veteran Whimper, has been turned out, and will not be seen on

the track, again until the next jumpingseason. The old fellow would have been sent to Wellington for the spring meeting, but George Laing had, to go to Waverley with Royal Patron.-; The idea of taking Whimper to Aus-, tralia has 'been abandoned for th^ ! time being. • . ■ Royal Patron’s form at Waverley was very encouraging, and the ; son o_" Patronus should do better at some’ cf the coming meetings. .. .• ■: King Simon, the three-year-old gelding by Sweet Simon —Sou’-wester mare, which Lang had in hand, and thinks likely to make a name for himself, has gone shin sore, and has been turned out. - He is such a big fellow that the spell will not do him any harm, as . he is still growing.

As the date of the. New Zealand Cup meeting approaches interest in the . gathering increases. The excellent form shown recently by the Fordell pair, Equitas and Goodwin Park, has made the supporters of that double very hopeful. Fred Tilley has already won the Cup with ’Frisco and with Lady Lucy, and there will be much rejoicing here if Goodwin Park also succeeds. The Sylvia Park gelding has never been fitter, and as he has only 7.1 (including his penalty) to carry he must be given a great chance. As for Equitas, the daughter of Advance, has never been so fit'as she is at the. present and she seems, if anything,, more brilliant than ever.

Koran is being , allowed to take things easy for a while, prior to being got ready for the Feilding meeting. If he can shake off the soreness from which he has suffered recently this gelding will make things, very merry for the, best of the jumping brigade at Feilding, as he is distinctly in the best class, judging by the exhibition he made of his field, at Waverley.

John has been turned out, but will no doubt be seen out, again next winter, when he ought to win a big hurdle race or two if Albert Jackson can get him thoroughly well. A. Neale is now looking after Overtime, and has also got in hand a four-year-old, by Field Battery, out of Perfection. Epsopi Downs ' and Eurotb have been . given some schooling lessons over the hurdles lately, and they are both making satisfactory progress. The Soult filly Labour Day, was taken South last week to fulfil her engagements at the C.J.C. Meeting. She is rather slow to begin, and that is probably the reason she was withdrawn from the Stewards Handicap. In some. of . the other, events, however, she should hold her own in the. best of company.