WANGANUI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1415, 7 June 1917, Page 12

WANGANUI.

Miacara to be Retired to Stud — Moulu’s Hurdling Prospects —J. Peachey’s Charges in Work Again. WANGANUI, Monday. F. Tilley took Miacara, Gang Awa’ and First Line to Otaki. The lastnamed is a full-brother to Ararat, and has shown fair form on the track recently, having improved somewhat since he last raced. It has been decided to retire Miacara to the stud after the Otaki meeting. Ararat has also run her last race, so .t is said, and will be . put to the stud later on. Gang Awa’s fine form at the recent Wanganui meeting, and his victory in the Ruakawa Cup at Otaki on Monday, has led to the son of Provocation —Gold Cord being mentioned as a probable New Zealand Cup candidate. He may be nominated for the big event at Riccarton, but a much more likely winner of the Cup, in Client, is sheltered in the same stable. W. Rayner intends taking Marton and Leonta to Napier for the Park meeting. The former has been allowed to have an easy time of it s.nce the Wanganui meeting, the racing at which appears to have done the son of Malachi good, and he looks well enough to win another race or two over the big fences before finally retiring. Leonta also appears to have livened up considerably with the racing here, and he should not be long in placing another win to his credit over the small sticks.

The forward running of Moulu in the big hurdles here the second day points to the . Boniform gelding as one likely to be heard of over the small sticks in the near future. A. Hall has him looking really well. Another in the same stable which shaped well here was Turangapito, the four-year-old Prudent King gelding, which ran up fourth in the Farewell Hack. He is remarkably fast, but the going in the event under notice warj all against him. It is a pity that he is not quite as sound as he might be, but there is nothing seriously wrong with him, and next season he might win some good races, as he is fast enough for anything. J. Peachey has put First Consul and Foul Lupin into work again. Both geldings went slightly amiss on the eve of the Wanganui meeting, and were consequently withdrawn from their engagements. If they keep going all right they ought to pick up a race or two before the jumping season is over, as they are both safe jumpers. The same trainer has a

nice stamp of a gelding in Reparation, a five-year-old son of Gravitation — Sunlight, which has a fair amount of pace, and is just the cut to make a good jumper later on. Despite the bad weather on the second day, and the fact that no excursion tra.ns were run in connection with the Wanganui J.C.’s winter meeting, the fixture proved a big success from a financial point of view, as well as providing excellent sport. Just what the profits were has not yet been made public, but it is understood that the patriotic funds will benefit very considerably as a result of the meeting. Austin already begins to look as if he were hardening up, and he should be back to something like form when the new season’s racing starts. Carmel Arch, in the same stable, went off a bit just before the Wanganui meeting, but he should be all right again after a week or so. Owners and trainers are anxiously awaiting a definite announcement re the curtailment of racing, which appears to be inevitable, but to what extent is uncertain. W'hen a decision is arrived at, trainers will be able to make their plans for the next season, but at present they do not know r what to do.