Waverley Cup Candidates Worked Well

Chronicle (Levin), 19 October 1949, Page 9

Waverley Cup Candidates Worked Well

•« One of the most interesting tnals >f at Awapuni yesterday was that in I wliich Ngakoti and Lord Hoiland ! hgured.. They are accepted for the I Waverley Cup, which will be run on Lahour Day. They were sent along over a mile ahout 60 feet out from the rails and all worked well. Voltaic was to have raced at Trentham but he rieked a stifle and is expected to be on the easy list for some weelts. Mission was ridden by W. L. Aitken. ! Lord Hoiland by A. Temperton, and I Ngakoti by G. Ii. Tattersall, Mission lx.dug on tlie inner and Ngakoti on • the outer. Tliey began quietly but j tlie pace was 011 before tliey reaclied j the live from whieli peg tliey were j liome in 1.9 3-5. The last three, wide ! out on the tuni, took tliem 42 and al- | though Mission licld a hcad advantage j at tlie post they were all going very • smoothly at the fmish. I Playtos (W. J. Broughton) is acceptj ed for- the Waverley Cup, and also for the sprint. He went witli Night Walour | (Temperton) and he drew out at the Anish to complete liis mile in 1.56, the last iive in 1.13 3-5. Diplomacy (Aitken), looking just as well as slie did before lier win- at Opaki, and Battle Strife (Tattersall) were lcept to even time for the first three of their mile but they were speeded up to run tlie last iive in 1.9 2-5 to complete in 1.54 2-5. Both worked well. Diplomacy is 111 at Waverley and slie will be ridden by Aitken. Arcara (D. Harris) worked quietly ' rouiul the three from which peg he

ran liome against the bit in 42. Result (O. Christiansen) is to rae« at Trentham on Saturday. Yesterday he was schooled over lialf a dozen hui" dles with Ensigu (Stevens). Botl jumped well but Result drew away tc take the last two fences alone. Bulaselle was schooled with Gallanl Bill and iinished several lengths ir front after a good exhibition of fasl jumping. Balcairn (Aitken) worked well witi Gossiper (Tattersall) but they' were no1 timed. Deseado and Confess ran the last four of five in 55 and Clever Boy (Broughton) and Offender (M. Thurs ton) took 1.23 1-5 from the six barrier Iweaking 42 f!or the last three,