TRAINING AT TRENTHAM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 564, 20 July 1909, Page 7

TRAINING AT TRENTHAM.

YESTERDAY; MORNING,

Not a-great deal of fast work was done at Trentham yesterday morning, but, as a number-of horses jumped tho big country, the ; .work, was interesting. . The outside of tho course proper was open for fast work, and the going was on tho heavy sids. The morning was dull but line. Noariy all tho stceplochaso candidates wore on the course, and useful work was accomplished by them. Tilson. with T. Pritohard in the saddle, was tho first to be sent over tho steoplochaso jumps. Ho negotiated all the fences safely, but there was. nothing impressive about his display. Lo Beau (Pinker), Irish (Cochrane), Capitol (Deoblo), ahd-To Arai (Porter) then lined up to taoklo tho fonces in company. Each got over nil the fonces, but Lo Beau gave tho best jumping display, gaining on Irish at every fence. Capitol and To Arai, who raced just behind the other pair, were a trifle disappointing; Lingo™ , (Flynn) had Defeat (Lyford)for a companion. Defeat jumped cleverly enough, but his fonoiiig oonld not bo compared with that of losgcier* who mu easily Uw b«A

performer of the morning. The Apremont gelding is very well at present, ' and goes at his jumps in great style. Nadador did two solid rounds with Moscow, and went along pleasingly. Aorangi (Tolford) and Auratus (Cochrane) ran six furlongs in lmiii. 27sec., Auratus having, the : better ■ of, the go.. W anganui, who. is carrying a lot of niusclo, covered two rounds,' pulling hard the' whole way;.-' Coy did threo rounds slow work. Moccasin hall not arrived from the Hutt. , •

Of the flat racers, Dawn Tan half a milo in 55 l-ssec. White Cockade, with Glenfield as pacemaker, covered a similar .distance in half a, second less. : Chief Lochiol ran the , last five of six. furlongs in lmin. 11 l-ssoc. Hilarian was a trifle.slower over tho same distance.' Gaelic and ; Sealer finiehed together over 'six ; furlongs, the last half milo , talcing o7soc. Compass ran the Inst seven furlongs of two rounds in lmin. 49seo, "Wafhuku beat Rangihaeta over a mile, the last seven furlongs taking, lmin. 46iseo. Notorious, Cohort, Truganini, Seaman, Iranui, Aluskerry, AVimmera, Sir Frisco, Llanwern, Kairoma, Miscast, Seqtty, and a large number of others also worked.