TRAINING AT ELLERSLIE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 696, 22 December 1909, Page 3

TRAINING AT ELLERSLIE.

Auckland, December 21. Light fog hung om Ellorslio this morning.but not suihcient to intoifeio with liaimuß, operations. The courso proper, outside llio trestles, nnd tl\o sand and tan tracks were all used. Miss Mischief vent o\or seven furlongi on the tau, tho last si\ in lmni. 23scc. Duma beat Danube ovei fi\o furlongs on tho tau in lmiu. 8 2-s'.cc. Aimlol went a furlong lea A on tlio same track in 51soc. Tenterhook and lull Sail were on oven terms, at tho end of lour furlongs on tlio com so proper, coverodj in 5t 4 sscc. Taskmaster and ShaipsliootOr had! a conplo of rounds oil tho tan at thrco-quarteri pace Tβ Aiohd went a round of tho Eandl m limn. SO'iCC, and Wniinnngu bent Santa Kosa o\or tho sumo distnuco in limn. Msec. ICakama went n\e fiulongs on the sand m' lmm ss>ec. Kgnpuka, Scotty, and Tattoo did) a round of the tan in limn. 53 2-ssco,, thot latter being tho best. Scotty was beaten oft. , Lndy Medallist was a dozen lengths in fioiitf of Lace Oolliu ai tho end of four furlongs on (he course proper in 51sec. Rooso\clt boat SuPnzc by two lengths, ltli Compnss beaten oil, in o round of the tan in limn. 5C 3-sscc. first Gun bent Adiocnto and Ehsian o\er j round on tho snnd in lmin. 59scc. AH Eed pleased better than Dinbolo o\er a round on the course pioper m 2uun. ssoc. Bnngikura and Aberbrothock started for a round of tlia, tan, but cased up n fuilong and a half from, home. Aborbrothock was lame, and it isi doubtful if ho will bo able to start at tho mooting. Swimming Belt mndo n hack o£. Sit. reli\ o\of foui fuilongs on the course proper in 55 IMscc. Geneial Soult gavo Castlo , Blancy a good break nnd beat her comfortably at tho end of ti\ furlongs on the courso proper in limn. 19 4-siec. Gipsy Bello covered font' furlongs on the tan m 54sec, pulling un. Wadddl's team wai restricted to light tasks. After breakfast BobrikolT cantered iv couple of rounds War Song nnd Ambila were on terms at the end of si\ furlongs on tho course in lmm. 20 1-Ssec. Downfall ran round th*i course in 2min, 1 3-sscc, Dan Leno roiur j a companj to tho last five furlongs, but was no uso to the Cup who«i> gallop was the best of the season. Chanlcuso went around' tho tan in lmin 51scc— a good gallop. Tatnai* nupo beat Celtic and Zmnm o\er four furlonc/ on tho courso in 50 3-sscc. Mahono beat brian o\cr fivo furlongs on tho tan in lmin, «,sec. A large number of others also worked,