THE SUMMER RACES

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1924, Page 19

THE SUMMER RACES

TO-MORROW'S EVENTS AT

TRENTHAM

(BI " SIR LANCBLOT."')

The prospects for a successful summer re-union at Trentham are distinctly bright. Those who have not Visited Trentham since the spring meeting will find that the old grandstand has been demolished and a new one built in its place and finished sufficiently to be used at this meeting. The transformation that has taken place in three months is remarkable. The club has made rapid strides since it shifted quarters to Trentham, and it has only to pursue its progressive policy to become second in importance to Auckland. With the exception of the curtain-raiser, the High Weight Handicap, ,the fields in all events are thoroughly representative. Vagabond has a big weight and may not be suited by the solid goiug.' He may find it difficult to concede so much weight to Palamon and Malingerer.

A good class field of two-year-olds in the Fitzherbert Handicap is headed by Galliard, who won at Manawatu and Marton. Others of the Absurd tribe engaged, and both recent winners, are Lady Bentinck and Lady Isinglass. Quiescent and Fallowdeen both won the kst time out, and may improve. Of the half dozen locally-trained horses engaged among the light-weights, Lake uru may prove' to be the best. Kinsem has a good horse's weight in the Anniversary Handicap. The writer doubts whether she is as good as she was two years ago. After the way he won the Shortland Plate at EUerslie, Suggestion is sure to be one of the popular picks. Oivilform has not been heard much .of lately. He is a stable mate of Haurangi, who won the race a year ago. Prince Ferouz and Gay Juliet are both solid milers, and Diamond Ring, a Douro Cup winner, has previously scored over the distance at Trentham. Eoyal Divorce won at seven furlongs at Ellerslie, and is sure to be one 'of the fancied runners. Form points to Suggestion, Prince Ferouz and Gay Juliet being the best of a useful lot. The winner of the Apprentices' Plate may come from some of the light-weight division. They include Sprinkler, who won ovit .the distance (seven furlongs) at Eiccwton and South Canterbury, Penelophon, who was successful. on both days at Hawkes Bay, Maria of Hereford, and White Comet. Maria of Hereford will be ridden by W. S. Bagby, who will have to put up a penalty. White' Comet's rider can claim an allowance, which will reduce his weight to 6.13. Star Eanger will find the class easier than competing in open company. The owner of the winner of the Cup will receive a gold cup, and no doubt all the runners will be doing their best to secure the handsome trophy. The probable starters and riders are as follow :—- ---..Boseday, 9.7, A. J. M'Flynn. Highland, 9.1, A. Eeed. Mark Time, 9.0, J. Barry. Enthusiasm, 8.10, M. M'Carten. Sunart, 8.5, J. O'Shea. \ Scion, 8.5, H Gray. ' Loughrea, 8.5, A. E. Ellis. Bonetter, 8.3, C. Eeed. Palestrina, 8.2, H. Were. Gold Light, 8.0, F. Waddell. Muraahi, 7.13, W. S. Bagby. Limelight, 7.13, G. Young. ' Winning Hit, 7.12, D. Cotton. . Merry Day, 7.10, E. Garrett. Trespass, 7; MX Cold Steel, 7.7, C. Edwards. Mantua, 7.0, T. Metcalfo. ; Zouave, 6.12J H. Wiggens. Ardour, 6.7, 0. Voight. In such a field selection of the winner is a hard task for patrons. Eoseday must take a lot of beating with all his weight, as he can run the first mile inside lniin 40sec, and there is no doubt about h{:n getting the distance. Mark Time has only to carry the same weight he Won with at Awapuni, but it will be a faster-run race, and not so easy for the top weights to win. Highland is class enough, and the writer is prepared to see him do better than he did at Ellerslie. Sunart is unfortunately not sound, and the writer will not- have him in a race on a hard track which will be run somewhere around 2min 32sec. Scion is getting down in the weights, and will have a good horsema,n. Palestrina, Gold Light, and Muraahi can all get the distance. Limelight has to be taken on trust so far as' public, form is concerned. However, she is bred the Tight way, and before leaving Riccarton ran ten furlongs on the plough in 2min 9see. Winning Hit has not won a race'for so long that he does not seem a probable. He is a moody customer, for which reason a change of riders is to be tried. Merry Day is probably not so good as she Was a year ago, when she beat everything in the race except -Rapine. Strange to say, there is not a single three-year-old in to-morrow's field. If the wiuuer comes from the ljght-wfight division it may be Zouave that will do the trick. Although thirteen horses were left in the Wellington Stakes it is not expected there will be a large field. Tukia, winner of the Royal Stakes, represents the best form among the three-year-olds, and Motley, winner of the Great Northern Foal Stakes, among the two-year-olds. At the difference in the weights the two-year-old may have the best of it.-- It will be a sporting contest be^ tween two well-known Wanganui owners. Notwithstanding her.weight, the onen sprint, event (Telegraph Handicap) * is considered ill some quarters a good thing for Glentruin, She has 71b more than m the Stewards' Handicap, in which she beat most of the homes she is to meet at Trentham. Mireusonta comes in on 41b better terms, and the top weight actually meets Parody, who. has since •won twice at Ellerslie,. on 91b better terms. Lady Fingers raajr be one of the hardest the top weight will have to dispose of. She has a pound less than when she won in the spring, beating Tukia, Thespian and others.. In her recent efforts she was second at Awapuni and Wairarapa. The bracket Merit and Piquant will be Well supported in the Ruapehu Handicap. Piquant Won on her only appearance at Wairarapa, and Merit is generally considered the better of the1 pair. Mufia is smart' over five furlongs, and two others of the ' Absurd tribe engaged are Orchid and Gold Town. . . H. Gray will make his reappearance to-morrow. His ?nounts include Royal Divorce in the Anniversary Handicap) and Scion in the Cup. Gray has previously ridden the' winner of both events. M. M'Carten will, be up on Enthusiasmj Kinsem, Tukia, Glentruin, Tanadees, and Benmure. G. Young will assist Parody, Gold Town, and Limelight. J. Barry will be on Mark Time, Lady Bentinck, and Zaragoza. A. Reed will be oil Highland, Queen March, Nigger Minstrel, Merit or Piquant. H. Were will be on I'alestrina, Lovu«um. god Goldßftiuuer. ,

C. Reed will steer Bonetter, and have the first mount on Father's Voice.

C. Butler will try to win on Zero Hour, Rene Mavis, and Twink. Business prevented some Southern trainers from putting in an 'appearance with their charges at headquarters. T. H. Gillett's team came up in charge of F. D. (Davy) Porter. Loughrea, who had a trip to Trentham at winter time, was under the care of F. Shaw, and Limelight was in charge of H. Davies, for about twenty years head man with Mr. George Murray Aynsley. Mr. Murray Aynsley may be here for the meeting. T. Metcalfe, who came from England about two years ago with George Price, and has for some time been riding successfully in the South, recently joined the ranks of the benedicts. He will be riding at the Wellington Meeting, and has a mount in the Cup. . A HIGH-CLASS FIELD. In the opinion of the writer, who has witnessed a good many Wellington' j^ups, both at Trentham and the old ■xfutt course, it is doubtful if a better class field has ever contested the race than that set down to take part in the fifty-first contest to-morrow. Roseday, who heads the list, is a Dunedin (,:p winner, and recently proved the best m the weight-i'or-age class over the Wellington Cup distance at Ellerslie. Highland is a Thompson Handicap winner, who has this season scored in the Avondale and Mitchelson Cups, both run over a journey of twelve furlongs. Mark Time won the Manawatu Cup, also run over a mile and a half course. ■ Enthusiasm last season won both the Canterbury and Great Northern Derbies, beating Rapine in the last-named event. Scion is a winner of both the Auckland and New Zealand Cups. Loughrea is a/winner of the Tima.ru, Waimate, and Winton Cups in the South, and has proved himself a first-class performer over ten furlongs. Palestrina won the Oaks and the Midsummer Handicap two years in succession. Both events were run over a journey of a mile and a nalt. Gold Light dead-heated witb Enthusiasm in the Oaks, and Muraahi was one of the dividers of the Auckland Cup stake. Winning Hit won the Great iSorthern Derby and put up Australasian time in the Stead Memorial. The half-dozen lesser lights at the tail effd of the field include some Cup winners and Merry Day, who has won in handicap company over twelve furlongs. BAY OF ISLANDS RACES WHANGAREI, 19th January. The Bay of Islands Racing Club's Annual Meeting was held to-day. There was splendid weather, and a large attendance present. The totulisato* handled £7775. Results:— ! Maiden Handicap; six furlongs.— I'itaness, 7.13, 1; Lady Arch, 7.5 2; Bowman, 7.5, 3. Also started • Pro" i. Eagle 7.9, Mottle Kauri 7.5, Manjmhewa 7.5, Lady Gauntlet 7.5. Noahuhu 7.5, Puhiriki 7.5, Titoki Jack 7.5. Time, lmm 18 3-ssec.

Kaikohe Handicap; five furlongs.— Jaffno, 8.8 1; Bright Gift, 8.9, 2 • Merry Prince 9.4, 3. Also started: Scrap o' taper 10.9, Shortland 9.6, Tresor 9 2 Nemaline 8.3, Lady Frederick 7.10, Gum Chips 7.3, The Plunger. 7.0, Fairlands 7.0._ Won by a length: Kawakawa Cup; one mile and a quarter.—Lady Patience, 6.12,- 1; Narrow Neck, 8.12, 2; Opaloid, 6.12, 3 Also started: Perfect Day f1.5, Tom Moore ■7.1; Mangawhero 6.12. Won by two lengths. Time, 2min 11 3-ssec. Moerewa County Handicap; seven furlongs.—Lady Arch, 7.0, 1; Merrry Prince 10.1, 2; Bowman, 7.0, 3. Also started: Scrap o' Paper 11.6, Theatre 7.9, Brown Eagle 7.0, Ngahuhu 7.0. Puhiriki 7.0, Miss Theory 7.0. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 33 l-ssec. Maromaku Handicap ; seven furlongs — Opaloid, 7.0, 1; Lady Frederick 7 9 2; Kinkora, 8.13 3. Also started: Mentmore 9.5, Lady Patience 8.1. Time 1 mm 32 l-ssec. Lady. Patience finished first, but failed to draw the weight. Ohaeawai Welter; one mile.—Tresor, 9.7, 1; Bright Gift, 9.0, 2; Tom Moore, 9.12, 3. Also started: Scrap o' Paper 11.0. Won by a length. Time, lmin 47 l-ssec 4

Russell Handicap ; seven furlongs Titaness, 7.0, 1; Far North, 8.6, 2- Lady Patience, 7.0, 3. Also started- Narrow Neck 9.2. Won by a length and a half. Time lmin 31 3-6scec. ' Pakarakii Handicap ; six furlongs — Bright Gift, 8.8, 1; Kinkora, 813 2; Gum Cmps, 7.5 3. Also started • Merry Prince 9.3, Lady Frederick 7.9, Theatre 7.0. Won by six lengths. Time, lmin 18 l-ssec.