HAWERA TRACK WORK

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1929, Page 8

HAWERA TRACK WORK

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.")

HAWERA, This Day

Conditions were good for the training operations on Saturday. All the important work was finished before the rain set in. The fast work*' was all.done on the outside of the course proper, the pegs being a little more than half-way out. The going was good, but not fast.

W. Pine was the first to commence serious work, sending Ross Ferry and Calamina over six furlongs. The pair put up a good gallop, running out the distance in : lmin ■ 20sec,-with Calamino in front at the finish, Silvermine, who is to have his first try-out over a distance in the Egmont Cup, strode over a couple of, rounds in good style. The Sheffield youngster. Cowanlea was sprinted with-Cambridge over three furlongs, , acquitting .himself well by finishing alongside his companion in feee. The two-year-olds Chief Link and' Awaken went smartly over three furlongs in'"3Bfcseer.-:\.-. V, ■ ■ .

Paitonu, Vivo, and Mount Shannon were responsible for a good work-out over seven furlongs, run in lmin 40see, the trio finishing together. Mount Shannon is showing improved track work;

. Somewood had an advantage over Tentcall at the start of a sprint over three furlongs, and maintained it to the finish in 38% sec. TentcaH"s was the better effort.

The Cup candidate Bright Glow went nicely in her work over a mile in lmin 55%5e0 without being hustled. Joy Spear beat Bon Eve over five furlongs, traversed in lmin 10% sec, by a good length. . .

Just So and Green Linnet jumped off at the three furlongs and ran home in a fifth, under:.39sec,-; Just So was a head in ifront. .; ': -, ': .~ . '

•/Royal .Aero- '(Hi 'Cook) went well in a schooling bout over the hurdles. . _Partaga,' who'has .had a. short let up, did not go .very convincingly in a gallop over half a-mile in-55' 4-osec.

/E. Brpugh's- Surveyor youngster Harry finished lip nicely over :his- three-furlongs in"4osec.

Valpre and Portaliee ran their halfmile in SS^Aaec, . finishing together. Aubridge, Golden. Flower., and Animated I jumped.'off' at the three furlongsand came home-in 39 2-ssec,. with the. first-named having a head advantage at the. finish. Coalbag and Bichfield, starting rather slowly, ran but a good five furlongs in lmin S'/ssec', The last half-mile of Richfield's, gallop ivas impressive, and Coalbag's effort was an\ improvement on his usual track work. ■ ..

J. Fryer's hunter, ridden by H. Milis, after, running off at the first jump, went a round of the schooling hurdles^ jumping proficiently.