SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 11

SPORTING

SPECTACULAR TRIAL

'CHASERS IN ACTION

WORK AT ELLERSLIE

(By Telegraph— Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day.

The chief feature of the work at Ellerslie this.morning was. the schooling of 14 horses over steeplechase country. This is the largest number that has ever set out for such a trial, and it proved most spectacular. Hurdles were erected on the course proper, and there were numerous schooling bouts over them.

The 14 horses in the trial over a round of the big fences were:—Black Marlin (Baker), Royal Limond (Beale), Erination (Muir), Pahu (Ridg'way), Lucidus (Thomson), Forest Glow (McGovern), Monastic (Smith), Tea Chat (Turvey), Don Erma (Watson), Valpeen (Thomson), Tangled (Stewart), Pango (McDowell), All Irish (Fergus), and Hot Dan,ce (H. Jones). They started at the sod wall at the bottom of the straight, and going over the double the first time All -Irish led from Don Erma, Valpeen, Pango. and Tea Chat, with the rest bunched. Monastic balked at the double and Hot Dance pulled up before reaching the hill. All Irish was still in front at this stage, several lengths clear of Don Erma, with Valpeen, Tea Chat, Tangled, Pango, and Royal Limond heading the others. Tea Chat "slipped into the second fence on the hill.and came down. 'All Irish hit the stone wall at the foot of the hill, and when they again reached the sod wall Don Erma was close to

him. . . • ■ ■ • : All Irish and Don Erma led over the remaining obstacles from Valpeen, Tangled, Pango, Forest Glow, Erination, Black Marlin, and Royal Limond, the others being some lengths back.

■Versant ran home from the sevenfurlong post in lmin 33 2-ssec, one of the best efforts of the morning. Locknit went a round in 2min 11 2-ssec, taking lmin 28sec for ttfe last six furBoomerang was clear of Greek Gold at the end of six furlongs in lmin 21 2-ssec, a good gallop.