NORTHERN TOPICS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 8

NORTHERN TOPICS

-Own Correepondent.)

Some of the Second-Day Appearances HORSES AND TRACKS

(By Telegraph-

AUCKLAND, Tixis day. According to reports from Awapuni, Wildflower was not to start at the Waikato until Monday, although she had paid up for to-day. Thia fiiiy revealed considerable improvement between the Taranaki and Egmont meetings, so her efforts at Te Rapa and Te Aroha shouid be full of interbst, especially as she won her last race very easily. Pango is to take on the hurdle raco at Te Rapa on Monday and will be tried out strongly, so ,a further idea of his prospects at Te Aroha the following week may be obtained. Pango has shown a lot of pace on the flat over the past few weeks and, as he can jump well, he looks a good prospect in eoming engagements. Later on he may be a force to be eeriously reckoned with in csoss-country contosts. Jjuproving Hacka, An impression was made at Rotorua by the maiden winner Haille Boy, ■vviiose two eft'orta there suggeste.d h« wouid not be difficult to place in average hack company. His nest outing may be on the conelu.ding day of the Waikato iixture and he shouid do even bettor than last week-end, for tbe reomier track will be in his favour. A four-year-old by The Ace from Star of Gold, Haille Boy claims relationship to several \\eil-known gallopers, for his third dam, Perle d'Or (dam of a fair sort in Peria *de Leon), is descended from Aura, dam of Golden Slipper and groat-grand-dam of Desert Gold. Glen Abb won the maiden event on the opening day at Thames when not really expected, for he was having his first race and it was thought he inlght be a bit green. However, the opposition was • anything but strong, and, though he did not gallop like a made racehorse, Glen Abb revealed both pace and grit. On the strength of this good effort in his first race, Glen Abb was made favourite in a hack race at Rotorua, but he was not at all suited by the turning track and was well beaten. There may be a different story when he comes to race on a large courso, and if he is produced in the Waikato Hack Cup on Monday he may be better placed ,to run up to his early promise. A Good Galloper, Flying Chief, who had his fixst race as King Koroki, claims engagements at Te Rapa on Monday and.wUL probably be on hand for that and otker dppro;aching engagements. This hack made a favourable impression at New Plymouth and it was stated then that he was not to be overdono. He is a half-brother to Sea Cob anad a brother to Sea Ruler, both good winners in the north. a few seasons ago. A big strider, Flying Chief shouid be able to give of his best if raced at Te Rapa and Te Aroha, There may not be much between liim anad Captain Tudor^ a recent maiden winner at Taranaki, of whom big things are expected. 1 , Tidewaiter is not a brilliant performer, a fact that told against him at Rotorua, so here again; is a young galoper that ought to*go better on bigger tracks. , Tidewaiter is engaged in the near-maiden handicap event on Monday, and if he has the ability he will be able to show it on this fine big course.

Best at a Mile, (While Royal Appellant juat twelve months ago won his first and only race at a mile and a-qriarter, it is generally recognised that he is at his best at several ynportant xaces. Thus, while a -mile, over which distance he has won he may show up at the loqger distance this afternoon, it will be even more iiiteresting to see how he f ares on Monday, wnen the big handicap event is to be run over the mile course. Royal Appellant won the mile at the last meeting at Te Rapa, so shouid again be proxuinent. Last November, wnen the Appellant gelding won there, he defeated Dark fcihadow, winner of the Cup two days earlier, aud it was no mean feat to head oiE such a fit horse as his challenger was at that time. It would not have meant mueh of an outlay on the place totalisators at Rotorua for owner-traiuer B. Burgess to have paid the expenses of the campaign for his two horses, Pukeko and Lady Siegfried, in the Auckland district, for in addition to good dividends the place money would also be helpfuL Lady Siegfried created a favourable impression and her forward showings drew attention to her immediate prospects. One of her engagements is the Hack Cup on Monday and, as the course will sui.t her. she may not be outclassed in that event. While King Rey is in the sprint today at ihe Waikato fixture ha is in the mile handicap on Monday and that event shculd see him much more at home. He is a free galloper and in his last "outings at Ellerslie he could have been in front at any part of his xaces, the decision to drop him in behind of course being f ollowed to natural advantage. King Rey is up in Ihe weights, but he is so well that he cannot be lefl out oi. consideration in aDy evcut he contests now.