HASTINGS TRACK NOTES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 117, 3 June 1937, Page 5

HASTINGS TRACK NOTES

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bwing to a Wdlbome shbWer oariy this mdrning, thb majority of the fast work Was dbne oii the inside N0. 1 gtaSs track, Which Was iii Cxcellent of deri ThCfe WhS not a gfCat amOUnt of im work, biit Un interCstifig mbfiiifig'S w®rk Was witUeSsed. • # « Mon ACb (H.' Mufray) was thfe firSt to get going, and doing it wbll Withiii Tiimsftlf gallopcd three-qiiartefs Of a mile in 1.17$, whicb was impreSsive foH - a novicej • * • Quake , (H. Murray) occupied about the same time as -the aboVe fbt thb Same journey. Quake looks well, biit his recent form has been disappbintihg. • - § ' • Tres Sec (J. Forsyth) and TrailCr (R. Marsh) Were associated in a Btfofig wbrking gallop but, owing to ihe dbfitb fog at thd time, cduld not be tinied With anv "degree of cei'tainty. * • • A Vefy fit mare in Blygain, biit ihe' was not galloped. She Will cbmpete &t, Greenmeadows next week. » * # • Dusky Crown (W. HepbUrn) ifid Mercian Prince (E.. Deslandes) Cbttld not be clocked on account of the fog. They did a couple of rounds 6f BtfOfig •p'ace work. Dusky Orown has been purchased by Mr J. Grifflths. • # * Passion Flow6r has been leasbd by Mr O. Nelson" to his daughtef, Miis Dora Nelson, and his two soni. The mare was not galloped this mofUihg, but given slow work on the sand. She will race in the interests of her nCW owners at Napier next Wednesday. • * • • -Marehing Song, who with his stable companion Puccihi are the fifst of ihe visiting hofses to hrfiVe, was sefit iiJE fUrloiigs in 1.20, d&ing nb mofe than a good working gallop. « * * Pikete (D. Colello) and Royal gal (J. Forsyth) took 1.24 fbr siic fttf-' longs on the j.lough, but the -attef wai vefy wide out and under a Very stfong hbld, • • • Lavina (H.- Murray), from a time point of view, accomplished about the best gallop of the morning when run-" ning six furlongs in 1.16, and she gavb the impression that she could have doiie bqtter. • • * Jazz Boy, who worked slightly shOft in front, was given pace work oi the sand. Before wiiming at Hastings last mOttth he was " also wofkiflg slightly lame, so little notice Ueed be taken 6t this. • • * The Arausio-Court'esy fllly, aad thd Gainscourt-Gonchita filly, raii thfee fuW longs in 38secs. The time recorded reveals that both of Mi* F. Ormond three-year-olds are endowed with *pacei * • • Wykemist (J. Walsh) gave a safe display of jumping in a round by himself over the steeplechase fences. This gelding is moving with a little more free* dom than he was a short while back. Tupae *(H. Murray) and Gironde "(Jj Forsyth) were together a length ahead of Royal Feast (R. Marsh) at" the end of six furlongs run in 1.18, but not o fte of the trio was taking mattei's really serious,