GISBORNE FIXTURE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 163, 28 July 1937, Page 15

GISBORNE FIXTURE

Betteir Fields Engaged To-moTrow REVIEW OF RUNNERS Excellont fields are engaged for tlie winter iixture Of tne PdVerty Bay Turf Clubj to be lield to-morrow and on Saturday, and witk finfe weather tho investments siiould show a aubstantiul risti over previous retlifiis. Hawke's Bay and Auckland stables are well ?epresented, and this will stimulate the Inierest. ithe going tviil be on the eafey side, and perhaps hoavy. Dne bf the inbst ejiecthUlilar contesta will be the Mack aiid llunters' SteepleiihaSe, itt Which WykeiiiiSt iS left at the head of affairs with the northerner Curlew and both should shape well. Ehhunoke has the experienGe, although he Is getting dh, Uiid Plhttef is liable 10 improve on recent efforts, for he was going great guns at New Plymouth b&ford leavihg lasfc wdek fdr Gifebome. Puccini created a ilne inipresaion a couple cf seasons ago, while the other four tnay come intd the pifiture. Smaii Handicap Field. Whichever of the bracketed pair, Be FfiOnd of SiUhll Bby, is Started in tho Wiiiter Oats, Will bfe on© of the favourites, for this i§ a "feifiali field. Be Friend is engaged in the final eveiit, and so the other stable candidate may take this on. Legatee, Gay Hunter aiid BlUe Needle are prOinising. The seven furlongs Tramway HandishOUld suit Be Friehd, WhOBe Ellerslie fotni lafct aonth was very gdod. He Will rneet with some stiff opposition from Mata Hani, Pennycomequick, Hunting Mars, Golden Bltonde, Blygain and Mustang. other Hopes. After Winning last Saturday at Marton, Unexpected will be in favour in the Enfdles, unless the long trip affects him, May Sottg may impress most in the Haek Flat, and Royal MiStake in the Publicahe' Burse. However, the opposition does not appea,r to conceal aiiy poSsible clasfeic chndidhtes. The following may be in demand in their engagements to-MOrfoW:— 6 Park HUrdles.— 'Bneipected, Begof'' rah, Bazaine. ■ Hack Flat.— May Song, Faul Robe' son, Brown Lap. Maiden Race. — Royal Mistake, Hunting Crop, Bold Step. Hack and Hunter^' Steeples. — Curlew, Wykemist, Platter. PllbHcans, Parae. — Royal Mistake, Skyway, Quaint. Winter Oats Handicap. — Be Friend, Legatee or Small Boy. Tramway Handicap. — Be Friend, Blygain, Mata Hari.