Failure at Hastings.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 22, 19 October 1937, Page 14

Failure at Hastings.

Engaged in the same race is Royal Minstrel, the big failure at Hastings m the Duke of Gloucester Cup, for which failure there has been no suggestion of an explanation yet, it being just one of those cases wheji a horse disappoints for ho apparent reason. On Saturday morning, before going away, he ran once round the plough in lmin. '38|secs., good enough'to win any hack in the Dominion with any sort of luek in the running. Hero is what is going to be in the novice's events from Hawke's Bay the scond and. third days: White Gold, Lady Chat, Lindrum, Amoroso, Joe Louis, Star Lad, and Pukehou. Of course, they all have chances, otberwise their respective 6wners would not be running away to Wellington with them. The best form, ifc will be agreed, has been shown by the first three named. White Gold has already been referred to. Lady Chat is a filly above the average of either her age or sex. At Masterton she never looked like defeat and the race and the trip will see her a 50 per cent. better mare at Wellington. A prospective Oaks winner in fact, she, with any luck at all, will make the best grade of gallopers in the next few yeara. Lindrum, after his two recent fine displays, will he classified as oue of the best novices jn the entry list for the second and third days. ' Both he and Lady Chat are trained at Hastings, where opinTons is wel! divided which is actually the best. Both first class, the supporfcers of botli can put up solid arguments, so that it will be interestmg to see how this pair, as well a3 the Greenmeadows crack, White Gold, fare at Trentham. There would be many pleased men to have a novice that could lick this trio. There is one or two silent "birds" that have not been heard to say too much of late anent Star Lad. He is anything but a duffer, although he was not seen in his last 'race. Over seven furlongs, the distance of the Trial on Saturday, will see one or two "dry ones" gomg the way of this Captain Bunsby three-year-old. Blue Shirt, perhaps the higgest disappointment at the recent spring^mceting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club but mainly on account of the ill luck that befell him during the running of the Highweight, will, in all .probability, be taken down for the two concluding days. He should not lack for friends on Saturday next in the ten-furlong hack race as he galloped well last Saturday morning when running once round the Hastings plough in slightly , better than lmin, SOsce-