ELLERSLIE NEXT SATURDAY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 52, 24 November 1937, Page 15

ELLERSLIE NEXT SATURDAY

' 1 Early Bil'd.")

Review of Performances iix the North UNEXPECTED DIVIDENDS

(Special fi>om

AUCKLAND, ' This Day. ; Barrister was at surprisingly long odds "wheii he Captiifed the Trial at To Hapa, for he ran' one good race at Paeroa a few weelcs earlier/ and so he was one of the form liorses for the event. This win made him ineligible foi the Melrose Maiden at Ellerslie next Saturday. In the race won "by Barrister, JJu Maurier ran right np to expectations, for he drew 23 at the barrief in a field of 24 and then fmished a iine third. He is engaged af coming meetings and with his speed he should be a good wintief amolig the haclcs this season. Du Maurier has done very little racIng. ■ The keen struggle participated in by Master Brierly ahd Jonathan in the Waikato Cup was a thrillitig cme, and the interest in that duel will be maintained if the pair meet again on Saturday next in the Alison Cup at Takapuna, the distance Of which is a fttriong shorter than the Te Bapa event, The Ine race run by these two veterans Iildieated that they must be very nearly back to their best form. One of the most pleasing performances in view of the coming handieap events was the showing of King Bey at his last appearance, in the Waikato Cup. He was fairly handy throughout and he flashed up to the leaders jusfc inside the distance and then conld not quite go on with it, although he was oniy half a length behind the deaaheaters. This indicated that King Rey will be running prominently again in the noar i'uture; he is engaged in the Alison Cup, Spfiedy Two-Ycax-Old, When he flnished second iix the Avondale Stakes ahd then won the handieap event, the Musket Stakes, at Ellerslie* big things were predicted for Arvakur, and it was not stirprising that he carried the bulk of the investments in the Tamahere Stakes. He ran a fine race too, but found one much too brilliant for him at the weights in the speedy Bright Wings. The latter is not eugaged the first day at Avondale, but Arvakur is ahd in that event he will have a chance to make amends for Saturday 's defeat. Although beaten into third place in the Tamahere Stakes, Miss Brierly went a nice race and it was pleasing to see her running on in third place, although well beaten by the fifst and second horses, This is' a promising filly and, like her half-brother, Master Brierly, she is a chestnut. This was only the second race the filly had had and 80 her effort was suggestive of better things. Miss Brierly is not engaged at Takapuna but may have her next outing at Ellerslie, at the midsummer CarnivaL

Proved EXpetisive. § It was rather extraofdinafy to find backers treating Whangarei form with So little- consideration when winners at the nofthern fixture were sdddled up at Te Hapa the first day. ^ For instance, Hopalong, a hack wmner at Whangarei, paid double-figUres for' a place when she finished third behind Rollicker and Tail-light in the hack seven furlongs, while Bachelor King, the winner by tliree lengths of the open sprint on the concluding day at Whan- - garei, was alldWed to pay close on a third of a century when lie defeated the best sprinters. It has been proved itt the" past that Whangarei form cannot be despisedThe " speedy PaluBtre may have her first outing in the best sprint class at Ellerslie fiext Saturday and on her ehowings in hack .cornpany under big im-posts she should be able to make a bold showing. The stable has both Palustre and the Waikato winner Bachelor King engaged in the Cheltenham Handieap next Saturday and whichever is started mUSt come in for big gUpport. L'reViously Palustre has been au indifferent stayer, but she has been winning her last fcw races at the right efid. Prior to going to Riccarton, Triune had failed to reveal any form at all and he was placed. lowdr in the handieap than at Cftnterbury, but doubtless the ' fine showings m.ade at Riccarton twelve months earlier induced his owner to toake the trip, with happy results. Trixine is to make his next appearance among the sprinters on the opening day of the Takapuna fixture, while on the second day he figures in the mile and a-qilarter hailtlicap, whicli , is a new deparfure for him.