BIG FIELDS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 54, 26 November 1937, Page 19

BIG FIELDS

*'Early Bird.")

Takapuna Meeting at Ellerslie ALISON CUP PROBLEM

(Speeial — From

AUCKLAND, This Day, With thc Waikato Club recording such a substantial increase in betting tumover last week-end. it will be interesting to sce if the Takapuna Jockev Club, racing at Ellerslie, will be able to approach or exceed the £91,000 handled at Te Rapa when it races" tO rrorrow and on Monday. Given iin3 woaiher they moy go close to these ligures, lor th i fieMs are exctRent and the prospects are indeed bright. Heavy' rain in the middle of the week has ensured that the turf will not be too hard. Win and place totalisators will be in opention. The principal event to-morrow is the Allisou Cup, and the probiem backers fcavo tc iace her.) i- tho balancing with tlu? d'K'ksed form with that of several likoly candidates that did not appeai at To Rapa. King Rev, Jonathan, itlaster Brierly, Mazir, Shy, Ferseu, Valarnito and Rona Eay should bo most promment of seen out at the Wai-* katc meering while of the newcomer*s the good prospects appear to be Kelly, Royal Appellant, Knight of Australin, Kiltowyn and Armacourt. Track conditions on the day- will play au importan. part for at least three of thoso hxentioned — Jonathan, Shy, and KiitOwya — are averse to a wet track, and there may be olhcis. Perhaps King Rey wiif. prove thc- best of the lot with a good run, for hu can handle most conditiona, Smart Sprint Field. A very fine field is engaged also in the Cheltenham Handicap, and Rereatn, whose showmg last Saturday was ratScr disappointing, will appreciate the easy track. Triune is apparently back to his best and will have to be con-> sidered. Impasto looked well at Te Rapa and was left in his one sprint outing, so he may make improvem-ent. The easy track will certainly suit Petor Beckford, Tosh, Anion, Tray Bit and Galilee. Bachelor King won in no uncertain style at Te Rapa and with lia'Y a stone more he may not be out of it,4 for he won in no uncertain style at Te Rapa and with half a stone more ho tn&y not be out of it, for he is still improving. High Tea revealed unexpected brillianey to win at a mile last Monday and so cannot be neglected. Palustre, in the same stable, as Bachelor King, should show up with her paee, and Crooning is always liable t" spring a surprise. The winner appears to be well eoncealed, but a probablo improver is Tray Bit and if the going turns out soft he may be the best. "Hack Classie." A race of the type popularly called "hack classie" is the Takapuna Plate and once again it has drawn a very fine lot of hacks. This time there does not 9eem to be any horse outstanding, for the potential favourite, Rollicker, went out of hacks last week. Marie's Acre, a promising three-year-old, looked as if he wanted the race he had Jast Monday, when he was np handy to the home turfl, and he may be tho most difficult to bcat. It will be remenibefed that after winning the maiden at Avondale in the early spring he rau Beseige to -a neck in the "hack Classic." All eyes will be fOCussed upbn Te Hero in the two-year-old race, the Cairn bi'ia Handicap, and it will be very sur prising if he fails to win, for he is un-

dOubtedly class and it remaifis to bj seen just how good he is. Ho will bo opposed by a large field of youngsterS, many of them uttknown quantities. Arvakur's showing at Te Rapa was rather 'disappointing, but with a drop in tho weiglit he may be more ' prominent. Then there is the Avondale winner, Wynardo, a nice solid type who may have developed conslderably in the pasi few weeks. Maiden Form, Iu the large Melrose Maiden field thj two sec.onds of Lady Meath at Te Rapa makes her chance outstanding, although form does not always work out that way. Such a big field over the Ellerslie sprint course may bring about the do feat of any good horse. Blue Tiger 's win at Te Rapa was an outstanding et fort and if he can handle the hurdle^ here will bo hard to ,beat. In the hack races Jan Ridd and liaepata aTO nicely placed. A featuro of the final work-outs yesterday was a brilliant round at Te .Rapa by King Rey, this fine' effort confiruiing the view that ho will be in doj mand to-ihorrow. Coupled horses on tho totalisator arc: Melrose Maiden, Eajanya and Silvci Glow, Thurlap and Tiverton, Trevace and Windcress. Alison Cup, King Rey and Impasto. Form horses for to-morrow are the following: — 12.0: MELROSE MAIDEN.— Lady Meath, Tui Nui, Royal Vaals. 12.45; SPRING HANDICAP.— Jan Ridd, Cappy, Bass; 1.30: TIRI HURDLES: Blue Tiger, Tudor, Trackman. 2.15: ALISON CUP: King Rey, Mazir, Jonathan. 3.0: CAMBRIA HANDICAP.— To Hero, Arvakur, "VVynardo. 3.45: TAKAPUNA PLATE: Marie's Acre, Jack Tar, Yalspear. 4.30: CHELTENHAM HANDICAP. —Bachelor King,, Tray Bit, Tosh. 5.15: PONUI HANDICAP.— Raepata, Ringshot, Brown Lap.