South Auckland Scratches

NZ Truth, Issue 1142, 20 October 1927, Page 11

South Auckland Scratches

(From "N.Z. Truth's" South Auckland

Rep.)

•TE RAPA on Tuesday and Saturday. * The hunt meeting at Cambridge on Monday. « • • Branson should catch one over the week-end. • • • Te Kara will be suited by the long straight at Te Rapa. • • « Desert Glow should be clicking any time from this on. • • • Nancy Lee knows the way round Te Rapa. The Lucullus mare's form at Avondale was good. • # • Wiltshire is on the Improve as a steeplechaser. • » • York Abbey should be suited by the shorter distance of hurdle events near at hand. • * * Transformer is a whole heap better for his recent racing, but is not quite keyed up yet. • * • If Sea Comet can't win one at the week-end, he's not much good. • # « Romford is now with the open class, but the Nassau gelding is a pretty good one. • • • Abbess has been expected. for eome time. York Abbey's sister has done the work. • » • Arch Opal has a habit of catching one early on in his career each season. • # # Pourl has done plenty of work. If he shows no ill-effect of his throat operation he should be there quite early. • * • Pendavies can go over hurdles as well as make a success of the bigger material. • » • Raymond is slow, but a sure Jumper if you want a "roughie"' for Cambridge,