IN THE MUD

NZ Truth, Issue 1174, 31 May 1928, Page 11

IN THE MUD

Sprinters Which Can Go (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland , Rep.) , The only northern sprinters of note missing from the Members' .Handicap at Ellerslie are Aussie and Awarere. X , YWITH that pair out ' the winner is ". well concealed, for it may be a question of which can go best m the mud. , • .King liv, Nancy Lee, Kingfield, Sir' Archie, Tinokpa, Ballymby 11. and Barometer are some which have proved capable of handling the bad ground fairly well. . ' . .; Others with speed are Royal Tea, ' Lorient 11., Dave and Dayguard. •■•. T.he winner should' come from . the lot mentioned above, but which' one of them is the most likely is a puzzle. [ Romford is one of the other hopes, while Flying Juliet has racing, condition as some recommendation. , Sir Archie is hitting out well, and is the goods. His f orni m this race should give a line: as to later prospects over seven; arid a mile. , The English-bred Lorient 11. may be improved from that run he had at ' Avondale, where he showed the possession of pace." ' If Jamieson's charge can handle him- , self m mud he must be hard to shake : off. : . .' A pot-shot, is taken at some likely .. to be m the picture near the business end.. They are: '■ LORIENT 11., , SIR ARCHIE and DAYGUARD.