NORTHERN TRACK CONDITIONS

NZ Truth, Issue 1176, 14 June 1928, Page 13

NORTHERN TRACK CONDITIONS

Everything Against Training Candidates , During Winter Months

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Sped VV UOKLAND trainers, unf ortunj . decent winter training faciliti HTHE track at Alexandra Park and 1 Manger© are praotlcally unworkable in wet weather. To have competitors tuned to the "knocker" for spring engagements, the outlook is next door to hopeless if a wet winter be experienced. It is on account of these conditions •that the Mangere trainer, S, August, is j likely to take his team to Australia, where racing will keep them In order and work-outs on cinder tracks there will be obtainable throughout the winter. tfblson Fame, Beatty, Lord Lu, Lord Nepean and a two-year-old filly by Worthy Bond— Hundalee are likely to make the trip across th© Tasman. iiii)imn;ninniiiiiiiniiiiinniiiniiiiimiminnmiHiii)inliiiiimiiiiiiiiMfiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

ilal Auckland Representative.) ately, are not Well suited with ies. It is probably oh account of the last-named that the voyage, will eventuate. She was recently purchased by a patron of the stable for a hefty sUm and claims engagement in the next 6reat Northern Derby. _ And, as previously stated, it is hard enough to get older competitors ready iJor the spring, iet alone babies which have never sported silk. Of course, nothing definite has been arranged, but as August informed "N.Z. Troth," he is going ' to make the trip, either emptyhanded or with one competitor. He may even take the "bally" lot!. iiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiuiMiiiiiiiiiiiuiimiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiim