STRAIGHT BITS AND SPURS
A DECIDED DECREASE FNTRIES for coming classics m con- ~* nection with Auckland R.C ©vents showed a decided decrease of 332 this year. The figures show a total of 1145 against 1477 received m 1927. Does this point to the fact that. the game is becoming even too expensive for the wealthy owners? * # * CURIOSITY OVER APPEAL W7 RENNIES'S appeal against the, " • twelve months' disqualification imposed on him over his connection with the Rotorua sensation, is likely to be heard to-day by the Auckland district committee. Enthusiasts up north are curious . to know how the northern heads are likely to deal with the matter. ** ' # WILTSHIRE FOR MONDAY
TT is more than likely that Wiltshire x will be stepped out to contest the steeplechase on the second day of the Te Kulti meeting on Monday, when his third In the
Great Northern Steeples and the class he is likely to meet will probably come into calculations seriously when the tote opens. It all hinges on the question of weig-ht likely to be, allotted Wiltshire. Qlendowie and Beau Cavalier also appear amonjy the entries for' Monday's cross-country event, which is a three-mile struggle, twice over the , Ellerslie hill.
■ • * • THE KING PIN
1/ING Lv may 1Y prove to be the king-pin when it comes to the northern, flat performers visiting Trentham. He carries weight well, likes the mud, and threatens to be m tip-top order.
TO TRY AUBTRALIA I IGHT -WEIGHT horseman, W. H. *-* Jones, left Auckland by last Priday's boat to try his luck on the other side of the Tasman. When he left, Jones stated he was not particular which State he would settle m. # # •# STEEPLES WORTH £300 THE Maniopoto Steeples at Te 1 Kuiti fixture on- the Becond day is worth £300, £100 more than the cross-country event of Saturday next. Kawlni figures m the list of entries. •■•••■#■ # # SHOULD BE IN IT MORTHERN owners should have a 1 ' say when the distribution of stake-money over hack hurdle events at Trentham takes place. '# # # BETTER THAN ORDINARY
TACK LAMBESS haa had a trying J time getting Kauri Park, to stand a preparation, but there is every prospect of the hurdler keeping sound enough to stand the
strain of a Tren- . tham camp a i en next month. It must be soft going . for Kauri Park, and. Lambess . counts on that ,ac a certainty for the approaching: Wellington fixture. '•' Near his be3t, Kauri Park is much better than ordin- . \ .•■.-■ ■ FOft THE DERBY CHOULD nothing ** hajiiperi to Prlnbe . Humphrey m the meantime, it Is more .than Iljcely thai Jatnieson's
charge will take his
place m the field to. contest the A.J.C. Derby m the early spring. ,■• ■
The Royal Stakes winner has been wintering: well at Papakura and is already booked for Sydney.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1178, 28 June 1928, Page 13
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