HIS FORM LOOKED OVER

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 11

HIS FORM LOOKED OVER

Waikato Has National Hopes \\l\iW^/pi^- ;-l (Prom "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) though Beau Cavalier will still claim some loyal supporters m the Grand National, northerners generally are inclined to lean towards the prospects of Wiltshire. ■'-,'.

BACKERS up this • way are inclined to take the risk of the Day Comet gelding clearing the Riccarton country. At 9.13 Wiltshire is certainly m at a very handy, impost. This should help him. to negotiate the obstacles, fbr he ..', is probably a better fencer than^ previously. - When new at. the, ,gross-country game last season certainly left room for much improvement. This season his supporters have always been uneasy until the last obstacle has' been cleared. Still, it is on record that the chestnut won both steeplechases m th'e autumn at Ellerslie, ran third with his Grand National poundage to Glendowie (9.7) and Tuki' (10.7) m the Great Northern. The last d^y with 10.0 he finished out the Winter Steeples course m fourth place, when Glendowie (10.7), Kawini (10.2), and Wedding March (11.2) headed him off for the mohey. The 'only horse. which finished m front of Wiltshire m his two starts at the Great Northern fixture I which he will meet at Riccarton is Tuki.

Tuki mow meets Wiltshire on two pounds better terms. . As for Beau Cavalier, Wiltshire defeated him m the Great Northern and now meets "The Beau" on three^pounds better advantage. In his favor again, he will not have Glendowie, Kawini or Wedding March to contend with next month. It also must be remembered that Glendowie ran* record time for the Winter Steeples up north. . However, the most striking part about Wiltshire's southern prospects is that he has cleared the obstacles safely m each of his four starts at Ellerslie since Christmas, for two wins, a third and a fourth. He has been going on well m his preparation at Te Rapa, and quite a lot of interest will centre m his schooling tasks over the Riccarton country. Should he negotiate the southern obstacles safely it can be taken for granted a pile bf Waikato cash will be heaped On his chance. • i It, is admitted that Wiltshire is anything but an attractive fencer, but he has got the obstacles safely of late. He has quite a lot of pace and the necessary condition to recommend him.