HASTINGS ONCE AGAIN

NZ Truth, Issue 1186, 23 August 1928, Page 11

HASTINGS ONCE AGAIN

Hunt Meeting Gomes Forward This Season It has been the custom to hold the Hawkes Bay Hunt meeting the same week as the Hawkes Bay winter meeting is held m June.

TTHE Hunt club.raced last June, and 1 then decided to change its date for the new season. This application was granted and the fixture will be held at Hastings on Saturday. Whether it was a wise move to break away remains to be seen, but at nomination time there were no lack of entries.

KSSSIS-SISSISSSS A .. - .„ . . , . . And it will not be a purely local meeting as many thought it would be. Acceptances have not been received at time of writing 1, but "unless there is a big thinning out there will be any amount of runners. In the Hunters' Hurdles, Ballyfarnon is outstanding and should he run, with all his weight, he will be primely fancied. ' 1

pj t and well after his Gisborne trip would see Patuki the dangerous one. The Hack Hurdlos flpdg BaUyw fgx enga&ed ana thls wouid suit 1^ tOO Chrlshna shaped moat promisingly at Gisborne, while one that is sure to jump them, and set the pace, is Handy, Trentham form points strongly V ASlCflXl In tfao QlUlt OUP« , . - - w .\ There, lii his Initial outing, he wouI(1 hava won oniy for making a mistake half a mile from home. Peep o'Day raced over the country In June and waa unlucky on a couple of occasions. It wiU only need for Kaiti to start , n the open slx to flnd hlm a blg favorite ***"..*«■'•. •■ •■ _ ■-. _ Last week atKlccarton he ran two pliant races, and they would win this ra S e ':i." ','■■.* , T . ,TO . ,„ . Betting: In the Hunters' Plat wiU deperid upon what Jim Morris is legged up on. Should it be either Patuki or First Prince they will take some beatingr. ■«. , , ... iT Gisborne performance* _will be taken into account m the final event. Dishonored and Abisogne were winners up m Poverty Bay and they may monopolize the wagering, It has to be. remembered that Pale Star was twice a winner on the same trip. :