OVER HURDLES

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 13

OVER HURDLES

Siaosi Is Engaged

Next Week

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland Rep.) Though no real enthusiasm can be stirred ug. over the entries for hurdle .events figuring on the A vondaje programme, . a certain - amount of interest may centre rouhd Siaosi as a fencing proposi- • ' tion..' ;. ''■;;• '■ : '■ '' \ „"'...-. ■''...'' ■]'."■■ CO far as age goes the son of Elysiari— *** Civilisation has. not yet reached the veteran .stage, "being only m hisseventh year.'; - ; . ■/:■ The fact that he won an Easter Handicap. at Riccartori gives him some right .to be fried over hurdles in 'a class which provides only a moderate percentage of classy flat performers. That Bert Russell's gelding kept his pace he proved by getting on the winning list during last autumn. Got sound/there would; seem every chance of him paying his way among the medium lot of hurdle performers likely to be encountered up north" during the spring. • . If stripped for. action at Ayondale, it is safe to conclude that many inquiries, will be made 'as to haw he has been shaping m his schooling tasks. ■:. Theni if replies are satisfactory, there will be" plenty of money for Siaogi m his . engagements. - ' FOR HASTINGS ~ 'T r " — .. . >.. ■ ■ -/. „. ■ -'■ ■■ TF present intentions are carried out ■*■ ' Commendation will have his first race this season .at Hastings. He '■■will.vbe a runner m the open • six, arid some- weight: will come his way. He galloped last week at Awapuni and showed he still had his pace. TF ever riding won a 'race it did at A Marton last: week when Pangolin won the Hack Cup. . .'•. . ■