JUST THE MINOR RACES

NZ Truth, Issue 1192, 4 October 1928, Page 13

JUST THE MINOR RACES

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) Minor events at Ellerslie on Saturday are going to attract more than ordinary attention.

POTOANUI is m great form 'after liis Avondale victory to tackle the Trial Hurdles on Saturday, while Siaosi's second brings him into consideration. .■.'"-.'••■■: There will be plenty of support for Kawini. He was not handled to the best purpose when second to Llewellyn a fortnight back. . • Tinoponb may be a hope among the light-weights. Importer's condition should get him somewhere m the money for the Hunters' Steeplechase,^ with his Hunt Cup victory as a recommendation. He will meet with spirited opposition from Pompeius. Good handling should note Pompeius his master this week-end, with Marble

Arch as the most dangerous of the others. The maximum weight conditions at Ellerslie appear to favor Storm -Fiend m the Gordon Handicap, for he won with 121bs. more at Avondale. However, spirited opposition may be expected from. Modest Boy, Royal Lineage, Arikitoa, War Officer and Eager Rose, all of which can go the distance. . . , . . Arikitoa, Royal, Lineage and Storm Fiend may be trio from which the winn.er will come. Fotoanui has done a fair share" of schooling over the Ellerslie hill, and when he takes, on the Onehunga Steeplechase on the second day he will give it a- decent shake.