THE THOUSAND-POUNDER

NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 15

THE THOUSAND-POUNDER

Strong Field of Classy Pacers In Spring Handicap ' (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) The opening of Auckland's light-harness season on Saturday •will be welcome. Most interest will centre m the thousandpound Spring Handicap, which has drawn some capable pacers.

THE event on paper looks open, and It seems assured that betting will take a wide range.. There is only one competitor on the limit and the speedy Jackie Audubon will receive various starts from the remainder of the field. He should be close to the front when they hit the homft turn nomexurn. His best winning time to date ever two miles is 4.31 2/B,regis. tered m August on the Addington track, when,,he won comfortably ' from a 4.33 mark. . On the strength of that effort he will have a following, even though he failed m the interim. , Talent's prospects may be more seriously considered when he races over a shorter journey. On time, Loch Moigh looks nicely treated on 4.80, for Hughes' charge went 4.29 to victory at Addington two months ago • .Still, he started off a 4.32 mark and has been penalised 24yds., while others winning over sixteen furlongs m slow time on a heavy track have only come back 12yds. for those victories. Dalmeny and Gold Jacket are the ones referred to. The former. In his last attempt, was first home off 4.31 and is now set to do 4.30. while Gold Jacket, now on 4.28, landed a rich two-mller at Addington m August from a 4.29 mark. On thftt score, Loch Moigh, even though he has registered better time than now asked to do, 1b not treated leniently, but all the same he should" be close pp when the whips begin to Oracle,

"Western King —a brilliant fellow —, ran second to Loch Moigh m his latest attempt and had to wind the clock up to 4.27 1/5 to do so. Previous to this he scored, over a mile at the same meeting, going 2.11 2/5. v ,"? should find no dlffioulty In mixing matters from his present j mark, and the only difficulty with him ia his inclination to hang m on right-handed going. Machine Gun on a fast" track ran second In the last Otahuhu Cup, going 4.25 2/5, but since then his best was to get second, and some improvement will nee.d to be shown by him to get the stake. He may upset the pot, for it is, feasible that the Alexandra Park track suits him better than any other, The- remaining two, Kohara and Jewel Pointer, on 4.26 and 4,24 respeotively, are entitled to consideration, and as Jewel Pointer will be coupled with Western King, the bracket will appeal. _, . _ , . They are pleased m Taranaki with Kohara's condition, and if the Corrigan family view their prospects as hopeful, that should be something to go upon, I Su.mn? in& UP< Jhe race should prove; a stiff task for the rank and file, but the chances are that the favorite selec-. tions will be there at the death, and these are likely to be: . Dalmeny, \a/««*«i.« King <mti Western King and Jackie Audubon.