THE CHIEF HANDICAP

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 15

THE CHIEF HANDICAP

Westport Will Provide

A Fair Field

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Auckland. Rep.) The chief event at the Auckland Relief Fund meeting on Saturday, at Alexandra Park, is the Westport Handicap.

TT is a two-mile heat, limit 4.36, and the winning owner is to receive a cabinet of cutlery and crystal as well as the cash prize; Ten saw out the acceptances and there is no reason to presume that any will be missing on. the day.

The two limit .horses, Uncle Bert and Warplane are not outclassed, but vn T less something goes amiss with, some of "the 'others their chances will not be unduly fancied.

Carmel, which will be bracketed with Warplane, is m first class

order. 'Since he went 4.311.-5 re-

cently at Addington and is how on 4.3s, ' he: takes^ the -'eye even though

there is a suggestion that he 16 no.t

too clever at leaving "the. mark. Reremai won the 4.35 Adams, Memorial Cup m such an. easy manner as to make her prospects on Saturday look rosy off 4.34. ' . /

She ' was one of the early favorites and it will. come as no shock to see her first fancy on the day.

- Goldman and Waika'ha may ' not be able to stage a come-back as yet, and the last-mentioned trotter has not the best of it mixing with the pacing fraternity.

Both Great Delight and Derby Lynn are solid," if not over brilliant, but Torpedo Huon may not be ready to go two miles.

Machine Gun, ..giving away starts ranging up to 84 yards, is not advantageously placed and the loose limit .5 not 'to his benefit.

At. this stage of . the proceedings, it looks, as though the judge mas' have to, choose between Reremai, Carmel and Derby Lynn.