South Auckland Scratches

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 14

South Auckland Scratches

(From "N.Z. Truth's 1 ' South Auckland Rep.) MATAMATA (will be the provincial headquarters of the racing fraternity on Saturday. * « # Lucky Alice should come right any time now. She goes fast. *. # * Whakama failed at Thames, -but will recoup those losses "before long * # * Leitrim has been racing- well this season. The half -"brother to Dobbin will be m the firing line before Taranaki and Wanganui are passed * ' * ■■ - •■• King's Guard is m excellent . trim, and the punters will take heed. • -• * ■ ■•# . • ■••■ Unoco will have to improve a lot to have a show at Matamata with his load. * * # Leasehold,, which is engaged at Matamata, has yet to have a start m a race. The Acre gelding is a good ' one to look at . * , .# * Tuku is m four at Matamata, and will be hard to beat m whatever he starts. * * . • The Te Aroha horseman, E. A. Keesing, who had a successful innings at • Wairoa, will be riding at Gisborne this week. * «=' * Oscar will do the knowing this Saturday! * * * Glenison's pace should keep her m front at the end of the Pufaruru Stakes. ** . * Flying Juliet is consistent, but it's the wrong way for punters. " * ' • , • Crown Arch hasn't <won for twelve i months. May r bob up now, but" he's not the sort to risk the rent with. * * ■ # Asmodeus and Parfait Amour, from A. Tinker's stable, should foe a nuisance to their fields at Matamata. *.# ■ - • Volimond will be suited by the tracks round the country. \ * * * Paganelli has lost some- caste as the result of defeats m the Feilding and Manawatu Stakes. If the going' is i . good at New Plymouth, he will be s about the premises. * . * * Page, Boy, which has. been raced m the South Island; will have a tilt at Matamata. If he's as good, as Us. : southern form looks, he should . pay his way up here. *, * # Snow Prince won at Thames. That's } not the last for the Paeroa hack, which is engaged at Matamata. * * * Liona is one there is a very good word for fronvthe right quarter. ...#■■*.#. * The King Lii two-year-old King Win is being brushed up again on the ' Te Aroha tracks, but he's going to . take time. ; * # -■ * Taumai is m the Cup at Matamata, , .j He went fast enough for anything when he won at Thames. ■ S *.j * # Luminary is r«6ing more" solidly now. ' The Day Comet chestnut will • not be overlooked during coming , week-ends. • / # # ♦ Awarere may have ec test out at a middle journey at Rotorua. The Swift i Flight chestnut should come right at „ the more lengthy trip after a little , more time. i #** : T Dick Hannon's latest galloper, Chro- } madyne, is going to be "the goods." ± This full brother to Royal Abbey and f Wedding March is a four-year-old. \ #.* - * j Wenday was never better than PhiL i Brady has her at present. She will ' be counting again. • # . ' ..# ■ *•• ' • ' : Rita's Light, which is m the lists at Matamata next Saturday, is from Frank Tutchen's stable. The Illumination — Rita's Lass' two-year-old m her only start, which was at the Waikato meeting, ran behind the field for most of the way, having been left badly.