NGARUAWAHLA’S GALA DAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 256, 19 January 1928, Page 6

NGARUAWAHLA’S GALA DAY

GOOD TROTTING FIELDS REVIEW OF COMPETITORS The acceptances received for the two light-harness events on the Ngaruawahia racing card, which will come up for decision on Saturday, are highly satisfactory and judging by the class of competitors engaged the sport will be brimful of interest. The popular club will have no reason to regret again including light-harness heats on the programme. Good Testing Ground The trotting items at Ngaruawahia will prove a good try-out for several maiden trotters and pacers, who will later on be asked to step out at Waikato, Thames and Te Aroha fixtures. The experience gained on Saturday will be of immense benefit to those who have any pretensions to higher things, and it will not occasion surprise to see some of those engaged in' Saturday’s contests winning on the country circuit before the season concludes. Back at Work Rock Hinton, who has not sported silk this season, is back in work again at Taupiri. under the charge of Reg. Woods. The son of Nut Ansel showed fine form last season, winning among other items the Te Aroha and Cambridge Cups. Lucy Hinton, dam of Rock Hinton, produced several good performers, of which the pacer under review was one of the best. Woods will give the gelding a run at Ngaruawahia on Saturday, and the outing should do him good.

A Utility Horse Lackiewood, the aged son of Wildwood Junior—lnnifail, is one of the most useful horses in the Dominion. Although W. Thoma.s, the genial Ngaruawahia sportsman, has him in training, Lackiewood takes on occasional turn at the plough, carries children errands, and does a dozen and one other things that a utility horse can do. But the son of Wildwood Junior has not forgotten how to pace, as he demonstrated at Christmas time, and he will, despite the long start he is conceding on Saturday, show the public a taste of his ability.

An Improving Mare Beauty Spot, who is another of R. Wood’s Taupiri string, forms one of the back division in the heats at Ngaruawahia, but the daughter of Wildwood is an improving sort and will help to make things interesting on Saturday. She raced twice last season, without success, and was among the unplaced brigade at Hamilton on December 3, although in this heat, which was run in sultry time, the mare beat more than beat her. She may do better later on. Still a Trier

Lena Ansel is as well-known around the Waikato trotting fixtures as a bad penny, and heir few admirers are wondering when the daughter of Nut Ansel —Eileen Huon will repeat her performance! of three years ago. When she won • at Claudelarrds at the recent Hamilton fixture Lena ran a good race, although she did not gain a berth, and on her showing there she should make things very interesting at Ngaruawahia on.. Saturday.

Wants To Improve The square-gaited son/ of Quincey, from Bell Lorimer, Ohapi, who last year was in Geo. Webb's stable, but now owned and trained in the Waikato area, will make his re-appeiirance with the colours up on Saturday at Ngaruawahia. In his training operations Ohapi showed a lot of promise when under Webb’s supervision, but on race day he seemed to forget his lessons and would not obey instructions. Unless he has improved in the interval, Ohapi will not set the Waikato on fire.

Not Much to Recommend Her Regret, who claims engagements at. Ngaruawahia on Saturday, is an aged mare by Wildcry from a Castawaymare that has taken seriously to the game somewhat late in life. At Hamilton last month she did not appear to be nearly ready for racing, but at the same time she did not at. any stage show symptoms of being anything out of the ordinary. However, it may be just as well to see how she shapes on Saturday before writing her off as a bad debt.

Aristocratic Breeding " Golden Downs, who i s pear on the to *. Saturday, will havethewL?®** t of his rivals from a br^SJL'* »2 point. Thirteen vears sia? by Mr. tVhitehouse. dam being the imported to Downs, v.-hose sire was I horse in his day. The E 0 ' 5 - a Downs is Golconda, a son of °, l i McKinney, who traces h?‘^ ! wonderful Mambrino str^t ck toii Downs has yet to proved a representative of such h ~v * dSv hS may ° pen his careej S o„ “? t R-. Paradigm, the trotti„„ Childe Audubon, who show!?’ form >n hts only starts £2 ** son, by earning a first anaL**' certificate, should be sJi« f" 0 "* vantage at NgarunwatT to to-ut-day. When «" S«Hamilton last month P th? wHL? trained square-gaiter w.l **’» supported, although suggested he was far from bIS ready. He is one of th. solid and when the racing eonditL type apparent Paradigm's numb* J be hoisted on top of th. box at some of the countmT?' tures. ** ***• Better Late Than Never A maiden trotter at \inu-n. that has been attracting stri-i**** late is Flaming Light, a S? * False Alarm from a Ghoai novice has evidently been givSi BiZi* of time to become seasoned. eight years of age. Hoarevw i. * better late than never, and Light may come to light one ofiS? days. Red Raven, ■ a five-yesr-eU pacer by that good horM R. v .r.° child, from a Ghoai mare, will k, given a run at Ngaruawahia 2 Saturday, and several followers 2 the pastime are anxious to wo law the gelding will associate himw* with company. Ravenschild. won the New Zealand Cud in for N. C. Price, was famous Rothschild, whils his daw Ravensdale, was by Landsrdals son of James Maddison, anda*! scendant of the groat H.mble, toman. Red Raven, although cnb a novice, has wonderful bleed coursing through his veins.