JUMPERS’ DAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 369, 1 June 1928, Page 6

JUMPERS’ DAY

Splendid Fields Will Be Lining Up at Ellerslie To-Morrow CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE RUNNERS ONCE again the winter meeting of the Auckland Racing Club is due, the fixture opening to-morrow, and continuing on Monday and Wednesday. As usual there are the same big fields to contend with and an eight-race programme, all promising to provide plenty of thrills, with some spectacular jumping thrown in. The going will be soft, so that only horses that can handle heavy ground will be in demand among - betters. To-morrow’s events are reviewed below. 11 K JERVOIS HANDICAP (First Division) 1 A - I *' Of £325; 1 mile. Waltzer ... Dl3 . , .... , , ~ . - Parfait Respirator ..93 Ability to begin well is one o t Amour ... SO Speechless . . Sll the essentials to look for in any Miss Myrtle S 0 Auriculus ..89 favoured candidate, and those that Sunny Morn 8 0 Orchus ... 8 4 combine this with speed and fair Te Waka ..80 Appellant ..80 stamina would appear to be ' ' ? n StOTm Ul Fi'end 1 0 Waltzer, Speechless, Auriculus, f pe y ar ;| g Lord Abbey . 8 0 Orchus, Appellant, Storm * lend, Tidal. ... 8 0 Template ..SO Parfait Amour, Te Waka, Blue Kildeer ... 8 0 Spear and Kildeer. It is expected that the placed division will come from among this lot, and the public may decide in favour of: TE WAKA and PARFAIT AMOUR. nCC GREEN LANE STEEPLES Of £400; 2\ miles. San Fera . . 10 2 The good field numerically engaged in this event Lady Cintra . 9 12 can be placed in two categories, those that have done Polyphemus . 9 12 well over country, and those yet to be proved. Of the o former there are San Fera, Polyphemus, Ruby Ring, Cureaform. . 9 5 Bahadur and Sea Comet, and in the other division Ruby Ring .* 9 0 those that show promise are Mangani, Kamehameha, Bahadur ..90 Cureaform, Haeremai, Clockwork, Mashoor, Wee Marble Sea Comet . 9 0 anc l Lord Bruce. Despite their form those in the first Master Noel . 9 0 category are going to be overlooked in favour of the Clockwork '*9o novices, two of whom, Wee Marble and Mangani, show Mashoor ! 9 0 that they are liable to be good over country. San Fera Wee Marbie ! 9 0 went well at Hawera and at Wanganui a week later was Fane .... 9 0 bothered by the pace set, and the hill (twice over) may Lord Bruce . 9 0 a weakness once more in his respiratory organs. Mangani was going well when he lost his rider on Tuesday morning', and Wee Marble led at the finish of the same schooling task, putting up a fine performace. for the time was Quite good. The public may make favourites of this pair: WEE JVIARBLE and, MANGANI IOOC JERVOIS HANDICAP (Second Division) 14..JJ of £325; 1 mile. Modest Boy . 911 There is more recent form to go Kelso S 0 Billikins. . , S 11 upon in this division than in the . . . . . s u 'IT flrst ' for several of those engaged .' 8 0 CUilrSnia 1 ' s l have shown up at Te Rapa and Syndicate ..80 Wyoming ." S 0 other meetings. Those that are Still Jim ..80 Marble King! 8 0 fancied are Modest Boy, Billikins, ? r oyal tI ’ r , r , ek • | 9 Miss New Taurimu, Restaurant, Wyoming, Emiht. .80 Z<2a.Land ..80 Miss New Zealand, Oscar, Ariki- “S s 0 Killute ... 8 0 toa. al1( j Moe Hall. If the lastnamed has shown the necessary improvement he will go to a fine race. Two that will be the medium of good plunges are: RESTAURANT and MISS NEW ZEALAND 1 Oft PENROSE HURDLES A* £,U Of £400; 11 miles Peneus ... 11 3 This is another instance of where foot F;ree . . 9 2 Kawnu ... 10 11 i t appears to be a case of the Qold'en YLs 9 0 Spalpeen .10 1 proved performers against the un- Cullgie ... 9 0 Kilburn . . 10 0 tried but promising ones. • Peneus, Pekatahi ..90 Potoanul . . 912 Kawini, Kilburn, Potoanui, Bourn, Prince Lu . . 9 0 Bourn ... 910 Wenday, HangaWera and Scot Archeno ... 9 0 Llewellyn . . 910 Free have something to recom- * * J 0 Quincoma. .* I 9 I mend them * Particularly the first the East . a o Hangawera . 9 8 and last mentioned, who have Marble Mount 9 0 schooled well. Of the novices the best may be Quincoma, Bright Day, Pekatahi, Archeno and Marble Mount, all of whom jump well. The favourites will probably be: BOURN and ARCHENO 9 C GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES Of £2,000; 2i miles. Ability to jump the stiff hurdles when rising out of Wedding heavy ground and see the long journey out to the bitter March 11 8 end arG w p ;1 1 | s required to be successful in this race, cm m a which can only be won by good horses. To-morrow’s Perfe dB Imn in 2 Held is a really good one, and the favourite should be at Pouri 9 12 a tine price, for there will be several horses in keen Aberfeldy 911 demand. There are 15 left in, and the half dozen that Royal Form 910 appear to the writer to stand out are Wedding March, Mia Bella 9 6 a proved performer over the course and the bad ground; Mister Gamp 9 3 Archibald, whose display of schooling was brilliant; Beau Cavalier 9 2 Pouri, a horse that will be benefited by his racing at Maunga 9 2 Wanganui; Aberfeldy, who has improved in his school''on ing upon acquaintance with the obstacles, the doubt itaram . . about; him being his ability and condition to stay it right out; Mister Gamp, a great galloper and jumper when caught m tha right mood; and Beau Cavalier, an improved hurdler as compared with ffTst year. There they are, and Perlc de Been is omitted on account of his bad‘leg. The full review of the field forms the subject of a special article. Sufficient here to say that tlic two favourites promise be: ~~ ABERFELDY and WEDDING MARCH o ra CORNWALL HANDICAP Z.DU Of £1,000; u miles. Te Kara 912 There is mot a great deal of Papatu -.81 Eden Hail 9 2 form to go upon in connection with Master Doon 8 0 High Pitch 812 this race. The solution of the Micrometer 8 0 Town Bank 8 9 problem probably lying in the Schorr 8 0 Corlmrr 8 1 direction of sorting out the mud- . . ' „ . Transformer | 4 larks . T e Kara is one, and High N- f o ■ ■ 1 \ Pitch, Town Bank, Lomint, Emer-' pnSiess *‘ 8 2 Stormy, Papatu, Master Doon, a i,3 .80 Ronnie 8 1 Micrometer, Schorr, Mervette Queen Arch 8 0 Stormy ’. I 8 1 (who galloped brilliantly yester- Nucleus ..80 day) and Queen Arch are others, and in addition the fit horses are Gorinax, Eden Mall, Manly, Cynthia N., and Nucleus. The favourites will probably be: HIGH PITCH and MICROMETER O OA HUNT CLUB HURDLES of £400; 2 miles Glendowie . 11 2 This is one of the hardest events £oufs Poto .* 9 2 R °Ahhev 913 on the card > for a S ood many of Mashoor . 9 2 Fierv Lad* ’ 913 those engaged are unknown to Haeremai ..92 Importer . " 911 backers. Those with chances are Odin .... 9 2 Stonewall *. I 9 7 probably to be Glendowie, 1m- Pompeius ..92 Glenetta ..95 porter, Geyserland, Fairy Lad, rjlyanli ’ 9 0 * 9 3 Bukerimu, Odin and Pai Ana. gj“ y A ? ma ;* 9 0 pSrflPana 9 2 The top-weight will have to show Pai Ana ..90 Prince Papa 0 45 - n this event if he is to stand a chance in the Great Northern Steeplechase on Monday. Casualties and scratchings are usually numerous in this contest, and in an endeavour to sort out a couple of good jumpers backers may declare in favour of: GLENDOWIE and GEYSERLAND. A 1 C MEMBERS’ HANDICAP Of £600; 6 furlongs. King Lu ... 10 3 The biggest field of the day will Hyde Park . S 0 Nancy Lee . 9 1": parade for this concluding event. Romford ..80 Royal Tea . 913 Those with undoubted chances on Lorna Boone 8 0 Dave . . . . 9 (j their form of late are Nancy Lee, Saucy Lass . 8 0 * o a Royal Tea, Kingfield, Sir Archie, T**l ok ? a * | 9 Plying Juliet 9 4 Juliet Day Guard, Lorient f g King Smock 9 (I IT-. Whaka Ivmg. Tmokoa, Lorna Muscari ..80 The Thorn . 811 Doone, and Ballymoy 11. The Eh Timi ... SO Day Guard . 8 9 top-weight would have to be in- Bracken L’Orient 11. . 8 7 eluded too, for although he has Abbey ... 80 not raced for some time he likes the mud, but as against this he has a big weight under the eight stone minimum. Two that have shown some consistency that will be carrying a good deal of support are: WHAKA KING and NANCY LEE

To Try Again Winners at the winter meeting at Ellerslie 12 months ago and engaged again on this occasion on opening day next Saturday are Weeding March, Lomint, King Lu, Beau Cavalier, Kamehameha, Royal Form, Master Doon and Tuki. Should Go Well A repetition of her Avondale running would make Restaurant very [ nearly a good thing for a race at Ellerslie during the winter meeting. Restaurant was racing on top of the ground at Avondale, but it is quite likely that she will perform equally well in. the bad ground during the next few davs.

ANSWERS to correspondents “L.G.V.”—The spring of 1928 has not yet arrived. If you mean the spring of 1927, then Limerick did not meet Gothic. “Backer.”—Aberfeldy and Wedding March are full brothers, being by Quin Abbey from Uranium (who does not figure in the Stud Book). Wedding March is rising seven years and Aberfeldy six. Acting - Secretary Carries On Mr. G. A. Bush, who has been act-ing-secretary of the Te Aroha Jockey Club and the Te Aroha Trottinf Club, has been appointed permanent secretary of the clubs.