FOR TRENTHAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1011, 30 June 1930, Page 12

FOR TRENTHAM

HORSES LEAyE TONIGHT A STRONG TEAM j The exodus of provincial horses for Trentham will commence this evening'. I when several horses are to be entrained Sou'.lt to meet engagement?- ! at the Wellington Racing Club s w.n- j ♦ ter meeting next week. ' Several of the candidates were rac- | ing at the Waipa meeting at Te Awa- | niutu on Saturday, so that a decision , in respect to the Southern trip could j i be gained. Of these. Mountain Guide. Master Lu and Marble King were good winners on Saturday, while Lucess finished second. ! Although both Maori Boy and Lad> j 1 Bov failed to give impressive per- • formances. their owner-trainer. T. L. • j Davison, was satisfied with their j efforts. This pair was not brought back from Te Awamutu, but will join , the express this evening, a similar j programme having born arranged for | Wild Country, who " ill be under |he . charge of owner-trainer H. Rama. Moved Scratchily Wild Country raced in the Hair ini j Handicap on Saturday and in this big , • field wound up fourth. She was not Quite herself, appearing a bit sore in 1 her preliminary. Another Ellerslie representative, j Mountain Guide, accompanied others j of E. C. Rae's stable to Te Awamutu { bv motor-float and he made the return I journey. He won very impressively in the Xgaroto Hurdles and a decision has been made to send him to TTentharn tonight.* For five consecutive seconds and a ' first Mountain Guide has a fine record over hurdles and even the improved clasfs at Wellington should find him racing prominently. Odin’s Mission Odin, too. will be an of i Trentham, his mission being the Wellington Steeplechase, which is run to- j morrow week. He departs this even- j ing and on arrival there will go under ; the control of J. Lowe. These ar- ! rangements have been made owing to Odin’s trainer. J. Williamson, being | unable to attend the meeting, no ; doubt preparing for his trip to Sydney , a few days hence. ! With a light weight. Odin can be < I relied upon to make a good showing in any steeplechase, and it was under j these conditions he finished third in J the Great Northern Steeplechase at < Ellerslie recently. He is one of the fancied candidates for the big event at Trentham. Alaster Lu only required to win the Te Awamutu Steeplechase on Saturday to place the hall-mark of class < on him, and now he is given a show j in the Wellington Steeplechase. Better Than It Looked He has had only four efforts over j* country for three firsts and a third—surely good credentials for his coining j engagements. There was more merit j in his latest success than the margin a neck, indicates. Alaster Lu will be entrained at Te Awamutu tonight j i under the charge of his trainer, M. O’Connor. : t Riding engagements the above horses are:— L. Dulieu, Maori Boy. Lady’s Boy anil Odin; -J. Sharkey. Mountain Guide; G. H. Spinks, Alaster Lu. WELLINGTON FIXTURE ACCEPTANCES CLOSE TONIGHT ‘ Tlio composition of the fields for the j two big jumping events at the Well- ~ ington meeting at Trentham next week the Wellington Steeplechase (first day, Tuesday) and Winter Hurdles (third day, Saturday)—will be known after the acceptances close tonight at nine o'clock. In addition acceptances close at the same time for all other first day events. The meeting is set down for Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday of next week. AUSTRALIAN RACING United P.A.—By Telegraph Copyright MELBOURNE, Sunday. | At the races at Williamstown yesi terday. Swanhilli, carrying 111 b more than his Grand National impost, de- | feated a field of Grand National ! : aspirants in the Port Phillips Hurdle ; Race. The result was: SWANHILLI, 10.5. Howson 1 - MOSSTROOPER, IU.II, Harris .... 2 BAY OF BISCAY, 10.2, Sheppard . 3 < Six others started, including Chum- . ree. which fell and was killed. Won by two lengths, a length and a-half between second and third. Time, 3.38, a < course record.