TE AROHA TO-MORROW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 46, 24 February 1939, Page 4

TE AROHA TO-MORROW

LIKELY CANDIDATES FORM “LINE” FROM TE RAPA (Special to "Chronicle.") AUCKLAND, Feb. 23. After his most decisive win in the Storey Memorial Handicap at Te Rapa, Scotland is going to play a big part in the decision of the Herries Memorial Cup at Te Aroha this week. His rehandicap only places him 51b above the weight he carried so successfully last week, the distance is the same and thhe opposition not much stronger. It was very pleasing to see the manner in which the large crowd received the victory achieved by Llangollen in last Monday’s sprint. No sooner had she returned to the birdcage gates than the applause started, and it continued until she had been unsaddled. It was a very fine effort indeed under 9.8, for not only did Llangollen win but she outclassed her opponents. She is going to be difficult to beat in any of her Te Aroha engagements. When Llangollen won she was made to carry her weight all the way, for both Farland and Royal Bachelor, two speed merchants, set a cracking pace. At she turn for home they were more than half a dozen lengths in front of the East Coast mare. Her winning effort will be appreciated when it is stated that she bridged this gap in a little over a furlong. She could have won by more than the official length and a-half had she been ridden right out, which of course her rider did not do.

Partial to Te Rapa In addition to Farland, Orwere has also displayed a marked partiality for the Te Rapa track, for he scored his first win there three months ago in a division of the maiden event, winning very easily indeed. However, his effort on Monday was much superior, for he gave nothing a look-in over the final quarter-mile and the way in which he simply ran away from Kenneth Robert was a revelation. On this showing Orwere is a better hack than generally thought. He should not he out of his class in open sprint company, where his next win will put him/for his three successes to date have netted him £491 10s. Golden Sheila’s return ’to form is pleasing, more especially as it was over a middle distance, and it was her first success over a mile and a quarter, indicating that her turn may not be far off. A race on a turning track, like the Ohinemuri Cup at Paeroa next month, would suit her admirably. At two years this filly won the Champagne Stakes at headquarters and a bright future seemed assured for her, especially when she had finished fourth in the Auckland Railway Handicap with several pounds over the scale weight. However, she went off badly. Golden Sheila will be racing on her home track next week-end and ought to be prominent again. Sustained Effort

Coronation’s brilliant effort in the Waikato Hack Cup deserved a better fate, but it indicated that in future this three-year-old is going to be reckoned with as a stayer. His finishing run over the last three furlongs of Monday’s contest was phenomenal, for it was maintained until almost on the post, and it was not surprising that he began to weaken in the last few strides. Gay Rebel was holding him at the finish, but the effort was most illuminating. The winner had scored at Ellerslie three weeks earlier under 8.12 and on Monday he had 8.13 in a field that was a bit stronger. Coronation is going to be heavily supported in his sext few runs, the first of which will be at Te Aroha.

Another useful stayer discovered at Te Rapa was the four-year-old mare Beeswing. She scored a very easy victory over seven furlongs after making all the running, and then when joined at the distance by another horse she fought him off to go on and win convincingly. On the strength of that fine effort she was heavily supported in the apprentices’ race on Monday. She might have won again had she not met with trouble twice on the journey, and even then she came home well for third. Beeswing has not raced very much and she looks like doing good service for her joint owners, trainer J. M. Buchanan and Dr. M. G. Pezaro.