THE TURF.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 248, 27 July 1940, Page 6

THE TURF.

SOUTH CANTERBURY HUNT CLUB FAVOURITE IN STEEPLES. (Per Press Association). TIMARU, This Day. The South Canterbury Hunt Club’s meeting was held in perfect weather, before a. good attendance. Thei track was in good order. Results: — iHADLOW HURDLES, of £llO. One mile and a half. 6 (5) —Spendthrift, 0.11 (Beyle) ... 1 1 (3) —Waka, 0.3 (Baker) 2 8 (B)—Half and Half, 0.3 (Connor) 3 Scratched: Colonel French, Turaki, Silver Slipper. Won by four lengths; three lengths between second and third. Time, 2.4 S 1-5. LEVELS HACK HANDICAP, of £9O. Six furlongs. 2 (2) —Craiglea, 8.3 (L. J. Ellis) ... 1 7 (6)—Asia. 8.1 (Strathcm) ... 2 0 (8) —Miltiados, 9.3 (Billington) ... 3 Scratched: Schoolgirl. Won by a length; a neck between second and third. Time, 1.14. tesohemaker HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE, of £120; 2* miles. 3 (3) —-Joy Boa, 0.11 (Richards) .. 1 1 (2) —El Caballo, 10.11 (Boyle) .. 2 2 (1) —Va-lens, 9.6 (Shaw) ... 3 Scratched: Frenchy, Corban, Night Scout. Won by three lengths; four lengths second and third. Time, 5.20. WASHDYKE TROT, of £lO3, 3.43 class. One mile and a half. 4 (2) —Irish Dusk, scr (Gallagher) 1 7 (5) —Lady Denise, scr (Brosn-an) 2 12 (13) —Lyrola, scr (Teiahen) ... 3 Scratched: Fujilene. Won by three lengths; half a length between second and third. Times, 3.2-2 4.5, 3.23 2-5, 3.23 3-5. SOUTH CANTERBURY STEEPLECHASE, of £l5O. Two miles -and a half. 1 (1) —Flashlight, 10.8 (Ridgeway) 1 4 (4) —Bait-ruin', 9.9 (Bovle) ... 2 2 (2)—Gold Wren, 11.8 (Sliand) ... 3 Scratched: Tomcat, Won by six lengths; four lengths between second and third. Time, 5.19-.

t RANGITIKEI HUNT CLUB. TIGRiETERREi SUCCEEDS. MAR-TON, This Day. For the Rangitjkei Hunt Club’s patriotic steeplechase meeting the weather was overcast and the track in good order. There was a good attendance. Results GLENMORE MAIDEN RACE, of £9O ; five furlongs. 1 (2)— Lady Ex, 8.5 (Morris) ... T 2 (1) —Sweet Anne, 8.10 (Jenkins) . 2 0 (6)—All Quiet, 8.5 (Tattersall) . 3 Scratched: Merry moor. Won by three lengths'; neck second and third. Time, 1.4 4-5. ROSEBANK HACK HURDLES, of £l3O. One mile and a. half. 5 (6)—War Lap, 9.7 (T'oki) ... 1 2 (2) —Midland, 10.1 (Curran) ... 2 3 '(3) —Gold Ballad, 0.10 (Leckie) ... 3 Scratched: Refulgent. Won by two and a half lengths each way. Time, 2.59. CLOSER URN HACK HANDICAP, of £lls. -Seven furlongs. 3 (4) —Etla, 8.0 (Forsyth) 1 1 (1) —Hasten, 8.10 i(Broughton) ... 2 4(2) —Kilometre, 9.1 (Burgess) ... 3 Scratched : Eupatrid-, Te- Ore, Chere Amie, AH Bunsby, Half Caste-, Won by a short neck; a length and a half between second and third. Time, 1.33 4-5.

RANGITIKEI HUNT OUR 1 STEEPLEOHASEI, of £l6O. Two miles and a half. 3 (3) —Tigreterre, 0.12 (P. Rue) ... 1 1 (1) —Blue Steel, 10.3 (C'lia.plin) ... 2 5 (4) —Lady Callaghan, 10.3 (Tito) 3 Scratched: Moonlight. Second horse bracketed with IHirangi. Padnos fell and Harbour Bar pulled up. Won by 20 lengths; 10 lengths between second and third. Time, 5.7 4-5.

REPRESENTATIVE FOOTBALL.

ASHBURTON v. CANTERBURY.

HOME TEAM LEADING BY 16-0. The Ashburton County representative Rugby football team met a Canterbury team on the Ashburton Domain this afternoon and the match was watched by a largo number of people. At half-time the Ashburton team was leading by 16 points to nil. Ashburton attacked from the kickoff. The hacks gained possession and P. O’Reilly fell over to score. D. White’s kick hit - the post. Ashburton .... 3 Canterbury ... ... 0 Some hard t ovon play followed. Neither set of hacks wore handling safely. Mishandling by Ashburton allowed the Canterbury forwards to break through. A twenty-five gave relief to Ashburton. The Canterbury backs moved neatly on two occasions', and were unfortunate not to score. Ashburton forwards broke through, but again Canterbury attacked.

From a serum on t ho Canterbury twenty-five D. White at half-hack lot* Ashburton cut; in cleverly and almost reached the line. His out pass went

astray. Ashburton forwards and backs combined in a promising passing movement which brought play almost to the Canterbury line. From a subsequent scrum A. Sampson broke through a tackle to score. I>. White converted. Ashburton Canterbury 0 Garrett (Canterbury) kicked across the field while on attack and J. Doig broke through, making a fine solo effort before passing to ®. Lemon, who scored. J. Doig converted. Ashburton ... ••• 13 Canterbury 0 After a few minutes Canterbury attacked strongly. Ashburton, however, came back well and Sampson almost went over. A penalty kick was awarded to Ashburton in a handy position and three mono points were added by White. Ashburton I<> Canterbury ... ••• 0 From the kick-off all the Canterbury backs handled, but Ashburton held up the attack. Garrett kicked a penalty goal for Canterbury, but as there was a man iu front this kick was disallowed. Ashburton, led by D. Lemon, brought play back up the field again. The score at half-time was: — Ashburton 10 Canterbury 0