AUCKLAND RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 267, 9 November 1914, Page 3

AUCKLAND RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

A RECOBD GATHERING, FIKST WATRTKT TCTT.T/F.n. Tie concluding day's Taring Iα connection with Che Auckland Racing Club's Spring Meeting took place at Ellcrslie on (■Saturday afternoon. The track was very fast. The weather was dull, with drizzling showers. THE HENTEKS. The opening event, the Hunters' Steeplesaw thirteen of the fourteen carded go to *he post, the-withdrawal being Merry Dancer, and they looked a hit out of the ordinary hunters class as they paraded. The Wattato horse Scots Guard wound up a strong faionrite, carrying over twice as much as Nat "LjjjjJn, tho next best backed, i'Httle money going also on Coroner, Xgatoa. Beanty, and Transfer, the others only i being given starLers' chanrf*. Transfer ?tnrt jixahaere mado the early runoinc; until a faulty jnmp at the first fence of. tie dmiilß brought the latter to grief, the misbap running Beauty, which tras going well at the time, off the second fence. The field were well strong out solus up the hill the last time, and at the top It could be seen that {he favourite Nat Lupin and Nftatoa were th£ ouly ones with a chance. At tho last obstacle they were in close company, and fought out a great finish. .Xat Lupin spoiling a good winning chance by swerving about a lot in tho final stages, for, tliongh he came again and was going the faster of the three at the finish, he jnst failed to get up, and was beaten by a bead, 'with Ngmtoa. on whi<A the weight told In the last hundred yards, three-parts of a. length away, third. THE FAVOUSTTD BEATEN. The good field of sixteen, the whole of tb» acceptors came oat for the Gordon ■Handicap, a flve-fnxtoDg track sprint, and Kitty BcUairs was backed as if it wns a moral, starting a warm odds-on favouritc--Sjgno came in for a lot of support, while Oiristmas Kose was also well backed, the only others to be at all fancied being Gold Ciedtlet and T-inoreka. The favonrito put ■up a good fight, but the best she could do was to run second to Gold Necklet, which •won from end to end. Inside the distance KHty Beltairs looked Jiie winning, butonco Chaplin ealled_on Gold IXecklet for a final effort she answered gamely, and eventually got the verdict by threeparts of a length, Signo and Christmas Rose !had a great Tiattle for third position, tbe former getting it by a head, -the race really *eteecn tho quartet. EXIT FIRST WAIRtKI. All the acceptors again saddled op for •the atannkau iliurdle Jiacc, and, despite the fact that Bart Wire tooted as if lie wanted a. race, he counted cnoogh admirers to send Mm out a better favourite than Spalfiso, 'wtrtle Tragedy King, iinffy am i Admiral Soult all ■had friends, the others onlj-<arrytns enoogh to pay the extras. The favourite cut up very -badly, and never looted to have a winning chance, Spalfish, which looked greatly improved by Ms race on Wednesday, went out in the lead wien <he barrier lifted, and the race was really .between Wm and Dogger Bank throoghout. the epaJpet-n geUing cventnally winning nicely by a lcngta and three-quarters. Admiral &onlt wae staying on at the flnfeh, and got42urd,.t>iu he-.was half nlozen lengths , I ! CSt J Wairikl Wt ' the iunn ° 1» *rant of *hD stand hard and came to srief, badly brewing hi s 3eg , „, et Thereon .of wairiki has <usa-ppoiirting i<>rse durlng Ws career> nder, had h B collarbone broken. TUB BIG HANDICAP. For the third race in succession there were no withdrawals from the King Edward Memorial Handicap, the nine acceptors having their toilets adjusted. When the machines closed Prince Aierriwee was a pronounced favourite, havin s £400 more on his number than Allegation, the second choice of hackers, while a lot of good money went do SoulflkoSf, Goldslze and Royal Irish, with Self carrying the most of the others. Self went out fast, and, setting a solid pace, looked like winning, from end to end, but once iv the straight Allegation. Prince Jlerrtwce and Soultikoff all had chances. Self struggled on up the ' straight, but Allegation had: too much, pace, I and. answering gamely to Conquest'-s vigorous riding, the 'North Shore representative sot up to win a fine race b? three parts of t length. SoultUtoff and

Prince Merriwee. the former of which was tailed off in the early part, both stayed oil at the finish, Soultikoff falling to get his supporters a second dividend by a head, while Prince Merriwee was only a bead away, third. Royal Irish and Goldsize both died ont of it In the concluding stages after being well placed all the -way, while Soldier Improved on his preWous running, but Katana was outclassed. A GOOD COLT. Blncstonc and Ineuru dropped out of the Epsom Handicap, leaving a dozen to contest the sprint event, and punters went solidly for Gractan, and his number showed ovor the thousand, but solid support coming for Patronale. Tact, and Tinonal, made the pool a good oac, Mnllingar being allowed to go out ut a false price. The favourite was ba<lly drawn at the poet, and. although he sot with the leaders after a couple of furlongs were covered, soou died out of It again, and Patronale looked to have the race in hand when they straightened up for the run up to the judge. Once beads were fairly in a line for home, howe-vcr. MulHngar, which got into some trouble soou after the start, came aloug on the outside, and quickly settling Fatronale, won nicely By o length, his performance uDdtr the circumstances, stamping him as a colt much above the average Goldflrc made a good showing s.fter being badly placed In -the early stages, while Iliad's Hero also finished well, but Grattan was absolutely last to pass the box. AKBAX AGAIN. The large fiehl of sixteen had their numbers framed for the Musket Stakes, the only defection being Colonnade. Consequent on his good performance in the Welcome Stakes, Arran 'Was sorted out as a good thing, but Loyal Arch was well backed, while King's Courier, Sea Dell, •Lady Paula, ana Uokl Lac had friends. Sea Dc*ll lost Us rider soon after the start, and Caber Feagb nearly fell over htm, taking no part in the race. Arran getting out qnickly, soon had a break on* the dOcld. He ran wide coming round the turn, and Loyal Arch, getting a good position, put in a strong challenge inside the distance, nut Arran bad no difficulty in stalling on* Jier run. and finished up a winner by a lorrgth: with Glissando, which woolil have returned a dividend of over a century, at the head of the otters, six lengths Eirajr, The stewards held an inquiry Into tbe mishap to Sea Dc'Jl, and after bearing tbe statements of J. Conquest, rider of Sea De"iL B. E. Brown, rider of Caber <Feagh, and -H. Stockley, rider of Glissando. which, it was alleged, bed caused the mishap, a caution was administered to Stockley. A BIG FIELD. The -scratching of Makura and Manette left the big field of eighteen to contest tbe Xormauby Handicap, and Fisher was made a very warm proposition, Hadj windIng up second favourite, while Achilledes was a good third fancy, the others only getting half-hearted support, quite a number of them being practically neglected. The favourite never once flattered his backere, and after Lady Pemrry, Miss Awtltnche and Achilledes "iad made the running, Signature dashed to the front, and utaHirw off Iste rims by Hmlj and 'El GbHo won fairly comrbrtaMy "jy half a length, paying a. two-figure dividend, OTHE CTHEEAIN KA.LLS. Tho concluding event, the Welter Handicap, caw Uoldflre and ~tat«Tw drop oat, Jearins fifteen to battle for the stakes. Tangiwai went ont favouriii;, but several were well backed, Ineuru, Worcester, Jolie ■JiUe, Mlstlc, Kaween, Flying s O ult an carrying a fair amount. The fa,wvurite ■newer gay« her backers much hope. ASter Base de Guerre and Mistic had carried on the early running, Worcester took charge only to be challenged by Jolie Fitie and Ooy, wMch fought oot c great tbatte, Jolie Kile getting .the verdict by a neck. Mistic was walking very eoro -w-hen he- returned to the paddock. dIHE "PCrTjLLISA.TOIi. Speculation during the afternoon was brisk, the sum of £32,746 passing through the machine as against £22,38? on the cor•responding day. last year, which makes a -total of £53,745 10/ for the gathering, as against £50,522 last year, an increase of £9,223 10/. Later details are:— EPSOM HANDICAP of SOOsovs. Six furlomrs. Mr James Hand's b c Mullingar. 3yrs, by Marble Arch—fiomolo. 8.6 (Chaplin 1 Mr. A. Alexander's m g Patronale, 6jts' 7.11 (McCnrten) i Mr. A. J. Burkes eh g GoldSre, sttV S.-1 (Brady) ,„_ s Also started: TTaiorewa S.O. Grattan ST Toreador 8.1, Taot S.I. Bedford 7.9, Iliads ■Hero 7.5. Tripoli 7.5, Tinopai T.O, Chime 7 0 Time, 1.14 4-5. ' ' MUSKET STAKES {Handicap) o£ 300sovs. Four furlongs. J Mr. J. McXicol's b c Arran, 2yrs, by I Marble Arch—Monoquile, S.lO iC. Brown) ] Mr. D. .Morajiban's b-g Loyal Arch, 2vr(L 7.7 (McMillan) ~ ■> Mr. F. Marshall's cS g Gllisondo, "am. 7.3 (Stockly).......^.^4..... j-jg*. »

Also started: Gold Lac 8.1, Lady Paula T. 12, Sea De'il 7.12, Kind's Courier 7.11. Bisoi?ne 7.8, Caber Feash 7.8, Credo 7.8, Novation 7.5. March 7.3, Ligfotning 7.3, laxy Girl 7.3, Poraphry 7.3, and Housewlfe 7.3. , Time, iO 3-5. SORiIXSBY HANDICAP of ISOsovs. Seven furlonjs. Mr. H. Keeslng's b «» Signature, 4,vrs, by St. Amans—Leys, 7.-1 (Goldfinch) 1 Mr. F. J. McManemin's eh c Hadj, 3yra, 7.7 (Mcl>evlrt> 2 Mr. R. J. Graham's br g El GaUo. sjts, 7.4 <Bobinson) 3 Also started: Fieher 0.0, AchUledes 0.0, ILady Blpiva 8.8. Parawai 8.8. Rector Girl S.O. Sir Rnpert 7.10. Glitterinjt Sands 7.7, Penury 7.6. St. Lewis 7.5, Larerna 7.4. Don Castor 7.4, Flcnipotent 7.4, Miss Avalanche 7.4, Gluetanns 7.4, Matakajia 7.4, and Manette 7.4. Time, UX> 3-5. WELTEE HANDICAP of SOOsovi One mile Mr. J. D. Kemp's b m Jolie FlUe. aged. by Sonlt—>Meny dlaid. f>.3 (MaMillan) 1 Mr. G. 'Hyde's h g Gloy, aged, 8.7 t'McCarten -j Mr. E. Orton's br s Phosphorus, 6yrs, 0.0 (C. Brown) ....Z1...... 2 Also started: Inenru OJ), Mystic 0.5, Worrester 9.0, Kawcen 8.11, Tangiwal 8.0, Hatn 8.3. Derastation 8.0. Christine 8.0. Rnse de Guerre S.O. Prcstwick S.O, Flying 6oult S.O. Time, l.il 2-5.