LATE RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 77, 31 March 1922, Page 6

LATE RACING.

THE WELLINGTON MEETING. ANOTHER WIN FOR GLOAMING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Wellington Racing Club's Autumn Meeting opened at Trentham to-day ln beautiful weather, and there was a fair attendance. The race track war. in good order, despite recent heavy rains. The Thompson Handicap fell to an outsider, Prlntemps, who came out In the concluding stage of the Journey, and won in fairly decisive style from Silver Peak. Gloaming, as expected, won tlie North I .land Challenge Stakes ln a canter. Kick Off defeated two opponents in the New Zealknd St. Legcr, in a manner which stumps him as a very line stayer. The tutolisator Investment*, amounted to £30,110 10/, against £36,923 last year, a decrease of £17,812 10/. The following are the details of the racing:— NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES. Seven furlongs. Gloaming, fiyrs, 10.1, Including 141b penalty (R, Hatch) 1 Rational, 3vrs, 0.6, including 14lb penalty i.I. O'Shea) 2 Arcs, 2.vrs, 7.8, Including 101b penalty (A. Reed) ;J Gloaming won by a length from Rational, with Ares half a length away in third place. Time. 1.2S 3-D. SILVERSTREAM HANDICAP. One mile. Petunia, 7.T (J. Gordon) 1 I'rluce Hal, 8.0 (H. Smart) '- Five-eighths, 7.4 (W. Bugby) 3 Also started: Spook O.'J, Island 8.3, Redlogue 7.12, Ixird Desmond 7.0, Patukl 7.7, Liqueur, 7.4 (W. Rugby) 3 Petunia won by three lengths, half a length between second and third. Time, 1.43 2-5. RAILWAY HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Mereusonta (i.O (O. Guun) i Still Sea, 7.0 (A. Reed) 2 Grotesque, 7.0 (R. Reed) a Also started: Surveyor 5.13, Songbird 8.11. Bon Spec S.l. Sunny Corner 7.5, TTiboulet 0.9, Backsheesh 7.3. Birkie 7.2, Capping Day 0.7. Mereusouta won by three-quarters of a dength from Still Sea. who defeated Grotesque by a length for second honours. Time, 1.13. TINAHORI HANDICAP. Six furlongs. Red Hind, 7.13 (11. Young) 1 Merry Day 0.0 (Garrett) 2 Danger Zone, 0.4 (R. Reed) 3 Also started: Dissertation, Landhlrd, 8.7; Warpath, 8.3; Jack.- roo, 8.0: Lady Nassau, 7.13; All Cerise. 7.12; Roset, 7.4; Moonstruck, C.13; Yellow Hammer. 6.10; Basso, In the Pink, Solace Sagacity, Black Arrow, 6.7.

Red Hind won by half a length from Merry Djiy, with Danger Zone a length away, third. Time, 1.14 1-5.

ACCEPTANCES FOR SATURDAY. (By Telegraph.—Tress Association.! WELLINGTON, this day. Following arc the acceptances for the second day of the Wellington Racing Club's Meeting: —

High Weight Handicap of 330sovs, one mile and a-half.—Eerie 10.8, Alteration 10.2, Sir Roseberry 10.2, Coalition 9.12. Active 0.11, Manlahera 0.9, Grim Joke 0.3, Bluehall 07, Wainba 9.3, Rebuff 9..'!, Bairusdalc 9.0.

Hntt Handicap of soosovs, one mile.— Mustard Pot 9.2, Grotesque 8.13, Trnthfnt 8.11, Sunny Corner 5.7. Strategy 5.3, Blackmail 5.2. Princess I'at 7.13, Bonny Heather 7.12, Cold -Steel 7.5, Capping Day 7.7, Prince Hal 7.7. Bodyguard 7.7. Scion 7.7. Murital Handicap of 330sovs, one mile.— Spook 5.13. Angelo 5.7. Dissertation S.-i. I.amlliiril 8.4, Island 7.12. Lady Nassau 7.11. ißedlogue 7.10. All < 'crisp 7.9. Five-eighths 7.5. Patiiti 7.1. I.iquer 7.2. Pink Rose 7.2, Te Kura 7.0 Basso 0.7. Wheel 0.7.

Autumn Handicap, of lOOOsovs: one mile nnd three furlongs.—Marqueteur 8.13, Gasbag 8.9. Insurrection 5.9. Vagabond 5.3, Syoorax 8.0. Aureate 7.8, Kilgour 7.7, Bitters 7.4. Martial Dawn 7.2, Quest 7.2. Espcranee Oil, l'rinoo .Martian 0.7, Halifax 0.7.

Pacific Handicap, of lOOOsovs: six fur longs.—Mountain Lion 0.2. King's Trumpeter S.io, Rapine 5.9. Ares 5.7. KlUash andra 5.7. Goldligbt S.l. Moorland 7.11. Lucius 7.7. I-uelli 7.7. Zany 0.7. Vogue 0.7.

Suburban Haudicap, of 750sovs; six furlongs.—Rational 9.0. Anomaly 5.13. Silver Peak 8.11, Absurdum S.S. Piintemps 8.4, Still Sea 7.9. Moreusonta 7.7. Blackmail 7.4. Blrkie 7.1. Trlboulet 0.7.

Belmont Haudicap, of 350sovs; six furlongs.—Danger Zoue 9.5, Rose of Athens 8.7. Petunia 8.0. Landblrd 8.6. War Path s.l. Slerrv Day 7.12. Jackaroo 7.11. Nassau 7.11. Black Head 7.9. Moutoa's Gift 7.4, Moonstruck 6.11, In the Pink 6.7, Lady Waima ngu 0.7.

Trentham Gold Cun, of lOOOsovs: two miles.--Trespass. 9.4. Amythas 9.4. Klckoff S.O, Winning Hit 8.0.

THE TURF IN ENGLAND. LONDON. March 20. Lord I.ascelles" Ally, by Cor.ander—Kagle Nest, won the Spring Two-year-old Stakes at .Lingllcld to-day.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

JOCKEY'S Ari'KAL DISMISSED.

ißy Telegraph. —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thureday. 11l the matter of the appeal of C. Stephens, jockey, against the decision of the Wanganui District Committee lv deciding that he was guilty of a breach of the rules of racing and increasing the penalty of three months' suspension Imposed upon .Stephens by the Marton Jockey Club to suspension for six months, the jii«l=es. Sir Cjeorse Clifford. Sir William Herries and Mr. I. Miller, said they did not feel justitied in over-ruling the decision or the Wanganui District Committee, and tn view of the unanimous finding of the Judicial ('onimitto-e of the Marton Club, who had every opportunity of coming to a correct conclusion on the facts which occurred uuder their personal observation. The judges therefore dismissed the appeal.