WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1926, Page 11

WHEEL AND TRACK NOTES.

(By ORION.)

Nelson Ata, the winner of the Winter Handicap, was also successful at the recent Oamaru meeting

Admiral Lock went a fair race in the Marconi Handicap without getting any money. The opposition was just a bit too good for him.

Happy Rosa was soon counted out of the Stewards' Trot. The daughter of Great Audubon did not go off well, and at the end of a furlong broke up badly. She was never seen again.

Jewel Pointer is a good ort of pacer. He went a fine race to finish just outside a place in the Mangere Handicap. S. August should get some money with him nest season.

The Tartar more than once has shown a lot of speed, but he does not stay welL He was prominent for a mile and a half, but tired then and finished well back.

Many expected Wrigley to be prominent in the Mangere Handicap, but he had no chance after the start as he stopped on the mark and settled any chance he might have had.

Jean Darling showed a lot of pace in the Marconi Handicap, when she was always in the first two and led into the straight. That was the end of her, as she could not go on with it in the run home, and was well back <when the post was reached.

In the first round of the Winter Handicap Roe Bell broke and interfered with Kempton, the !atter's driver, Warren, being thrown out of the sulky. Roe Bell also, pulled up.

The trotter Ngatira is a plodder. He could not go the pace with the others in the first mile in the Stewards, but was battling on over the concluding stages, and finished with a couple of others behind the four leaders.

Want of a race caused the defeat of Waikaha in the Stewards' Trot. He has not sported silk since the spring, but was always with the leaders, and it was only over the last half furlong that .Pyramus and-Money Spider got to j ha.

With the leaders tiring over the last quarter in the Winter Handicap, Golden Gate and Battery Bell, a couple of rare stayers, were' going, great guns at the end, and though. they did not get in the money, another half furlong would have seen* the pair first and eecond,

W. Hughes, who drove Daphne Wildwood in the Hobson Handicap, was cautioned after the race for making too free use of his whip.

Coal Light appearg to be a hopeless proposition. The daughter of King Cole gave her usual display, and lost all her handicap at the etart.

Direct Wood, the winner of the Hobson Handicap won in good style, and as the mare is only a four-year-old, she is bound to improve.

Rose Pointer was on her toes at the start of the Cornwall, and when - the barriers were released she did not strike a gait and took no part in the race.

Without ever looking a winner Uncle Bert went a good race in the Hobson Handicap, and was fourth at the end. At no stage of the race was 'ie ever far away.

Gold Jacket gave a poor exhibition in the Hobson Handicap, and his performance was very disappointing. He finished nearly a furlong behind the field.

The speedy Vaii Cap would not go right in the early part of the Hobson Handicap and a couple of breaks settled nis chance. He can go very fast over a short course.

Goldman's run in the Campbell Handicap was a long way below his best. He began slowly and never got near enough to the leaders at any part to have a winning chance.

Black Lila gave a wretched exhibition in the big race. The little mare would do nothing right at any pa . of the race, and was always a furlong behind the field.

Master Councillor was produced twice during the afternoon, but on neither occasion did he get within coo-ec of the leaders. His showings were too bad to be true, as he is a useful little horse

Delavan Bill was paying a great price, and when he was bowling along in front with half the journey covered, he appeared to have a rare chance. He is a moody customer and when Wilson asked the gelding for a little extra he closed up like a book and finally finished nearly last.

Backers showed great judgment in the Winter Handicap when they sent Nelson Ata, Sister Beatrice and Fairlight, supported in that order. They finished in the leading places as supported.

With ordinary luck Fairlight should have won the Winter Handicap instead of being third. He was going every bit as good as the favourite at the home turn, when he put in a break, which must have cost him three lengths. In the run home he came agtin, and was less than a length away at the finish.

Peter Bingen was showing a nice turn of speed three furlongs from home iti the Mangere Handicap, and was well enough placed at the home turn to win had he been able to go on with it. The final run up the straight found him out. but with a dry track he should make good.

One of the most promising pacers seen out was Marshal Neil,, a three-year-old by Neil Dennis—Rose Alma. He finished second to Direct Wood in the Hobson Handicap, making up a fair amount of gTOunc over the last half mile. Marshal Neil is owned and trained by L. F. Berkett, and is. therefore, in the same stable as Imprint.

King Capitalist gavj his few supporters a great run for money in the Stewards' Trot. The veteran son ot Capitalist was disputing the lead with Waikaha most of the *ay and still had a chance at the home turn. However, the placed horses carried too many guns for him.

Bonny Logan did not hit her straps quickly at the start of the Cornwall Handicap and though she made up a bit of leeway over the first two furlongs, the daughter of Logan Pointer made a bad showing over the latter part of the race, and she was eventually eased up when hopelessly out Of it.

The of Bawldy Locanda in winjing the Mangere Handicap was a good one. He covered a lot more ground than anything else in the race over the last three furlongs, S. Roe thereby got a good run. He was riplit on the outside in the run home, but battled it out well, and his backers were rewarded with a substantial dividend.

Ratana is only a little fellow, but what there is of him is good. He was quickly in a handy position in the Mangere Handicap, being very lucky to gel a good run in the nrst couple of furlongs. After that he was always in the picture, and for a little one tramped through ihe heavy going in great style to get third.

Backers of Sea Pearl were decidedly unlucky in not getting a dividend. The daughter of Nelson Bingen was made favourite, and though she was not sighted on the trip till the straight was reached she then came along with a remarkable burst of speed. She was travelling twice as fast as those i front. When she drew level she left her feet, and the money was gone. Even then she finished a close third.

Money Spider only failed by a head to reach Pyramus in the Stewards' Trot, after having all the bad luck in running. He broke in the first mile, but made up the leeway, and was just following Pyramus through in a run to get up with the leaders when he was taken out wide, and had to be steadied. Bryce -then waited till well settled down before be went on, ana the eon of Lorene's Todd finished at a great rate, just failing to reaJi the winner. It was a good thing beaten.

With just a shade of luck Dillon Hnon would have won the Maagere Handicap instead -of getting beaten by half a head. The chestnut did not go off as smart as seme of the others on the end, bat he showed a lot of speed and hit thr front before half a mile was covered. In the straight he appeared to skip for a couple of strides, and this cost him the race. Only a four-year-old, the son of Harold Dillon looks like making a first-class horse.

For a horse which has not had a race for a long time, Imprint went well in the Campbell Handicap. He and Prince Pointer were giving away up to 72 yards start, but with a mile and a quarter covered they were in front. The effort to make up their handica so rapidly beat them and when Cardinal Logan and. Logan Lou put in a fun neither Imprint nor Prince Pointer could go with him. Imprint is bound to be » great pacer by November.

Bell Harold never looked to have a chance ia the Campbell Handicap. He was handy enough with a iap to go, and as the fiejd entered the back stretch he threatened to move up, but the effort was- short-lived, and he did not go on with it. He may be seen to advantage over a shorter course.

Saturday's meeting took the place of the meeting held in the autumn in other years. A comparison of the totaiisator returns shows a decrease compared with the autumn meeting of last year, but it must be remembered thai there were then eight races against «even on

Never good over two miles, the last couple of furlongs found Daphne Wildwood out oil Saturday. She was early in a hand} , position, and slipped to the front with three furlongs to go. She was still the leader into the straight, but thj run home saw her tire and hunted right out. she struggled on into third place.

Wallroon had been doing what little he could when the tracks were avaiUble in attractive style, but his efforts on Saturday were very weak, and not what would be expected from Wallroon, which is a solid customer as a rule. He looked well, but his failure can be put down to the opposition being better than he had previously encountered.

The defeat of Winnie Dillion in the Hohsou Handicap wan a severe blow to those who contended she was thrown into the handicap She recently won at Canterbury Park in saddle, and on Saturday was handicapped on the limit in a 4.42 class. As she had gone just better than 4.39 at Canterbury Park, she did look vvpll in. but she never appeared like a winner, although she went a useful race, anil may score at the mi'et-

rieforo tlie meeting opened the weather for weeks past had lipcm sn bad in Auckland that, it whs the general opinion that the South Island horses would have a big advantage over the locals, and so it proved, as five of the events ,a: I.

on Saturday were won by thr visitors. The Auckland-trained horses to win were Bawldy Lm-aiiila and Pyramns, and a tidy dividend was attached to their victories. A. Julian deserves a lot of credit for the success of Pyranius, as the mare is not sound, and it is only by getting every attention that she is "produced on race days.