WHANGAREI CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 76, 30 March 1928, Page 10

WHANGAREI CLUB.

THE AUTUMN MEETING. PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW. THE FIELDS REVIEWED. The autumn meeting of the Wliangarei Racing Club will be held at Whangarei to-morrow, and with the good fields engaged the fixture should be a most successful one. The Opening Event. .

The programme will open with the Trial Stakes, but the majority have little to commend them. Probably when the machine closes the public will have given' most support to FOOTPAD, BRITISH KING, VALSIER. The Portland Hack Handicap.

Seventeen are carded for the Portland Hack Handicap. Melissa is top weight with 9.13, and even with ihat impost she will have friends, for she has shown smart sprinting ability. Illingar has raced well in the North, while Welcome Home won in his first start, which was on this course in the spring. Abbey Day has not shown much form for a good while past, but Bright Dawn and Gay Cockade, who are bracketed, will have friends. Appellant won well at To Aroha, and would only have to be in the same form to be in the money. Pinon hai not raced for a long time, but Exalted won the open sprint six furlongs at the last Dargaville meeting. Lord Abbey and Desert Knight may be the best of the others. When the machine closes the favourite division will be

' MELISSA, WELCOME HOME, APPELLANT. The Chief Event. The chief event is the Mclnnes Memorial Handicap. Eden Hall heads the -list with 0.3. He won the Takapuna Cup with 8.2, and' was second in the Takapuna Handicap with 8.0. He was third in the Taranaki Cup with 8.6, and was just beaten in the Wanganui Cup with 8.3. He was second in the Ohinemuri Cup Carrying. 9.0, and is sure t4; be among the fancied division. Macroom has been successful up to a mile and 110 yards, but the Mclnnes Memorial is one mile and ' three furlongs. .. Papatu was second to Star Stranger in the Auckland Racing Club Handicap, one mile and a-half. Corinax won the Rotorua-, Cup, and was second in the Franklin Cup, add . will have friends, while of ths_ others Alonsoa may be the best. Probably'the best backed iwill be ' T-' 1 ' ' CORINAX, EDEN HALL, PAPATU.

The Sprinters.

; A good field it engaged lb the Stewards' Handicap. Macroom is top weight with 8.12, as she has been most successful over sprint courses this season this should not stop her if she is started in this event in preference to the Mclnnes Memorial. Dave has not raced for some time, nor has The Thorn. High Finance.won at.the last Whangarei meeting, ahd since* then scored in the Stewards' Handicap at Taranaki, beating Kiosk,-Lady Cavendish, Oration, and others. Melissa is engaged in the Portland Hack Handicap as well as this, event, but 4f reserved for the Stewards' Handicap will have some support. Aurumavis can run a good six furlongs, while Ned Kelly may be most fancied of the others. When the machine doses the best fancied may be

HIGH '.FINANCE* MELISSA, MACROOM.

The Hurdle*.

Scot Free is top weight in the North* land Hurdles, but it is stated he will not make the trip owing to being injured when jumping the.; other morning at Ellerslie. Wenday has shown good form on the flat, and if she jumps all right she should be hard to dispose of. Ludlius showed good jumping ability at Faerot, while he finished ; third to Ned Kelly and Lady Cintra at Whangarei over hurdles in the spring. Of the others, Blago and Prince Papa may be the beet. When the final figures l are adjusted the best backed may be WENDAY, . ; LUCILIUS, PRINCE PAPA. ■ ■

Settlers' Hack Handicap. Nineteen are accepted for in the Settlers' Handicap. Jllingar, who has pride of, place, won' the County Handicap at the Jait Whangarei meeting with 9.13. Bright Dawn and Gay Cockade are bracketed, • and they' will have friends; while Exalted, if started. in this race, is sure to run well. Waning, Light per: formed well at the Walpapakauri and Bay of Islands, meeting, Winning three events—the Kaitaia Handicap , (seven furlongs), the Northland Counties Handicap (seven furiosi); and the Highweight ■Handicap (one 'mile). - Just Quietly, Bowman -and British King, may be the hest of the others. When the final figures are adjusted probably the most favoured will he' , ; '

' BRIGHT DAWN, - - • waning light, BRITISH KING. , V , The Maungatapere Handicap. Another good field/ la engaged in the Maungatapere Handicap,!;; but the majority have previous engagements. Probably the public may fanfcy • ' WELCOME HOME, V -7\' ,• WEE marble; • : %t:.\ - LORD ABBEY. •.' V wiii conclude with the Tbe Thorn, if . fi hii bwt, iMtid talw .a good deal of beating, Yin lor some tiibe. Light fc»r .ppS '"ww"!!? . ££»"«« d<W U. (.TMrtto dm.™

The Northern Steamship Co.'s Clansman will leave the Northern wharf at 10 o'clock this evening, and will leave again at 9 p.m. to-morrow. A bus connection to Whangarei has been arranged. A special train will leave Auckland at 6 a.m. to-morrow and Newmarket at 6.10 a.m., returning after the races.

The programme is as follows: — 11.50 a.m.—TRIAL STAKES or ll&sovs. Six furlongs. British King 8 0 Maori Boy . 8 0 Furore .... S 0 Solnnio .. 80 Fancy Boy 8 0 Segment .. 8 0 Footpad .. 8 0 „Valßler .. 8 0 Kawiti .... 8 0 iSßazerin .. 711 Kaihoremai 8 0 Wiss Myrtle 7 11 Kyngzone . 8 0 Viburnum . 711 Kerry Dance 8 0 Wetekara . . 7 11 12.36 p.m PORTLAND HACK or 135SOVS. Five furlongs. Melissa 9 13 Lord Abbey . 712 Illingar .... 811 Desert Knight 7 4 Wei. Home 8 9 Palmares . 7 4 Abbey Day .. 8 7 (Jay Cockade 7 1 Appellant 8 2 Boinbanler . 7 0 Bright Dawn 8 2 Michael .... 7 0 Pinon 8 0 Scnramouche 7 0 Exalted ... 8 0 Furore 7 0 Fiery Lad . 7 13 1.20 p.m.—McINNES MEMORIAL HANDICAP i,/ 300sovfa and Oola Cup valued at 3090V5. One mile and three furlongs. Edea Hall .. 9 3 Alonsoa .... 7 1 Macroom ..-8 5 Right and Left 7 0 Papatu .... 8 0 Judge's Box 7 0 CoHnax ... 7 7 The Lover . 7 0 Aiiruma vis .72 2.5 p.m.—STEWARDS' HANDICAP or 250sovs. Six lurlongs. Macroom .. 812 Anrumavls , 7 9 Dare 8 10 Ned Kelly . 7 7 The Thorn . 8 6 Fiery Lad .70 High Finance 713 Automne .. 7 0 Melissa ... 7 9 Bright Dawn 7 0 2.80 p.m.—NORTHLAND HURDLES Ol 300 sovs. One mile and a-bair and 197 yards Scot Free .. 10 6 Blago .... 9 0 Wenday ..9 6 Prince Papa 9 0 Luciiius ... 9 1 Luxurious . 9 0 Scot. Knight 9 0 Edifice 9 0 Just Quietly 9 0 3.30 p.m.—SETTLERS' HANDICAP or 120 sovs. Seven furlongs. Illingar ... 10 11 Michael ... 78 Bright Dawn 10 2 Scrap o' Paper 7 8 Exalted .. 9 13 Kawiti .... 7 8 Waning Light 910 British King 7 0 Tresilllan .94 Tiny Mint ..70 Just Quietly 9 4 Kaihoremai . 7 0 Bowman ..9 4 Wetikia ... 7 0 Gay Cockade 812 Wild Arch . 7 0 Joke Form . 713 Gazerln .. 7 0 Kllldeer ... 7 8 4.10 p.m.—MAUNGATAPERE HACK or 13 5 sovs. Bix furlongs. Illingar ..8 9 Desert Knight 7 2 Wei. Home . 8 7 Glenetta .. 7 2 Abbey Day . 8 5 Palmares .. 7 2 Wee Marble 8 0 Bombarder .70 Bright Dawn 8 0 Solanlo ... 7 0 Exalted ... 7-12 Segment ... 7 0 Pinon 712 British King 7 0 Fiery Lad , 711 Scaramouche 7 0 Idun 710 Maori Boy . 7 0 Lord Abbey . 710 Viburnum .. 7 0 4JB p.m.—WAIPU HANDICAP or 150SOVS. One mile. The Thorn 912 Wee Marble .80 < Aurtimavis . 9 0 Waning Light 8 0 Bullymoy 11. 813 Uight and Left 8 0 Judge's Box 8 7 Automne ..8 0 Tresilllan ..8 0