Close Finishes.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 308, 30 December 1929, Page 9

Close Finishes.

Neck Victories In Earlier Events.

niclifield carried, £26G4 r Qreenaway '£1434, Llyn Dim £956' and the winner ' £525» in the Fergusson Handicap, the opening event of the programme!.. Spring .Abbey, Some Lady, Imperial Prince and Greenaway were the .first to move off, and along the back the: order was Relation, Tuku, Greenaway, Spring Abbey, Luminary, SnoAV Plane and Imperial Prince. Across the top Relation led from Tuku, Luminary, Greenaway, Kichfield, Spring Abbey and Llyn " Dim. Comiug into the straight • Relation, Tukii .and Richfield were on ■' terms, and then ■ followed Luminary, Greenaway, .Llyn Dhu and Imperial Prince. Richfield .and • Imperial.' Prince 'then went to the front,, Imperial Prince, winning by a. head. Richfield : was two, lengths ahead ,b'f Greenaway, and-then came" Luminary, Tuku, Llyn ;Dhu, Always,- Spring Abbey, ■ Relation, Indolent, Snow Plane and Some ■Lady.-.'- • : .■.:,■,••• '/■'■■ •;,■..,;, ;?.„ : ,'. » ; ; ;. Jielct of Three: V* ; , / .Eaglet dropping, out of-the ■'King's Plate saw only three line up, and backers had no hesitation in making Hunting Cry favourite, ■" with Toxeuma second choice. H. Gray, into whose riding of Ppgawayan inquiry was commenced on Thursday, had the niount on Hunting, Cry, and -as he. brought the horse on to the track from the saddling' paddock b.6 was accordtfl \ a round .of, hand. cltip-' • pi«sJ»J^sP m e:- of . T\jn^e : d^fc'intQ affll ;when ;pn ; - the ! 3iad : a .couple of lengths- break; oh Hunting Cry, andHiitoric, .who were ' racing' abreast.' There: was no-change till crossing the top, where Hunting Cry. . went up to within a length ofthe leader, and turnedcfor- : home. .-In/ the runiW the'-judge aunting/Cry «gg andiscored, by. a length, Avith HfeW five lengths back." As Gray, brought Ins niount back he was'given;;three, rausn.g cheers. The sectional times supplied by Mr J. K. Douglas were:. One furlong I4s, tw0.26 l-ss, tlu-ee 38 3-5s and;the half-miles2'3-55.-; ■". ;■ : ' ; ■ ; ' ■•';■ Catonian Killed.- • When 'backers' got busy pn the Ponsonby Hurdles they '• sorted Pangolin out as the most likely to score,- but aftei having every /chance • the- ■ favourite SishedV up :in He was in* second choice with ..;£1685, and Importer carried £1373. Prince Lu and Catonian went out in the lead, but ot the third fence Catonian hit hard, and came Aown. He broke a leg and was afterwards destroyed. At the stand Prince Lu was bowling along several lengtiis-in the lead, being .followed _by Pangolin,. Clockwork, Rahepoto, Importer, King's Guard and Lady. Spalpeen. The order remained practically unchanged : along the > back except .that Kind's Gitard had improved his position, and°keepmg up his run he was within a length of Prince Lu as the top stretch was reached. Pangolin, Importer and Glenotus were following. After jumping th-i second fence from home King's Guard *ook the lead from Prince Lu, and f rQni that out the result was not in doubt, and the finish.was not interesting, Kings Guard,. willing by seven, lengths from Prince Lu, with Importer nine lengths away third. Pangolin was next, followed by Rahepoto, Glenotusi Kawim, Clockwork and Lady Spalpeen.'. Royal Doulton's Surprise. Had Pegaway, the favourite, jumped out smartly in the Summer "Cup he would have won instead of being beaten by a neck by an outsider in Royal Doultoii. For. some distance after the field had been sent away Pegaway was at the tail of the field, and it was a great run which landed him so close at the finish. He was favourite with £1859, others to get good backing being Star. Stranger (£1648) and SeatQwn (£1533). The winner, Royal Doulton, carried omy i £592. Panther was first to show out, being soon joined by Merry Mint, and they were the leading pair passing tfce. stand the first time. Along the ba--K Panther and.'Merry Mint were together,, showing the way to Seatown and Amor, also together, and then followed Lucy Rose, The Hawk, Royal L>ilton, Star, Stranger, and Jaloux, with White Fang and Pegaway bringing ■ up the rear. Racing across the cutting Panther dropped back a little, and Merry Mint went on in front from Lucy Rose, Panther, Seatown, Royal Doulton, Amor and Transformer; Jaloux falling near the half-mile. Merry Mint led into the straight from Lucy Rose, Royal Doulton, Amor, Vertigern, Panther, Seatown, Star Stranger, witH Pegaway now coming along fast on the outside. Half a furlong from home Royal Doulton had the leact, and she lasted long enough to win by a neck from Pegaway, with Amor threu-.. quarters of a length away. Star Stranger was fourth, followed by Vertigern, The Hawk' Merry Mint, Seatown, Transformer, Flying Juliet, and Panther.' ' Accepted. The iriquiry into the riding of Pcgeway in the-Christmas Handicap, which was commenced on Thursday, was coneluded after the second race this afternoon. After hearing the evidence and explanation of the jockey,'H. Gray, the etewarde decided that no action was pececßary. - •;■;.■■ •, ■. _.' ~ : t

■ Results:—; • \ ..•_ FERGUSSON HANDICAP of 400sovs. ' • . .'■.,'■ One mile. ' S—IMPERIAL PRINCE, br c. 3yrs, by liucullus—Queen of the Earth : ■ .• (Mr. T. Impey), . B.o—McTavjsh 1 I—RICHFIELD; br g, syrs (Mr. W. . Patterson), 9.O—A. E. Ellis 2 2—GREENAWAY, ch f, 3yrs (Mr. G. - D. Greenwood), 7.5 —Saxon .... 3 Also started: 7 Luminary, 7.8 :(Davis) ; 3 Llyn Dhu, 7.G (Wiggins) ; 0 Spring Abbey, 7.5 (Conquest) :■ S Indolent, 7.4 (W. Jones); 6 Tuku, 7.1 J (Connor) , ; 4 Relation, 7.0 (K. Voitre) ; 12 Snow Plane, 7.2J (Walters); 10 Always, 7.0 (A.. Eastwood) ; 11 Some Lady,- 7.1. (Canimick). / .. Won by a head, with two lengths between second, and third. Time, 1.40 1-5. Winner troined by S. Hodge, Takanini. ■; THE KING'S PLATE of EOOsovs. ■ Weight-for-age. One mile. I—HUNTING CRY, br c, 3yrs, by Ilunt- '. ing Song—Natalie (Mr. ,T. Eraser, .inn.),. B.2—Gray .............'.'..... 1 , 2—TOXEUMA, •b ; g, 4yrs (Mr. ' F.' : :O'rmond), E.: Ellis '. , 3—HISTORIC, ,ch g, oyrs (Mr. E. V. . . Riddi£ord), 9.2—8. Morris. ....... -3 ;i The/ only' starters. Won. by a .neck, five lengths between second and •'.hird. ■ Time , , l.as 2-5... -■■! -. . - .;■■..:/:.. ■: I Winner, trained.by J. M., Cameron, Hastings. .' ; , ' -•■ : '- '\'. \' ■ PONSONBY HURDLE'RACE of 500 soys. .:( . ' ,' : Two miles; '." ■' : 2—KING'S GUARD, b g, aged, by Quin Abbey—Gipsy -'Lass (Mr. K. Han- ■ non), '10.7—Smith .; ....:. 1 4—PRINCE LU, I>r g. aged (Mr. A. Coubroußh), IQ.O—N. Syme .-...... 2 >3—IMPORTER,, b g, aged. (Mi-. N. G. Syme ..... .■...... 3 Also started: 1 Pangolin', 10.11 (Shaw); 7 Kawini, 10.6 (H.'Dulieu); S Clockwork, 10.0 (.T. Preston);'s Catonian, .0.9 (Williams):. 6 Lady Spaliie'en, 9:3 (Bennetts), and Glenotns. 0.0 (11. .Tones), coupled; 9 Rahepoto, 9.0 (Stamyay). ..•',. .. - . . ■ ■■.',■. : Woii by seven' lengtlis. :nine lengths, between secondhand tiiird. Time, 3.44 3-5. ._. by-ownerV Cambridge. ■• ■-: - '; . SUMMiIR-.. CUP, ''of UoOOsovs. ' :. One mile .and a r quarter. , . . 9—ROYAL DOULXON, br.m,.6yrs, by. ;' , i •"■• Romeo—Tecoma. .;(Messrs. Roul- ''•■ -■' ston ■Bros.), • Voitre :...■ 1 : I—PEGAWAY,. br, ; g,-aged (Mr.-,A. ; W.' . j •• '■ Frahgley), 9.S—Gray ........;.. 2 ■j B—AMOR, br g, syrs (Mr. F. William- . .'' ■■ sony, '7;O—C. Eastwood v ...... .3 : ' Also' started: 2 Star Stranger, > 9.11 (Reed): 5 Vertigern, 8.8 (Ellis) ; 3 Seatown, 5.7 (T. Green) ;, 7 White Fang, 8.5 (Keesing) ; 6 'Panther, 8.2 (B. Morris) ; 4' Merry Mint, 7.10 (L. Manson; 114 .The, Hawk, 7.8 (Burgess); 10 Jaloux, 7.0 (Henshaw) ; 11 Lucy Rose, !7.0 (A. Eastwood); 12 Flying Juliet, 7.0: (W Jones) ; 13 Transformer, 7.0, car. i7.4-(IF. Wiggins). ' • ..Won, by a neck, three-quarters of a length between second an,d third. Time, -2.7. " Winner trained by W. Townsend, Puke- ■ kohe. ■» '■..■'-.■ "CRITERION HANDICAP, df oOOsovs. • Five furlongs. TENTERDEN; 7.5 ......-; 1 AWAKEN, 8.4 2 TREMETUS, 5.3 3 Scratched: Sight Draft and .Grand Talk.