AUSTRALIAN RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 212, 8 September 1930, Page 11

AUSTRALIAN RACING.

CANTERBURY PARK FIXTURE.

PAQUITO IN FORM

HARD WORDS SECOND IN

WELTER.

SYDNEY, September 7.

Several prominent New Zealand horses were engaged at the Canterbury Park meeting yesterday, hut they met with onlv moderate success.

Paquito, who was second to Nightmarch In the- last Melbourne Cup, was the only New Zealander to win. The race he won was the September Handicap, but his victory was not as convincing as some of his supporters expected.

The Auckland-owned Hard Words was second in the First Division of the Flying Welter Handicap.

Nightmarch was third in the Canterbury Stakes, six furlongs, coming from a long way back to finish very fast. Results:—> •.

FLYING WELTER HANDICAP of 200 sovs, with a sweepstakes of 2sovs each added. Lowest handicap weight, 7.7. Six furlongs.

First Division: ADRIAN'S MARCH, ch li, syrs, by March Along—Princess Ortelle (Mr. W. T. Kerr), S.ll— G. Young 1 HARD WORDS, b g, 3yrs. by Diacquenod—Mazaburka (Mr. F. Earl), 8.7 2 KING'S ARMS, br h, syrs, by Quantock —Syandra (Messrs. A. and G. A. Viver), 8.4 3 Nineteen started, including Goshawk, Richfleld and Taurua. Won by half a leugth. with threequarters of a length between second and third. Goshawk, who met with interference, was fourth. Time, 1.131.

Second Division : CITAMON; b g, 4yrs, by Emblematic— Ongle (Mr. J. Grant), S.ll—Blundell 1 CREDENCE, 8.12 2 GEITALL, 8.5 B Sixteen started, including First Acre r.nd Full Measure. Won by half a head, with Uiroe lengths between second and third. Time, 1.122. THREE-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP of 250 sovs, with a sweepstakes of 2sovs each added. Lowest handicap weight, 7.7. One mite and one furlong. ALGIERS, b c, 3yrs, by The Verdercr— Algerian Maid (Mr. J. A. Scully), 7.7— J. Simpson 1 ROGERSON, 5.2 2 LADY CANNES, 7.12 3 Fourteen started, including King March, Dun raven arid King Musket. Won by three-quarters of a length, with the saine distance between second and third. Dunraven and King March were sixth and seventh. Time, 1.552. CANTERBURY STAKES of uOOsovs, with a: sweepstakes of ssovs each added. Weight-for-age, with allowances. Sir . furlongs. HOLDFAST, br g, 4yrs, by WedgeLystrim (Mr. F. Gahan), S.ll—W. Hi Cook l FUJI SAN, b g, aged, by Valais—Lady San (Mr. A. J. Matthews), 8.13 .. 2 NIGHTMARCH, br h, oyrs, by Night Kaid—r.larsa (Mr. A. Louisson), 0.2 3 Nine started, including Cimabue and Gay Ballerina. Won by half a length. Nightmarch being a length away, third. Cimabue was fourth. Time, 1.12} —a course record. SEPTEMBER HANDICAP of 250sovs, with a sweepstakes of lsov each added. Lowest handicap weight, 7.0, One mile and three furlongs. PAQUITO, b g, 6yrs, by Tliurnham—Madrid (Mr. 11. A. Knight), 9.3— M. McCarten 1 BOSMINA, b m, 4yrs, by Tippler— Speargilla, 7.6 2 TRESSILIAN, 7.0 3 Eleven started. Won. by a neck, with the third horse two lengths away. Time, 2.22.