How They Ran.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 306, 28 December 1931, Page 5

How They Ran.

Opening Favourite Does it.—A Very Worthy Queen.

'All but three faced the starter in the Selby Handicap. Worthy Queen was favourite, carrying £1001. On Welcome Guy, second favourite, there was £557, ' and on Bessie Parrish, the third fancy, £408. At the start Parrish Belle, Effigy and Welcome-Guy broke, and when they settled down Leo Mauritius was leading from Caballero, Colonel Thorpe, Worthy Queen and Windchat. Passing the stand the order was Worthy Queen, Caballero, Welcome Guy, Windchat, Moko Girl and Bessie Parrish. They were not strung out at all, and along the back Worthy Queen was leading Caballero, Welcome Guy, Windchat, Moko Girl and Bessie Parrish. Welcome Guy was going well at that ' stage, but he broke. Worthy Queen turned for home first, followed by Caballero, Windchat and Bessie Parrish. Worthy Queen went on to win easily by . two and a half lengths from Caballera, with Windchat third. Bessie Parrish was fourth, and was followed by Moko Girl, Marble Star, Parrish Belle and Carl Mack. Another Well-Backed Victor. Tempest' was favourite for the December Handicap, carrying £1212. Flying Cloud was the next best backed with ..£713, and Rey de Quest the third ■choice:for.£sß3. When they were let - 7 go R'oi Grande and Poi broke up, and Kewpie's ' Triumph and Prince Pedro collided and lost their drivers before they had gone half a furlong. Along the tack the order was,. Modern Light, Haroto, Rey de Quest, Flying Cloud; Jersey Thorpe, Margaret Wallace and Myrtlene, and when they passed the stand the order was about the same. Along the hack again. Rey de Quest was in front from Modern Light, Flying Cloud and Tempest. Moving up fast the kstnamed was up just behind Rey de Quest when they turned for home, with Gumdigger and Flying Cloud handy. _ It was a good finish, Tempest just winning by half a head from Rey de Quest, Gumdigger filling third place. The fourth horse was Jersey Thorpe, followed by Flying Cloud, Margaret Wallace, Modern Light and Oliver Thorpe. The Big Event. "V All started for the Auckland Trotting Cup, for which Royal Silk ( £1675) was favourite, with Pluto ( £821) and Auto Machine ( £678) next best backed. Nelson Tasker was soon in front, followed by-Meteor, Muriel de Oro, Stanmoor, Genuine, Golden Pedro and Royal Silk. Passing the stands the first time Nelson Tasker waa attended by Meteor, Royal Silk, Stanmoor,. Genuine, Golden Pedro and .Mountain Dell. When they came •round again, Nelson Tasker still held his- position from Royal Silk, Stanmoor, Muriel de Oro, Golden Pedro, Torpedo Hiion, Pluto and Reremai. Going out of ihe straight, Torpedo Huon broke and interfered with Golden Pedro and seveWl; other, and along "the back Stanmoor broke, interfering with Auto Machine, who "fell. Nelson Tasker was followed across the top by Royal Silk, Muriel de Oro, Pluto and Mountain Dell. The order was the same into the straight, where Royal Silk took charge to win by .. three-quarters of a length from Muriel de Oro, who beat Pluto by half a length. Then came Nelson Tasker, Jewel Pointer, Mountain Dell and The Abbey. Detailed results: — SELBY' HANDICAP of 125sovs. (Trotters.) One mile and a half. Limit 3.42. '■I—WORTHY QUEEN, ch m, 4yrs, by WortW Bingen—Queen Chimes (Mi. j. 11.- Corrigan), 12yds—A. V Corrigan 1 o—CABALLERO, b g, syrs (Mr. J. A. - Mitchell), 12yds—W. Hughes .. * WINDCHAT, b g, aged .(Mr. S. M. -;-X August), 24yds—Owner 3 „ Also started: 3 Bessie Parrish, 11 Colonel Thorpe, 12 Leo Mauritius, .9 Moko yirt, 2 Welcome Guy, limit; 8 Effigy, 48yds; 10 Marble Star, 60yds; 4 Carle 'Mack, '2yds; 7 Parrish Belle, 84yds; 13 Wimmera -*ing, 108 yds. Won by two and a half lengths, third aorse one and a half lengths away. Bessie ,arrigh was fourth. Times: 3.32, 3.33 1-J> 433._3.36. Winner trained by T. Roe, Hawera.

December handicap of i2ssovs. One mile and a half. Limit 3.34. TEMPEST, b g, 3yrs, by Wrack — Nell Pointer (Mr. S. J. Barton), ' 12yds—W. J. Tomkinson 1 3—REY DE QUEST, ch g, aged (Mr. , i 'W. F. Itayner), 'limit —S. M. August - *—GUMDIGGER, b h, aged (Mr. S. A. Williams), 12yds—Williams 3 • 10 Aiso started: 2 Flying Cloud, !) Haroto, J- Jersey Thorpe, 13 Margaret Wallace, R o ,?J oclern Li Kht, 16 Myrtlene, 7 Poi, 11 limit; 6 Donna Gulvallis, 8 Oliver inorpe, 15 Roi Grande, 12yds; 10 fewpie's Triumph, 17 Prince Pedro, 36yds; 0 48yds. ■ 'by half a head, third horse one no a half length's away. Jersey Thorpe 3% i°g rth - T imes: 3.24, 3.25 1-5, 3.2 a, Aldington tl,aine(l by W " Tomkinson '

AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP of 750sovs, jncluding Gold Cup valued at oOsovs. .—two miles. - Limit 4.30. -I—ROYAL SILK, bh, syrs, by Silk , Thread—Glimpse (Mrs. M. Har--V rail), limit—J. Shaw 1 ♦".—MURIEL DE ORO. b m, syrs (Mr. - " W. E. Simes), limit —F. Holmes - 2—PLUTO, br s, aged (Mr. C. P. • .Cameron), 12yds—C. S. Donald . <>

Also started: 3 Golden Pedro, 12 Gold r, Meteor, 13 Nelson Tasker, 14 Huon, limit; 7 Genuine, limit, otanmoor, limit, and The Abbey, 36yds bracketed); 4 Auto Machine, 8 jNeeoro,

12yds. 18 Florent, 17 Reremai, 24yds; 6 Mountain Dell, 36yds; 16 Machine Gun, 60yds; 9. Jewel Pointer, 72yds; 19 Gold Jacket, 11 Wrackler, 84yds; 15 Peter Bingen, 96yds. Won by three-quarters of a length ; half a length second and third. Nelson Tasker was fourth. Times: 4.29 2-5, 4.29 4-5. 4.29, 4.31 1-5. Winner trained by J. Shaw, Spreydon.