A Stirring Finish.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1932, Page 11

A Stirring Finish.

Three Horses Cross Line Almost Together. A-field of eleven paraded for the Rosebank Handicap, Silene and Puss Moth being the defections. Grand Review, with f39C, was in pride of place, with Ruling King (£311). and Moonfleet (£248) next best in demand. Night Warrior was entrusted with £107. Golden Spahi was the early leader from Grand Review,' Night Warrior, Ruling King, Transaction, Roxy, Echo Song, Moonfleet, Magic Mint, Abbey Dream and Top Li»ht As they raced across the top, Ni"ht Warrior and Grand Review were on° terms at the head of affairs from Golden Spahi, Ruling King, Roxy, Abbey Dream and Echo Song. Entering the straight, Grand Review and Golden Spahi were in charge from Night Warrier and Ruling King together, and Transaction, Echo Song, Moonfleet and Roxy. An exhilirating struggle took place in the run home, Ruling King just getting the verdict by a short head from Night Warrior and Grand Review, whom the judge could not separate. Golden Spahi was fourth, followed by Roxy, Echo Song, Transaction and Moonfleet. The Weight-Carriers. Dayform and Operatic were not saddled up for the High-weight' Handicap, in which Standfast was favourite (£411) from Tarporley (£350). Royal Survey was supported to the extent of £136. St. Ames and Rose Latour were thW smartest away, but when tlie field settled, down Royal Survey had taken charge from Stonehenge, Standfast, Tarporley, High Pitch, Esealus, St. Ames, Innuendo and Rose Xjatour. Across the top stretch Stonehenge ran up to Royal Survey, "and they were followed by High Pitch, Tarporley, Rose Latour, St. Ames and Standfast. The order into the straight was unchanged, but when well down the running, Dulieu shot Tarporley through, and he went on to win comfortably by a length from Royal Survey, who was a neck in front of Stonehenge. The next to finish were Innuendo, Standfast, High Pitch, St. Ames, Esealus and Rose Latour. Two-year-olds' Great Battle. Lady Carrington was the only defection for the six-furlong contest for two-year-olds. The bracket, Greek GoldHolly Lu, topped the betting market with £911. There was a drop to £714 on Impudent, and then came Sea Ruler (£405). Impudent was the smartest away from Grand Sport, Greek Gold, Sea Ruler and Roman Mascot. Going along the top Impudent still held sway, but Sea Ruler had got on terms with Grand Sport, and then came Roman Mascot, Greek Gold, Kiltowyn and Erination. Just before the straight entrance Roman Mascot moved up smartly, and was first to turn for home from Sea Ruler, Erination, Impudent, Holly Lu, Directory and Greek Gold. A great battle ensued over the concluding stages, and Holly Lu, Impudent and Sea Ruler flashed _ over the line practically together, the judge giving a dead heat between Holly Lu and Impudent, with Sea Ruler half a head away. Greek Gold was fourth, followed by Roman Mascot, Kiltowyn, Great Sport, Erination, Directory, Barograph and Dervish. Smartly-Run Handicap. The scratching pen was in evidence for Imperial Prince, Speedmint, Grand Tea and Maori Boy in the principal event of the day—the Foley Memorial. On his recent showings the public made Great Star favourite, the Southerner carrying £651. Gibraltar was second fancy with £509, Awaken ranking next with" £504. When the barrier rose Puriri Park went to the front and led over the early stage from Chief Joy, Autumn Sun, Sir Mond, Great Star, Eager Rose, Gibraltar and Awaken. At the bottom of the straight Great Star made a fast more and led along the hack from Eager Rose, Puriri Park, Autumn Sun, Chief Joy, Sir Mond, Royal Artist, Awaken, King's Archer, Gibraltar and Gay Cockade. Great Star was still in command going along the top, with Eager Rose, Puriri Park, Chief Joy,i Autumn Sun, King's Archer, Gibraltar and Awaken as his nearest attendants. At the straight entrance the son of Solferino held sway from Puriri Park, Eager Rose, King's Archer, Chief Joy, Autumn Sun and Gibraltar. In the run to the judge, Gibraltar came through smartly and, giving nothing else a chance, won by half a length from Great Star, who beat Puriri Park by threequarters of a length. Awaken was fourth, and then came Autumn Sun, Gay Cockade, Chief Joy, Eager Rose, Royal Artist, Sir Mond and King's Archer. -The race was run in the smart time of 2.5 2-5, the sectional times being: First two furlongs, 23 2-ss; three, 38s; four, .60 l-ss; five, 1.3 1-5; seven, 1.28. Results:—• BOSEBANK HANDICAP of lOOsovs. Seven furlongs. 2—RULING KING, b g, 4yrs. by Chief Ruler—Miss Ethel (Mr. W. Kemp), 1 /•, •'—Green 1 J— I GRAND REVIEW, br or blk f, 3yrs - , T JS, Ir - J- H. Prosser), 0.0 —Coveny .. * a—NIGHT WARRIOR, br c, 3yrs (Dr. W. C. Ring), S.2—Gray * *Dead-heat for second. A !f<> started: 7 Abbey Dream. 8.10 (Mci.nally); 3 Moonfleet, 8.7 (Wiggins): 11 Echo f'ongr 8.3 (Cammick); 6 Golden Spahi, 8.2 (Fergus); 10 Magic Mint, 8.2 (R. Mcßae); f Roxy, 8.2 (Choate); 9 Top Light, 8.2 (Home); 4 Transaction, 8.2 (Walters). Won by a. short head. Time, 1.2S 4-5. "inner trained by owner, Onehunga. (

AVONDALE HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP of lOOsovs. One mile. 2—TARPORLEY. br g, 4yrs, by Flying King—Chatenay (Mr. A. M. Robertson), O.B—L. Dulieu 1 6—ROYAL SURVEY, b g, aged (Mrs. M. E. Wilson), 10.0—Tucker 2 S—STONEHENGE, b g, aged (Mr. R. L. Plummer), 9.2—McEae : 3 Also started: 1 Standfast, 11.3 (Thompson); 9 High Pitch, 10.12 (Rennie); 3 Innuendo, 10.2 (Burgess); 8 St. Ames. 0.8 (MeIlroy); 4 Escalus. 9.2 (Stanway); 7 Royal Latour, 9.2 (Olive). Won by a length, third liorse a neelc away. Time, 1.44 3-5. Winner trained by owner. Ellerslie. OAKLEY HANDICAP of 120sovs. For two-year-olds. Six furlongs. I—HOLLY LU, b g, 2yrs, by Lucullus— Holymond (Mr. Thos. luipey), 7.0 (car. 7.3) —Wiggins * 2—IMPUDENT, br c, 2.vrs. by Brazen— Rosebern , (Mr. R. A. McLean), 7.0 (car. 7.6) —Voitre 3— SEA RULER, cli g, 2yrs (Mr. L. W. Speoce), S.4 —Parsons •> •Dead-heat for first. Also started: 1 Greek Gold, 8.13 (Keesing) (coupled with Holly Lu); 4 Grand Sport, 7.j----(Murray); 0 Barograph, 7.0 (Bentley); 10 Directory. 7.0 (Mcßae): S Dervish. 7.0 (Jones): 9 Erination, 7.0 (Home); 3 Kiltowyn, 7.0 (Gilmer); 7 Roman Mascot, 7.0 (Cammick). Half a head between the dead-lieaters and Sea Ruler. Time, 1.14 3-5. Holly Lu trained by F. Smith, Takanini, and Impudent by J. T. Jamieson, Papakura. FOLEY MEMORIAL HANDICAP of 250sovs One mile and a quarter. 2—GIBRALTAR, b g, 3yrs, by Lackham —Alvarez (Mrs. W. D. Graham). 7.l3—Wiggins ..•••• 1 I—GREAT STAR, b g, 6yrs (Mr. J. H. Prosser), B.l3—Cov t ny 2 S—PURIRI PARK, b h, 4yrs (Mr. F. Gilchrist), B.s—Parsons 3 Also started: 7 Chief Joy, 8.5 (Bagby) ; 3 Awaken. 8.1 (Voitre); 4 King's Archer, 7.13 (Flower) ; 9 Royal Artist 7.7 (L. Pine) ; 10 Gay Cockado. 7.6 (R. McEne) , 11 Sir Mond, 7.6 (Camnr.cK) ; 8 Eager Rose, 7.3 (Bentley) ; 6 Autumn Sun, 7.1 (Murray). Won by half a length, third horse three-quarters of a length away. Jimo. —u 2-5.

Winner trained by E. George, New Plymouth.