SPRING MEETING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 243, 13 October 1936, Page 16

SPRING MEETING.

SUCCESS OF SCOTLAND.

<1 BACHELOR KING WINS STAKES if k 1 ••• -. I S KELLY THE LIVERPOOL ff< ' < 3 % Rain commenced early yesterday ; J morning and tlie weather did not look too promising for the concluding day of the Auckland Racing Club's spring meeting at Ellerslie, but it cleared by' mid--4 i day and except for a couple of light - *» showers remained fine during the afterI ; noon. There was a good attendance and betting was again brisk, the sum of j] » £25,745 going through the machine, compared with £19,601 10/ for the corresf* J ponding day last year, an increase of J? £0143 10/. This made a total for the meeting of £60,370, against £46,459 10/ for the previous spring meeting, an in--5 5 crease of £13,916 10/. The Chief Event. In the principal event, the King jj £ Edward Handicap, mos; 1 . money came i I' for Royal Appellant (£S08), King Musk (fS3S) and Scotland (£510), and the * £ last-named duly materialised. Royal ' i Appellant was first to break the line Si and he led early from Mungatoon, Jona- ? than, Spiral, Horowhenua, King Musk J * and Con Fuoco. Mungatoon then headed It. Royal Appellant and - this pair ware S attended along the back by Spiral, £ ■ Jonathan, Horowhenua, Knight of Aus- ¥ ;*• tralia, Scotland and Calient-c. Red ManJ * fred went up fast to take command as I - the top was reached, with Knight of i. J Australia, Mungatoon, Royal Appellant, £ y Spiral, Scotland, Jonathan and King ? Musk following. Red Manfred was | first into the straight -.from Knight /of Australia, Royal Appellant, Spiral, Munj | gatoon, Scotland, King Musk and J Jonathan, but once in line for the judge \ ? Scotland came through and soon settled ' ; the opposition to beat Knight of AusJ tralia comfortably by a length and a J I quarter, with King Musk three-quarters i j of a length away third. Red Manfred « | was fourth and then came Horowhenua, \ | Royal Mungatoon, Con Fuoco, % g Spiral and Caliente. ~ j J The Steeples. Eight went to the. post for the One- » & hunga Steeplechase, and when the final i r figures were adjusted the best backed j £ were Miss Pango (£414) and Invictus J S ( £361), but a surprise was in store, I 1' the fifth favourite, Windsor Lad, who t § carried only £258, winning rather comi 5 fortably. Miss Pango and King Rod S * were prominent early, but Kaola soon II ran to the front and led up the hill the |jj ' first time from Miss Pango, Invictus, isKing Rod, Huskie, Windsor Lad and S* 5 Irish Comet. Over the double the order | S was Kaola, Windsor Lad, Miss Pango, Invictus, King Rod," Irish Comet, London and Huskie. Windsor Lad ran past Kaola and led along the back from Miss Pango, King Rod, Kaola, Irish Comet and Invictus,. but the lastnamed. came to grief at the hurdle by the six-furlong post. This left Windsor ; Lad showing the way to Miss Pango up the hill the last time, with Kaola, Irish Comet and v King Rod following - in that order. Windsor Lad was olear as they came round the home turn, King Rod, Kaola, Irish Comet and Miss - Pango coming next. Windsor Lad held on solidly in the run to the post and went on to win by three lengths from King Rod, who was ten lengths in front of Kaola. Irish Comet and,. Miss Pango were next, with Huskie and London well-back. * Well-backed Winner. Aiwai (£905), Bachelor King (£006) and Privy Sgal (£437) were the principal selections 'i#, : the Musket, Stakes, 4nd' they fought out the issue". Airam gave a lot of' trouble at the start, and when the barrier -lifted she was turned round and lost a'-. lSfc of ground, although she L. trailed the field and made up a good deal, .i of leeway. Aiwai, Bachelor 'King, Tril? " liarch, Privy Seal and Red Ledger settle < ; down in that order, and Aivvai':; and Bachelor King were on terms 'as-.thev turned into the straight, with Trilliarch H : just in behind. Privy Seal Dis- *:"• ' turbed. were some" four length's away , next. Bachelor King did best over the concluding stages, and went dn' to win by a length and a half from Privy Seal,, who finished well tt>.\beat Aiwai by lialf a. length. Trilliarch was fourth and then j*"'. followed Airam, Disturbed and Red | Ledger. S ; -" • Well-deserved Victory. ®Mainland, who has been racing consis--3? - tently of late, "scored a "well-deserved victory in the Hobson Handicap, for which he was a warm favourite, carrysi?, ing £980. Gay Egypt was next' in request with £605. Gay.nEgypt, Wii;taka arid Merial were first to break the line, and Merial took up the running, to lead along the back from Gay Egypt, 7 Mainland,' Waitaka, Cyllaros and Carsnalton. There was no change across the top, and. Merial and Gay Egypt turned for home attended by Mainland, *-,r. Waitaka, Carshalton and Cyllaros. hi Mainland" then challenged, and, finishing on well, scored nicely by three-quarters of a length from Gay Egypt, who held off Cyllaros by a length. Merial, Vera Acre, Carshaltoii and Waitaka were next to finish. .- ■ . A Fine Finish. The meeting concluded,with the Liverpool Handicap, for \vh'ich all started. J)ark ShadoV ( £1087),Inver ( £SSS) and Triune ( £431) were most in request, but Kelly and Crooning .were at good prices, the latter pay ing-.nearly as much as the and Crooning. were,along" the back from Dark Shadow, Legatee", Sergia, Entail, Sinking Fund,'; Light .. Comedy, Kelly, • Tybalt and' High Tea.' Crooning and , Inver were'fdH'qwed into the. straight by ! Dark Shadow, Legatee, ..Entail, Sinking , Fund and Tybalt.'Tn a great finish Kelly ] came through from a long way back to ] get the decision by a-head from Croon- i ing, who beat Dark. Shadow ,by half a t head. Ent«iL was right up fourth,, with } Inver, Sinking Fund, Legatee/ Tybalt, c High Tea ajijcl Sergia ,nexL J Later results are:-— " . I KING EDWARD.HAXDICAP of £500. * Ope mile and a quarter. 3—SCOTLAND'.-i.b '..jr,: Cyrs, by . Acre— c Bonny Jiabel (Mr. W. J.-McLean),' e 8.3-r-P. Fearn 1 t 30—KXIGIIT OF AUSTRALIA,, br g, g aged(Mr. A^-Tooman),.-.-7.7—C. L. £ Goulsbro; .„ ..-i ..... 2 t:• > 2—KING MUSK, b g, -Gyrs (Mr; N. G. . :■ Donald), :7.8—-W: ;J. Broughton '.. 3 J ■ * Als° .j. started:,;' 4 Joiiathhri; 9.9 (A. S,? ket ? : Manfred. 0.0 (P. (E. P'feck): 1 Royal .- <L. ,J.' Ellis);..G, Mungatoon. ' Ji <i: p •: ■ 8 McGuire,; I - . a quarter, third Time. 2.8. fif ® ?. a length away. Winner trainv._ s< owner, Matsmata. n |v -tot"; tisrt-i..

ONEHUNGA STEEPLECHASE of £300. Three miles. 3—WINDSOR LAD, br g, aged, by Little England—Zak (Messrs. R. H. Townsend and P. R. Windsor), 11.0— J. Muir 1 6—KING ROD, br g, aged (Mr. J. M. Fletcher), 0.0 —F. Fergus 2 3—KAOLA, br g, aged (Mr. S. Cleaver), 942—C. Thomson 3 Also started: 1 Miss Pango, 11.5 (W. J. S Huskie, :10.1 (P. Mcllroy); 4 Irish Comet, 10.0 (W. Preston);. 7 London, 10.0 (J. Day); 2 Invictus, 0.10 (L. Dulieu)). Won by three lengths, third horse ten lengths away. Time, 0.8 3-5. Winner trained by owners, Eureka. MUSKET STAKES of £350. For two-year-olds. Five furlongs. 2—BACHELOR KING, br c, by Lapidary—Chesterfield mare (Mr. G. W. Main),), S.5—A. Tinker 1 3—PRIVY SEAL, b f (Mr. A. J. McGovern), 7.7 —It. Home .......... 2 I—AIWAI, b f (Mr. F. Davis), B.l—P. Atkins 3 Also started: 4 Airam, 7.12 (W. Bartle); G Trillinrch. 7.12 (J. Winder); 7 Red Ledger, 7.12 (S. Tremaiu); 5 Disturbed, 7.7 (P. Fearn). Won by a length and a half, third horse half a length away. Time, 1.2. Winner trained by P. E. Pope, Takanini. HOBSON HANDICAP of £300. Seven furlongs. I—MAINLAND, b m, 6yrs, by Lucullus . —Greyland (Estate of late A. W. Prangley), S.l—R. McTavish .. 1 2—GAY EGYPT, b g, syrs (Mrs. H. R. Turnbull), 7.10— W. Bartle 2 4—CYLLAROS, eh g, 4yrs (Mr. H. Dent), 7.S—C. G. Goulsbro 3 Also started: 5 Vera Acre, 8.9 (S. Tremain); 3 Merial, 8.5 (J. Winder); 7 Waitaka, S.l (A. Murray); U Carshalton, 7.": (N. Vaughan). Won by tliree-qv.arters of a length, third horse a length away. Time, 1.28. Winner trained by owner, Ellerslie. LIVERPOOL HANDICAP of £350. One mile. B—KELLY, b g, syrs, by Kilbroney— Joy Queen (Mr. J. McGregor), 8.13— R. McTavish 1 13 —CROONING, br ill, Oyrs (Messrs. A. B. and R. B. Stonex), 8.6— .L. Clifford . 2 I—DARK SHADOW, br c, 4yrs (Mr. G. W. Vercoe), B.7—J. McLaughlin 3 Also started: 7 Sinking Fund, 9.7 (N. McKenzie); 3 Triune, 9.7 (O. Mclnally) ; 10 Tybalt, 9.4 (G. Cameron) ; 5 Entail, 9.1 (E. Peck); 4 High Tea, 8.12 (P. Fearn); 11 Delrain, 8:9 (R. Home); 12 Light Comedy, 8.2 (C. L. Goulsbro) ; 9 Legatee, 8.2 (S. Tremain) ; 2 Inver, 8.2 (L.-'J. Ellis) ; G Sergia, 8.0 (R. Glading). Won by a head, third horse half a head away. Time, 1.3S 4-5. Winner trained by F. Gilchrist, Ellerslie.