WINS GRAND NATIONAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 189, 12 August 1938, Page 12

WINS GRAND NATIONAL.

RAN TO FORM. GOLD WREN CONSISTENT. (By Telegrni>;i.—Special to "Star.") CHKISTCHURCH, this day. Overkaad conditions were pleasant yesterday fo»* the continuation of the Canterbury Jockey Club's Grand National meeting, but the course was heavy as a result of a downpour of rain on Tuesday night. Tlier -jf- was a ,large attendance, but the totiili«ator figures showed a falllug-off when coiii|.iiifu with the amount ot money invested on th.e corresponding day last year. vThe sum of * £41,500 10/ was handled*: yesterday, against £48.931 10/ last year,, this representing a decrease of £434). The total for the two days amounted to £10.),688, against £114,117 last year, a decrease of £8429. The ten starters in the Hunt Cup provided some excellent jumping. The Southland gelding Gold . Wren was one of the leaders all the way and though challenged itrbngly by Nightbound over the last half mtle he had the race in safe keeping all the way down the straight. He opened thia trip with seconds at Waimate and Waahdvke, while he won at the Christc',»rch Hunt nweting in hii fir«t outing atf Riccarton. Nightbound, after being "low tp get, going, wag travelling aolidly over the last mile. He will be a much Better horse next wjnt«;r. r Tom Cat gtayed "n.wfll for third "and will improve. El Caballo aafe -good Showing, .but again tirfd. Arctic .Star made up a lot of ground over the last half mile.

ftnwiii^ Tide waiter, an Awapuni hack, was a strong favourite for the BuitiMr : Hindicap, and after beintwsll placet for most of bis opponMla in the he w» pay to follow open races over a distance. Glenacrc the picture all tfSway and stayed- wed hi marked content to eorae recent ifforti, m he stopped «Mr* than once when Jtttrrled in the early, part. .Gold Boy, K lahtdr >ss - and Recollection all came home fait, finishing in thstvorder, with onlfc: heads them. The last-named pair ihaybe on the eve of wtas. Auto Bweep was close up at the flnlah snd his turn' will conao soon. Sparkle collapsed after leading for more than five fnrlongs. Happy Night was never sighted, find this good'fsJloperfa provipg expensive g mm% '*'■ Jumped Srtftantly. '!%■ Vslpeen gave anotherbrilliant exhibition of jumping .in the Beaufort Steeplechase and worried SunwiuriJ out of first place in the run from the last fence.riHe has msde a great come-b«ckjthi» winter. Sunward ran a solid race all the way and again showed that he is a great jumper over stiff country. In his last five starts St Riccsrton he has won twice, rsn second twicf and third once. Dunmure tired, but hung on to beat Forest Glow for third, aone of the others, finishing. All Irish and Flashlight both fell at the big sod wall, five furlongs from home. All Irish has lost his reputation as a jumper ,in his outings at Kiccarton. Flashlight did / not jump well at any feneeand obviously k not at his best. Perm Worked Oil Wi. Thsfirst day** form worked out in-the. Woolston Handicap. Second Innings and Half and Half were never far from the front, and had a great battle over the list furlong, the former scoring narrowly in the hands of J. W. Jennings, .wltd.vein hold his own yet with any of tl)i' younger riders. Second Innings has ffcowu a lot of good form in the last two* months, and after this meeting he will JiiTO to race in open company, where hefwill win more money. Half and Half|fKiu> improrer : and' will pay to IoVBSM Thermidor, , usually slow to get a brilliint - run in the straight to jet' third. Lady • Rosette, a half-sister m- Vintage, came j home strongly and is yam?' fbr'.yiri early ] success. Gironde and Gay Hunting also finished well. Lady Leigh ran agood race after going off slowly. %* , v ( Made HtatSp Padishah made history in, the Grand Rational Hurdles, being the first 'horse first jumping iuccess in that i*®®- In 1900 Record Reign> the greatest win, was a maiden jinhper when e meet >ng, but he won the I wfth on the «Penin* day, and « SSgpffiSfirysSi? ' tort lately to a Jnc early stagee, but wse a thlTeidfivt fe_r° £* or ® he 1 the Wellington J.n JjrTt'l, C his only YuccesiTaat ft 1 "! the Ohristchurch Hunt meetin? and w2i \ second to Top Rank in the TrialHm-Hii! on Tuesday, so yesterdav'. fUtL •ented a big improvement On IS «X efforts. Hie runner-up, Fireguard/w!! J« very slow to get aping. hat Irl exhibition of jf good likrf a real ■ good chancM;Oi coaapleting: fa National d#le. by bllMn, i I the second lot of ground- I utter which Iw ■jwfjgja capital Simi.» 5 KaaffSKJrttfsCT j,

Events at Riccarton — Cape Gabo at Long Odds.

placed over the last mile and a half, but it was only over the last half-mile that King's Archer was showing up prominently, iiiuess Lad went well till half a mile from iiome, but Silver Sight and Courtyard dieappeared much earlier. Contract was one of the leaders for half the journey, but Last Link did not last Belong. Kilberis made a mistake early, and was pulled up. Horse Destroyed. The Surgeon was not hurried in the early part of the Spreydon Hurdles, but i moved up gradually after six furlongs, and cam? home resolutely. He had some useful | wtaying form on bhe Hat, and has been very consistent in hurdle races during the last few months. Sunny Comet, coming late on the scene, gave him a hard tussle from the final hurdle, but The Surgeon worried his rival out of the stake. Tautau Maid and Mc Heath were handy to The Suigeon all the way, but tired in the last furlong. Corban was going well at the end. Guilder and Wild Irishman went off at a sprinting pace, but did not go far. Wild Irishman pulled up after half a mile. He broke a near hind leg when galloping on the flat, and was destroyed, j

An Outsider Scores. The Islington Handicap looked like being a good race when Supreme Court and Liane led a bunch all the way to the straight, among those prominent being Ned, Cuttle, Mungatoon, W aitaka, Monipere, Pukeko and Sovereign Lady, but mostof theih failed badly in the run home. Willie Win moved up fast, and a furlong from , the pout wajg wide out on terms with Liane. Then the outsider' Ca*>e Gabo arrived with a great run, which enabled him to worry Liane out of first money. Willie Win failed over the final

furlong though he (held on long enough ? et , third. Pukeko waa close up fourth, *nd then there w«i a gap with Wafcaka and Ned Cuttle heading the other*. Cape Gabo, one of the outsiders, ran hia bort «p^ ; 4©?date. otm*. II»M. Mittie the August Haodh cap from end to «nd, but tW im the nnal furlong, though ahe latMtPlon* enough for tnJrd. Yirmirfli i>a> aifonil lu and tlien . Land and Araboawere then left chasing Mittie. It looked this atage as if Paper Slipper would go on. but he atopped a little further on. Land feaid then headed Mittie, but Araboa; vigorously came In'gmi im. the jails to snatch a narrow -win on the nost. Tbia was Araboa's beat performance, and was a great improvement onhis 9*fP favourite.Great^Hope, fell at the end of. two furlong* and died.. Hie rider, B- lT Morria, suffered slight coivtniMion Royal Gallant toppled over hhn f «Bd his rider, G.B. Tatteraall. injured Arn }- It appeared as though it waa an accident, but an inquiry Will be held on Saturday. - .. .

« Lifer results were:--About two miles and a l*lf. 1 yALWBBN, 11.0-A. . 1 ] -5 —S—SUNWARD,'5—SUNWARD,' 9.7—G, gait'?,..... 2 \ «—e—DUNMOHB, 9.B—V. tSligfoM . § i _ Also started: 1-1 All Irish, 11.8 Vj : i«h. i Use); 8-3 FlssUtelit/vIO.S (B S«(WmV J 4-4 Ftorest Length; 30yds. \ - f I—I—SECOND INNINGS, 6.4—J, m i ■ Jennings ..... . : 2—-2—HALF AND HAW, B.4—P* 5 '• .■• Spratt . .'j.. • •' i 3—3—THERMIDOK, 8.10 — W. j'Cjf Broughton ...;. . .v. . ] ftortrt: 9-10 Palmyra, 9.5 (kVw* Hibtoerd); 5-6 Lady Leigh, 9.4 (A. Basse)!) 4-4 Sigurd, 8.9 (C. O. Goulsbro) : 14-9 »??4r li 8! W PWii 10 - 11 Kilrobe; 2;* ' O- P«raon«) : «-7 Glrondr, 8.7 (B. ®l IJ® 1 * 1 ') I H-14 Thjr Saadwichtnta, 8.5 <<*■ Wftaon) ; 16-15 Night Hawk, 8.1 (C. £ Wilson): 8-8 Gay ;|taitlii», 8.0 (g. Wilson) ; 7-5 Remembo.'ftOT (L. J. EH Is) : 12-12 Gay Lyric, 8.0 (Iplktfcfns) ; 13-13 I»<ly Rosette, 8.0 (A.j |MiwtrTy) ; 15-16 Master Dingle, 8.0, wr.itgf (W. Jenkins). Head; four lengths. ITtae, 1.34 1-5. GRAND NATIONAL HURDLES of £1000 and silver plate value £25. About two miles and Are furlongs. 2—3—PADISHAH, 10.S-A. B. Bills 1 3—2—FIREGUARD, • S.ll-wR. Beale . 2 1-I—CLARION CMW& 11.3 — A. Jenkins ... 3 Also started: 9-8/J«uir Beggar, 12.1 (G. Ridgway) ; 4-5 BHMtkMi; 10.13 (J. Mc- £« e) :, 8 "? Courtyard. 10.13 (A. Leach) ; , K l n(r " Areber, 10.6 (F. B. Baker); j Ji ll Inneas Lad* 9.4, car. 9.5 (J. Knlr); g 10-lgJtfjrt. Link,. 9 4 (W. B. Shaad) ;8-8 Kilberfi/ 9.3, car. 9.4 (If. C. Ttan ;% Aurora's Lore. 9.2, ear. 9.8 (A. BM&rdl: 12-12 Sdlrer Sight, 9.1 (B. Register) *13-18 Contract!'9.o (J. F.cF«gus). 8.8 »JB.%||' apiwrpoN wproro of £too. jt 3—4—THE 10.11— N. C. jfK* I . * M i ; I*l Curie, 10.8 (A. B. » in i i . p l - R ? nlc ' 101I 01 <A - BtoT *> 5 * * n l^? rd > '• McHeath, mm «ti

| ISUNOTON HANDICAP of £400. One mile «nd a quarter. 13-12—CAPE GABO, 8.0 W. J _ . Brongtoton ..." " i g—«—lianb. B.2—p. Atkiis ::::: 2 I 3 —WILLIB WIN, 9.10—1t. J. Bills 3 H A Mvl^r. e<1 i : , 4 t T^? ver « l S n Lady, 9.1 (B. ?o u ' • 1-1 Cuttle, 9.0 ( ) • SwtJ&Wft wV A ". B - BUte) ' a,ld 9 S li«t » ? J «nning 8 ). bracketed: ir . 9t Il(frain . 8.12 (C. T.. Wilson) • 7-7 Monlpere 8 10_(R. J. Ma Okie) : 8-9 Pukeko. <S J«nkln«) j 6-.» so H'iW)prdl br °l(i It Swordt!tick , 8.0 (H. W Messervy) Supreme Court, 8.0 (A. 3 - Neck '• three-quarters length. Time, 2.14

AUGUST HANDICAP of £350. furlongs. ® A 3 ~A. E. Dldhnm . 1 ® ® LAND RAID, 8.3, ear 8.4 P Burgess * o ~~ 1 MITTIE, 8.12— E. Stewart ... 8 V FMi larfrl:1 arf rl : ""I"' Silver Kins. 9.13 (A. li~ Elite) , a-3 Paper 'Slipper, !» .» (u H ton 1 )'- 88s v 1 7 " 7 V Z nt l- 9;5 ov - J B rough- ; *-8 Yalmarch. S.io (R. J. Mackle) ■ Gallants'e'V B ( V» kin8 ! : 1717 Kov "' How s 8 (B n Tatter sail) ; i- 2 Great 0.0 (B. H. Morris) ; 12-12 I^iilv all Head ; two lengths. Time, 1.31 2-5.