DEFAULTER SHINES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 89, 17 April 1939, Page 12

DEFAULTER SHINES.

IN A.J.C. PLATE.

ANOTHER WIN FOR AJAX.

FINAL TO MAJLAGIGL

SYDNEY, ApriM6.

Features of the final day of the Australian Jockey Club's autumn meeting at Randwick yesterday were the- victories _of the Xew Zealand horses Defaulter and. Malagigi. Good fields provided excellent racing, and the- track was in good order in spite of. overnight rain. Defaulter was responsible for a ibrilliant performance in leading practically throughout in the A.J.C. Plate, two miles and a quarter, and winning from such worthy opponents as Spear Chief, Allunga and Mosaic. Defaulter received a great ovation. Malagigi registered another good effort when he enatched a smart victory in the Final Handicap, after ibeing badly pocketed at the home turn. Ajax had no difficulty in accounting for his five opponents in the C. W. Cropper Plate. The win brought his winnings up to £31,100. The attendance was 33,000, compared with 31,000 laet year. Results were:— ROUS HANDICAP of £700. Six furlougs. AUREUS, hlk h, 6yrs, by Moiibi'te— (iold Tinge {Mr. 10. F. Walker), 1).O— K. Bjirtle '. 1 RED THKSPIAN, oh s. 6yis (Mr. H. R. llunro), S.7—E. McMeuaiuin 2 JUNE, eh f. 3yrs (Mr. A. G. Papworth), 9.3—D. Muuro 3 Twenty started. Two lengths; length. Heroic Faith was fourth. Time 1.125. WOOLKAHRA HANDICAP of £700. One mile. KNIGHT FOLLY, eh ?. syrs. by Knight Corban—Native Dance (Mrs. F. M. Chapman), 7.12—A. Harvey 1 GILLTOWN. ell g, 4yrs (Mr. A. Trigg), 8.7— K. Bartle 2 VESTAL, eh in. 4yrs (Mr. P. Riddle), 7.7— J. M. O'Siilllvan 3 Fourteen started, including The Squire. Head: two lengths, l'anax was fourth. Time 1.38 i.

C. W. CROPPER PLATE of £1300. Seven furlongs. AJAX, ch h, 4yrs, by Heroic—.Mednienham (Messrs. E. L. Baillieu, A. W. Thompson and "Constable"), 9.3— H. Badger 1 GOLD ROD (X.Z.-4>red), ch h, syrs (Mr. E. J. Watt), B.9—M. Mc-Carten 2 AMIABLE (N.Z.-bred), blk m, 4yrs (Mr. W. R. KenVble), 7.12— A. Heed 3 Also started: King's Head, 8.3; Creditor, 7.8; Caesar. 7.2.

Ajax took command from Creditor at the ■five-furlong post, and the outcome of the race was never afterwards in doubt. Gold itod went after Ajax at the home turn, but Ajax, ridden right out went on to win decisively by two lengths from Oold Rod, who beat Amiable iby half a length. King's Head was fourth. Time 1.23 i. DANGAR HANDICAP of £700. One mile and five furlongs. FEMINIST, br f, 3yrs, by PantheonLoquacious (Mr. H. 'S. Thompson), 7.11— W. Lappin 1 WILL ROGERS, l> g, Syrs (Mr. J. J. ■Leahy), 6.B—A. 'Podmore 2 RIPLEY. b" g, 4yrs (Mr. W. C. Douglass), 6.12—X. Watterson 3 Nine started. Two lengths and a half; length and a quarter. C'athartee was fourth. Time 2.434. FERNHILL HANDICAP of £700, two-yenr-olds. One mile. TEL ASOiR. b g, by Marconigram— Intuition (Mr. W. Brown), 7.7—iH. Hughes *•••• 1 DAGMAR, eh f (Mr. E. J. Mooney), 7.4— H. Hanley 2 ©ASHING CAVALIER, t> c (Messrs. F. W. Hughes and E. A. Coghlan), 8.5— D. Monro '.ww«...i 3 {Seventeen started, including The> Stork. In a thrilling finish Tel Asur won by a neck from Dagnnar, Who beat X>ashing Cavalier by two lengths. Lavengro was fourth. Time 1.39.

A.J.C. PLATE of £1250, weight-for-age. Two miles and a quarter.

DEFAULTER (New Zealand), "d c, 3yrs, by Defoe—Expense (Mr. H. D. Greenwood), B.2—L. J. Ellis 1 SPEAR CHIEF, l>lk h, 4yrs (Messrs. J. B. eiiarlton and J. Harris), ».O—M. McCarten • M °SAIC (N.Z.nbred), b c, 3yrs (Mr«J. H. Abb), B.2—E. Bartle ..-. TTTT -.,"...,. • •Bead-heat for second. Also started: Allunga, 9.4; St. Constant,. S7.U.

Defaulter took tie lead from Mosaic and Allunga at the four-furlong post the first time round and opened up a gap of three lengths, which he held for over a mile Mosaic and Spear iShief came at Defaulter nearing the home turn, but the New Zealand colt finished full of running to win amid great cheering by two lengths from hpear Chief and Mosaic, who dead-heated tor second. Allunga was five lensths away fourth. Time 3.58 J.

FINAL HANDICAP of £750. One mile and a quarter.

MALAGIGI (New Zealand), b g, syrs by Paladin—Drop One (Mr L K Nelson), 9.3— H. Badger ........ " 1 COORANGA, b m, oyrs (Mr. B. H*. 'Richards), 8.10 —E>. Bartle .„ 2 SILENT TIP, tor g, 4yrs (Mr. M. Connell), 7.O—A. Knox ■..«■.«,.. 3

Bight started, including Limulet. In a resolute finish Malagigi won by a iead froin: Cooranga, who beat Silent Tip by- a. length. 'Limulet was- fourth. Time'

NAMAKIA SHOWS FORM.

TAKES RACE AT MENTONE. MELBOURNE, AprU 16. The New Zealand-bred Namakia (Gay Shield—Quinkama), won the Boisdale Handicap, of £250, one mile and a quarter, at the Mentone Turf Club's meeting yesterday. Mr. W. R. Kemball's Bankshaw (Siegfried—Court Step) nan second in the Sfratford*Hiaiidicap>*iHltNigto4jeoendlnNtfl Iliinliii'ilii Ifam'TT<iiiiTi«iL