MANAWATU CUP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 304, 26 December 1939, Page 10

MANAWATU CUP.

DU MAURIER WINS.

DUXCAXXOX THE SPRINT

(By Telegraph.—Press Aesoriation.) PALMERSTOX NORTH, Saturday. The Manawatu Racing Clubs eummn meeting was opened to-day in brilliant weather before a good attendance. The totalizator handled £35,965, compared with £36,659 last year, a decrease of £640. The course was fast. Later results: — TOKOMARU HIGH WEIGHT HANDICAP of £Im, One mile and a quarter. GAY FOX, 9.O—A. Jenkins . 1 J—PRIME QUALITY. 10.8—P. BurKess , 2 — HUNTING LORE. 9.7—P. .Tarvis . 3 Also started : 4 Golden Ridge-. 10.9: 9 Silver River. 10.3; 8 War Lan. 9 10- I" 6 3 Tb rases, 9.3: 10 Earl Colossus. 14 Aero bit. 1.3 Little Louis' 9 0 Peer, lo Reslngold, 7 Joe Neck : head. Golden Ridge was fourth. Time, 2.10. TARARUA HANDICAP of £200. Nine furlongs. I KILOMETRE. B.4—W. J. Broughton 1 4—WHITE RAJAH, 8.0, car. 7.13 —A. Midwood o BRAZIL. B.B—J. Ohnpliu .. , 3 Also started: 11 Pearl of Asia, 9.0; 6 Sudan. 8.9: 4 Little Dorrit. B.S: 2 Malikkat'ur. 8.3; 3 Colibri. 7.13: 7 Mother-in-Jaw, 7.12; 8 Renascor, 7.i0. car 7.3- V The Tryst. 7.7. car. 7.0J ; 30 Gothic. 7.7. Head: two lengths. Renascor was fourth. Time. 1.55 3-D. MANAWATU CUP of £730. One mile and a half.

8 DU MAURIER, 7.(i—J. Williamson 1 13—riDEWAITER, 7.5, car. 7.B—R. E. Home 2 3—FRIESLAND, 8.7 —P. Burgess .... 3 Also started : 2 Centrenoise, 9.2; 4 The Buzzer, 8.9; 1 SlegmunJ, 8.8: 5 Wotan, 8-3: » Play On, 7.11 ; 16 Hunting Cat, 7.8; 10 Dainty Sue, 7.5; 14 Kena. 7.3; 6 Colonel Bogey. 7.2, car. 7.4; 12 Windsor | Chief, 7 Aurora's Star, 17 Limbohm. 7.0; 15 Rarotonca, 7.0, car. 7.4J ; 18 Sllvanus, 11 Raeburn, 7.0. Three lengths ; two lengths. Hunting Cat was fourth. Time, 2.34. NURSERY HANDICAP of £200. Two-year-olds. Five furlongs. I—ABSOLVE, 8.13—P. Atkins X 3—SIR BEAU, 7.12— H. N. Wiggins . 2 6—AIR FLIGHT, 7.4—A. Midwood ... 3 Also started: 2 Talenta. 7.12 ; A Teacony, 7.12, and Desert fide, 7.2 (bracketed) ; 10 Tau Uru. 7.12, car. 7.13: Croupisino. 7.12; 8 Beau Ciel, 7.12, car. 7.13; 11 Wild Fire, 7.12; 9 Beau Coure.ir, 7.9 ; 7 King's Mark, 7.7; 12 Aoronlt, 7.4; 12 Courting, Half a head : three lengths. Teacony was fourth. Time, 1.2 4-5. GILLIES HANDICAP or £200. Sis furlongs. 7—PUNARUA. B.5—A. Midwood 1 I—SCANDAL, 8.6— W. J. Broughton 2 15—MILITARY MAID, 7.7, car. 7.OJ— W. 3. Stevens 3 Also started: 11 Gayest , Son, 9.0; 13 Pekoe, 8.5; 12 Vascones, 6'Siglow, 5 La Bru, 8.3; 10 The Smiler, 8.2, car. 7.9 : 9 Proclamation. 8 Great -Legion, 8.0; -14 Counter, 4 Gold Chase, 7.12: 3 Harina, 7.10; ltt Deflation, 7.8; 17 Prediction, ?.7, car. 7.1; 18 Game Pit, 2 Te Ore, 7.7. Head; half a head. t'roclamaUon was fourth. Time, 1.15. FITZHBRBBRT HANDICAP of £250. Six furlongs. I—DUNCANNON. 7.6— H. N. Wiggins 1 6—NIGHT ERUPTION", 7.11. car. 7.4— W. J. Stevens ' 2 4—LAUGHING LASS. 8.2—8. H. Morris 3 Also started: 2 Russian Ballet. 8.5; 3 Sleeveless. 8.1 ; 8 Lord Cavendish, o Rakahanga, 7.7 ; 7 Jeanne, 7.0, car. 7.1. Neck; length and a half. Jeanne was fourth. Time, 1.13 4-5. GRANDSTAND HANDICAP of £250. Nine furlongs. I—COLFORT, B.3—P. Burgess 1 2—MISHNA, 9.0, car. B.7—R. Hawee 2 S—LORD MOUTOA. 7.11 —H. i. Callahan - 3 Also started : 6 Galteemore, 3 The Bigot, 8.8; 4 Mataroa, 8.4; 7 Cricket, 7.11. . Head; neck. Galteemor« was fourth. Time, 1.5? 2-5.