AUSTRALIAN TURF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 77, 1 April 1940, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN TURF.

C. W. CROPPER PLATE.

AJAX HAS WON £38,025.

MOSAIC DEFEATS MAIKAL

SYDNEY, March 31. By winning the C. W. Cropper Plate on the concluding day of the Australian Jockey Club's autumn meeting at Randwick yesterday, Ajax carried his stake earnings to £38,025, which is only £37 10/ behind those of his great sire. HeroicThere was a provision in the will of his late part-owner, Mr. E. L. Bailleau, that Ajax should be sold when his racing career was finished and it was arranged that he should be sold next month. However, his i present owners are inclined to race him ! for another season, as he is still very fit and a favourite with the racing public. Ajax will be spelled for a few months.

The Xew Zealand-bred Mosaic surprised by defeating Maikai in the A.J.C. Plate. He finished with great dash, but showed signs of lameness after pulling up. Royal Chief finished gamely for third.

?te The course was in good order, but til I lieat was very trying for public and horse; an j The attendance for the meeting was muc\ ;v - ' below that of last year, but the totalisato of j figure* at £190.503 were only £2000 lowe on than for the four days of 1939. er ' Results were:— ROUS HANDICAP of £700. lin Six furlongs. n„ SCARI.ET CIRCLE, S.O—S. Davidson .. ~f BEXBURB. B.l—J. A. Briscoe LJ ,' ANNE. B.9—D. Monro DENIS, 10.5— J. M. Coutts ls fDead heat for third. Head; neck. Time, 1.13}. 6 WOOLLAHRA HANDICAP of £700. One mile. BAVEOX. B.5—L. R. James Ql KNIGHT FOLLY, B.4—W. H. Cook ... : OPPORTUNIST, 7.13 —J. M. O'Sullivan . ? Fifteen started. Head; half a head. Leeds was fourtii at Time, 1.38}. C. W. CROPPER PLATE of £1300. >n Seven furlongs. sv A .TAX. 9.5— H. Badger GOLD ROD (Xew Zf»iland-breil), 7.12 —- si- W. H. Cook : le BEAULIVRE, B.5—M. McCarten J iy Also started : Trimmer. u- The field raced together for half a mile id Trimmer showing the way from Ajax am Beaulivre. Entering the straight, Trimme led by two lengths, but Beaulivre and Goli Rod closed up smartly. Ajax shot to th< e- front at the Leger and in an exciting tussl ■n with Gold Rod won by a neck. Beaulivr j. .was two lengths and a half away third ls Time, 1.24}. • Sectional Times.—First three furlongs 355; first five furlongs, 58Js; last two fur longs. 2535. J® DAXGAR HANDICAP of £700. • One mile and five furlongs. OWN FOLK. 8.10 —D. Munro : CABLE BOY, 6.7— N. Wilson ! y COORAXGA, B.3—M. McCarten J , Eight started, including Yours Truly an< *> Round Up. 0 Yours Truly was second to the hom r- turn, behind the pacemaker. The Kite, whi - set a lively pace and at one stage had i lead of 15 lengths. Yours Truly weakenei ■ two furlongs from home, and Own Foil 'J won by a length and three-quarters from ■d Cable Boy. who beat Cooranga by a neck £ Yours Truly was a poor fourth and Roun< d 'Up second to last. Time, 2.443. FERNHILL HANDICAP of £700. Two-year-olds. One mile. ROXFORD. B.B—H. Badger >u DUKE CULLEN, 6.9— E. J. Thomson . ie CHATOONA, 7.7— J. E. Duncan Seventeen started. Including Patricia; ijj (Iliad— Courtesy), who finished sixth, id Three-quarters of a length: half a lengtl 1 Tidal Wave, by Tiderace —-My Own, wa jj fourth. Time, 1.39. 11 A.J.C. PLATE, of £1250. Weight-for-age. Two miles and a quartei e MOSAIC (New Zealand-bred), 9.O—D. Munro J" MAIKAI. 9.l—H. Mornement t. ROYAL CHIEF (Xew Zealand), 9.4— J- M. McCarten t, Also started: Old Rowley, 9.1 (fourth) Reading. 8.0. Two lengths each way: Time, 3.53}. FINAL HANDICAP of £750. One mile and a quarter. ST. CONSTANT. 9.3— J. M. Coutts BEL OISEAU (New Zealand-bred), 7.0— .T. Whitney SIDCUP. 7.9— J. M. O'Sullivan i Thirteen started. Length: head. Katanga was fourth Time, 2.5 J. MELBOURNE EVENTS. PRINCE SION LEADS. 0 1 KNOLL TO BANKSHAW. MELBOURNE, March 31. The chief events at the Moonee Vallej Racing Club's meeting yesterday resulted: MOONEE PONDS HANDICAP of £1000 and trophy value £25. One mile and a half. . PRINCE SION, 7.7— R. Bailey 1 ' ROSE PRINCESS, 7.7— N. Powell ... 2 1 DIGNITARY, 7.3— N. Percival 3 Eleven started. Four lengths ; length and a half. Time, 2.331. KNOLL HANDICAP of £400. One mile. BANKSHAW (N.Z.-bred), B.lo—o. Phillips 1 NiATIONAL (N.Z.-bred), 8.10 — : S. Ralph 2 : METEORICAL, 7.2— N. Percival 3 Eleven started. Length; length and three-quarters. Time, 1.40. ' . WESTERN SUBURBS BOWLS NEW LYNN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. HIGGINBOTHAM WINS SINGLES. Results of the Western Suburbs Bowling Clubs' Association's champion rinks competition : New Lynn; (Wltliam) 29, v.'Henderson (T. Garelga) 11: Glen Eden (Firth) 30, v. Hallyburton Johnstone (Sternberg) 11; Xew Lynn (Witham) 22. v. Avondale (Tomlinson) 18. Final: New Lynn (T. Carr, Edgerley. Johnson, Witham) 22, v. Glen Eden (A. Sonde, Marinovicli. Yranges, Firth) 14. In the final of the champion of champions Higginbotham (Henderson), one-lifer, defeated Mathieson (Avondale). two-lifer, in successive games and annexed the title. REMUERA PRESENTATION. Before play commenced at the Remnera Bowling Club on Saturday Mr. L. Rathbone, in the absence of the president, Mr. C. Kissling, presented Mr. G. A. Keys with a wristlet watch in members' appreciation of his valuable work as chairman of the match committee in recent years. Mr. E. Hicfcson, who skipped the successful first year Remuera players In the Easter tournament, presented Mr. Keys witli a cigarette lighter to m.irk that team's gratitude for his special assistance <o them. Mr. Keys, who earned wide praise for his organising ability in connection with various tournaments and inter-club contests during the period of his offlce, has enlisted in the Xew Zealand military forces.