LONE FAVOURITE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 178, 29 July 1940, Page 10

LONE FAVOURITE.

STAR VAALS WIN.

YOUNG PADDON AGAIN.

GOLDEN ENGLAND SCORES IN STEEPLES AT ROTORUA.

Favourites failed with monotonous regularity at the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Hunt Club meeting on Saturday, and it was not until the sixth race tint one of them succeeded in winning. This was Star Vaal in the Masters' Hack Handicap, which he won with somf-thicg in reserve from Hunto. The firet elect of backers also ran unplaced in the next two events, so that speculators generally had a bad day.

The Hunt Club Cup wont to Mrs. C. O. Manaiih, whose representative. Golden England, led over-the concluding round to detent Cocknlnrnni. by three-quarters of a length, with Xukutere ten lengths further back, but the favourite, Makoi. inisht have been hard to beat if he had not fallen when, going nicely in second place just before the straight was reached. Only the placed horses finished. }

Young Pnddon, who was successful in the Hamilton Handicap at Te Jtapa on June li 9, and who was beaten on the post by Val Lu at Matamata on July 20. established a hist lead early in the Tally Ho Cup Handicap principal flat nice, and was never afterwards headed. He paid an excellent price. The second -leg" of the double was won by Huin-a-Song from I.langollen. The favX' 7- H, ; roic I M » l < 1 - "»« with trouble when she threatened danger in the etrnicht and subsequently P. Hain. rider of Hum, Sonwas iS&Siffi r iity of interference a°fd was, su;.pended for one month. The sum of £18.438 was passed through ■? e ioi2 lisa .I or - COl »4>ared with i; 18.711 10/ in 1.».*&. when the previous hunt meeting was held at Kotorua. Late results were:— Tally Ho Cup Handicap, one n-ile nnrl » Rape Wlnner tr «l*«<i by A. L. Seifert, Te

Master's Hack Handicap, six furlongs.— AE. cd.v Te iroifa?' W,nDer tra ' Ded b *

Haere Ita Handicap, six furlongs.—4-2 Hum-a-Song. 8.0 (F. Hain). ]; 2.5 Llangollen, 10.7 (G. Cameron). •„• ; !•■!. Royal r«»i» «;" < st £ war O, 3. Scratched: 1 ?■ 'i tH;t . * oun S Pardon. Fiancee I-enpjth and a half: head. Time. 115 4.5 \\ inner trained by A. Winder Te Kapa

Hnereinal High-weight Handicap, one mile anil IGO yards.—3-1 Little Ituse !) 2 (l>. McKinnon). ] : 7-S Kadiant Kay 0 0 (F Baker) -J; 4-4 Maxown. !•.« (nulieul. 3. ScratclLHl : Floodlight. Tavern Song. Son of the Soil. General Kiske. Creole, lllimani. Length and a half; head. Time 1 -,5 •> «; Winner trained by owner, , Mataniata.