CHIEF LORD WINS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 309, 30 December 1940, Page 3

CHIEF LORD WINS.

TARANAKI EVENTS.

THE SECOND DAY.

Greenock showed that she was likely to get on the winning list shortly when she laced at the recent Feilding meeting, getting into tile money each day. On Saturday at Xew Plymouth she won the Eiec- ;'" vo , ni i l > e Handicap easily from Ring (- lief and lark Light, a couple of novices. JJuvach, the win favourite, took the V H V T° Ha'id.cap, the chief sprint race, -I ' 7 n ®' taUo " , H " <l . Taitoru in the I' ' Ih is was her first success since she won a double at the Auckland spring " acting J rig Station was a winni ou to first day, while Taitoru, who was also t ™ <i OI V i e °P e » ,n « <hiy, gives indicalt " 1 tl lUay !lga '" l ' CUch thc wi,luin «

Boden Park, who was second to Verur,iml o, j .'h'Hsday, was successful in the Jaianaki Hack Cup trom Mountain Fox and Mahaina. Boden l'ark has been prominent in all his races this term, -fountain !• ox, who was beaten bv Chief .old on the opening day, is another who /•l • c 'r '■•onsictenth'. Chief Lord, the favourite, won the New Il.vinouth Handicap. This made his second victory at the meeting and his third during the present season. The son ot .Lord Quex ig now at his best. Xotium who was runner-up to Friesland on the s , V- , a K a, n had to be content with second place, while Lord Cavendish was third. The last-named was a winner earlier in the season. Surveyor-!: en oral, who was beaten by /.est on the first day. made amends bv winning the Warea Hack Stakes with 9.3. lea Drop, who was second, ran his best lace to date, as did Valtour, who was third. I here was a fine finish in the concluding event, the Summer Handicap, when Yeldette. Penzance and Miss Clipper went over the line in that order with noses between them These were the best efforts of the trio thus term. Investments totalled £26,252, compared with £20,274 on the second day last year, an increase of £5078. For the meeting the totalizator handled .£51,347, compared with £45,032, an increase of £5415.