HORSES RAN TRUE TO FORM AT HUTT PARK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 10

HORSES RAN TRUE TO FORM AT HUTT PARK.

(Special.! UKLUNUJ'UN, this day. • Jock Mt-tirath hud ;i i una way victory in the Kandveicl; Handicap at the conclusion of the Wellington trots on Saturdav. Aid. making a In-oak at the start and loslnn IJ .varus, he took the 'cud at the end of l« .i furlongs and. with half the jo-iuncv covered he had a lead of 2(J lengths. This he held until the straight was reached, where he was eased up and then won by 12 lengths. Native linlcr tool; second place at the end o;' a mile and stayed on well c ic n ->h lu heat l)au/:e Uny by three lengths for sc.-oud. Dan/.ie Guy did not race as well as he did on Thursday. T'hc reniain.'.er of the held gave (poor showinp.-.

Night Benin Tuh iui:..h too for hei six opponents in the Autumn Novice. She raced in fourth plate, clowe to the leaders. Recluse, Catalpa and, Fullwooil lor a mile. A furlong from the winning post. Catalpa headed Recluse, but, Beam then put in her claim and won easilv. 'I lie favourite. .Joan Conquest, was we 1 placed in the early stages, and. ultiiouidi she finished fcurth, slic never looked like .paying a dividend. No Element of Doubt. Positive won his third race in four starts when he romped home in the Carterton Handicap. When. Gleam raced uthe front at the end of three furlongs. Positive, LcK.h Levin, Barbara ticoit and Queen Hiffh followed him in close formation. Immediately the strain-lit was reached, Gleam wa.s under protsiire and Positive raced to the front and passed the winni.n« post three lengths ahead of Loch Levin, who l>eat Queen High by two lengths iW third. Master Potts v.ae fourth. Barbara Scott tired badly over the last furlor-g.

Improvement Maintained. Aspirant won her third race since joining R. J. Huini)>hre>V stable in .January, and her fifth ior the season, when she : squeezed home by a neck from Mu-juenot in the R. A. Armstrong Memorial. She took the lead just before reaching the four furlong post, ai.d although she pulled hard she hun<g on long enpii);h to gain the honours. Toeeetic' paced solidly all the; nay and finished well to secure third. | Bold Venture, from 36 yards, was back | in seventh place at the home turn and ! finished fast to be fourth. ! Solid Trotter. Gerfalcon staged a strong finishing effort • to win the Palmer Handicap an ay. This is hits third win on end. From 48 yards he was driven a patient race for a mile and three-quarters, from which point he outspeeded his opponents to win in rn attractive manner. With two furlongs i to go Mohican and Reception held the lead, 'but Gerfalcon then dashed past them and. in a tussle for second money. Mohican beat Reception by two lengths. Biworthy and Tan John had every chance. Dark Hazard broke when making a fast run round the field two furlongs from home. Mign-uass Performer. Bronze Eagle was accorded a big reception when he returned to the birdcage after winning the Members' Handicap in fine style. He conceded seven horses upwards of 72 yards, and after taking third place two furlongs from home he outclassed them in the straight. This is his third win in his last four starts and he is destined to reach top class. Agility and Oxford Scholar had a set-to for second, Agility beating his rival by a neck. Marque was fourth. Warning was first in line for home, hut tired in the straight.

Battle Colours was the fifth doublewinner at the meeting, when he led the field home in the Farewell Handicap. After making the pace, for nearly seven furlongs, he was steadied into third place and followed Kosha and True Guide into the straight with Don Walla and Falaise in hot. pursuit. Halfway down the straight Battle Colours got to the front and although severely challenged by and Kosha he hun# on gamely Mid. won by a length from Falaise, with ftosha half a length further away third. Festivity was fourth.

HEIDELBERG MAKES GOOD. The six-year-old Lord Warden gelding Heidelberg scored a very narrow win in the President's Handicap, the chief event at the Birchwood Hunt meeting on Saturday. Weighted at 7.&r a 51b allowance was claimed for him and he carried 7.4. Waitoru was the favourite and went_ a good race, but had to be content with third place, Heidelberg winning from Peony Rose, a head and a neck separating the placed horses. PROUD FOX FAILS. The Auckland-owned Proud Fox was a complete disappointment at the Rosehill (N.S.W-) meeting on Saturday, when he finished last in the Three and Four -YearOld Handicap, and in the summing up of one Sidney writer', the son of Foxbridge "•will have to improve over a stone to win any sort of race in Sydney." It was his second start in Australia, and he was Iba -ked to wia over £5000. ON THE TARGET. Backers of the favourites had a field day at Waimate on Saturday, where, six first choice* won, .qp, e/id. These were the winners of the first six races. In the seventh the second fancy scored, and in the last race the winner was fourth choice, being followed home by the favourite. At the Birchwood Hunt meeting there were six events on the programme for gallopers and favourites won five of them.