MATAMATA PATRIOTIC

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 171, 22 July 1941, Page 10

MATAMATA PATRIOTIC

AT LONG LAST . i j The win of Kxppllant in the Ohau Maiden at Awapuin on Sa.',urd iy i;:st was I not out of turn, as Ilia owner, Mr. C. K. 1 Powell, had hail an exaspci ating inn of I bad luck wirh the Appellant Kxalted i gelding. Time after time Expeliam j appeared to be almost certain in 1 milling to win a race, and time after time lie was defeated in the last little bit, his record prior to Satuiday last showing six seconds and two thirds. On liiie latest occasion, liowever, Mr. Powell'* horse made no race of it. as it were, winning easing up by six lengriis. Kxpellani is again an inmate of K. H. Mai tin's stable, i at Mataniata. j i t SUCCESSFUL DEBUT j i Miss Ora, a tive-year-old bay mare by ' | Oration -Illumination marc, made her | debut on a racecourse at .Mataniata on Saturday and earned winning honours. | Miss Ora, trained by her owner at Otoro- | lianga, was first out from the barrier i in file Roosevelt Maiden and wis never afterwards headed. She is subject to im- ; provement. Possibly, the best 01 tlioee she beat was Dianne, who got third. Dianne is a shapely three-year filly byHunting Song fi.om Neon, and for a ' short while an inmate of A. I ook's stable. 1 She was definitely on the buriy side ou Saturday. A SPLENDID EFFORT It is estimated that neaily -L7OO will be derived lor patriotic funds from this lace meeting held at Mataniata on Saturday, i Of this amount the ttate totalled £26:5 12,3. j Among the trophies dona.ed were one leach of £10 10/ from the Auckland and ! Waikato Trotting Clubs. The Auckland ; sportsman, Mr. K. Montgomery, ran the ! i refreshment booths for the fund, i | KENA A S HURDLER i The "Star's" Mat'.miata cnri -vpondent : writes that one of the most impressive , perform a nces. at the patriotic meeting was , that of Kena, who was making his first I appearance over hurdles. The appientiee ! E. V. Dye kept I'he Muskeioon griding ! in a handy posit ion, and when asked tae ! question Kena tjuickly out the issue ; beyond doubt. The r.i e w.is over a mile j and live furlongs, a distance >v!iieh suited j Radiant Bay and Very lilad, but tiny had no chance with the winner. Kena is trained by I!. H. Martin, and this was ! Dye's third ride over fences. ) j BECOMING A HABIT j | The Mataniata ownoV-trainer ,T. Clothier I lias done it a^ain—won a double in one | day with l'rinee Rewa and Te flaka. Commencing at the Avondale meeting in April |he took the Roscbank and Chevalier ! Handicaps with these two Sneardanee ] gallopers, and two nionf' s later they letl i the fields home in the Hairini and Patei rangi Handicaps at Waipa. At the ; patriotic meeting at Matam ita last Sattir- ' ! day they were again successful, vlic only difference being that, on this occasion they did not win successive races'. ' '

! ANOTHER TO KEWPIE'S RECORD ' The good pacing brood in.ii'o Kewpie has an enviable record -every foal she has produced lias been a winm-v. She supplied another at M.itaiu ita 011 .S.uiiiday wlien Row pie's Crown won a -Royal Donlton dinner service for Mr. "Wat'tic" Holmes by annexing the W.lvcll Handicap Trot of nine furlongs. True, the chestnut colt beat County Jewel by only "a* nose, but it was a good performance. With Kewpie's Crown out or the way County ! Jewel won the Anzac Trot later, in the day from the three-year-old colt' Master , Lawn (Lawn Derby—Double Account,). , j HIGHLY PROMISING I ! Scottish Dale, a rising three-year-old by Foxbridge from the Thespian mare Drama, j who was bought by Mr. J. R. McKenzie j at the national sales for 400 guineas, should i make her presence felt in . the new , term | Progeny of F'-irk-e usually require a I little time and trie patient policy has been ; ulopted with Scottish Dale. ■ She mrgnt i wsll be an Oaks candidate in the making.