WANGANUI J.C.

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22194, 10 September 1937, Page 16

WANGANUI J.C.

TAITORU WINS HANDICAP ROYAL CHIEF NARROWLY DEFEATED (PAESS ASSOCIATION TELEOEAU.) WANGANUI. September 9. The Wanganui Jockey Club’s spring meeting was opened to-day in ideal weather and before a satisfactory attendance. The track was fact. The totalizator handled £13,581 10s, compared with £9273 10s last year Results: — t HUNTERS’ STEEPLECHASE, Of £l2O. About two miles. 0— RUENZORI 9-0 . - A. McDonald 1 S—Acron 9-0 -. A. Jenkins 2 11—Stannond 9-0 .. W. Blanche 3 1 Croyden 10-9 (fell): 3 Cotsfleld 9-9 (fell): 2 Platter 9-0 (lost rider); 5 Tambo 9-0 (fell and later destroyed): 10 Bimbo 9- 6 Red Mint 9-0; 4 Booklaw 9-1; 7 Tommy Atkins 9-0 also started. Won by a length; five lengths between second and third. Bimbo was fourth. Time, 3min 59 2-ssec. MAIDEN RACE, Of £IOO. Six furlongs. 4—FLORENCE MILLS 7-12 car. 7-13 L. J. Ellis 1 3_Final 7-12 .. G. Tattersall 2 2—Sigurd 7-12 . . C. Goulsbro 3 7 Joe Louis 8-5; 9 Amoroso 8-5; 15 Koura Rua 8-5; 11 Civil 8-5; 5 Great Memory 7-12; 13 Amatory 7-12; 14 Mahutai 7-12; 1 Relative 7-12; 10 Royal Treat 7-12; 8 Aureus 7-12; 6 Seaham 7-12; 1 Gay Hunting 7-12 also started. Won by a length and a half; head between second and third. Great Memory was fourth. Time, Imin 15sec. OKKIIU HACK HURDLES, Of £l4O. One mile and four and a quarter furlongs. 2—TRACKMAN 9-8 .. C. McGovern 1 1— Donegal 10-12 .. RE. Thomson 2 4 Even Money 9-5J . ■ J. Mcßae 3 7 Master Norval 9-6; 8 Aiguille 9-2; 6 True Shaft 9-2; 3 Top Hat 9-2; 10 Cyclopean 0-0; 9 King Pluto 9-0; 5 Mahaia 9-2 also started. . , „ , Won by a head; two and a half lengths between second and third. Aiguille was fourth. Time, 2mln 45sec. PUTIKI HACK HANDICAP, Of £l5O. One mile and 110 yards. 10— WAREHI 7-3 •• H. Callahan 1 2 Middle 8-0 .. H, Wiggins 2 5 Ngatlrahlrl 7-5 R- Horne 3 8 Taillight 9-2; 4 Hunting Queen 8-10; 3 Quadroon 8-4: 1 Tidewaiter 7-IJ: 9 Tractile 7-10; 6 Black Fox 7-10; 13 Brilliancy 7-8; 7 All Spirit 7-51; 12 Master Limond 7-51: 11 Olivette 7-0 also started Won by a neck; length between second and third. Quadroon was fourth. Time, Imin 49 2-ssec. HIGCIE HANDICAP, Of £250. One mile and a distance. 1— TAITORU 9-3 •• L. J. Ellis 1 2 Gold Mission 8-0 .. R. Savage 2 5 Hunting Cat 8-10 . S. Wilson 3 3 Fersen 8-6: 4 Cerne Abbas 7-8: 6 Entail 7-2J; 7 Maine 7-8; 8 Grand Jury 7-11 also started. Won by a length: a length and a half between second and third. Cerne Abbas was fourth. Time, Imin 56 l-ssec. SEAFIELD HANDICAP,' Of £156. Seven furlongs and a quarter. 4 JUBILEE SONG 7-81 W. Broughton 1 3 Lowenberg 7-10 .. L. Monkley. 2 7—Gev Rebel 7-3 .. N. Howard .1 7 Might 7-7; 6 Slippery 7-5; 2 Mynam 7-4; 5 Imposture 7-2 also started. Won by a neck; a head between second and third. Might was fourth. Time. Imin 31 4-ssec. DURIE HACK HANDICAP. Of £125. Six furlongs. 1— JOVIALITY 8-8 .. G. Tattersall 1 2 Dancing Lady 8-0 -■ H - .7 3 Racecall 7-9 •• L--4 Rhodesian 7-12; 5 Free Gold 7-51: 7 Shirred Ribbon 7-9; 6 Scarf Dance 7-2; 8 Fair Isle 7-5 also started. Won by a neck; three lengths between second and third. Shirred Ribobn was fourth. Time, Imin 14 4-ssee. FLYING HANDICAP, Of £l6O. Six furlongs. 6 DEBHAM 8-2 .. P. Burgess 1 3—Ben Braggie 9-0 .. W. Broughton 2 s—Royal Chief 8-3 .. L. J. Ellis 3 1 Laughing Lass 8-2: 2 Pakanui 8-2; 4 Haughty Winner 7-13; 8 Greenwich 7-6; 7 Icing 7-li also started. Won by a head; half a head between second and third. Laughing Lass was fourth. Time, Imin 13 3-Sscc. Ben Braggie. Laughing Lass, and Debham led round the turn, with Royal Chief corning from well back to fail narrowly -n a desperate finish. NOTES ON THE RACING [THE PRESS Special Service.] WANGANUI, September 9. Favourites Fall Backers suffered a severe reverse in the Hunters’ Steeplechase. The favourite, Croyden, fell at the first fence, and the second favourite. Platter, lost his rider at the same fence after going once round. This pair carried the bulk of the money, and the subsequent victory of Ruenzori was attended by a substantial dividend. The second horse, AcrOn, also paid a good price Ruenzori was in front practically throughout. Starmond, Tambo, Bimbo, and Acron followed him in the running, but Tambo came to grief, and over the final stages Acron made the best showing against the leader. Ruenzori, however, never looked like losing. Starmond was a very poor third, and Bimbo fourth. The winner, who is an aged gelding, has frequently shown pace on the flat. The race, however, was spoiled by the mishaps. Maiden’s Good Effort The maiden favourite Relative failed to get away well, and was always in the ruck. The winner, Florence Mills, was responsible for a good-class effort. She was very slow to begin, being second to last away, but she ran up fast out of the back stretch, Final and Amoroso cutting out the pace together ahead of Sigurd, Seaham, Civil, Aureus, Great Memory, and Gay Hunting. Seaham moved up to the front fast on the turn, and was with Final and Amoroso, Sigurd being very handy with Great Memory, while Florence Mills had also become prominent. Final and Sigurd came on well in the straight, but Florence Mills, getting a clear run through on the rails, finished strongly to win by a length and a half. Sigurd just failed to reach Final, with Great Memory handy, then Amoroso and Gay Hunting. The winner, a three-year-old filly by Nigger Minstrel from a sister to the Auckland Cup winner Motere, registered an outstanding performance. Final ran a good race, but hung badly on the turn. Sigurd ran well and is sure to improve. Great Memory, Amoroso, Gay Hunting, Aureus, and Seaham all showed pace. Good Jumping Donegal was a slightly better favourite than Trackman for the hurdles, but found the latter just a trifle