ACCEPTANCES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25440, 11 March 1948, Page 4

ACCEPTANCES

OPUNAKE CLUB (P-A.j HAWERA, March 10. Following are the acceptances for the Opunake Racing Club’s meeting to be held at Hawera on Saturday:— 11.15 a.m.— PATIKI HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP or £225: nine furlongs.—Te Wepu 10-8-Atomic 10-7; Sari 10-6; Ella Shields. Dark Morning 10-5; Tortago 9-13; Valued 9-12; Balmtore 9-8; General Saleve 9-7; Dawn March 9-6; Political Boy, Te Ruru 9-4-Chef d’Oeuvre 9-2; El Tiger 9-1; Bronze Abbey. Coridian, Dualin, Glenfayle, Guardian. Lord Leo. Manpower. Prakash 12 noon— PIHAMA HANDICAP, of £200; five furlongs.—Martianair 8-6; Sir Royal 8-2; Curtana, General Rule 8-1; Royal Reserv* s 8-0: Alana. Beau Flight, Chief Fox, Parawhero, Riby Grove, Sensational. Stand In Winsome Lad 7-11; Earl'v Bird 7-8; Gold Fort 7-6; Brookland, Chin 7-4; Allan’s Girl. Burnous. Giggle, Miss Clara 7-3; Zala Final Vow 7-1; Layleen. Pol--12.45 p.m.— ST. PATRICK S HANDICAP, of £300; six furlongs.—Prince Revel 9-0: Morning Dev: 8-13: Mallow 8-10; Branierton 8-6; Fort Royal 8-2; Lady Merit 7-13: Dymondy 7-12; Franada. Peter Theio, Quick Draw 7-11; Ella Shields 7-10: Travel King E BOROUGH STAKES, of £200: six furlongs.—Aubrey. Bahtacha. Battle Strife Bouton -d’Or. Chief Fox. Dallas, Description. Ddn Tara. Early Astir. Footline, General Hope, Gerry’s Gift. Great Queen, Jovial Lad. Now Then, Pihama. Red Safi. Revel Lad. Salphos, Sensational. Waimate 8-5

2 p.m.— OPUNAKE CUP, of £600; one mile and a quarter.—Dunbar 8-13; Miss Bairnsfather 8-11; Prince Wanaka 8-9: Gay Youth 8-7; Baruch 8-6; Branierton 8-4; Faultina 8-3; Gay Slipper. 8-1; Mercian Lad. Te Wepu 8-0: Atomic 7-12: Nignt School. Rothnic 7-11; Dark Morning 7-10; Mister Beau 7-3; Lord Pilot, Morea Fox, Sivam 7-0.

ALAn’gOOD MEMORIAL HACK HANDICAP. of £250: seven furlongs.—Brantford 8-10; Currency Lass, Victory Dawn 8-9: Cornwall Park. School Boy. White Diamond 8-7; Eastern Charm Pay Ont 8-5: Eastern Rose. Secret Ruler. Sparkling Scholar, Superior Fox 8-3; Fine Flavour 8-0; Abbey Duke. Bouton d’Or. Don Tara. Early Astir. Foxuma, Gay Joy. Gay Tide. Great Queen, Wee Joan 7-13. 3.30 p.m.—

PRESIDENT’S HACK HANDICAP, of £225: nine furlongs.—Morea Fox, Square Dink 9-0; Brantford 8-9: Sivam. Lord Pilot, Dawn March 8-7; White Diamond, School Boy 8-6: Olivitt 8-5; Vincette 8-1; Bahtacha. Conceal. El Tiger. Guardian. White Cliffs 8-0. •1.20 p.m.—

FAREWELL HACK HANDICAP, of £225: six furlongs.—Lady Merit 9-9; Bian Rouge 8-12; Currency Lass, Killarney Boy. Retrieve 8-4; Afton Water 8-3; Pan Walla 8-1; Eastern Charm 8-0; Lord Phrosa 7-12; Celebration. General Rule. Strathconan 7-11: Enard Bay 7-10; Air Power 7-9; Fine Flavour 7-8; Abbey Duke. Description Gay Joy, General Hope 7-u. Wellington Scratchings

Scratchings for the Wellington Racing Club’s autumn meeting yesterday were:— all engagements, Robin’s Reward and Franada, 9 a.m.; Plunket Handicap, Reward, 5.1 p.m.—(P.A.)

Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington on Saturday:—Preliminary Handicap: Play Safe and Minoru, Indian Triumph and Pocket Edition. Express Handicap: Dillondale and Bel Hamed, Jackie Guy and Scotch Music. ' New Zealand Trotting Stakes: Dalcassian and Norma’s Pride. A. I. Rattray Handicap: Loyal Peter and Turco. Autumn Stakes: Crown Plate and Likely. Craven Handicap: Caledonian Girl and Ben Adam, Red Hussar and Limerick Pride, Stirling Castle and Johnny Lawn. Stewards’ Handicap: Sure Harvest and Rerewaka, Mistydale and Range Finder. Speedway Handicap: Maida Dillon and Stirling Castle. Desert Lad and Grattan Drive. Struck Trouble

Typhonic, an unlucky runner at the Kaikoura Trotting Club’s meeting on February 28, was expected to race well in the Waihora Park Trot at the Banks Peninsula Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday, but he lost his chance when, after beginning quickly, he struck trouble and went to a break. In J. Young’s Team

Bay Machine is a recent addition to J. Young’s team at Addington. An aged gelding by Auto Machine from Haeranga Pai, which left a classic winner in British Machine to the same sire. Bay Machine was educated and trained for his early races by the late F. J. Smith, for whom he showed outstanding form to gain two wins and a third placing in his five starts as a two-year-old in the 1942-43 season. Bay Machine paid his way with two wins and two minor placings as a three-year-old, but he subsequently lost form. After adding a third to his record in his first six starts in the 1944-45 season, he was transferred to A. Bryce’s team. Bay Machine was unplaced at his only other start for the season, and he was then transferred to I. Morrison to train at Epsom, but he failed to regain form and finished out of the money in his nine starts in the 1945-46 season.

Bay Machine was then acquired by Mr L. Mackie, who gave him to V. Mackie to train. Since then, Bay Machine has added another seven unplaced performances to his list.

Young has a good record with difficult horses and he may be able to persuade Bay Machine to reproduce the form he showed in the early part of his career. Broke Up

Norma’s Pride, a candidate for the New Zealand Trotting Stakes at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington on Saturday, began smoothly but lost her chance when she failed to trot solidly in the Claremont Handicap at the Timaru Trotting Club's meeting at Washdyke. A filly, Norma’s Pride, which is trained at Dunedin by G. E. Brown for Mr A. Quinn, is by Desmond’s Pride from a

winner in Norma Bingen, which took a record of 3min 17 l-ssec at the trotting gait. By Nelson Bingen, Norma Bingen is out of Norma Dillon, by Harold Dillon from a George M. Patchen mare. Useful Type

Noble Jack brought his record to one win, four seconds, and a fourth in his nine starts this season when he- followed Melton home in the second division of the Salisbury Handicap at the Timaru Trotting Club’s meeting at Washdyke on Saturday. One of W. K. Tatterson’s team at Rakaia, Noble Jack is a promising four-year-old gelding by a Nobleman colt from Filigree, which is by Jack Potts from Light Wings, the dam of Emulous and Lightning Lady. -