trotting STAR WISE WINS GREYMOUTH CUP

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28169, 7 January 1957, Page 5

trotting STAR WISE WINS GREYMOUTH CUP

The Hussley trainer, O. E Hooper, produced the winner of the Greymouth Cup for the fourth ime when Starwise decisively w°n the race on the second day of the Greymouth Trotting Club's summer meeting on Saturday. Starwise was handily placed in a bunched field and escaped, most of the jostling for position. Once into the straight he quickly took advantage of an opening and ran on strongly to beat Red Hackle mtc second, with another lightlvis U e PP t°Mr e d d candidate in Synchron-

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The second leg of the double the Empire Handicap, was won by Johnny Hall. The StarwiseJohnny Hall combination returned £lO 7s 6d for £l. The Empire Handicap was run about 35 minutes late. Until then the meeting had been up to time, lhe delay was due to the failure to open more totalisator windows to enable holders of tickets on the hot favourite, Starwise, to redeem them on the second leg. There wer .® . 1 1 on S . Queues at the four available windows from the time they opened and it was obvious they could not handle the tickets offering It was not until a New Zealand Trotting Conference executive member spoke to committee members and some in the queue started to call out that two extra windows were opened. The meeting was held in gloriously fine weather before a large crowd.

Totalisator investments amoun#?iß9tOin£2B'6s?u 10s ’ inc l ud ing i. 3562 10s on the double, compared with £34.307 10s last year. The total for the two davs was £50,528. compared with £60,270 last year. Greymouth Cup Starwise was always handily placed in the Greymouth Cup and he finished on much too strongly for the others over the final halffurlong. Starwise received a perfect run all the way and was not forced over as much ground as many of the others. The field was bunched all the way. Red Hackle making the early pace. Coronation Hall took over at the end of six furlongs, with Phantasy racing past him six furlongs farther on. Synchronise, which was slow away, raced up to shade Phantasy with two and a half furlongs to run, but Phantasy came again on the inside to be on terms with Synchronise at the straight entrance. Red Hackle, Starwise and Charleston were together just behind them, with Radiant Diamond Coronation Hall and Johnny Derby also handy. Once into the straight Synchronise moved clear, to be challenged by Starwise. Red Hackle then put in his claim, but Starwise always had his measure and he won well by half a length. Synchronise paced a useful race for third, a length and a half from Red Hackle, with four lengths to Charleston, which was slow away and covered a lot of extra ground. Coronation Hall was three lengths back fifth, with similar gaps to Johnny Derby and Phantasy, which stepped badly over the last furlong. *

Bracken Brae broke badly at the tstart and was pulled up.

The Second Leg Johnny Hall recorded a sound performance to win the second leg of the double, the Empire Handicap. He ran out and collided with Ben Lee at the start, losing a big stretch o: ground. He was tenth at the end of three furlongs and with half a mile to run had dropped one place farther back, although he was not far from the pacemaker, Weekender. He started his run in the back straight and turning for home he was handy to Weekender, Brittania, Disraeli, and Goldbransen, with Half Back, Mighty Midas and Isidorus next. Johnny Hall took the lead early in the run home and he lasted long enough to beat Goldbransen by half a length. Goldbransen had every chance. He finished very strongly in the straight and was doing better than any of the others at the post. Disraeli was always close up and he battled on for third a short length from Goldbransen. with a length and a half .to Brittania. Rene Lou, Isidorous, which did not receive a good run. and Half Back headed the remainder. Reticent Wins Again

Reticent won his second race at the meeting when he finished strongly from the home turn to wear down Brigadier Grattan in the Electric Handicap. Red Hackle worked into the lead soon after the start, with Reticent handily placed in the first four or five. Chief Lady took the lead with five furlongs to run and two furlongs farther on Charlotte Belle was sent to the front. Charlotte Belle was shading Brigadier Grattan racing to the straight, with Chief Lady, Reticent, Red Hackle. Coronation Hall and Phantasy handiest of the others.

Charlotte Belle was soon under pressure and Brigadier Grattan was challenged by Reticent. The last-named responded well for J. A. Carmichael and came on to win well by half a length. Brigadier Grattan, the outsider of the field, paced an improved race for second, half a length in front of Charlotte Belle, which battled on gamely. The disappointing favourite, Phantasy, was half a length away fourth, a neck in front of Coronation Hall, with Chief Lady, Johnny Derby and Red Hackle following. Results: —

RUNANGA HANDICAP, of £2OO. trotters; 3min 56sec class; one mile and five furlongs.—l. 2 P. Burns's CRISETTE ((11) by Scotland’s Pride —Shell Grattan syrs 72 A. M. Purdon 1; 5, 6 Composite (3) scr O. M. Quinlan 2: 9. 9 Front Rank (7) scr G. Cameron 3. 7 8 Bonny Wings; 4. 5 Cautious Lady; 4, 5 Sharp Note; 3. 3 Spotless: 2, 1 Superway: 10. 10 Zephyr Lass; 6. 4 Ladas; 8, 7 Buller’s Pride also started.

Long head; three lengths. Superway was fourth. Times—3min 54 4-s'sec: 4min Isec, 3min 58 2-ssec. Winner trained by A. M. Purdon, Prebbleton. Dividends.—Win: £2 18s. Places: £1 12s 6d, £3 3s 6d, £4 14s 6d. RAILWAY HANDICAP, of £250: 3min 52sec class; one mile and five furlongs.—3, 4 H. W. Alston’s TECHNICIAN (6) by U. Scott—Margaret Arion 3yrs scr C. Walsh 1; 6, 6 Weekender (4A» scr T. Lalor 2; 1, 1 Rene Lou (5) scr R. B. Miller 3. 2,2 Brittania: 5. 5 Disraeli: 5, 5 Tcnsa: 6. 6 Mighty Midas: 4. 3 Tony’s Cobber also started. Half length; three. Tony s Cobber was fourth. Times—3min 50sec. 3min 50 l-ssec. 3min 51 2-ssec. Winner trained by P. C. Williams. Weedons , Bracket: Mighty Midas and Weekender.

DOMINION HANDICAP, of £350; 4mm 45sec class; two miles.—l, 2

H. Jessop’s COUNT RENALDO (5) by U. Scott—Flame syrs 12 N. L. Berkett 1; 2, 1 Reticent (3A) 36 J. A. Carmichael 2; 3, 3 Caprice (1) scr K. Purdon 3.

6. 6 Punakai; 2, 1 By Pass; 4. 4 Night Owl; 5, 5 Palmarie also started.

Six lengths; three. Punakai was fourth. Times—4min 37 l-ssec. 4min 37 2-ssec, 4min 39 4-ssec. Winner trained by N. L. Berkett, Yalo’hurst.

Dividends.—Win: £2 2s 6d. Places: £1 14s. £1 Bs. Bracket: Reticent and By Pass.

GREYMOUTH TROTTING CUP, of £500; 4min 41sec class: two miles.—l. 2 O. E. Hooper’s ST AR WISE (4) by Springbok—Star Ace 4yrs scr owner 1; 5. 5 Red Hackle (3) scr C. J. McLaughlin 2; 7. 7 Synchronise (7) 12 D. L. McGregor 3. 2. 1 Bracken Brae: 2, 1 Phantasy: 6, 6 Carntyne: 8. 8 Radiant Diamond: 4. 3 Coronation Hall; 4. 3 Johnny Derby; 3, 4 Charleston also started.

Half length: one and a half lengths. Charleston was fourth Times—4min 35 3-ssec, 4min 35 4-ssec, 4min 35sec. Winner trained by owner. Russley. Dividends.—Win: £2 2s 6d. Places: £1 2s 6d. £3 10s 6d. £4 6s 6d.

COUNTY HANDICAP. of £2OO. trotters; 3min 56sec class: one mile and five furlongs.—l. 2 Mrs F. P. Quinlan and F. P. Hawley’s COMPOSITE (3) by Fourth Brigade— Serene Bingen syrs scr O. M. Quinlan 1; 3, 3 Front Rank (7) 36 G. Cameron 2; 4, 4 Sharp Note (2A) 36 R. G. Morris 3.

8. 7 Bonny Wings; 4, 4 Cautious Lady; 2, 1 Spotless: 7, 8 Zephyr Lass: 6. 6 Ladas; 5, 5 Buller’s Pride also started.

Nose; four lengths. Spotless was fourth. Times—3min 55sec, 3min 52 l-ssec, 3min 53 '3-ssec. Winner trained by O. M. Quinlan. Rolleston Dividends.—Win: £3 9s 6d. Places: £1 13s. £1 15s, £2. Bracket: Sharp Note and Cautious Lady.

EMPIRE HANDICAP, of £250; 2min 56sec class; one mile and five furlongs.—2. 2 F. Murfitt and F. Carville’s JOHNNY HALL (8) by Dillon Hall—Frank's Pride syrs scr W. R. Butt 1; 7, 5 Gold Gransen (6) scr N. Wilson 2; 8, 9 Disraeli (4) scr G. Withers 3.

5, 4 Ben Lee; 4, 7 Brittania; 1, 3 Isidorus; 8, 9 Tonga; 3, 1 Dominion Monarch; 3, 1 Prim; 10, 9 Half Back; 9, 8 Mighty Midas; 9, 8 Weekender: 6. 6 Rene Lou also started.

Half length; three-quarters. Brittania was fourth. Times—3min 7 2-ssec, 3min 7 3-ssec, 3min 7 4-ssec Winner trained by W. R. Butt, Templeton.

Dividends.—Win: £3 10s. Places: £ll 2s. £3 7s, £7.

NEW YEAR HANDICAP, of £200; 3min 56sec class; one mile and five furlongs.—l, 2 F. and Mrs M. McCarthy’s SOLEMNITY (11) by Josedale Grattan—Lottie Jinks 4yrs scr T. L. Thomas 1; 3. 1 Gay Alabama (3) scr K. Purdon 2; 9, 6 Helen Patch (5) scr P. K. Ryder and 7, 8 Kawa (6) scr R. J. White dead-heat 3.

8, 9 Cairo; 12, 12 Chartreuse; 3. 1 Homebrook; 3, 1 Shana; 11, 11 General Advance; 5, 5 Lyrical Lass; 2, 4 Quare Times; 10. 10 Rimu Lass; 4, 3 Scrooge; 6, 7 Tony’s Cobber also started.

Six lengths; three. Times—3min 41sec, 3min 42sec, 3min 43 l-ssec. Winner trained by F. McCarthy. New Brighton. Dividends.—Win: £3 19s. Places: £1 9s, £1 17s 6d, £2 17s (Helen Patch). £2 19s (Kawa).

ELECTRIC HANDICAP, of £360; 2min 51sec class; one mile and three furlongs.—3. 3 Mrs W. Toomev s RETICENT (6B) by Emulous—Bashful 6yrs scr J. A. Carmichael 1; 9, b Brigadier Grattan (2) scr R. G. Morris 2; 6, 6 Charlotte Bell (4) scr R. E. Williams 3. .

1, 1 Bracken Brae; 1, 1 Phantasy, 9, 8 Radiant Diamond; 8, 9 Carntyne; 4, 4 Chief Lady; 3, 3 Coronation Hall; 3. 3 Johnny Derby; 2,2 Red Hackle; 5, 7 Synchronise; 7. 5 Charleston also started.

Half length each way. Phantasy was fourth. Times—3min 4 3-ssec, 3min 4 4-ssec, 3min ssec. Winner trained by W. R. Butt, Templeton. Dividends.—Win: £6 15s 6d. Places: £1 15s 6d, £4 5s 6d, £3 0s 6d. Brackets: Brigadier Grattan and Radiant Diamond, Reticent, Johnny Derby and Coronation Hall.