THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2114, 3 April 1914, Page 4

THE TURF.

MASTERTON, RACING CLUB. AUTUMN MEETINC. KOOYA WINS HER THIRD CUP. . Reporter.) ; ' Masterton, April 2. : Thotantumn meeting of tho Masteiton Racing Club was opened to-day, in •fins weather ami-with: a record attendance ; Tho : totalisator " investments amounted to. £15,455, compared with £11,921|0n the same day last,year. _■ ■ Fifteen horses lined up for tlie. Mai'deu Hack Handicap: ; Gold Stream, a go^ldQkiiJg^tworycaMld-.by-'6oW;jttr^> ! - was made 'favourite,, but seveiaLof tho others were well;backed.- \ Go '' l n ®' leal j did not take long to f gct in front, and from the three furlongi) ho had all liis'bwn way:j'.mwP9«# -tudo sorted themselves out a furlong from home and the liototawa mare mst beat TOisperer-,". Klevate ,and Bells :'wero the>iie>;t 40,-.hmsh.. ~..Jfcea, when holding a;- ; proimiiont:positwii, -ran off tlib''course, m A; <rreat finish in .tli.a, April Haiidicap,; resulted by" a 'head,.; wj.fch -Eoceno lengths -good favotinte, ; and ho : -began';smartly, birt.' -- Aratwtia and Amber Whitp fast pa;<!'e till-T-welii tjown the- straight,, -where-the mare cried 'enough. Altcar then joined Aratiatia and a great struggle took place, tho Porirua -\gelding gaining the verdict by-a head. Eocene, who had been 'prwninehVtho - whole way, wSs third,and,Blue Lake fourth. Suratura was tailed'off,' and Makara, - got leftseveral lengths and.then broke down;inithe race. ... ' Kimbombi was the public,pick in the. Masterton Habk Handicap, but Ladify nearly brought about his imdoing, and it was only in t-lio last strido that the hi"- brown gelding gained the mastery. Hoopco-iiiid tho ancient-Overrate' made, tho early running from: Papamarama •and tho favourite. . As" they ran into the straight Overrate Mlad -a threelengths' lead, but then (.the favourite ran into second place. A-furlong from home Ladify joined in and appeared to, liavo the favourite beaten, but he sttiob ..to hisfjSask and won-in tlio last stride bv a liead. Topnote and: Hoopoe were the next to the placed horses... Keynote was in tho rear the whole way. A protest against. tho favourito. for boring was,dismissed. ;.' Kotfjir.''..'Leonta, and.-'Lubrilino wero backed in that order . in the Cup, whilo Odessa, was : the ■ outsider of the<field. The first-nameil : 'scored decisively, V.and so placed her . third. Cup this season to her credit." Her previous successes were gained at Woodvillo and At the -first' part- of tlio race Stepney, pulliiig very, liard, , was. sent intfrontl At tho five-furlongs Passadena and Big Blast took- tho lead from Leonta,.and Kooya witk Lubriline .tail-, etl off.,"v Entering the' long straight, the favouritp moved up- and she-soon- had , tho Tace in her koepiug. 1 ' Big Blast was a length clear of Stepney, and then came Lubriline ,and Odessa, with Passadena: last. : \ ' The-two crack horsemen, Oliver and Dceley, had a great set-to". in "the six furlongs Hack Race -and,.; tho - former once again prevailed by the narrowest of margins. Iliad's Hero, witli Sst;. was the qiri'cko3t to begin and he led a' bunched field to the turn. Here Deeley got o'rle.ans up on the rails and tho paii\hnsa great, struggle over the last Orleans got his head in front 100 yards off the po3t, but he stopped again „ai]d Iliad's Hero, finishing very true, jiifcfc won.-. .Bonu?; ,jwas ;on tlieir ■ quarters; Microbe" hud ! Listen .Were close' up, anil''Kapawai ,got left. at the post.' The performance of the winner was a most taking ono, but Orleans may have been a*.bit unlucky. The ' indicated that tho Bracelet-was a good thing for the top weight v and the result proved tho correctness! iof -the forecast, for ha, won nicely, 'alter being in position the whole 'way.-- Stockade made the running till well down the straight, with 'tlio favourito and . Combustion handy/'--Stockade stayed^on * well and split the pair. Combustion fwas a bit unlucky in getting'.stopped , at. tho straigbtintrance. • , Several of the runners in ' tho Onaki Welter.jl'woro well-fancied, but the favourite' was -Ratana who took charge. .60011 after the start and was hot again headed; 'Vocation-showed a lot <lf paco in the 1 ] first part , of, tho race,' but lie faded Badly in tho straight, and may be better for the gallop;:. Manitau , got chopped-, out at the start and was tailed off in.,tho early part of the race, but she finished oil well and had the winner doing,his best at the finish. .Moloch was brought out in this race, but he was[:';in the rear the whole way. The /concluding event was the best race of .the day and at .the finish the big fiejd-ifeas spreiid bright"across'-,tho field. Oliver, on Dispatch Carrier, got the verdict .by a narrow..margin, mak : irig his third win on'the day'. Po'ro-' pr,ro, ivlip drew No. ,1 position, was slow .to movefind ~was-cut, but. The favourite, -Lady' Vladimir, -ran very badly'hnd_ was not prominent at any stage.",;. Watine showed a lot ,of . pace, but was out of a place at. the'finish, ■j ' ■ . •' ■ .