AUTUMN RACES

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 90, 16 April 1920, Page 11

AUTUMN RACES

WELLINGTON MEETING ABKOWSMITH'S FINE EFFORT IN THE THOMPSON NOTES ON THE FORM. ] (JI "SIR LANCELOT.") The Autumn Meeting of the Wellington B-pcing Club,.which opened yesterday, was favoured with perfect weat-hei-. The attendance was large and compared fav-ciira-bly with that of previous gatherings. Considering that the staff was new to the working conditions, the installation of the electric totnh'sator favourably impressed the numerous representatives' of the different clubs interested, who were present. During the afternoon the sum of £55,754 lQs was handled, an Increase of £19,237 on the investments for the opening day IJtat year. Stipendiary ! stewards J. M'Mahon, A. Gordon, and Murchison were present,.but there was no happening during the afternoon whjch .- necessitated calling the Judicial Committee together. HURDLES TO EXPLORER. Lepanto and Zela were taken out of the Hurdles, leaving in the good field of thirteen. The Kemball bracket (Explorer and Wishful) received most support. Lady Penza and Master Boris set the. pace, but gave way to Sensitive and Luke some distance from home. The colours of Chummy and Explorer showed lip well entering the straight. The last named.had the best of his opponents in the matter of pace, and won decisively from Luke. Seadown made his reappearance, and ran a good race, finishing next the placed horses. Kohu shaped disappointingly, being always well bfiok with Bairosdale. Lochella jumped "very tig, and should be in good form by the time tKe crpss.-cQur.try fixtures come round. Explorer is, one of Mr. TV, R. Kemba.!}'? Victorian purchases, nnd scored his only previous win in the Dominion at Taranaki in February. ANOTHER WIN FOR AMYTHAS, The place-money offering in the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes saved the champion thre&ryear-old Amythas from, having a walk-over. He was baoked down to a ridiculously short price. Ridden a waiting rape in front, he led from end to end, and won easing up in fair fcime loiusidftring that; he was never asked to gallop. During the journey Nightraider and Rebuff changed positions'sev. era! times, the first-named finally finishing second. Amythas ha.s only to'keep in his present form, to beat all previous three-year-old winning recprds for the Dominion, Afterglow won the race twelve months ago, co that the progeny of Demosthenes have been successful two. years in succession. PLIJNKET NURSERY WON BY IRACEFUL. - Four withdrawals from -the Plunket Nursery reduced the number of competitors to nine. Backer? were fairly <m the mark, tlie three most-fancied youngsters finishing in the money. The lightweighted Marit-za. showed a great burst of. speed in;reaching the course proper, but spoilt any chance she had by running wide. It was an interesting race between four to the distance, where Ra-ceful, who was actual favourite, drew out and won decisively from La Paix, with the two Trentham-trained fillies, Wake and Canyon, next. Raceful scored his first win at Masterton Jast month, and is evidently on the improve. GOOD PERFORMANCE BY ARROWSMITH. "-«» AH except Tigritiya and Early Dawn paraded for the Thompson Handicap. Arrowsmith monopolisedl the betting, being backed down to nearly level money. After misbehaving at the poet Imaribbon was hopelessly left. The top weiglit was slow to find his feet, and with half the journey gone his task appeared a hopeless one. Onslaught acted as pace~maker, being assisted by Mustard Pot in the early stages and Bo Peep and Maioha in the middle part. With, thxee furlongs to go ArroWunitii was about eighth, but from there on put in great work and reached Onslaught about a hundred yards from home. As at Auckland, Bo Peep failed to see the distance out.- Another bcaJ representative in Painty Step ihowed up on the outside of the field as they swung into the ] straight, but failed .to stoVj Mustard j Pot was well enough placed in the early part of the race had lie been good enough. Two much-fancied candidates in Bonetter and Vagabond also finished in the ruck. The performance of the topweight, nicely handled by H. GTay, was well received by the crowd,, and his owner, Mr. Harold Brown, came in for hearty congratulations, BLACKMAIL'S CHALLENGE STAKES, Backers made a poor attempt to sort out the winner of the North Island Challenge Stakes. The bracket (Hymestra and Miss Gold) was_. favourite, Hefcaua and Blackhead being better backed than Blackmail. Favoured with a, good pull in the weights, the Trent-ham-trained filly was taken to the front and was never headed, winning nicely from Hetaua- After being, tailed on' most of the way Hymestra, who had a big weight, managed to beat Ma stable mate for third place-. Followers of for.ii had evidently forgotten that on her last appearance in public Blackmail had run second to Humbug in. the Great Northern Champagne Stakes. The price she paid [was an agreeable surprise to the fol- |. lowers of H. Telford'e stable. Blackmail was bred by her owner, Mr. I. G. Duncan, at Waikanae Stud, by Bezonian —Historiette (Aohilks —Chinwag). The colours worn by the rider of the winner were tho aamo as when Porirua won the same race in 1302. L. Morris has ridden .the winner of the race two years in succession. ■ -. HAWKES BAY WINNER, All started for the Silverstr.eam Handicap except Kebuff, who had raced earlier in the day". There was a lot of money for the Hastings-trained pair, Molyneux, ' who was beaten into fourth place, and [ SycorM, who gob the verdict after -a, good finish with Checkmate. H. Gray, on tho former-, outrode A. Ellis, tho Southern light-weight, on Sir George Clifford's gelding. Flight Commander, making his first appearance in the colours of a patron of H. Telford's stable, ran third. Some of the backers of Checkmate disputed the official vo?diet. Those on the opposite angle on the trainers' stand thought that Syqpyax won by nearly a length, The latter was actually a neck to the good passing the post*. It was the' first time. Bycorax, one of the useful King Mark tribe, had won pvar a mile course. BINDLE SCORES IN RAILWAY HANDICAP. Four withdrawals, from tha Railway Handicap reduced the number' of-runners to seven, The connections of Bindle and Tigritiya. were 'both confident, a,ud this pi\ir carried more than half the money invested ou *ne race, Bon Spec, with Tigritiya, began smartest, and when the course proper was reached had about two long)>b3 lend Bindle. At the distance tlie latter drew level, and his victory was proclaimed a hnndrcd yards from the • post, where Jie got Bon Spec. ' Trespass, got up in time to cut Tigritiya out of third money. Bjndlc. w)ip wa-s among the winners »t the'WoHinjjrtsm Cup 'Meeting, W5» rtton by R, Gm-, ranking that rider's third win in as xomy start*.

Arrowsmith and Bindle, a popular combination, both returned the same price on the machine. ANOTHER KEMBALL WINNER. With sixteen runners in the Tinakori Handicap, backers were set a. pretty hard task in the concluding event. Tho popular picks were Taunaha (Gray's mount) and Vasilkov. Both ran well, and were ridden hard to overtake Paoantii. who got a good break on her opponents in the run to the course proper, Vasilkov finished well under punishment, and got up in time to defeat his opponent in the last few strides. Taunaha and Mosthen.es were close up. to the other pair. . Vasilkov, who made the third winner from Mr. W, R. Kamball's stable, is half-brother to Sasar.of, and scored his first win at Tuuherenikau on Easter Saturday. DETAILS OF CONCLUDING •' EVENTS. Details of the concluding events are appeaided ; — SILVJ3RSTRE-AM. HANDICAP, of 250 soys., second 50 soys, and: third 26 sovb from stake. One mile. 1 O. -H. Oato'a blk f Sycoras, by King Mark—Witchet, 3yra, 8.4 {H. Gray) ...,' 1 6 Siv George Clifford's b g Check-. mate,- by Antagonist—Winning Way, 3yrs (A. Ellis) 2 7 D. Benyon's b g Flight Commander, by Martian—Nerve, 8.5 (L. Morris) 3 (Winner trained by V. Colello.) Also started : 9 - Active, 9.0 (W. O'Hklloran) ; 5. Kilgour, 8.10 (A. M"'Flinn); 3 Pqntemps, 8.7 (A. Reed): 4 Parora.ngi. 8.5 (G. Cannont); 2 Moly^ neaux, 7.13 (M. M'Oarten); 8 Ethiopian, 7.10 (R. .Reed); 10 Ohiti, 7.0 (A. Griffith?). Kilgour v was .. fourth. Time, lmin 41 l-saec. RAILWAY HANDICAP, of 500 soys. second 100 soys, a,nd third 1 50 soys . from stake. Six furlongs. 1 W. H. Gaisford's b g Bindle, by Solferino-r-Happy Valley, 3yrs, 8,6 (H. Gray) .* '. 1 4 M'Combe and Griffin's br g Bon Spec, by; Boniform—Signal, 4yrs, 7.11 (A. Reed) 2 6 W. R. Kemball's b c Trespass, by Tressady—Totola, 3yrs, 6.10 (K. - Tucker) '„ 3 (Winner trained by W. Kirk.) ' Also stiarted; 2 Tigritiya, 8.3 (A. M'Flinn),; 3 Early Dawn, 6.11 (A. M'Cormac); 5 Santorini, 7.3 (G. Carmonfc); 7 Matetua-, 640 (A. Ellis). Tigritiya was fourth and Early Dawn fifth. Time, lmin, 12' 3-ssec. TINAKORI HANDICAP, of 250 bdvs, . second 50 soys, and third 25 soys from stake. Six furiopgs. 2 W. R. Kemball's blk g Vasilkov, by Autumnus—Ukraine, 3yrs, 7.10 (K. Tucker)- 1 3 L. M.'Kenzie's b f Papanui, by King Mark—Kithoura ; 3yrs, 7.7 (A Griffiths) ' : 2 1 W. Richmond a br h Taunaha, by Demosthenes—Mangaroa, 4yi-s, 10.5 (H. Gray) 3 (Winner bred by T. M.' Wilford and trained by W. Hawthorne.) Also started : 12 Sandy Macdouald, 6.13 (G. Oarmont); 5 Arch Lassie, -8.3 (A. M'Flinn); 8 Philomela, 8.1 (L. Morris) ; 6' Royal Exchange, 7.13 (A. Reed); 2 Negambo, 6.10 (R. Orange), coupled with swinner;*4 Mosthenes, 7.13 (R.. Reed); 7 Probate, 7.7 (D. Cotton); 6 Import, 7.4 (F. Reed); 9 Mannish, 7.0 (J. Bittle); 11 Idleness, 6.12 (A. M'Cormac); 15 Kaimoto, 6.10 (A. Dixon); 14 Silk Rein, 6.10 (D. Morris); 10 Castellan, 6.13 (A. Ellis). Mosthenes -was . fourth. Time, lmin 13 4-ssec. '

third 25 soys