MARLBOROUGH RACES

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 107, 7 May 1923, Page 11

MARLBOROUGH RACES

FAREWELL TO GLUEMENT,

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BLENHEIM, sth May. For the second day of the . Marlborough Autumn Meeting the weather was showery and the course heavy. lhe attendance was fair. The totalisn^Jn handled' £12 >00a> as against the i/14,270 which it handled on' the second day last year. .Chaucer won the Waihopai Trot, but horse ana owner were disqualified for two years for in consistent running, and the race was awarded to Victor Hova. Additional results:—

Waihopai Trot, of 75 soys; two miles.—Chaucer, 204 yds behind (N Emms), 1; Victor Hova, 216 yds be^ und (E. Masted), 2; Ask, 144 yds behind (G. Ooleman), 3. Also started: Countess Eve, Jeff, Dillon, Marathon Child: scr, Irish Tom 72yds behind, Rofchriioor 216 yds behind, Lady- Nan 228 yds behind. Won by a neck. Time, Srain IS 3-ssee. A protest against Chaucer was upheld, and Victor Hova placed iiretj Asia peuouclj and .Martitlioii

Child third. Victor Hova's time was smin 14 4-ssec.

Riverlands Hack Handicap, of 100 soys; five furlongs.—Jonquil, 5.3 (R. S. Bagby), 1; Martinique, 8.13 (A. Reed), 2; Bonny Friend 8.10 (D. Butler), 3. Also started: Pillage 9.1, Demonstrate 7.9, Stream 7.8, Elmorz 6.13, ' Billy Gluten 6»7. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 4 3-ssec. Farewell Welter Handicap, of 125 soys; seven furlongs.—Ghiement. 8.J.3 (D. Butler), 1; ..Barleycorn, 9.11 (F. C* Porter), 2; Besj,jr, 840 (R, Reed), ff Also startid: Jackaroo-.8.13, Kuia 7.9, Ahi'ka 7.8. Won by a head, a neck between second and third. Time, lmin 32 4-ssec.

Renwicktown Trot, of 75 soys; one miie.—Wee Thorpe, }2yds behind (H. Green), 1; Plain Peter, scr (M. Maher), 2; Ana Nay, 24yds behind (S. Egan], 3. Also started: Humming Bird, Barm Zolock, 12yds behind, Palmdale, Riwaka Bell, Jenny Wood, Black Beldon, Skylark, Brandon, Benn.y Dillon, My Lass, 24yds behind; Rosie Nut, 49yds bphind. Won by four lengths, Time, 2 mm 2 l-ssec.