SOME GOOD PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 6

SOME GOOD PRICES

AWAPUNI MINOft EVENTS

Kaoing in the minor events on the first isay of the Manawatu Racing Club's Autumn-Meeting was full oE interest, and manf excellent finishes were staged. Favonrftei had only a fair day, but except in the hurdles and in the last race, most of th"c winners had a fair measure of support. The racing was free from incident calling for judicial inquiry. OUTSIDERS IN HURDLES. Th<i three rank outsiders, in the inverse mlee of their support, fought pivt tha finieS vln the Karere Hurdles Handicap,

Trchtha'm-trainecl Hynigreat, the least fancied, scoring by a neck from Goblin Market, with Full Mark • another neck further- away, and a big gap back'to the fourth horse, Royal Acre. Kopje led for a mile, and then Royal Acre assumed. charge, to show the Vay into the straight from.Gobbin. Market, Pull: Mark, Elicit, Tunbridge, Kopje',, and Hymgreat. . The'last named made 'a ■ fa%t. run along; the outside approaehirig the-final fence, and, once over, came on, full -of running to wear down t.he? leaders .and earn his first success for a very-long period. ...'.' " ■■ ./ Hyjiigreat \yas until recently racing in the colours of his trainer (W.-Hawthorne), who helcL.a lease over him, but he reverted to Mr.' W. R. KernhallV ownership prior , tor the Wellington Meeting, where he showed promise of recovering his earlier form-by, two fair efforts in the higli\yeights., It was his first win over the fences, and he paid over a quarter of a century, ; ; Goblin Market was always going'.well,'and' ha finished: on -better than: many expected.' He: won at- -OpunaKe earlier in the week, but the; class was not as good as "he was meeting on Saturday. Full Mark also showed ability to go beyond "the' ordinary- mile and a half, but Royal;: Acfe was beaten by- the distance. Elicit broke down,' and was-pulled up a furlong from the post. The time for the race equalled the record established by Aurora -Borealis last year. ■EARLY PROMISE REDEEMED. ■' Wallaruh, who carries the same colours as Pythia, a Trentham winner,.- promised to be one of the season's useful hacks when he was narrowly beaten by Imamrat at Mai-ton in^he spring, but he'was subsequently disappointing, and. it.,,was not till -.the Autumn Plate on Saturday that he succeeded in losing his-maiden status. He drew outside at the tapes, but was in"front at-once, and. only, the, two-year-old^ Gay Coiirt, with 'nearly- a stone,'advantage! in weight, was ever near him. He just led Gay Court into the straight, fol-" lowed by Eminent, Park Acre, Coroner,Pat's Boy, Prime Moutoa/-and Cypress, and:the leading-pair .drew away to finish on their ownj .Wallaruh winning by.a neck from' Gay Coiirt, with. Eminent.third four lengths back, and Prime Moutoa, Coroner, Cypress, and Park Acre next. ...-'. .•■':■' :-% The 'winner, who' was "Second favourite; is a three-year-old brown gelding by Hunting Song from- the Wolawa mare Wallaby, and is. thus a full-brother to Toboggan, who is a fair performer at East Coast meetings. Now that he. has. struck winning form he is likely to go -on with it. He is trained by G. W. New. Gay Court was confidently backed as a. result of his running in the Challenge Stakes, and he was uiilucky~to'; strike the winner in such improved form. Eminent, the favourite, drew the rail, and was ', smartly out. The reason for his defeat was simply that he was no match on the day for the pair that led him home. Prime Moutoashas plenty of speed,- and. is.worth remembering, -\ .SIMBA IN GOOD FORM. . Trentham; running removed any doubt ■about the excellent patch of form Simba has stepped on recently; and the result of the; Woodhey Hack Handicap ; demonstrated that he is probably only just reach-■ing-»his peak. -Smartly away, he followed Golden Shadow to the straight, with Glen Rossie,. Queen's Salute, Pythia, and Orby's Choice-all handy, but once in line he raced to the lead>- aiid continued- on to'beat Kozan,? easily by two; lengths, theulastnained just getting up.to snatch the. other dividend' by a head from Golden Shadow. Glen Rossie *was fourth^, followed byQueen's Salute, Pythia, Paratoo, Courtesy, Winsome Hind, and Orby's Choice. Sunba, who was third favourite, was alwaysl in a winning position. H. Gray.rode one of his best races on him, but even without" this- assistance he would.have been very hard to beat " O'ne'who niight. haveV troubled ■him 'with a. better passage was Kozan, who was badly placed enterTing' th&rstraighfevbut 'panm ■through;,very fast. overi-the:..final-;f_ujl6ng;: i? Koza'n iw.as: 6ne"b£-'itffe^ffisiKoTi^in?^MV.iaces.'ai'aiißii-: tham, but'!.li%^as.-rio|-:sigTited.!;on : '..Satjnrda3r'. 'till the cldsing^stages^-s Golden Shadow. -stncfc'-.on;Vß^*i;-^^-tisual,.;:and;j';.Gljßn' Rossie wasliii i good'position throughout;' Pythia, the" favourite;-.drew; the outside,' but she - moved away smartly and ; was among the*leaders.early.. However, she was-unable to squeeze in, and had to drop back.'to.'save': lacing: ;*ide.. 'Puriri :RarK ; appearedi -toahave-a rocky passage.-- ■ AUTOPAY-ALL THE WAY. Autopay improved, on the consistently good form h& showed^ at Trentham, and; after sharing the-leadership with'Pakitere in the straight in the J. M. Johnston Memorial Handicap, he drew out to sole charge before the distance was reached, and held' Consent at bay over the last furlong to win by a short half length. Con-, sent raced in third place most of the way, and he made a big effort to catch Autopay, but the latter hung on just too well. White Fang finished fast through the^ field into' third" place, .two lengths back,; fcrid next came Pakitere, Chrysblogy,.Richfield, Blue Paper, and Just an Idea.Consent/was, over a:hundred' tickets^better fancied than-'Autopay, and'there was. then a drop of more than 900. tickets to Just an Idea. Bettors had thus to- accept a short price for the two horses who paid the dividends, a good part of the investment being lost on Consent. Consent may have needed the race, but on the day Autopay would'have been unlucky to lose, Just an Idea snowed up approaching the straight, and -.although he was last -to finish.he will probably' be doing better shortly./. iChrysology will improve with .the:.'rhri.V >■;'■■:. ..'■■-■■.■•• '■- ■ ,■'■' , ANOTHER '..BIGDIVIDEND. Brambletprn.closed the day's racing.in the Te 'Matai' Hack Handicap with a dividend little-short of the one with which it opened.. This ■ four-year-old cast-ofE vof the Chokebore Lodge team has been showing consistent form this season. ' He has usually done his best at distances just above a mile;.nevertheless it was.not.'expected.that he,i;-Hibuldvbe capable of beating opponents such as lie was meeting" here. The earlyjeaders were Arajean, Jenny Diver; Pewa,' Laconic, Lordlike, King March, and Brambletorn, and going along the back Laconic arid Brambletorn improved their positions. Laconic took charge at the half-mile, and led into the straight from Jenny Diver, Brambletorn, Lordlike, and Arajean, with King March coming through. Brambletorn made a run down the outside and took charge at the distance, continuing on to beat King March by a short half length, with Jenny Diver a similar distance back third. Laconic was fourth, and Lordlike, Spear Lad, Crenna Town, Pewa, and Shatter werg" next. King March and Pewa were the only ones extensively backed", but there was some support also for Grand Jury. The favourite had a chequered passage, otherwise he would probably have won. Twice at least in the race 'he was' seriously in-, terrupted. Pewa, Soil the other hand, was well placed early, but'appeared unable to keep up with the fast pace set along, ther back. - Grand Jury was never sighted. Laconic and Lordlike both went good races. The latter appears to be re-covering'-form, and improvement can be expected»from him; ■ ' .