BROTHERS' SUCCESS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 6

BROTHERS' SUCCESS

EACH OF THREE WINS

■;. A feature-of the day'a. racing.at llasterton on Saturday was' the;, success of the brothers Pritchard/each of the three leading hi a winner. C. Pritehard scored with The Sun,- H. Pritehard with. Royal Game, and T, \Pritchard with. Portray. The Sun ■and Royal Game were the;only Trentham victors during the day, making four successes for tlid centre .-- at■-. the meeting, jilthoiigh -there was apparently accidental . interference in .some, of. iho races, no occasion arose for judicial inquiry. The last event was run nearly -twenty minutes earlier'than,'on" Friday. POOR HURDLES FIELD. . The field that paraded, for .the Otahuao ' Hurdles was one. of the poorest that has been'.seen'out for a' long while in these parts; and: it would' appear improbable that the. club will feature: such an event .on its next programme. The re-establish-ment after a lirpse of ten years'was not '■.backed up with the support■ it' deserved from owners. •' Tnnbridge, - jumping much more cleanly tlia'noii the -first day, proved decidedly superior to anything' else in the lace.- He was allowed to come through ■ from the rear to'th'e'front along the rail .: down theback strctehj and-,'landing in the straight clear oi'.Spearopay.he.finished on strongly to beat .the -latter by three lengths, with .SlaghunteC: another • three lengths away, and Pleasant Surprise four lengths further back-.: = .■.■;.-. ■••-.■ '■'.'. - - "'• :'. The: liurdles were-.given. -an : a'dditional ■'lean on what they had the-first "day, and .'this- assisted the winner, whet paid.a1 surjjrisijis'y good price. -The favourite,'. Princess Elizabeth, was- ijie' leader pearly/ and :'was. still-on the outside of Xiinbridge; three .furlongs from-home when..she .hit. ;Ehe top of. a fence- hard", and toppled '. oy^rl:, Her -rider, W. Hornc, sustained ii.bi'aken.collar.botie.- .Without, the mishap." slie'- -might have .been, secqml. Spc'aropa's' -shovviug was an unpfovcmcht.'Siaghuntcr was go'lng: fitcongly." till, the ..fence - at. the seven furlongs,._whcre he very nearly' came down, and after thaf lie dug His toes in and refused to gallop again till..the. straight was reached.. His jumping was. UQt,~so ,good ■aa he has done at schooling.' ;......".:. > tHRASHER OPENS ACCOUNT. •.Thrasher, who raced well at -tli'e.'J?eilding Easter Jfeetiri'g and had not started srncß;""vvdhHilie'"Trial -Plate after a hard tussle with . Childstudy. in . the straight. The honours, howevet; were"probably;with the--. ;twp-yearK)ld, who-put. ; iip. a plucky effort under even- weight, wHli ..the and /succumbed -to" his' older" riyal < only over the last hundred., yards or .so;.. .AVhcn the ■' field, settled ilown .-JliKq.\veJii;;?;C!liildstudy, Fau-win'd^.ActUcon.'.Thrasher,- Swiftray, and. Parly.. Acre ;was. the; orderj the first -pair'lc'ul.ififf' into the •straight from Thrasher a'tyd Actaeon," wit It Maiilcr of Arts, showing up on. the.rail. 'Gliißlstudy quickly hit the front,■ but- Thrasher and Actaeon challenged ":: at'- the distance,Thrasher wearing down Childstudy to win by half o length. Actaeon, ' who was squeezed back sharply '. near the. post as, ii result of Thrasher and'Childstudy closing ori-each other, was two lengths, away: third, with Master of Arts close up. fourth.' Next :were ■ Swiftray, Shootist, llinewohi, Park Acre,., and ltadioii. .■ ;■ The conditions of ..tlie- .-.race sut. all liorses .-■tp.jca-ri'y the same weight, and that gave the older- division a call over liic two-year-olds €liat it tlid not'have on ■I<"riday». ■ Yct'twp .of the place-holders were youngsters- Thrasher, who was second favourite,',is a three-year-old brow;n' geld- ' ing by Hunting Song; from a Ssrn' 1' ran mare and is owned and trained by 11. E. Hatch. ..Childstudy,' tlie Mack half-brother 'by Psychology to; Koyal Parade,--found the ''going more to his liking, than -oii Friday,.and his performance' was as attractive as that of anything in the race.' Another pleasiug effort was that of Ac'taeori,' who, with ■Vhe other Kemball pair; Foghorn ami 1' airwind, was favourite.' Actaeotris the two-jear-old brother to 'Fals'o'. Stent, and Jic

was purchased by Jlr. W. 11. Kemball in January for SOOgns at the JclYcrd dispersal sale. This, was his first start in a race, and it is evident that more is going to be heard from him, for he would have been right up but for the accidental interference near the post. Muster of Arts is improving. None of the others impressed. THE SUN AT LAST. ' The Australian-bred The Sun has been 'much raced since he scored twelve months ngo at Trenlham, but, with very occasional flashes of form, he has consistently failed, and his almost sensational win in the Waipipi Handicap returned the first dividend for his supporters this season. He-followed most of the field to the straight, where Baskicr, Hystride, Flute, and'Joie de -Val (almost in .line), Beverage, aud Blacksmith were ahead of him, and the public were already acclaiming Beverage as the winner half-way down the miming,' when he shot up through an opening on.the fence inside the half distance and with a great finishing effort beat Beverage home, going away, by a. length. Another length away was Baskier, with Joie de Val almost on terms. Then came L'ucrctia, Hystride, Blacksmith, and King Hal. , ' '' . The winner's turn was long overdue, and tlic' success was well received. He was third favourite at a good price. On the soft winter tracks he is likely to win more races, but" he is not to be recommended as a proposition to follow. The favourite, Flute, was one of the couple of horses to lose ground at the start, but he made up leeway with a speedy run on the turn, only to fall,out again in the straight when the effort was expended. Beverage was handily 'placed throughout and had -every chance. He will improve with his two faces at the meeting. Baskier again found seven-furlongs'just too far, and was somewhat lucky to. :hold third money from Joie de Val, who went one of her best races yet, as she was finishing on strongly after -being off the course most ot the way. WIN FOR OPAKI. Ben' flur's victory in the Miki Miki Handicap returned his supporters a doublefigure dividend, but it was popularly acclaimed, for he was the first and only horse trained on the track to score at the-meeting. .He "displaced Zephyrus in front "aKcr the field had gone a couple ot furlongs, and; Jed into the straight from Zephyrus, Pewa, Spear Lad, and Lady Rene, with J.ohncen coming up along_the rail Approaching the distance he. drew further out to still further advantage, and although Pe\va challenged from that point-ho -was never in danger and won full .Of running by a length and a half from Pewa, who beat Zephyrus by a good length for the. other dividend. Jolineen jvas fourth and Lady Rene next, with a gap to; Spear-Lad, Retract, Miss Hastings, Spearful, and. Adventus. The winner showed a return to form when, he' was successful af Blenheim recently;?-. He-was. fourth in the hack.mile on Friday, and: with .an apprentice allowance bringing his weight down half a stone lighter;, on Saturday, he :was always going more generously, particularly over the final stage's.' His rider was the Featherston apprentice, J. Green, who, it will be re-, membercd, was twice successful on Tenterden at Easter. Spearful and Pewa were almost equal favourites on the machine. Spearful' held a forward: position early, but drifted further and further back as the; race progressed. His ■ increased snpi port, in view of.his poor showing on Fridays was Bot easy to understand, but he ran'-no better.' Pewa was always handily placed t>n the rail behind the leading pair, and' lie was going better than anything else'at the 'finish. Zephyrus had every chance, but quit when tackled. Johneen Went'a fair'race,' looking a prospect at the. top-bfrthe straight. ••'. . . ■;; vFALSE SCENT IS FAST.!' , .False "Scent showed'a "lot of pace' for half a mile of Friday's final race, actually being the leader until the field was well into the straight, and the shorter distance ■ol the Farewell Handicap suited him admirably. It was not long before he was again in front, and he had a big lead entering the stright from Nightspeaker, Dick •Whittihgtonj Cook> Leyland, Eminent, and Lady Ronald. In the run down to the post he always held the upper hand, winning easily by three lengths from Nightspeaker, who beat Eminent just as comfortably; Lady Ronald was fourth, followed- by Leyland, Dick Whittingtcm, Cook, Golden Shadow, and Morrath, with Lady Spear a bad last. Tho win was L. J. Ellis's second in succession, and his third at the meeting. Golden Shadow, who carried the largest individual investment at the meeting, lost his chance early in the race. Drawing the rail, he was first out; then he was apparently steadied, and in falling back to the field he appeared to meet with sonic interference, for he went back to the rear in a few chains. Cook, while always being fairly prominent, was never menacing. The winner, who is a four-year-old bay gelding by Hunting Song from the Polydamon mare Crisis, has a lot of pace, but he does not stay on well. His last winning effort was at the Wairarapa Easter Meeting. Nightspeaker, the four-year-old half-brother by Night Raid to Gay Sonnet, has been racing very consistently for a couple of months, but he has always mrt up against something just too good.