AT MARTON

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1932, Page 4

AT MARTON

ESTEEM WINS CUP

LEISURE BEATS THE

SPRINTERS

Esteem, the first of the progeny of Pombal to score over a mile and a quarter, won the Marton Cup very nicely from the southerner, Desert Song. Esteem ~ and Nightmare made the pace in the early stages, but half a mile from home Desert Song, Ruanui, and Billion rushed past, while crossing the top Nightmare joined issue on the outside. Esteem held to the rails in behind and, with the leading quartet running a shade wide, the Pombal gelding came through to beat Desert Song home by a short length, with Nightmare a length and a half back. Esteem was nicely handled by the Ellerslie apprentice, C. Thompson. LEISURE'S OPEN SPRINT. Leisure, who had made her first appearance in open company at Manawatu without success, showed improvement with a different rider in the saddle yesterday. Equitant led Leisure and Acora across the top, where Arildnui ran up fast, and was actually slightly in front at the distance. However,, the other pair finished the better, the superior condition of Leisure enabling her to win by a neck from Equitant with Arildnui another neck back —the finish of the day. THE MINOR EVENTS. In Vain, a hot favourite for the Trial Plate, ran up to Paioneone and Pukepapa at the entrance to the straight, and although challenged by Beaconsfield, the lilly held him olf to win by half a length, with Paioneoue two lengths back. ••, , Arrowhead and the northerner Snow Prince were together practically throughout in the jumping event, for although' buow Prince lost ground at his fences lie had enough pace to get on terms with Arrowhead on the flat. The pair had the tjnish to themselves, Snow Prince scoring to halt a length with Arrowhead five lengths clear o£. Whisogne. •"Adelphi had a close call in the New iear Hack Handicap, for after gathering itpxSwiftray at the distance, the latter held, on to make the southerner do his best to win by a neck, with Abbey Quflon bye lengths back. Spearopa, after showing OP" for a period, was last to finish. Interlocutor, favourite for the Juvenile^Handieap, was well beaten after havjngrhad every chance. He was early out w-.tpnt, but two furlongs from homo Hbihoma ran to the front and stayed there to the close. Sastrngi made a bid to get up ; n,J'' c flight, but failed by two lengths Ui.et Marionette finished f ilst in f],;,.,] place halt a length back after suffering a ■check in the straight. for the Dash Hack Handicap Haulbowhne, led into the straight, but his rider was watching for challengers outside hitiu and Hy.stride came through 011 the mis to catch him napping, the latter winning .by a length, with Sanguine Kirn; a length and a half back fe Although there was a very fair crowd in ™"w "S/' 16 ■ toUdis*tm- handled only iUOaJ ior the seven races, as comn-rpil with £10,020 for the eight races fastye^! RESULTS IN DETAIL. Pukopapa 5.7;, 7 Umpire' 8.8%. Tlme"^" it New Year Hack Handicap, of SO soys- oiio 1° .rt 7 ■™r _ds- 1 Adulphi, 5.7 "(Barry MAKTO.S' CUP, of 200 .soys; ollc , vile a(1(i a quarter. 2 Kstccm, 7.0 (Thompson) , 1 llosurt Song, 7.J0 (Biirry) ..... i •1 7.0 (Cook) . : " " .o^^hoS^xl^ 0,,^, 5-- I D^ i-T tn.gi, 7.7 ■>; 7 Clilef Marionette, 7 V-'- S Al»o started: l Interlocutor 0.0 i Furion"'<! s' 1 l-5s Cec la Vern°' S' lf 6 ArC"a U' S!°lnilu Railway Handicap, of 120 soys; six furlongs

Dash Hack Handicap, of SO soys- si\- fur lo l-osec.