THE MINOR EVENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 70, 24 March 1933, Page 4

THE MINOR EVENTS

SOME GOOD DIVIDENDS

There, was again.' first-class racing inthe miuor events at Awapuni yesterday, and most of the finishes were closely contested. Favourites did # not fare with the same measure of success as on. the first day, and there were some excellent dividends',on the two machines, including one straight-out return of well over half a century.; The weather was ideal for racing, and the club was_most fortunate in this respect after the'stormy conditions earlier in the week.

ADVENTUS'S HURDLES,

Adventus. improving -with his first day's run, -was capable of leading from end to end in the Kairanga Hurdles and of scoring comfortably by. a' length and a half from Callamart. Ho fenced accurately, and none of his opponents ever seriously challenged him. Callamart also went an improved race. He went up past Whenuanui and-Calamine to second place after crossing the five furlongs hurdles, arid he was always afterwards, fairly safe for a place- Full Mark attempted to come through along the fence in the straight, but finally bad to be taken-to the outerqf 'Callamart, whom he failed by a length": to catch.■-, Easterly again ridden" injudkisiiisiy'oxi^o^-the^Sk^ was only a head away fourth, with Calamine, Omeo, and Wheiuianui following, and Pangolin failed off., Whenuanui lacked his first day's dash.. ~■;■■

HALF-CENTURY DIVIDEND,

A dividend'well over lialf a century, .-aid larger than that paid by Senegal at Trentham. last week, Tv-as hoisted on the ; win machine when Chief Marionette came home at the head of the Lockwood Hack Handicap. She was on the outside of ■ Golden Chant a couple of lengths behind Haulbowline and Foreign Queen till the field reached the straight, then, when i Foreign Queen weakened out of it, she I threw down the glove to Haulbowline,

who proved unable to beat oft' the challenge and lost the race by a neck. Haulbowlinc, after showing his usual early speed, hung on well under pressure for second money. Ida Merling, who improved in the early running to be alongside Wasteland in fifth place at the straight entrance, finished a moderate third a length and a half back, just in front of Wasteland and Golden Chant. Foreign Queen, Bonnie Vale, and Nebulae did best of the others, the last pair being well back in the field most of the way. ANOTHER~BIG RETURN. Lady Spy, who last week ran two good races m the best company at Trentham, made_her only appearance at Awapuni in the Stonyhurst Handicap, and she succeeded in beating quite a useful field .-.t good-double figures on the win machine. Always handy, she ran up to be in line with Leisure and Pomp as they were swinging into the straight, and, quickly settling these opponents, she easily withstood challenges, first from Farmer, then from Roj-al Bengal, whom she beat home by a length and a half. Royal Bengal came from about eight horses back in the straight, just reaching the favourite. Farmer, a few yards from the post. Farmer went patchily. At first he was one of the leaders, but he was unable to hold his place on the rail. Immediately after landing in the straight he made a fast run that had him on Lady Spy's. quarters at the distance, but from there on "the mare Was always his master and he finally began to stop near the. post. The best of the beaten horses were Miladi (finishing fast), Pomp, Cuticle, and Nightmare. FAVOURITE IN NURSERY. Lady Nan, the best performed of the youngsters in the Cloverlea Nursery Handicap,., went out' to the front in her usual- style shortly . after the start, and she-lasted through a solidly-run five furlongs to score narrowly by a short head from Bay Tree. Success looked likely for her after her necond to Red Manfred at Trentham, and she was backed down to fairly short prices. Bay Tree, after following Lady Nan and Arise into the straight, came "at the leader strongly from the distance, . buthe could not --quite reach her and was going very little if any. better at the end than she was. Catalogue, last into the straight, finished along the rail for third place a length back, just in front of Quietly and Limbohm. Quietly, who was" actually the first to show out, was always handily placed,, but lacked brilliance.. Limbohm was squeezed out at the start and was never nearer the front than at the post. ..--.' A STERLING PERFORMANCE. Twelve months ago the.Australian-bred Constant Sun promised to reach high class as a staying haridicapper, but his; form subsequently lapsed. He reappeared after an absence in the Adderstone Hack Handicap, and, backed down to near favouritism both ways, he brought off a sterling victory with a splendidly-sustained'effort li-om the back. Over the early stages of. the race, in which Cotsfield and Mprrath were making the running for White Squall, Red Flush, and Beaconsfield. Revision and Constant Sun were last. Along the back Revision moved up, and three furlongs out Constant Sun began a sustained effort along the outside.- . Once in the straight Revision soon- settled the. leaders and drew clear, but Constant Sun, continuing his run with notable persistency, steadily wore her down and finally beat her to the judge by, a .head. A length back was Red Flush, followed by Kalmuck, Capetown, White Squall, Morrath, and Beaconsfield. ' ; ■

The both-way favourite, Morrath, appeared to have every chance, but was weakening before they reached the straight. Red Flush went another useful race, and is • most unlucky not to have 5-et broken his maiden status. Kalmuck once again came home very strongly.