WALTZING LILY'S WIN

Evening Post, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 6

WALTZING LILY'S WIN

FINAL DAY AT CAULFIELD (From ''Vedette.") SYDNEY, Match 2. Features of the final day of the V.A.T.C. Meeting at Caulfield ou Saturday weie Waltzing Lily's defeat of Closing Time in the Futurity Stake.;, Sir John's good second amongst the older horses iv the first division of the Hawkesburu Handicap, and the successes ot two exticniely rank outsideis in _lan-.it-Aims and Woodbine. , WulUiug Lily drifted out to a doubleiigiae piu-e in the,Futuuty Stakes 'ou account ot liei uncertain bamer habits. On this occasion, aided by a little help from the whip of the clerk ot the couise, blie jumped out -well. Closing Time as usual was fast "away and led tor practically six and a half luilongs. L'Elite -Horned him in the middle section'by going up and foicmg the pace with. him. It was considered that this prejudiced his pio»pects, for when he had shaken off L'Elite, and _ Waltzing Lily challenged, he had! nothing in leserve and the mare beat him easily. As Closing Time was a sohdljbacked fa\ouiite the defeat, was \ery costly for the Jamieson stable. G, Price's charge Kuverafinished. well i to gain third place, the distance being a I trifle ' short.:'. Deputy Ruler, '.for some' leason, was thud favourite but ran very, poorly, being practically last throughout. H. B. Lorigan's visit to Caulfield for i the Stanley Plate was all but bairen of' result', largely due to bad luck.- At the start Miss Wit jumped across Frimsel, with the result they both lost ground. ' Frimsel gradually made up her leeway and .under the circumstances did really well to finish third. : Lorigan brought her back at the weekend to Sydney. -,Ihe Limond colt .'Sir .John and his effort in the first division of the Hawkesburn Handicap created much discussion. It/is;inpst:unusual1 for a two-year-old to start ifi this race, arid .before the event the, critics wrote, him ' off; ; .completely.' against strong..older "opposition. ..The Oakleigh Plate winner First Money made hiost of thei earlyyru'_ning; from' Sir John,' but the' colt-' led the field, into '■ the' straight. Press 'Gaiig,v-y„.'five-year-old geldirig cOnceding'only; 121b'to Sir John,' then ;topk charge, and Price's charge was root knocked about to^run .second.a length and a' half away in record time for-, the course six furlongs, >,lmin lOTiseo. It was , a great Sires' Produce ;»Stakes -trial., First Money cut up,rrather. badly arid finished among the,tail-eriders.,.,'. A • ■'■ .;,.:' The second 7- division' of..this ia'ce sawf the two Sydney sprinters' Carefree (the diminutive. daughter ■ of.. Valicare) and; Jacko lead the field., Carefree for a change'; was 'always Well placed aud in front a furlong from home, easily holding off Jacko. Dole was one of the well-beaten brigade after being prominent for half the journey, beating only two home. ■; A Mr. W.T. Hazlett started Dazzling Raid and Chief Light in the St. Clair' Trial, 8% furlongs, • Chief Light being ,'£ solid second favourite but Dazzling Raid being at any old price. Somebody's judgment was astray, for Dazzling Raid went down by half a head to Yellowstead, and Chief Light was only fifth. The first division'^ of the Alma Stakes saw Mr. W. K. Kemball's Queen Helen third to Dark Sky'and Generous. Queen Helen was W>t too fortunate, as she did not beginr:;pverS,smartly but was running on. Bombus; from the Carefree stable,' won/the. second., division, once again a hot favourite despite a sound defeat a week earlier. He just scrambled home from a weak field. .W. Elliot,, who went to U.S.A. to ride l Jhar Lap, rocle both of the rank outsiders, Man-at-Arms and' Woodbine. Man-at-.Arnis is a Heroic foui-yearrold and the third. putsjd gr in a fortnight to will from J.AHpItV stajde. Usually this establish-peht-'isYnotejif for .its : betting coups, but •it hasKbbyio.usly .been/- surprised. Man-at-Ar'ifisAwas originally raced .in, Western Australia aridyhad, been sent to Holt to be trained for'the' important races. Apparently lie-has been entertaining, an angel unawares. Maurat-Arniswent to the front at .the end of tw'o-fiirlOng?'rin the \Voodcliff,'Handicap T (l,jniile'"!3-.furloiigs) arid led for ytheJresV of A Athfe journey,y Limareh .was a runrier"iri"'this?event but struck his share of [trouble. ' ' . ■'■.■;! A Elliot's' Other tbu'tsid'et/Woodbine defeat*ed Blue Shot aud Fririisel in'the Stanley Plate. There was no semblance of a fluke about the, victorjVyforA'VYoodbine came away ih--tlie'StraightA' Of course the result might have been .different had Frimsel hair any. luck at the start or if Air Queen had not broken down, but as the race was run, '.Woodbine won andw'Ori'well. Air Queen broke downy so. badly. ~ that her racing/days are oyer and she isAto be reitired:. tpytheystud. \7-/l ® ■ ■■' ■"A '