SOLARIUM'S PROMISE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 94, 18 October 1934, Page 10

SOLARIUM'S PROMISE

OVER-HASTILY SCRATCHED

■ r (Special from "Early Bird.") .':-': i '■■ AUCKLAND, This Day. T/he heavy rain in'the early,,'houra of Monday morning ' caused the' owner of Solarium to-get iu'. darly and scratch the. Limond geijling-1 for the handicap event o^i ■: the. second .day.; Less', than: half an hour.:.^afterwards ■' the. amidimcement- of. llie.'.postponement was made, which suggested that the scratching pen had' been used' rather., too hastily. : . Nothing-, was-'more impressive -than the manner in which' Solarium won' the Mitchelson Cup. He. was going so well in the. first half-mile that his jockey- decided to "give him his headi and he led over tlie last mile without at any time being in danger of defeat. In the straight, the further they went tlie further Solarium went away from his field. Solarium is a very likely horse for the next Auckland Cup, a race his trainerowner won a few seasons back from his stable with Motere, even if it was after the first lnjrse past the post (Gay Crest) had been disqualified. He added another to the rich, prizes won by Limond's progeny, whose record this season looks like topping all its predecessors. GAY BLONDE'S GUINEAS. Riding with supreme confidence and the rarest judgment, A. Tinker gave one o£ the most polished displays of riding ever seen at Ellerslie when he landed Gay Blonde a winner iri the Great Northern G.uineas. lie was handy throughout, and then while Nitmakia was < holding off Sporting Blood successfully, he.drove Gay -Blonde .througlr.between them and in a couple of strides- the, race was over. Gay Blonde won..really well; ahd.it'did not appear as if she was all put, although, of course,;she might have-been-able- to do only, a little- better. . ■ • Namakia- displayed a torrent, of speed .in, the. race, and ,it was not ■ surprising that she was weakening at the finish. It ia just a question, however, whether she: did actually w:eaken .at the finish, for, she Svas holding her own out in front till Gay Blonde settl.ed .her, and it was .pi'pbably the Gay .Shield filly's better:stamina that turned"'the day.' Nanialda: now has the stierliiig recd'r'd of five wins, three seconds, and two thirds- to date, a fine series, of performances.1 Her next'race may be'in the Champion Hack Plate at. Avonda-Ia on November 3, and the problem, then will be to find one to .beat her.. ... .. ■ ■■ POOR WELCOME STAKES. ,".•.-It .was,, astonishing, how., the Welcome .Stalces fizzled out as. a contest. Indeed,', it was the poorest event of its kind seen at Ellerslie for many years. ■ Symcony get" such a pace that the field was soon stretched out at intervals of many lengths," andthe !only kick in the-race was when Galilee challenged- the pacemaker and soon settled ' her. Kotou w-as, showing some apeed also:, when /she. began to drift and .then fell, her rider stating that she. was fnijt;; niaking the\ bend -too well, the pro-. .'babio' cause of.this being the right-handed way'round,'.which Was strange to her; '. ■ Hitting out. in rare style over the filial furlong of the" jMitehelson Cup, Red •Man'i'red gave his supporters a good rim for "the second dividend, but the post waS'too close, and he1 failed to catch the second horse. His, effort was that of a good stayer, and when it is "remembered that, he was conceding 201b to -Solarium and 191b to Kotokio, Ike merit, in hie effort can, be at .■once, ■recognised. He went .an;, fdther fine race' on Tuesday, and rafter; 'these effp.rtsvh'j^ turn jnay..cp ( nie.',at Trent^' ;bn,fSal;u'r?a^,-'iwnere' .fiete'a'Bii'ot' "cbiit'plain about the weight he has. V In the King Edward Memorial Handicap on Tuesday a number of horses had' their chances extinguished early through receiving, bad runs. Good judges contend that mile-and-a-quarter races are the hardest to win at Ellerslie, for the start is located a furlong from the bend out of the straight and a good position, is essential. However, it is not plways the case, for Limbohm.-tailed the.field for.the first six furlongs; but in contrast the horse he defeated. Royal Artist, was the pacemaker throughout. It was a case of the first and the last coming together at the finish, with the last horse having the last say. ■ '■■ •