RACING AND TROTTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 13

RACING AND TROTTING

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INCREASED TURNOVER GOOD RACING AT FOXTON PROSTRATION WINS AGAIN Ever since the change from summer dates the Foxton Racing Club- has j been favoured with excellent weather, and a more perfect winter day could i not have been desired than prevailed for the club's Winter Meeting on Saturday. The warm, bright sunshine at- : tracted a large attendance, with quite : a fair sprinkling of Wellington patron- i age.. The totalisator, again operating ] under the single-pool system after a trial of win-and-place for the last three years, handled £7147, as against : £6009 10s last year, an increase of i £1137 10s. The racing was generally well con- : tested, though some of the wins were easily achieved, and the public were very enthusiastic, the meeting being ; one of the brightest recently in the district. The track was in splendid ] order, with going equal to the best in . summer, finn and without sign of ; anywhere. An excellent performance was that ; of Prostration, who has recently been : doing good service for T. R. Georges : stable and added the Foxton Cup to his consistent record with a meritori- : ously-gained victory. The trophy a> ■ tachea to the success was a canteen of : cutlery, which was presented to-Mr. • W. H. Moss after the race by Mr. C. L. Hunter, the member for the district. Another line effort was that of the three-year-old Boomerang, running in the same colours as Prostration, who ■ came from the clouds just to fail in : reaching Jubilee Song in the open 1 seven. The Steeplechase was spoiled : by mishaps, the result being_ an easy victory for Taura Lad, who is a cap- , able jumper but not endowed with a ; great deal ofspeed. , , There were two falls in the Steeple- 1 chase, and B. Liddall, the rider of Tiger Bill. was sent to hospital for observation; Tiger Bill was lame afterwards. but Royal/ Banquet, whose fall ; was: due to interference from Tiger Bill iifter. jumping safely, appeared to i escape hurt HELIOS BEST MAIDEN. Helios was drum-major to the Trial Stakes field, and, never seriously challenged, he continued on in the straight to score by a couple of lengths from the locally-owned Garter Red. A three-year-old half-brother by Colossus to Rolpar, he was bred by Mrs. A. F. Lawrie, of Feilding, and he is now owned by Mr. H. L. Harker, of Wairoa, whose colours Count Willonyx also carries. He had had a number of previous starts this season, but his only placed performance had -been a third at Hastings on New Year's Day. Garter Red put up a useful performance in finishing second, as he was penalised 91b for his Marton win and required time to get going. After that,, however, he had a good run through along an inner route, and he easily cut down Golden Anne and Kentucky Song, in the straight. Golden Anne and Kentucky Song followed the . leader to the home strfetch, but they could not make any impression, and Golden Anne was only a fair third, with Kentucky Song and Sunder handy. Sunder, on a wide tack, was never going as well as he did the previous Saturday at Carterton, and Kuenzori was also always well out on the course. HURDLERS OUTCLASSED. ' When Speed-was "first weighted' for" hurdling events it was argued'that at i the impost he was set he had only to jump the fences decently to outclass the hack hurdlers. In the month since liis moderate display at Woodville he had apparently been well tutored, f<?r he treated the fences with disdain m the' Poroutawhao Hurdles, an open event but confined in fact to the hacks, and the consequence was that his opponents were no match whatever for jumped to fourth place at the first fence, and he took charge from Blue Boy at the third. He reached a little for the fourth and screwed a bit at the last, but in the rim home he was always doing it easily to beat Spender by three lengths. He was on the bit at all stages except for a few moments after jumping the last fence. Spender was an easy second, but he was hard ridden the last six furlongs in hopeless pursuit of Speed. Count Willonyx, last early, was also under the whip a long way out and his third was five lengths further away.. He iumped big, and had his rider in the air at the second-last fence. Blue Boy was several lengths back fourth, but his jumping was good for a novice and he looked susceptible to benefit from a race or two. Glenvane made one very bad jump. Te Rangitumau went well for a space, but Kaola and Royal King ran poor races. ANOTHER TROPHY WIN. Prostration, who Is racing in great form at present, gained another trophy for Mr. W. H. Moss, of Wellington, in Ihe Foxton Cup. It was an attractive effort, with horse and rider (S. Wilson) •n complete harmony and with victory 3nally easily secured. Prostration is i really good horse, and if more firm ;racks are available this* winter he will win again, for he has the size to carry ,he weights he has now earned for limself. , . , . Prostration was the early leader from ;he rail position, but Wilson was able o hold him back and let his stablenate Rose Val take over the running. 3oing out of the straight Alchemic vent up to join the leader, and along he back Lapel was suddenly rushed rom last to be with the leading pair t t the half-mile. Once the straight vas reached, however, Wilson moved he favourite off the fence, and the esult was quickly out of doubt, Prosration winning like a high-class horse >y a length and a half and with somehing in hand. Hunting Lodge, who got up for secnd, was last except for Lapel early nd she withheld her effort till inside ie last three furlongs, then going ound the field with a striking run, aough she never menaced the winner. Jchemic, who pulled his way early to le front, stuck on for third only a eck away. Lapel, ridden with doubtil judgment, weakened into fourth, ut it was a good performance after hat he had been asked to do. Gay oy and Slippery were also handy, but ley were never dangerous. Rose Val •as beaten before • tho straight, and avistock ran moderately all through. HAPPY HUNTING IN FORM. Happy Hunting, who came home rongly to run Mata Hari to a head icently at Marton, was sent out favlrite for the Himatangi Hack Handiip, and she duly materialised after lining the best of the dispatch and ading throughout. De Trop was alays in close pursuit and actually ent up to terms with the mare at the ree furlongs, but Happy Hunting eri slipped away again and scored ' a length. This winner, who was enjoying her ird success, is a five-year-old bay iughter of Hunting Song and the inmure —Cease Fire mare Sanctuary, tio won races for the late Mr. J. Gorj Johnston, but was unsuccessful after r purchase by Mr. E. Grant Sim. She is bred by Mr. Sim and is held on ise from him by Mr. L..C. Purton, of ilmerston North, who trains her himIf. She did not begin her career 1 last season, and is now developing to a mare who may go on to better eds. De Trop ran up to her recent form d she was beaten only by the lount of ground the winner gained on r at the start. She went back a tie at the approach to the straight, thout losing her position, and then ng out in the run to the judge, nnow, always there, and covering tra ground till the straight, was two lgths back third, surviving strong allenges from Vinco and First Chapv Vinco did not begin too well, but ■st Chapter was more unlucky, as she

I was left with Balbus at the Golden Chest did best of the others) but made up ground too fast early. MISHAPS SPOIL STEEPLES. ■The Whirokino Hack and Hunters' Steeplechase was robbed of its interest ( over the closing stage by mishaps. Five furlongs from home a keen light looked probable between Taura Lad i and Royal Banquet, but when the lat- , ter was unluckily brought to grief the : issue was settled in Taura Lad s favour, only an unlikely mistake at one of the , remaining two fences then being able ; to rob the leader of success. Taura Lad fenced excellently all the : way, and he took charge from the tir- . ing Tiger Bill six furlongs from home, . with Royal Banquet running along eas- j ily only a couple of lengths away. With his serious opposition gone he continued on to score by ten lengths from : The Ranger. Previously he was a i winner over the country at Trentham, < but that was nearly two years ago. He j is now held on lease from Mr. J. D. Cameron by Mr. W. D. Mexted, of . Dannevirke, who is training him himself The Ranger was a copsiderable way , back when the trouble occurred, but j he went a good race first up this win- , ter and he maintained his record or , having finished in a minor place at all , starts he has had to date. Otaki and . Illawarra completed well behind ihe • Ranger. Tiger BUI set up a break of : nearly twenty lengths on the first ■ round, but he. was caught nearly a ; mile from home, and wheni he fell he ■ interfered with Royal Banquet, who : just failed to make a recovery. Royal ; Banquet was jumping well and going ■ like a winner at the time. King Tho- j mond was pulled up. ; VICTORY NEARLY LOST. In confirming his recent improve- i ment in form by winning the Kebbell Memorial Handicap, Jubilee Song was . a trifle lucky just to hold off Boomerang, but he would have been unlucky ■ to lose. He had to make up ground ( early to take second place to Diat<v : mous, then when he quickly subdued ; the leader at the distance his rider took matters rather easily, which very near- | ly cost him the race. 1 Jubilee Song, who is trained on the : track by his owner, Mr, A. P. Easton, ; was a winner at Foxton last Septem- ; ber, and he subsequently won two other races before going out for a i spell during the summer. He is a good winter horse who will be even better favoured when tracks are soft. Boomerang, who carries the same colours as the Cup winner Prostration and was having his first start in open class, made a wonderful finishing run from the back, and he looks like developing into a four-year-old of better class than any of his relatives in the Dominion. His apprentice rider apparently could not get him to go early, but when he did move he put in some brilliant work and failed only by a short head to get to the winner. Royal Bengal ran up to his previous week's form and was finishing on third two- lengths away. The others were some lengths back, headed by Beau Gallante, West Tor (slow ,to begin), and Takakua, Diatomous stopped badly when whipped to withstand Jubilee Song's challenge. Brown Pearl dropped out in the straight. REIPAR AS HE LIKED. Defections made Reipar stand out among the six runners for the Moutoa Hack Handicap, half of whom are still maidens, and he achieved his first win since his resumption at short odds on. R. Marsh rode him very confidently, and after moving him up fast to be following - Script and Sunder at the straight entrance he dropped him away to score by nearly three lengths. : It was the second success during the day for- offspring of the Solferino mare Peradeniya, as Repair is a two years older half-brother by Greyspear to Helios. It was also -Reipar's first over the distance, but .on -breeding he is certainly a gelding who should stay, and he may yet prove a profitable purchase at the figure Mr. J. A. Todd gave for him some time ago. La Parleuse surprised by dashing up from fifth to gain- second money by a neck from Sunder, and her dividend was the best during the day for either place. Sunder ran a better race than in the maiden, being there all the time. The , other three, -with Script fourth, were all around Sunder. Stitchbird failed to utilise a good position on the fence throughout to any advantage. RESULTS IN DETAIL. Trial Stakes, £ CO; weight 8.5; 6 furlongs.— m v ?' „ ' M»"is), 1; 2 Garter Ited, 9.0 Young), 2; I Golden Anno (S. Wilson), 3. Also started: 7 Kentucky Song car. B.T, 5 Kuen- ? i c l£ .J " Antler, 0 Trevelyn Hold. Time, lmin 17 4-sscc. Poroutawhao' Hurdles, £100; 1 mile and 5 furlongs.—l fepced, 10.fi (j. Walsh),' 1: 3 P, ( T. Tito), 2; 6 Count Willonyx, 9.11 (E. Deslandes), 3. Also started: 5 Royal King 10.3, 4 Xfaola 10.1, 7 Blue Boy 8.5, 2 Glcnvano 9.0, STe Itangitumau 9.0. Time, 3min 3 1-Sscc. FOXTON CUP, £140; V,i milts. 1 Prostration, 9.0 (S. Wilson) ~ j 7 Hunting Lodge, 7.0 (J. A. McFarlaue) ... 2 3 Alchemic, car. -7.0 (D. Mansfield) 3 Also started: 4 Davlstoclc 8.7, 2 Gay Bov 8.6, 8 Slippery 8.2, 0 Koso Vul 8.1, 5 Lapel" 7.11. Tlmo, L'rnlu 11 2-ssec. Himatancl Hack Handicap, £75; 6 furlongs.—l Happy Hunting, car. 8.6 (B. H. Morris), 1; 3 Do Trop, car. 8.6% (C. McUorern), 2; 7 Minnow, car. 7.2 (J. Doolcy), 3. Also started: 4 Vlnco 9.0,'2 First Chapter 8.11, 6 State Bank 8.7, 5 Golden Chest car. 7.8, 9 Balbus 7.12, 8 Maestro car. 7.13, 10 Otauru King, 7.3, 11 Queen of the Orient car. Time, lmln 17sce. Whirokino Haclt and Hunters' Steeplechase, £80; 2% miles.—2 Taura Lad, 0.0 (M. H. NIcol), 1; 7 Tho Rancor, 9.11 (M. Ueardon), 2; 0 Otaki, 9.0 (C. McGovern), 3. Also started: 1 Royal Banquet 10.10, 5 King Thomond 10.0, 3 Tiger Bill 9.1, 4 Illawarra 9.0, Time, 4mln lOsec. Kebbell Memorial Handicap. £00: 7, furlongs. —2 Jubilee Song, 8.3 (L. H. Clifford), 1; 3, Boomerang, car. 7.0 (S. B. Farland), 2; 7 Royal? Bengal, car. 7.2 (J. Dooley), 3. Also started: 4 West Tor car. 8.11, 1 Diatomous 9.0, 0 Takakua 8.12, 5 Land Tax 7.11, 10 Ariklra 7.7, 8 Beau Gallante 7.5, 0 Brown Pearl: 7.0. Time, lmin Slscc. . Moutoa Hack Handicap, £80; S',4 furlongs.—l Reipar, 8.5 (It. Marsh), 1: GLa Parleuse, car. 7.2% (D. Lamb), 2; 4 feundcr, car. -.IVi (N. Cavaney), 3. Also started: 2 Stitchbird 7.11, 5 Trevelyn Hold 7.0, 3 Script 7.0. Time, lmin 51 l-ssec. RACING IN"AUSTRALIA PALATINATE SUCCESSFUL 1 United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, May 31. At the Moonec Valley Racing Club's ; Meeting yesterday the following was , the result of tho HEADWIND HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, £300; 1 mile. R. McLeish's b g Palatinate, by Paladin—All Style, syrs, 8.13 . (Skidmore) 1 ■ Britebeard, 8.4 (Smith) 2 Sarokos, 10.1 (Webster) 3 Fifteen started. Three lengths; half ■ a head. Time, lmin 39,lsec. i Cape Race was third in the Federal ; Hurdle Race, in which Green Cape [ was unplaced. Radiant Star was third in the Keilor • Handicap, in which Te Huon was un- ■ placed. Membo and Hit the Deck were un- \ placed in tho Commonwealth Steeplechase. Greenhorn and Jack Horner were un- . placed in the Mount Alexander Handi- [ cap. DUAL RATIO INJURED " Cnlltd Pr«sa Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ' SYDNEY, May 30. ! At the Rosehill Racing Club's Meet--1 ing Dual Ratio was unplaced in the 1 Maiden Hurdle Race. We Three was > unplaced in the Juvenile Handicap and 1 Golden Gate and Golden Chance were • unplaced in the Flying Handicap. ' The racing career of Dual Ratio, a > four-year-old son of Hunting Song and ' Speechless, owned by Mr. E.- Rhall, ■ may be ended. He made his debut as t a hurdler and broke his ncr.r fore fct- ! lock joint.