FEILDING RACES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 131, 30 November 1936, Page 13

FEILDING RACES

INVESTMENTS WELL UP.

TWO-YEAR-OLD "FIND"

■.■'^tfhe\headthy' tone of racing, Reflected irf lir'ge' tbtalisator receipts in all parts of the: Dominion, was further stimulated jb'y: the1: Feilding Jockey Club's very "successful opening :of its • Spring Meeting on Saturday. The "revenues were buoyant" from the opening. of the machine, the sum of £1268 being handled on the first,race (despite, a small and undistinguished field), .this being an increase of 50 per cent, on the - 1935 total. The increase ■ in, following events was as high.as 80 per cent. For the day the investments were £17,072 '10s, against £10,065 last year. A cold south-easterly made . conditions; a little unpleasant, but the atmosphere was not bad for racing, and the track was' in 'good .order.' : Drizzling ram-set m,after the sixth race,, but did not affect the going: V ;.■■. ••■ .-. ■-■ ••'.,.'..: •,'.:...- ;- ---:■-The "find" of the meeting'was the two-year-old Smoke Screen, who completely outclassed two previous, winners in'Wildflower and Greenwich. A , stylish brown gelding,with; plenty of timber^ Smoke Screen won in the manner o-! a class youngster. .Despite .very evident 'greenness, i .■■■■ his .remarkable . speed was not fully; taxed over the . last furlong.;';' •'.. ■-, .>.... ■'■■■: • .■'^JV.'.' ;- •: ■:"■'., ■;' beau ..star's- hurdles. -/f\-.-: • >;Beau• Star;comfortably disposed of Limulus;. and Beau Gallante. in;:.;the : Waituna Hack Hurdles after following them: over the last fence. -Beau Gallante dutjumped .everything, .but his finishing effort was weak..He soon took over from ' Limulus,: and-when he went away from Beau'■ Star with five furlongs '< to go he appeared to-be doing it well within; himself.. Coming .to the home turn Limulus ran past him, and jumped the: last^fence- about two lengths in, advance, with Beau Star handy on the 'inner, r Limulus looked "the winner-until a hundred yards; from the post,, but Beau .Star's reserved claim took.him-to; a length and :a half : Victory," and he was travelling, strongly :'■ ' >.at-the.'6ndi-•';*-.■■... ■.■^.••'-•••/■■■'■■•■•■•v. ■:...■ ■'.-■ ' Beau Gallante was two Jerigths.back third^ Mid-Acre a fair fourth, then Lord' Hereford,,.who ran;a.;.poor•";race all .■through.,; Tangled, could ,not go the pace over the; concluding 'stages; ; and finished half a furlong from the : wiri: '■ ner. ■ ■ .'■",.''■.'-''' ,".';'-'.' :'Ky-':''-v::'.l \ '-:CV SIMPLE FOR GREAT HOPE, i Great Hope/, having, his' first: start since; his-return from1 Australia,- where he was riot' raced, made: fairly simple work of .winning the. Aorangi Trial Plate., Third, out of i the barrier to Alloa aridvWee Lap,,he -soon joined Alloa ■■in^thes.;-lead,V:and'.-/this ;pair; led round the home turn,' closely'attended by • Mazzini, .Wee Lap; Missal, , and Toorafc vMazzini: raced; up -to Great , Hope, but :had; no sooner; got on terms j .'. with Him than Great Hope left Alloa, whorhad .the rails, iand. came on 'fullof running to:beat Mazzini;by:a short length. - Alloa..was a length away, third, , and En Vidette"' a rfair fourth: There . was a gap to thevJiext' Horse; Toorak, and then came Missal,'. Whistle Pinkie, Patter, and Lady' Siegfried.- ;. . J. Great Hope, drawn an No. 11 barrier ■posmbn, began as. well1 as anything, but he had little 'initial advantage - over • Mazzini (No.: ; m, who - jumpld out quickly only tofdrop back ■•'three or four^placesv in vthe ; first'furlong. Cfreat Hope? always- had «hermeasure -■when real! racing:begah':r "', ■:?•"'■";-:■'• i r,,,GreaK H, ope r1 three-year-old chestnut colt by Laughing Prince .from Enthus^m, dam of .Entheos and Huntang Queen, is owned by Mr. T A ? UrF a%',rl an.d. trainedr;at., Marton by> ■■L". tx. MOrris.. ~.:- '';..'•■" .^/-.•■"'. :.'-•-.'-'.'■■•■-...< concluswe yictoßy: %T^?f: n waT e froitf; the riick to w fewßlloll6^ Handicap, his ;vic-. toiy .being conclusive ;in every way. Considering .his position -.commencing the last half-mile, he,would have bee u^^ a to lose. He settled dbv^'S S^r o'?^ Secretj Werohia, Rona Bay, Aussie Ba, and Round Score after > furlong, but wheri they were going down the back;stretch:,he!.was makmg^novfurther progress, .and: was still awkwardly .placed when: Royal" ln?J cM ed m,l o the.1- straight .from Spiral, Bona-Bay,'Round Score, Werohia, and Aussie Ra. -1! "- .:".- H; When an.: opening came \ inside the distance, Tiger Gain shot through to put the; issue beyond, doubt 100 yards from the post. He was drawing'aWay a. length,and a;qu'arter clear of Spiral, who was flat -out ,to hold second place °y, hal*ra head-from, Royal Secret, werohia was a neck away; fourth,: then Kona Bay, Aussie Ra;; and Grand Jury, anda.gap to Round Score. . ; : Tiger-Gain's-performanc.e left no room for excuses for ithe vanquished. He stood out on the day. Theresas an opening on' the .rails for Rona Bay at the^ distance,: but she was not equal to taking advantage of it., Spiral, last early, had to cover some extra ground. Round Score petered right out after ■ forcing the pace with Royal: Secret in' the middle stages.'; . ; ; ' . ORATORY TOO CLASSY. , Oratory, appeared -■:to ; have been iTseasured off by Karl after holding a slight call over him and ,■ Mother Superior to the straight entrance in the Flying Handicap, but she came away again to score very impressively.' She really, outclassed the field, and her winning margin was a.length and a half. Oratory, who -was having her first race since her unsuccessful trip to Australia, is a'fine; stamp of four-.year-old chestnut filly by Gainscourt from the-New Zealand Cup winner Oxatress, dam of a New Zealand Cup wihner,:.in OratriXi-■:■'■•■'■■■".'■ ■Mother.; Superior. . and - Karl raced practically on terms with Oratory most of the way. Mother Superior hung on well, but Karl.dropped out quickly in the last 100. yards, and finished'at the back in .line- with. Farmer and Mata Harli Bodyline, who finished weir for third only a .neck away,- put in some telling work-at the right end. Alchemic was a; satisfactory fourth. - ' ;- : .. RIVAL F.QR FRANCIS DRAKE. ;Smoke Screen, a newcomer;among the; two-year-olds, made ; Wildflower and Greenwich, the latter among the leadingr juveniles of the Dominion, look decidedly ordinary in the Feilding Juvenile Stakes. He was inclose attendance to Greenwich and Wildflower early, cleared past them on the turn.A and .although very green and inclined to run about in the straight, he left his only pretence at opposition to it,- and won with his\ears pricked by .four lengths.■ ■ On this performance Smoke Screen, a gelding by Limond— Curtain, owned by Mr. R. Grace, ■.- and trained at;Fordell by D. Marks,-must-rank as-one of the best of his age. He may meet Francis Drake in the A.R.C. Champagne Stakes at Easter, and he won with such apparent ease that there is no estimating how good he might be. Greenwich did not look her best, and was beaten a neck for the other dividend by -Wildflower. -Lady Montana, Laughing Chief, and Gay Hunting were, the best of the others. Amatory, Ruling Star, and Merry Thought were left. y ; EASY; FOR, HUNTING QUEEN. Hunting Queen, the public choice for the Kowhai Hack Handicap,, gave L. G Morris his first winning ride since the renewal of his jockey's licence, and it was,little short of a Y "buggy ride.'! She took the lead off Laggard turning into : the straight, '.and was never in danger of losing it, in the race home, finishing three lengths clear of King's Lancer with Nightlass two lengths away third. Hunting Queen? a five-year-old half-sister by Hunting Song, to an earlier winner, Grea-t ' Hope, races in the same 3nAiring was fourth, but disappointed-* aCter having the run of the race. Laggard^ired badly^.as did .Old Sur-

rey, ■ who' was in second position f<sr seven furlongs. Bacchus Marsh and Mirth also got1 the stitch at the business end. Hatuma and Waipiro wenl 'fairly. ■';• -.-..'■•.. .'■' ■.■ ■.'- ..•: ..-.''..-•. HOT FAVOURITE UNPLACED. The Buzzer was backed as a "racecourse certainty" for the Fitzroy Handicap, but he could do no better than fourth, after being handily placed to the straight. ; Eara, who was sixth crossing the top, moved up to third at the straight entrance, and in a great finish she wore down Caen and vonia Park to win by. a head. Caen hung on better than usual, being half a length better than Brazen King, who just scraped home from The Buzzer for third: Vonia Park, who. shared the pacemaking with Caen, was next, and was followed in. by Prevail and War Lap. Sanhedrim, who gave a lot pf trouble at. the- barrier, was eventually left, and took ho part in the race. Eara is oneiof the few Diacquenod s to cut a respectable figure on the racetrack. . .■'•"She., is." a four-year-old. owned by Mr.'D. Lupton, and is trained at Waverley by G. Airßeid. Her dam, Wake Up, left: another -useful mare ,in Awaken.';; ■■ -. ■J--;;;.v;'xi':.:--7 7'''A!^'- :. '■■ ■ '■ ..•■■^\'iT^E:;:.GEOBGE'S-'.ybKN;'; ;• -'•/' Darecourt broke. T. IB;? George's run of outs when he held off Chief Ranger by a short heck.in .the Kawitea-Handi-cap. The unlucky horse was -. Lowenberg, who was * back, in the second bunch, all:of.vten lengths behind; the leader, with half the; journey covered, and who staged a brilliant run round the field, to be finishing over everything two lengths away third. : - This Derby .winner must be due for early honours;. : .■.'-''■■.• ' '~y~-''.'}■. -■ ' '■■" '■ l ■ ;Lbrd Moutoa'and Blue Garter made ,the early running from Sanguine: King and Darecourt, • and going tp^the far turn these four .were followed by Chief Ranger,- Full" Throttle, and Jubilee Song, With a?gap.of three lengths.to Davistock and Lowenberg. When the straight was reached Darecourt and "Chief Ranger moved up'to the leaders, and Darecourt came through to' stall off Chief Ranger after a hard tussle. -Darecourt iis honest, if-nothing brilliant. Lowenberg'sv;loss.of position! early was Dar?court's. • good fortune. Jubilee- Sang, always in the hunt, was fourth, then •; Gold .^Mission,, , Lord iMoutpa"i "arid Blue, Garter, /i, ■ / :. ■ V'- '^jtESULTS.IN?p;ETAiiv.: ).■:';■. ■:'.. Results;were:—. ::K-w-;-:':-;-.■■■t.;-- :•■' . Waituria: Hack-Hurdle '; Handicap, £120; 11: miles and 130 yards.—3 Beau Star, 9.3 (W. Grindlay), 1; 2 timiilus, 10.3 (C.- Carroll),- 2;! 1; Beauj Gallante, 10.6 , (C. Thomson),, 3. .Also .started: -4 , Lord Hereford 10.4, 5 ,Mid Acre- 10:1, | 6 Tangled,car.;9.2i.;.Time, 2min 55. 2-b sec/ '': ■■■:i-..-';--V . ■•■.■.'."•.' '■■■; ■.■ .■■■:•■ ■';'■ ■■'■■■'• Aorangi-Triar Plate,- £.100; weight, 8.8: 6 furlongs.—l" Great Hope (B. H. Morris),-1; 2 Mazzini :(W. Brough-1 ton), 2; 3 Alloa (S. Anderson),; 3. Also started: V,7 . Missal, :■ 6 , Ohanga, --8 En Vidette, 9<Whistle Pinkie, 13 Patter, 14 Trevelyn -Hold, 5 Reserve Bank, 14 Lady Siegfried. 12 Wee Lap, 15 Puroto i car 8.9J, 11 Naughty Marietta; 4.Toorak, 11 Master Limond.'. T.ime, lmin 15secMANCHESTER .HANDICAP, £250; 1J ■;.-.•;■..■■• .-■ ::■■"■■■>' •miles.;5.. .':.■/.' '■</:■ "■• .;-.; i 1 Tiger Gain; 7:12 (C: P. Shield)■-'..:; h 2 Spiral, 9.0 (E. Peck); ';■:>. .:....;.. ; 2 6 Royal Secret, 7.9. (W; J. Brough- r ;."■: 'ton):; ■..;.;.;. v,v;..,-,.^-. v .-v--:: 3 '•Also started:. 7 Grand Jury. 8.8,. 5 Werohia 8.5, 3 "Aussie■■'Ra.-car. 8.2J-, 4 Rona Bay 8.2, 6 Round Score 7.9. Time, 2min 7 2-ssec. ■ '■■• ■>■• ■: ■■'■ :' ■"■■ '-''■. : '■■■ .;■'.■■.. ' 'Flying Handicap,' £.150; 6 furlongs. —l: Oratory; 8.13 (B. H. Morris), 1; 7 Motlier Superior, 8.3 '(P. Atkins), 2; 4 Bodyh'ne, car. 7.9i'(S. Anderson), 3. Also started:*2 Farmer 8.11, 3 Karlß.3, 6 Alchemic car. 7.2^5 Mata-Han car. 7.8|: ;Time,;lmin;.;l4;;2 T ss!EC;,-i ,v ■.- '■■■'■-Feiidingi:JuV:enile~.vStakes' Handicap, £ 120i-for ■Hwb-yearr'6lds;" rs.furlongs.— 5 Smoke: Screen, 7.12 (P. Atkins), .1; 2 Wildflower, "car- 8.2^ (E. Peck), 2; 1 Greenwich, 8.11.( B. H.;M6rris), 3. Also started: 4 Ruling,Star;.7.l2, 11 \Amatory \7.12, 9 Gay Hunting ? 7:i2,,3 Xaughing.Chief 7.10, lOiMerry Thought car. 7.10, 8 Lady Montana 7.7," 6 Tipsy Miss car. 7.8J,'7 Gay-Molly car ; 7.8; Time, lmiri ,:3 J-ssec.- -.( -s'^-i. ~ ■,■■-';-!.'- -:::i -;:V .: ;.Kowhki Hack .Handicap,1 £ 130; 1 mile and: a distance.—l* Hunting Queen, 9.3 ■(li.iG.:'.Mo'rris)V-'i;; 9 King's Lancer, 8.4 (P.; Atkins) ; 2;; 12-.:Nightlass,■:7.ir (S. Wilson)i:3. Also started:-2.Airing 8.13, 4Hatuma 8.10, 3' Charade 8.9, 8 Le Grand 8.9; 6 Waipiro car. 8.5, 7 Hamarin. 8.4, s?.Maestro ■B;4,Vlo;Gainsay ! '7.l3,J 15. LesToquet;. 7.11, 8 Colenso : 7.11 (bracketed:with Le Grand), 11 Laggard 7.11,116 Bacchus Marsh 7.11,13 Old Surrey 'car. 7.12J,; 14; Mirth car. 7-6. Time, lmin's6'•l-ssec.; : !--;;-.-'-.-:■■•.■■';■■ ;■-'".' ; Fiizroy Hack-Handicap, £110; 6 furlongs.— 5 Eara, r 7.13; (S. Anderson), 1; 3 Caen, 7,13 (C;P. Shield), 2; 2 Brazen King, 8.11 (P. Atkins), 3, Also started: 1 The Buzzer 8.6,"8 Ned: Cuttle, car. 8.6,. 9 Recitation '8.3; 4; Preyail ;7.13i C Sanhedrim 7.12,10 Advance Plane: 7.12, 7 Vonia -Park car. 7.8 i, 11 War Lap 7.7. Time;; lmin 14 4-55ec.;':.;...'•.:,'•;.. ~ Kiwitea Handicap; £130; 7: furlongs. —9-Darecourt, 7.1! (S.1 Wilson), 1;- 2 Chief Ranger, 8.6 (B: H. Morris)^ 2; 1 Ldwenberg; 8.9 (P.: Atkins), 3. Also started: 12 Limbohm 8.8, 11 Dayistock 8.8, ;6 Jubilee Song 8:7, 8 Full Throttle 8.1, 3 Lord Moutoa 7.13, .5 Gold Mission car; 7.8, 7 Hunting Lodge 7.13,- 13 .Sanguine King 7:12, 10 Supreme Court car 7.6, 4 Blue Garter car. 7,12. :Time, ; lmin 28 2-ssec. : :j ■■;''";. : - i~\'.\.'.,;;■'-'■'■;. -. "..::•.'. ■~..-.