"TYPICAL WEATHER"

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 131, 6 June 1938, Page 13

"TYPICAL WEATHER"

OTAKI'S OPENING

QUADROON A GOOD WINNER

iThft Otajki Maori Racing Club car rarely obtain the weather, that sc usually graces the district for. its meet * info though other club?; in the, rieigh houfhood, such ate the Foxtfcn anc ; Levin, are happily favoured in this re " speet,' and for the opening of < its win ter Jfeeting on Saturday several weeki .of imilid . weather • changed during the previous- night to make, it ... anothei "typical day at Otak! -in the . win ter.' The rain let up during the forenoon but the ■weather remained fresh anc overcast, ajid just before, the principa. event, fotir races down the card, there -> -was a Veritable deluge, though thai '■ cleared things for the resf-of the day " s The very heavy track prevented rac ing at its best, but some useful lines were given on horses who may play t Sart .in more important events durinj je next couple of months or so. The wins generally were comfortably se ' cured. . . . The day's main itemi the Raukaws ■■■ Handicap, decided during the cloud burst, was Won by the Awapuni-train ed Quadroon, who deserved the sue iiess oh his ill luck in missing the Fox- • ton Cup. "-"The.open seven , was. taken •' by-, that most prbmisihg.filly Lady 'Mon- - tana, who will go :on to better deeds befdrelong and is one .who <might" win one ofthe important winter, miles. V,; Considering - «ie: adverse, conditions the club had reason to be satisfled with-its turnover of £11,697 10s ; , which.was just' short of last year's better day, (Coronation Day). , , j UtMAU OUTBTAYB REST. ; Handling the heavy, going well and jumping 'better-than -he has done in somaitjf hi» Tecent efforts, Taumau stayed on too solidly for .Primak oyer the closing stages of the Tararua Hack Hurdles. ; He, joined, Prynak in the - lead fivfc furlongs-from home, and he - dfcew out when'racingtcr the last fence. M . Taumau,'Was .enjbyiii|;. hW : :sedo'nd success'in the "role,' as'he' was' also a winner over the fences at Feilding at •Easter. He has the make, goqd at .the'fame/ and'heis 'gaining proficiency with experience; A seven-year-old son of Royal Divorce, he is owned by-Mr* Q. Watkins, of - .Rongotea; -who;secured, the dam (JChassia) when carrying- him, and he is how trained - 'by Mrs. A: W. McDonald at Awapuni. Primak attempted to lead all the way "i again, as he did in ' the steeplechase ? event at Foxton, when beaten by Red 1 < Sun, but Taumau had his measure two furlongs from home. He appeared: to _ be. tiring at .the last fence, : but .was • well clear of everything else, and hung on: for an, eagy, second..This ,flve?year■old'sari of :A«e;ris; 6rie c ,who may do well as a jjimper later on, though he is. ncifcyisrymg. The favourite,. Spender, though moving up fast at stages between, fences, made some rindiflerent jumps and he was neverwithin-menacing range of the first pair. The last fence he just vscrambled over. ...' 'c- • Sunder, and Aiguille were best of the H-rest without, ever being, real possibili--5 tiw;< - Sunder should benefit with the ...experience. King Mestor Wastheflrst v, horse''peitefi? and !l finished down, the " coUrse. Otaki and Camilla Hofh were disappointing. Royal Highness dropped s hi» rider at the first fence. ' ' WELL-BRED MAIDENS:" .; With, only a couple of scratchings, "the TCulcii Mtfden' Tlaf Race-'had to f-be»run in divisions, with" billy the 'Avifiner of each heat-.paying -dividends,?, as "" Enough dea'd-heating'.for- flrstUL«uaaordfc binary contest. , , ~ The first divisioh Was won cbmfort- ; ably-by &teiaty»£heil9P:.<Whs-'.hti&" not- *' previously'indicated any fonn in four .or five outings. At the end of a couple ■ol furlongs she' was running' second , .-rte Diareus, b u *- Lord Cavendish and Flying Acre passed her ~ on' the turn. ■ 'Ih the straight She finished oh too well „..ior leaders and she won by. a length and a half from' Diareus and Lord Cavendish, ' ; ? , Dainty Sheila is a four-year-old chest'nut mart by Thomond from the Win- ■ terbourne—Dainty Step; mare Shona, ! half-«i#ter to Dainty ways and Trip' " ping,"so she has godd breeding to Com- .*. mend her. She is being. raced by Mr. > L. Allan, for whom R. X- McDonald ■is training her! at Levin. - - Diareus beat Lord' Cavendishr home : ior second,-which carried no dividend; ; but-he should not-havS done'so. Lord 1 C&vendish'a; rider. (L. Mbrikley>' ap- ,- • pearied-to- make no .effort on him at all in the straight, but for-which* the gelding might well have been the wlnneri The riding apparently was not .offlcial- •' |y 1 Questioned.' Flying Acre weakened .";ihto."a' poor., fourth. Prediction,- the favoyrite," made' a slow beginning -and .• was never, challenging . range of the front. Mitigation was runhing on well, from :the rear, but Quexoria •> faded over .the closingsection^,Quisis nierreeSftived a bad i bump after a>fur- • long,and dropped his sitter; fw..: : m; ." Tne' divisibn" ; saw - Shining i Hours. Topttihg home five oP'Six lengths " ahead of the rest of .the field. She was - on 4he- outside of Snigger till nearing the straight, when she ran right away, from" the field. Shining Hours is- a three-year-old sister to Sergia and Karl, so she too 1s one : Bred for better-deeds. • She was . seconds six weeks ago -wheh making ber first iappearance at; Woodville, but she had failed to improve as expected - tether: starts..; .She "carries c the same colours as Flammarion, those of 'Mr. C. McCullough, Who does his pwh training- at Woodville. ' GWat Quex finished, on best of the others from five or Six places back t: fer second. -.Snigger, under the .whip, <• hung; ob-. .for: third.' Protectress. ; wa s . handy at the straight,•- but she could • ! reach- no -closer /than fourth.. Char- : mante ran a fair' race for fifth. Lady • Whetu, showihg' more ; : ever beigrC .nhally^- feded'the Mataroa, Old Bill, and Dame Flora' showed;; up at Barabbas i would nbt leave the. tapes.AN OVERDUE SUCCESS.'i, . -An' overdue wjnriing "turn csime the ? waSr. of Advanpe Plane in the Waitohu "Hack HandicapV'in. which he led. from ™ start -to finish. He. was being,,pressed on the home turn by Fafner, but in thr straight 'he slipped away to score decisively by "three, lengths. This was Advance Plahe's first* win since being secured by Mr. F. Sarten, Of New Plymouth, who raced Aussie Ra, but he has beeii numerous times in the minor' places and not always too lucky at that. Last season he had a couple of successes when raced by .his breeder,' Mr.- W. Gill, and trained •t Hawera. He is now a member of R, ■*«£ason's team. A: fivgi-year-old, brown gelding, Ad♦jnce., Planei is a son of the Martian norse warplane and the Elysian—Lady • Edith mare Elysian Lady. Lady Edith ,was by_the great Advance, hence Advance Plaiiers name. The gelding is • not very big, but he', stick- on well ;,*nd should go a longer Stance when reauired, s Joe Louis came from near the rear on the home turn for second, but he was all out. to get there from . Mother-in-Law and Gay Hunting. He was at a surprisingly good price for second. Mother-in-Law, never far away, Came through a' gap on the rail, but she could not counter Joe Louis's _ claim for. the other dividend. - Gay . Hunting was last away -except for Daymlst; and he covered' a Tot of " ground, when following."Joe .Louis, in pursuit "of-the winner, so he looked decidedlyl unlucky* in his close fourth! •Fafner tired into just a "fair fifth. Noisy Night arid-Diamond Cutter showed up ; on the turn but did not finish on. Daisy rChain, as well as .Gay .Hunting and Daymist, was poorly away,. IN DELUGE OP RAIN. A' The Raukawa- Handicap was contested in a deluge of rain, whifch be- - gan lust after the totalisator had closed on the race, but it made no difference to the public judgment, .as the warm Quadroon, woii easily., from Arctic King, who was the second sel-

ection. ; Visibility at stages of the race was reduced to bare discernibility. -Quadroon, was in the middle of the running for the first six furlongs or so, but then: he went up to be lying third- behind Horowhenua and Arctic King as they reached the straight. Below the distance he swooped down on Arctic King, who had no chance whatever of meeting the claim. It was a deserved win, as Quadroon was. unlucky to lose-: the Foxton Cup prize. ' This four-year-old son of Nigger Minstrel 1 is at last redeeming the promise he gave in': running third m the Great Derby last season, and if he can be kept sound he should have a "bright -future ahead in handicaps.- 1 A brown gelding, he is out .of the Lord - mare Liafeon, a .full-sister ,tp the Auckland Cup \yinner Motere, and he is being raced in'partnership by Messrs. H. H. Pharazyn and M. Greenwood,' who also awned Motere.' Arctic King was,in a forward position all the way,'his : rider apparently desiring to keep , clear of the'flying ;lods of mud,, but, though he still :ame home after settling Horowhenua, He* found the challenge oi his victor more than he could counter. ■ Horowhenua, who assumed charge from Korero and Liane at the five furlongs, fought on. to the end, but he ;ould not hold either dividend place. Liane drifted back along the fence in the middle stages and was then running on again fourth at the close. Kena lame from last for 'fifth. Galteemore was never within challenging reach of the leaders.' Lapel was showing up on the {urn and looks to be on tJ>e imorove.-' -■>■ ■..•■ :. •_ "The time of the race, 2mm 17sec, iiscloses =how bad ' the ground and ather conditions were during the running; ' SUNBEAM STRIKES FORM. Foxton form was. confirmed in the Otaki Hack Handicap when Sunbeam and-Perfect Idea ran first and Second, the Foxton placings, under the weight iifference, being reversed. Sunbeam ■nade the running with Son and Heir well out iri, front, and after assuming sole charge in "the straight -he came lome solidly to. hold all ch'allengers at say by a length. Sunbeam, was. enjoying his first suc:ess since, he was purchased by Mr. A. VlcKenziei ofe Wellington, • at, the' sales ast Janaaryp i Though he : -W(Jn" a race n4he iati^Siirihg. in the -South 1 Island le was a trying notse forftisconnecions/.whichi was undoubtedly the ,-reaidp ' wby he-y/aa'solde r He also :.failed it first in the North Island, which- inluced his' present trainer, A. Goodnail, to try him over a middle distance. 3e is >a four-year-old gelding by Sieg;ried out of the . Australian Sun— Jrunee mare Sungift, a full-sister to sunee, and as a yearling he was sold it auction for 160 guineas. R. Hawes, who rode Sunbeam'both it Foxton and on. Saturday, .is a pronising young apprentice now attached o Goodman s stable. He secured his irst success on Jewish Lad.at the re-cent-Marlborough Meeting.' Perfect ..Idea, had to make up a lot >f ground over the .last half-mile, but le put plenty' determination, into-, his ob, ana- was rewarded with second Jlacfe.'- If Lusti'al had'not jostled him tfter entering the straight he might lave succeeded. , Lostral,, third,, most of, the way, lartially olosed the'gap the leaders had ipened by the time they had reached fie straight, but he was lugging, out ind 'thus hindering his'' own prospects. Wiggins; ,oh Perfect, Idea, who was jeing, carried out, had to use forcible nethods to secure a satisfactory,; run or his mounts &■>■■■ .. , , - v;--. The others were, well beaten; Son nd Heir weakened into fourth. Tho avoufite, 5 BuroteESrho broke through he" tapes prior to the start, stopped ladly under her weight near the halfmlef though well-again ;finishi FIRST IN THE GRADE. -iiidy- "Montana.,opened her account ri the higher grade by- outstaying her ►pponeuts in tbeHuia Handicap. F.olowing Meamea round on the home urn, she was assuming charge as they iritered the straight, and she then came iway to score by & good length. A three-year-old daughter of Lord Juex and the Kilboy—Conceit mare Cilceit, Lady Montana promises to do nuch better service for her breeder-wner-trainer, B. Burgess, than did lither -.itif her ' half-relativesr ■ Walton ?ark and Chaste. She- won-: a - hack iouble most facilely on, bad ground at Vairarapa v at Easter.- As her connec,iop.s ,4ia. .not particularly ippcy. her at' ronton, When the ground was firm, it vould seem 4hat they ? believe she is )est .'on soft ground.' rHowever, future •acing may disclose that she is quite versatile. ~ ' ... Winsoirie' >Lu, iwith stronger riding n'.the straight, might have won. She was first out "and never far back, but lie best was not got out of , her- over he last .furlong. '/ .. .•■ Meamea .appeared to make his bid ;oo soon in dashing round th.e field 'ram * near last to the front 5 on the lome turn. Lady Montana came up in his inner, and then he weakened jut of,a dividend. ~Jtmay not be long 3efoce:.he_ is 'atoning for ..this defeat. . Dorado and Red Sand, finished at th.e lead of" the others, all of-, whom were sired horses.:.- Debham-ran early to the :ettd but was fading before-the straight, Body line also failed completely over -,he last',, half-mile, but he has never jked bad going. ROtOMA'S QUICK RETURN. ■Having only' her.-«econd start since ler resumption, Rotoma finished on well to win the Te Horo Hack Handi:ap at the best; price paid during the lay.. She followed War Lap and Silver Fox (to the straight, and then cut down Silver Fox just short of the post to score by a head. - Like most of the Gainscourts, Rotoma :omes to Hand'readily. This four-year-Dld mare\who is a half-sister- to Llyn Du and Kalos, was-a most promising lack last season, but she has been difIcult to keep right because of a "leg." She is still owned 'by .Mr. C...Cooper, 3f Masterton; for whohi she is trained jt" 1 Opaki'by-W.t Morrison.- ■ Fox assisted in the paceniakihg throughout. With his big, long strides he does not' seem' to be going, out he gets -over the ground. Halfway down the. straight ,he looked the winner, and possibly his rider did not sense the danger from Rotoma. War Lap was' awarded third place, though from the stands' one thought Maahanui. had taken this berth. Maahanui finished well out on the track. Merryman wag unable to find a way through in the straight, but he and Jewish. Lad were both.' running an. Haile Selassie and Min Lu both tailed to see 'oUt the distance. A SMALIi DECREASE The Otaki Maori Racing Club's Winter Meeting was opened in overcast and showery weather on Saturday. The track was, very heavy. The attendance tinder the circumstances was aood. The turnover; for the day was £11697 10s, compared with £11,850 or the first day iCoronatibn Day) lasl year, a decrease of £ 152 - 10s. Results were:—• Tararua Hack Hurdle Handicap £130; 14 miles.—2 Taumau, 9.10 (B Kowhai),- 1; '3-'-Primate, 92 (P. BurV 2 1 Spender, 10.3 (C. Carroll) I. Also started:- 5 King Mestor 10.9 3 Aiguille 9.5. 4 Camilla Horn 9.2. i Qtaki 9.2, 8 Sunder 9.0, 9 Royal Highness car. 9.5. Three .lengths; four lengths Time, 3mm. 1 4-ssec. Kuku Maiden Flat Race,'£loo; 6 furlongs.—First division: 7- Dainty Sheila 3.10 (J; Chaplin); !; 15 Diareus, car. 8.1 fS. Wilson), 2; 4 Lord Cavendish, B.C (L D. •' Monkley), 3 r Also started: £ Flvine Acre 8.10, 21 Cuismier 8.10, lc Sir Rabbi 8.10,2 Quexona 8.10, 17 Mitigation 8;10,. 19 Kinloch 8.10, 14. Bourmond 8.10, 1 Prediction car. 8.1. Length and ? half; head. Time, lmin 21 4-£ sec. kuku Maiden Flat division: 3 • Shining Hours. . 8.10 (N Cavaney), 1; 9 Great 10 fG. P Dowrick). 2; "6 -Snigger, 8.0 (W. J Broughton), 3, Also started: 12 Mataroa 8.10, 18 Ngaitahu car. 9.1, 11 Pro-

tectress 8,10, 5 Charmante 8.10. 16 Dame Flora 8.10, 22 Lady Whetu 8.10, 10 Old Bill 8.0, 16 Barabbas car. 8.1. Six lengths: length and a quarter. Time, lmin 22sec. Waitohu Hack Handicap, £125; 6 furlongs.—l Advance Plane, 8.5 (S. Wilson), 1; 5 Joe Louis, 9.5 (W. J. Broughton), 2; 7 Mother-in-Law, 8.2 (C. L. Goulsbro'), 3. Also started: 8 Diamond Cutter 8:9, 2 Gay Hunting 8.8. 3 Fafner 8.6, 6 Daisy Chain 8.5, 11 Stargono 8.0, 0 Captain Treville 8.0, 4 Noisy Night 8.0; 10 Daymist car. 8.14. Three lengths: head. Time, lmin 21sec. RAUKAWA HANDICAP, £300; U miles. 1 Quadroon, 8.1 (H. N. Wiggins) .. 1 2 Arctic King, 9.1 (S. Wilson) .... 2 5 Horowhenua, 7.7 (R. J. Sargent) 3 . Also started: 8 Korero 8.7, 4 Galteemore car. 7.11, 6 Liane 8.1, 3 Kena 7.11, 9 Lapel car. 7.11, 7 Terry 7.7. Two lengths; length. Time, 2min 17 sec. Otaki Hack Handicap, £125; 1 mile and 55 yards.—s Sunbeam, 8.2 (R. J, Hawes), 1; 2 Perfect Idea, 9.0 (H. N. Wiggins), 2; 3 Lustral, 8.5 (W.'Doyle), 3. Also started: 1 Puroto 9.8, 6 Lord Quick 8.12, 4 Son and Heir 8.5, 7 Whetuma 8.0.; Length; head. Time, lmin 53 2-ssec. . HUIA HANDICAP, £175; 7 furlongs. 2 liady Montana, 8.4 (G. R. Tattersall) : — 1 3 Winsome Lu, 8.2 (S. R. Farland) 2 1 Meamea, 8.10 (P. Williams) .... 3 Also started: G. Debham 9.7, 7 Mister Quex 8.2, 4 Bodyline 8,2, 5 Red Sand 8.0, 8 Dorado 8.0, 9 Bun Fight car. 8.1. Length; neck. Time, lmin 35sec. Te Horo Hack Handicap, £125; 7 furlongs.—4 Rptoma, 9.0 (W. Doyle), 1; 3 Silver Fox, 8.0 (G. R. Tattersall), 7 War Lap, 8.10 (R. J. Flower), 3. Also started: 7 Earl Colossus 9.9, 1 Maahanui 8:7; 5 Min Lu 8.6, 2 Haile Selassie 8.4, 11 Gladium 8.0, 12 Revival 8.0, 9 Jewish Lad 8.0, 10 Laggard: car..8.1, 6 Merryman 8.0. Head; neck. Time, lmin 37 3-ssec v