SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 40, 15 August 1941, Page 8

SPORTING

THE DOZER EASILY

NATIONAL HURDLES

BOLOYNA SHOWS HIS CLASS

(By "Binocular.")

-" Conditions at Riccarton yesterday B could hardly have been worse when i the second day of the Grand National , Meeting was held. Heavy rain had i made the course little short of a j- quagmire, and patrons had to brave i indifferent elements throughout the whole of the day. First-day form went topsy-turvy, and the North Island visitors came more into their own, six firsts, five seconds,, and four thirds 3 -being credited to horses from the north. Surprisingly enough the totalisator returns did not show the decrease predicted, the aggregate of ! £44.030 being only £1612 10s below the figures of, the corresponding day last year. . The feature event of the afternoon, - the Grand National Hurdles, did not raise the onlookers to any great pitch of excitement, although the merit of 1 the performance of the winner was recognised on The Dozer returning to : the ' birdcage. Immediately the field i was sent away A. E. Ellis, rider of The ■ Dozer, took his mount to the front, ; and although Pekoe endeavoured to go with him the brilliant jumping of the , Aucklander forced Pekoe into making errors. Save for hooking the fence . fronting the stands at the entry upon • the second round,- The Dozer gave a ' brilliant display of jumping, and what doubt may have been entertained, as ■ to his ability to stay the course he i definitely discounted by holding off • Tidewaiter very comfortably over the 1 concluding 'stages. Going into the ' back The Dozer was enjoying a lead , of a dozen lengths, but Tidewaiter ; set out after him and was with him > five furlongs from home. The Dozer [ then outjumped the favourite, and al- ' though Tidewaiter was up again at the , final obstacle The Dozer had his ; measure in the run home. Pekoe ' lost ground at several fences, but moved up to fill third place some 150 ; yards behind the second horse, with Esperance Bay another twenty yards back, the latter having been third or fourth all the way. King Rey attempted to go with the leaders ,early. but hit several fences. The other runners were definitely outclassed. BOLOYNA STAYS WELL. Despite the fact that he had done the major portion of his racing over shorter distances, Boloyna was backed very, confidently for the Islington Handicap, the big mile and a quarter. His early speeds enabled him to secure a good position as they raced down the back stretch, and when Gay Parade rushed to the front Boloyna's rider was "content to let the other go. However, a little over a furlong from home Boloyna ran past the pacemaker very easily and thereafter had the race at his mercy. Wardress, usually a slow beginner, was more prominent than usual as the field came across the top, but had no chance of pulling Boloyna ; back. Master Cyklon put in a claim over the final furlong and finished third, beating Gay Parade for the placing,- with - Cherokee, who was always in the first halfrdozen, plodding along.for fifth. APPRECIATED CONDITIONS. Backers again started off on the ■wrong'foot when the favoured runners in "the Aylesbury Handicap, the opening event, Te Marua, Paper Whistle, and Scottish Dale, failed to figure as dividend payers. Arabian Night, a three-year-old gelding by Lord Quex ( who had shown promise in his track work but who did not fulfil : general expectations at- the Christchurch Hunt Meeting, revelled in the conditions. Always well placed, he ran to the front immediately after entering the straight atsd won quite comfortably from Hunt- ; m$ Charm, a Hunting Song colt of the fame age and owned by Mr. D. Grant, who was also represented by Highland i Dance, and it was probably the latter who was the better fancied. Scottish Dale was lying second 50 yards from home, but was beaten into third •by '• the. finishing effort of Hunting Charm. MODERATE BELIES HIS NAME. * Valcron, favourite on the win * machine for the Sumner Handicap, : missed the jump-out, and although he '. improved his position over the con- * eluding stages he had to be content ' With! fourth place. They were a very : tired lot arid the Masterton-trained : Moderate was able to come from some distance-back to ?take the honours from his. fellow-northerners Kinkajou and Kanui Te Pai, both of whom were fairly well placed throughout. Milton ? Abbas led for a period, but Batsham ; and-Night Glass took over approaching . the straight entrance,. with Kanui Te 1 Pai and Scarteen handy. Inside the ■ distance Kinkajou was in charge, with A. J. Ross and W. Sampson; University, a j bye. Intermediate.-T-C.O.G. (2) r. Technical Col- - lege B, Karori/No. 2, 2 p.m., Messrs. E. Lewer : and J. C. Cusack; Maranui v. Petone Techni- j cal A, North Park, 3 p.m., Miss B. Chittenden and Mr. J. Smith; Petone Technical B v. .P.T.0.G., North Park, 2 ■ p.m., Miss B. Chittenden and Mr. J. Smith; C.O.G. (1), a * bye. . HARRIERS. ' Scottish.—Baudlnet Memorial Cup race, Mlra- '. mar. ... Brooklyn.—lnvitation run, 142 Grafton Road, '■ Roseneath. Combined run, Wellington and Hutt Valley, J R.S-A. -Booms, - Brooklyn.' Combined run. Baptist, Presbyterian, and - Methodist, at Eastbourne. University.—College representative team, at Siiverstream; rest .of club at Star Boating Shed. . i TEAMS. Rugby. Wellington (v. Wairarapa).—Callanan; Sherratt, Pearson (captain), Hudson; Ewert, Nor- : ton; Church; Carter, Rankin, Cassldy, Harvey. Mullett. Smith, Oxley, Shannon; emergencies, * Hallewell. Burton. Marshment, Hill. Wairarapa.—C. Jensen: B. Playle, G. Colqu haun; E. Thompson; A. Mahupuka, R. O'Kane; T. Sugrue; K. Joblln, J. Buttress, A. and H Matheson, R. Comwell, Q. Desmond, R. Howard, J. Walker; emergencies, R. Warrington, T. Hood, A. Blake. St. Bede's.—J. R. Dickson; I. P. Anderson, T. C. Curnow. J. R. Dunn: C. A. Brosnahan, R. J. Pascoe (vice-captain); J. J. Coffey; C. P. Butler (captain), D. B. Scully, E. J. Dennehy, B. F. Blyth, N. J. Clarke, D. H. Blyth, .T. ■A. Chunn, T. P. Cannon; emergencies, M. , D. Frawley. J. R. Durkln, W. J. Smith, E. P. McDevltt. St. Patrick's. —J. Lyons; K. Mahony, W. Newton, R. Keith; S. Mcßrlde, J. Watt; It. O'Brien; B. Avery, B. Mannlon, H. Avery, IT. 1 Cutler, B. Doherty. J. Barber, R. Okeby, ,1. Nlchol; emergencies, J. Kclleher, J. Griffon, P. Donaldson. B. O'Sullivan. , »: Association. Teams (Senior First Division). Institute Old Boys.^-F. Morris, S. Hollis, C. ! Joiner, B. McLean, F. Rogers, J. Parry, R. Sheffield, D. Davies, B. Green, J. Reid, J. Bas-' ter, J. Banks, W. Green, Richardson. Waterside. —Ward. Harris, Bolton, McLennan, Longbottom, Watts, McCarthy, Walker, Ward, R. Scott, Janes, Jones, Scott. (Bus leaves Bunny.Street 1.45 p.m.)' Moera Stop Out.—-Jeromson, Sharpe, Claridge, ; Bold, Grlffen, Hamlll, Hlckling, Drylie, Croll, .Watson,-young. Johnson; Finlay.