SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 13145, 29 December 1908, Page 8

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DUNEDIS JOCKEY CLUB'S RACES Second Day.—Monday. : Not a great- deal of rain fell, and the fact that in the la&t race the s>even-fuTlongß conree. was covered by a second -class field in 1.333 shows that the showers did not r do the track much Irarm. Mr Piper was , peculiarly happy in hie. .starting, and, indeed, ;ill the executive arrangements were n efficiently attended to. Mr W. F. James and \ ' his assistants put £7,587£ through the totali- ' sator in a businesslike manner, and the ' laying out was prompt enough to pleare everybody. The total receipts at tho " totalisator for the meeting come to! £16.1134. or £2,370 more than last yeaT. ' The Hurdle Race, as on the first day, wa6 practically left to three horses—the same three that provided the contest on , the first day. Stormont was not one <;f ■> these. He Tan vary tamely each day, and j seemed to be in-arable of an effort. Storm I ■ reaily led through™*, though by very little, and- he won by only a nose. Some thought i it a dead heat as between Storm and Royal j Shell, but MrEwing saw enough of Storm's i nose in front to enable him to decide. Pasn'wvn, unlucky on the first day. had her , ronvr**TS»ting good fortune, on the second, ; for after losing a lot of ground at the start | !no found an inside passage into the straight, and thereby made her marble gcod fo>- the- run homo. Once on terms she held her opponents quite safe. Heirloom wore down Eons in the first four furlongs of the Allanton Welter ami then ran hoiu» unopposed, thus consoling Mr Ban (or several disappointments since Boh Ellisgot the old gelding into form. The St. Andrew's Handicap wa» a very pretty race. ' Everything in it took an active part. I'rrst the Seer, then Grand Slam, thin Astrakhan, then Tikitere. then Apollodoris —they all had a turn in t!ie lead, and at the finish Rose Noble and Tikitere pressed «> hard that both were on ApollodoTi/s quarters as A. H. Wilson drove him in a winner. The public were very pleaised to see the Hon. G. M'Lean's horse get home, and cheers were raised as the horse returned to the paddock. It is a coincidence that the Ota go Handicap was won by Astrakhan in 'O7 and 'OB. whilst ApoJiodoris took the St. Andrew's Handicap in each of tlwxe yours. Little Medallist cut out the pace in the Taihoa Hack Handicap, and Princess Era. lest her chance by dwelling. Passion, who. in spite of her 101b penalty added to the top weight, was made a pronounced favorite, got" into a handy position early, ami though she had to race on the outside coming round the bend she- was evidently winning, even before sho took the lead. As .-, matter of fact her decisive run was delaved to the last. Inside the distance Sacha'shot away from the .others, and then Pas-ion Hew after the colt, the pair going awav clear, and it was a sight to see the way that Passion handled her heavy weight and asserted her superiority. She won with something in hand—how much can hardly be guessed. In tho Grand Stand Handicap the five barters were practically bunched the whole •yay. Pctrovna led for three furlong*, when Gapon took the pilotage, and he was passed at the distance bv Loftw. who won rather easily by two-thirds of a. length Caspian lost his chance of the Dunedm Handicap by hanging at the post. When the field were fully extended he was three lengths behind Cymbiform. The latter won most decisively. From a level start it would have been a good go, but Cvmbiform would probably have won by a little The other pair of' two-venr-olds had no fiance. Stepenfoldt was firi and Liza last to move olf in the Farewell Handicap Liza ran through and led from Bountiful alter going three furlongs, hut this pair tired m the straight, and ApoUodoris earned his ICII. penalty home in front after a good finish with Grand Slam and Spinning Flight. r The results of the racing brought r, rea t credit to Mr W. Hayes, who did the handicapping for the day in the absence of Mr Henrys. The following concludes our report: GRAND STAND HANDICAP. 130 bovs ; second 10 sovf, third 5 so vs. 6f. Mr R. Sneddon's Loft us, bv Seaton Delaval—LLssadern. 8.1 ...' (Bvrne) 1 Mr N. Bennington's Gapon, 6.7 (C. Haek) 2 -Mr F. Neligan's Pctrovna, 9.6 (Y. Cotton) 3 Also ran : Lupulite (9.5, A. M'Kav), and AU Guns (8.10. J. M'Cluskey). Petrovna led and Loftus' went on last, all close up. At three furlongs from lvome Gapon was in front and All Guns eecond. Inside the distance Loftue took command and won by two-thirds of a length, with PetTovna rather more than a length away, Lunulite (the favorite) last. Time lmin 18|se«. JUVENILE HANDICAP. 125 sovs; eecond 10 sovs. third 5 sovs. 4f. Mr C. Machell's Cvmbiform. bv Multiform—Saucer, 9.6 ... (M''Cluskev) 1 Mr N. Kavanagh's Caspian, 9.6 (L. King) 2 Mr J. Ellis jun.'s Adage, 6.7 (Hack) 3 Also ran: Chinook (6.7, Harrison). Caspian, favorite, lost three lengths at the start, but was soon up elcse. Cymbiform led Adage to the turn, where all were pretty well together, but in the straight Cymbiform galloped awav in front and won by three lengths from" Caspian, Adage another length away. Time, 53|see. FAREWELL HANDICAP. ICO sovs/eecond 10 sovs, tliird 5 sovs. 7f. Hon. G. M'Lean's Apollodoris. bv Phoebus Apollo—Brasa, 8.9 (J. Beale") 1 Mr Gorton's Grand Slam, 8.12 (L. King) 2 Mr Sheddon's Spinning Flight, 7.9 (Byrne) 3 Also ran: Hiro (8.7, Bamber), Stepenfeldt (7.0, A. H. Wilron). Bountiful (6.11, F. Thomson), and Liza (6.7, Hack). Spinning Flight was elightly a better favorite than Grand Slam. Stepenfeldt wis fin-t off, but Liza led most of the way to the straight, where Spinning Flight he"- ' came prominent. Apollodoris. lioweve.r, jcame in time, and won by neariv a length', jSpiuning Flight a neck" awav," and Hiro 'fourth. Time, lmin 33fsec. The principal cheques according to the pay-sheet are :—Mr C. Machell, £320; Hon. G. M'Lean, £220; Mr T. Sheenan. £180; Messrs W. T. and L. f. Hazlett £170; Mr R. Sheddon, £150; Mr T Tansey, £l3O ; Mr J. Barr, £95 ; Messrs Johnson and Paterson, £9O; Mr H Friedlander, £9O; Mr H. Schluter, £9O. The total stake money was £1.905. CROMWELL RACES. Second Day.—Monday. [From Otm Own Correspondent.] The second day of the Cromwell races was held in fine weather, and the attendance was fair. Speculation was brisk, and the racing more interesting than on the fast day. The sum of £1,558 was recorded. sn the totalisator, making a total of £3.059 for the two days. Two bookmakers again paid the full fee. In five races the favorites were beaten. Results: Bendigo Hack, of 25 sovs. 6f.— Nipul (8.11) 1, Vyvyan (7.13) 2. Nikolski (7.11) 3. There were five starters. Won comfort ably. Time, lmin 17Jsec. Jockey Glob Handicap, of 45 sovs. lm Pretty Face (7.12) 1, Rifle Range (9.3) 2, Lord Clutha (8.11) 3. Five started. A good race, Pretty Fa«e coming from behind and winning by a length. Time, lmin 45sec. Bannockljurn Trot, of 30 sovs. ljm.— Whisper (4sec) 1, Harvestide (20sec) 2 Lody Pet (2sec) 3. Eight starters. Wor •tsily. Time, 3min 56sec. Back Race, of 25 sovs. sf.—Vyvvar ■8.0) 1, Reef Points (7.5) 2, Nipul (9.0) 3. iix starters. A grand race. Won by i length. Time, lmin s*ec. Grand Stand Handicap, of 30 sovs. sf. San Severo (9.0) 1, Soltykoff (8.3) 2, Kos troma (9.4) 3. Three starters. Won by s length. Time, lmin ssec. Dash Trot, of 25 sovs. lm.—Lady Pel

[3aec) 1, The Callant (lQsec) 2, Aratus' (14sec) 3. Seven starters. Won easily, rime, 2mrn 37sec. Farewell Handicap, ol 20 sovs. 4f.— Kostroma (9.0) 1, Simon Pure (7.8) 2, Metaford (7.8) 3. Four starters. Won by sight lengths. Tims, 58sec. MANAWATTJ RACES. The meeting was concluded yesterday. The totalisator turn-over for the three days was £37,042. Concluding results : Te Matai Hurdles, of 130 sovs. lim Lull (11.4) 1. Tanderghie (9.7) 2. Capuiet (10.10) 3. Won very easilv. Time, 3min 19sec. President's Handicap, of 400 sovs. l|m. —Crucinella (8.4) 1, Trugaruni (7.2) 2, Vast (7.3) 3. Also started: Ana (9.5). Waitapu (8.2), Moloch (7.10). Won by a length. Time,' 2min 9isec. Manawatu Sires' Produce Stak«. of 1.000 sovs. 6f.—Maori King (8.5) 1. Kihrinnina (8.12) 2. Expansion (8.0) 3. Also started 1 Day-beam and Gold Battery. Won easily by three lengths and a-half. Time, lmivi 16sec. Westbury Hack Handicap, of 100 sovs. sf.—Cute (8.10) 1, Longner (10.0) 2, Aberbrothock (6.7) 3. Five other runners. Won bv half a heod. Time, lmin 3ssec. "Kawau Stakes, of 2CO sovs. 6f.—Rallarat (8.7) 1. Rangipapa (9.4) 2, Gold Eagle (7.10) 5. Also started : Tumut (8.0). Won by a head. Tim?, lmin 15j.scc. Record entries hare been received for the Southland Caledonian Society's X,.av Year sports. Amour; t!:e pedestrians entered is L. C. M'Lichlan. The secretary of the Waikouaiti races will receive applications for l>ookinakers' licenses until li a.m. on Friday. The Tuapeka Comity Jockev Club's "meeting will be held on Januarv"6 and 7. Acceptances for all events on the first day close on Thursday evening. Applications for bookmakers' licenses will be received until next Monday evening. Broadsword (lmin 14 2-ssee) on Saturday established a fresh record for the Great Northern Foal Stakes.