FORBURY TROTTING RACES

Evening Star, Issue 14787, 31 January 1912, Page 4

FORBURY TROTTING RACES

First Dai. —Wednesday. Tiie Forbnry Trotting Club will be getting a name for being lucky as well as being plucky. Certainly it was a stroke of good fortune, and not the iirst of the sort, that gave the club the finest clay of the season, so far, for the opening of the I race meeting. When the racing began., at 1 p.m., the weather was line and seemed set iine. (1. Mason had the track in capital order, fit for making records on. ! Mr If. Reynolds acted as starter in the unavoidable absence of Mr L. C. Hazlett. and Mr W. J. Gore took Mr J. A. ■Sligo's place as one of the timekeepers. There was a very large attendance. The Citizens' Rand supplied the music. Re- ! suits: AMATEUR. HANDICAP, 50sovs: sesecond 71%>vs, third 2isovs. l.'.m. Mr A. Rills's Kaweka, by i'roudehikt —Electioneer mare, 12see (Owner) 1 Messrs C. and J. Nicolson's Roval Rothschild, scr (C. Nicolson) ... "... 2 Mr D. Robt.ru-.'s Robert I-!., iOsec, (Owner) 3 Al.-.-0 started : Floradol 4sec, Rural 6. Laurie Queen 8. J'aeran 10. Douglas 10. Tnheran.gi 10, Ivnuna If. 10, Alerrimont 10, Angelns 11, Sweet Rowena 11, Miss Doroen 12. Rural, second favorite, did not heave, the. mark. Kaweka got away .smartly, and twion had ;i big ie:«l of .Robert R. , Angelus goin.g on after a o«.p. Nothing happenwl in tiie raoe to alter these positions, .except that Royal Rothschild put in soni-e fast work in the la;;t lap, and after breaking in tho straight managed to finish second, 12 lengths away, paying a good dividend. Robert It. and Ang-olu.s came home jiraotically together, throe or four lengths further ba.ck. and Floradel next. 'Time, 4min 2s- : .\.'. Merriniont was favorite. J. Joseph, rider of Angelus. was cautioned for galloping th* 1 mare up the straight and making no attempt to pull up. STEWARDS 1 HANDICAP. llOsovs; .second 16Asov.s, tiiird oi.'Ovs. Mr J. Farrell's lunisfiiil, by Rothschild —Ruahine, Btec (K. M.'Kewen) 1 Air L. Dorrie's Bequest. Psoe (R. Reav) 2 Mr A. Matheson'fi Satinwork. 12sec (W. Jonc,) 3 Akso darted : I'l-rm.-line .scratch. .). C. 2 seconds. Duinmv 3. Kit Keliv 5. Otieen H. 6, Colleen Ikiwit 7, Ovsk-r fihell 7, Underwood 9, Lochend 9, The Rronclio 10. ISelldale 10. Narob 10. Svlvia 10. Richmoiul (ii-ove 10, Ccorgo J. 10. Satinwork began well, but broke alter two furlongs, ami in tho back Oyster Shell and Req-.u.-t led Innisfail by a. little. These three wer? together live furlongs from home. Innitifail gradually drew clear. and e;u:i.» homo. aj>;i.irently with a Jot in hand, three-quarters of a 'length in front of Request. Satinwork put in some fast work approaching tho straight, but broke two or thrc-o times. Rochend war. fourth and Queen U. fifth. Time, omin 43soe. Innisfail was a hct- favorite, and Request second favorite. TRIAD HANDICAP, lOOsovs; =econd tssovs, tbh-d ssovs. l*[in. Mr O. Or.'iha.m'.- Ginger Ale, by George M. Paf-ehtn—Ladv'Harold, 17sec. (J. Horn) 1 Air A. Smilh"s Sunshine, 17seu (Owner) 2 Air J. Smith's Espinal, 15--ec (R. Allan) 5 Also started: Flic i)c Beaintioiit scr, -\/.ile 1 second, l-o'.ruchio 1. Franeess o. Gee W!>i/ 5. Wild Ron 3. Wattle Wood 12, Corbel 1 12, Alatilda H 17. Sunshir.e, the favorite, was a little slow in beginning, and Matilda li. and Ginger Ale made play. Matilda ii. skipped in going out of the straight, and Ginger A'c v.as iei't with a lead which she made the best use of, winning, easing up, by 10 lengths ; third two long;lis tin titer away, C-orbcli fourth. Time, ornin 43sec. FORBCRV HANDICAP (harness), of 500sovs; second 45sovs, third losovs. 2m. ilr J. Rrankin's l'iecework. by Prinoo lm-porial—Patchwork. 6yvs, Bsec (Owner) 1 Mr J. ('■ Pagol's Prince Warbeck, 10 see (N. Price) 2 Mr If. F. Nicholl's Oranella, 6seo (A. Pringle) 3 Ail started but Glendtilough. School Girl did not get away at all well, and Red Child obviously lost ground. After going a furlong Prince Warlifck was leading J3r Chutney and Piecework. Red Child then began to break up. In the back stretch Dr Chutney fell back to third place, and Gianella lay fourth. After going six furlongs Prince Warbeck was I leading Piecework by a length. Dr Chutney here went wide, and shortly afterwards pulled up. Prince Warbeck led Piecework along the back, Granite third, a length separating them. With live furlongs to go Warbeck was a length in front of l'iecework. Gianella close up and looking for an opening. All along the back stretch Gianella was boxed. Won by half a head; Gianella four lengths away'; then CHve and Miramar. Time, 4niin 40sec.