DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB RACES

Evening Star, Issue 16352, 19 February 1917, Page 2

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB RACES

Third Day.—Saturday

A very light shower fell after the fourth race; otherwise the afternoon was fine. The course remained in good order to the finish. The totalisator takings came to ,or £1,577 less than on the third day last year. The aggregate of the machine money for the meeting is £56,520, a drop of as compared with the 1916 meeting. The later races resulted thus :

HOPEFUL HANDICAP, 150sovs; second 30sovs. third 15sbvs. For two-year-olds. sf. 3—J. B. Reid's Kilflinn by Kilbrbnev —Gambode (7.11, car. 7.6, R, C. Reed) , ] I—G. Clifford's Gamecock (9.6, F. E.' Jones) r —J. B. Reid's Kilrush (8.3." L." H." Hewitt) -.

Also started : 2 Ample (9.5. R. Hatch), 4 Trentham. Rose (7.9: H. Young), and 5 Rokelaine (7.8, car. 7.3, F. Grav). Kilmsh and Kilflinn were coupled. Rokelaine once more jibbed at the post. Trentham Rose made "the pace. Kilrush lying second at first, but Kilflinn soon raced tip to Kilrush, and then went after Trentham Rose, catching her on the home turn. Gamecock here ran -wide, and Ample was into the straight before him. Kilrush made a good run and Gamecock put ma wonderful sprint, but Kilflinn lasted it out and won by a head, third a length away, Ample ' fourth. '" Time. Imm 3lsee. ABBOTSFORD WELTER, 175sqvs ; second 35sovs, third 17J,sovs. 7f. 2—E. Russell's. Mohawk bv Mexican— Maxine Elliott (9.3.'.A. M'Kav) f 4—H. G. Taylor's Sir Tarka bv Tarka —Lady Flamine (8.10." F. E. Jones) ', -j----s—Ashmead's Jeannot (8.10, G. Pine') 3 Also started : 1 Kazan (8.13, J. Olsen) 6 Glenaponse (8.9, W. O'Halloran), 3 Yes (8.5, H. Donovan), 7 Partisan (8.3, F. Gray), 11 Vocation (7.7. car. 710 N. Shore), 10 Ogier (7.7, H. Young), 8 Lady Trent (7.7, R. C. Reid), 12 Baritone (7.7, J. Moore), 9 Quirinus 7.7, Elwood).

Mohawk got away on the flv, but after a little was steadied, and Lady Trent and Yes led .Jeannot. Mohawk came again on the last turn, and Sir Tarka with him. Mohawk seemed to have the winning chance coming alonj the straight, but Sir Tarka managed to made a dead heat of it. Jeannot was two or three lengths away third, Ogier close np fourth, then Kazan and Gflensponse. Time lmin 29sec.

WAIHOLA HANDICAP, lSOsovs; sec ond 24sovs, third 12sovs. 6f. 4—W. Crossan's The White King, by King's Guest—Kautuku (7.13, L. Hewitt) ... ... ] 12— T. Stivin jun.'s Polonius (7.7, F. Gray) < t 3—G. Ruthven's Helicon (7.7, T. Buth'ven) , I

Also started : 1 Ardmorc (9.7. F E. Jones), 2 Bomb (8.12. F. Ellis), 3 Kilkee (8.7, G. T. Wheeler), 6 Arthur George (8.3, A. H. Wilson), 8 lan Hamilton (8.0, W. Shore), 7 Finless {7.11, A. M'Kav). 12 Highfield (7.7, Were). 11 Dina Bold (7.7, car. 7.2. R. MTjennan)'. 11 Oannie Jack (7.7, Elwoocl). 10 Lady Superior (7.7. H. Young), 4 Beneficence (7.7 car. 7.13, B. H. Ellis). l ' Finless and Lady Superior made the pace, Helicon lying third. Once in the straight Helicon assumed the. lead. Inside the distance The White King got up under punishment, and disposed of Helicon, and Polonius then swooped down on the beaten horses, ahe result being a win for White King by a neck, with Helicon nearly a length away. Bomb was fourth and Ardmore next. Time, lmin 17sec

WI.NGATUI HANDICAP, 200sovs ; second 40sovs, third 20sovs. Im. I—G. Clifford's Brambletye by Treadmill—Bonnie Brae (7.9, H Young) 1 2—H. A. Knight's Comely (8.9, F. Ellis) ' ... 2 5—H. Friedlander's Sedd-el-Ba.hr (8.12 s. Gibbs) ... ..; 3

Others: 3 Golden King (9.3, W. Robinson), 4 Thaddeus (8.3, A. H. Wilson), and 6 Honesty (7.7, R. C. Reed). Honesty was first to appear with a definite lead. Brambletye followed her alonothe back stretch. Coming to the. home turn Brambletye tackled Honesty, who fell away, and Comely almost- joined Brambletye when in a line for home. Brambletye held her place, and won, but it was only by a neck, and she had to keep going to stive off Comely. Sedd-el-Bahr was two lengths away "third, and Golden King fourth. Time, lmin 41? sec

NOTES BY OLD IDENTITY.

Plymouth's win in the. Owhiro Hurdle Race was his first score at the leaping game in New Zealand. On the first dayhe shaped like a horse without expectations. On Saturday he was ■having a speak all the way. Wednesday's experience no doubt helped him on Saturdav. Moreover, he had a good advantage as to weight. On Wednesday he conceded Peerless 251b; on Saturday there was only lGlb between these two. The lesser distance was probably another assistance to Plymouth, though it was a help also to Peerless. I think that before long Plymouth will be in the first flight of the

Dominion's hurdlers. Golden Rupee also shapes like one that will be heard of in that capacity. His faulty iump at the mile lost him his position. AVhen thinking 1 out the Flying Handicap backers did not know what to make of Oxenhope, and, though they liked him they eventually preferred Mr-Rutherford's bracketed pair, seeing that this ehoico gave them Samisen, who ran brilliantlv the previous day, and Furling, concerning whose, speed the experts professed to be assured. As a fact Furling did nothing except to get away pretty well, fcamisen shaped all right, leading right into the straight. Then Palisade settled her with a momentary dash. As he fell away Oxenhope came with, a brilliant run, followed by Robert Bell. The last nam-d saw it out in sturdy fashion, but he had not the pace to threaten Oxenhope. Marsa was the unlucky member. She fired away her chance by losing about four lencth>at the start. b

Don Pacifico, who when winning looks like a good colt, won the Warrington Handicap from end to end. He is a bold galloper when in the humor. Kilbrogan ran a good race, and so did Placid-; while Volspiei, though apparently a little sore at the start, beat the favorite, Ascalaphus, and Sylva was doing well in the later stages. Adjutant looked likely all the way in the D.J.C. Handicap. He lay behind baytime and Margerine to the lower turn, then ran away alone, pursued bv Snub and John Barleycorn, and won by three lengths in the Wingatui record for the distance, 2min 7-fsec, or three-fifths of a second faster than the time made by First Glance in 1915. John Barleycorn, never near the front for over a mile, finished well. As people may be asking what he was doing in the Dunedin Cup to finish last, it may bo as well to give the explanation. He touched one of the barrier posts at the seven-furlongs mark. Fortunately it was only a graze, but it took a lump of skin off his "quarter, and Oliver had to nearly pull him up to save him from floundering and perhaps falling. RiHgfonn faded away half a mile from home—the pace too solid for him. Rorke's Drift was amongst the tail lot all the way. Golden King was lying fourth about three furlongs from home—that was t.he best he could do. JMargerine was done with at the foot of the straight. Ardenv.ior showed bad temper at the post, and received and gave kicks, and ran badly. He must be a bit of a worry to his trainer. Daytime ran a really good mile, and was then done with.

Adjutant's success gave F. F.. Jones his third successive win for the day, and he was subsequently on the dead-heater Sir Tarka.

If Gamecock had got away well in the Hopeful Handicap and run straight I have little doubt he would have won, and given Jories his fifth win for the- day. This colt lost ground by going wide at the home turn, but he finished like a thunderbolt, and in dividing Mr Reid's pair he was beaten only a head. It was no disgrace to Gamecock, in the circumstances, to be,.beaten by such a resolute flier as Kilflinn, to -whom he was conceding two stone and ever so many lengths. The crowd, delighted, to see Mr Reid's pair ridden right out, as they also were on the second day, gave them a hearty round of applause, intended as an appreciation of Mr Ecid as a sporting owner.

I think that Mohawk could' have won the Abbotsford Welter right out if Andy M'Kay had not under-rated Sir Tarka. As it was, a dead-heat resulted. I fancy that M'Kay .thought ho had just won. He is a good rider, .but cut it rather fine.

Seldom do we see a race 111 which the backed horses are so hopelessly out of it as they were in the Waihola Handicap. The runnings was made by Xo. 7, No. 10, and Xo. 9 in order of betting, and Xo. 5 won, with two outsiders in the places, second money going to the rankest outsider of the party. Just before the race I heard a visitor ask if Polonius had any chance, and the local man spoken to replied truly that Polonius was quite green. I doubt whether Tom Stiven, his owner, gav« Polonius a chance, yet he got there, and was a good second, and his secondplace divvy was the largest of any sort paid out at the meeting. The crowd cheered The White King as he returned to the paddock. Mr Crossan is a very popular owner—the most cheerful loser 1 know, and one who never growls.

The clever ones all backed Bramblctye for the Wingatui Handicap, -but Comely had solid support 100, carrying only £7 10s less than the filly. It was a good race between the pair.

During tk-2 tlnee days there wers 230 starters in the 24 races, an average of over 9j per race. A feather in the cap of the handicapper.

The work of Mr Henrys also comes out well when examined by the totalisator in•dex. The public were plainly puzzled to pick the winners. Seven "straight-out first favorites got homo, hut ouc of them, Mies De Val, was only first favorite by £4 from Wrestler, and Brambk'tya carried only £7 10s' more than Comely* so the punters were not cocksure in those e.-.scs, and in the City Handicap the selection of Mr Iteid's pair was due to the fact that backers were getting two horses to run for thefn rather than to any calculation that the handieapper had mads a mistake. Taking the actual results as they stand, the first favorite won seven times and dead-heated once ; the second favorite won five times; the third favorite got home in four rae-ns, fou'th. favorite in one race, fifth favorite in four races, and sixth favorite in one.

'lhe smallest field was four, in the Champagne Stakes ; the largest 14, in the Outram Handicap and the Waihola Handicap. For the Cup we ha J 12 starters, for the Anniversary Handicap 9, for the D.J.C. Handicap 11. Acknowledgments are due to Mr. A. G. Wood for his starting. I watched carefully, and did not see one indifferent start. His work was first-class.

A man who put £1 on the first favorite every time, and stopped at that would have received £23 lis, ;.nd thus come through the meeting with a loss of 9s. As to the jockeys'. F. E. Jones had four wins, one dead-heat for first place, ami on© second. J. Olsen had three wins, and wae five times second. 11. Young scored two wins and three thirds, A. }L Wilson two wins, R. C. Reed two wins, A. M'Kav a win, a dead heat for first place, two seconds and two Lhirds. These are the best place records of the riders.

Backing Olsen's mounts during the meeting at £1 a pop would have resulted in a loss of £1 13s. Sticking to F. E. Jones the some way would hay 3 meant a profit of £l6 3s 6d l

Some of the form was consistent, and somo was not. Placid. -Robert Bl'H. Jeanno t, Peerless, Kiibrogan, Margerin'e, Comely, Marsa, Samisen, Kililinn. Brambletye, Gamecock, and Trentham Rose are names thai come to mind of horses that ran consistent Iv.

Adjutant. Oxenhope, Sir Ta.vka, and Mohawk aro amongst tho must 'prominent puzzlers. Adjutant finished eighth in the Cup, and with lib mure lie ran away with the D.J.C. Handicap. Ido not suggest anything wickedly wrong in the case of either of tho four horses mentioned. Accidentally I came into possession of evidence which leads me to believe that Oxenhopo was "on the job" in the Anniversary Handicap, though ho failed so bac!ly| it is unthinkable that Adjutant was designed to run a bye in the Gup; and I have no evidence of intentional inconsistency as to the other horses mentioned. But there are the facts, .and they make handicapping very difficult. " °

APPLE AND ROSE. My little daughter is a tea-rosa, Satin to the touch, Wine to the lips, And a faint, delirious perfume. , . , But my little son Is a June appie, Firm and cool And scornful of too much sweetness, But full of tang and flavor, And better than bread to the hungry. O wild winds and clumsy, pilfering bees, whole world to be wanton in, Will you not spare nry little tea-rose Y And O ruthless blind creatures. Who lay eggs of evil at the core of life, Pass by juy one red apple, That is so firm and sound! Karle Wilson Baker.