GOLD BAR WINS CUP

Evening Star, Issue 25631, 3 November 1945, Page 6

GOLD BAR WINS CUP

IN FRONT ALL THE WAY BONNY CLARE'S BIG DIVIDEND BrtHCOR AHOTHER SURPRISE _ The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's Cup Meeting opened today in ideal weather. The track was in excellent order. VICTORIA HANDICAP, £7OO. 2m. Class 4.36. 1-I—Galverja, scr (Pringle) 1 7-6—Scottish Lady, 36yds (M. Holmes) 2 4-3—Loyal-Nurse, 24yds (May) ... 3 Scr: Manpower. Half a length; head. Times: 4.25 4-5, 4.23, 4.24 1-5. SPRING HANDICAP, £6OO. lm sf. Class 3.54. 6-5 —Bancor, scr (McTigue) ... 1 11-12—Danny Malone, scr (Doyle) 2 3-3—Hidden Note, 24yds (Watts) 3 All started. Three lengths; half a length. Times: 3.39 3-5, 3.40 4-5, 3.39. RICCARTON STAKES, £7OO. ljm. Three-year-olds. 12-12—Bonny Clare, scr (Gallagher) 1 4-3—Local Gold, scr (A. Holmes) 2 5-6 —Nelsonova, scr (McKendry) 3 All started. Half a length; head. Times—2.46, 2-5, 2.46 3-5, 2.46 4-5. Bonny Clare paid well over half a century. , NEW ZEALAND CUP, £7,500. 2m. Class 4.21. 5-7—Gold Bar, scr (A. Holmes) 1 1-2—lntegrity, scr (M. Holmes) 2 12-12—Shadow Maid, scr (C. C. Devine) 3 The 1945 Cup was for the greatest stafce' ever offered in the world for such a race., All the acceptors faced the starter. Integrity made a bad beginning and lost 48 yards, but quickly picked up. Gold Bar immediately shot to the front, and it looked as if he was going to assume his usual role. But, en this occasion, he not only made the pace a cracker out in front, he stayed there. He was six lengths clear at the end of three furlongs, and was follower], by Double Peter, Dusky Sound. Shadow (Maid, War Guard, Loyal Friend, and Happy Man. Tho positions behind him fluctuated from then, but Gold Bar could not be headed. Near the mile he was 14 lengths clear from Double Peter, Happy Man, Dusky Sound, War Guard, Integrity, Shadow Maid, Haughty, and Bronze Eagle, all in close order, with Indian Clipper out of it. With six furlongs to go Gold Bar was still 12 lengths in front, by which time Integrity had made a forward move. Within the last half-mile War Guard issued a brief challenge, but it was left to Integrity to bridge the gap. Integrity put in a desperate burst in the straight, but Gold Bar hung on grimly to win by a length and a-half, with the little-fancied Shadow Maid in third place, and Countless fourth. Gold Bar and his driver, Allan Holmes, received a tremendous ovation from the greatest crowd ever seen at Addington. Times: 4.16 1-5, 4.16 3-5, 4.19 1-5, 4.19 3-15. CANTERBURY HANDICAP, £875. 2m. Class 4.32. 4.4—lmperial Lady, scr (A. Holmes) 1 2-3—Emulous, 12yds 2 1-1 —Cameronian, 12yds ... ... ... 3 Scr: Pre-eminence.