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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11382, 6 December 1930, Page 7

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TAUMARUNUI. RACES

UNUSUAL INCIDENTS .. TWO RIDERS DISMOUNTfeDi AND SECURE THIRD PLACES'

HAKANOA WINS C'UP

(Press Association.)

TAUMARUNUI. Dec. .5. ' For the first day. of the Taumarunui race's the .weather, was fine and the course was in fair order.- The attendance was pooi'. f Manunui Handicap, It.'miles. — 1 Sea Cob <F. Foster) 9.11, 1; 3,Lupin Abbey; 9.8, 2; 2 Marble King 9.8. 3. Also ran: 4 Archieval. Won, by : ono and a-hfilf lengths. Archieval fe11.,-Marble King lost his rider, ,but was remounted by R. .Syrnei and finished third one and a-half lengths away. Time. ■3min. • Trial Plate, six furlongs.—l Gold Day :(K. Gill) 1, 5 Wee Prince 8.7. 2; 4 Gallant. Jack 83. Also.ran:. 7 Armenia. 9 AH Soult, 14 Goodfel- ' low, ill Grand Talk, 3 Illuminagh, 2 Miisq-tiin.. 13 Nlassone., 11. Star Lup,in, 6 Searcher, 8 .Val Simon, ; 10. War Ace. Won by two lengths and three lengths. Time. 1.16 3-5. " /. Taiinga.motu Hade Handicap, six furlongs—l Ruling Chief .(H. Gray). 8.3’, and 5 Abbey. Queeiy (Stokes) 7.5 dead heat. I; 3 Snow Prinoe 8.5, 3. Also ran :> 2 Rose Lupin, 4 Land Measure. Third horse' one and a*half lengths away. Time, 1.16 &5. Cup, 1:1 miles.—2 Hakafioa (Goldfinch,) 7.13, 1; 6 King Will onyx' 7.5, 2; 5 Ohineniuri 7.5, 3. Also rail: 4 Valsier. 1 Cruachan, 3 Trishna. At the top Ohinemuri fell and brought, down valsier, Cruachan, and,'Trish-' na. Won by five lengths. Ohiiiemuri was remounted by D." Spink'S and finished third. Time, 2.11 2-5 Matapuaj Hack five furlongs—s Valmarie (Buchanan) 7.0, 1:. 1 Ruling Chief 8.9, 2;,.3 Abbey Queen 7.11. 3. Also .ran:..2_ Valreina, 4 Master Latoiu\ 7 Day Guide, 9 Val Simon, 7 Goodfellow, 6 Reka Raurau. Won by half a 'length • arid a length. Time, 1.31-5. " . Matiere Handicap, seven furlongs -v-1 Perennis (H. Gray) 8.2. 1; . 4 Rose Lupin. 7.9, 2; 5 Illuminagh 7.1 3- Also ran: 2 Rita’s Light. Won by half a head and a . length. Time, 1.30' 3-5. ' _ . ' ; "■ Rangaroa Handicap, six furlongs. —1 Sir Kay (H. Gray) 8.8, 1; Ji .White Ringlet 7.11, .2- "2 Hakanoa 8.8. 3. Also fan : 5 Moepai,. 4 Abbess. Won by half a, lengtli'. arid a. length and a-half. Time, 1.16 1-5.

Owhango Handicap, on. o' mile.—3 Stonehenge (Bentley) 7.6, 1; 1 Sir Monel 9.7, 2 ; 2 Thurnos 8.0, 3. Also ran: Gay Caballero. Day Lass, Merry Mason. Won' by therequartefs of a length and'half A length. ' Time, 1.44.

The totalisator investments were £6333, compared with £10,247 for the first day last year.

ACCEPTANCES' FOR, SECOND

DAY

Rauvimu Hurdles.—Sea Coll 10.7. Lupin Abbey 9.9, Marble King 9.8, Day Lass 210. Piriaka Handicap.—Pendennis 8.12 Snow Prince 8.6, Valreina 7.12, ..Valmarie 7.10, Rita’s Light 7.3, Armenia. Grand Talk, Goodfellow 7.0. Otunui Hack.—Sir Mond 9.10, Ruling Chief 8.13. Rose Lupin, Abbey Queen 8.5, Valrewa 7.12, Masto) Latfiur 7.9, Land Measure 7.6, Uh'nninagli 7.1. Gallant Jack,' Day Guide, Protoniint 7.0.

President’s Handicap.—• Flying Prince 9.0. Hakanoa.S.9. Valsier 8.6, Cruachan 8.4, King Willonyx 7.5; Protomint 7.0.

Ohura Handicap.— ystoifehengo, Rose Lupin, Abbey Queen 8.7. Thur.nus 8.5, Illuminagh 7.3, Day Lass 7.8. Merry Mason, Gay Caballero 7.6. ...

Kakahi Flying Handicap.—Flying Prinoo 9.7, Hakanoa 9.2,,. White Ringlet B.l,'"Abbess 7.1, Master Laiour 7.0.

Maiden Handicap—Woe Prince 9.0, Gallant Jack 8.9, Searcher 8-7, Gooufellow. All Soult, War Ace', Armenia, Val Simon. Star Lupin, Nassono, Musquin. Grand Talk 8.6, Reka, Ruiurau. Meriy Mason' 8.5. Farewell Handicap.—Flying Prince 9.7, Hakanoa. 9.2. Marble .King 8.13, Sir Mond. 8.12, White Ringlet 8.1, King i Willonyx 7;12, Abbess 7.1. Land Measure 7.0.

A.R.’O.

(Pross Association.)

AUCKLAND, Dee. 5

After the declaration of the first forfeit, the following remain in the: G.N. Foal Stakes, .of 125Qsovs.— Chief Cook,- Baroscope,. Princess Bede, Chief Jewel; Tea Chat; Maritime, Cape Gold, Ammon 11a.,- La Poupee, Oratorian, Aspian, Limoen. Royal Artist, Persham,\GrtvncT Lahti, Anemometer. , Lady Vane, Movie Star., , ’ . • ... .1" • Royal Stakes,', of, 75Qsovs.—rAutojpay, - Awaken, • Chief Cook," Instalment, -Baroscope. Princess Bede, (Chief Jewel,; Ukley, Praise, Coroner, Royal Ruler. Tea Chat, llluminelli, Royal Baby, Couftsey, Gay Court, -Amnion Ra, La Poupee, Gesture. Of-fi-torian, ' Aspian, Limeon, Persh'am. Hunt the 7Slipper, Karapoti, Lady Vane.' Movie Star., ... „:7,. ; „ G.N. Derby, of '2sodsoVs.—Karfingapai, .-War. Knight, .TEphialtes, /Appledpre,- Praise. Miss , Hastings; Chtysology, Sargon.,, Rosshire. ) Gustavo,- 'Simba. Paratobj-TMatiawhenufii, -Kfifapoti, ' Cylinder. , 7 ' ■

SINGLETON- CHANGES. HANDS

PURCHASED BY MR A. HARRIS

Followers' pf tlie Tii'rf ' in' Poverty Bay will be interested to loarn thatMi* K J 1 Barry li’aH' pold tlie Wellknown performer, SingletOh; io Mr A. Harris, of. Gisborne, wlio intends to make a jumper of him. ■" ! Next t.o and Autqmno Pbtli of wliPm showed great, promise., Singleton has been ,the' most :'cbnsistent' son dfi A'utnmVi, aiid l has' won £2500 > ih stakes'. 7 V . . Dunhg his. career as ,aj three,' fo'ur, and .fiye-year-pld Singleton has run, ; in'so fifices,. securing 14 w l ms find;, 12) placin'gs. - At Wanganui,' ; Marten, Palmerston, ) North. Napier arid ' Gis-) bornp' hp has Jieefi' first;;• past,, the) judge’s'Box, ’ aiid'- bps;7beeii7.plficed',' anioii'gst" other meetings.'..at, WetHng-' ton,' Auckland, and Cliristchprcli.' In. some of -Hi% races ' lie lips; more' than held' is owfi WTtli sonie ’pi \tlip Best handicap, lipases'- ’in ' theDpirfinloni , AmeiigSt' lij's - best' wins 'Pvere' tBo Himitangi Handicap , a.t 'Palmerston Nortli.,. and;; the,, Martori, ; Gold"), Cup, While) hp .hgs secured , the last two Gishefne Gups. ; ,ea!iTying 9>s find 9.121 In ;a,,;bTgVfield';;of .;the best Avpnter hdr•see.ip tne.' DPmifiipiV; SinglC'tdn '" fail second' in the ParlianipnfAty' Hatidi-

: cap:at: Wellington in-J929, carrying • 10.2,. and-was - third.. .in-the,. ■ Whyto s Memorial with 10.2: As.- a three-year-old Singleton ran an outstanding race in. tho Auckland Guineas, and with; ordinoiry luck /would have won. Ho had «t had run in the early stages. but was running well liall-way up "tho straight, when, a dog ran Under his feet, but despite this ho finished only a head behind Palate.

THE A.R.G. DOUBLE

WEIGHTS ANALYSED

NIC!HT^LARCH’S CHANCE ?

There is no limit to the weight at which the Auckland Clip Handicap ■Can lie started, as compared with the maximum of 9.6 in the New Zealand Cup, (comments ‘‘The Watcher in .the ‘'Dominion.”) Nightmfirch, of course, was a certainty for the honor of being No. 1 in the list, and aLthough 9.13 is a weight which has. yet to be -carried by a winner, he cannot be considered harshly treated.; It , represents a rise of 71b from his New Zealand Cup weight. Horses early, big burdens more successfully at Ellerslie than at Ricbarton, partly due to the undulating nature of the course,) and also’to the fact that it comes six or seven, Weeks later in the season. Nightpiarch may not win, but he will be one of the favorites, and will be hard to, beat.

Star Stranger. returned to form in .the Metropolitan, in which lie had 9,4, find with .8.13, he will,have to be greiitly respected, for he is n great stayer. . and he now . meets . NightmaTcli 71b better than in the New Zealand Clip. .B, . :■ Concentrate meets Niglitinarch 41b better, and lie also will be one of the hard ones on the day! for he is a .young and. solid. handicapper, who Will .probably be better than, ever by Box-ipg, Day. Nightmarcli had to exert himself to the full to heat him at Ribearton.

Jn- the Shade cannot complain of his extra pound as compared with his weight at- Riccarton. He was the most desperately unlucky runner of the Npw Zealand Cup field, and ‘Hie next .dfiy lie scored a comfortable wiu in the Fendalton. ~

Historic is Reasonably treated. There is just n doubt,-however, if he is as good over two miles as lie has proved himself up to a mile-and ahalf.

Hunting Cry has 31b more than he received in the New Zealand Cup. Ho has vet to run since his return from Sydney, but he will be one of tho possibles.

UNDER WFjIG HT-FOR-AGE.

An outstanding feature , of the handicap is the Derby aiid Stead. Cup winner, Cylinder, being let in at 31b under weight-for-age. Cylinder beat Niglvtmarch in the. Stead Cup, and whatever opinions may be- helcf about the . running of that race, the fact ■•remains that he beat- the New Zealand. .and .Canterbury Cup Winner, and lie. must he regarded as well handicapped in the t-w’o-mile race. It Will be remembered that a few years back Ballymena got into the Auckland Cup after winning the Canter’bury GKip at 21b under w.f.a. Ballymena did not win the Auckland Cup, and Cylinder may not do so, but one fully expected him to receive his Weight- for ago. It is a fixed rule in the Melbourne Cup that the winner of either the A.J.C. or Victoria Derby goes up to' w.f.a. in the Melbourne Cup. Count Palatine failed at Riccarton, but on his form his 7.1 is good Treatment.

No great attempt lias been made to differentiate in the tail of the handicap. 24 of them being on the minimum.. The majority are undoubtedly in their place, hut My Own, as the Metropolitan winner, was entitled to a little more respect, while Palm originally handicapped on tho minimum in the New Zealand Cup, was raised to 7.6 for his Wellington win. There is no doubt that Nightmarcli has been tempted to start, and at this stage Nightmarcli, Sar Stranger,. Concentrate, In the Shade, Hunting Cry and Cylinder comprise a- likely half-dozen.

COMPARATIVE WEIGHTS

For the purposes of comparison, weights allotted in the two cups are given as follows:

N.Z. Auckland Cup. '' Cup. st. lb. st. lb. Nightmfirch 9 6 9 13 • ,Star Stranger ... 9'L 813 Concentrate 8 1(1 813 In the Shade .... 8 2 '8 3 Hunting. Cry ...... 713 8 2 , '• First ’Sight 7 It. 7‘4 • • Bright Glow 7 8. 7 4 Gay, Orest ' 7 -9 , 7 1 High Court 7 7 7,A ■ Count Palatiiic ... :-*Y -6 7 1 Courageous .......7. 0 7 0 Count:- Cfivour .7 9 - 7 0 Diiellona .... . 7 0 : 7- 0" Desert./Glow ....;. ,7 .0 .70 !My .Own- 7 0 7.0 . PidlH- .7. Q. 7 o • -After declaration of handicaps Gay Crest was penalised 41fi. and Palm 6fb. for:-a win at Randwick find Trentham respectively. ... t, ■ !. Nightinareh was first.)Concentrate second, and In the Shade Was .third. .Courageous Was fourth'-;"';v...

. .THE.STEWARDS”. HAN'DICAR. H CAN HUNTING CRY.WIN'AGAIN? Mr. Henry’S gave Hunting Cry 61b irfdrin the Stewards’ HaiidieVrp .than lie; lias • bebii al lotted i'ffi tlifi \ R all Way Handicap,, and the _ Hunting.,Song gelding. Will He ' one ’of the popular picks for the Auckland siitint- event. HU Won.‘last year with 7.5, aiid lie should-. go a long, way to ■ repeating.. King . Lupin’s vecfird Of tivo Wins,' though King Lupin’. 611" the secondoccasion'' SfhaYcd the - honors; with Hy-

mestfa. . . ( ..jj.;’- ■ : Lady; Quex will. ,be . anothqiv top- ; weight iit demand.; while j l . anrl : , SilvdrmuiG'' look ' : pbssibilitibS _ ’ • * ■Lj.lTlie'ileaittt& 'of the eightrstqne division.has;.'b?eh ,the ; drop iii\ weight of . Paganelli;;' Hg/hasS come. d<nyh with, a, •i-ivslii;Tiding. treated'' alni'dsk''as if ft return'Tb'Tiis best form were!ifhpps- ‘ iiot, bo. ,wise, to discaikiV PaS'dpollj.. yet add Adt.B.s- - AvOui(l; : 'r be* a pi-hno'. piclo ,if ; bo wont,to the, post imgood! order. p,v r.> ;T{. , ■ V Gesture at. Sjl.: She ran fourth in 't’M.Stpwards’ with 8.8, find sh'eVpow'-meets yAutopay 121b' better:',' She. .heat’ .hint ■ in • tliO' Fcilding Stakes,,! npd she ' was" , hot" ,100 "in’, ■’that' event. •'■..■ '■ < ■.. . The. 'QalfS hyiiYnei*; Pyais!4 ,has less than''she had in, tlyo' Stewards’, so sjib i§ H ftdtkhn:dly' off/; 1 ; V; '■ ** • */ m' :. r. ‘ _ • v *.• :■} *• ' *\ ''o i'i < ; V > } } [ : ; ?n : V/ . ' i: }

i Great Star - has - Sib less. Ho ran second last year; >vjt}i 7.7, and if lie cbiild be relied upon to produce Ins best form lie-would, be. dangerous. Staghunter is down near the minimum again. His form justifies it, but lie is a horse who might surprise any time,.arid some, of his best races have been run at Ellerslic. Couftsey- was unplaced in the Stewards’ Handicap: >She hqis. clone very little racing,, hut in being dropped 111 b. from the Stewards’- a risk has been taken.

Tonterd.eri. is- another three-year-oJd who seems well in. He has a classic win to his,.-credit ..as,, a two-year-old, and although His form this season up to Feilding has been below par, Mr. Ilenrys felt justified in giving him 7.5 in the Stewards.’ He won at Feilding, .when he had- the Stewards’ winner behind him., so that he was reasonably entitled to receive more than the minimum.

Merry Cry and Royal'Ruler may be other possibilities at the- tail of the list. '■ «. ,

Hunting .Cry, Lndy_ Quo:-:, Paganelli. Gesture, Couftsey. and Tenterden appeal at' this stage. The ' and Railway weights are given below:— Stew- Rn.ilnrds. way. sf. lb. st. lb. Toxeuma ......... Of) 9 G 1 Cimabue 0 -.;5 0 4 Hunting Cry- .-. 9-4 819 Supremacy ' ...... 810 8 8 Silvermiho _S ] 0 .8 S Havering - 8 5 8 7 Consent 8 5 8 G Hunting Day ...... 8 5 . 8 2 -. Gesture 8 3 8 1 White Fang ...... 8 8 7]2 Autopay 7 2 712 Arrow 1.0. d 7 11 7 8 Praise 7 12 7 8 Awaken 7 2 7 7 Great Star 7 13 7 5 Love Song ......... 7 .0, 7. 4 Stagiumtor 713 7 3 Royal Parade 7 C 7 0 Courtesy 711 7 0 Glen Rossie 7 0 7 0 Kiosk 7 10' 7 0 On Top 7 0 7 0 Simba : 7 0 7 0 Tenterden 7. 5 7 .0

Aiitopay was first. Laughing Prince second and Consent', third. Gesture was fourth.