DUNEDIN WINTER MEETING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1927, Page 6

DUNEDIN WINTER MEETING.

FIRST DAY’S RESULTS.

CARTOON WINS STEEPLES,

(by telegraph—press association.) DUNEDIN, June 1. The Otago Jockey Club’s winter meeting opened in fine weather. The track was heavy. There was a large attendance. The totalisator handled £18,598 10s for the day, compared with £18,889 for the first day last year. The results are:— TRIAL HURDLES. Of 200 sovs. One mile and a half. 3 Bonena (C. Dawson) 1 1 Hard Prince 2 2 .Gioldtown: •••• 3 Also started: 6 Pelic, 7 San Salvador, 5 Jolly Glad, 8 Scion, 4 Beauty Light, 9 Addoom. Won ,by four lengths, with three lengths . between second and third. Time, 2.53 3-5. , BRIGHTON HANDICAP. Of 250 sovs. One mile. 8 Flaming Ray (C. Eastwood) 1 4 Palris 2 12 Strathnaver 3 Also started: 13 Brightling, 3 Equerrv, 11 King Balboa, 1 Master Clarence, 10 Master John, 7 Piton and Diyinial (bracketed), 14 Yogue, 6 Eyed Ova, 2 Parader, 5 Beaming, 9 Chivalry, 16 Fairy Tidings, 15 Luthy. Won by three lengths, with fourlengths between second and third. Time, 1.45 3-5. BIRTHDAY HANDICAP. Of 450 sovs. One mile and a half. 1 Full Swing (L. F. Ellis) .... 1 2 Vaward 2 4 Bilbo 3 Also started: 5 Set Sail, ? High Gear, 6 Ophir, 7 Oourtley Rose, 8 Roman Archer. Won by a length and a half, with five lengths between second and third. Courtley Rose was fourth. Time, 2.40 2-5. OTAGO STEEPLES. Of 600 sovs. About three miles and a quarter. 1 Cartoon (Anderson)) 1 3 Ranui 2 5 Night Raid 3 Also started: 7 Pamplona, 9 Adjutor, 8 Master Peter, 2 Birkenella, 6 Kipling, 4 Vice Grand. Won by twenty lengths, with twenty lengths between second and third. Kipling was fourth, and was the only other horse to finish. Time, 7.29 2-5. TRADESMEN’S HANDICAP. J>f 300 sovs. Six furlongs. 3 Overhaul (Br-odie) f 2 Eaton. Bells + 4 Paper Boy 3 t Dead heat. Also started: 11 Nincompoop, 8 Solrose, 9 Volant, 13 Solverite, 5 Father O’Flynn, 1 Celerity 11., 15 Clontaf, 17 Valdamo, 10 Lava, 18 Sweet Melody, 7 Equador, 18 Fairy Herald, 9 Lucy Lockett, 14 Arrowmir, 16 Erin-g.i-Bragh. Overhaul made a dead heat of it in the last few strides, with Paper Boy three lengths away. Then came Valdamo. Time, 1.18 4-5. x ST. CLAIR STEEPLES. Of 250 sovs. Two miles and a half. 2 Maungamoe (Youngman) .. \1 1 Mandy .... 2 4 Radiac 3 Also started: 3 Osterman, 5 Jovial, 6 Decruse. Won by six lengths, with twenty lengths between second and third. Jovial fell. Time, 5.54 2-5. JUMPERS’ FLAT HANDICAP. Of 225 sovs. One mile and a quarter. 1- Dubious (O’Connor) 1 6 Atapo 2 7 Bonatic 3 Also Kaikahu (bracketed), 3 En Route, !) Penury Rose, 2 Coastguard, 8 Captain Sarto, 5 Wharncliffe. Won by a nose, with three lengths between second and third. Bonac was fourth. Time, 2.16 2-5. WINTER HANDICAP. Of 250 sovs. One mile. 3 Soltoe (Metcalf) 1 2 Wingatui 2 10 Hurdy Gurdy 3 'Also started: & Tarleton, S Carnot, 5 Taboo, 1 The Harp, 7 Mountain Lion, 6 King Sol, 9 Doleful Ditty. Won by a length, with two lengths between second and ‘third. Time, 1.46 3-5. THE DERBY. I WON BY CALL BOY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, June 1. The Derby resulted as follows: — Call Boy 1 Hot Night 2 Shianmor 3 WON BY TWO - LENGTHS. Received 10 a.m. to-day. LONDON, June 1. Twenty-five started. Won by two lengths, with eight lengths between second and third. —Aus. Press Assn, and * ‘ Sun. ” i

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By “Maecenas.”)

In Acred and Toapaiti, Taranaki lias a couple of representatives that should run well in the Te Horo Hack Handicap at Otaki to-inorrow. Advice from Ellerslie reports Rayo as jumping very badly in his schooling tasks. If he is to succeed in the Greenlane Steeplechase to-morrow Rayo will need to jump well. The fact that Comical jumped several hurdles poorly at Ellerslie ou Monday, and ended his poor effort by baulking at a jump on top of the hill, makes discouraging reading for his army of admirers. Last month Whaka King was solidly supported at the Avondale and Waikato meetings, but while he filled minor places in very large fields he failed to win. He is engaged in the Kuku Maiden race at Otaki to-morrow, in which event there is some exceptionally promising horses. As Wliaka King is well seasoned he should do well.

Considering the good prize -offering (£500), the class engaged in the Penrose Hurdles vat Ellerslie is not by any means good. If forward, Glenidle will run well, hut Enure and Anchor, being well seasoned, should be the elect of backers. A number of brilliant sprinters are engaged in the York Handicap at the Auckland meeting. The heavy going may affect the prospects of some, but York Abbey is one that will relish the going and, if he jumps out well from the barrier, .will be very troublesome. King Lu is another that will run well. Toapaiti won well at the Egmont meeting, and was showing up prominently racing into the straight in his Wanganui engagement. He is not overburdened in the Waitohu Hack Handicap at Otaki to-morrow. Tresham rah a fine race in the Connolly Handicap at the recent meeting at Wanganui, and a repetition of the form will find him hard to beat in the Raukawa Cup at Otaki. Diogenes and Shining Armour, too, should run prominently in the same event. Paitonu has a big load (9.7) to carry in the Otaki Hack Handicap tomorrow, and as the course will be heavy liis task will be all the greater. Henna and Lieutenant Bill, with a big advantage in weight, are sure to trouble him.

Bonogne rail brilliant races at the recent Wanganui meeting, a fact that suggests his being very hard to dispose of in the Huia Handicap at the Otaki meeting. .Miss Hupana and Deluge are a pair that may cause the Hawera-trained gelding a- lot of bother. The prize for the Hunters’ Hurdles, to be decided at Ellerslie to-morrow, is £SOO. The class engaged is very poor, and altogether the money ofrering appears to be much too high, for such a fourth rate lot of animals. That once -great handicap performer Te Kara is engaged in the Cornwall Handicap to be run at the Auckland meeting to-morrow. Te Kara, was given a run on the second day of the late Waikato meeting and lie ran quite a creditable race. Possibly ten furlongs in heavy going may be quite as far as Te Kara will care to go just, at present. Birkenella has jumped poorly in his training work at Wingatui, but this has happened before with this gelding, and a few days later he has shown liis best form to the public. The V ingatui course is a difficult one, .hut Birkenella should prove hard to heat at the Dunedin meeting. Comical has been handicapped t-o give 391bs to. the useful Prince Rufus in the Greenlane Steeplechase' tomorrow, 431bs’ to Rayo and 501bs to the other .acceptors, and as his opponents are a particularly fast lot that jump fast, Comical will have his work cut out to win. No doubt, he will be made a solid favourite, but the event is far from a “good thing’-’ for the big gelding, and any one of the other five acceptors. may prove quite a match for him under the big advantage in weight.. For a novice at steeplechasing Maunga gave a great display of fast jumping at the Wanganui meeting last month. Since going north to contest the Great Northern “double” Maunga has pleased 'the track watchers by his brilliant jumping. If well ridden, Maunga should prove • very hard to beat in thp Great Northern Steeplechase, and even in the Great Northern Hurdles. Such a fine jumper and good stayer must be considered in what is not a good class field. With Avro, Royal Picture, Lady Limond, Vigilance, and Wliaka King engaged in the Kulcu Maiden at Otaki to-morrow, the event will take more winning than more important hack events. The two-year-old Lady Limond has shown much promise, and she is certain to prove very hard to beat. Vigilance, who is also a two-year-old, has shown galloping ability on more than one occasion.

Tlie Cornwall Handicap, to be decided at Ellerslie to-morrow, bears an open appearance, as many of the acceptors have excellent form of lute. Of those in the first half of the handicap, Degage, Yoma, and Beimancc appeal most, while in the Lower half Lord Star, Loyal Mint, and Gold Jacket must all be considered. » Lossibly Degage, Bennanee, and Lord Star will prove hardest to beatWhen Tinaio/a and Town Guard finished, first and second in the Mount Ro skill Handicap at the Avondale meeting held last month they were handicapped at twenty and thirtyseven pounds respectively above the minimum. In the Jervois Handicap, to be run at Ellerslie to-morrow, the pair are asked to carry less weight in comparison with the light-weights, Tinakoa now having 191 b and Town Guard 281 b above tlie minimum. Under this condition the pair should again run well, with Town Guard lor preference. The fact that the handicap is headed with horses weighted at 10.7 is proof that this year’s Great Northern Hurdles lias not drawn as good a class as many of its predecessors. Of those engaged Kaw ini impresses one as a gelding that is certain to run a great race. Last year he was exceptionally unluck.v in our chief jumping event, as he ran’ second in both the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase, and filled a similar position in the Grand National Steeplechase. As Kawinihas gone on the right way since, and is now a. better gelding than at any period of liis career, he should he capable of putting up good races in both the' Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase. Zircon ran third in last year’s Great Northern Hurdles race, and. as lie has benefited by racing, and showed recently at Wanganui that ho was well, he may prove Kawini’s most dangerous rival. Wedding March is another that has many admirers, and lie is quite a possible in either “Northern.”