NAPIER PARK R.C.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 63, 1 March 1929, Page 2

NAPIER PARK R.C.

WEIGHTS DECLARED. Palmerston N. Feb. 28. Weights for the Napibr Park autumn meeting have been declared as under:— Omaranui Hurdles, 1J mile.

Redclyffe Hack Handicap, 7 furlongs.

FRACTIOUS STARTERS. “Just how long should a starter wait for fractious horses to be brought to the barrier?” asks a Sydney writer. This hoary chestnut, he goes on, has been revived following the start of the Oakleigh Plate, when, it is generally conceded, the favourite. Figure, suffered by the fractiousness of several of the horses. Figure remained quiet throughout the delay at the barrier; amounting to about ten minutes, and then when the barrier rose W'as flat-footed, and was apparently jostled by horses jumping sideways. A prominent trainer, who witnessed the start ,and who was interested in another runner, and therefore more or less unbiassed in his view, voiced the opinion that after two mnutes a starter would be quite justified in leaving horses who could not be prevailed on to face the barrier. In nine cases out of ten, ue Went on ,a starter became so engrossed in his efforts to get the unruly horses away that the more tractable were given the worst of the deal.

This has been noticed on numerous occasion in Sydney, but it cannot be said that the starter for the day erred in his part of the contract. To him a field does not consist of so many well-backed horses, and so many with no earthly chance, thus giving him room to use discretion. To him each runner has an equal chance, and it is his job to see that they arc given an equal opportunity at the start. Sion and Nut Cup are two notable horses who would suffer were it not ■that the starters here show plenty of patience. Knowing they will show that desirable virtue baokers do not Hesitate to support thorn; but would they be so disposed if they knew that a starter intended setting a limit of say, two mimics in which to line up? Being well trained in barrer manners quiet horses should be easily got qway smartly and, after all, it rests with the riders, of whom there are few who are not well primed with the little tricks that arc practised to ensure that their mopnts are not flatfooted at the start.

Daina’s Lad 10 9 9 9 9 6 0 0 0 Panorama Crishna Braeman Esk Ha 10 61 10 2 9 7! mdica] IFirst Prince •Mandarine (Fair One a, 6 furlongs. Knightlike 9 3 Charmaline 7 4 Delude 8 3 Keen 7 4 Bernera 8 3 Tourist 7 2 Kahn Ariki 8 0 Boundary 7 2 Slyvan Dell y 11 Toni Byrne 7 2 Mangahaeri 7 11 Tutira 7 2 Repay 7 11 Highwayman 7 0 Clavers y 11 Speedway 7 0 Shot Silk 7 10 Imperial Chief Singer 7 9 Flame 7 0 King Mann 7 7 Brown Miss Gowrie 7 7 Sugar 7 0 Sapling Stakes, 5 furlongs. Teawha 8 1? Tahoma 7 9 Admiral Ex Dono 7 6 Drake 8 7 Lach Aiea 7 6 My Own 8 3 Glasslough 7 4 Lordlike 7 13 Gay Royal Virginia 7 0 Parade 7 9 Symbolic 7 0 Merry Lady Day 7 0 Melody 7 9 Adept 7 0 Agrestic 7 9 Napier Cup, 1} mile. CommenThe Swell 7 5 dation 9 5 High Court 7 0 Joy King 8 10 Royal The Hawk 8 5 Lineage 7 0 Treshain 8 4 King Tresham 8 4 Willonyx 7 0 White Fang 8 9 Gaze 7 0 Singleton 8 0 Plimmerton 7 0 Concentrate , ,7 11 Princess Blimp 7 7 Nata 7 0 Battlement 7 5 Autumn Handicap, 1 furlongs. Singleton 10 6 King The Swell 9 10 Willonyx 8 10 Tresham 9 10 Road Hog 8 0 Doree 9 5 Princess Merry Mint 8 13 Nata 8 0 Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs. Ridgemount 9 0 Kaihoro 7 11 Merry Royal Duke 7 11 Damon 8 10 Merry Mint 7 8 Great Bonogue 7 5 Charter 8 8 Lipsol 7 0 Rapine 8 6 Jeanette 7 0 Epistle 8 3 Plimmerton 7 0 Moa Bird 8 3

High Court 9 8 Goodwill 7 11 Knightlike 9 6 Archeria 7 10 Grand Acre 8 12 Merry Break o’ Day 8 8 Mixture 7 7 Red Fuchsia 8 8 Cloyne 7 Rory Mor 8 7 Mothplane 7 7 Athol Spear 8 7 Tourist 7 7 Delude 8 R Rich Harvest y 7 Bernera 8 5 Tutira 7 7 Zippor 8 4 Birkbeck 7 7 Repay 8 2 Imperial Topere 7 11 Fame 7 7 Rakauponga 7 11 Shrewd y 7 Heather Watchman 7 7 Blend 7 11 Blue Mist 7 7