SATURDAY’S RACING.
NGAIO HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, of £300; 1} miles. 1- SPENDER, 9.9 (Beale) 1 2- Chat, 9.7 (Dulieu) 2 4-2 Lustral, 9.7 (Anderson) 3 Also: 3-5 Charade, 7-7 Taumau, 6-6 Camilla Horn. 5-4 Southern Blood, 8-3 Laggard, 9-9 Twilight Song. Nose; two lengths. , Twilight Song fourth. Time, 2.103.
Spender took charge from the pacemaker, Taumau, entering the straight. Chat came solidly over the last furlong and just failed to gel up. PLUNKET NURSERY HANDICAP, of £350; 5 furlongs. 7-8 RUSSIAN BALLET, 7.10 (S. Wilson) 1 6-6 Rakahanga, 8.0 (Atkins) .... 2 1-2 Ivar, 8.12 (Morris) 3 Also: 8-7 Minga and Rehearsal car. 7.64 (bracketed), 2-1 Good Passage, 4-4 Kilrobecar. 7.104, 5-5 Brazil car. 7.10, 3- Spendthrift car. 7.8}, 12-12 Your? Truly car. 7.4-}, 32-13 Lady Melport car. 7.7}, 10-10 Dissipation ear. 7.5, 11-11 Eastern Heir car. 7.5}, 15-14 Floral. NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES, of £600; 7 furlongs. 1- DEFAULTER, car. 7.9} (L. J. Ellis) 1 2- Oratory, 9.8 (Morris) 2 4- Icing, 8.8 (S. Wilson) 3 Also: 5-5 Silver Ring, 3-3 Surmount car. 7.64, 6-6 Dunmanway car. 6.13, 7-7
Dunstan. Half a length; five. Dunstan fourth. Time, 1.265. Oratory led early, but Surmount was in front after a furlong. Oratory Jed again into the straight, where Defaulter challenged and gradually wore her down. AUTUMN HANDICAP, of £GSO; 1 mile and 3 furlongs.
12- DAVOLO, 7.9 (L. J. Ellis) .. 1 5-5 Catalogue, 8.5 (C. G. Goulsbro) 2 13- Dictate, 7.9 (Tattersall) .... 3 Also: 1-1 Stretto, 8-9 Wotan, G-7 Jonathan, 4-2 Siegmund, 7.G Arctic King, 3-3 Brazen King car. 8.2, 2-4 Lowenberg, 11-12 Mishna, 10-11 Sunee car. 7.64, 14-14 Clessamor, 15-15 Cricket, 9-8 Stud'ey Royal. Half a head; a length, Lowenberg fourth. Time, 2.205. Stretto and Brazen King led early, but most of the running was made by Clessamor. Catalogue and Davolo drew out in the straight, the latter just winning. Dictate finished over the others for third, but Stretto faded out in the straight. CHAMPION HACK CUP, of £500;
1 mile and 3 furlongs. 8-9 NED CUTTLE, 8.6 (S. Wilson) 1 3-8 Happy Night, 8.6 (W. Jenkins) 2 12-12 Seyfried, 7.10 (Sargent) .... 3 Also: 5-4 Accomplice, 4-2 Euinette. 2-3 Conveyor. 1-1 JaeK Tar. 6-5 Ilias, 7-6 Sigurd, 14-13 Windscreen, 9.7 Trebor, 11-11 Son and Heir car. 1.8, 10-10 Rockingham. 33-14 Tuilamore car. 7.24. Three lengths; head. Conveyor fourth. Time, 2.23 J. Ned Cuttle ran past the leaders entering the straight and scored a runaway win.
SUBURBAN HANDICAP, of £450; 6 furlongs. 4-3 LADY INA, 8.4 (Jennings) .... 1 2- Paper Slipper, 9.3 (Humphries) 2 8-8 Dcbham, car. 7.7 (Atkins) .... 3 Also: 3-2 Laughing Lass, 1-1 Sulieman, 6-7 Top Eow, 7.5 Tray Bit, 5-6 ■Eoyal Bachelor, 9-9 Triune. Length each way. Tray Bit fourth. Time, 1.12-J. Lady lua led ail the way. Paper Slipper got on terms at the last furlong, but under pressure Lady Ina drew out gain. BELMONT HANDICAP, of £300; 6 furlongs. 3- Lazybones, 8.1 (Jennings) .... * 7.7 NIGHTCALM, 7.5 (A. Messervy) * 2-2 Majority, 8.2 (S. Wilson) .... 3 * Dead-heac for first.
Also; 1-1 Valmarch, 4-4 Alloa, 3-3 Relative, 9.11 Vadanoe, 13-13 Diamond Cutter, 11-10 Conversion, 6-6 Bluffer car. 7.9, 10-9 Dancing Flame car. 7.74 16-16 Girl Pat, 8-8 Kindly. The third horse was a head away. Conversion was fourth. Time, 1.13, Nightcalra and Valmarch led to the .stiaight. Lazybones joined the former in tho run home ana with Majority through-on the rails there was almost a triple dead-heat.
MUTT HANDICAP, of £450; 1 mile 1-1 SMOKE SCREEN, 9.0
„ T> . (Broughton; 1 <J-fa Roaming, 7.0 (Bonnet; ... o 2-3 Prances Brake, 7.7 (Atkins) «! 3 45 Big Dookj 3-2 Whirling, 9-9 Slippery, 8-8 Airam, 7-7 Gaily car 7.2, 11-11 Liane car. 7.1, 12-12 Mister Quex, 10-10 Myriam, 5-4 Old Surrey car. 7.3 J,
Two lengths; head. Old Surrev fourth Time, 1.39 f.
Francis Brake and Gaily ma d e the pace, the former leading into the straight, where Smoke Screen came forward and won easily.
Wellington Meeting Concludes. Defaulter Wins Challenge Stakes. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 19. The autumn meeting of the Wellington Racing Club concluded at Trentham to-day in hne and mild weather except for a couple of heavy showers half-way through the programme. The track was very little affected and only temporarily was the going greasy. There was a large attendance and the totalisator handled £70,636 for the day, an increase of £14,709 10s, and the total for the meeting was £112,258, representing an increase of £28,113.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 March 1938, Page 2
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