ASHBURTON MEETING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 18 September 1933, Page 3

ASHBURTON MEETING.

CRICKET BAT CHIEF WINNER. REBEL SONG’S SPRINT, Per Press Association. ASHBURTON, Sept. 16. The Ashbuyrton County Racing Club’s spring meeting was held to-day. The totalisator investments were £6164 against £6422 last year. Results : LONGBEACH HURDLE HANDICAP, of 110 so vs. One mile and three-quarters. 6-6 TEA GARDEN, 9.0 (Pascoe) ... 1 2-2 DON JOSE, 10.3 (Barr) ... ... 2 5-4 ADVANCE CAMP, 9.11 (Salt) ... 3 Also' started: 4-3 Rational II 10.3, 3-5 Nightcap 10.3, 1-1 Royal Limond 9.8. . Three lengths; half a length. Time, 3.13 1-5.

FAIRFIELD HACK HANDICAP, of 80 sovs. Six furlongs.

1-1 NIGHTLY, 8.3 (G, Humphreys) 1 7-8 ROYAL AMPHORA 7.5

(Eastwood) 2 2-2 THE MASQUERADER, 8.3 (Jennings) 3

Also started: 11-11 Niggerhcad 9.0, 5-4 Drum Fire 8.9, 3-3 Southdown 8.8, 12-9 Flower 8.6, 4-6 Errantry 8.5, 8-10 Denise 8.4, 13-7 Verden 7.8, 6-5 Top Rank 7.1 (coupled with Tuirau), 10-12 Davolo 7.0, 9-13 Star Raider 7.0, 0-15 Moonbeam 7.0, 14-14 Silver Brier 7.0.

A head; three lengths. Time, 1.12 1-5. SELMA TROT HANDICAP, of 90 so vs.; 3.45 class. One mile and a quarter.

9- MARIE CELESTE, scr (Tattcrson) 1 4- VANITY FAIR, scr (Holmes) ... 2 10- REWAI, scr (Henris, owner) ... 3 Six lengths; three lengths. Time, 3.24' 2-5. ASHBURTON HANDICAP, of 150 sovs. One mile and a quarter. 3-1 CRICKET BAT, 9.12 (A. E. Ellis) 1 5- CHRYSOLOGY,, 7.2 (Jones) 2 6- TOUT LE MOND, 7.9 (Jennings) 3 'Also started: 2-1 Shatter 8.12, 4-4 Martian Chief 7.13, 1-3 Ramo 7.4. Half a head ; three lengths. Time, 2.5 1-5. PENSCROFT HACK HANDICAP, of 90

sovs. One mile. 1- SWEET AGNES, 8.3 (C. Eastwood) 1 2- DUIRAN, 8 6 (Kinvan) 2

3-2 HEATHER GLOW, 8.6 (A. E. Ellis) 3

Also started: 14-10 Night Flyer 9.4, 5-5 Elude 8.8, 10-8 Sliootist 8.6, 4-4 Water Polo 7.11, 8-12 Fleeting Glance 7.11, 7-7 Eupator 7.11, 12-13 Colonel Quex 7.7, 11-11 Cleaner 7.7, 6-6 Pharaoh 7.7, 9-9 Fiat Lux 7.5, 15-15 Skylass 7.5, 13-14 Bright Shade 7.5.

A head; three lengths. Time, 1.4 U. SPRING HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. Six

furlongs.' 1- REBEL SONG, 8.2 (A. E. Ellis) 1 2- HURLINGHAM, 8.8 (Humphries) 2 4-4 COPYIST, 7.0 (A. Eastwood) ... ... 3 Also started: 3-3 Grecian Prince 7.7, 5-5 Water Power 7.7, 6-6 Full Crop 7.0. A neck; three lengths. Time, 1.12. RAKAIA TROT HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. 3.37 class. One mile and a quarter.

6-2 GREAT MINTO, 12yds bird (McNeil) 1 1-1 TANGATU, 24yils bhd (F. G. Holmes) 2 3-4 SMOKE SCREEN, scr (Stewart) ... 3 A head; half a length.

ROSEHILL RACES. INFLATION WINS EASILY. CHATHAM SCORES IN IIILL STAKES SYDNEY, Sept. 17. The Rosehill races were held yesterday in ideal weather. There was a large attendance. The Sunday Sun says _ that Inflation showed none of his scratch in ess when beginning in the Camellia Stakes, and finished with a burst of speed which augurs well for future races. Referring .to Blixton, the Sun says:— “Blixtcn was first away, yet 'ast. at Ike half-mile, went wide out at the turn, and yet was first past the post. That is tiie story of Blixtcn’s Ro.-chill Guinea.feat. lie completely rehabilitated himself in the eyes of racegoers. Limarch ran a great race considering ho has been sire with two injured legs. Bay Tree and Deputy Ruler ran only moderately.” Autopay and- Master Bricrly arc recovering from their injuries. Mirabond was. unplaced in the fust division of the liighweight Handicap. Results: — BRUSH HURDLES, of 150 sovs. About ono mile six furlongs and three-quarters, SUN TAN, 11.9 (McNamara) 1 HUNT THE SLIPPER, 9.7 McDonald) 2 BLUE ENSIGN, 9.8 (Carter) 3 Seven started. Two lengths. Time, 3.23. CAMELLIA STAKES, of 200 sovs. Seven furlongs. fNELATION, 8.4 (T. Green) 1 TURBINE, 8.7 (Pratt) 2 WHITTINGHAM, 8.5 (Heather) ... 3 Thirteen started. Two lengths; half a length. Touehit was fourth, Bronze Hawk sixth, and Panjandrum ninth. Cottesmore was well back. He made the home turn badly. Time, 1.25£. -. ROSEHILL GUINEAS, of 7 sovs each, forfeit 2 sovs, with 500gns added. Nine furlongs. BLIXTEN, 8.5 (McCartcn) I SHAKUNI, 8.5 (Stead) 2 LIMARCH, 8.5 (Bartlo) 3 Twelve started. Deputy Ruler • was fifth, and Bay Tree seventh. Half a nock; two lengths. Time, 1.52%, ROSEHILL SPRING HANDICAP, of 250 sovs. One mile and zhreo furlongs. ORO, 7.13, (Pratt) "... 1 MAGNITAS, 7.8 (O’Sullivan) 2 MALTDALE, 8.4 (MeCarten) 3 Ten started. Peter Jackson was sixth, and Antique last. Two lengths each way. Time, 2.17). —a course record. HILL STAKES, w.f.a., with penalties and allowances. Ono mile. CHATHAM, 9.10 (Pike) 1 KUVERA, 9.0 (MeCarten) 2 LOUGH NEAGH,'9.O (Tanwan) 3 Seven started. Most of the running was made by Chatham, who won in hollow fashion by. two lengths and it half, with Lough Neagh a neck away third, and Rogilla fourth. Then came Silver Scorn and High Brae. Time, 1.38£. Silver Scorn was a complete disappointment, displaying none of the dash of last Saturday.

. INFLATION’S SUCCESS. PREPARING FOR THE EPSOM. (By “Binocular.”) Inflation signalled liis first appearance under silk in Australia on the present trip by scoring a success in the Camellia Stakes, a weight-for-age event, on Saturday. By so doing the Paper Money colt rather repeated history, for on the occasion of an earlier trip to Sydney in search of honours Inflation made a successful debut on Australian racecourses. At his next essay he was considered lo have been somewhat unfortunate in being beaten into third place, but worse fortune then befell him, for a split heel was the forerunner of blood poisoning which resulted in the colt being in a very bad way for a time. The malady prevented him from again racing in Australia and he was finally brought back to Awapuni far from his old self. While he made a good recovery, the effect of the trouble made itself evident by a loss of form and his three-year-old career fell far short of what had been hoped for him. However, his recent form had promised that better things were in store, and his success at the Wanganui Hunt meeting encouraged liis owner, Mr 11. E. Edmunds, of Palmerston North, to undertake yet another trip. Inflation was to have had his first start last Wednesday, but A. W. McDonald, who went across in charge of him, considered that he was hardly far enough forward to merit his being started, and the entry upon his campaign was delayed till Saturday with pleasing results. T. Green, who rode Inflation on the earlier trip, was in the saddle on Saturday, so the association has again proved to be a successful one. The colt’s big mission is the Epsom Handicap in which a great array

of brilliant milers figure, and it is Air Edmunds’s ‘ intention to cross to Sydney to witness the contest. Inflation’s quotation in the betting market for the Epsom will now shorten considerably as a result of Saturday’s success and, all going well with him, the aristocratic colt should make a great bid for the honours.

Thore was quite a New Zealand flavour about the results from Rosebery for Blixten, the winner of the Rosehill Guineas and Limarch, who ran third in the saute event, are both Dominion-bred performers, while Hunt the Slipper, who ran second in the Brush Hurdles, is a member of the team under A. D. Webster’s charge. The horseman who rode him is identical with the Awapuiii hurdle rider, A. W. McDonald, who went across with Inflation. TWO BIG EVENTS. BRONZE HAWK SUPPORTED. Although Chatham has displaced Bronze Hawk as the pre-post favourite for the A.J.G. Epsom Handicap, the latter still lias admirers rallying to him, and on Sep-' teinber 8 came in for additional support ■for the mile race (says a Sydney report). The present order of favouritism is:— EPSOAI HANDICAP. Chatham. Bronze Hawk. Jaeko. Bold Boy, Dermic], Top Hole. Care Free, Inflation. Autopay, Cottesmore, Turbins, Wolluu. TH E At ETROPOLITA N.

Topical. Balgay. Nord, Rogilla. Magnitas, Oro. Lough Neagh. Aialtdalo. Master Bricrly,- Mince Pic, Pretzel Milautlicon, Peter Jackson.

WINOOKA BEATS ONRUSH. HOLLOW 7 VICTORY AT SEATTLI

SEATTLE, Sept. 16. | Winooka boat Onrush by three lengths I over a muddy six furlongs. liis time was lmin Msec. Winooka started favourite. Rain turned the racecourse into a quagmire. Onrush took tho lead lor the first sixteenth, then Winooka raced with Onrush i for the first furlong. Britt then moved j into a short lead will) the Australian horse. I Turning into the* homo stretch Winooka was first by three lengths, winning eas.ly • Onrush is not a mud horse, and was unab.o j to keep up. Winooka was warmly acclaimed | alter the finish. Eight thousand were pie- i sent, the adverse weather reducing the at-I tendance.

The New York Times’s racing editor says: “The victory of Winooka is pleasing to Eastern racing observers. His performance demonstrated that Winooka can negotiate bad trucks as well as fast ones. It is to bo hoped that he will bo given the opportunity of racing in the fields of quality which made him the Australian champion. As yet the horse has had no opportunity to prove his championship calibre.”

The Seattle Post says Winooka could have won by 10 lengths if Britt had so desired.

Reports that Winooka lias been placed under an armed guard due to the hostility of local owners and rumors are emphatically denied by Al. Poison, who stated that no special precautions have been taken to guard Winooka who is universally popular.

EQUIPOISE BEATEN

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.

Equipoise, was defeated in the two-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup race over a muddy track at Belmont Park. Dark Secret, owned by the ex-Secrctary of the Treasury, Air Ogden Mills, was first. Gusto, • winner of the cup in 1932, was second, and Equipoise was third.