WELLINGTON MEETING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 18 March 1936, Page 6

WELLINGTON MEETING.

THE FINAL DAY. WILD CHASE BEATS C'USTOS. ROY REED FATALLY INJURED. WELLINGTON, March 17. Tlie autumn meeting of the Wellington Racing Club was corfclucled at Trcntharn to-day in fine, overcast and cool weather. The attendance was good and the totalizator handled £29.439 10s, an increase of £698 10s on St. Patrick’s Day last year. The tot id for the three days was £95,273 10s. The day’s racing was marred by the bad fall of the jockey R. Reed off Hunting Cat. Ho was sent to hospital with serious head injuries and died at 6.5 p.in. Keen racing featured the day, and a special! v keen finish was staged in the North Island Challenge Stakes b< 3 tween the two Ricearfon colts. Wild Chase and Gustos, the former holding on-to a very alight advantage he gained when he made a forward move entering the straight. The President’s Handicap was won by Spiral, whose win was the surprise of the day, while Rereatu leaped the reward of consistency when he won the Suburban Handicap. The other open event was won by After Money. The Champion Hack Cup was won by Maine.

RACING IN DETAIL. NGATO lIIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, of £250. One mile and a quarter. 2-2 Mr J. O’Meara’s b g CHILE (Liinoncl j —Waterwings), 6vrs, 9:2 (E. Burgess) 1 1-1 Ai.. T-T s Gcorsre’s b g EARL COLOSSUS, 4vrs, 9.5 (S. A. Wright) 2 4- Mr D. J. Barry’s b g SUMMERHILL, 6yrs, 9.11 (D. O'Connor) ... 3 .....ini: 7-7 Cardinal Moon 10.1, 3-3 Court Arina 9.2, 6-5 Bacchus Marsh 9.0, 8-8 Indiscretion car 9.2, 5-6 The Image 9.0. A length and a half; three lengths. Bacchus Marsh was fourth. Time. 2.10. Chile and Earl Colossus ran best. They waited on the leaders, Bacchus Marsh and Siirnmcrhill, to the straight, and then came, away, Idle staying on better than Earl Colossus for a decisive win. Smnmerhill was a very poor third. PLUNKET. NURSERY HANDICAP, ol £250; for two-vear-olds. Five furlongs. 1- Mr T. H. Lowry’s br g BIRTHDAY PARTY (Gninscourt —Marion’s Birthday), 7.10 (W. J. Broughton)’ ... 1 5- Mr P. T. Hogan’s b f DOUBLE GIFT. 7.8 (C. T, Wilson) 2 2- Mr W. Higgins’s b c DEFICIT, 8.3 (S. Wilson) 3 Also started: 2-2 Cricket 7.8 bracketed with Deficit, 4-5 .Mandamus 8.2, 3-3 Pelmet 7.13, 6-6 Moquette car 7.13, 7-7 Top Notch car 7.8, 9-10 Good Sun 7.5, 10-9 Lianc car 7.3, 8-8 Inheritance car 7.2. Half a length; two lengths. Top Notch was fourth. Time, 1.1. The favourite. Birthday Party, scored well. She was always in the lead, and came on to the course proper with Double Gift, Mandamus, l’clmct, and Lianc. Birthday Party and Double Gift came on best, and the former went on to win nicely. Deficit fienished well on the rails, and was a, fair third.

NORTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES, of £SOO. Seven furlongs. 5 Sir Charles Clifford’s b c WILD CHASE ' (I’a.pcr .Money—Wild Hind), 2yre, 7.8 (G. Humphries) ... 1 1 .Mr C. X. Draper’s ch c GUSTOS, 7.3 (C. T. Wilson) 2 I 2 .Mr E. H. Aubrey’s br g SILVER STREAK, 6yis, 10.1 (A. E. Ellis) 3 Also started: 4 Jubilee Song 9.1. A nose; two lengths. Time, 1.26 J. The Stakes provided a thrilling duel between the two-year-olds Wild Chase and i Gustos. Silver Streak anticipated the jump out and got a two-lengths’ break, but it served him for only a turlong, after which the two youngsters raced past him together. Gustos then went solely into the lead, and was followed round the turn and into the straight by Wild Chase and Silver Streak. Wild Chase joined issue with the leader entering the straight, and they had a royal battle all the way home. Both stuck very solidly, and at the finish Wild Chase kept his head in front. Silver Streak was a good third, but never looked likely to get the two in front.

PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, of £SOO. One mile and a quarter. 6- Hr 0. .M. Currie’s b g SPIRAL (Liniond —Drax), syrs, 8.3 (Cl. Humphries) 1 1-1 Misti M. C. Wilson’s b g ARGEN'JIC, 6yrs, 8.2 (A. Mcoservy) ... 2 10-10 Hr \V. Higgins’s b g KORERO, 6yrs, 7.8 (Ji Lcacli) 3 Also started: 2-2 Big Hook 8.6, 3-3 Hunting Cat 8.4 (fell), 9-8 .Might 8.2, 4-4 Tunneller 7.13, 5-6 Senior 7.10, 7-5 Sunce 7.3, 8-9 Sir Nigel 7.0. Half a length; a length. Big Dook was fourth. Time, 2.5 i. Spiral surprised by hie win from the favourite, Argentic, but he did it well. Ho was always well placed, being in the lead for the first-half mile, when it wan taken from him by Tunneilcr, others prominent being Hunting Cat, Big Dook, Korero and Sir Nigel. Hunting Cat fell at the six furlongs, leaving Tunncller, Big Dook, Spiral, Korero, Sir Nigel, and Sunce the most prominent, while Sir Nigel improved his position up to the leader as they ran round the Argentic being toward the rear. Spiral took charge in the straight and was well clear at the last furlong, where Argentic came with a late fast run. He failed, however, to reach the leader. Korero was a fair third. CHAMPION HACK CUP, of £350, including silver cup value £SO. One mile and three furlongs. 1- Mr J. M. Cameron’s b m MAINE (Arausio —Hoy), syrs, 8.5 (L. J. Ellis) 1 5-3 Mr J. C. Kennedy’s b g DUNGAItVAN, 3yrs, 8.6 (W. J. Broughton) 2 2- Hr H. Kearns’a br g RIPTIDE, 6yrs, 8.9 (A. E. Ellis) 3 Also started: 3-5 Onewhetu 8.10, 6-6 Taurnau 8.9, 4-4 Pukeko 8.8,-9-9 Host 8.2, 7-7 Bluo Tiger 7.9, 13-12 Contract 7.0, 8-8 Ingenuity 7.0, 10-11 Nightlass 7.0, 12-13 Prince. Reno car 7.3, 11-10 Revival car 7.3. A long head; two lengths and a half. Onewhetu was fourth. Time, 2.21. Maine scored a meritorious win. Sho was • toward the rear of the field for the first mile, but then moved up, and came with an | irresistible run in the straight to cut down i Dungarvan, who had been prominent throughout. Riptide looked li'.ely at the false rail, but weakened finally lor a moderate third. IIUTT HANDICAP, of £3OO. One mile. 2- Mrs M. Higgins’s br m AFTER MONEY (Paper Money—Afterglow). syrs., ear. 7.8 (S. Wilson) ... 1 5-5 Hr H. W. Moss’s b g PROSTRATION, svrs, 7.9 (G. Humphries) ... 2 3- Air D. W. Wcstenra’s eh f LADY . GRACEFUL,' 3yrs, 7.4 (C. T. Wilson) 3 Also started: 1-1 Passion Flower 7.7, 4-4 Hunting Lodge oar. 7.7. A - length; same. Passion Flower was fourth. Time, 1.41 3-5. After Money improved on her previous running, but she was not. faced with very formidable opposition, the favourite Passion Flower being in a very wayward mood prior to the race and not running ttp to her form. Most trouble to After Money came from her stablemato Prostration, but ho was.not seasoned enough to cause her serious difficulty. SUBURBAN HANDICAP, of £350. Six furlongs. 1-1 Mr C. A. Boles’s br h REREATU (Paper Money—Vicereine), syrs, 8.11 (A. E. Ellis) 1 8-8 Mr W. 11. Wilson’s b g LORDLY KNIGHT, aged, 7.0 (11. W. Hibberd) 2 7- Mr T. 11. Lowrv’s ch c HAUT MONDE, 3yrs, 7.5 (W. J. . Broughton) 3 Also started: 6-6 Knockfin 8.6, 3-3 Acceptable 8.5, 4,-4 Queen of Song 8.5, 2-2 Invoice 8.2 5-5 Fulojoy 7.0. Half a length; same. Acceptable was fourth. Time, 1.11. Rereatu lay handy to the leaders, Acceptable, Fulojoy, and Lordly Knight, to the straight. Hero Fulojoy ran very wide and lost her chance, but Lordly Knight held on Well. Rereatu, however, was too good for him and wore him down to win I

decisively by half a length. Hunt Monde finished much hotter than on his two previous efforts and was a close third.

HAERA-RA HACK HANDICAP, of £250. Seven furlongs.

5-5 Mr A. T. Smith’s h g HUNTING MARS (Hunting Song—Marsala), 6yrs, 7.8 (R. YV. Savage) ... 1 3-3 Messrs E. and N. Rutherford’s b g PONTY, 4yrs, 7.8 (C. T. Wilson) ... 2 7-7 Mr M. J. Lane’s ch g SOLARIA, syrs, 9.5 (\V. E. Pine) 3

Also started: 4-2 Etna 9.2, 1-1 Grateful 9.2, 9-9 Boomerang 7.12, 2-4 Shy 7.12, 8-8 Debliam 7.11, 10-10 Misurina 7.7, 6-6 Rival Shot ear. 7.9, 11-11 YViiotu car. 7.3, 12-12 Consummation ear. 7.3.

Half a length; a neck. Rival Shot was fourth. Time, 1.26.

Hunting Mars, despite running off the course again, made most of his two lengths’ lead from the five furlongs post on. ward to run on and heat Polity, who held his rail position. Solaria, who got away well after delaying the start, ran an excellent race into third place.