AWAPUNI GOLD CUP.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 March 1939, Page 10

AWAPUNI GOLD CUP.

ACCEPTORS FOR FRIDAY. MANAWATU AUTUMN MEETING. (By "Spectator. ")

! With ten entrants in the Avvapuni Gold j Cup, compared wiiii seven last year, good • acceptances have been received by the j Aianawatu Racing Club for the first, day jof its auiuniu meeting, which opens on j Friday. Prominent soulherners engaged in - I elude Iloyai Chief, who was second to i Slretto in the Gold Cup la.st year and sub- | sequently did well in the spring campaign !in Australia, Queen of Song, and the sprinter Top How. Trent ham and iJawkc s Bay stables are well represented, and the fields generally are of a high standard. First-class handieappers are entered in the King George Handicap, wherein interest will be shown in the reappearanee of The Crooner, wiio has not raced since running Koval Chief to a neck in the New Zealand St. Leger just over a year ago, when he met with an injury. Exceptionally good is the field engaged in the Cloverlea Nursery Handicap, which has attracted 18 runners, compared with 13 last year, and the top division ropre-, sent high class. j The Avsupuni Gold Cup should provide j a great clash of weight-for-age form. Royal Chief and Smoke Screen (winner [ of t.lio T aranaki Stakes and joint holder j with Oratory of the New Zealand mile I record J arc assessed equal ly a.s lop weights, j followed by the brilliant mare Oratory, j who will be having her last races at thi.- | meeting before being retired to the stud, j Queen of Song has recently shown a re- | turn to form, and the remaining aocep* 1 j tors are a great group of six of Now j Zealand’s leading tillee-vear olds, inclutl- : ing Beaupartir (New Zealand St. 1 A'gei j w*i,nner), Taurangi f'Phomspsun Handicap ! winner), and -Peerless (also a winner a( | Trentham). The open sprint lias drawn a small but attractive field and no fewer than seven recent winners, including Yours Truly, who took the Champion Hack Cup at Trontharn. are engaged in the Te AJalai Han- ; 1 Six of the horses in the Nursery Handi- | cap are also entered for the Manawalu Sires’ Produce Stakes on the second day. ( Acceptances for the first day are as folj low : I 12.15

xvuiiii" oui i ±jSECOND DAY. 31ST MANAWATU SIRES’ PRODUCE STAKES, of £400; for two-year-olds. Seven furlongs. Mr N. Blackmore’s b f La Bru, by Beau , Pere —Mandane. Messrs. 11. If. and N. H. Barlow's blk g Prudent Prince, by Lord Quex — Squeeze. Mr E. W. Collins’s br f Newbury Queen, by Lack-ham—Mercian Queen. Mr G. M. Currie's br f Submission, by Lirnond —H omage. Mr 11. E. Edmunds’s b c Caution, by Inflation —Lady Court. Messrs O. L. Ferguson and If. Nieol* b f Vascones, by Gascony—Talari. Mr W. 11. Gaisford’s br c Silver Stick, by Beau Pere —Silver Rule.

Mr W. Higgins’s b c Beaulivre, by- Beau Pere—Pass Book. Mr T. 11. Lowry's br f Millament, bv Beau Pere—Drama. Mr M. Millar’s b f Varimond, by Liincnd —Variable. Mr F. Ormond’s b f Nora Gregor, by Bulandshar —High Art. Mr ,T. 11. Payton’s ch c Counter, bv Croupiei—Thurville. Mrs W. Richmond’s br f Serenata, hy Nightmaroh—Praise. Mr A. Rowan’s br r Fills de Yaals, by Vaals—Nassau Lady. Mr R. Stewart’s br c Beau Vite. by Beau Pere—Dominant. Mr A. F. M. Symes's b c Gayest Son, by Beau Pere—La Moderne. Mr A. B. Williams's b c Baran, by Bulandshar —Clemency.

KARERE HURDLES, of £200. One mile and ill lee quarter.. Eritheos 10 10 Southern Blood 10 4 Riotous 10 10 Sunee 10 0 Red Rufus 10 8 Olianga 9 13 Hanover 10 8 \\ areiii 9 0 12.55— [ AUTUMN IT. ME (Maiden Conditions), of £150: Seven furlongs. Brazil 8 7 Little Dorrit & 7 Cuddier 8 7 Alon Arc 8 7 ; Colin 8 7 Strolling ' 8 7 1 Colonel Bogey 8 7 Snigger 8 7 ! Cuioinier 3 7 Tom 'Jem 8 7 1 Charmanie 8 7 J ra.va.il 3 7 ! Cherry Picker 8 7 Yerey Lights 8 7 j Floral Kobe 8 7 Yed Prior 8 7 ] Hunting Squire 8 7 1.40— WOODUEY HACK HANDICAP, of £200. I Six furlongs. Trebor 9 9 Hunting Royal 7 12 Red Cat 9 6 Koval Pageant 7 12 Ecstatic 9 1 Tidal Gift 7 9 FiJetto 8 0 Deficit 7 9 Eurotus 7 13 Colden Flarne 7 7 Blonde Princess 7 13 Dorak 7 7 2.20— KING CFORGE HANDICAP, of £350. One mile and a quarter. Arctic King 9 0 Corroborec 7 8 Queen of Song 8 12 Hunting Cat 7 7 PJay On 8 8 Old Surrey 7 6 c Siegrnund 8 5 Dainty Sue 7 2 Big Book 8 0 Entail 7 0 The Crooner 7 12 Galteomoro 7 0 'I’lie Bigot 7 11 Royal Choice 7 0 3.0— CLOVER LEA NURSERY HANDICAP, of £200. Five furlongs and a half. Submission 8 11 Social Credit 7 0 l*a Bru 8 8 Morad abaci 7 0 ] Pearl of Asia 8 5 Miss Leighon 7 0 A rami i 8 4 Newbury Queen 7 0 1 Prudent Prince 8 1 Jviiemhild 7 0 i Vasco nes 8 1 Kehua 7 0 I Serenata 7 12 Goldhurn 7 0 i Chevy Chase 7 0 Caution 7 0 Lively Lady 7 0 f 3.40— 1 AWAPUNI GOLD CUP, of £450; weig iU 1 forage. One mile and a quarter. c Royal Chief 9 0 Gay Son 8 4 t Smoke Screen 9 0 Old Bill 8 4 Oratory 8 13 Homily 8 1 Queen of Song 8 13 Peerless 8 1 Beaupartir 8 4 Tau rangi 8 1 4.20— t J. AI. JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HANOI3 CAP, of £250. Six furlongs. r Florence Mills 8 1 Race Call 7 8 Laughing Lass 8 0 Wildflower 7 4 J Rakahanga 7 13 Silver River 7 0 Top Ilow 7 11 5.5— TE MATAI HACK HANDICAP, of £200. One mi, e and one furlong. To Iluia 9 8 Thrasos 7 10 Inquisitor 9 3 Classical 7 9 Settlement 8 11 Birkology 7 9 Yours Truly 8 9 Windsor Chief 7 7 Sudan 8 7 Master Hector 7 7 Bumble 8 1 Etzel 7 7 Ruling Star 7 11