SURPRISE BY REALTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20597, 23 June 1930, Page 7

SURPRISE BY REALTY.

LARGEST DIVIDEND OF DAY. DENVER CITY RUNS SECOND. An outsider, Realty, who was 16th fancyin a field of 18, was responsible for a great surprise in beating the hot favourite, tl Denver City, in the Mangero Handicap. He 1, returned a large dividend, l. Mignonne, .D'Artognan, Chrystal, Prince 0 Pedro and Lady Author were all slow. to y settle down, and when tho field was a furlong on the journey Lord Lou and Roalty g were leading Denver City and Belle o' Mine. lB With a lap to go Realty was just shorting the way to Lord Lou, Denvor City, Belle o' Mino and Prince Pedro, with Hohora v moving up. Running along tho back Prinoe y Pedro made a forward move and Lord Lou s lost his position, otherwise there was little g change. Realty was still in charge from e Prince Pedro and Denver City at tho turn and, although ho tangled near tho post, he ( won comfortably by three lengths from Denvor City, Hohora being two and a-half lengths away ihird. Gold Treasure was j fourth, followed by Prince Pedro and Bello a o' Mine. Hitherto Realty has not been regarded as j of much account, but he has now won at his last two starts, and scored decisively j' on this occasion. Realty was sired by tho imported horse Real Guy, who iB owned y by A. Hendriksen, trainer and driver of Denver City. The favourite pacod a solid ' raco and battled on gamely under presaure, * although he did not appeal to be happy in the heavy going. Hohora and Gold Treasur« were closer at the finish than at any : other stage, and Prince Pedro went a good race after being slow to begin. Bello o' * Mino shaped respectably, but none of the J others gave any trouble. ! SEBISCA WINS NARROWLY. 1 2 r BEST FINISH OF THE DAY. a 1 * RANK OUTSIDER'S THIRD. The Stewards' Handicap was productive of an exciting finish, in which heads only separated tho placed horses, the moderatelysupported Sebisca taking the honours from > the favourite, Akenehi, with Peter McKinney, who was a rank outsider, third. Writer and Dolores made mistakes early and wero never afterwards in the picturo. Sebisca and Nelson Boy were the early * leaders and they were soon olosely attended 1 by Tho Tartar and Akenehi, who ran * through very quickly in the first few fur- ' longs. Sebisca and Nelson Boy were still * in chargo entering on the last lap, when. 3 The Tartar, Akenehi, Peter McKinney and s Olive Nolson wero all handy. * Two furlongs from home The Tartar and ' Nelson Boy were beaten, and at this stage Sebisca and Akenehi drew out slightly to » lead into the straight clear of Nelson Boy ■ and Peter McKinney. Over the last fur--1 long an exciting struggle ensued, and the k judge declared in favour of Sebisca over > Akenehi and Peter McKinney. Floraline t was fourth, and next to finish were Gold I Sovereign, Dipnoi and Nelson Boy. i Sebisca rovelled in the heavy going, and [ he stayed on just too well for Akenehi at tho finish. Peter McKinney trotted one of 1 his best races and only for a break three * furlongs from home might have won. Olivo Nelson, who only arrivod in the morning, trotted splendidly for a mile and a-half and ' then faded out. Lady Fan, who lost ground early, went well in the middle mile, only to fade away again over the last few furlongs. INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. WINNING FORM BEST GUIDE. ADAMS MEMORIAL FAVOURITES. A combination of recent winning form and winning form at the previous winter meetings was tho best guide to follow at the trots on Saturday. Blue and Gold, Realty, Gang Awa' and Harold Logan had all won at least one race; within the' past two months, while Kolmar, Reremai, Sebisca and Stanmoor, the other winners, had all been successful in heavy going at previous Auckland winter meetings. Two good winners. Realty and Gang Awa', won at tho Cambridge meeting lasi month, Gang Awa' taking the Cambridge Cup. . Harold Logan won the Taranaki Trotting Cup in April. Reremai was successful in the Adams Memorial Cup last year, and Stanmoor won a race at an Auckland winter meeting as long ago as 1920. The only favourites to pay dividends were Denver City, Akenehi and Country King (in the Marconi Handicap), each being second. Two favourites, Home Voyage and Country King (Hobson Handicap) ran third and two, Parris Belle and Warplane, fourth. Thus there wa3 only one favourite, Logan's Pride, who failed to run second, third or fourth. W. J. Tomkinson was most unlucky with his team of three. Country King started twice for u second and a third, and both Homo Voyage and Wilma Dillon ran third. Tomkinson's representatives may bo more fortunate to-day. On the second day of la?t year's meeting G. T. Mitchell, junr., drove Sebisca and Reremai to victory, Reremai winning the Adams Memorial Cup. On Saturday ho i was again successful with the same two j horses, Reremai on this occasion win- I ning tho Mark Memorial Handicap, tho J chief event of tho day. A. W, Broughton was very successful on ' Saturday. He had only three drives, but ; on each occasion was in the money. Kolma T won and Florent and Hal Chimes wero second, each paying a good dividend. No favourite has yet succeeded in winning tho Adams Memorial Cup. Two years ago the favourite, Pageant, finished second and on two occasions the public's first choico occupied third position. PARRISH BELLE'S DEFEAT. FAVOURITE WEAKENS AT END. With (hrco successive wins in as many starts to her credit, Parrish Bello was all tho rngo for the Winter Handicap, and was Bcrjt out an odds-on favourite, ovor twico as well backed as Blue and Gold, who had a good call over Bon Bingen. Tho favourite flattered tho hopes of her supporters for most of the way, but failed in tho last furlong and missed a place. Lord Haldanp, Golden Huia, Prince Triumph and Royal Triumph all mado mistakes early, and the field had not covered a lap boforo Ben Bingen, Bluo and Gold, Nelson Girl, Parrish Bello -and Zanzibar were racing in a well clear of the others. Bluo and Gold broke and lost several lengths before settling down again. With a lap to go tho leadors wero still in close ordor, and when Ben Bingen put in a short break near tho half-mile post Parrish Belle drew out slightly, to show the way into the straight to Blue and Gold, Nelson Girl and Bon Bingen. Once tho pressure was applied Parrish Belle weakened, Blue and Gold staying on to win by three-parts of a length from Ben Bingen, who defeated Nelson Girl by two lengths. Parrish Bello was fourth, followed by Audo Spray, Zanzibar and Royal Triumph. Bluo and Gold has notched three wins and a second in four starts this season, and is a sound stayer who will roach bettor I class. Ben Bingen mado a fine showing, I and Nelson Girl went easily her best raco. I, Purrish Belle jußt failed to see it out on the heavy track and. although unplaced, was : not by any means disgraced. i BEST NUMBER TO FOLLOW. THREE EIGHTS SUCCESSFUL. One of the .features of Saturday's trotting was tho success of horses carrying No. ; 8 saddlecloth no fewer than three winning and another running second. Those to win wero Roalty, Reremai and Stanmoor, and the ono to finish second was Ben Bingen. It was a coincidence that the threo winners were all Mangere-trained horses and that Realty and Stanmoor returned the best dividends of tho day, whilo Reremai's dividend was only slightly less than that of another Mangere winner in Sebisca. Anyone who had been fortunate enough lo have followed the "eights" through the j ' day would havo invested on seven races i ' and for an outlay of £1 on each ocoasion ] would have received dividends aggregating £GO 5s and shown a profit of £53 ss. Even numbers won every raco. Besides tho threo winning No. B's, two No. G's won, one No, 4, ono No. 10 and ono No. 14.