ADAMS MEMORIAL CUP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20598, 24 June 1930, Page 7

ADAMS MEMORIAL CUP.

HAROLD LOGAN'S FINE WIN. FIRST FAVOURITE TO SCORE. BRILLIANT RUN IN STRAIGHT. i Tiis consistent Harold Login. who created | a deep impression when he won the Marconi Handicap cn the first day, was sent out j | favourite in, the best poo] of the meeting : for the Adama Memorial Cup and he en- j hanced haa reputation fay winning brilliantly. ! ! The Adama Cup has previously bees a j disastrous race for backers and Harold j Logan gained the added distinction cf being j ! the first favourite to wis the rice and also i 'he firs; favourite to win at the meeting. i Enawah and Hal Chimes broke at the j start, Mountain Dell and Warpiane soon ; | runnin-j to the front from Seeoro and Stan- j moor. The field bunched up closely in the : second lap, when Neeoro took up the run- j mng to lead past the at3r.cs the second : | time from a buncned field, in which Cans j Awa', Harold Logan (wide-out), Stanmoor. j | Invader, Er.awah (wide-out) and Warspite ; stretch Neeoro lost his position and Stan- I moor, who treat up on the rails, assumed | command from Harold Lc gan and Harold Logan and En.iw-ah drew away near- | ing the turn and Harold Logan went on in the straight to belt Ecawa.h by five | lengths. Warspite was a moderate third ; and Gang Awa' fourth. Then came Inj vader. Peter Pirate and Torpedo Hucn. Earald L-c ran waj outside three sulkies ; for most cf the way and there 13 no douot i that he is St for the best, handicap ccmj pany. Enawah paced a splendid race, ana. I after losing ground at the start and cover--1 ms a let cf ground, she was pressing the \ winner closely at the home turn. If -- e ' had gone away correctly she would unj doubted!? have m3de his task more d. moult. The gold cup at £lO5 was prej sen ted to Misa S. Hinds by Mr. G. Bail- ! don, Mayer oi Auckland, at the invitation j of Mr. John Bcwe, president of the club. : Mr. Baildon said that the race wan in- ; stiiuted in memory cf the late Mr. L. A. i Adams, and the cup was donated annually iby Mrs. Adams. In e:ght years this was enlv the second occasion cn which, it had and driver, was presented witn a whip. j WI2TKZB BOTJGET 3*02 £IOO. 1 SEASON'S STAKE-EARNINGS £1250. The Sor.tr.em pacer Harold Logan. who 1 made an exhibition cf his opponents m tne I ilirconi Handicap on the nrst day and j registered another bndiant victory in tne ; at one stage of his career for ucmetmng like £IOO. Two years ago he made a successful i debut in the Winter Trot Handicap at the ' Waimate Hunt Meeting, where he rn-ced in I the nomination of Mr. F. S. Less, ani | started ninth favourite, to return a sub- ; star.t:a! dividend. Some time alter inat na j was placed under cfier at the above-men- ! tioned figure to an Auckland sportsman, \ "srbo ceclm&d to .zisia lis purenxse Trnsn j When raced cr. four occasions lasz season I he has come right into his own this season | and has been most profitable for his lady ! owner. Miss S. Hinds, who 13 stated to | tingsncv Since then Harold Logan has | wnn £1250 in stakes and two cups, cue j valued a: £25 and Ihe ctner at £lO5. mis ! record this season is most attractive, xer ! after running unplaced twice he won four i races in succession. Then followed two I more unniaced performances, since when he ; has notched thr?e more successive victories. { most important to date, but tne bmiiancy j and stamina he revealed in his races here | the near future. Yesterday he was ca a j on worse than 4.31 for two miles at present. ! his immediate prospects appear to be par- ! ticulaxly bright, for he seems to be classy I ROYAL HANDICAP DEAD-HEAT. : NELSON GIRL AND BLUE AND GOLD : | A thrilling finish between the placed ; horses in the Eoyal Handicap resulted in nuc Goici. vvith iJiXtrct Action tmree-parts !of a length away third. Blue and Gold : was the favourite, but was only slightly ■' setter backed than Ben Biugen. who had j a slight call over Parrish Belie. I Lord Haldane. Prince Tnumph and Eoyal . Blue and Gold also lost seme ground before j settling down. Nelson Girl led for a few j gen. and then Parrish Belle took ap the ' a good chance by breaking badly, and tnen ; Nelson Girl went after Parrish Belle, while i Just before the turn Nelson Girl c.csed I cn the leader and, alter recovering from a I Blue and Gold. Direct Actios and Parrish ' Belle. In a good race heme Nelson Girl I and Blue end Gold crossed the line together. ! Direct Action being right op third. Ten | jarjj-fUg back fourth was Bangiiero. and I Pa.rn.sh Belie fifth. j Only for losing ground early Blue and i q:~] trotted her best race to date, ar.d S Dire'-t Action, who anected his chance by ' a break near tie post, also went in his best • S tvie. Parrish again failed to stay, ! sut she will be good rest season. ; TRAINERS AND DRIVERS. L. O. THOMAS' SUCCESSES.

The Wellington trainer, L. O. Thomas, opened the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting .veil when he won the opening event on the first day, and he concluded it successfully when he won the last race with Genuine yesterday. Ia addition be also scored a dead-heat for first with Blue ar.d Gold in the first race yesterday. With two wins and a dead-bent Thomas was the most successful trainer of the meeting, and he has a good reason to be pleased witn tne result of his trip for he bad only three horses racing at tile meeting. The other member of bis team was Lady Fan, WHO spoilt her chance each day by breaking up in the early part cf her races. The only other trainer to score more than one win was S. Humphreys, cf Temple ton. who won a double with Harold Logan. Trainers with or.e win were: E S. Groat. Mangere; J- Edwards. Te Awamutu; J. Simkin, Mangere; W Hughes. Lcngbum; G T. Mitchell, junior, Mangere; S. M. August, Otabuhu; F. Brady, Mangere; A. J. Julian. Green Lan<= (dead-heat): A. Hendrikaem Halawell; A. W. Broughton, Te Awamutu. H. A. McMillan. Tamabere; W. J. Tomkinson. Addingtoa. Among the drivers L. O. Thomas did best with two wins and a dead-heat. E. Humphreys bad two wins, and so did S. M. August, G. T. Mitchell, junior, and A. W Broughton. E. S. Groat. W. Hughes, A. J. Julian (dead-heat), A. Hendriksen. R. A. McMillan snd W. J. Tomkinson drove one winner each