DANNEVIRKE RACES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20820, 12 March 1931, Page 9

DANNEVIRKE RACES.

. • V «-• ••■ . 4 ■ OPENING DAY'S RESULTS

THE HAWK WINS CUP.

SPRINT TO KAHIKATOA.

• SIMBA BEATS BASKIER.

[BY TELEqjtAFH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] DAINNEVIRKE, Wednesday; The Dannovirko Racing Club's Autumn Meeting, tho proceeds of which, are to go to the earthquake relief fund," was opened to-day. The weather was dull

and thero was a light drizzle toward the %i; close.. Tho track was in good order. The . totalisator handled ..,£5535 10s,- compared with £14,981 on the corresponding day last year, a 'decrease of £9445 10s. Retults were:—

HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, / Of £9O; li miles. 2—MOUNTAIN HEATH. 10.13 (Dulieu) 1 I—AIR LADDIE, 10.9 (Broughton) 2 B—BLACKSMITH, 9.3 (MoDonald) ~ 3 Also Started.--! Lucretia, 9.9; 6 Mon Roi 9,0. Length; two lengths. Time. 2m 9 4-ss. v maiden plate, Of £75; 5. fur.; fill 8.9. 1— (Morris) .. j 2—NIMBLE (Gray)-.. .. n j 6—MIDNIGHT ECHO (M'cTavish) v. 3 Also Started.—lo Royal Passion, 5 Retract,- 3 Acrospjre, 4 Muster Arts, 7 Inex 8 Maidston£ v 9 Shootist,-1 Manuiri (bracketed with winner). ~ Length; fivo lengths. Time, lm 2s. DANNEVIRKE CUP. Of £175; 1J miles. 5-THE HAWK. 7.13 (R. Reed) -.-a 1 6-SHREWD, 7.8 (McDonald) .a *. 2 I—MY OWN, 8.3 (H. Gray) 3 Also Started.—9 Star Stranger, 9.9; 4 Fita Quex. 7.'2; 7 Tunbridge. 8 Queen's Choice, 5 Billion, 3 Hawkahaw, V.O. Length; two lengths. Time, 2m 5 4-ss. - TAHORAITE HACK HANDICAP, ' - •" - A Of £9O; 6 fur. 3 SIMBA, 9,0 (Gray) « s . w. 1 I—BASKIER, 8.5 (Morrin) <r„ t -a 2 7-HYSTRIDE, 7.3 (Gerrand) v. v. 3 Also Started.—3 Golden Shadow, B.G; 8 False Scent, {1.5; G Greymist, 7.9; 5 Flute, 9 White Doe, 7.2; 2 Royal Tiger, 7.0. Head; two lengths. Time, lm 14 l-55.-

RAKAIATAI NURSERY HANDICAP, Of £9O; 5 fur. -t B—CHIEF COOK, B.G (Reed) .. .. 1 I—PSYCHOLOGIST, 7.0 (Eastwood) .v 2 2—LOTUS I.ILY, 7.8 (Burgess) .. ..3 Also Btarte-:t.—4 Royal Hunting. 7 Chief liine, 7.7; 5 Flower, G Red Rufus, 7.0. Half a lens.'th; head. Time, lm 1 3-ss.

ORINCII HACK HANDICAP, Of £9O; 7 fur. I—MAHQRA, 9.0 (Reed) .. it. 1 4-LEY£aN.D, .7.3 (Gerrand) * a 2 6—KING HAL, 7.0 (Pine) ..• .. 3 Also Started,—2 Jenny Diver, 8.8; 3 Detort Lad. 7.{1; 6 Spearopa, 7.0. Four letfgUis; head. Time, lm 295.

,\ PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP. ' Of £140; 6 fur. 8-I\AHIKATOA, 8.0 (Barry) v./ sr. 1 2—PORTRAY, 7.8 (Coveney) .. .. 2 I—BLUE PAPER, 7.11 (Gerrand) .. 3 Also Starled.—G Hunting Day, 9.0; 7 Merry Mint, 8.6; 5 Cuticle, 7.9; 4 Arajean, 7.2. Length; head. Time; lm 13 3-ss. • - ■/•-• •!"•, ' MAKIRIKIRI HANDICAP, Of £9O; 1 mile. ' - I—BRAMBLETORN, 8.8 (Gray), •',« 1 6-JADARINO, 7.9 (Pine) w . v.- 2 2—JAYSON, B.G (Reed). ... .. .. 3 Also Started.—3 Laconic, B.G; 4 Cook, 7.11; 5 7.9. Half a length; length. Time, lm 43 3-ss.

NOTES ON THE FORM. OVATION FOR THE HAWK. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PALMERSTON NORTH. Wednesday. Mountain Heath won decisively in the High-weight Handicap at Daimevirko today. He led with Mon Roi to the straight, where Air ILiaddie challenged, but Mountain Heath ; jven t away and won by a . length. Blacksmith was two lengths away third, with Lucretia last. Mountain Heath returned a good dividend. ,

Night Speaker and Nimble had the Maiden Plate to themselves. Nimble led to the straight, where Night Speaker put in his claim, and in a good finish outstayed Nimble to. win by half a length. Night Speaker showed a big improvement on hi 3 last effort in public. Midnight' Echo finished a poor third, followed by Acroapire, who covered a lot of ground .on the home bend.

An ovation greeted Tho Hawk when he won thp Danncvirke Cup. My Own, a hot favourite, was riddon out with the whip, but w»3 wi;ll beaten. She looked as if she needed a race. Shrewd! led into the etraight, The Hawk challenging at the distance and winning by a length. My Own was two lengths behind Shrewd, and then came Queen's Choice, Star Stranger, .Billion, Hawkshaw and Fitzquex. A great linish between Simba and Baskier in the,Tahoraite Handicap saw Gray land Simba a winner by a neck. Hystriae was next, and then followed Royal Bengal, Grcyxnist. Flute and Golden Shadow. Chief Ccok wa3 too good for Psychologist in the Nursery Handicap. They led into the straight and Chief Cook won nicely by half a length, Psychologist beating Lotus Lily My a head for second place. Flower and Red Rufus followed; • ,

Mahora scored a.i impressive victory in the Orftigi Handicap, ne came right away in the straight, winning by four lengths from Leylarid. King Hal was a head away third. Jenny Diver, though well backed, Svits adunctly beaten into fourth place.

In the President's Handicap Portray and Blue Paper led Cuticle and Hunting Day to tlio straight, but the long straight gave Kahikaton his chance and he dashed up frorn the back to win by a length from Portray, who bent Blue Paper by a head. Cuticle and Arajean woro next.

A hot favourite, Brambletorn, was .never far from the front in the Makirikiri Handicap and finished well to beat Jadarino by half a length. Jayson was a fair third, followed by Swiftray. Laconic will improve.

JOCKEYS' TACTICS.

"Fair. Play" writes as follows:—The

thanks ol tho racing publio are due to you for your article on the subject of jockeys' tuctics. I was at the Rotorua races, and, following upon the incident you refer to, d was eo disgusted that I did not attend the meeting at Te Aroha, and the club lost a certain amount of investment. However, I wan present at Pukekohe. and again similar factics were indulged in. lam pleased to see that your sporting writer took note of these incidents and made fearless comment them. If those responsible do not see that a stop is put to such practices the writing will soon appear on the wall. Surely when ir embers of the publio can see so Plainly what is going on, those controlling the meeting must know that all is not as it should be, or elso they arc not competent to' fill the positions they occupy. The. remedy seems to bo to put tho control of rac/ng in tho hands of stipendiary stewards vho will act fearlessly and make examples of the jockeys who adopti tho tactics you «efer to in the Heuald o£ Marcli 10.