HAWERA RACES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 9

HAWERA RACES.

OMEO'S STEEPLECHASE. WIN FOR MERRY DAMON. SPRINT TO RIDGEMOUNT. NIGHTMABjE SUCCESSFUL. r BV XELEORArH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION".] lIA WE HA, Thursday. The Epmont Racing Club's Winter Jleeting concluded in cold and fine weather before an improved attendance, compared with the first day. The totalisator handled /£9OGO, compared with £]B 540 for th 6 second day last year. The total of this year's meeting for 14 races was £17.535. compared with £36,379 for 16 races last year. Results ore NCAMUTU HACK HANDICAP, 1 Of £100; 6 fur. « ALL A R UII, F. J. Nathan's. 8.7 (Reed) gr-SINC'ER. "-4 (Drinkwater) .. ..2 6-DERRY BELLE. 8.1 (Voitre) .. .. 3 'Also Started.-* Royal Finance, 9.0; 2 iL»a rhnice 5.12; 5 Illuminate. <.b: 8 Goldzone. 7 Royal Bengal. 9 Kissless, 7.0. Wallaruh lend for half-a-inile and then Ja displaced b>' Orby's Choice, which I ininpfl 1 bv Singer in the straight enf.'ance with Goldzone and Derry Belle well tr "" C ,V The winner cot the verdict by a length. Kissless was fourth. Time, lm 11U.

manawapou hurdles, Of £14": H nules. 1-ZIPPOH. V. Henderson's, 10.10 (Natta)' B_CALLAPAT: 0.0 (Jenkins) .. ..2 S_PAN*GOLIN". 0.2 (McDonald) .. .. 3 A], o Started. —J Fine Acre, 10.5: 3 Callamnrf 10.1- f. Dennane. 9.1: S Lucrative. 9.0; 7 Lord Alerriy.ee, 9.0. -Going into, the buck. Zippor moved m> rnllauut Lord Mernwee and Cnllamart Ind was six lengths clear of Callapat passing the stands. Zippor held on to win by .nven lengths. with four lengths between pecond and third. Callamart was fourth. Time, 2ni 4Cs. adamson steeplechase. Of X1S0; about 2 miles. «_OMEO. A. Lilfi's, 9.11 (Jarvis) » « 1 6—XUKUMAI, 9.10 (Miles) .. .-2 I—BIKKBECK, 10.0 (McDonald) .. 3 ... cioTtpd 4 Aurora Borealis. 12.0; , A Copev St 95TV, Kowhatu. 9.4: 8 Winter Day, 9.3: 7 Call Again. 9.3: 9 lvaokaoroa. 9.0. ' Copev fell at the brush. Call Again crashed into the "guard rail opposite the 7 «t«nd« leaving Kowhatu, Nukumai and ' V'in-er Dav in the van. Omeo moved up olong the back with >,ukumai. la "« E^rv« y a w* tess Borealis was fourth. Time, lin 1-3.

MOKO!A HANDICAP, Of £130; G fur. g—RTDG F.MOlilsT. R. Johnson's. 8.8. (Reed) 0 l-AWAKEN. 8.5 (Morris) 5-GOLD DAWN, 7.6 (Voitre) .. •• * \lso Started.—o Blue Paper, 7.10: 5 Royal Songster. 7.0: 4 Cuticle. 7.1: i Green Linnet, 7.0. With two lengths' start. nevcr left the issue in doubt, holdm? a ® advantage of a length from Awaken, which moved up i» the strait to cone hue half-a-lengtli from Gold Dawn. L uiicio vaa fourth. Time, lm 14s. SHORTS HACK HANDICAP, Of £100: 5 fur. I—LEISURE, L. 11. Collinson's, 9.2 t (Morris) ' " , 2—MANIFESTO, G. Graham's..B.9 (Gray) . 7 S-CRLMESTOR. 8.3 (Dulieu) .. -.3 'Dead heat. \'so Started 5 Moaton. 7.G: 4 Arvada. 8 Compulsory.' 9 Cold Tree. 6 True Lap. 7 Miss Chatter. 7.0. Crimestor led Moatoa. Miss Chatter Leimire and Manifesto. into the ahead list-named pair finishing a )ens,th ahead of Cnmesiov. Miss Chatter was fourth Time, Ini lis. DAVIDSON HANDICAP, Of £170; 1 mile and a distance. 2—MERRY DAMON", F. Hall's. 9.3 (Reed) 1 B—CALAMINE, 7.1 (Pine) 2 4—RICHFIELD, 7.9 (Voitre) ■ • • • 3 Also Started'—l Silvennine, ts.l2: 3 Faitonu. 8.9,; 5 Shrewd 7.7; 7 Hopwood. C Little Doubt, 9 Kawhakina. ~u. Hopwood was pilot practically throughout. with Paitonu. Silvennine and Merry Damon well placed. Calamine and Kiuhfield Came at the finish Merry. Damon n nins by a 4ead. Shrewd was lourth. Time, lni 51s. BOROUGH HACK HANDICAP, Of £130; 7 lur. 6—NIGHTMARE. L. H. Collinson's, 7.9 (Voitre) I—MALAHAT. S.O • • 2 4—MISS- SIIEFF. 7.8 (McDonald i . . 3 Also Started.—3 Crennatown. 9.2; 0 Tentcall. 7.10, 2 Merry Melouy. 9 <-oi v-en. 7.7; 8 Banhridge. 7.5; 7 Bon Eve. ~4; 10 Silverfern 7.2; 11 I'otoleer, ".0. Nightmare was first out, but w as soon I displaced by Miss Shelf and Silver Rule, with Mala hat- running fourth. Miss She? hung on until the last 50 yams, mare cot ahead to win b\ h\o with tv length separating the next tuo liorses. Merry Melody was fourth. lime, lei 29! a

NOTES' ON THE EOIIM. MERRY DAMON AT HIS BEST. EASY WIN FOR ZIPPOR. [bt "eleguaph. —own correspondent.] ! HAWERA, Thursday. Wallaruh was a hot favourite for the hack uprint at- Hawera to-day and scored decisively. Wal'aruh had the race won entering the straight and easily overhauled the leaders, Singer and Orby's Choice. Orhj s Choice faded badly. Kissless looks an improver /ippor repealed his first day .i peiform-Bin-e in the/ hurdles, going to the fioilt filter tho first fence and staying theie. He dirl not jump quite well as yesterday, hut won by a big margin, /.ippor was never in danger. Fine Acre finished <>n fioni a long way hack. Ben:iaiice should come right, -j.-ith experience.

Tim horses ran true to form in the Adamlon Steeplechase with the exception that n substantial improvement- in Ntikuniai s.iu bins divide Omeo and Hiikbeck at the finish. Omeo and Nuktimai were always in front and Omeo drew away at the finish. Oiueo made one faulty junip early, but afteivards was always going well. Ntikuniai shaped much better than usual. Birkbcck ran well and was finishing on. Auroia 3'orealis made a bold showing, but made a ■faulty jump at the sod wall ill both rounds nnd that knocked her back The others were outclassed. Awaken was a pronounced favourite in the open spiint,. but the unexpected happened. Uidgeniouut' got .i move out of the barrier and was never caught, The others were flat 'nit all the way Awaken finished strongly, but the effort was unavailing to overcome the initial handicap. Awakeu's backers were unlucky:

Leisure finished ur> u hot favourite in the Rack S/'iiny. but after having every chance '•'mid only divide honouis with Manifesto Manifesto, going very fast at the finish, would have won in another stride. Crimeslor tnd every chance out in front. Merry Damon, favourite for the Davidson Handicap, put up a fine performance to win as he had to get up through a big bunch from the entrance to the straight. Hopwood. Silverniine, Calamine and Paitonu were in line at the last furlong, but Merry Damon then dashed up and scored solidly The winner is back to his best form. Calaiiiiiitt's shewing was a surprise. Silverniine had every chance. lie cannot cany weight. Nightmare scored a comfortable win in the concluding event. Slut drew No. 1- position and gut out well She settled down behind Miss Shef to the straight and then won easily. The pace set by Miss Shef had .the held well strung out. The winner stayed on well, showing much improvement, on Marton form. Malahat also finished well.