OAMARU MEETING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21225, 4 July 1932, Page 7

OAMARU MEETING.

MOUNT BOA WINS HANDICAP. VICTORY FOR CRAIGAVON. ORIFLAMB'S STEEPLECHASE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] OAMA.RU, Saturday, The Oainaru Jockey Club's Winter Meeting was held .to-day in glorious weather. The track was fust. The totalisator handled £6 ( .t00 10s, oa compared with £74IG last yet.r, a decrease of £515 10s. ResuUs;— I LACK A>*D HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. oi £IOO, about 2 miles.—s Oriflamb. 9.r» (D. O'Connor), 1; 4 Calham. 11.3 (E Mackie). 2; 1 Antrim Boy, 11.3 (J. Kerr). 3. Also sUirted; 2 Graball, 9.4; 3 Marco Polo, 6 Roy u Land, 8 Trooper North, 8 !?eterette, 9.0. Length and a-hatf; head. Time. 3m 55a.

NOVICE STAKES, of £so, a ]] 8 . 0 , 5 f ur . —4 Shaiufight <N. J. Dwyer), 1; 1 Topthorn (G. Humphries), 2; 2 Palantua (J. Dooley), 3. Also started: C Adult, 7 Congo, 3 Gold Dross, 5 Rose Dait. Length; two lengths. Time, lm 1 4-ss.

OAMARU TROT HANDICAP, of £IOO. limit 3.45, 1} nnlta.—l Guyziah, limit (L. A. Maidens), 1; 2 Little Claire, limit (D. C. Watts). 2: 3 Sunbrown. limit (A. Holmes), 3. Also fitarted: 5 Ayrshire, 4 Nelson Loennda. 7 Rena Bingen, limit; 6 Almont Cling, 36yds bhd. Five lengths; two lengths. Time, 3m !2G 2-ss. G RANG IE! HANDICAP,* Of £150; 1 mile. I—MOUNT BOA. 0.3 (A. E. Ellis) .. 1 S—,RASCAL, 8.5 CM. Kirwan) . . , . 2 3—WEATHERLY, 3.0 (A. Messervey) . . 3 .Also Started.—7 Royal Saxon, 9.1] : 8 Red Racer, 2 Water Power, 8.9; 6 Dunraven, B.G; 12 Taboo, 5 Eliivine, 9 Some Toff. 8.5; 4 Al Jolson, 8.2; 11 First Raid, 10 Pakiterti, 8.0. Two lengths; same. Time, lm 41s. WINTER HACK HANDICAP, of £l2O, li miles.—l Craigavon. 8.6 (G. Humphries), 1; 6 Dressy, 8.0 (L. J. Ellis), 2; 5 Academy. 8.0 (N. J. Dwyer), 3. Also started: 2 Ballance. 4 First Sous:,, 8.9; 7 Appeal. 3 Silver Salver, 8.5: 8 Bitractor, 9 Fharaoh, 10 Ruatui, S.O. Two lengths; one length.. Time. 2m 9s. WAIKAURA TROT HANDICAP, of £IOO, limit' 3.2, li miles. —1 ChSnwood. limit (W. J. Tomkinson). 1; '2 Te Kinga, limit, 2; 6 Stella Birgen. 24yds bhd, 3. Also started; 7 Almost Cling, 9 Ayrshire, 8 Lena Thorpe. 4 Hard Words (fell), 5 Tat Wrack, limit: 3 Black Jeater, 6 Jitella Bingen, 24yds. bhd. Time. 2m 525.

FAREWELL HANDICAP, of £9O. 6 fur.— 2 Ilelvoir. 8.13 (D. OTonnor), 1; 5 Tan's \!a:rch. 8.9 (L. J. Ellis). 2; 3 Red Royal. 9.9. (Barry). 3. Also started: 6 Hot .Tea, 9.1; 1 Lord Buchan. 9.0; 4 Bitractor, 7 Some Good. S.O. Three lengths: same. Time. 1m 13s. MYSTERY HORSE'S FATE. THE END OF SIMBA. I,EG BROKEN AT EXERCISE. (Received JJuly 3, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. July 3. Tbe mystery horse Simba broke a' leg while exercising yesterday and was destroyed. . . Simba, who v.on £IO9O in stakes in Zea'and, achieved remarkable notoriety in Australia. He. wan sold to-an Australian buy »r in April of last year for £ISOO and arrived in Sydney from Auckland on May 5. For many months afterwards no trace of Simba could be found. In July George Guest admitted his ownership but declined to j;ive any information as to the whereabouts of the horde. In August William Calnan was fined 1100 and Griest £25 for breaches of the Customs Act relating to the decliration of the value of Simbaj'which ihacl been given as £l5O. Early in December the horse, whose whereabouts still had beer unknown 1o the public, was reported to have been utolen from his stables at Alexandria. It wan not until the end of last March that he was recovered at- Enfield. A police sergeant iSaw a horse poking his heaci out of a etablHS -door and immediately recognised liim. A man was arrested on a charge*-bP'theft, bn 1,. the case,-ai?kinsi jjirp oollr.psed, as Guest stated he was perfectly satisfied that the accused, whose explanation was that the gelding' was left with him by another man. was innocent, nnd he did not propose to offer .evidence against him. It was recently announced that Simba would compete in pony races, but registration was refused. CANTERBURY JOTTINGS. CRAI GAVON'S PROMISE. EELVOIR FOR WELLINGTON. [Bir TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] C3IR]BTCHURCH. Sunday. Lz.ncer was expected to make his first appoarahce in a iiteeplechase at- Oamaru yesterday, but owing to the illness of his owner. Mr. G. G. Holmes, the registration of his lease to It. Nurse had not been completed. In any caso. Lancer has not' been too sound lately. It is feared that his activities as a steeplechaser will be seriously restricted.

Slamfight, winner of the Novice Stakes at Oaniaru, is a well-grown two-year-old gelding by Shamblcsi from Killiney, by Kilbror.ey from Nil.hsevo, granddam of "Windbag. Killiney met with an accident when on ;» visit to Chief Ruler last season and had to be destroyed. F. I). Jones nominated the brothers Topthorn and Belvoir for the Wellington meeting, but the former's running at Oarnaru was not encouraging enough to make the trip with him. Belvoir, however, won his race in a decisive manner and ht will probably bo taken up for the second and third days. A race that would suit bim i 3 the concluding event, over five furlongs. There has been every evidence * that Belvoir is affe<ted in the ivinil, but this was not apparent yesterday.

Tlurina has not been on tho track since breaking down .a.L Asliburton and 13 now line y to be an absentee for the remainder of the winter racing. Rascal was the unlucky contestant in the ji" ace ,. Oamaru. He was close up to the leading division to the straight entrance, whTe the pacemaker, Pakitere, beat a ht.sty retreat and went back on to Rascal, who was hernrtud in for some distance. \Vhen ho got clear he made a telling effort. i h as good a run aa Mount Boa, Rascal would have been a very likely winner. in he same ra<>e Dunraven got into trouble when in the process of being pteadied in thp t-;irlstages and was a long wa> Jiom the leaders entering upon the lioni'i run. ll e then, reeled off a powerful f, | anc j WBS galloping over everything in the last hundred yards. This horse would in a number of races if he were genuine. . ruga von made amends.for five consecune place performances this season by easily accounting for the Winter Hack Handicap a . nrnaru. Iliis was his first win since io .reatod a surprise aa a two-year-old when he paid well over douhie iigures. Yesterday he was at short r'f .IV' • 7' , '" Vo r Kives every indication > i.ij ering hiii 5- jjurneys and some good season 0 ' 1 ' 3 afC v ' ev/ '" L ' lm ' n ,e new ♦ R ? n;,,d : s <r ,i.r,si'e r from Asliburton r-vm*' i!" . 3 . £l " :lin ! ,e<? n postponed. ' ' , e . Binding suffering from soreTi*. , , r . recent rare at Asliburton. nfter f e always been in evidence ace K '''' v, '°rk and present in,wo"'d suggest that the chance of c. ' f .'" !n r . e ady lor the Grand National Steeplechase- is not very hopeful. TRAINER'S TRANSFER. w "° ha f been training at a nroDer'v ? r r ?! ,,me /"no. has purchased niatp! 1 Iticcarton, and he contem- = t len TT tl,!r , e about the end of 01vf.1,.' VI A a:!1 considerable success & «'J'l* , Smu r: ;cr heing One of the he had m his care at Invercargill. AUTO MACHINE'S CHANGE. .. Rrov. n, ",vho has for some considerable time past been located at Epsom v.vKh the Australian pater Aut.o Machine, has arrived at Addmgton with his charge, who will in futuru be trained there. TROTTING fixtures. July 9-Methven Trotting Club (at Ashburton). July 16—Canterbury Owners and Trainers (charity meeting lit Addington).