TAURANGA MEETING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22372, 19 March 1936, Page 9

TAURANGA MEETING

SATURDAY'S TROSPECTS good cup contest likely LIGHT-WEIGHTS WELL FANCIED " DAY WIND AND VERA ACRE BY ARCHER The country racing circuit in the Auckland Province will be continued with the Bay of Plenty Jockey Club's meeting at Tauranga 011 Saturday and Monday. Excellent acceptances have been received for the first day and ' highly interesting contests should result. The course is in first-class order and fine weather is all that should be required to ensure a very successful gathering. The win and place system of betting will be in operation and the first race is timed to start each day at 11.43 a.m. The chief event, the Tauranga Cup, has attracted a field of 10. Kilberis, winner of the Shaw Handicap at Paeroa 011 Monday, is top-weight with 8.12 and he should make a solid showing, although the distance is longer than lie has yet successfully attempted and lie is now on a mark where winning will not be easy. Lagoon lias recorded several good performances over middle distances this season and she should take a lot of beating, as she stays on solidly. Grand Talk is capable of a solid performance but she is not particularly consistent. However, she is likely to bo running on when many of the others are tiring. Tahurangi's second at Pukekohe suggests a good chance for him, 1 but there was a suspicion of soreness when he ran last anil there may bo a doubt whether he can repeat the effort. Still, he has had a chance to freshen up in the meantime and the work he has been executing at Paeroa indicates that he has good prospects. L'Allegro has shown winning form in high-weight company this season, but he does not appear to be as brilliant as of yore. Day Wind and Vera Acre are improving light-weights with excellent chances and it is in their favour that they are splendidly fit. A repetition of latest performances should make them both difficult to beat, especially Day Wind, who was a good third in the Hikutaia Hack Cup at Paeroa last Monday, when he carried 8.12. Royal Artist and Miss Lu have not been racing well, although the latter displayed sufficient dash at h<?r last start to indicate that she may show a return to form very soon. The race appears certain to be interesting and popular fancies may be Day Wind, Vera Acre and Lagoon., A repetition of the dash lie displayed in running second to Bellkyrian in the St. Patrick's Handicap at Paeroa on Monday should give Impasto excellent prospects in the Flying Handicap. However, there are a number of other capable sprinters engaged and among these are Mungacre, Refresher, Sinking Fund, Royal Secret, Bellkyrian, TonJ nerre and Scotland. Tonnerre's latest form in the hack class has been good and with his beginning ability 110 is sure to make it difficult for the others with his light weight. The best supported may bo Tonnerre, Impasto and Bellkyrian.

CAREER OF ROY REED FIRST-CLASS HORSEMAN Among the pre-war generation of jockeys, the late Roy Reed was recognised from the beginning of his career as a natural horseman and before long he had made for himself a very high reputation, "which he maintained to the full throughout his turf career of nearly a quarter of a century. Although, by his success in the saddle, no less than by his steadiness! and business ability, he had gained for himself something more than independence, racing was in his veins, and the call of the racecourse could not be denied. Very few indeed of the great horsemen of the past had compiled a record that could match his list of successes. He rode the winner of nearly all the chief raceS in New Zealand, while his Australian victories included the Melbourne Cup and A.J.C. Epsom Handicap on Nightmarch, and the Metropolitan Handicap on Star Stranger. He rode the winners of two New Zealand Cups: Scion in 1922 and Nightmarch in. 1930, and of two Auckland Cups, Depredation in 1916, and Rapine nine years later. In two successive years he rode a dead-heat for first in the Wellington Cup, on Rewi Poto and Kilmoon respectively, while ho had the mounts on Rapine, Star Stranger and Compris in later years. _ Other important handicap races thatfell to Reed were five Hawke's Bay Cup 3, three Wanganui Cups, two A.R.C. Easter Handicaps, two Egmont Cups, two Thompson Handicaps, the Arondale Cup, and A.R.C. Railway Handicap. In classic and weight-for-age races, his achievements were even more notable. Some were the Great Northern Foal Stakes (Mimetic and Supremacy), Great Northern Champagne Stakes (Rapine. Gascony and Gay Ballerina), Great Northern Derby (Gasbag and Star Stranger), Royal Stakes (Joy King and Golden Hair), Groat Northern Guineas (Vagabond). Great Northern St. Leger (Roval Box. Rapine and Satrap), C.J.C. Welcome Stakes (Cimabue and Lack), C.J.C. Champagne Stakes (Right and Left and Variant), Hawke's Bay Stakes (The Hawk, Cimabue and Joy King), Manawatu Sires' Produce Stakes (Gay Ballerina and Legatee), Awapuni Cup (Rapine, Star Stranger and Nightmarch), Welleslev Stakes (nockbound, Crowhurst. Ermine and Lack), New Zealand St. Leger Stakes (Rapine, Quiescent, Star Stranger and La Modorne). His last winning ride was on C'andign nt Napier Park, on March 7. The la(<> Rov Reed had a perfect seat in the saddle and he was very often held up to apprentice jockeys as a model of correct deportment. However, his chief asset in race-riding was his extraordinary facility for economy of effort. Ho took the shortest route to the winning post and nursed his mount as much as possible for the final run. For all his quiet, method, lie was extremely vigorous in a finish, and he "stole'' many a stake by superior generalship. Ho was one of a trio of famous brothers, and it is a tragic circumstance that the youngest brother, Con, met death in similar fashion. Ashley, the eldest, has lived for several years in Australia, where he has been very successful.

The Into Roy Reed had his home in Pnlmorston North. Ho is survived by his widow and son.

DEATH OF MR. F. HANLON OLD RACING IDENTITY [bt telegraph—OWN correspondent] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday fhe dcalb occurred yesterday of Mr. Fired Hnnlon, well-known in racing and trotting circles throughout New Zealand, and formerly identified with 1! j8 »s a trainer in the Auckland 1 rovince. For many years lie bad been en E'tged in sporting Journalism in Christchurch.