AUCKLAND MEETING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10432, 10 November 1919, Page 7

AUCKLAND MEETING

CRENIDES WINS THE GUINEAS. MITCHELSON CUP GOES TO DEPREDATION. Press Association. AUCKLAND, November 8. TJie Auckland Racing Club's spring meeting opened to-day in fine weather. There was a very large" attendance, the course was .inexcollonfc,.condition,, and thp racing good. A, fine, field took part in the Mltchelson Cup, providing a great race. Tho winner made a fine dash at tho finish. Crenidos comfortably accounted for the Guineas, and Weary Willie, led all the way in the Welcome Stakes, and just won. Tho totalisator handled £64,749 10s, an increase of £4341 10s on the oneday meeting last year, held' after' the' summer meeting. ResultsV:— •"•■-•■ MAIDEN HURDLES, Of 275 sovs; one mile and a half. 6—Step, 9.11 (Conway) 1 17—Jiattle Tide, 9.10 2 2—Notability, 10.2 rf Also started.—s Classification 10.8, I Entent-e Cordials' 10.4, 12 OtaraJo,l3, 4 Pendoon 10'. I.' 10'Pawerewere 9.13, 9 Kinkora 9.13," 3 Ngakanui 9.9, 8 Lady Elstow 9, 13 Seville. 9, 15 Calais [), 11 Totara, Jack 9, .17 Silverton 9, 14 Dunrobin 9, 16 Lombardy 9. Step made the early running, and was joined afc the back of the course by Pendoon.--- The latter fell at the fifth hurdle, leaving Step to win by eight lengths. The third horse was Four lengths away. Besides Pendoon, Pawerewere, Totara Jack, and Ngakariui also fell. Time, £min 47 3-5 :ec. GREAT NORTHERN GUINEAS, Of 1000 sovs; one mile". - • 2—AT. A. Perry's ch g ' Crenidos, bv Demosthenes—Gold Thread, . 8.7 ~ 1. I—Executors late W. J. Douglas's b!k g Hetnua, by; Demosthenes —Fairy Gold 2 I—Hon. E. W. Alison's b g Aroliie. by Marble Arch—Tiresome, 8.7 3 (Winner trained by T. F. Quinlivan.) Also started.—s Canowindra. 8.7, o" Tinokaha 8.7. 8 Ch nine] 8.7. , v Heather Sprig 8.7, li Rose Queen 3.5. ' The first to break the'Pile vva : T.'ri"taha, who led down the liack stretch, "ollowed by Cloninel and Crenidos, with' Hetaun. well back. Entering the straight. Cronidcs -took command, and EJ.etaua came fast, but could not roach the leader, . who won by two lengths und a half, with Archie, i'our lengths 'urther back. Time,, lmjn 39scc J WELCOME STAKES, Of 1000 sovs; five furlongs. >_Wenry Willie. 8.5 (L. Morris)... 1 s—Tessares, 8 .'.....'. * !—Listowel 8.5 T t—Landslide. 8.2 t (tDend heat.) Also started.—l Lucullan 8.5, 11 Irish Knight 8.5, 9 Lovelight 8.2 7 Wollomai 8.2, 4 Potona 8, 12 Our Hope 8, 6 Jolly Princess S and Miss Muriel 8 (bracketed), 10 Jaffra. 8. The first to,show up was Weary Willie, which, together, with Landslide, piloted the field to tho straight. Tcssares and Listowel came fast, and m a good finish Weary Willie won by a neck. The dead-heaters were a neck away. Time, lmin 2sec. ONEHUNGA STEEPLECHASE, Of 400 sovs; about three miles. 3—Tenacious, 10.4 (Copestake) 1 4—Tirau, 10.2 -J, I—Siguature 11.9 3 Alsp started.—6 Marconi 9.9, 2 Jacaranda. 9.9, 5 To Onga 9.7, 1 Kurnalpi 9.7. 8 Cornelian 9.7, JO Dasher Boy 9.7. 9 Konui 9.7. Tirau piloted the field in the early part of the race, but Tenacious went to the front going up the hill the first time, with Signature third. The positions remained unaltered throughout, Tenacious winning easily* by twenty lengths, ' Tirau beating Signature, which broke down, by twelve lengths. Te Onga fell at the stone wall entering the course proper and broke a fetlock. He was destroyed. Time, ti min 16 3-osec.