C.J.C. MEETING

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11436, 5 February 1923, Page 8

C.J.C. MEETING

PALESTRINA WINS MIDSUMMER HANDICAP. MIDDLE PARK GOES TO MURIHAUPO. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 3. The Canterbury Jockey Club’s summer meeting was held in fine, hot, but windy weather. The attendance was fair, and the racing good. The totalisator investments were .£24,158, as against £29,487 last year. Results : HORNBY HANDICAP,Of 360 sovs; one mile and a quarter. Rroniform, 10.2 (F. Cann) 1 First Aid, 9 2 Amendment, 9 3 Also started —Petunia 11.3, Raconteur 11.3, Balefire 10.9, Marauder 9. Won by four lengths, with a neck between second and third. Time, 2min 14 3-ssec. TRIAL PLATE, Of 500 sovs; seven furlongs. Valdaioo, 8.2 (G. Young) 1 Barmaid, 8 22 Heraldry, 7.11 3 ’Also started—Proliliman 8.2, Lyroe 8.2, Kilbrin 8.2, Gay Life 8.2, Sharp Burst 7.11, Bonny Friend 7.11, Sartist 7.11, Carette 7.11. Won by three lengths, with the same distance between second and third. Time, lmin 27 l-ssee. MIDDLE PARK PLATE, t Of 500 sovs (for two and three-year-olds); six furlongs. F. D. Jones’s b g Murihaupo, Sunny Lake—Equitas, 2yrs, 8.3 (M. McCarten) 1 Sir Georse Clifford's b f Wild Hind, 2yrs, 6.13 (H. Young) 2 George Gerrard’s br f Lucinette, 2yrs, 7.9 (C. Emerson) 3 Also started—Owlescombe 6.13 (H. Burns), Kilris 6.13 (D. Hall), Parody 6.13 (Bedford). Won all the way by half a length, with five lengths between second and third. Time, lmin llsec. MIDSUMMER HANDICAP, I Of 500 sovs; one mile and a half. Palestrina, 8.5 (P. Keene) 1 Scrimmage, 7.11 2 Royal Star, 7.6 3 Also started —Trespass 9.7, Red Gown 7.7, Boadicea 7.3.

Palestrina ran to the front after covering two furlongs and was never headed, winning by a head. Two lengths separated second and third. Time, 2min 40see. LYTTELTON PLATE, * Of 300 sovs; five furlongs. Viewpoint, 7.11 (H. Young) 1 Gay Juliet, 7.8 2 The Polymnian, 7.11 3 Also started—Thorndale 7.11, Sprinkler 7.11, Scorn 7.11, Heathcote 7.8, Spotlight 7.8,. Gamester 7.5. The winner led all the way and won by four lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Time, lmin (Msec. CRAVEN PLATE, Of 400 sovs; seven furlongs. Battle Scene, 8 (J- T. Humphries) 1 Pluto, 9.5 - : 2 Limelight, 8.5 3 Also started —Mustard Pot 9.5, Many Kittle 8.10, Bon Spec 8.5, Castellan 7.11, Bumptious 7.10, Will Oakland 7.9, Red Hind 7.5, Bonny Mae 6.7; Horatins 6.7. Won by a neck, two lengths between eeeond and third. Time, lmin 27sec. HALSWELL HANDICAP, Of 300 sovs; one mile. Lovesign, 8.1 (B. Lowe) 1 Pilliewinkie, 7.7 2 Dianella, 7.7 3 Also started—Dame Straitlace 8.12, The Reaver 8.9, Madam Chiron 8.3, Liqueur 8.3, Samum 8.2, Contempt 8.2, Lord Leslie 7.12, Gossard 7.12, Piccaninny 7.7, Swallow Flight 7. Won by eix lengths, with one length, between second and third. Time, lmin 42 2-ssec. POST HANDICAP, Of 300 sovs; one mile. Tressayr, 8.11 (G. Young) 1 Grim Joke, 7.5 2 Angelo, 8.12 3 Also started —Some Kid 9.1, Mythology 8.13, Meteorite 7.11, Conflict 7.7, Lord Ashlea 6.12. Won by a length, with three lengths between second and third. Time, lmin 40 3-ssec. DUNEDIN REHANDICAP Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, February 4. Dunedin Jockey Club neliandicap.— Publican’s Handicap, Tressayr fh9.