GORE RACES

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11656, 22 October 1923, Page 7

GORE RACES

SILENT KING WINS BIG HANDICAP. CHARLTON TO CORN RIGS. Per Press Association. GORE, October 21. The Gore spring races opened to-day in fair weather with a good attendance. Totalisator investments were .£12,772, against £10,190 10s last year. Results ; TRIAL HANDICAP, Of 130 sovs; seven furlongs. Master Sandstone, 7.12 1 Eaton Bells, 8.10 2 Solero, 9 ....; 3 Also started—King Sol 8.10, Coastguard 8, Frivol 7.12, Martial Dance 7.12, Robert Lynn 7.12. Won by four lengths. Time, Imin 30 l-ssec. OTAMA TROT, Of 130 sovs. Little Rain, scr 1 Darkstream, scr 2 Kentucky Direct, 12yds bhd ... 8 Also started—Adon, Ardlussa, Cheerful, Rita, Don Wallace, Glen Alvon, Kinness, Ngarefa, Our Nurse, Wee Spark, Wilkie Bard, Wallace Chimes, AVaitane scr, Bricklayer, Glen Wilkes, Jean Mac, Lucky Harold, Peterville 24yds bhd, Quo Vadis 36, Hylas 48, Roving Don 60. Won by a dozen lengths. Time, 3min 41sec. WAIKAKA HANDICAP, Of 125 sovs; one mile and a distance. Silent King, 7.5 1 Lady Blissful, 7.2 2 Angelo, 8.10 3 The only starters. Won by a short head, a length between second and third. Time, Imin 57 l-ssec. DOMINION HACK HANDICAP, Of 136 sovs; six furlongs. Bloom, 8.9 1 Andante, 7.7 2 Sunlit, 7.7 3 Also started—Snowfall 8.2, Bright .Mark 7.7, Fairy Ring 7.7, Sidelight 7.7, Soltoe 7.7, Oay Gauntlet 7.7, Stringency 7.7. Won by three lengths. Time, Imin 16 l-ssee. Gay Gauntlet fell and brought down Bright Mark, Fairy Ring and Stringency. The inquiry is postponed till Monday. WANTWOOD STEEPLECHASE, Of 130 sovs; about two miles and a • quarter. Blazing Light, 9.5 > 1 Noble, 12.7 2 Tainui 11., 10.12 3 Also started—Romance 11.6, Cazna 10.7, Palladio 9.7, Rongahere 9.2, Vincent 9, Orange Bitters 9. Won by eight lengths. Time, 4min Msec. A. S. Ellis, on Orange Bitters, fell and broke a collarbone. STEWARDS' HANDICAP, Of 135 sovs; six furlongs. Carmine, 7.5 1 Mantua, 7.13 2 Rose Lady, 7.2 3 Also started—Counterstroke 7.9, Laughing Eye 6 7.9, Royal Admiral 7. Won by four lengths, two lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 15sec. BALFOUR TROT, Of 135 sovs; one mile. Kingsdale, scr 1 St. Thomas, scr 2 Glen Wilkes, 12yds bhd 3 All started. Won tty two lengths, with five lengths between second and third. Time, 2min 24 l-ssec. CHARLTON HANDICAP, Of 160 sovs; one mile. Corn Riggs, 8.6 ..... 1 In the Pink, 7.4 2 Calibration, 7.5 3 Also started—Silent King 7.7, ViceRoyal 7.7. Won by two lengths, with six lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 43sec. CONCLUDING DAY ACCEPTORS GORDON HACK HANIDCAP, of 130 sovs; six furlongs Morse Signal. 8.13. baton Bells 8.13, King- Sol 8.8. Sunlit 7.13, Bright Mark 7.7, Fairy Ring 7.7. Frivol 7.7, Mountain Rose 7.7, Marcoiugram 7.7, Soltoe 7.7, Sairtoplano 7.7. MATAURA TROT, of 150 sovs; two miles—Glen Aloon, Ardlussa, White Lass, Somnns, Wilkie Bard scr, Ada Bell, Kentucky Direct 12yds bhr, Lucky Harold 24, Little Rain,' Dark Rosine, Glen Wilkes, Menombar 36, Hylas 48, Firelight 60, The Sheik 84, Golden Nut 96. GOKH CLP, of 350 sovs; one mile and a quarter—Roseday 9.10, Corn Rigs 8.8, Silent King 7.10. WAIMEA HACK HANDICAP, of 150 scis; se/en furlongs—Valdlamo 9, King Sol 8.7, Snowfall 8, Robert Lyn 7.12, Rose Lady 7.12, Andante 7.7. EASTERN STEEPLECHASE, of 150 eovs; about two miles and a half Tainui 11. 11, Romance 10.13, Blazing Light 10.7, Halladio 9.9, Vincent 9. FLYING HANDICAP, of 155 sovs; six furlongs—Listening Post 9.5, Mantna 8.3, Carmine 8.3, Counterstroke 7.10, In the Pink 7.8, Rose Lady 7.5, Valero 7. LABOUR DAY TROT, of 140 sovs; one mile and a half—Alpha Bingen, Adon, Aborfeigh, Cheerful Rita, Don W allace, Waitane scr, Bricklayer, Jean Mac, Lucky Harold 14yds bhd, Little Ram, Monemfear, Stella Maris 36, Miss Adonis 48, First Chime, Firelight, Quick Match 60. iUTIIKU HANDICAP, of 160 sovs; one mile—Com Rigs 8.11, Carmine 7.11, Silent King 7.7, In the Pink 7.7, Lady Blissful 7.7, Laughing Eyes 7.6,• Calibration 7.5.