THE SPORT OF RACING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12041, 20 January 1925, Page 11

THE SPORT OF RACING

WELLINGTON MEETING OPENS TO-DAY KEEN CUP CONTEST EXPECTED THE FIELDS REVIEWED COLD LIGHT GALLOPS A BRILLIANT’ MILE

THE FIELDS A BRIEF REVIEW. (By "Carbine.") The Wellington Cup meeting, which opens to-day „at Trentham, promises ito be one of the most interesting and successful fixtures in tbs history of the club. All the events have filled veil, and as usual'the quality is extra good, 'the ’chief race of the meeting, ■ the Wellips--ton Cup, will be run this afternoon, and' a great contest’,is, expected. 80-far as can be gathered the whole of the sixteen acceptors are likely starters, and there are very few of the field who can be written down as 'having no chance.. The field will bes— • - f

Gold Light. 9.7 (F. Waddell). : . Longforea. 9:2 (A. Ellis). Bunart, 9.1 (J[. Barry). Limelight’, 8.8 (G. Young). Surveyor, 8.8 (J. O’Shea). Murnahi. 8.6 IH. Gray).. Musketoon, .8.5 (R. Reed). Deucalion, 7.12 (J. Beale). Bonetter,; 7.11 <L„ A. Pine). ■ ■ Merry Ray, 7.11 ID: R. Gunn). . Tarleton. 7.fi (A. Reed). Landslide. 7.6-IW. g.- Bagby)7 , Stork, 7.2 (H. Wiggins). - ■ Mantua, 6.18. (T. Metcalfe). Quiescent. 6;7 (W. H. Jones). . Pastier. .6,7 (D. Watt). . , The' history of the race is against the success of the ton weight:;. Gold 'Light, with all her'9.7, is in great .favour here, but in the last 23. years only Advance and Achillea have carried more than » stone to victory. Advance carried 10.4, but he did; not have behind him the class of horse who will be- running in year's Cup: Particularly vliave . horses with light and medium weights been tuecessful since, the race has ,been run.: at -the T r «ntoam course,_ which in the rummer season usually is. very fast. More likely to bear burden to victory- is Limelight, who is in with $-8. She will have to- be good to win with that weight.-as it will be a very fast , run .race if .the weather keeps fine, but she is a-sterling performer with a -brilliant finishing ron which she will- hay a . every orfabloyi ng. jip.' the ■ long Trentham - straight. She raced unkindly in the Auckland Cpp, hut may be-in a better ,-huwflur. here, Musketoon will have the services of Roy Reed; and he is -expected to run a great race, but as ho seems to have a jhrtiality for a track with the sting out-of the ground, he may not get . the going to his likjng. Muraahi is better now than ha was when,he raced at- BUerslie, and he is well fancied. Old Surveyor Is in with a weight that is a luxury to him, but.he is not a proved stayer hy any means: Howriver, non-stayers- r jth an abundance of pace'have got away, -with distance v races ’before to-day* oua taking everything into account is * possibility , at'tne wnrirta. W: Day .is almost ante well Ggpxte her recent failures,’and though the three bottom weights* Mantua, gentler, Quiescent, will be &t long priceeon. phe machine they all have chances. Perhapsif -the lightweights Bet. oeaten ..the , best of the field will he Limelight. , fitzhebbeßt handicap, Of 300‘sovs;“ five furlongs.

Thi* will -be one of the-most interesting races on v the programme ©yen though the twb-year-olds engaged are not the season's heat. Gold Box,, who is, at lb* head of the handicap, raced well at Woodville, Awapuni. and -Hastings, but ifc'is unlikely hs will beat some of those below in ihie event. Haiti..who bps notdone mnch in pnhlio since meeting trouble at Trentham. ,in. the spring, was riot seen at his best at Awapnni. and is likely to race a lot better here. Victory Bond has shown fair form in the couth, and With a little improvement would be very hard to dispose of. Merle is, reputed to -be fairly-speedy, and; Swift finished very fast at Tauheremkau Oreum has nqt yet shown ber best in public, but is .' reported to Ihaye , done good work privately." The Trentham gelding. Anthonie, who showed gTeat pace behind Tamatete and Co. at Awapuni, and ihhs been ; dojng' good track _ work, wilt be ridden by J. Barry. Anthonie, Victory Bond', and Oreum' ought to go ■well.--

A’very , open race, but it would not be so >f Duo w?re produced in anything - /ike his old form,. Bettors will have to be guided by toe appearance of toe Demosthenes' gelding when he appears in the hird-cpge. Listening Post, who is i<>P weight in this event, and aleo is engaged, in toe Telegraph Handicap, ouo-ht to be heard from di»i« the meeting judging bv the’good gallop he did.on! Saturday morning. Quest and Tresham are others who may go well. • WELLINGTON STAKES,' Of 1000 Bovs; five furlongs. - Gaillard, 8.6. , ‘ Motley, B.S. Runnymede, 7.12. Lady Cavendish, 7.9. Gyrene, 7.8. • Shirley, 7. ‘ , Grand National, 6.13. Oreum. 6,9. The Stakes is looked.to to;provide one of toe most interesting oontests at toe meeting. Unless Motley returns to form Gaillard onght to account for her and also for toe youngef opposition. Lady Cavendish is improving and may he toe beat of the two-year-olds. -

TELEGRAPH HANDICAP, Of 1000 sovs: six furlongs.

.Jjferit is favourite, and all tlie- Trentham track watchers have a .big fancy for * her. However, the race, is as open as 'possible, and as the class is not extra good there is.no reason why -the top weights; Penteug, and Hipo, should not play an important part in the business end of the contest. Royal Blood will not start* RUAPEHU HANDICAP, Of 300 sovs: five furlongs.

As there are over thirty accepters the field will be so big that-luck in the running will play an important part in the result. Piquant’is> a first-clase with enough speed l to lead all the way,*;if she jumps out well. : Finora, Qardenja.and Kilns also are good over the distance. Hall Mark will have to be, considered .if he etripß well, but he was inclined to be sore after the-* holiday racing. Tinohari won easily at Tauherenikau and. is an improved marei . , . hioh weight HANDICAP, ■

Bonena, Peach Hrandy arid Tanadees ehbuld go well. 1

' HORSES NOT COMING ROYAL BLOOD AND RTTAPAPA. ; The crack handicap' sprinter Royal, .Blood, who was to have contested the Telegraph Handicap to-day, will bo missing when the held parades. Neither Royal Blood nor Ruapapa are coming to: the moetihg. ■ • , , FINDING WINNER* FORM TH3O All racing experts agree that form is the* beet guide for bettors;' -“Form at a Glance,whieh is now being sold in Wellington, is compiled by a. well-known northern authority, and: contains ■ the : whole of the form at the holiday meetings. > The guide is arranged alphabetically, and is one of the handiest volumes of its kind yet produced., v ; THE FINAL GALLOPS <2OZT> LIGHT'S GREIA.T MILE*,' ■ Most of the work at Trentham yeeterr day morning was done on the tan, which was fdst.' The. grass gallops also wane fflftt. ■ Matin Bell, going nioely all the 4 way, went seven furlongs alone in Turin ; 31 ,2-ssee. The laet six furlongs : 17&ec.

- The Tank and Tarleton. covered, seven furlongs in Amin SOseo, the last six furlongs of-which occupied lmin 17sec. ' Vaudeville and Adavale ran’down from the half-mile post on. the course proper in 51 2-ssec.

. Members of H. Cutis’s team were wet' fully extended. . Rivalry and Armchair went five furlongs' in lmin lOsec. and Top Score and Gamebag got to' the end of half a mile in 57sec. - * . / Pelham went half a mile nicely in 49sec. - ■ ■ . t.r -. ’Merit, under’a good pull,, went very nicley over a sprint course, and Piquant easily beat -Glimpse over three furlongs. Fiv* furlongs in lmin' 2 rl-ssec - was credited to Gauntlet and, Tuahine. The last half-mile was run. in 49sec. Ares went half a mile in 50s ec. . -Star Shell and - 'Mountain Jean both moved well in running half a mile in 48 9-sseo. ■ ■ ■ ,s . . ' Peach Brandy and Star Rtyhger took lmin fdseo for a mile,-the second half or which occupied 52eec. Peach Brandy finished much the better of toe pair. . . Tinohari went very well over a sprint course, doing the last three furlongs in. 37sec. ; 1 ~ . Gold Acre. Runnymede and another went half a mile'on the. course proper. Gold Acre finished several’ lengths m front in 49 2-ssec. and Runnymede was last. . _ •;, , Lady Ridicule and Master Sandstone took lmin 43 3-ssee for five furlongs. My Hobby was going nicely at toe endi of; half a mile done in 49 8-ssec. Anthem and Quiescent -slipped home from the three furlong post in 38seo. One’ of toe best gallops-done on the Course over a mile distance was registered by Gold Light. She ’ picked up at the seven furlong post by-labadees. who, however,, could 1 not keep. with, her,' and was beaten off at the finish. - Gold Light ran' the first furlong in 14 l-ssec, two. furlongs in 25 2-ssec, three furlongs.- in 37sec, half a mile in sQseo, and the mile in lmin 41 8-fisec. The gallop was done on the trial, grass, j , Musketoon nad a little toe best of Btork in a mile gallop, which took lmin 44 4Aseo. . Motley ran half a mile in 48 3-ssec. Gyrene's time for a half-mile was 52sec, ana Victory Bond broke 50sec for -the same distance. ■ Limelight went a mile in lmin 44 l-ssec.

She ran toe first furlong in 13 3flsec, the second furlong in 27sec, the third in 40sec, tfi© first hal&nite in 53sec, and the last , half-mile in si*l-3sec. Surveyor and Muraahi’ got to the end of six furlongs ifi lmin 17sec. t •' Qphir and Sayanora ran six furlongs in lmin 10 4-ssec. ~ • , . Deucalion was going well throughout a half-mile run, don© in 49 4*^ s ® c - - Hka easily beat Tresham and Ardfinnan over five furlongs in lmin 2 l-ssec.. . Pantler covered seven furlongs in lmin S2 Hipo ran the last three of four furlongs in 386©c. ... jij Geranial and Listening Post easily did six furlongs, in lmin 16sec. Grand Knight and Pools Paradise sprinted three furlongs. Both went well, Grand Knight the better of the pair. Carpentier went twice round on the tan at a solid pace.; ET© looks particularly well. ‘ BAY OF ISLANDS MEETING RESULTS OF EVENTS. ■ Results qf events at to® <*? Islands meeting are as follow:- . HOKIANGA HANDICAP; s« furlongs, —liightwood Comet King 2. . KAIKOHE HANDICAP; five furlongs. —Lacomaker 1, Lady Frederick % CUP; one mile, and a quarter.—Faq North 1, Aerofortis 2. ' „ NORTH -AUCKLAND -COUNTIES HANDICAP • seven furlongs.—Lady Fred- ;: seven fur-’ IO oS'A^WA™ WFLTE R; one mile,—Lady Patience-1. a * RUSSULI HANDICAP; seven furlongs. —Aerofortis 1, Rosinante2. . ; PAKARAKA HANDICAP; six furi IcngS.—Laccnjaker X, Bowman 2.

at lb8 8 Motion r ’ fctlb ..7 0 8 5 Oreum ....... Vi.etocr\Boad 8 5 Merle ....... » 1 CatCall .... .. 8 52 7 8 Swift .......... Star Stranger 7 ; 7> Diogenes: 7 S Inoe .......... .. 6 7 Bonevia ...... Z/f .Atruda ....... Vaudeville ... 7 '5

ANXVEBSAB.T handicap, 0£ 600 soys; one mile. Aeriform 8 3 ;■ • ' ' : Post 9 12 Kivalry s. 3 Quest' 9- 5 Imperial . 9i5 Spark 8 2 All Marimba B » T/Amonr ...... S . 2 8 7 Kilfairo ...... 8 2 : Snatcher 8., 2 8_ 6 .Thiahme ...... 8 0 8 8 iPuketoi. 8, Sir Pam ; 8- 3 Qlaement .... 8 0

812 Grand 8 11 Knight 7 10 Martian Miss 7 10 8 8 Merit 7 3 Hastening Last„Crust ... 7 1 Post B 6 Orchid 7 1 Jlta 6 7 Sandstone 7 12 Geranial ...... G 7 Killocra 711

Piauant 9 2 Lapshins 9 0 Stock 7 4* 8 'Q ■Oroaino 7 0 Lipsol ......... .8 JO Willow Wai 7 9 Kenyon 89 Relic 7 : 0 8 8 Carnot ......... 7. 0 8 7 Kob v7 0 8 5 Flaming Ray 7 0 Finora 8 3 My Hobby ... 7 0 Gamebafc 8 0 SalamiB ...... 6 9 7 n Solfraid ■ <3 7 7 to Gold Dollar... 8 7 ' Alabama 7 9 Kilmar »♦ 6 7 7 6 Lady Ideal--6 7 Bangitaoana 6 7 Evaljna 7‘ e Anthem ...... :6 7 MeRalo 7 6

Of son sovs: /one mile and three furlongs, Tanadees .. 9 8 Bauitable )... 10 i Otaunj. 9 0 ... 10 1 3?each .., 9 12 Brandy 9*0 Bonena .. 9 0 Vindictive ... 9 6

APPRENTICES ELATE, 7 01 300 eovs ; coven furlongs. Avonlea 8 0 Sanctuary 8' 0 Blonde ... 8 ,0 Star Hanger 8 0 Glimpse . 8 0 Agitato ..'.... 7 • 7 Hyama 8 0 Eazd 7 4 Xilrie 8.0 Jubilance ... 7 4, Matin Bell ... 8 0 Lady Joyce... .7 4 Pronto ......... 8 0 Mountain Pelham 8 0 Jeon 7 4\ Rioh Prize ... 8 0 Opfcir ......... 1 4s Salamle ...... 8 0 / * In the Apprentices Plate too oKanoes of Kilris, Pelham and Blonde, will be favoured. .