AVONDALE AGAIN.

NZ Truth, Issue 68, 6 October 1906, Page 2

AVONDALE AGAIN.

Scattered) Starts. Half, the IJarrier. (Joes j Up. Fields Get OK m Indian EHe. TheN.Z. Cup "Winner" Defeated, (From Our Anpkland, Corresppwlent).. Saturday saw the last of. the ■somewhat, unsatisfactory "Avbndale meeting. ' Yolettemanaged ftb ' win the Maiden Hurdles from' lifuger, and then the' trouble' commenced, as usual with, the second race, the . I3ew' Lynn Handicap, m which' the large field,'pf, seyentgep went to tl}e post arid! a good many of them stayed/theter"'. ' : The same distinguished; official w/ho filled the position a»t' Potter's'/ Pad 1 dpck makes an attempt to ' st_-rt r liorses at Avpndale-' Loud, and, loi^g were the' cornplairits on the first two J days, but matters came to a climax ori the last day, in/the race urser notjce, owing ho dputit to"the unexpected arrival/ of. seventeen; real live horses, at the harrier! Then, the ;fuii be-gah. The/ starter,, instead, of remaining qn his perch,' ready' to, pull the lever at the right time,' indulged' iri t walking about ajripng the. Ijbrsest . and taking hpld/of the head/of, a horse that showed restiveness'' and placing 1 '-him bri/the outside m position. That part is all' right, but,'ftprs^sat^ •'isV iriacliipeis, and' wftile the'starte.r wa^idi-es back across' th,e course tp get. np on his perch any' restive horse naturallyy move's out of, his position •and down ceres' the intelligent st(art;t er and- goes through'the same .' performance again, tlien back. again to his perch, with, the saijie. result as before.'' "''" " ■"'''' " '""' ' ''■ But to. cut it short; on this occasion after about" twenty minutes Of thjs finessing, tne starter finally gg,ve thg w^4- t# SP- witfiputi reletsing the barrier, and the tapes went flying m all, directions,-. also "the horses, some of the field- being' out about twenty, lengths,' af top speed,

before others got clear of the tapes, j Of :,- cdur_§r s the!re was a considerable j amount of hooting and jeering^ m- / duleed m over the disgraceful bungle, ( but the same'pld thing- goes on n»a.r- ( ly every meetinc here:' - ] "La-Qigale, b-felong;ing to Dan Me- / Leod, had the of finishing; ■ m, front of a 1 field scattered all- over' the '' course. The winner; paid oyer ten pounds. Lucio was second and Lady Cleriient third, „with the gay. Cacliuca once ; more m the rupk. In the Welder Handicap Claremont who' won diet not pay quite even money ; Miss : Lancelot '< and Merry, SoUli' filling the places. Hakaria'-in the Steeplechase, made amends forhis defeat on'the previous. ..Saturday, as he jumped splendidly and won comfortably. paying; £5 -6s. The big _^ace : ,"tfier t ' , Grahdstand Handicap, introduced the next New Zealand Cup winner, Paritutu, who stood out as a model of perfection on looks and condition ; but 'Millie, with her "viight weight; getting a frying go, was nevfet caught, and Paritutu carried his- 9.6 into second place, finishing: strong and well. ; r Omati' succeeded m winning: half of the"' Electftc Handicap -.arid Klo-ndyk^ the other half, the judge "being;- unable to separate them, Sweet'- Alice being third. In the P.onx Uan^icaj),' for which Ruatamata was hot' stuff, Hopstdtch was also '^11 backed; his chance was simpiv'extiris'uished m '"the^s&me . old' way ; ' "thl:duWo"ii_ *eif_? of the barrier going up and the other end stubbornly refusing ; Hopscotj&li being ' at the wrong- end of -the ' stick of; course, and niet the. Carrie^diii'ck that he ; ehcOUritered at Potter's. Stprvteller beat Ruatamata -by^_\" ' heck ah^.'paid^oVer-.'iSY;'*"''""'"''''' '"" Tn ffi& •coriclu-dinnr event, the Publican Handicap, ' ; Sjpiilt Maid was made favorite, the money -, p6uring V: ia as' thick as leases" m yallambrosa, or' dead-heads attHis Mai'rety^r. a ~Beir Johnson "- was 'backed liy his party, and won from Soult Maid, but not too easily. '*'**" ~ - -- ■■■.■?- ->... — ... And nOw on their Auckland form and condition I am p.reri^ar-§d to give the New Zealand Cup- to'^.ai-itq'tu, with Gladsome" second, as there "is nothing -down south witli such a chance %s. the two hj-en tioned . lam giving this tip with confidence, haying succeeded ,m selecting, four winners last c Saturday. : - pj[ayem6nt, , Omati, Hakaria and' Bjenr'-Johri-loS, iyith ICruger a secpn-d; v '"'' i -' - •- y^- '-- ; -