AUCKLAND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 327, 30 September 1911, Page 2

AUCKLAND NOTES.

The concluding- bay at Avondale provided some interesting racing-. The , weather was good, a/nd the attendance large, i . As indicating the f reer»ess of the* betting, it is only necessary to say that the totalisator investments exceeded those of the first ' day 'of last year's. Spring meeting-. ; -by over £ 10,000. A field of ■■• nine started m the Hur r dies, of which Reg-ln, who won the first .day, was made favorite. But he fell at the; first hurdle m front of the stand while "in-,. -the lead. .Don Quex then.took the. lead, and led from there out, eventually winning- by a length from Miss 'Explosion, who put m a good run^at the death. Lucille starred 'favorite for the •Presidents Handicap out of a field of eight, and won after a well-ridden race by ''Ben Deeley. Poictiers made a brilliant run m the straight, but could only get within a length of the favorite when the post^was. passed. The Avondale Guineas' was an interesting race, •which went to confirm the high opinion' held of JMiss Winsome m the north. •• . Malwa, a 'Stable cbmpan'on, was well backed, and had the advantage or Freddy ■ Jones as pilot, but the Seaton Del aval colt, despite his big effort, could not overtake Miss Winsome, who won comfortably. This- was the filly's -fifth win for six starts, the only time she- had to lower ■Her i colors,-, when she , ran second to Miscount- >in v the. Great ? Northern Champagne Stakes, last autumn. On this occasion 'she u did her mile m lmin •42^ 4-ssec.' " '\ r > ' -""•' , - - ' The 'Nursery saw the defeat of 'the, 'f avofite f 'aiid -winner of the' Avondale' Stakes. '_ Monorail was, bri '.his of " Wednesday, reckoned good goods," but he had to be -content to run' second to his halfsister, Monoline, m the Nursery. There was' a difference of 191 b between them m this race, but on the result;, very near even weights should see them under '• silk "again: The Plumpton Handicap! proved a fairly easy victory for Muster Wair'iki, wHo is at the top of his form at present. He beat Electrakoff by a couple of lengths, while Salute iwas a length, further away, third. ■ The time was lmin 42 2-ssec. Taketuma was the. public choice for the 'New Lynn Handicap, but the winner proved to be a Taranaki gelding out of the Rhodes stable named Tewhararoa, who; , won fairly, comfortably, and was ,, l ollow,ed in' by a big outsider,* Monathol, piloted by Ben Deeley, who paid a good 'second dividend. Stamans won the Mihdtapu Handicap fairly easily. Domino, the N.Z. Cup candidate, was favorite for the event, but he made a very poor showing, as he also did m the Avondale Cup on the first day. The meeting closed with the Mount ■Albert Handicap. This . proved the surprise packet. Lady Dot won by a neck from Turbine,, and paid the biggest jdividend of the 'meeting. •Monorail, who ;,w,bn the . Avondale Stakes, and ran second m the Nursery Handicap, has been sold to H. D. Delautour, of ; Gisbbrne. He will remain, m: the,., charge of P. Loombe, at .Ellerslie. Dogger Bank changed hands at Avondale. He is now" the property of James Williamson, and has been shipped to. Gisborne.