WELLINGTON RACING CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22832, 17 March 1936, Page 15

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB

AUTUMN MEETING CONTINUED BIG RACE TO GREEK SHEPHERD ENTHEOS AND PAKANUI AGAIN (From Our Special Reporter) WELLINGTON. March 16. The Wellington Racing Chib’s autumn meeting was continued in fine weather, and attracted a fairly large attendance. The going was excellent, and again received attention after each race. Variant looked a winner down the running in the Rougotai Handicap when in charge of the field, but she failed to stall off a strong challenge from Big Dook. The Karitane Handicap saw Karl win well, and there was very little between the next four. Pelmet and Double Gift had every chance, but were ,not good enough. Greek Shepherd won the Autumn Handicap from Argentic, and Queen of Song ran a much better race than generally expected, while Senior ran an ungenerous i ac’, and far below expectations based on Wingatui form. Shy should have won the Tasman Handicap, in which he just failed to get third after having to make up a lot of ground ever the final three furlongs. Friesland beat Rereatu in a .good battle Cor the March Handicap, and Silver Streak covered a good deal of ground on the outside of the field when coming from second last at three furlongs from home. Erua won the Belmont Handicap after an excellent race. Entheos was the popular pick for the Rimu High-weight Handicap, in which Brown Pearl and Peter’s Pence made the running from Nightlase. Entheos moved up as they turned for home and then came on to win comfortably by nearly two lengtlis from Earl Colossus, who beat Blue Tiger by a short neck, with Royal Papa next. The leaders went too fast to last. The winner should win in better company, and stays well. They went for Le Grand in the Totara Maiden Stakes, and he was not prominent in the early stages, Lift ran into second place behind Alloa at the distance. Le Grand then wore down Alloa and won by half a length. Toper was next, three lengths away, with Martial Lady, Camilla Horn, and Ayresleigh next. Variant and Fracas were the popular selections for the Rongotai Handicap, with Big Dook next in demand. Hunting Lodge led Variant to the' far turn, with the rest handy. Variant had Hunting Lodge beaten as they straightened tor home and looked a sure winner, but inside the distance Big Dook came through on the rails and beat the favourite. Variant did not make a good response when called on in the last 100 yards when Big Dook put in a claim. Fracas, after being last all the way, got up to beat Sunee for a Lass, Karl and Wagner were much in demand for the Karitane Handicap. Laughing Lass, Karl, Top Notch, Wagner, and Pelmet were smartest away, and Double Gift joined up on the outside as they straightened for home. Laughing Lass dropped out, and Karl, staying on, won by one length and a-half. Entail was struck out of the Autumn Handicap, and Greek'Shepherd started a much better favourite than Senior, Queen of Song "and Korero led past the stand, but Greek Shepherd took charge shortly after reaching the back stretch with Queen of Song, Hunting Cat and Argentic next. Senior, who had lost ground in the first quarter of a mile, had to be ridden up to get near the leaders. Greek Shepherd, Argentic, Hunting Cat, and Queen of Song were in charge coming round the top, and Argentic put in a challenge to Greek Shepherd alter reaching the straight, but the latter came away and won by two lengths. Queen of bong just beat Hunting Cat for a place, and Tunneller and Arctic King were close up. Vinco and Hunting Mars were smattest awav. Shy, Silver Jest, and Portene were slow away, and Hunting Mars took charge from Vinco, Pakanui, and Silver Jest. Shy was still second last, but moved up on the outside. Hunting Mars Jed into the straight, where the field closed up. Chief Ranger, _ Pakanui, and Silver Jest closed up, and in a good finish Pakanui beat* Chief Ranger by a neck. Hunting Mars was the same distance away, with Shy almost on terms with him. Rival Shot and Silver Jest were right up with the placed lot. Shy made up a lot of ground, and, better placed in the early stages, must have wqn. , The March Handicap was a good bet tine race. Davolo was last away in a move-in start. Beau Gallante and Rereatu showed the way.audtheJatterwent out to a couple of lengths LJ coonng round the top, where Silver anP Davolo were at the tai! of thefield. ® ; . au Gallante led Rereatu into the: stra ght, where Friesland moved up and Silver Streak came round on the outside of the field. Haut Monde also improved hm nosition, and Rereatu wore down Beau Gallante, but failed to stall off Fnesland who won by a head. Silver Streak was two lengths and a-half away, just beating Beau Gallante, Haut Monde, and Prostrati0 Dungarvan, Ponty, Debham, ami The Intake were the pacemakers in the Bel mont Handicap, and turned for home in front of the field, and Dungarvan and Ponty looked dangerous inside the il s tance where they were in charge of the field but Erua came with a strong run and Maine also appeared on th % sc ®" e ‘ 3 2 ood finish home saw Erua get up and beat Dungarvan, with Maine a close third. Pontv faded in the last bit but still finished a good fourth, with Debham close UP The tolalisator handled £28,450. The Gay Chief inquiry was adjourned till to-morrow to get the evidence o rider, P. Burgess. w An inquiry was held into • Broughton s handling of Korero the Autumn Handicap, and the decision ot the Judicial Committee was that he committed an error of judgment, but tnere was nothing to warrant further neti n. Following are the results;—

RIMU HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, Of 200sovs. One mile and n-quarter. i/i —T. A. Duncan’s eh g ENTHEOS, by Gainscourt —Enthusiasm, 3yrs, 0.12 (T. Tito) •• •• •■ rr : r - o s. q/4 H. S. Georges EARL COlAlh ' SITS 9 0 (S. Wright) ; . 4/3-1 Goodman’* BLUE TIGER. 10.1 ' (S. Anderson) o Also started: G/o Summer Hi'l in.O .Vfj Royal Papa 9.10 8/8 N.ghl ass 0.4 10/10 Billy Bov 9.0, 7/7 Brown Pearl 9.9 J/9 C nnd Blow 9.0. 2/2, Peter’s Pence 9.0. ° Won by a length,'with a head between second and third. Royal Papa was fourth. Time. 2nun 7Jsoc. Brown Pearl and Peter’s Pence sot a fast pace, and Entheos was well hack. Entheos moved up on the home turn and stayed on for another decisive win. TOTARA MAIDEN STAKES. Of 200sovs. Six furlongs. 1/I—Smith Bros.’ b c LE GRAND, by Posterity Eulogy. Syr., , 5/5-Q. Donald's ALLOA. 2 7/0 H. B. Lorigan’e

Also started: 7/6 Ayreslcigh 8.0 2/2 Black Frost car. 8.2*. 9/0 Camilla Hoin 8.0, 10/8 Diamond 8.0, 11/11 Oay val SO 4/4 Martial Lady car. 8.1, 3/3 Night Spi 8.0, 8/8 Youssipoff 8.0. \Von by half a length, with three lengths between second and third. Martial Lady was fourth. Time, Imin 12Rec. Alloa was well clear into the straight, bu*l Le Grand, sticking on solidly, wore him clown to win well. RONGOTAI HANDICAP. Of 250sovs, One mile.

3/2 E. C. Torsell’s ch h BIG DOOK, by Colossus—Queen’s Up, 6,yrs. 8 2 (P. Atkins) 1 1/I—A, Tomson’s VARIANT, 7.11 (A. Messervy) 2 2/3 —Sir Charles Clifford’s FRACAS. 9.0 (L. J. Ellis) 3

Also started; C/G Fnl Throttle 7.12, 4/4 After Money 7.10 9/9 Gay Boy 7.8, 8/8 Sunee 7.8, 5/5 Lady Graceful 7.7, 7/7 Hunting Lodge 7.5. Won by a length and a-balf each, way. Sunee was fourth. Time, Imin 39sec. Hunting Lodge. Variant, and Big Doolc led to the straight, where Big Dook came on the inner and won decisively. Fracas came from last place to third. KARI.TANE HANDICAP, Of 230sovs. Five furlongs. 2/2 —F. Ormond’s b c KARL, by Arausio—Sunny Hours. 8.0 (P. Atkins) 1 6/6—W. Higgins’s DEFICIT, 7.13 (S. \vilson) 2 3/3—K. H. W.’ Holden’s WAGNER, 8.6 (R. Reed) 3 Also started: 1/1 Laughing Lass 8.12 5/5 Pelmet 8.0, 7/7 Moquette 7.13, 4/4 Double Gift 7.10, 8/8 Top Notch car. 7.8*,

13/12 Good Sim car. 7.7, 10/10 Liane car. 7.4, 12/13 Wistful 7.2, 11/11 Gaitecmore 7.0, 9/9 Inheritance 7.0. Won by a length, half a head between second and third. Pelmet was fourth. Time, OOsec. . , Karl got out of the barrier on the move and was never headed after this advantage. In a close finish for second Deficit finished better than Wagner and Pelmet.

AUTUMN HANDICAP, Of 500sovs. Eleven furlongs. 1/1 —E. Hay’s b c GREEK SHEPHERD, by Iliad—Dresden China, 3vrs 8.8 (L. J. Ellis) . • * * * • I 4/4—Miss M. C. Wilson’s ARGENTIC, 8.1 (A. Messervy) ~•■•••• 1 6/6 —p. T. Hogan’s QUEEN OF SONG, 9.0 (C. T. Wilson) 3 Also started: 3/3 Hunting Cat 7/8 Might 8.6, 5/5 Tunneller 8,0, 2/2 Senior 8,2, 8/7 Arctic King 8.1, 10/10 Korero 8.0, 9/9 Happy Landing 7.13. „ Won by a length each way. Hunting Cat was fourth. Time, 2mm 23isec. Greek Shepherd went fast into the lead after a slowly-run first three furlongs and wae never afterwards headed, easily holding off Argentic, while Queen of bong came fast to beat Hunting Cat.

TASMAN HANDICAP. Of 200sovs. Seven furlongs. 1/1-J. M. Reedy’s br g PAKANUI, by Hunting Song— Love Token, 3yrs, 8.10 (P. Atkins) .. •••• 4/4 —E. Simpson’s CHIEh RANGER, S/9-A 5 HUNTING MARS, 7.5 (J. Leach) 8 Also started: 3/5 Shy 8.5 2/2 Silver Jest 7.13, 6/6 Roaming 7.11, 10/10 Mesurina 7.10, 9/8 Yinco So w d .r£r”h 7 i second and third. Shy was fourth. Time, lU in ?h| S best finish of the meeting Pakamii was always handy, and J ust ' von^° in Chief Ranger and the pacemaker, Hunt ing Mars, who finished very wide. Chiet Ranger, Shy, and Silver Jest were almost iu Hne ' MARCH HANDICAP. Of 300sovs. Seven furlongs. 3/2-0. Cox’s br g FRIESLAND, by Fri.ndUe-Flamoj_ g*™., ; 2/1-C. A. Boles’s RERKATO, , i/3 E H. Aubrey’s SILVER 7 STREAK, 10.4 (A. E. Ellis) • • 3 Also started: 5/5 Davolo 8.1 7/7 Prostration 7.10, 4/4 Haut Monde 7.7. 6/6 Tnhilee Sonc 7.7, 8/8 Beau Gallante 7.0. Won by a neck, with three lengths between second and third. B6au Gallante was fourth. Time, Imm 25isec. . Beau Gallante led Rereatu and Friesland to the straight, where the latter pair drew away, Friesland eventually wealing down hja rival. Silver Streak was a poo ’ third, just beating Beau Gallante and Haut Monde. BELMONT HANDICAP. ' Of 250eovs. One mile. 3/3 —J. Jameson’s eh h ERUA, by Cape Horn—Vuelta, 3yrs 8.8 (A. Jenkins) 1 4/g—j. c, Kennedy’s DUNGARVAN, 8.6 (R. Reed) .. •• .•• •• 2 2/1 —J. M. Cameron's MAINE, 8.8 (L. J. Ellis) 3 Also started: 6/8 Royal Banquet 9.0. 5/4 Riptide 8.13 7/8 Hest 8.8, 12/11 Darecourt 8.4, 8/7 Debham 7.12, Tl/10 Kotou car. 7.5, 9/9 Geitel 7.9, 1/2 Ponty 7.9, 13/13 Contract 7.0, 10/12 The Image 7 0 ’Won by half a length, with half a length between second and third. Ponty was fourth. Time, Imin 39isec. Dungarvan, Debham and Ponty led to the straight, where Erua challenged and wore down the leaders, Maine failing to catch Dungarvan. Ponty weakened xn the run up the straight. PROSPECTS FOR TO-DAY

(Special to Daily Times) WELLINGTON, March 16. The following may be amongst those fancied on the concluding day of the Wellington meeting;— Ngaio High-weight Handicap.—Taumau, Chile, Earl Colossus. Plunket Nursery Handicap.-— Birthday Party, Deficit, Double Gift, or Pelmet. Challenge Stakes.—Gustos, Silver — Big Dook, QU Chara°p f ion°^ackl;andfcap.— Dungarvan, Maine, Onewhetu, or Riptide. Hutt Handicap.—Passion Flower, Big Handicap.—Bereatu, Invoice, Handicap.—Shy, Erua, Ponty, ° r snver f leave for Sydney this week to start in weight-for-agc races. A. E. Ellis will go over to ride him. The fields for to-day are as follows: 12.17 * NGAIO HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, Of 250SOVS. One mile and a-quarter.

st. lb. St. lb. (Tauinau 11 0 Chile 9 9 2 Cardinal Court Arma 2 Moon . 10 1 The Image 9 0 Summer Hill 9 11 Bacchus Marsh .. 9 0 Earl Indiscretion 9 0 Colossus 9 8 12/17 PLUNKET NURSERY. Of 250sovs. Five furlongs. 8 Deficit 8 S Double Gift 7 Mandamus Pelmet 8 2 7 13 Cricket Top Notch 7 7 8 0 Moqnctte . Birthday 7 11 Good Simp. Liane 7 7 5 2 Party 7 10 Inheritance 7 0 1.42NO KTH ISLAND CHALLENGE STAKES. Of SnOsovs. Seven furlongs Silver Gustos 7 3 Streak 10 1 Pelmet 7 0 Jubilee Maxown .. 6 12 Song 9 1 Top Notch 6 9 Wild Chase 7 8 2.22— PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, Of 500fiovs. One mile and a-quarter. Queen of Argentic .. 8 2 Song . 8 10 Tunneller .. 7 13 Bit? Dook 8 6 Senior 7 10 Hunting Cat 8 4 Korero 7 8 Spiral Alight . 8 3 8 2 Sunee Sir Nigel .. 7 7 3 0 3 “f!HAMPION HACK HANDICAP, Of SOOsovs. One mi e and three furlongs. Onewhetu . 8 10 Blue Tiger 7 9 Riptide Tan man 8 9 Ingenuity 7 0 8 9 Nightlass .. 7 0 Pukeko 8 8 Contract .. 7 0 Dungarvan 8 0 Prince Reno 7 0 Maine 8 .8 Revival 7 0 Hest .. 8 2 3 42 — HUTT HANDICAP, Of SOOsovs. One mile. Big Dook . 8 13 Lady Prostration 7 9 Graceful 7 4 After Money 7 7 Hunting 3 Passion Lodge 7 Flower . 7 7 SUBURBAN HANDICAP, Of .TiOsovs. Six furlongs. Rereatu 8 11 Haut Monde 7 5 Knockfin . 8 0 Fulojoy 7 0 Acceptable 8 5 Lordly 0 Queen of Knight .. 7 Song 8 5 Grateful .. 7 0 Invoice 8 2 ASHA ERE-R A HANDICAP. Of 250sova. Seven furlongs. Solaria 9 5 Ponty 7 8 Erua .. . 9 2 Hunting 8 Grateful . . 9 2 Mars 7 Chief Mcsurina 7 7 Ranger • 8 8 Rival Shot 7 5 Boomerang 7 12 Whetuma • ■ 7 2 Shy .. • 7 12 Consumma0 D ebb am 7 11 tion 7