TROTTING AT ASHBURTON

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22907, 15 June 1936, Page 13

TROTTING AT ASHBURTON

SAPLING STAKES TO PARISIENNE CLOUDY RANGE WINS AGAIN (Per United Press Association) ASHBURTON, June 13. The winter meeting of the Ashburton Trotting Club was held to-day. There was a very large attendance. The weather was dull and chilly, and the track was in excellent order. The totalisator handled f 23,340, against £14,336 10s. Following are the results: — LONGBEACH HANDICAP, Of lOOsovs. One mile and a-half. 7/12—GUY HUGO, 48yds bhd (Cameron) 1 8/4—GREAT LTNNET, scr (Murphy) 2 2/3-LORD ERNLEIGH, scr (Teahen) 3

Also started: 17/19 Real Parrish ecr, 14/13 Isis scr, 9/8 Fanline scr, 5/6 Gay Crusader scr, 3/2 Patty Todd scr, 1/1 Swift Guy scr, 16/16 Bracmar scr, 12/9 Highrate 36yds bhd. 13/11 Parachute 48. 17/17 Debutante 48, 6/7 Cracksman 48, 4/5 Bon Chance 48, 11/14 Royal Parrish 48, 15/18 Victor Bingen 60, 10/18 Mother's Boy 60, 19/15 Prince Harvester 108. Won by three lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Time, 3min 28 l-ssec.

TRIAL HANDICAP, Of lOOsovs. One mile nad a-half,

1/I—RENOWN'S BEST, scr (M. Holmes) I 3/4—FINE ART, sCr (M'Tigue) .. .. 2 8/12—REYMERE, scr (Greenhorn) .. 3 Also started: 10/10 Elite Rey scr, 6/5 Lord Axworthy scr (coupled with Thornworthy 12yds bhd). 11/8 Rollalong scr (coupled with Wall Street scr), 7/9 Post Haste scr, 16/16 Dusky Prince scr, 2/2 Maltravers scr, 18/18 Little Derby scr, 16/17 Spey Royal scr, 5/6 Serene Bingen scr, 20/19 Renew scr, 10/13 Tcmeraire scr, 9/7 Old Faithful scr, 14/15 Shuffle scr, 17/18 Monetary scr, 4/3 Ann Pointer scr, 19/20 Grattan Girl scr, 12/11 Laureen Wood scr, 13/14 Buddy scr. Won easily by four lengths, with three lengths between second and third. Time, 3min 23sec. The race provided the first false start on the course for many years. COUNTY HANDICAP, Of 32"0sovs. Two miles.

2/2-CLOUDY RANGE, 60yds bhd (Fraser, jun.) 1 1/I—DE SOTO, scr (Bryce, jun.) .. 2 7/6—PETER LOCANDA, scr (Maidens) 3

Also started: 10/11 Waress scr, 5/5 Young Frank 12yds bhd, 0/9 Frances Lincoln 12, 9/7 Grace M'Elwyn 12, 4/3 Raydus 24, 12/12 Gunfire 24, 3/4 Guy Junior 24, 7/8 Taxpayer 48, 11/10 Sure 60. Won by three lengths, with the same distance between second and third. Time, 4min 21 l-ssec.

SAPLING STAKES, Of lOOOsovs. One mile and a-half. ,3/3—PARISIENNE (Berry) 1 2/2-FRISCO BOY (Edwards) .... 2 1/I—SOUTHERN CHIEF (Kennerley) 3

Also started: 9/9 Mirage, 5/5 Becky Direct, 0/6 Donald Dhu, 11/11 Royal Grattan, 8/8 Peter Bee, 2/2 Zincali (coupled with Frisco Boy), 10/10 Lord Worthy, 4/4 Loyal Pat, 7/7 Effie Parrish.

At the far bend Zincali challenged the leaders, he and Loyal Pat leading with three furlongs to go. Loyal Pat was first into the straight, followed by Frisco Boy and Effie Parrish. Parisienne made a good burst in the straight, winning a great race by*two lengths, with the third horse a length and a-half away. Loyal Pat was fourth. Time, 3mih 25 2-sscc. ACTON HANDICAP, Of 150sovs. One mile and a-half.

9/7—ON PARADE, scr (Bryce, jun.) 1 8/9—WILD DREAMS, scr (Bchrns) 2 12/11—VILLAGE GUY, 36yds bhd (Hooper) 3

Also started: 5/4 Mystery Yet scr, 10/8 Full Hand scr, 14/15 Bingen Wrack scr, 2/2 Golden Mist scr, 6/0 Cadiz scr, 11/12 Tricliff 6cr, 3/5 Stirling Lady 12yds bhd, 1/1 Greenmantle 12, 4/3 Rare Rey 12, 14/13 Symmetry 12, 7/10 Racketeer 24, 13/14 Treasure Bond 24.

Tricliff and Golden Mist fell going to the back. Won comfortably by four lengths, with three lengths between second and third. Time, 3min 21 3-ssec. MAYFIELD HANDICAP, Of 210sovs. One mile and a-half.

1/2—DISCORD, scr (Rapley) .... 1 5/S—BESSIE PARRISH, 48yd s bhd (Kennerley) 2 4/6—KING'S GUARD, scr (Berry) .. 3 Also started: 7/7 Guy o' Mine scr, 10/9 Raclaim scr, 8/8 Sandy N. scr, 6/3 Fifa 12yds bhd, 9/10 Admiral Bingen 36, 2/1 Norma Bingen 36, 11/11 Lough Guy 30. 12/12 Nicoya 84, 3/4 Sea Gift 84. Won by eight lengths, with five lengths between second and third. Time. 3min 20 l-ssee. TINWALD HANDICAP, Of 140sovs. One mile and a-half. 3/2—CASANOVA, scr (Frost) .... 1 1/I—GAILLARD, 12yds bhd (Holmes) 2 5/3—LUCKY JACK, 12 (Berry) .... 3 Also started: 12/13 Guy Mauritius scr, 9/9 Harlequin scr, 7/6 Moana Tama scr, 6/5 Repeal scr, 11/11 Sky Wink scr, 16/17 Royal Palm scr, 3/2 Vanity Fair 12yds bhd (coupled with the winner), 17/16 Civic 12, 8/6 Carrageen 12. 14/15 Precious Metal 12, 10/8 Ace Pot 12 (Coupled with Trireme 24). 2/2 Sports Review 12, 3/4' Red Flush 12. 19/18 Garry Thorpe 12, 16/12 Week Wrack 24, 18/14 Llewellyn's Pet 24. 13/10 Our War 24.

Won by two lengths, with the same distance between second and third. Time, 3min 20 2-ssec. WINTER HANDICAP, Of 200sovs. One mile and a-half.

3/3—NOBLE PRINCE, scr (Smith) 1 2/2—RONGOMAI, 12yds bhd (Eraser, jun.) 2 4/6—SUBSIDY, scr (Doyle) 3 Also started: 7/8 Isobel Derby scr, 6/5 Morello scr, 11/12 Wise Guy scr, 1/1 Big Author scr, 10/9 Golden Cross scr, 12/11 Marie Celeste scr, 7/7 Tangatu scr, 5/4 Rocks Ahead 24, 8/10 Reporter 36. Won by a neck, with a head between second and third. Time, 3min 17 2-ssec.

NOTES ON THE RACING (Special to Daily Times) CHRISTCHURCH, June 13. The winter meeting of the Ashburton Trotting Club was one of the most successful in the club's history. The conditions were ideal, there was a wonderful attendance, and large fields provided some great racing, while the totalisator figures jumped to £23,341 under the win-and-place system, compared with £14,336 10s with the single pool last year. Gay Crusader was the early leader in the Longbcach Handicap, with Great Linnet, Lord Ernleigh, Patty Todd, Swift Guy, and Braemar handy. At the end of three furlongs Swift Guy went on from Lord Ernleigh and Great Linnet, ivitb. a gap to Guy Hugo, while Debutante was moving up. Racing for the straight, Guy Hugo joined Swift Guy in the lead, Guy Hugo going on to win easily by three lengths from Great Linnet, who beat Lord Ernleigh by two lengths. Patty Todd was next, then Swift Guy and Debutante. The winner paid a big dividend on the same course two months ago. He is a speedy sort when going right. The American mare Fantine was one of the lot that did not go off properly. Several of the competitors in the Trial Handicap went off in a tangle. Lord Axworthy led out from Buddy, Serene Bingen, Elite Rey, Ann Pointer, Temeraire, and Poste Haste. After two furlongs, Buddy rushed to the front, Ann Pointer, Lord Axworthy, Serene Bingen, and Elite Rey heading the bunch behind him at the mile post. Buddy and Poste Haste were in charge five furlongs from home, where Fine Art had taken third place, with Renown's Best moving up. Renown s Best shot to the front when the straight was reached and won as she liked. Fine Art beat Reymere by three lengths for second, with Lord Axworthy, Elite Rey, Maltravers, Rollalong, and Poste Haste close up. The winner, a very smart three-vear-old, was narrowly beaten by Royal Doulton on the same course a week ago. De Soto broke badly at the start of the ABhburton County Handicap, losing about 50 yards. Waress went out from Young Frank and Peter Locanda, while, after half a mile, Young Frank joined Waress in the lead, Peter Locanda being handy, while De Soto had taken fourth place with a fast run, Grace M'Elwyn, Francis Lincoln, and Raydus being next. Young Frank took charge at the mile post. Cloudy Range made a forward move a little 'further on, and five furlongs from home he joined Young Frank in the lead, De Soto and Peter Locanda being at the head of the others. Cloudy Range drew clear when the straight Was reached and beat De Soto easily by three lengths. Peter Locanda was three lencths away, stalling off Taxpayer by a head, with VVaress and Francis Lincoln next. Cloudy Range, a winner also at Addington a fortnight ago, is now in the best class, and is not at the end of his improvement. De Soto paced a great race after Ins bad break at the start. The New Zealand Sapling Stakes, the only two.-year-old race in the Dominion, aroused great interest, the 12 starters coming in for a lot of attention. Peter Bee and Lord Worthy broke at the start, while Zincali went off slowly. Becky Direct led out from Loyal Pat and Irisco Boy, with Donald Dhu, Parisienne and Southern Chief next at the end of a furlong. There was no change along the back. Loyal Pat and Frisco Boy headed Becky Direct at the six-furlong post. Zincali moved up a little further on and was with Loyal Pat in the lead when the straight was reached, Frisco Boy being handy, while Parisienne and Southern Chief were moving up. Parisienne then put in a fast run, taking charge a furlong from the post and winning easily by two lengths from Frisco Boy, while Southern Chiei, finishing strongly, was a length and a-half away. Half a length back came Loyal Pat, beating Zincali by a head, Eliice Parrish being next. The winner, by Rey de Oro, is trained by R. B. Berry, This wus her first success, though she had been placed in fast time. She is a brilliant filly, and she stays. Frisco Boy went a good race, and so did Southern Chief, though the last-named was made to cover a lot of ground on the turns. All the same, he may be going off, after a hard season's racing. There was a mix-up aj; the end of two furlongs in the Acton Handicap. Incliff fell, Golden Mist falling over him, while more than half the field suffered interference. Going on from there Wild Dreams was showing the way to On Parade and Grcenmantle, with Village Guy, Rare Rey and Racketeer next. They ran like this to the straight, where On Parade shot to the front and won easily from Wild Dreams, who beat Village Guy by three lengths. Rare Rey. Racketeer and Greenmantlc followed at intervals. The performance of On Parade was attractive, but Grcenmantle disappointed, as he had every chance. Discord was in front all the way in the Mayfield Handicap. King's Guard and Raelaim followed her early, with a cap to Fifa, while Norma Bingen, Bessie Parrish and Sea Gift were moving up. King's Guard broke half a mile from home. Norma Bingen and Bessie Parrish followed Discord to the straight, Bessie Parrish going on to be second, with King's Guard third, then Raelaim, Sea Gift and Norma Bingen. This was Discord's fifth win in the last few months, and she is on the way to good trotting class. Gaillard, a hot favourite, paced a good race in the Tinwald Handicap, but had to be content with second place. Harlequin set the early pace, with Repeal, Royal Palm, Civic, Casanova, Vanity Fair and Lucky Jack. After half a mile Repeal joined Harlequin in the lead, Civic heading the next bunch, while half a mile further on Ace Pot, Casanova, Vanity Fair and Royal Palm were at the head of the others, with Gaillard and Our War moving up. Casanova shot to the front when the straight was reached, with Gaillard in hot pursuit, but Casanova held on to win by two lengths. Lucky Jack finished well, two lengths back, Llewellyn's Pet. Red Flush and Our War being close up. Casanova, carrying the Durbar Lodge colours, is a Wrack three-year-old, now trained by L. A. Maidens. He is a solid customer, liable to be much better next season.

The Winter Handicap brought a pood day's racing to a close with a wonderful finish. Marie Celeste headed Wise Guy after a furlong. Noble Prince, Subsidy and Golden Cross being handy. Noble Prince took second place leaving the straight, Subsidy, Wise Guy, Golden Cross and Big Author being next nt the mile post, with Rongomai moving up. Two furlongs further on Big Author had lost his position, while Rongomai had taken fourth place, behind Marie Celeste, Noble Prince and Subsidy. There was no change to the straight, where Marie Celeste retired, Noble Prince going on from Subsidy and Rongomai. The lastnamed pair gradually overhauled Noble Prince, who lasted long enough to beat Rongomai by a neck, Subsidy being a head away. Half a length back Rocks Ahead beat Morello by a neck, these two finishing strongly. Big Author, the favourite, was not dangerous over the last halfmile. Noble Prince has run a lot of good races this season, and is on the way to good class.