WAIKOUAITI MEETING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26349, 2 January 1947, Page 7

WAIKOUAITI MEETING

Lord Elgin Cup Winner THE SPRINT TO WHITLEY Patmos Beats Brigg Fair f The Waikouaiti Racing Club’s annual race meeting was held at Oamaru yesterday in sunny weather, and the track was in splendid order. There was a large attendance, and the racing was interesting throughout. Lord Elgin followed up his win in the Dunedin Cup by winning the Waikouaiti Cup after a thrilling duel with A 1 Sirat. Lord Elgin was a strong favourite each way.

Daring the the totalisator handled £40,950“'105, compared with £37,551 10s last year. The following are the details: — TRIAL PLATE, Of £2OO. Six furlongs. 8/2 —Blue Hussar, Mrs D. I. and J H. Parsons’s b g, by Battle Song—Blue Bouquet, 3yrs, 8.8 (O. Ferrall) .. 1 8/B—Artful Maid, Mr G. H. Murdoch’s ch m, 8.8 (A. M. Ellis) 2 5/6 —Pacific Star, Mr J. H. Prosser’s b m, 8.8 (J. McFarlane) .. .. .. 3 Also started: 11/14 Blue Mate, 15/15 Cold Feet, 10/11 Double Shuffle, 1/4 Enforce, 12/10 Eve Acre, 9/9 Gay Mimic, 13/13 Handle, 1/1 Kinlass, 6/5 Lady Coolbane, 16/16 Paper Raid. 7/7 Pink Maid, 4/3 Speedy. 17/17 Sunniray, 14/12 Sally Gazelle. Three lengths, a head. Time, Imin 14 4-ssec. Enforce was fourth. DOMAIN TROTTING HANDICAP. Of £260. One mile and a-half. 1/1 —Swaledale, Mr T. Gates's b g, by Jack Potts —Claire Chimes, aged scr (D. Townley) 1 6/6—Expensive, Mr L. G. Smillie’s blk g, scr (Owner) 2 3/3 —Captain Sandy, Mr J. M. Bain’s b g, scr (Owner) 3 Also started: 7/9 Baadin, 2/2 Blonde Sailor and Sir Hall, 4/4 Colin Waters, 9/7 Echo Supreme, 5/5 El Sandra, 11/11 Lady Lewis, 10/10 Sandy's Comet, 8/8 Squire Dillon. Two lengths, a head. Colin Waters was fourth. Times: 3min 25 l-ssec, 3min 25 4-ssec, 3min 26sec. CORNAGA HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP. Of £270. One mile. 1/I—Armont, Mr H. T. Harvey's br g,, by Defaulter —Charlotte Corday, 4yrs, 9.1 (W. Kitto) 1 2/2—Pandemonium, Mr F. Bates’s br m, 9.3 (O. Ferrall) 2 5/6—Ever Ready, Miss J. Edgar-Jones’s to m, 9.2 (J. Nicolson) .. .. 3 Also started: 6/5 Pedantic, 4/4 Sedgemere, 2/2 Tikakoura (bracketed with Pandemonium), 7/7 Beau Ideal, 8/8 Bomber Command, 9/9 Glance, 3/3 Petty Cash. Half a length each way. Time, lmin 40 2-ssec. Petty Cash was fourth. WAIKOUAITI CUP, Of £750. One mile and a-quarter. 1/1 —Lord Elgin, Mr J. E. Linley’s br h, by Kincardine—Jay Bird, 4yrs, 8.8 (J. McFarlane) 1 2/3—Al-Sirat, Mr J. L. Cheeseman’s br g, 3.1 (C. T. Wilson) .. ..2 6/4—Gold Lance, Mr A. T. Harrington’s bg, 7.0 (R. Williams) .. .. .. 3 Also started: 3/2 Dotible Cross, 6/6 Eastern Coin, 7/8 Falconbridge, 4/5 Singing Hills, 9/10 Western Front, 8/7 Kiloney, 10/9 Lovemorn. Head, a length and a-half. Eastern Coin was fourth. Time, 2min 5 l-ssec. ORBELL HACK HANDICAP, Of £230. Six furlongs. 8/2—Patmos, Mr S. S. Taylor’s b m, by - Revelation—Min Lu, 4yrs, car. 8.2 (N. L. White) 1 1/I—Brigg Fair, Mr D Grant’s rn f, 8.4 (J. McFarlane) .. .. >. .. 2 4/s—Air Lord, Mr E. Vernor’s ch g, car. 8.10 (M. McClintock) .. .. 3 Also started: 2/3 Cipher, 7/7 Silverstream, 8/9 Lyndon Lea, 5/6 Cloud Song, 5/4 Scotch Tweed, 9/8 Hypholin. A neck, two lengths. Time, lmin 12 3-ssec. NEW YEAR TROTTING HANDICAP. Of £260. One mile and a-quarter. 4/5 —Kahurangi, Mr W. J. Baxter’s ch m, by Jack Potts—Myra Locanda, syrs, scr (J. Wilson) 1 1/I—Highland Dale, Mr W. V. Flute’s b g, scr (F. Upton) 2 r7 —Swaledale, Mr T. Gates’s b g, 36yds bhd (D. Townley) .. .. 3 Also started: 14/13 Active Service, 3/2 Balcurvie, 8/8 Blonde Sailor and Sir Hall, 9/7 Cavalier, Jan Marie end Hydro Bell, 1/1 Colin Waters, Locknit (bracketed with the second horse), 11/10 El Sandra, 6/4 Expensive, 5/6 Glenwellyn, 10/12 Ikawai, 13/13 Lochdornie, 2/3 Marcia, 9/15 Scottish Girl, 12/10 Special Effort. Four lengths; seven lengtns. Locknit was fourth. Times: 2min 47 l-ssec. 2min 48 3-ssec, 2mln 47 3-ssec. TOOMEY MEMORIAL HANDICAP, Of £350. Six furlongs. 2/2—Whitley, Mr F. C. Haddock’s ch g. by Theio—Odivarb, 6yrs, 8.8 (C. McDonald) 1 6/5 —Avonbridge, Dr M. G. Louisson’s bg, 7.0 (A N. ,Didham) .. .. 2 3/3 —Velvet Slipper, Mr F. D. Meehan’s b g, 7.1 (A. M. Ellis) 3 Also started: 1/1 Derene, 4/4 Mysterious Melody. Four lengths: five lengths. Time, lmin 12 l-ssec. HAWKESBURY HACK HANDICAP. Of £250. Seven furlongs. 5/6—Fort Silver, Mr P. F. Campbell’s b c, by Broiefort--Silver Ore, 3yrs, 7.7 (R. Brunell) , ... 1 4/4 —Nightflghter, Mr A. V. Richards’s bg. 8.11 (D. O’Neill) .. 2 3/2 —Wee Mac, Messrs O. Fraser and C. J, Kitchen’s b g, 7.10 (A. J. Stokes) 3 ' Also started: 1/1 Wild Ribbon, 2/3 Gay Joy, 6/5 Rampage. A neck; half a length. Time, lmin 26 2-ssec.

mos, continuing her run, was up in third place. In a good race home Patmos got up to win by a neck from Brigg Fair, with Air Lord finishing well for third, ahead of Cipher. Cloud Song and Lyndon Lea were next. New Tear Trot Kahurangi and Highland Dale opened up a big lead going down the back in the New Year Trot, and were five lengths clear of Ikawai, Lochdornie, and Sir Hall. Running past the five-furlong post the two leaders were still well clear, and Colin Waters and Swaledale were beginning to move through. Kahurangi and Highland Dale, who never looked like being caught, turned for some six lengths ahead of Ikawai, Locknit. Swaledale, and Lochdornie. In the run to the post Kahurangi went away from Highland Dale to win by four lengths, with Swaledale seven lengths away. Locknit was fourth, ahead of Glenwellyn, Jan Marie, and Ikawai. Toomey Memorial Derene began badly and lost several lengths at the barrier rise for the fivehorse field Ui the Toomey Memorial Handicap. Whitley shot out ahead of Mysterious Melody, Avonbridge, and Velvet Slipper. With half a mile to run, Whitley was out a length ahead of Mysterious Melody, and Derene, showing a brilliant burst, had run up into third place, ahead of Avonbridge and Velvet Slipper. Whitley led Dgrene into the straight, but the latter stopped very quickly, and, galloping freely, Whitley won by four lengths from Avonbridge, with Velvet Slipper five lengths away, and Mysterious Melody fourth. Hawkesbury Handicap Wee Mac was a bit slow to move, and at the end of a furlong the order was Wild Ribbon, Night Fighter, Gay Joy, Wee Mac, Rampage, and Fort Silver. At four furlongs Wild Ribbon was making the pace to Night Fighter, Gay Joy, and Wee Mac. Wild Ribbon and Night Fighter were first to turn for home, and Fort Silver was moving up fast. The field was spread across the track, and a fine race to the post saw Fort Silver get up on the outside to win by a neck from Night Fighter, with Wee Mac half a length away and Wild Ribbon fourth