AUCKLAND TOPICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3494, 22 February 1921, Page 40

AUCKLAND TOPICS.

By

Digoer

. The To Kuiti Racing Club’s annual meeting attracted a record attendance. The totalisator handled the sum of £33,168, an Increase of £4433 on last year’s total. Prince Charleroi scored nicely in the Te Kuiti Cup. This was the first occasion the son of General Latour had been asked jfco contest, an event extending to 10 furlongs, And the easy manner in which he won allowed that the distance suited him. Esthoriia won the six-furlong sprint at Te Kuiti very easily. Seally has the JUvsian gelding in good form. Lightning was unlucky. After running Second to Esthonia. she was produced in the final event, being defeated a head bv Caballero. , Caballero is usually a paying proposition Round the country meetings. He is well down in the weights now.

Maid of the Lake will not be long in 1 picking np a stake. The Australian-bred Sylvan scored her initial win in the Maiden at Te Kuiti. She is a useful sort, and should stay on well later on. Wanigan is proving costly to her supporters. Evidently she is only a moderate. Sea De’il, who has not been a success 011 the flat, won the Hurdle Race at Te Kuiti after a god finish with Romance. The latter will be useful over the small sticks. Navanna, the runner-up to Sylvan in the opening event at Te Kuiti, gave her few supporters a good start for the day. The five-furlong hack race at Te Kuiti was a close thing between- Miss Ellice and Miss Norval, the latter winning by half a head. The Hamilton Racing Club’s meeting opened in fine weather, the attendance being very large, special trains to the course being packed. During the day £55,985 was put through the machine, an increase of £3OOI on the opening day last year. The Waikato-owned Royal Abbey was the popular fancy among the seven runners that came out in the Hamilton Cup. Windorah and Canowindra set out to make the running, and scon had a good break on the field. Three furlongs from home Canowindra shook his rival off. and came into the straight with a good lead, but Royal Abbey, coming with a fine run, gradually wore the leader down, winning by half a length. Vagabond was well fancied in the Cup, but did not look like a winner at any part of the race, finishing- well back. Tigritiya put in a great run in the Cambridge Handicap at Hamilton, getting up in time to win by a neck from Golden Bubble. Guerre a Mort, who was making only his second appearance over the small sticks, heat a good field in the Hurdles at Hamilton. The Taranaki horse Banogue, which filled second paace, is a likely sort. Tama-roa was right up fourth in the Cambridge Handicap. He will soon be at his best. Pine Arch is a good sort. He won the mile and a-quarter hack event at Hamilton very easily, clearing out from the field over the concluding stages. Forest Gold has shown up well in his last two starts, and should not be long in winning a decent stake. Besant scored his first win in this country in the Welter at Hamilton. Evidently he is an unreliable customer, as he failed to run into a place at Te Kuiti among a weaker field. Mr G. L Stead’s two-year-old Mixture just won the Tnmahere Stakes, an event for two and three-year-olds. Though on the small side, Mixture looks like turning out a good one. Canowindra has just missed two good stakes lately, filling second place in the Takapuna and Hamilton Cups.