SPORTING NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12451, 18 September 1933, Page 5

SPORTING NEWS.

ASHBURTON RESULTS.

CRICKET BAT AND REBEL SONG.

Electric Telegraoh—Press Association ASHBURTON, September 16.

The Ashburton County Racing Club’s spring meeting was held today in glorious weather. The track was in excellent order. There was a good attendance, and the totalisator investments were £6164, against £6422 last year. Results are as follow : Longbeaeh Hurdle • Handicap, 1J miles: 6-6 Tea Garden 1, 2-2 Don Jose 2, o-4 Advance Camp 3. Won by three lengths; half a length. Time 3.13 1-5. Fairfield Hack Handicap, 6 furlongs: 1-1 Nightly 1, 7-8 Royal Amphora 2, 2-2 The Masquerador 3. Won bv a head : three lengths. Time 1.12 1-5. Ashburton Handicap, 1} miles: 3-1 Cricket Bat 1, o-o Chrysology 2, 6-6 lout le Monde 3. Won by half a he ad ; three lengths. Time 2.5 1-5. Penscrottj Hack Handicap, 1 mile: 1-3 Sweet Agnes 1. 2-1 Doiran 2, 3- Heather Glow 3. Won by a head; three lengths. Time 1.40.' Spring Handicap, 6 furlongs: 1-1 Rebel Song 1. 2-2 Hurlingham 2, 4- Copyist 3. Won by a neck: three lengths. Time 1.12. AUSTRALIAN RACING. INFLATION WINS AT ROSEHILL United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDN EY, Septembe r 17. Tile Rosehill races were held in ideal weather and there was a large attendance. Results: Brush Hurdles: Suntan, 11.9 (McNamara: 1; Hunt the Slipper 9.7 (McDonald) 2: Blue Ensign, 9.8 (Carter) 3. Seven started. Won by two lengths. Time 3.23. Camellia Stakes: Inflation 8.4 (T Green) l- ; Turbine, 8.7 (Pratt) 2; Whittingham, - ' 8.5 (Heather) 3. Thirteen started. Won by two lengths; half a length. Touch It was fourth. Bronze Hawk sixth and Panjandrum ninth. Cottesmore was unplaced and he made the turn badly. Time 1.25}. Rosehill Guineas: Blixten, 8.5 (McCarten) 1 ; Shakuni. 8.5 (Stead) 2; Lamarch, 8.5 (Bartle) 3. There were Twelve starters. Deputy Ruler was fifth and Bay Tree seventh. Time 1.52}. ’ Rosehill Spring Handicap: Oro, .13 (Pratt i 1. Magnitas, 7.8 (O’Sullivan) 2; Mnltdale, 8.4 (McCarten) ' Ten started. Peter Jackson was sixth and Antique last. Won bv two lengths each way. Time 2.17} a Course record. Hill Stakes: Chatham, 9.10 (Pike) 3: Kuvera, 9.0 (McCarten) 2; Lough Neagh’ 9.0 < Tan wan) 3. Seven started. Most of the running was made by Chatham, who won in hollow fashion by two and a half lengths, with Lough Neagh a neck further sway third and Rogilla fourth. Then came Silver Scorn and High Brae. Time 1.38}. Silver Scorn was a complete disappointment, displaying none of the dash of last Saturday. - Mirabond was unplaced in the first division of the f-tighweight Handicap. The Sun says Inflation showed none ot his scratchiness when beginning, and he finished with a hurst of speed which augurs well for future races. Referring to Blixten, the Sun says: “First away, last at the halfmile, and wide out at the tiirn, yet xirst- past the post. That is the story of Blixten’s Rosehill Guineas feat, and he has completely rehabilitated -bimself i the eyes of racegoers. “Limarch ran a great race considering two injured legs, but Bay dree and Deputy Ruler ran only moderately.” Autopay and Master Brierly are recovering from their injuries. ONR USH BEATEN. OVER. MUDDY SIN FURLONGS. WINOOKA’S FINE PERFORMANCE!. SEATTLE, September 16. M inooka beat Onrush by three lengths over a muddy six furlongs, the time being 1.14/ Winooka. started favourite. Rain turned the racecourse into a quagmire. Onrush took the lead for the first sixteenth and then AVinooka raced with Onrush for the first furjong. Britt then moved into a short had with the Australian horse, lurning into the home stretch, W inooka was first bv three lengths, winning easily. Onrush is not a mud horse, being unable to keep up. M inooka was warmly acclaimed after the finish. Bight thousand were present, adverse weather reducing the attendance. The New A ork Times’ racing editor says: /‘The victory .of AVmooka was pleasing to eastern rocing observers , and the performance denaonstrated that AAxnooka can negotiate bad tracks as well as fast ones. Ihe hope is expressed that he will be given an opportunity to race in fields of tiie quality which" made him the Australian champion. As yet the horse has had no opportunity to prove his championship calibre.” Seattle Post says AVinooka could have won by ten lengths if Britt had so desired.

EQUIPOISE FINISHES IN THIRD PLACE. NIESV YORK, September 16. Equipoise was defeated in the twomile Jockey Club Gold Cup race over a muddy track at Belmont Park. Dark Secret, owned bv etSecretarv of the Treasury (Mr Ogden Mills) was first-, Gusto- (winner of the. Cup in 1932) second and Equipoise third. DONCASTER CUP. FARCICAL TI'RF SPECTACLE. LONDON, September 15. On the fourth day of the Doncaster meeting, the' following was the result of the Doncaster Cup. 2} miles: Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Loder’s b. h. Colorado Kid, by Colorado—Baby Polly by Spearmint, 1 ; R. S. Kennedy’s b.m. Nitsichin. by Achtoi—Latium, oyrs., 2. Only starters. Won by foullengths.

I lie Doncaster Cup was a farcical spectacle. The two starters covered the first mile and a half almost at wa Iking pace, amid jeers and catcalls from the crowd. Gordon Richards rode Colorado Kid, and M. Deary on Nitsichin, detedmined not to make the running. It took a minute to cover the first quarter-mile. J here was no attempt to gallop until approaching the straight. Colorado IXid won by'four lengths, with the crowd booing. The time was 6min. l-lusec. for the two and a quarter

■ r ’ ".as Richards’s fourth successive win for the day. He won the other three races by % s,bort bead, V ’ ‘ l ll ( n short head respectivefif+l, , was ""Placed in the mtli race, but he won the last race 384 ’ making bis total J- 4 m n.s for the season.