GISBORNE RACING CLUB

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 12

GISBORNE RACING CLUB

SUMMER MEETING CLOSES MANIFEST AND VALSIER SCOKE The main feature of the Gisborne Racing Club's meeting, which concluded on Saturday, was the.series of successes joined by horses running in Mr. I). <)• Barry's colors. The president of the. dub provided the winners for the iirst and second events on Saturday's card. and then had the pleasure of seeing his horse Singleton beat off the opposition and win the Gisborne Oup. Sharing in the president's gratifications. 11. Goscomb, the well-known trainer, led in three winners, and Keesing had the satisfaction of scoring three successes on the representatives of Mr. Harry's stable. The interest taken in the Cup race was unusual, and Singleton's win was followed by a demonstration of regard ; for the horse and his owner. The concluding races on the second day's card were, won by Manifest and Valsier respectively, after good tussles over the last furlong, in each instance. Both Manifest and Valsier won by less than a length, and the interest of the crowd was maintained until the close of the programme. (in the day the totalisator figures showed another decrease, amounting to £1595, bringing the total decrease for the meeting to £2971. as co npari ! wilh the aggregate of the \i> rsom-mts last year at the summer meeting. The amount put through the machine yesterday was £12,272, as against £13,867 put through on the concluding day last year; the total for the meeting uas £22.177, as against £26,148 handled by the totalisator staff last year. The small fields had a good deal to do with the decrease, of course, and aiso the fact that, in most of the evenfs considerable amounts were, placed on the first three or four choices, and the !f,st cf the fields neglected. Favorites <id ml fare too well, but the public Jacked lis farcies with "onf'dence right through. Essential and Manifest rewarded the support accorded them, but in the cl.er I've races, favorites went down. Mention is made above of the successes of E. Keesing, who rode three winners on Saturday. His feat was closely rivalled by If. Goldfinch, who bad two winning rides on Saturday. Neither Keesing nor Goldfinch scored a win on the first dav of the meeting!. Besides Goldfinch, three other riders had two wins each for the meeting, one on each day. the trio being P. Atkins. J. Nixon, and A. Tricklebank, Apart from H. Goscomb's three wins on the second day of the meeting, several other trainers had reason for satisfaction. A. Tricklebank and W. D. Turnbnll each had two winning representatives, and Mrs. W. D. 'Kenton, J. Malone, H. S. Green, A. D. Adams, W. D. Young. J. W. Nixon, and A. Harris were credited with one each. The progeny of the well-known sire Autumn won five of the races contested on Saturday, and also two seconds and two thirds.' Considering that Autumn was only represented in five, races on the card, his successes are outstanding. The sire was recentlv disposed of bv Mr. 1). J. Harry to Mr. A. Devery, of Wairoa. and his new owner will be •:ratified with the advertisement which his purchase has been given during the Wairoa and Gisborne meetings. The later races icsulted as l.jdcr: AWAPI'M HACK HANDICAP of 120sovs: second horse to receive 20 sovs., and third horse lOsovs out of the stake: 6 furlongs. 1 A. Harris' eh g Manifest, 4yrs, ' Autumn or Three Cheers—Blue Seas, 4yrs, 8.3 (Goldfinch) 1 9 J. 11. Pearson's b g King Maim, 4vrs, 7.7 (W. Home) 2 2 H. C. Fisken's b in CyneUe. 6yrs, 7.8 (Gilmore) ... .... ••• 3 —Also started: 8 Bold Front. 9.0 (If. Young), 4 Tago, 8.7 (Keesing), 5) Dimmer, 8.7 (St rat ton). 3 Keen, 8.3 (Broughton), 7 Master Cynic, 7.12 (Walsh), 6 Atapai. 7.11 (Atkins), 11 Ardri, 7.8 (Kowhai). 12 St. Ames, 7.7 (Davis), 10. Prim.ix. 7.7 (Bell). There were three scratching fo.- the event, the field comprising 12, of whom Manifest was favorite by a good margin from Cynette, with keen also fairly well backed. There was some delay at the start, owing to the reluctance of Dimmer and St. Amans to line up, and finally this pair had the, worst of tilings when the barrier went up. Atapai, Master Cynic and Ardri were the foremost ihree over the first furlong, with King Mann, Cynette, Bold Front, lago, Manifest, Keen, and Primax in tiiat order after ! the furlong was covered. C/nette vent up to the leaders after another halffurlong, and Manifest also moved quickly, the order at the half-mile peg being Manifest, Cynette, Atapai, King Maim and Keen, wilh the < .hers fairly close and bunched. Bounding the bend into the straight. Manifest continued to lead at the distance, but was challenged bv Cynette on one side, and King Manu. who had come through on the rails, on the other. The trio put up a good finish, with Manifest still half a length ahead of King Manu as be flashed past the cost, and Cynette a similar distance hehind the second horse. Atnnni filled fourth place, and after him came Dimmer. St. Ames, Primax, Keen, Bold Front. lago, Ardri and Master Cynic In that order. Time, 1.15. BRIGHT MEMORIAL HANDICAP, of 140 sovs.; second horse to receive !2o sovs., and third horse 15 sovs 'from the stake; 7 furlongs. 3 Jus. 'Williamson'a eh g Valsier, oyrs.. Valkyrian—Lady Cuirassier, 7.9 (Atkins) 1 3 W. Wilson ,h g Good Sport, aged.. 7.4 (Bell) 2 1 V. E. Riekits and 11. P.. Cowan's br m 'Big Bertha, ityrs., 8.1 (Goldfinch) .. ..' .. .. 3 —Also started: 2 White Wings 8.7 (Keesing), 4 Tea Lady 7.2 (Kowhai). With only five runners to choose from, the 'public made Big Bertha a warm favorite, and chose While Wings next, with .Valsier carrying only half the number of tickets invested on the second favorite. Prom the start, 'Valsier went to the front, the order behind him being While Wings, Good Sport, Big Bertha, stud Tea Lady. Good (Sport went to second position along the back, and there was no ether change until the field passed the half-mile, when the favorite began to improve, and Tea Lady also showed some pace. Between three and two furlongs from home, Valsier was leading Good Sport, Big Bertha, Tea Lady and White Wings, and he entered the straight still retaining command. Good Hport and Tea Lady challenged just about the distance, and looked dangerous, but Tea Lady faded away again, leav- i ing G'ood iSport to battle out the ■finish ; with Valsier, who won by a neck. Big - Bertha finished .fast, but was a length behind 'Good Sport as they passed the ; post. Tea Lady was fourth mix! White Wings last. Time, 1.30. NOTES OX THE RUNNING j' The .five-furlong Juvenile Handicap was looked on as fairly in the keeping to Toboggan, but the filly did not

come up to expectations. She was in front practically all the way, and then faded out in the straight.

A good sustained run from the distance gave Running Over his victory in tiie Juvenile. Up to that stage lie had .boon tucked in behind the leaders, and he got clear in nice time to put dn his winning effort. Climatic and Agile both finished fairly well, and made the tussle over the last halffurlong exceedingly interesting. After her long trip from Auckland, Big Bertha ■still looked good for the Taruheru Handicap, and her running very nearly reached the expectations of the hackers who made her favorite. Kiel) Harvest 'had little to spare from the mare at the furlong post, and it was only in |he last few strides that Big Bertha was beaten.

Autuniina ran up to form in the second race, the Taruheru llac.k Handicap, for though she was up against company that iproved too good for her on the day, she was not far away from Big Bertha, which ran second. She had lo leave the rails and come round on the outside of the Auckland mare in the endeavor to pass ahead.

Three horses carried the bulk of the money on the Trial Handicap, but none of them figured in the division off the money. Bassett Moor, fourth favorite, carried many fewer tickets than Squadron, the third choice of the public; and Bay d'Or and Agile were a good deal further back still. The prices'returned were highly satisfactory to the hackers <n the placegetters. Another favorite was downed when Te Awha ran out of a place in the Gisborne Gold Cup Handicap. The filly carried nearly 100 more tickets than Singleton, and the connections of the latter certainly regarded Te Awha as their .principal opponent. It was High Court that proved most difficult for the topweight to dispose of, however, the 'Grand Court gelding battling it out right to the finish, to be beaten only by a head. The victory of Singletou'was worthy of the cup event. Jvinsel gave his best display in four appearances, when he ran .third in the Gold Cup Handicap. He was not successful at Wairoa, and on the first day of the Gisborne Racing Club's meeting lie was third in the Carroll '.Memorial, run in 1.45. On Saturday he followed High Court home with only a length separating them,.while High Court was only beaten by a head for first money .by Singleton. When Essential took the lead in tho High-weight Handicap at the threefuriong post it seemed that the race was saftdy in his custody, but High Heather almost proved a stumbling' block, and gave the favorite a great race up the straight. It looked as though Tricklebank was surprised by High Heather's challenge, for ho probably thought, as did most -of the public, "that that runner was disposed of before they reached the straight. There was only a head between them at the finish, according to the judge.

Manifest was another favorite who had to extend himself to win, ifoT King Manu and Cynette both showed speed and determination in the straight. King .Manu was neglected on the machine., and returned a nice dividend for second place. On her second appearance, Big Bertha was again the object of confident backing, for the Bright Memorial Handicap, but though she put in a great dash from the bottom of the straight, she could not do better than third', behind Yalsier and Good Sport. Valsier practically made all the 'running, yei had enough in hand to stay on and win by half a length. Good Sport ran a sound race, finishing on well after being nicely placed most of the distance.

HANDICAPS TOR THURSDAY P.B. TURF CLUB'S MEETING The Poverty Bay Turi Club's summer meeting is to open on Thursday at the club's 'course at Mukaraka. Weights top the first day's events have' been ueclared as under : . Jubilee Handicap, 1 mile: Plimmerton 9.3, King Wanga b. 12, Tall Timber 8.12 Y . Vfiisief <b.9, Autuniina 8.7, Superb King, j Bold Front 8.5, Good Sport 8.0, Outfit, : lago 7.12, Atapai, Folydorus, Sandbuir 7.7. I First Hurdles Handicap, 1£ miles: Jen 11.7, Rukauponga 10.7, Essential 10.5, Abisogne 9.12, Grand National 9.7, High Heather 9.6, Princess Elizabeth 9.0, Superb King, Heather Blend, Manifest 9.4, Salamander, Rongb, Pursefu!, Claremore, Tino Tama. Ferulf, Rocket Car 9.0. Telegraph Hack Handicap, 6£ furlongs: Te Awha 9.8, Autumina 9.1, Dimmer, Nahi, Rich Crop, Merry Lu, Gvnette 7.11, Otene 7.10, Rapiata 7.7, Ardri 7.5, Royal Songster 7.4, Bay d'Or, Golden Pennant 7.3, Elizabeth, Waitoki, Primax, Little Gift, Dramatique, Ala Huere 7.0. Turanga Stakes, li miles; High Court 9.0, Te Awha 8.2, Plimmerton 8.0, Valsior, White Wings, Kinsel 7.10, Rich Harvest 7.9, Tall Timber 7.6, MalaJiat 7.2, Good Sport, Outfit, Tea Lady, Lady | Horton 7.0. ij Summer Hack Stakes, 6 furlongs;! w.f.a. (pen. and allow.): Dimmer, Coon ardoo, King Mann 9.10. Russet Moo) 9.3. Ardri, Toboggan, Te Awha 9.0. Golden Pennant, Helium 8.7, Polydorus, Abbey Dale, Tino Tanja, St. Ames, San Quex, Scarlet Runner, Queer Card, Squadron, Veloce 8.4. Little Gift, Merry Lu, Cherramy 8.1, Running Over 7.10, Huntingdon 7.0, Agile, Nightbloom, Fair Autumn 6.11. Maiden Scurry, 6 furlongs: Primax, Little Wonder, Bob In. Full Crop, Golden Pennant, Squadron, Elizabeth, Queer Card, Climatic, Agile. Erin's Boy, Little Gift, Helium, Waitoki, Collaricia, Abbey Dale, A r eloee—all 8.0. Flying Handicap. 6 furlongs: Nancy Lee "9,4, Plimmerton 9.0. King Wanga 8.11, Plain Sailing 8.4. White Wings 8.2, Good Sport 7.7. Tall Timber 7.5, Tea Ladv 7.4, Toboggan. Little Wonder, Atapai 7.0. ' Harbor Hack Handicap. 7 furlongs: Rich Harvest 9.2, Autiunina 9.0. Bold , Front 8.12, Malahat 8.7, lago 8.5. Coonardoo 8.3. Slinglnre 8.0, Cynette 7.12. Nnlii. Helium 7.10, Otene 7.9, Squadron. Ardri 7.4, Royal Sorurster 7.3. Whakaari. Wedding Bells, Little Gift. Sanrlburr. Lady Horton, Salamander, Rocket Car, Tnmworth. Scarlet Runner 7.0. Owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances for the. above races , .ire due with the secretary, Mr. 1). R. j dmCosta, at 8 o'clock this evening. J