FEATURE RACE AT WINGATUI

Southland Times, Issue 23796, 19 April 1939, Page 10

FEATURE RACE AT WINGATUI

Contest For Duke Of Gloucester Cup

SIEGMUND HAS WON £3,960

Nominations for the Southland Racing Club’s winter meeting close on April

Acceptances for the South Canterbury meeting close at 9 p.m. on Friday.

Siegmund’s Record Siegmund, who won the Great Autumn Handicap has now contested 75 races for 13 wins and 16 places. He has won £3960 in stakes.

Expensive Win Waitoru’s defeat of an open sprint field the final day at Riverton has proved expensive as over a mile and 35 yards at the South Canterbury meeting he has been weighted at 9.4, being asked to concede 11b to Auctor, 21bs to Disband and Master Dingle and 131bs to Half and Half. Waitoru has only won two races and not beyond seven furlongs. On the appearance of the weights yesterday he was withdrawn from his Washdyke engagements. Well Acquainted

According to the acceptances for the Clifden meeting, /the various horses should be very well acquainted with each other at the end of the day, as they are down to meet each other in several events. In other words,' it savours of a wasted permit, comments “Sentinel.” Below Form

One of the most disappointing two-year-olds that raced at the Auckland meeting was Pearl of Asia. She contested the Champagne Stakes on the first day and the Victoria Handicap on the final day finishing at . the rear of the field in both events. In her two previous starts at the Manawatu meeting, Pearl of Asia ran second to Submission in the Cloverlea Handicap, on the first day, and won the Stonyhurst Handicap.

Feilding Cup Winner Old Bill’s performance in the Feilding Cup was impressive. It was a fastrun race and the winner’s time, 2min 4 2-ssec, equalled the course record made by One Whetu in 1935. On the basis of his second to Beaupartir in the Queen’s Plate, his good third to that colt and Peerless in the New Zealand St. Leger and his Feilding effort, Old Bill should develop into a first-class handicap horse.

They All Watched Defaulter An extraordinary feature of the start of the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm was that the jockeys of each of the other seven runners watched the early movements of L. J. Ellis on the hot favourite Defaulter (says an Australian exchange). When Ellis decided to make his own running they carried on with their own ideas. They had waited for the first move of the New Zealander.

Duke of Gloucester Cup One of the attractions for the June meeting at Wingatui will be the Duke of Gloucester’s Cup, jy race for gentlemen riders, minimum weight lOst 71b. A handsome trophy, presented by H.R.H. Prince Henry, and a miniature to be retained by’the owner and rider of the winner are attached to the race.

Argentic’s Good Record During his six years of racing Argentic won close on £6OOO, and probably contested more distance races than any other horse in commission. He holds the distinction of contesting four New Zealand Cups and three Auckland Cups. He won over all distances except two miles, but had a second, a third, and a fourth placing in the Auckland Cup.

ilound Up Round Up is the best handicap horse possessed by Auckland for several seasons. The Lord Quex gelding has won the Racing Club Handicap at Auckland with 9.3, the Ohinemuri Cup with 9.7, and the Foley Memorial at Avondale with 9.13. Since he developed good form all his racing has been done in Auckland province, and he would be an attraction at Trentham or Riccarton.

A Gigantic Task Land Raid, although now in his eighth year, retains his speed to a marked degree, and his performance at Greymouth on Saturday in carrying lOst 31b, and easily accounting for some smart, sprinters over five furlongs and a-half, was an especially good effort. Unfortunately, Land Raid has always suffered from soreness, which is evidently difficult to locate or to overcome, otherwise he would have reached a high level in company away from his home area. In all probability he will be raced at the South Canterbury and Dunedin meetings provided he is able to receive the necessary preparation in the meantime. L. J. ELLIS’S RETURN NO MENTION OF SETTLING IN AUSTRALIA (Special to The Times) CHRISTCHURCH, April 18. In a letter received from L. J. Ellis by his mother this week, he stated that he would be back at Riccarton this month, but did not make mention of any suggestions about his settling in Australia, so evidently he had not given the matter serious thought. Garonne and Waitaka, both owned in Auckland and trained by G. Ridgway, are to be tried out as hurdlers and were given some initial education over pony hurdles today. Both shaped well, Garonne especially showing marked ability. Each horse was ridden by S. Anderson, who intends to settle at Riccarton for a while and in the meantime has linked up with Ridgway’s stable. Some horses trained in the Riccarton area have been nominated for the Nelson Jockey Club’s meeting at the end of this month. These comprise Royal Huntress, Hunting Bee, Lights Out, Philibun, Gay Hussar, Second Innings, Roy Bun, Pladie, Cape Gabo, Lord Hawke, Skyrena, Bright Prospect, Shangri La, Real Lady, Pol Roger and Rebel Rank.

NEW RECORD BY PACER

SYDNEY, April 18. When he won the pacers’ division of the Sydnej’ Derby at the Harold Park trotting meeting yesterday Louis Desire set a new record of 3min 23sec for the mile and a-half, which is 2 2-ssec better than the record established 12 months ago by Radiant Walla.