RIVERTON MEOW OPENS

Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1934, Page 12

RIVERTON MEOW OPENS

NARROW WIN IN CUP EVENT ALL HUMBUG FIRST BY A NOSE. SPEAKEASY WINS STEEPLECHASE.

By Telegraph-? Association. Invercargill, March 31. The Riverton Racing Club’s annual meeting opened to-day in perfect weather and with a large attendance. The track was in great order. The totehsator handled £14,465 Ite, against £13,64* 10s last year. Results are:- . TRIAL handicap. Of £125. Seven furlongs. 4— SAXOPHONE, 7.13 (Messervey) . 1 1— OSCULATE, 9 -° <Doo ,^ ) 2 6—UNSEEN, 7.13 (Powell) .* 3 Also started- 3 Jacobin BJ, 12 Garnish 8.5, 9 WS’SA 2 Valiska 81, 5 Beam 8.1, 7. Silver Issue 8.0, 11 Bay Biddy 7.13, 16 Panza 7.13, Little Pal 7.13, 14 Golden Lap 7.13, 10 Pompax 7.13, 15 Substitute 7.13, 8 Red Terror 7.12. Head; two and a-half lengths. Silver Issue was fourth. Time, Im 29 3-ss, WAIAU STEEPLECHASE. . Of £ll5. Two miles. 2— CULTIVATOR, 10-6 (Peart) ...... 1 3— RADIUS ROD, 9.0 (Anderson) .... 2 I—DUNMURE, 3- 9 (Langford) * 3 Also started; 6 Father O’Flynn (fell) 9.11, 5 Ecclefechan (fell) 9.11, 4 Lammerlaw 9.0. Half a head; two furlongs, Lammcrlaw was fourth. Time, 4m 26 2-ss. \ aparima HANDICAP. Of £175. Six furlongs. 5— MOBILE, 8.9 (McEwan) 1 I—GOLD PAPER, 8.8 (Barclay) ..... 2 3— KEMAL PASHA, 7.11 (Eastwood) . 3 Also started: 9 Palermo 8.13, 2 Hula Belle 8.11, 7 Master Anomaly 8.6, 4 Guarantee 8.6, 6 Water Power 8.5, 8 En- -< Wood 7 7. Won by a length, three lengths between second and third. Guarantee was fourth. Time, Im. 15s. LONGWOOD HACK HANDICAP. Of £125. Seven furlongs. 6— LAST LINK, 8.6 (Cooper) 1 1— SILVER SIGHT, 9.0 (Russell) ...» 2 2— ACLA, 7.11 (Barclay) .............. 3 Also started: 4 Broken Rule 8.8, 5 Conca D’Oro 8.0, 9 Young Sentinel 7.12, 13 Towing 7.8, 8 Dodge 7.7, 3 Honest Maid 7.7, 12 Thornton 7.3, 7 First Song 7.3, 10 Johnny 7.1, 11 Great Weather 7.0. Half a head; half a head. Dodge was fourth. Time, Im 28 3-ss. RIVERTON CUP. Of £450. One and a-quarter miles. 4— ALL HUMBUG, 8.5 (Didham) .... 1 ' 2-VENTRAC, 8.7 (Powell) 2 12-STEETON, 7.7 (Wilson) 3 Also started: 10 Chrysology 7.13, 8 Salmo Salar 7.12, 11 Toreador 7.12, 14 Totolomai 7.9, 1 Chhota 7.7, 7 Courtyard 7.5, 5 Signaller 7.3, 3 Great Shot 7.0, 9 Gustavo 7.0, 6 Trivet 7.0, 13 Daring Deed 7.6, ’/ Nose; one. and three-quarter lerigths. Great Shot was fourth. Time, 2m 9 2-ss. ■ '

GREAT WESTERN STEEPLECHASE. Of £3OO. Three mile*. 2— SPEAKEASY, 9.0 (Pratt) 1 S—QUINOPAL, 11.7 (Pascoe) 2 3— WILLOW. GLEN, 9.3 (Dempster) . 1 Also started: 4 Nyalotis 10.13, 6 Umtali 10.7 (pinion), 7 Andy 9.3. Eight lengths; one length. Andy wu fourth, ..Time, 6m 35 3-ss. . QuinOpal finished second but the plao- ‘ Ings were altered on ths ground* of interference. s VISITORS'HANDICAP. Of £125. Six furlongs. 1— CHERRY QUEEN, 9.3 (Jenkins) .. 1 3— BROWN PEARL, 7.7 2 4— ISLAND LINNET, 8.8 (Phillips) .. 3 Also started: 7 Mayam 8.12, 2 Cheap Money 8.8, 3 Repudiation 8.8, 5 Amelita 8.4, 6 Dfacula 8.2, 9 Bowlands 7.4, I Balia Salla 7.0, 10 Eastern Chief 7.0. One and a-half lengths; one length. Repudiation ■ was fourth. Time, Im 16s. POURAKINO HANDICAP, Of £175, One mile. 3— KEMAL PASHA, 7.12 (Didham) ~ 1 2— RIN TIN TIN, 8.2 (Jenkins) 2 7—RED BOA, 8.3 (Voight) 3 Also started: 1 Fairway 9.0, 3 Sailing Home 8.8, 5 Jack a Dandy 8.2, 4 Charmaine 8.1, 6 Tippling 8.0, 9 Leading Boy 7.2, 8 Night Maid 7.2. Three-quarters of a length; two and a-half lengths. Tippling was fourth. Time, Im 41 4-&. W. Pascoe, rider of Quinopal in the Great Western Steeplechase, was suspended for a month.

ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-DAY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. Acceptances for the second day of the Riverton meeting are:— PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP, of £125. Sb: furlongs.—Miss Redowa, Mayam 8.11, Island Linnet 8.9, Repudiation, Cheap Money 8.7, Slaemish 8.4, Dracula 8.1, Brown Pearl 7.11, Double Shot 7.10, Jacobin 7.4, Beam, Enge, Ballasalla, Pompax, Little Pal 7.0. OTAITAI STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, of £lOO. About two miles.—Willow Glen 10.5, Dim mure 9.11, Ecclesf echan 9.10, Radius Rod 9.6, Lammerlaw 9.0. FLYING HANDICAP, of £175. Six furlongs.—Mobile 9.3, Gold Paper 8.12, Hula Belle,' Palermo 8.10, Guarantee 8.5, Master Anomaly, Water Power 8.4, Cherry Queen 8.0, Enwood 7.5. SOUTHERN CHAMPION HACK HANDICAP, of £275. One mile.—Signaller 9.2, Silver Sigh; 9.1, Trivet 8.11, Last Link. 8.10, Amy Johnson, Broken Rule 8.4, Daring Deed 8.2, AmeHta 7.11, Acla 7.9, Conca d’Oro 7.8, Young Sentinel, Osculate 7.5, Honest Maid 7.3, Air Pocket 7.0. . EASTER HANDICAP, of £3OO. One mile and a-quarter.—All Humbug 8.13, Ventrac 8.12, Salmo Salar 7.11, Sailing Home 7.10, Steeton 7.9, Totolomai 7.8, Jack a Dandy 7.6, Courtyard 7.5, Great Shot 7.1, Trivet 7.0.

RIVERTON STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, of £2OO. About two miles and flhaff.—Quinopal 11.8, Umtali 10.2, Speakeasy 10.0, Cultivator 9.11. WALLACE HANDICAP, of £125. Seven furlongs.—Mayam 7.12, Double Shot 7.11, Insolvency, Dodge 7.10, Saxophone, Colossian 7.5, Bowlands 7.4, Thornton, First Song 7J. Silver Issue, Johnny, Valiska, Golden Lap 7.0. ( MONOWAI HANDICAP, of £175. One mile.—Fairway 9.0, Kemal Pasha 8.12, Kerbside 8.11, Rin Tin Tin 8.7, Toreador 8.6, Red Boa 8.5, Charmaine, Tippling 8.0, Gustavo 7.5, Night Maid 7.0.