GISBORNE RACES TO-DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1935, Page 9

GISBORNE RACES TO-DAY

SUNNY SKY IN THE SPRING SMALL FIELDS ENGAGED LOCAL-TRAINED HORSES (By “Hurry On.”) The Poverty Bay Turf Club’s spring meeting will commence at Gisborne today. Almost all the horses engaged have been trained in the district. The following may be fancied: — Junction Hack: De Friend, Quake, Kilberis. First Hurdles: Lord Hereford, Tahoma. Maiden Scurry: Ace Willonyx, Small Boy, Gay Gift. Spring Handicap: Sunny Sky, Alby. Roseland Hack: Ballyculane, Alby. Flying Handicap: Good Hunting, Flying Mimic. October Hack: John Charles, Kahunoke. Acceptors are as follows: —> JUNCTION HACK HANDICAP, of £5O. Six furlongs—Quake 9.0, De .Friend, Lord Hereford, Kilberis 8.8, The Brusher 7.9, Acranna, Flying Mimic, Summer Hill 7.5. FIRST HURDLES, of . £6O. One mile and a-half—Victor Colima 10.13, Kahunoke 10.10, Tahoma 9.9, Royal Bengal 9.7, Lord Hereford 9.0. ’ MAIDEN SCURRY, of £45; weight 8.0. Five furlongs.—Fossicker, Vulpes, Tawhiorangi, Ruinette> Black Thread, Ace Willonyx, Le Chasseur, Double Ace, Minnow, Ballyculane, Acranna, Joe Louis. Hunting Crop, Small Boy, Golden Blonde, Sir Ace, Gay Gift. SPRING HANDICAP, of £75. One mile and a-quarter. —Alby 9.0, Sunny Sky 8.8, Quaint 7.10, Morning Quest 7.0. ROSELAND HACK HANDICAP, of £55. Seven furlongs.—Alby 9.5, Gigantic 8.8, Kilberis B*2, Catchem 7.8, Small Boy 7.7, Mahala 7.2, Ballyculane, Summer Hill 7.0. FLYING HANDICAP, cf £55. Six furlongs.—Good Hunting 9.12, Lordly Knight 8.13, Sunny Sky 8.8, Tahoma 7.3, Purse, Flying Mimic 7.0. OCTOBER HACK HANDICAP, of £5O. One mile.—Gigantic 12.7, Kahunoke 12.0, Puccini 10.12, Bold Bruce, Alantus, John Charles 10.7. METROPOLITAN TROTS HANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAY. Christchurch, Oct. 29, Handicaps for the first day of the Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting, to be held on November 12, 14 and 15, are as follows:— SPRING HANDICAP, of £250; unhoppled trotters; 3.36 class. One mile and ahalf.—Billy Sundy, Fleet Arrow, Norman Fox, Orphan Bingen, Welcome Guy, Winsome Laddie limit, Kotinga 12yds, Resound 12yds, Gyrate 24yds, Mataunga 24yds, Air Flow 36yds, Amonos 36yds, Flotsam 36yds, Canton 36yds, Guy o’ Mine 36yds, Ruin 48yds, Sandy. N 60yds, Don Chenault 84yds, Raclaim 84yds. EMPIRE HANDICAP, of £300; 2.48 class. One mile and a-quafter.—Ciro, Recess, Todd Lonzia limit, Chenwood 12 yds, Fernbrook Lass 12yds, Gay Gordon 12yds, Golden Direct 12yds, Girvan 12yds, Guy Junior 12yds, Gunfire 12yds, Iraq 12yds, Lilian Bond 12yds, Llewellyn’s Pride 12yds, Major Lind 12yds, Mocast 12yds, Purser 12yds, Supertax 12yds, Waress 12yds, Willow Wave 12yds, Bingen Palm 24yds, Bracken 24yds, Homeward 24yds, Logan’s Pride 24yds, Queen Author 24yds, War Paint 24yds, Reporter 36yds. ' YALDHURST HANDICAP, of £500; 4.32 class. Two miles.—Agile, Encounter, Fernbrook Lass, Gunfire, Homeward, Iraq, Little Nelson limit, Chancellor 12 yds, Gamble 12yds, Great Author 12yds, Roddy 12yds, Willow Wave 12yds, Cloudy Range 24yds, Elvo 24yds, Emilius Way 24yds, Raydus 24yds, Rey Spec 24yds, Sure 24yds, Ayrmont Chimes 36yds, Graham Direct 36yds, War Paint 36yds, Vesuvius 36yds, Kingcraft 48yds. DOMINION HANDICAP, of £600; trotters only; 3.26 class. One mile and a-half. —Admiral Bingen, Bessie Parrish, First Wrack, Great Way, Lough Guy, New Metford, Norma Bingen limit, Biddy Parrish 12yds bhd, Mountain Mist 12yds, Nell Volo 12yds, Raima 24yds, Stanley T 24yds, Sea Gift 36yds, Writer 36yds, Nicoya 48yds, Todd Lonzia 84yds, Trampfast 96yds. VICTORIA HANDICAP, of £4oo;' 4,37 class. Two miles. —Aristotle, Battlefield, Chechahco, Editor, Grace McElwyn, Prince Author, Real Burton, Wise Guy, Worthy King limit, Sylvia Sydney 12yds bhd, Recess 24yds, Bingen- Palm 36yds, Girvan 36yds, Llewellyn’s Pride 36yds, Mocast 36yds, Supertax 48yds, Iraq 60yds. HAGLEY HANDICAP, of £300; 2.45 class. One mile and a-quarter.—Agile, Avernus, Cloudy Range, Elvo, Raydus, Reporter, Rey .Spec, Somerby, Wrecker limit, George Rey 12yds, Gold Tinge 12 yds, Sunny Morn 12yds, Sure 12yds, Taxpayer 12yds, Wild Guy 12yds, Worthy Light 12yds, Wrackler 12yds, Kingcraft 24yds, Tempest 24yds, Vesuvius 24yds, Emilius Way 36yds. STILL IN LIMELIGHT FRENCH ‘PHANTOM’ HORSE The “phantom” horse Ecureuil V., who last year was substituted for the horses Hallencourt and Hanoi, and subsequently became the subject of an important trial for Turf frauds, has just been discovered running under a new name and to have had his back dyed (says a Paris report of September 10). After creating one of the biggest French Turf scandals, Ecureuil V. disappeared in the south of France and was forgotten. French C.I.D. officers have now established that the horse ran on the Paris trotting track of Vincennes on September 5 under the name of Guiseppe and won a second prize of about £5O. Suspicions were aroused because of the heavy betting on Guiseppe, who was said to be a horse with a poor record in the south of France, and had been regarded by many as an outsider. The C.I.D. officials investigated, and seized the supposed Guiseppe. A witness stated that he saw the horse’s back being dyed. At first no signs of dye were found, but when part of Ecureuil V.’s brown mane was shaved off it was found to be white underneath. M. Deluy, the owner, who comes from the south of France, is stated to have had in his possession a recipe for dyeing horses. Just over two months ago seven men were sent to prison at Pontorose, after Ecureuil V., believed to be a horse named Hallencourt, won a second-class race, enabling several people to win bets amounting to £6750. When the judges asked to see the horse after the race it had disappeared, and was found between a donkey and a sheep in a stable.