DARGAVILLE RACING

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1935, Page 11

DARGAVILLE RACING

MEETING AT AVONDALE CROONING WINS THE SPRINT. KING’S ARCHER’S HURDLES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Dargaville Racing Club’s annual meeting opened at the Avondale racecourse to-day in fine weather and before a fair attendance. The track was in splendid order. The totalistor handled £10,232, against £3420 on the first day last year, when the meeting was held at Dargaville, an increase of £6812. The results are:— TOKATOKA HACK HANDICAP. Of £l2O. Seven furlongs. 2- TIN LAP, 8.2 (Goldfinch) 1 3- BALLYMONEY, 9.0 (Taylor) .... 2 1-I—RACETTE, car. 8.0 . (Winder) ’... 3 Also started: 4-4 Ringshot 7.0, 5-5 Solas car. 7.5 !/a, 6-6 Rothoon car. 7.1. One and a-half lengths; of a length. Ringshot was fourth. Time, Im 28 2-ss. HOBSON HANDICAP. Of £l3O. One mile. 1- TYBALT, 8.11 (McTavish) .... 1 4- SOLOMON, 7.0 (Savage) 2 2- ADALENE, 8.1 (Keesing) 3 Also started: 5-5 Bonny Gay car. 7.1, 3- Beryl Latour car. Half a length; three-quarters of a length. Beryl Latour was fourth. Time, Im 395. MAIDEN HANDICAP. Of £lOO. Six furlongs. 2-I—LORN ACRE, car. 8.6 (Winder).. 1 6-S—NEEDFUL, 7.12 (Savage) 2 8-B—NICODEMUS, 7.12 (Bentley) .... 3 Also started: 1-2 Lilbert 9.0, 3-3 Valmint 8.9, 5-4 Orefield car. 8.0, 7-9 Musk car. 7.11, 11-10 Primak car. 7.13, 12-12 Whirlmint, 4-6 Gay and Gold, 12-13 Diomede, 9-11 Gay Sister, 10-7 Overdue 7.12. Two lengths; onte length. Orefield was fourth. Time, Im 14s. AVOCA HANDICAP. Of £l5O. Six furlongs. 2- CROONING, 7.7 (Clifford) .... 1 5- IMPASTO, 9.5 (McKenzie) 2 4- SINKING FUND, 8.9 (Gilmer) .. 3 Also started: 3,-1 Scotland car. 8.4, 1-3 Coronis.7.B, 6-6 Roman Mascot 7.0. Sinking Fund jumped out at the start and led for most of the distance from Roman .Mascot, Crooning, Impasto, Scotland and Cpronis. Crooning forged ahead in the straight to win by three-quarters of a length from Impasto, with Sinking Fund a neck away third and Scotland fourth - . Time, Im 13s. DARGAVILLE CUP. Of £250. One mile and a-quarter. 3- GAY BRONEY, 7.9 (McTavish) . 1 1- SIR ABB, 7.8 (Wiggins) 2 8-B—PRINCE COLOSSUS, car. 7.3 (Goulsbro) 3 Also started: 7-7 Puss Moth car. 7.13, 2- Imamint 7.7, 5-4 Miss Lu 7.6, 6-5 Master Norval car. 7.4, 8-8 Psychologist car. 7.4 1 /£, 4-6 Maine 7.0. Miss Lu and Prince Colossus led all the way until the turn, when Gay Broney came up from seventh place to win by a head from Sir Abb, with Prince Colossus one and a-half lengths away third and Miss Lu fourth. Time, 2m Gs. KAIHU HACK HURDLES. Of £l4O. About one mile and a-half. 1-I—KING’S ARCHER, 10.13 (Mcßae) 1

4-S—LAP UP, 9.0 (McGregor) 2 2- GASCILLE, 9.13 (R. E. Thomson) 3 Also started: 4-5 Folly’s Choice 9.0 (bracketed with Lap Up), 5-6 Lord .Vai 10.5, 6-2 Greek Gold 9.6, 3-4 Orenda, 8-7 Chief Emerald 9.0, 7-8 Tea Chat car. 9.4, 9-9 Mio Lume 9.0. One and a-half lengths; two and a-half lengths. Tea Chat was fourth. Time, 2m 42 3-ss. NURSERY HANDICAP. Of £l2O. Five furlongs. 3- GAY CHIEF, 8.13 (McTavish).. 1 1-I—SURVIEW, 8.13 (McKenzie) .... 2 4- MARJORY DAW, 8.0 (Tremain) 3 Also started: 2-3 Surella 7.12, 6-6 Alyth car. 7.8, 5-5 Queen Brierly 7.2. One and a-half lengths; two lengths. Surella was fourth. Time, Im 0 4-ss. AWAKING HACK HANDICAP. Of £l2O. One mile. 1-I—KING TUT, 8.3 (Wiggins) 1 4- IMPELLANI, car. 7.5 (Horne) .. 2 5- HUNTING MAID, 7.0 (Savage) .. 3 Also started: 3-3 Huskie 8.5, 6-6 Teddy Boy 8.3, 2-2 Valrent car. 7.6, 7-7 HopeLass 7.0. One and a-quarter lengths; neck. Huskie was fourth. Time, Im 40s. FEW SURPRISE RESULTS / McTAVISH HAS SUCCESSFUL DAY. CANDIDATES FOR AUCKLAND CUP. (By Telegraph—Special to Daily News.) Auckland, Last Night. Conditions were ideal for the opening of the Dargaville Racing Club’s meeting at Avondale to-day. Most of the winners were solidly supported and there were no surprise wins. R. McTavish had a successful day, piloting three winners, Tybalt, Gay Broney and Gay Chief. Tin Lap Wins Decisively. The each-way favourite, Racette, was beaten into third place in the Tokatoka Handicap, which was decisively won by Tin Lap, who was also successful on the course earlier in the season. Tin Lap and Ballymoney made all the running, with the others in fairly close order, and Tin Lap stayed on to score by a length and a-hali from Ballymoney, who was three-parts of a length ahead of Racette, and Ringshot was fourth. Racette lost her position at the turn, dropping right to the rear, but she was going strongly at the end. The race may improve Ringshot, who appeared to be a likely place-getter at the distance, only to fade near the finish.

Tybalt Scores Convincingly. The topweight, Tybalt, scored very convincingly in the Hobson Handicap. Solomon made the running into the straight three lengths clear af Adalene and Tybalt, who were together ahead of Beryl Latour. Tybalt had Solomon’s measure at the distance and went on to win by half a length. Adalene was threequarters of a length away third and Beryl Latour was a moderate fourth, with Bonny Gay last. Tybalt performed pleasingly. He is looking a picture and is a horse who may take some beating in the Auckland Cup. He has shaped up well to a mile and a-half and gives the impression that he may stay very solidly.

Lornacre’s Good Performance. The three-year-old Lornacre was responsible for a good performance in winning the M.-iden Handicap, leading throughout and going away in the straight to score by three lengths from Needful, who battled on solidly. Nicodemus came fron. a long way back to get third, and he should take a lot of beating the next time out. Orefield was fourth and Whirlmint was fifth. Gay and Gold and Overdue displayed speed but could not go on at the finish. Lilbert failed to do as well as expected, being unable to make any impression in the straight after going wide round the home turn. Lornacre has had very little racing and looks as if he will be very useful. He is a full-brother to Vera Acre and Sunny Downs. Crooning Finishes Solidly.

The second fancy, Crooning, finished solidly to win the Avoca Handicap. Sinking Fund, Impasto and Roman Mascot

were bunched in toe lead until reaching toe straight, and they were closely followed by Crooning. Sinking Fund and Impasto led at the distance, but Crooning came through to score by threequarters of a length from Impasto, who defeated Sinking Fund by a neck. Scotland was right up fourth after losing some lengths at the start, with Coronis and Roman Mascot almost in line. It seemed as if Scotland would have been very difficult to beat if he had jumped out with toe others.

Gay Broney Well Handled. Patiently handled by R. W. McTavish, Gay Broney scored a narrow victory in the Dargaville Cup. Miss Lu and Prince Colossus set-a solid pace and they were followed into the straight by Sir Abb, Imamint, Master Norval, Maine and Gay Broney. Sir Abb reached the front about 100 yards from the post, but Gay Broney flashed up on the outside with _a fast run and beat him by a head. 'Prince Colossus was a length and a-half away third and Miss Lu was fourth, ahead of Imamint and Master Norval. The race was run at a fast pace and Gay Broney was seen at his best. He has only to train the right way to be a strong fancy for the Auckland. Cup. Sir Abb had every chance and failed only in the last few strides. Prince Colossus and Miss Lu went good races, the former indicating that he is close to winning form. Imamint failed to stay at the end and Maine could make no impression at the finish after being handily placed at the turn. King’s Archer Stays Well.

King’s Archer, stayed well to win the Kaihu Hack Hurdles from Lap Up, but Lap Up appearer. a shade unlucky. A faulty jump at the second to last-fence probably cost him the race, while his rider was hampered through losing an iron. King’s Archer is in fine form at present and is likely to win further races. Gascille was running well in third place two lengths and a-half away, with Tea Chat, who led for a mile, fourth ahead of Greek Gold and Lord Vai.

Gay Chief’s Determined Finish. Finishing in very determined style, Gay Chief wore down the each-way favourite, Surview, to win the Nursery Handicap decisively. Gay Chief and Marjory Daw jumped out to lead to the turn, where they were headed by Surview, who had run up fast on the outside. Surview was in front at the distance but weakened and went under by a length and a-half. Marjory Daw was two lengths away third, with Surella fourth. His effort to reach the leaders found Surview wanting at toe end, while Marjory Daw displayed a slight improvement.

King Tut Scores Decisively. The class engaged in the Wakino Hack Handicap was not strong, and King Tut registered a decisive win. He secured a fine run through oh the rails approaching the turn, where Teddy Boy, Hope Lass and Valrent were ahead of him. Once in the straight he smothered the opposition to win by a length and aquarter from Impellant, who finished with plenty of dash. Hunting Maid did not get away cleanly and was several lengths behind' the field' in the early part and did well to take third place only a ,neck away. Huskie was a fair fourth, followed by Teddy Boy, Hope Lass and Valrent. Impellant and. Hunting Maid are improving. Valrent should also do better, for he was outside two horses most of the way. HAWERA TRACK ACTIVITY AGA KHAN AND CARFEX FRIESLAND DOES WELL (By “Limited.”) The Hawera tracks yesterday presented a busy appearance with horses being sent along seriously in preparation for the holiday racing. The tracks were dry and faster than at any period this season. The best gallop of the morning was performed by those old .antagonists Aga Khan and Carfex on the plough track. Another smart performance was that of Friesland over a shorter course. Glenthawn and Seamond were worked at strong half. pace. Seamond is the lat«

est addition to J. Fryer’s team. By Limond from Seasprite, this mare gave promise early of living up to her high lineage but has been a disappointing proposition, although possessed of plenty of speed. A change back to the scene of her early endeavours may be followed by a change of luck.

Onewhetu (Sheild) and Soloist (Toki) finished up the last half-mile of their working gallop in 53|s, Soloist being a shade in front. Both worked freely. The old campaigners Carfex (Hawke) and Aga Khan (Cole) did a particularly smart five furlongs. Taking 13s for the first furlong they reached three furlongs in and maintaining the pace finished up the five furlongs on even terms in Im 2 l-ss. Despite his failures at Feilding Aga Khan is still capable of putting up an attractive track gallop.

Princess Of Gowrie worked two rounds at half pace. 1 After pacing a round Lowenberg (Monkley) and Fersen (Grylls) sprinted home from toe half-mile in 50 3-ss, finishing together. # W. Grindlay’s maiden Biorni (Cole) sprinted the last two furlongs. of her work in 26 2-ss.

St. Clara (Sheild) was going comfortably alongside Celeste (Cook) at toe end of five furlongs in Im 545. Friesland (Monkley) scampered smartly over three furlongs in 375. Supreme Court worked freely over a round of- solid pace work.

Gold Gleam (Cook) sprinted three furlongs alone in 37is, Corowa (Flower) occupying a second longer over a similar distance.

Kiaora (Button) was allotted threequarter pace work over a round. Kentucky Song (Monkley) covered half a mile attractively in 50 2-ss, doing her best track effort to date. Whenuakura was given easy exercise on the inside, Alchemic, Just Off and Panloff doing (similar work. On toe outside of the course proper Waiongona (Cole), Clembroney (Flower) and Master Limond (O’Connell) finished in that order, half lengths separating them, over' three furlongs covered in a tick under 40s. Silver Wings (Cole) finished half a length in front of Sea Adler (Flower) over a like distance in 39 2-ss. Shemseh (Hawke) sprinted two furlongs in 265.~, The two-year-olds Galteemore, International, Ned Cuttie, Notium and Capt. Bunsby—Rewa Rewa colt were all apportioned useful pace work. Brilliancy and Knockout worked together at half pace. Auckland Summer Races.

General entries for the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting at Ellersue close with the secretary, Mr. W. S. Spence, Shortland Street, Auckland, a: 5 o’clock to-night Forfeits of one pouna each for the Great Northern Derby, the Royal Stakes and the Great Northern -Foal Stakes fall due at the same time * new PLYMOUTH WORK V LITTLE GALLOPING DONE LADY KYRA; BONNY GLOW There was not a great deal of activity on the New Plymouth tracks after breakfast yesterday morning. Nearly all the galloping took place on the trial grass, which was in good order. Red Fox and Whoa Johnnie were associated over seven furlongs, covering the distance in Im. 355. Both hit out freely with Red Fox just holding an advantage over his companion at the end. High Test was too speedy for Gleaming Gold over a couple of furlongs on the plough, running the distance in ‘27ls. Chikara and Ngaterahiri did two rounds at half pace. Golden Rill finished a round of pacework by sprinting home the last two furlongs in 28s.

Lady Kyra 'and Bonny Glow completed a round of pace work by running the last three furlongs in 38s. Both hit out in an attractive fashion.