OAMARU MEETING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21304, 25 March 1939, Page 18

OAMARU MEETING

Prospects For To-day Good Fields Engaged Special to " The Timaru Herald." OAMARU. March 24. The Oamaru Jockey Club's autumn fixture will be concluded to-morrow. Weather prospects are good, and except in the open sprint, strong fields are likely to parade. The following are expected to be prominent:— Novice Stakes— Crack o’ Dawn, Asset. Asia. Pukeuri Highweight— Counterfiight, Bright Prospect, Master Dingle. Waikaura Trot — Allan Wrack, Erin’s Lad, Loyal Rev. Gardiner Memorial Swordstick, Nightdress, Argentic. Waitaki Hack— Lady Middleham, Lord Nuffield, Ferriby. Elderslie Handicap— Nightcalm, Toro Koura. Landon Trot— Don Acron, Busted Flush, Rowi. Farewell Handicap— Combat, Nolana. Epic. To-day’s card is:— 12.30 p.m. NOVICE STAKES Of £100; 6 furlongs

Ajax won the C. M. Loyd Stakes at Flemington, as was expected, but only after a race as sensational as the Lloyd Stakes in which Waterline defeated Phar Lap eight years ago. Ajax was the only one of the field to get away. El Golea, swinging away from the barrier, was left more than 20 lengths. Judean dug his toes in and swung away, losing easily half a furlong. The champion merely cantered over the course to register his eighteenth successive win, but things might have been very different. Before the fiasco at the start he jumped through the barrier entangling his rider so securely that assistance had to be rendered before he was released. Fortunately Ajax did not attempt to get away. If Ajax, as expected, wins his next tw- races, he will pass Carbine’s score of £29,626, and take twelfth place on the list of Antipodean stake winners. Tire leading thirteen are:—

Asset Blazealong 8 8 8 8 Gay Hussar Georgia 8 8 8 Bun Hat 8 8 Lord Puck 8 8 Chief Lama 8 8 Swingtime 8 8 Crack o’ Sunny Dawn 8 8 Dawn 8 8 Asia 7 11 Don Roy 8 8 Dark Agnes 7 11 Eastern Homing 7 11 Prince 8 8 1.10 p.m. PUKEURI HIGHWEIGHT, Of £130; 1 mile The Surgeon 11 1 Rebel Queen 9 11 Cape Gabo 10 11 Supreme CounterCourt 9 9 fliight 10 9 Drink Up 9 j Master Bright Dingle 10 6 Prospect 9 5 Pink Robe 10 4 Twenty Teak 9 12 Grand 9 0 1.45 p.m. WAIKAURA TROT, Of £120 (3. 5); 11 miles Allan V.’rack scr Ormolu scr Ben Wyvis scr Safe Voyage scr Braw Lass scr Siege Gun scr Brown Top scr Stormtost scr Ceres scr Swift Lady scr Credit Balance scr Wandle Diviner scr Chimes scr Erin's Lad scr Wraquill 12 Joe Perkins scr Mandrell 12 Kansas City scr Jerry Parrish 36 Loyal Rey scr 2.25 p.m. GARDINER MEMORIAL HANDICAP. Of £225; 1 mile Swordstick 9 2 Queen Argentic 9 0 Dorothy 7 12 Petersham 8 4 Nightdress 7 9 Thermidor 8 4 Kilrobe 7 5 Parquet 8 4 Golden Chest 7 2 3.0 p.m. WAITAK1 1 HACK HANDICAP, Of £130; 7 furlongs Lord Steer Clear 7 9 Nuffield 10 5 Aravane 7 8 Double Gift 9 6 Our Pal 7 8 Half and Half ’ 8 13 Scrap 7 7 Lady Prince Middleham 8 12 Flaneur 7 7 Chirp 8 5 Green Boa 7 7 Elmarch 8 1 Twenty Sunny Jean 7 12 Grand 7 i Ferriby 7 U 3.40 p.m. ELDERSLIE HANDICAP, Of £150; 6 furlongs Toro Koura 9 4 Rebel Chief 7 10 Ualant.ua 8 7 Golden Chest 7 5 Nightcalm 8 4 Ballad 7 2 4.20 p.m. LANDON TROT. Of £135 (3.38); 1J miles Allan Wrack scr Mandrell scr Black Surprise scr Pecunia scr Brown Top scr Charles Busted Flush scr Russell 12 Dn Acron scr Row! 12 Great Joy scr Easter Rush 36 Macgregor scr Adverse <18 5.0 p.m. FAREWELL HACK HANDICAP, Of £120; 6 furlongs Salient Remerabo 7 Knight , 9 3 Crack o’ On Call 8 13 Dawn 7 ! Combat 8 9 Neptune 7 7 Nolana 8 8 Prince Epic 8 3 Flaneur 7 i Sunny Jean 7 12 Lawford Lass 7 i Violenta 7 9

Phar Lap .. .. Amounts .. .. .. 37 wins .. 33 wins 66,738 — 48.297 10 Gloaming .. .. .. 57 wins 43.000 — Limerick ..281 wins 38.729 10 Heroic .. 21 w'ns 38 062 10 Eurythmic .. .. .. 301 wins 36,891 — Windbag .. .. .. 18 wins 35.939 — Peter Pan .. .. .. 221 wins 34.938 — Nightmarch .. . .. 23 2 wins 32,116 10 David .. 20 wins 31.410 10 Mollison .. .. . .. 121 wins 30,829 — Carbine .. 33 wins 29,626 — Ajax .. 25 wins 28.875 — Only £53,038 of Phar Lap’s total was won in Australia.