THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19871, 20 June 1927, Page 4

THE TURF

AT NAPIER PARK BIG TOTALISATOR DECREASE Crown Coin’s Napier Steeples Win ■ —Mint Leaf and Huikai Dead-Heat in Stewards —Settlers’ Hack to Merle IP«r Press Association.] NAPIER, June 18. The Napier Park Racing Club 's win 1 ter meeting was held to-day in beauti ful weather. There was a fair attendante and the course was in good order. The totalisator handled £9290, against ; £l4 449 for the second day last year, this’ year’s meeting being confined to ; one day. Beshlts: — MOTEO HACK HURDLES. (Of 150 sovs; IVa miles.) 4— Arataura, 9.3, H. Gordon .... 1 1— Pencus, 10.13, A. McDonald .. 2 2 Peshwa, 9-9, G. Holland .. -- •» Also: 3 Lombardo 9.12, 6 Great Dav 9 10, 8 Sweet Heather 9.8, 7 Mountain Top 9.2, 5 Eakaupango 9.0, 9 Ballyfarnon 9.0. Orataura led all the wav, winning easily by ten lengths, with the same distance between second and third. Bakaupango fell and Lombardo, Mountain Top and Ballyfarnon ran off. Time: 2.47 2-5. PETAKE HACK STEEPLES. (Of 150 sovs; two miles.) l—Hokioi, 10.2, P. Mcßrearty .. 1 4— Handy, 9.2, R. E. Thomson .. - 3 VVoden, 10.6, A. E. Ellis _ Also: 2 Merry Singer 10.10, 4 Rang) Sarto 10.3, 5 Kirkwood 9.11, 6 Scornful 9.4, 9 Good Mark 9.2, 7 Fairfield 9 1 The placed horses, with Merry Singer, who fell at the post and rails the second time, were in front all the way, and fought out a great finish, Hokioi winning by a head from Handy, who was a head in front of Modern Time: 4.21. meeanee hack handicap. (Of 125 sovs; five furlongs.) I— lnner Harbour, 9.8, F. Waddell 1 «—Coot, 9.10, A. G. Dixon .. .... ; 7 Greengrocer, 9.0, R. MeTavish . - J Also: 2 Naston 10.6, 8 Watchma 10.2, 3 Essential 9.9, 10 Butter Scotch 95 9 Karutahi 9.0, 4 High ® ea * h ’ 9 0 5 Tom Byrne 9-0. Inner Harbour led all the way to win by half a lengt from Coot. Greengrocer was fou lengths away. Time: 1.4 3-5. NAPIER STEEPLECHASE. (Of 250 sovs; about 2% miles.) !_CROWN COIN, 9-8, R- E. Thom8— BONNY ’RILL, 913. H. Gordon 2 Jack 9-0. After Waioeka Jack fe) when ten lengths in front, Kovno and Snny Bill made all the running Crown Coin commenced to gather in the leaders seven furlongs from home and was with them at the home tu . Crown Coin was first over the last imp. going on to win by two lengths, the distance between second and third. Time: 5.10 2-5. LADIES’ handicap. (Of 100 sovs; I’m mil®.) g—Tameterangi, 10.7, Mr J. Morris 1 4— Perle de Leon, 12.8, Mr R. Rood I—Brigadier Bill, 11.12, Mr C. L. 2 Radiate 1i.2, 5 Serenade 10 13 6 Blissfulness 10.7. Tameterangi led all the way to win by two lengths. Perle de )«» ™ four lengths ahead of Brigadier Bill. Time. »J 5 4-5. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP. (Of 175 sovs; one mile.)

4 Mint Leaf, 10 3, L. George .. * 5 Huikai, 9.3, B. H. Moms .. .. j Royal Diadem, 913, L. G. Morris 3 ’Dead heat for first. Also-. 6 Buoyant 9-9, 7 Gaze 9.9, 2 Hathor 9.6, 4 Road Hog 9.2, Othon 9.0. In a fine finish Mint Leaf just got up in time to make a dead heat of it, with the third horse three lengths away. Time: 1.46 1-5. SETTLERS’ HACK HANDICAP. (Of 125 sovs; 7 furlongs.) 2 —Merle, 10.6, R- MeTavish .... 3 7 —Toka, 9.0, F. C. McHugh .... 2 4. —Grand National, 9.11, A. MeDonald ° Also: 3 Kilmezzo 10.11, 4 Calluna 9.11 (coupled with Grand National), 6 Highway 9.6, 5 Heather Blend 9.2, 1 Piperenzo 9.0. Merle won by two lengths, with three-quarters of a length between second and third. Time: 1.32 2-5. AUSTRALIAN RACING AT CANTERBURY PARK. Received June 19, 5.5 p.m. (A. & N.Z.) SYDNEY, June 19. At the Canterbury Park races the Flying Handicap resulted: —Cadenza, 7.9, 1; Midwinter, 7.2, 2; Clarus, 7.8, 3. Ten started. Length and a-quarter. Time, 1.16. AT CAULFIELD. Received June 19. 5.5 p.m.. (A. & N.Z.) MELBOURNE, June 18. At the Caulfield races the following were the principal results:— Minook Two-year-old Handicap:— Dark Man, 8.4 1; Laity, 8.6, 2; Phoebus, 7.0, 3. Twelve started. Two lengths. Time, 1.29 j. Cambria Welter. —Homerus. 9.2, 1; Affirm, 9.11, 2; Faircroft, 8.5, 3. Fourteen starters. Time, 1.55’. During the running of the Toolambool Hurdles Mount Elso and Bern banks fell and were killed.