FOXTON RACING CLUB

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 13, 16 January 1932, Page 4

FOXTON RACING CLUB

CONCLUDING DAY S FORM NOTES ON THE RUNNING The racing at Eoxton on Thursday, when the annual meeting was concluded, was quite as interesting as that an the opening day, but there was more than one race in which certain

candidates received rather uneasy pas | sages, while rough riding was eviden' | on more than one occasion. The fining o. . H. Morris £25 for i his riding oi Chief Savage in the Awa- ' hou Hack Hanr.<cap was accompanied , by a severe warning for that torsemaui The opinion was ventured by more • than one at the meeting that an ap prentice would have received much shorter shrift. Whisogne showed that his first day victory in the hurdle race was no fluke by repeating the dose in th'* Paiaki Hack Hurdles. He was at a nice price. Whisogne and Arrowhead were the pacemakers, but the favourite c (Arrowhead) made a faulty jump along r the back and that cost him the race v Whisogne finished on well to win by e a length and a-half from Arrowhead ? who was a length in front uf Easterly «■ A head away was Warzone. Whisogne } does not appear to have finished hib i “trot” yet. I’aioueone was favourite for the t Motuihi Maiden and came through on c the rails when the straight was reachec j to beat Morrath by a neck, with Kai- i muk a length and a-half back. All ? Deck was fourth. I The principal race, the President’s t Handicap, saw an indifferent display 5 > by some of the candidates. The favour < i ite, Joie de Vai, was never likely and I finally- finished fifth. On the turn for t home Habit, Ruanui, Teller, Maui, Grand Jury and Joie de Vai was the order, and the Marton-owns J an«J ' trained mare on to win by three-quar tors of a length from Ruanui, with Teller a similar distance back. Grand * Jury', who failed to reproduce his cup ; effort, was fourth, with Joie de Va/ next to finish. A hot favourite in Pillow Eight d:o ’ not have a chance with Head Lady in ( ’ the Whirokiuo ursery, the filly, owned [. and trained by W. H. Dwyer, Wan . ganui, winning comfortably. The favourite got up in tne last stride to ‘ . snatch second money and save his sup '

porters a small proportion of then > investments. Arena, who was third, ran a good race. The winner war passed in at 35gns. at the Trentham sales last January. She is a half-sister to Green Linnet. Though Hystride could only finish fourth on the opening day in the hack sprint, he was well handled by B. H Morris to win the Rangiotu Hack Han dicap. He cut down The Budget ove.> the final stages, and it was left tc Priscilla Verne to fill the role of run-ner-up. The favourite, Navaho, was third, just ahead of The Budget. An Awapuni pair in Patearoa and Thrasher fought out the finish in the Awahou Hack, the former winning by a length and three-quarters. The favourite. Chief Savage, who got int? trouble during the race, was nearly’ four lengths away. The concluding o*ent, the Wharangi Handicap, saw another favourite iu Acora beaten over the final stages by Arikira, who showed marked improve ment. The winner was going away a. 1 the finish, a length and a-half in front ■ of Acora. and Arrowhead, making hi? second appearance on the day, was only a neck away. Balloon was fourth while Parat<> who finished last, pulled up lame.