HOBGOBLIN SPRINGS TWO-SCORE SURPRISE TO WIN DUNEDIN CUP

Wanganui Chronicle, 27 December 1950, Page 3

HOBGOBLIN SPRINGS TWO-SCORE SURPRISE TO WIN DUNEDIN CUP

DUNEDIN, Last Night (PA).—The track was fast and the weather fine for the opening day of the Dunedin Jockey Club's Cup meeting at Wingatui today. Considering the transport difficulties the attendance was surprisingly good and although the gate receipts showed a drop on those of last year the totalisator handled £69,936 10s (including £5993 on the doubles machine), compared with £65,496. The successful doubles combination, Social News and Hobgoblin, returned £660 8s for £l. For failing to weigh in after the Berwick Handicap, D. J. Thistoll, the rider of Travesty,, who finished fourth, was fined £2. Results:

Warrington Hurdle Handicap, of £400; IS miles.—s/4 Shelbash 9.4 (D L. Tressider) 1, 2/1 Sea Power 10.11 (K. Hickey) 2, 1/2 Relampago 10.7 (A. J. Murray) 3. Length; eight lengths. Moonlit fourth. Time, 3.14. Dividends: Win £7/17/-; places £2/11/6, £l/13/-, £l/17/6. Trial Handicap, of £250 ; 7 furlongs. —5/5 Declare 8.12 (A. J Stokes) 1, 3/3 Roving Rob 8.9 (B. S. Finayson) 2, 10/12 Spectral 8.4 (C. Stokes) 3. Four lengths; neck Full Tilt fourth. Time, 1.27 2-5. Dividends, win £B/5/-; places, £3/5/-, £3, £B/14/-. Pubicans’ Handicap, of £700; six furlongs.—9/6 Social News 7.4 (M. R. Soper) 1, 13/12 White Robe ”.5 (B. J. Anderton) 2, 1/1 Magical 8.3 S (C. McDonald) 3. Three lengths; threequarters of a length. Stagdance fourth. Time, 1.13. Dividends: Win, £l5/3/ places £4/3/-. £6/8/-, £2/9/-. Berwick Handicap, of £350; seven furlongs.—4/4 Aegina 8.8 (H. W. Hibberd) 1, 2/2 Sad Sonntag 8.0 (L. W. Hare) 2, 1/1 Koxinga 8.13 (L. J. Ellis) 3. Two lengths and a-iialf; half length. Travesty was fourth. Time, 1.26. Dividends: Win £ll/1/6; places £3/10/-, £2/6/-, £l/15/6. Champagne Stakes. (Of £600; six furlongs). 2/2— SINISTER, 8.10, H. W. Hibberd 1 3/3—MASTER KEY, 8.10, L. W. I-lare ; 2 4/4 INFANTA, 8.10, L. J. Ellis 3 Eight lengths; length. Silence was fourth. Time, 1.14. Dividends: Win £6/5/-; places £2/3/-, £2/18/-. Dunedin Cup (Of £1600: 1J miles). 11/11— HOBGOBLIN, 7.2 L D. M. Kerr 1 13/16—SUPER FLIGHT, 7.11, G. W. Wright 2 3/3—SPICE, 7.8, L. J. Ellis 3 Also started: 5/5 Salmon Spear, 2/2 Trench Fray, 4/4 Profane, 7/7 Welcome Guest, 15/17 Kosher, 1/1 Dunkirk, 8/8 Arctotis, 14/14 Balkis, 12/13 Baygundi, 16/18 Elofa, 17/15 Dark Chief, 10/10 String Band, 6/6 Finance, 9/9 Cogitation, 11/12 Lecturer, 18/19 Nullah. Head; length. Salmon Spear was fourth. Time, 2.31. Dividends: Win, £4O/12/6; places £B/9/-, £l5/15/6, £2/17/-. Stewards’ Handicap, of £500; one mile.—l/1 Dark Courage 8.10 (L. J. Ellis) 1, 8/8 Mount Barker 8.5 (G. W. Wright) 2, 5/6 Infatuate 8.6 (H. W. Hibberd) 3. Three-quarters ol a length; ,neck. Salma Royal fourth. Time, 1.40. Dividends: Win £3/16/6; places £l/19/6. £5/3/-, £4/4/-. President’s Handicap, of "500; one mile and the furlongs.—3/3 Reformed 8.5 (K. Nuttall) 1, 2/1 Upshot 8.8 (H. W. Hibberd) 2, 12/13 Redlo 7.10 (M. R. Soper) 3. Length; three-quarters of a length. Night Abbey was fourth. Time, 2.20. Dividends: Win £6/5/6; places, £2/6/6, £l/9/6, £9'lB/-.